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Flynt seeks $5bn porn bail-out from Congress
Two of the biggest names in American pornography, Larry Flynt (pictured) and Joe Francis, have written to Congress requesting a $5 billion bailout of their
industry. "The government is handing out money," Francis, whose magazine titles include Girls Gone Wild, tells E! News. "They're moving toward a nationalised economy,... [continued]
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Hillary Clinton hopes for a lottery win
Barack Obama has come to the aid of Hillary Clinton (pictured), his one-time rival and soon-to-be Secretary of State. When her bid for the Democratic
nomination ended in failure last summer, she was left owing some $6m in loans. To help whittle this down, the President-elect has persuaded the... [continued]
People: Power to work for ‘Monster’ Clinton
Martin Amis and friends captured in their pomp in new exhibition
An exhibition of photographs capturing the heyday of the novelist Martin Amis and his contemporaries, among them the US-based political writer and polemicist Christopher
Hitchens and the poet James Fenton, goes on display at the National Portrait Gallery from Saturday, January 10. Called Martin Amis and Friends,... [continued]
Martin Amis invisible in Manchester
In brief: Hathaway puts Obama on spot
Anne Hathaway, who is currently promoting two movies, a serious-ish family melodrama Rachel Getting Married, for which she is being tipped for an Oscar nomination,
and a knockabout comedy called Bride Wars, has expressed some uncertainty about Barack Obama. Her gripe is over the President-elect's decision to allow
Pastor... [continued]
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Five Mr Presidents have lunch
What must surely be the mother of all power lunches took place at the White House yesterday. The guests included the man who takes over the reigns of power on January 20, Barack
Obama, the host George W. Bush, Bill Clinton (pictured from left to right), George Bush senior and... [continued]
The American Transition: news, comment and gossip in the weeks before Obama takes office
Rachida Dati returns to work
Rachida Dati, France's glamorous and controversial Justice Minister, went back to work on Wednesday only five days after giving birth to her daughter Zohra by
Caesarian section, and still refusing to quell media speculation over who the father might be. Dati, who recently told reporters that she had "a... [continued]
Is Sarkozy's brother the father of Rachida Dati's child?
Rachida Dati faces Sarkozy's axe
Kevin Pietersen ‘near autistic’, says writer
The decision by Kevin Pietersen (pictured) to relinquish the captaincy of the England's cricket team comes as no surprise to Simon Barnes, the distinguished sports journalist and author. Writing in the Times, he observes it was inevitable given the 28-year-old's super-inflated ego and unchecked narcissism, and offers a critique... [continued]
George Bush sent up in new Bollywood movie
The legacy of George W Bush (pictured), who will leave the White House on January 20, looks like being dealt a further blow by a forthcoming Bollywood movie. Called The
President is Coming, it uses Bush's 2006 trip to Mumbai to launch a comedy in which six young Indians compete... [continued]
People: Oliver Stone’s Bush biopic misses target
