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Ritchie and Madonna reach agreement
Madonna (pictured) and Guy Ritchie appear to have come to an agreement over the terms of their split and will be divorced at the High Court in London on
Friday, according to court lists. A source close to the couple told the London Evening Standard that Ritchie... [continued]
Madonna issues demand list to Ritchie 
Madonna lines up new man A-Rod
Madonna and Guy Ritchie to divorce
De Villepin stands trial for Sarkozy ‘libel’
Dominique de Villepin (pictured), the former French prime minister and sometime poet, has been ordered to stand trial for his role in an alleged plot to
smear Nicolas Sarkozy with claims that he held a secret bank account for laundering bribes. The offence de Villepin has been charged with is... [continued]
Palin falls for fake Sarkozy
Sarkozy to sue over voodoo doll
Sarkozy affair claim in secret cop’s diary
In brief: Pamela Anderson gives Obama advice and reading tips
Pamela Anderson, the model and onetime star of Baywatch, has offered Barack Obama (both pictured) the benefit of her political thinking in advance
of his move to the White House in January. On her website, she says: "Dear Mr Obama, bring our troops home safely. Please shut down Guantanamo Bay... [continued]
In Town: Gwyneth gets down at Rumble in the Jumble
Gwyneth Paltrow blasted for endorsing fur
Bakewell says BBC in ‘moral crisis’
Dame Joan Bakewell, the veteran broadcaster and recently appointed government spokesman for the elderly, has stepped back into the debate over 'Manuelgate', which, as reported here,
may yet lead to Jonathan Ross's departure from the BBC. Bakewell (pictured), a former newscaster, believes that the corporation has lost the bearings... [continued]
Friends defend Jonathan Ross
Neo-Malthusians: the real outrage at the BBC
Matthew Carr: Blair, Brand and Ross are spirits of our bullying age
Will Charles Moore sue over book?
Charles Moore (pictured), the former editor of the Daily Telegraph and official biographer of Lady Thatcher, appears to have had his tail tweaked in Simon Astaire's debut novel, Private Privilege, a racy yarn set in one of "Britain's finest public schools". Among the book's characters is one Charles Moore,... [continued]
Jan Krugier, the art dealer who made his fortune from Picasso
Jan Krugier, the renowned international art dealer who survived three concentration camps including Auschwitz, died last week aged 80. The Geneva-based dealer owed much of his fortune (and reputation) to a small kindness he once performed for Pablo Picasso's impoverished grandson, Pablita. Shortly after the Spanish artist's death... [continued]
Fury at Sergeant’s decision to quit
John Sergeant's decision to withdraw from the BBC programme Strictly Come Dancing has been greeted with howls of protests from his fans and supporters, among them business
minister Lord (Peter) Mandelson, Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman and the Tory leader David Cameron. The former political correspondent
(pictured with his dance... [continued]
Sergeant hits back at dance judges
Mandy wants a shot at Strictly Come Dancing
