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Wednesday December 17, 2008

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Health fears as Steve Jobs skips Macworld

Gasps of horror among techies: Apple has announced that its iconic chief executive Steve Jobs (pictured) will not be giving the keynote address at this January's annual Macworld jamboree, reigniting speculation about the computer genius's health. Macworld without Jobs is almost unthinkable: this is the annual San Francisco event... [continued]

Will John Travolta play Bill Clinton?

Peter Morgan, the writer behind The Deal and The Queen, which dealt respectively with Tony Blair's succession to the Labour leadership in 1994 and his relations with the Queen directly after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, is to take a third look at the former Prime Minister... [continued]

Winslet and DiCaprio attend Revolutionary Road premiere

Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio (pictured) attended the premiere of Revolutionary Road in Los Angeles on Monday evening. The pair, who are reunited for the first time since the 1997 blockbuster Titanic, are currently riding high, both having received Golden Globe nominations - seen by many as a dress rehearsal... [continued]

Fashionistas fight over Wintour outfit

Possibly in a craven attempt to suck up to the most important woman in New York fashion, many have leapt to the defence of US Vogue editor Anna Wintour's dress sense. As reported here yesterday, Time magazine chose a sequined, seahorse-style Karl Lagerfeld creation Wintour (pictured) wore to the... [continued]

Dick Cheney is happy to be Darth Vader

Dick Cheney, America’s out-going Vice-President, will be remembered for many things – the day he accidentally shot a 78-year-old Texan lawyer on a quail hunt in 2006 to name but one – but the legacy of his eight years in office will, rightly or wrongly, focus on his hawkish... [continued]

In brief: Gwyneth Paltrow’s mother denies marriage problems

Gwyneth Paltrow's mother, Blythe Danner, has dismissed reports that the actress's marriage to Coldplay's Chris Martin (pictured with Paltrow) is in trouble, insisting the gossip stems from their refusal to pose for pictures together. She told Foxnews.com: "They don't take pictures together if they can avoid it. It's a strategy.... [continued]

Morton sets sights on Michelle Obama

Andrew Morton, the former tabloid journalist whose biography of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, was a massive bestseller both here and in America, has apparently set his sights on another tasty subject – the wife of the US President-elect, Michelle Obama. To this end, Morton... [continued]

Kidman talks more about quitting acting

Nicole Kidman (pictured) has given her clearest statement yet about her desire to quit acting. In an interview in today's Daily Telegraph, given to promote her latest film Australia, the 41-year-old actress said: "I have to say I'm not that interested in making films any more. I know I'm... [continued]

Nicole Kidman

Michael Wolff blasted by Judith Regan

A terrific row has erupted between Michael Wolff, the Vanity Fair writer and author of the recent Rupert Murdoch biography The Man Who Owns the News, and New York’s one-time doyenne of celebrity autobiography publishing, Judith Regan – until she was famously sacked by the Murdoch-owned HarperCollins two Christmases ago.... [continued]

Michael Wolff

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