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Caroline Kennedy quits Senator bid
In a shock announcement this morning, Caroline Kennedy (pictured) said she was giving up her bid to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as Senator for New York. She telephoned
David A. Paterson, Democratic Governor of New York, who has the ultimate say on the matter, to inform him that she was... [continued]
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Iannucci scores a hit with ‘In the Loop’
Armando Iannucci (pictured), the British comic and screenwriter, is causing a commotion at the Sundance film festival with his first major film offering. Called In the
Loop, it is the big-screen companion piece to the acclaimed BBC TV series The Thick of It, and explores how the invasion of Iraq... [continued]
See our new page, FILMTALK, for further reports from Sundance
Tom Cruise attacked over Scientology at Valkyrie premiere
English co-stars in Tom Cruise's new film Valkyrie came to the Hollywood actor’s defence on Wednesday night when he was barracked by anti-Scientologist demonstrators at the
film’s London premiere. While Cruise (left) and his wife Katie Holmes (right) would not be drawn into the argument, Eddie... [continued]
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Obama repeats fluffed oath of office
The centerpiece of Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony on Tuesday - the oath of office - had to be repeated yesterday at the White house after American constitutional experts
expressed concern over the ceremony’s legitimacy. This was because – in front of a crowd of two million and a global TV... [continued]
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David Hare says BBC DG ‘inarticulate’
The playwright David Hare (pictured) has launched a withering attack on the Director General of the BBC, Mark Thompson, accusing him of being "inarticulate"
and completely lacking in ideas. He made his remarks on Monday to the Guardian writer Michael Billington during a highly-charged Q and A interview at the... [continued]
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In brief: Colin Firth’s Mr Darcy portrait sells for £12,000
A portrait of actor Colin Firth as Mr Darcy (left, with Firth and Jennifer Ehle, right), which was commissioned as a prop for the BBC's
1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, has fetched £12,000 at Bonhams in London, double its estimated price. The painting was accompanied by a signed letter... [continued]
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Lebedev outlines his plans for Standard
Alexander Lebedev has revealed his plans for the London Evening Standard, which he bought this week after six months of fraught negotiations. Speaking at a specially
convened press conference in Moscow on Thursday, the Russian billionaire and business partner of the fomer Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said he would spend... [continued]
Can Geordie Grieg save the Evening Standard?
Moscow murders are new blow against press freedom
