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Tuesday November 4, 2008

People

Jeremy Clarkson in new BBC row

Here we go again. Days after the humiliating suspension of Jonathan Ross and the resignation of Russell Brand, the BBC is having to deal with another lapse of taste and judgment. The culprit this time is Jeremy Clarkson (pictured), who let rip against Britain’s lorry drivers in his laddish car... [continued]

Baroness Vadera has staff problems

One of Gordon Brown's most trusted advisors, Baroness (Shriti) Vadera (pictured), who works under Lord Mandelson at the Department for Business, is facing increasing criticism for her somewhat demanding attitude in the work place. Six of the 10 staff in permanent positions in her private office have left since her... [continued]

Is Kate Winslet for real in Vanity Fair photo shoot?

When Kate Winslet (pictured) appeared on the cover of GQ in 2003, she famously chided the magazine for airbrushing out her thighs. However, according to photographic experts she has let the production staff at Vanity Fair, on whose cover she appears in the December issue, have free rein to make... [continued]

Tessa Jowell’s Formula 1 freebie

One of those who enjoyed Lewis Hamilton's (pictured) gripping triumph in the Formula 1 championship in Sao Paulo on Sunday was Tessa Jowell, Labour's Olympics minister. But why, asks her opposite number on the Lib Dem benches, Don Foster, was she there in the first place, given that F1 is... [continued]

In brief: Russell Brand to play pirate

Russell Brand (pictured) is in talks to appear in the next Pirates of the Caribbean film. According to reports, he will play the brother of Johnny Depp's character Jack Sparrow ………… Jane Fonda is to return to Broadway next year after an absence of more than four decades.... [continued]

In Town Last Night: Vogue’s Secret Address Book launches

Vogue's Secret Address Book is a must-have insider's guide for the fashion devotee, so to celebrate its launch with the December issue of the magazine, Vogue hosted their Fantastic Fashion Fantasy Party at the grand former church One Marylebone Road last night. The doyennes of the British fashion bible were... [continued]

Crown Prince hosts PM at £9k-a-night suite

Have the freebie-loving ways of his new Business Minister, Lord Mandelson, rubbed off on the Prime Minister? On his tour of the Gulf states, Gordon Brown was put up last night in a £9,000-a-night suite (pictured) at the seven-star Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Like Mandy, who has a... [continued]

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown

Why did Jenkins reveal her drug-taking?

Many were surprised when Katherine Jenkins (pictured), the comely Welsh opera star, decided to reveal at the weekend that she had used the Class A drugs ecstacy and cocaine. It wasn't so much the fact that she had done so, as why, apropos nothing, she suddenly decided to come clean.... [continued]

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