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‘Deep Throat’ Mark Felt dies, aged 95
Mark Felt, the FBI whistleblower better known to the world as 'Deep Throat' for his role in the Watergate scandal which brought down President Richard Nixon in 1974, has died at the age of 95. His nickname was inspired by the notorious porn film starring Linda Lovelace and was coined... [continued]
Donors list prompts Clinton debate
Questions are being asked over the impartiality of the next US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, as the Saudi Arabian government and a raft of Indian businessmen are revealed to
be major donors to her husband Bill Clinton's charitable foundation. The list of donors has been released as one... [continued]
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Alfred Brendal bows out with final concert in Vienna
One of the greatest concert pianists of the last century, Alfred Brendel, took his final bow on Thursday night amid thunderous applause and standing ovations. Accompanied by the
Vienna Philharmonic, the 77-year-old performed Mozart's ninth piano concerto as his farewell piece at Vienna's Musikverein. The crowd... [continued]
Art in Pictures: Alfred Brendel takes his final bow
How Halle Berry got her inauguration ticket
It would seem the Cuban-born actress and supermodel Eva Mendes was being naive when she applied for a ticket to Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony and, despite her
fame and beauty, was refused. Clearly she should have asked her fellow actresses Halle Berry (pictured), Sharon Stone and Jamie Lee Curtis
what... [continued]
People: Eva Mendes denied inauguration tickets
Nobel Prize rocked by corruption claims
The reputation of the Nobel Prize was in question today after it emerged that two men involved in picking Harald zur Hausen as a co-winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine - announced earlier this month - were also closely involved with the London-based pharmaceuticals giant that stood to... [continued]
In brief: Tom Cruise fails to attend son’s film premiere
Tom Cruise is in trouble with Hollywood insiders for failing to attend the premiere of his 13-year-old son Connor's big screen debut, Seven Pounds. Connor (pictured right with Cruise, his stepmother Katie Holmes and David Beckham), one of two children adopted by Cruise and Nicole Kidman during their 10-year marriage,... [continued]
Spielberg films hit by credit crunch
Even Steven Spielberg (pictured), the three-times Oscar-winning film director and all-round Hollywood darling, is being affected by the world's economic distemper. He is
having difficulty raising money for his production company DreamWorks to finance the films planned for 2009. These include Peter Morgan's Hereafter, which Clint
Eastwood is rumoured... [continued]
The pride of Spielberg and Katzenberg takes a fall
Bonfire of the Vanities - it's the 2008 edition
People: Madoff placed under house arrest
Alexander Cockburn: Madoff fraud is small-fry
Film: this week's movie reviews
Lord Kirkham accused of road rage assault
Tory peer and millionaire founder of furniture company DFS Lord Kirkham (pictured) has been accused of punching and clawing a man in an alleged bout of road rage. Lord Kirkham - or Baron Kirkham of Old Cantley to give him his full title - was driving... [continued]
