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Madoff placed under house arrest
No Christmas parties for Bernard Madoff. The disgraced New York hedge fund king, accused of defrauding clients across the world of $50 billion, is to spend the holiday period under
nightly house arrest, with an electronic tag fitted to his ankle, after failing to find the four people needed to... [continued]
Bonfire of the Vanities - it's the 2008 edition 
People: Madoff arrest - no innocent explanation
Madonna denies giving Guy £50m
There's been an embarrassing volte face for Madonna in the ongoing saga of the Material Girl v Guy Ritchie. The 50-year-old singer has been forced to admit
that her claim to have given her ex-husband between £50m and £60m – released to the press by her own spokeswoman on Monday... [continued]
Picture Books: behind the scenes with Madonna
People: Madonna disputes Ritchie's claim
Americans: Material boy meets material girl
Barack Obama’s college days
New pictures of Barack Obama have come to light which show the US President-elect playing a rather different role. Dating back to his first year in college, the snaps show 'Barry'
posing Jimi Hendrix- style in a straw hat, wearing the wide collared shirt that was then fashionable, and smoking... [continued]
People: Fashionistas fight over Time's 'faux pas' list
In pictures: US fashion victims, 2008
American Transition: latest reports on the Obama administration
Eva Mendes denied inauguration tickets
Tickets for Barack Obama's January 20 inauguration in Washington have been notoriously hard to come by, even for the great and the good and the gorgeous. It's the "hottest ticket
party in town", said the actress and model Eva Mendes (pictured) who had her ticket application for the swearing-in ceremony... [continued]
American Transition: latest news
Peter Brook to hand over his theatre
Revolutionary stage director Peter Brook is, at 83, finally to hand over the reins of his Parisian theatre, the Bouffes du Nord. The octogenarian, arguably the most influential stage
director alive, has long raged against the idea of retirement. But he has now announced that the theatre's day-to-day running will... [continued]
People: Paul Scofield's Lear
In brief: Rachel Stevens hurts back in run-up to Strictly final
Strictly Come Dancing favourite Rachel Stevens is undergoing emergency treatment for a back injury. The former S Club 7 pop singer jarred her back in a fall during training with partner Vincent Simone (pictured with Stevens) putting her dream of winning the contest against actor Tom Chambers and... [continued]
Black slates Wolff’s ‘grating’ Murdoch biog
Imprisonment has not stopped former Daily Telegraph proprietor Conrad Black castigating Michael Wolff's biography of Rupert Murdoch,
The Man Who Owns The News. "Wolff wades through a confusing and cliched account of Murdoch's life, replete with factual errors, serious omissions, mind-reading suppositions, extreme
psychological liberties...", writes Lord Black, taking time... [continued]
Godfrey Hodgson review the Murdoch book for The First Post
Conrad Black's review for The Daily Beast
Will Usmanov make a play for Arsenal?
Is Arsenal about to fall into the hands of Russian steel magnate and fencing fanatic Alisher Usmanov (pictured) following the resignation from the board of the club's third
largest shareholder, Lady Bracewell-Smith? If Usmanov - a ruthless business operative who is one of the richest men in Russia, and a... [continued]
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