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Dreyfuss not to blame for Complicit delays
Has Richard Dreyfuss (pictured) been scapegoated for the shortcomings of a new West End play the critics are due to review tonight? Press reports that the Oscar-winning
American movie star has held up the world premiere of Joe Sutton's play Complicit because he has had difficulty learning his lines appear... [continued]
People: Richard Dreyfuss has trouble with his lines 
Novelist John Updike dies aged 76
Fellow novelists, critics and publishers on both sides of the Atlantic have been adding their tributes overnight following the announcement yesterday of the death of John Updike, the
American novelist, short story writer and poet. Nicholas Latimer, his publisher at Alfred A. Knopf, announced: "It is with great sadness that... [continued]
Eyewitness to history: Updike's report on 9/11
Video: John Updike interviewed in 1995
Martin Amis’s Guardian article in full
Is Olivia Newton-John’s missing lover alive?
Olivia Newton-John's former boyfriend, Patrick McDermott (left), who disappeared in mysterious circumstances four years ago, is believed to be alive and living on a boat on the South American coast. McDermott had been in a relationship for nine years with Newton-John (right), who starred opposite John Travolta in the 1978... [continued]
Bob Diamond steers clear of Davos
What with the setting, high in the Swiss Alps, and the illustrious company, the annual World Economic Forum in Davos used to be a must for any self-respecting Master of the Universe. But as the
annual jamboree kicks off today, several old faces are missing - among them Dick ‘The... [continued]
People: Nat Rothschild, from playboy to tycoon
David Blunkett to marry his local GP
Given the turbulence of David Blunkett's romantic past - his affair with the former publisher of the Spectator, Kimberley Quinn, and the love child that followed garnered lurid headlines and contributed to his eventual resignation from the Cabinet in 2004 - you would think the former Home Secretary (pictured) would... [continued]
Lagerfeld’s visions attract Kiera Knightley to Paris Couture Week
When Giorgio Armani showed his new collection at Paris Couture Week on Tuesday, much was made of the fact that few A-listers were in attendance, an indication that the recession had
wiped out those willing to spend £50,000-plus on his creations. So Karl Lagerfeld, the German designer for... [continued]
More pictures from Paris haute couture week
People: Galliano’s Old Master extravaganza
People: Claudia Schiffer’s breasts inspire Karl Lagerfeld
People: Karl Lagerfeld looks to the future
In brief: Daniel Radcliffe’s Obama offer
Daniel Radcliffe has offered to give Barack Obama's two daughters, Malia and Sasha (pictured), a private tour of the Harry Potter film set. "I would be
honoured to be their personal tour guide," he told the US website the Daily Beast………… Despite one of the judges claiming the book was... [continued]
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Danny Boyle enrages the real ‘slumdogs’
Danny Boyle (pictured) may well be the talk of the town in Hollywood, but in some quarters of India, where his Oscar-nominated film Slumdog Millionaire is set, he
is fast becoming something of a hate figure. The latest reason? The use of the term 'slumdog' in the movie's title, which... [continued]
Film Talk: Slumdog ‘skimps on children’s fees’
Film Talk: Slumdog in pole position for Oscar
In pictures: Slumdog cast at the SAG awards
