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Wednesday April 8, 2009

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Blair tells Pope to reform Catholicism

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, himself a Roman Catholic, has taken it upon himself to denounce the Vatican's stance on homosexuality. He says it is out of date and does not reflect the views held by the majority of Catholics. To add further insult, Blair, who... [continued]

Pope Benedict XVI and Tony Blair

Berlusconi’s ‘camping’ quip to quake victims

Silvio Berlusconi has done it again. The gaffe-prone Italian PM (pictured) has said that the 20,000 homeless people living in tents and makeshift accommodation following Monday's deadly earthquake should treat their situation as a "camping weekend". The quip, which comes hot on the heels of a series of diplomatic faux-pas... [continued]

Silvio Berlusconi

Ronson family step in over Sam’s split with Lindsay Lohan

One of the most high-profile lesbian love affairs in Hollywood has just turned nasty. Wild-child actress Lindsay Lohan (right) who used to date men such as George Best's son Calum Best, actor Wilmer Valderrama and restaurant owner Harry Morton before she took up with the English DJ... [continued]

Samantha Ronson and Lindsay Lohan

Jeremy Paxman’s US show axed

No doubt he will have greeted the news with a contemptuous shrug, but Jeremy Paxman, chief attack dog of the BBC's political programming, has had his hopes of breaking through in America dashed.   It was hoped that Paxo would become the latest in a line of... [continued]

Jeremy Paxman

Wolverine leak gets Fox’s Friedman fired

Roger Friedman, a Fox News journalist, has been sacked after reviewing an illegal unfinished version of the new X-Men film X-Men Origins: Wolverine which he downloaded onto his computer. Although he raved about the film (official trailer below) - "It exceeds expectations at every turn,"... [continued]

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Uniqlo swaps casual for chic at Somerset House launch

London's Somerset House was the grand setting for the launch of modest high-street chain Uniqlo's latest collection. The Japanese brand famed for affordable utilitarian chic celebrated its new UT line of limited-edition t-shirts with DJ and tranny-about-town Jodie Harsh, the ubiquitous Peaches Geldof, fashion designer Henry Holland and... [continued]

Mutya Buena and Siobhan Donaghy

Tadamasa Goto gives up the gangster life

Tadamasa Goto, one of the Tokyo underworld’s shadiest characters, has turned his back on a life of crime and turned to Buddhism. The charismatic leader of the Goto-gumi yazuka, a gang of Japanese mafiosi, told the Sankei Shimbun newspaper that he is training for the priesthood, and will undergo a... [continued]

Tadamasa Goto

Staff ‘stole Courtney Love’s millions’

Courtney Love is claiming that the fortune left to her by her late husband Kurt Cobain, including at least $30m in cash and $500m in property, has been stolen by employees who were supposed to be managing the inheritance. She says they have drained the Nirvana frontman's estate, using the... [continued]

Courtney Love

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