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Caroline Kennedy gets off to a bad start
Caroline Kennedy (pictured) may have many qualities, but articulacy, it seems, is not one of them. In an series of interviews with the New York press, granted as part of her bid to be given Hillary Clinton's soon-to-be-vacated US Senate seat, she sounded more like a teenage girl gossiping... [continued]
Sir Tom sets off the charity crunch
When Sir Tom Hunter, the businessman and philanthropist who is often described as Scotland's richest man announced last year that he intended leaving more than £1bn to eradicate poverty, a host of charities jumped for joy. However, that was before the credit crunch struck. Yesterday Sir Tom's designer clothing... [continued]
Sarah Palin is a grandmother
Sarah Palin has become a grandmother. According to People magazine, the failed Republican vice-presidential candidate's eldest daughter, Bristol, has given birth to a 7lb 4oz son, who has been named Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston. Baby Tripp takes his surname from his father, Levi Johnston, an apprentice electrician and former... [continued]
Jonathan Aitken is of ‘royal blood’
Jonathan Aitken, the former Tory minister who famously said he was going to "cut out the cancer of bent and twisted journalism" after claiming he'd been libeled by the Guardian, but who was then convicted of perjury and sentenced to 18 months in jail, appears to be of royal... [continued]
Rourke calls Sean Penn a ‘homophobe’
According to the US gossip website the Daily Beast, Mickey Rourke (pictured) has accused fellow actor Sean Penn of being a "homophobe". A Beast reporter says: "On December 28, a Los Angeles entertainment honcho shared a text message with me that Rourke had sent him: ‘Look Sean’s an old friend... [continued]
In brief: Cheryl Cole caps a stellar year with beauty awards
Cheryl Cole, who since becoming a judge on ITV's The X Factor has been elevated to the status of national living treasure, has crowned her year by topping two beauty polls. Heat magazine has placed the 24-year-old Girls Aloud singer at the top of its "fittest British female celebrity... [continued]
Is Tom Cruise a good Nazi after all?
Early reviews of Valkyrie, Tom Cruise's film about the failed attempt to assassinate Hitler during World War 11, have been unkind, as reported here on Christmas Eve. One German reviewer suggested that the actor's portrayal of Claus von Stauffenberg, the Prussian army officer behind the botched coup, was... [continued]
