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What BBC ban means to Jonathan Ross
So what exactly does the BBC's three-month suspension of Jonathan Ross (pictured) amount to? The Beeb has stipulated that he is still under contract and therefore unable to
work for anybody else in the 12-week period. His only confirmed public appearance outside his BBC commitments was to have been presenting... [continued]
Jonathan Ross’s BBC career ‘in balance’ 
Ross and Brand saga brings out the loony in us all
Matthew Carr: Blair, Brand and Ross are spirits of our bullying age
Rahm Emanuel for Chief of Staff?
Barack Obama may not yet have won the race for the White House but according to many pundits that hasn't stopped him picking his Chief of Staff. The word is that Rahm
Emanuel (pictured), a controversial left-of-centre congressman, is already lined up to become "the second most powerful politician in... [continued]
US Election: Tax plans take centre stage
Alexander Cockburn: Republicans prepare for the wilderness
Antonia Quirke: CNN gives Obama top Marx as madness spreads
Bond Girl Olga Kurylenko attacked by communists
The Ukrainian-born actress Olga Kurylenko (pictured), who stars opposite Daniel Craig in the latest Bond caper Quantum of Solace, has been attacked
by the Russian Communist Party for aiding "the killer of hundreds of Soviet people and their allies". Apparently oblivious to OO7's fictional nature, the party accuses her of... [continued]
In pictures: Olga Kurylenko at the Bond premiere
Daniel Craig meets Prince William at Quantum of Solace premiere
Anger over Tony Blair’s home security
Despite having earned £12m in his first year out of office, as reported here on Wednesday, the bill for Tony Blair's security is still being met by the British taxpayer. Fair enough,
but residents in Connaught Square, London, where he and his wife Cherie have a sumptuous five-storey home,... [continued]
Blair’s new job takes earnings to £7m a year
Rhys Ifans to play Howard Marks
If there has ever been a case of perfect casting it is this. Rhys Ifans, the wild, carousing actor, is to play his fellow Welshman Howard Marks (pictured)
in an adaptation of the former cannabis smuggler's best-selling autobiography, Mr Nice. The eagerly-anticipated film, particularly among the stoner community, will begin... [continued]
Howard Marks: Thank God for Lulu
Horsey set rubbishes Katie Price’s equestrian dreams
When Katie Price (above left), aka the model and best-selling author Jordan, took part in the Horse of the Year Dressage Materclass event earlier this month, she announced
afterwards: "Everyone here has been very welcoming, there's no snobbery." Did she speak too soon? In this week's Horse... [continued]
Jordan attacks snobs in the Times
Putin bails out his billionaire pals
Vladimir Putin (pictured) is making sure his billionaire oligarch chums do not suffer too badly from the financial crisis. Earlier this week it was revealed that Russia's
richest man, Oleg Deripaska, had been granted $4.5 billion from state coffers to repay loans to foreign banks. But he is not... [continued]
Osborne ‘regretful’ but mystery continues
Deripaska feud sealed Osborne’s fate
In brief: Sienna goes for the paps
Sienna Miller (pictured) has launched a landmark legal action against the paparazzi photographers who, she claims, have made her life "intolerable" by aggressively pursuing her all over the world. The actress is seeking compensation and an injunction against UK agency Big Pictures after claiming she had been victim of... [continued]
More bad news for Candy brothers
Is this the beginning of the end for Nick and Christian Candy (pictured), the sharp-suited London property tycoons? Severely battered (and fried) by the
credit crunch and the slump in house prices, the brothers have now been forced to abandon one of their most talked up developments and are... [continued]
Candy brothers upset Mittal’s son
