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Bernie Ecclestone wants Slavica back
What part of the word 'divorce' does the diminutive Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone not understand? On Wednesday, his Croatian-born (former) wife Slavica was
granted a decree nisi at the London High Court, so terminating their 24-year marriage, but Bernie appears to be in a serious state of denial about... [continued]
People: Bernie Ecclestone faces £1bn divorce pay-out 
People: Bernie Ecclestone in a fighting mood
Stewart slams Cramer on Daily Show
American television had been waiting for this battle for weeks. Yesterday, Daily Show satirist Jon Stewart (pictured) interviewed Jim Cramer, the
presenter of Mad Money, a light-hearted business show on CNBC, about his failure to ask Wall St the tough questions about the financial crisis. It was a... [continued]
Comedian Jon Stewart hailed as the serious face of US current affairs
Joking aside for Tony Blair on Daily Show
Marc Jacobs in defiant mood at Paris Fashion Week
There had been much comment about designers' creativity being stifled by the credit crunch during Paris Fashion Week, but yesterday, on the last day of the pret-a-porter shows, Louis Vuitton's
American designer Marc Jacobs offered a defiant two fingers to the global downturn and pervading gloom. His 2009 autumn/winter... [continued]
In pictures: Paris Fashion Week
Bernard Madoff jailed, so what now for Ruth?
Bernard Madoff, the Wall Street fraudster (pictured), swapped his Manhattan penthouse for a prison cell on Thursday night after pleading guilty to masterminding the biggest
investment scam in US financial history. In a New York courtroom packed with embittered victims who lost millions of dollars in Madoff's $65bn... [continued]
People: Ruth Madoff withdrew $10m before arrest
Stern on Anna Nicole Smith drugs charges
The boyfriend of the late Anna Nicole Smith, the former Playmate and glamour model, has been charged with providing her with drugs before she died. It is alleged that Howard
K Stern, along with doctor Sandeep Kapoor, 40, and psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich, 61, supplied Smith with the opiates... [continued]
People: Anna Nicole Smith at Royal Opera House
Anna Nicole Smith, a tragedy foretold
Lost an election? Why not blame a dead model
In brief: Jennifer Aniston ends it with John Mayer
It appears that the title of Jennifer Aniston's latest movie, He's Just Not That Into You - about men with relationship commitment phobia - may be mirroring her own romantic life, for the 40-year-old actress has just split up with her long-time boyfriend John Mayer (pictured with Aniston). A source... [continued]
Bristol Palin dumps ‘white trash’ fiance
The news that Bristol Palin, the 18-year-old daughter of Sarah Palin, and her hockey-playing fiance Levi Johnston - the father of her baby boy,
Tripp - have broken off their engagement after Bristol (pictured) allegedly called Johnston's family "white trash" will come as little surprise to... [continued]
People: Sarah Palin snubs Tory MP
Sarah Palin's life in pictures
Did Jose Mourinho punch a Man Utd fan?
Jose Mourinho, aka the chosen one (pictured), has never been the sort of person to take defeat lying down. Now police are investigating claims that the Inter Milan manager's
legendary temper got the better of him and that he punched a gloating United fan in the face as he left... [continued]
People: Jose Mourinho and Alex Ferguson face off
Alagiah likened to a chimp on BBC News
Only recently the BBC had to contend with Carol Thatcher likening a black French tennis player to a golliwog, a remark that led to her losing her job on The One Show.
However, no such draconian measures have been taken against BBC News 24 presenter Chris Eakin, who suggested a... [continued]
People: No ‘golliwog’ apology from Carol Thatcher
O’Reilly quits: what now for Independent?
Irish tycoon Sir Anthony O'Reilly's decision to retire as the chief executive of Independent News & Media (INM) does not bode well for the future of the Independent and
Independent on Sunday newspapers. The acquisition of the loss-making and circulation-dropping titles was down to the Irishman (pictured),... [continued]
People: Tony O’Reilly’s Independent problem
