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Sheikh sues Michael Jackson for £4.7m
Last week Michael Jackson (pictured) was compelled to hand over the deeds to his beloved Neverland ranch in California. Today the 50-year-old singer is facing a
multi-million pound High Court action brought by his one-time chum Sheikh Abdulla Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa, the pop-loving son of the King of... [continued]
Jackson clan decamps to sleepy Devon village 
Hirst admits his art is ‘overpriced’
Damien Hirst, who made close to £110m at a sale of his work at Sotheby's in September, only to see the market for contemporary art collapse a month later, has admitted that his
paintings and sculptures are overpriced. The 44-year-old artist, who is said to be a dollar billionaire, ... [continued]
Hirst has trouble selling his £200m skull
Damien Hirst Sotheby’s show a success despite economic crash
James McAvoy wins best actor at Variety Club Awards
James McAvoy (pictured with his wife, Anne-Marie Duff) was among the prize-winners at the Variety Club's 56th annual showbusiness awards, held last night in London. McAvoy took the Best Film Actor award for a cluster of recent screen performances, among them Becoming Jane and Atonement. While Sir Michael... [continued]
Lord Levy’s rabbi attacks David Hare
Lord Levy (pictured), the Labour Party's former chief fundraiser, has been drawn into a row about David Hare's new play Gethsemane, which
examines the immorality of Tony Blair's government. Levy's Rabbi and friend, Yitzchak Schochet, claims that the play is anti-semitic, and that it stereotypes Jewish people in a way... [continued]
David Hare’s new play Gethsemane sparks guessing game
Did Jowell try to censor David Hare?
David Hare has another pop at Blair
Staff member talks of bully Boateng
The row surrounding Janet Boateng, wife of Paul Boateng (both pictured), the British High Commissioner in South Africa, intensified at the weekend. As
reported here, Janet Boateng has been accused of verbally bullying members of her domestic staff. Now a former employee has spoken out about the horrors of working... [continued]
Paul Boateng’s wife accused of bullying
In brief: Estelle misses out on award after knife and gun fight
Estelle (pictured), Leona Lewis and Dizzee Rascal, all of whom were nominees for the annual Urban Music Awards, which were held on Saturday
evening at the O2 Arena in London, have had to put the champagne on ice after the prize-giving ceremony descended into a bloodbath, with rival fans brandishing... [continued]
Estelle defends Leona Lewis after she is booed at Mobo awards
Prince wants a voice when he’s King
Jonathan Dimbleby (pictured), the writer and broadcaster, appears to have become a channel for the Prince of Wales's private thoughts and feelings. Writing
in the Sunday Times, he dropped a fairly weighty piece of news as to how Charles proposes conducting himself when he succeeds to the throne, claiming that... [continued]
Cleese and Manuel mark the Prince of Wales’s 60th birthday
Dalai Lama takes backseat role
It seems likely that the Dalai Lama (pictured), the spiritual leader of Tibet, is to be relegated to a backseat role in his country's campaign to gain independence from China. Many Tibetans believe that while he has been good at winning over high profile supporters, among them Richard Gere, Goldie... [continued]
