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Obama appears in Spider-man comic
For his legions of admirers who think Barack Obama has already achieved super-hero status, further confirmation comes with his appearance alongside Spider-Man, a childhood favourite
of the President-elect, in a special issue of the Marvel comic. The story begins with Spider-Man's alter-ego, Peter Parker, taking photographs of... [continued]
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Actor fired in Chris Langham theatre spat
Chris Langham, the comic actor and writer who spent 10 months in jail for downloading child pornography, secretly helped rewrite a West End play about the rock musician Ian Dury last
year. The news became public today when it was revealed by the London Evening Standard that... [continued]
Why Langham agreed to TV tell-all
In brief: Little Boots tops BBC poll
Although she has yet to release so much as a single, Victoria Hesketh (pictured), aka Little Boots, has been named as the most promising talent of the year in a BBC poll, the Sound of 2009, which in the past has been won by Franz Ferdinand, Keane, Razorlight and the... [continued]
Nick Leeson cashes in on crisis
Nick Leeson, the derivatives trader who brought down Barings Bank in 1995, is doing very well out of the current financial crisis, becoming a much in demand speaker at economic
forums. "Often it's in places that have seen recent success, like Estonia or Iceland or Dubai," he says in... [continued]
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Amis novel ponders past loves
Martin Amis's forthcoming novel, The Pregnant Widow, is said to be causing a ripple of unease amongst his former girlfriends. Why? According to the Daily Mail, the
59-year-old writer has confided to friends that the book, which is due out in the autumn, is "loosely autobiographical" and features characters... [continued]
Martin Amis invisible in Manchester
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Sam Taylor-Wood lines up stellar cast for Lennon biopic
Sam Taylor-Wood, the artist turned movie director, is cracking on with her debut feature film, a biopic about John Lennon's (left) teenage years, having
found two actors to play the main parts. Eighteen-year-old newcomer Aaron Johnson (right) will take on the role of the former Beatle, while Kristin Scott... [continued]
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Graydon Carter’s big butter up
Graydon Carter (pictured), the curiously coiffed editor of Vanity Fair, has apparently devised a highly effective way of silencing potential critics of the Waverly Inn, the restaurant in New York's West Village he took over two years ago. He simply gives them prime tables and puts photographs of them... [continued]
Alexander Lebedev eyes up the Standard
While the Russian billionaires do not have quite the same swagger – or cash – they once had, it hasn't stopped one of their number, Alexander Lebedev (pictured), from making
an approach to buy the London Evening Standard, according to a report in the Guardian.... [continued]
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