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Tuesday December 23, 2008

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Pope says gays could end human race

Pope Benedict XVI, known as the 'Rottweiler' for his hardline views, shows no sign of softening his attitude towards male homosexuality. In his Christmas address, he chose to build on a claim that he made two years ago – that gay men destroyed themselves - with the assertion that... [continued]

Bono takes on his friend Steve Jobs

Apparently not content with being a rock star and fighting world poverty, Bono, the Irish rock star, is now behind an attempt to launch a mobile handset aimed at blowing away Apple's iPhone. Elevation Partners, the Silicon Valley private-equity firm the singer founded a few years back, have just invested... [continued]

Nicole Kidman told to remove her yacht from Sydney marina

Nicole Kidman (pictured) may well be treated as royalty in her native Australia, but this appears to cut no ice in Sydney. Until a year ago, Kidman, 41, had owned a pad in one of the city's most prestigious harbourside apartment blocks, Walsh Bay. However, when she sold up,... [continued]

Kennedy caught by fake mayor’s letter

When the New York Times received a letter from the Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, the subject was not French politics nor even the strength of the euro – but a denunciation of Caroline Kennedy's attempt to take over Hillary Clinton's New York seat in the Senate. "I find Caroline... [continued]

Gambaccini: Ross is an ‘icon of greed’

Jonathan Ross (pictured) returns to the nation's television screens and airwaves next month following a three-month suspension for his part in the so called 'Manuelgate' affair, in which he left a message on Andrew Sachs's answerphone saying that his friend Russell Brand had "fucked" the Fawlty Towers actor's 23-year-old... [continued]

In brief: Philip Green’s new Ronnie Biggs’s look

Wisely side-stepping the retail carnage on the High Street, Topshop and BHS owner Sir Philip Green (left) jetted off to Barbados at the weekend. His choice of beachwear, a pastiche of a shirt once worn by The Sex Pistols but in fact featuring his friends Simon Cowell, Michael Winner... [continued]

Bob Geldof says Mandela is ‘cranky’

Bob Geldof (pictured), the mouthy Irish musician and founder of Band-Aid, has let rip at some of his fellow anti-poverty campaigners in a new film titled Soldiers Of Peace. In the movie, which will be released next year and also features contributions from Sir Richard Branson, Desmund... [continued]

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