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Monday December 1, 2008

In brief: Emilia Fox to divorce

Emilia Fox's three-year marriage to fellow actor Jared Harris has ended. Fox (pictured), the daughter of Edward Fox, married Jared, son of the late Richard Harris, in 2005. A friend of the couple told the Mail on Sunday: "They are not suited to each other. She is very successful and incredibly nice, whereas Jared is darker and more troubled."………… Madonna's Sticky & Sweet world tour has reportedly made $207m so far. If true, this puts the tour on course to make about $282 million after it concludes dates in Argentina, Chile and Brazil in December, making it the highest-grossing ever by a female artist or solo artist.………… Bookmakers have slashed odds on the Strictly Come Dancing host Bruce Forsyth receiving a knighthood in the New Year's Honours list. Forsyth, 80, is now 2/1 odds-on favourite to be named a knight, down from 33/1 earlier this year........... Andrew Sachs says he does not agree that Jonathan Ross is a "responsible broadcaster", a view put forward by Jay Hunt, the Contoller of BBC1. Sachs, the victim of Ross and Russell Brand’s lewd phone prank, told the Daily Telegraph: "All I can say to the BBC is good luck with their challenge. I don't know whether Jonathan has learnt from this but it would be a tragedy if he has not"............. John Sergeant, the former political correspondent who recently flounced out of the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing, is to release a Christmas charity single. The song, entitled Let's Not Fight This Christmas, also features television presenters Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley…………. Carla Bruni, wife of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has been appointed an "ambassador" for the Global Fund to Fight Aids…………

FIRST POSTED DECEMBER 1, 2008
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