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Ritchie turns down Madonna’s £20m offer
It doesn't look like Madonna and Guy Ritchie's divorce is going be an uncomplicated affair. According to the singer's biographer, J Randy
Taraborrelli, the pair are said to be rowing over where their children - Rocco, seven, and adopted David Banda, three - will live and be educated, and
Ritchie... [continued]
Madonna fires opening shot in divorce war 
Madonna lines up new man A-Rod
The girl behind the Brand/Ross row
As the row over Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross's lewd telephone calls to Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs rumbles on - they have had to
apologise after leaving messages on his voicemail saying Brand had slept with his granddaughter - it was announced today that the regulatory body Ofcom... [continued]
Ross and Brand saga brings out the loony in us all
Sir Allen Stanford apologises for getting too close to WAGS
Sir Allen Stanford, the Texan billionaire who is making cricketers rich with his controversial Twenty20 tournament in Antigua, has apologised to England captain Kevin Pietersen after he was caught on television (see video, below) flirting with the wives and girlfriends of the England players. Stanford, 58,... [continued]
Boris Johnson restricts his ‘wit and wisdom’
Since becoming mayor of London in May, Boris Johnson (pictured) has attempted to shed the buffoonish image that was once so dear to him. The latest example of this is his
reaction to a new book that is being rushed out for the Christmas market called The Thinking Man's Idiot:... [continued]
Boris snubs Africa Day celebration
Al Franken could become senator
Fans of the comedian Al Franken (pictured), an Emmy award-winner and one-time regular on NBC's Saturday Night Live, are bracing themselves for the tantalisingly prospect that come November 4 he will be on his way to the US Senate. For Franken, whose books include the fabulously titled Lies and... [continued]
In brief: Rachel Weisz blooms at London Film Festival
British actress Rachel Weisz (pictured) was in Leicester Square last night for the London Film Festival premiere of her latest film The Brothers Bloom, which also stars Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo. Weisz, who plays a naive heiress in the con-man movie, talked about her approach to the nude scenes... [continued]
Stevens will continue fight for Alaska
Ted Stevens (pictured), the longest-serving Republican in the US Senate, has been found guilty of lying about free gifts he received from an oil contractor. Stevens, 84, who
is the senior senator for Alaska, had been hoping to win re-election next week when Americans go to the polls, but... [continued]
Bill & Ted’s adventure ends
Candy brothers upset Mittal’s son
The son of the multi-billionaire Lakshmi Mittal is squaring up to the London property developers Nick and Christian Candy. According to the
Evening Standard, Mittal's eldest boy Aditya (pictured) lives next door to the Chelsea barracks, where the Candy brothers are planning to build more than 600 houses, a hotel... [continued]
Lakshmi Mittal loses half his £40bn fortune
Earl fights Candys in battle of the baracks
