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Frank Skinner to front bad language doc
In a move that seems certain to ignite controversy, the BBC has commissioned the comedian Frank Skinner (pictured) to present a programme on bad language and profanity for its flagship current affairs show, Panorama. The report by the 51-year-old comic, who until recently was liable to use four-letter words himself,... [continued]
Mandelson to stay at Nat’s ski chalet
George Osborne, the Tory shadow chancellor, may have resolved not to spend any more time as a guest of the Rothschild family, but Lord Mandelson has no such qualms. The Daily Telegraph reports that Labour's Machiavellian Business Minister (pictured) is to spend Christmas at Nat Rothschild's chalet in... [continued]
Tina Fey wins big for Palin impersonation
While the failed Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin (right) licks her wounds in Alaska, the career of her arch impersonator, Tina Fey (left), continues on an upward trajectory. The American comedienne has just been voted the Associated Press Entertainer of the Year, a prestigious honour chosen by newspaper editors and... [continued]
In brief: Carla Bruni not a ‘man-hunter’
Carla Bruni, wife of the French president Nicolas Sarkozy, appears intent on recasting her public image from ravishing sexpot to demure First Lady. Only last week the former model (pictured), who turned 41 yesterday, sued the makers of a bag featuring a nude photo from her catwalk days, and... [continued]
Tony Blair gets the Madonna treatment
Although he left Downing Street 18 months ago, Tony Blair (pictured) still enjoys some of the more agreeable privileges of power. The Daily Mail reports that the Knightsbridge branch of Armani let the former Prime Minister do his Christmas shopping at the store out-of-hours last Saturday, an honour usually reserved... [continued]
Tom Cruise makes a very bad Nazi
If the critics are to be believed, both Tom Cruise and his ex-wife Nicole Kidman (pictured) have presented film-goers with plump turkeys this Christmas. As reported here, the critical mauling of Baz Luhrmann's epic Australia, in which Kidman stars, is said to have left the actress "devastated". Now her... [continued]
Doctor quits after recycling patients’ fat
The Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon, Dr Alan Bittner (pictured), has closed his Rodeo Drive clinic after it emerged that that he had been turning fat removed from patients in liposuction operations into biodiesel to power his and his girlfriend's cars. Also closed is Bittner's website -... [continued]
