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Oprah Winfrey duped by Holocaust book
Oprah Winfrey (pictured) has been duped again. A heartwarming Holocaust memoir, which the television presenter hailed as "the single greatest love story" she had heard in two decades in television, has been exposed as a hoax. The book, Angel at the Fence: the True Story of... [continued]
Lloyd-Webber writes Phantom sequel
Lord Lloyd-Webber has written a sequel to his hit show The Phantom of the Opera, which in 22 years has grossed £5bn, making it the world's most lucrative musical. Entitled Phantom: Love Never Dies, it will receive its premiere at the end of 2009 and is set to make... [continued]
Is Jay Jopling dating Lily Allen?
Lily Allen, the mouthy pop star, recently talked of her new-found maturity, declaring that she was eschewing her usual round of West End nightclubs in favour of "dinners at posh places" where she mixed with "much older people" and talked about art. Who could have brought about such a dramatic... [continued]
R. D Laing’s life becomes a movie
The life of R D Laing, the celebrity psychiatrist, is to be made into a film. Laing, who was born in Scotland but based himself in London during his 1960s and 70s heyday, was considered to be Britain's answer to the US psychedelic guru Timothy Leary and at the height... [continued]
Mamet’s foul-mouthed masterclass
Long before he achieved success as a playwright and film director, David Mamet (pictured) earned a crust lecturing on theatre studies at New York University. Now his time there, in the late 1970s, is about to be laid bare in a forthcoming memoir written by one of his former pupils,... [continued]
In brief: Death threats lead Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes separation
Tom Cruise is reported to have alerted the FBI after receiving a number of death threats due to his belief in Scientology. The Mail on Sunday claims that because of the threats Cruise now lives in a separate location to his wife Katie Holmes (pictured with her husband) and their... [continued]
Bono makes U2 drummer ‘cringe’
There are many who find the Irish rock star Bono's appearances on the world stage a little unsettling. One of these, it appears, is Larry Mullen Jr, the drummer in Bono's band U2. In an interview in this month's issue of the music magazine Q, Mullen says: "Tony... [continued]
Davies says Jonathan Ross is ‘dreadful’
Andrew Davies (pictured), the acclaimed television screenwriter, believes that Jonathan Ross should have been sacked for his part in the so-called 'Manuelgate' affair. In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, Davies, who famously had Jane Austen's Mr Darcy emerge dripping from a lake clad only in a shirt in the... [continued]
Button man Roth loses money with Madoff
Eric Roth, the award-winning screenwriter of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which has been strongly tipped for Oscars, has emerged as one of the victims of the Bernard Madoff (pictured) fraud. Roth, 65, who won an Academy Award in 1994 for Forrest Gump, is said to have sunk most... [continued]
