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Wednesday March 11, 2009

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Madoff to plead guilty ‘to protect family’

Bernie Madoff, the New York-based financier who allegedly materminded a $50bn financial fraud, is facing a potential 150 years in jail after his lawyer confirmed on Tuesday that he is likely to plead guilty to all charges. It had been expected that Madoff would strike a plea... [continued]

Madeleine McCann’s father rounds on press

Gerry McCann (pictured with wife, Kate), father of the missing toddler Madeleine McCann, has told MPs that while certain aspects of the media coverage were “undoubtedly helpful” as police and private detectives searched for their daughter, his family had been the focus of “some of the most sensationalist, untruthful, irresponsible... [continued]

Kate and Gerry McCann

Kate Moss and Freida Pinto turn out for Karl Lagerfeld’s Chanel show

The last day of Paris Fashion Week did not disappoint, with spectacular displays from Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel and the British designer Alexander McQueen. Swarms of paparazzi attended the Chanel show, and security guards had their work cut out protecting the A-list attendees, who included Kate Moss and boyfriend Jamie... [continued]

Jamie Hince, Kate Moss, Mario testino and Claudia Schiffer at the Chanel show in Paris

Von Thurn und Taxis heads billionaires list

The world's youngest billionaire, Prince Albert von Thurn und Taxis, has lost approximately 10 per cent of his fortune in the worldwide economic crisis, according to Forbes magazine's list of billionaires under the age of 40. The fortune of the 25-year-old 'car racing bachelor' (pictured) is now estimated at a... [continued]

Prince Albert von Thurn und Taxis

In brief: Julia Roberts and Clive Owen attend Duplicity premiere

Julia Roberts (left) attended the London premiere of her latest movie, Duplicity, last night. The film marks her comeback after taking time off to have three children and sees her reunited with the English actor Clive Owen (right), with whom she last appeared in the Oscar-nominated 2004 movie Closer. The... [continued]

Julia Roberts and Clive Owen at the Duplicity premiere

Alastair Campbell book panned by former No 2

When Alastair Campbell’s (pictured) debut novel, All in the Mind, appeared last year, the critics had a field day, panning it variously for its "robotic dialogue" and "slackly put-together sentences". Given his uneasy relationship with the press, that was to be expected. But now his former deputy spin-doctor in Downing... [continued]

Alastair Campbell

Raymond ‘Jaws’ Tooth wins big at the races

Celebrity divorce lawyer Raymond Tooth’s most profitable days are normally spent parting wealthy husbands from their assets. But on Tuesday he won £210,000 at the races when his horse, Punjabi, produced a career-best performance to win the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham. Unlike his legal triumphs – he most... [continued]

Raymond Tooth

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