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Mandy helps Brown at the despatch box
It seems Gordon Brown's improved performances against the Tory leader David Cameron at Prime Minister's Questions in recent weeks are all down to his new Business Seceretary,
Lord (Peter) Mandelson (pictured with the PM). According to the Daily Mail, Mandelson is giving Brown "one-to-one tutorials" at Downing Street to prepare... [continued]
Mandy wants a shot at Strictly Come Dancing 
Tracey Emin lives in a pre-crash bubble
The prices for Damien Hirst artworks may be on the wane – at a recent sale in New York one of his spin-style paintings priced at £2m failed to attract a single bid – but fellow
British artist Tracey Emin (pictured), 45, feels that she is immune to any such... [continued]
Tracey Emin’s RA show in pieces
Emin to titillate fusty Royal Academy
Jonathan Aitken’s girl takes the rap for credit crunch
Victoria Aitken, the daughter of the former Tory minister and jailbird Jonathan Aitken, is releasing a rap record. Its subject? The credit crunch and the devastating effect it has had on her super-rich friends. It goes like this: "Living off Daddy's plastic was so fantastic/ Just got... [continued]
Piers Gough condemns anti-terrorism award
Piers Gough (pictured), one of the Britain's leading architects, has called on design students to boycott a Home Office competition which asks them to redesign an imaginary public square after it has suffered a devastating bomb attack which kills 500 people, claiming that it fosters a "culture of fear" about... [continued]
Jackson avoids battle with Sheikh
The promised battle between Michael Jackson and the son of the King of Bahrain, which was due to commence in the High Court today, is off. Sheikh Abdulla bin
Hamad Al Khalifa had accused Jackson of breaching a contract to record two albums for his record label and was seeking... [continued]
Sheikh sues Michael Jackson for £4.7m
Gwyneth Paltrow claims she was tricked into wearing fur
When Gwyneth Paltrow appeared in an advertisement for an Italian fashion company draped in fur (pictured) it prompted a swift and angry response from animal rights groups.
Now the actress has come up with an explanation: she was tricked. Responding to a question from PETA - People for... [continued]
In brief: Gwyneth Paltrow blasted for endorsing fur
In brief: Clint Eastwood quits acting
Clint Eastwood (pictured) claims that his next film, Gran Torino, a drama about a racist veteran of the Korean War, will be his last. "That will probably do it for
me as far as acting is concerned," says the 78-year-old actor. "You always want to quit while you are ahead.... [continued]
Clint fires broadside at Spike Lee
