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Bright Eyes writer Mike Batt orders rabbit cull
The man who composed Bright Eyes, the signature song from the animated film Watership Down, which followed the travails of rabbits searching for a safe haven, has admitted that he has ordered the massacre of hundreds of bunnies on his country estate. In his defence, Mike Batt, who also... [continued]
Will Lucian Freud go to Clement’s funeral?
Sir Clement Freud, who died on Thursday aged 84, certainly lived his life to the very last minute. According to the London Evening Standard, Freud, a life-long gourmet,
spent the last few hours of dining in the sumptuous surrounds of The Wolseley, the Piccadilly restaurant that boasts 13 different types... [continued]
People: Sir Clement Freud dies aged 84 
People: Lucian Freud will not forgive Clement
David Beckham’s Terminator-style ad may give Motorola problems
The release of Motorola's latest television advert, which features the former England captain David Beckham with his insides on display (above), has been treated with
reverence in some quarters, but the mobile phone company should be wary. For when the British artist Damien Hirst used the same sort... [continued]
People: David Beckham’s AC move angers US fans
Fans lap up new Harry Potter film trailer
The new trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, the long-awaited sixth instalment of JK Rowling's wizard series, came out today. The glimpse of the film, which UK audiences will be able to see from July 17, shows Potter (played by Daniel Radcliffe) as he prepares for a final... [continued]
Hillary Clinton raffles off Bill to pay debts
In contrast to Barack Obama - who it was revealed this week earned $2.6m in 2008 thanks mainly to royalties from his autobiographies - Hillary Clinton is still
struggling to pay off her 2008 presidential campaign debts. Now, it seems, she has found a financial solution - raffling off her... [continued]
Millionaire Obama reveals his earnings
Patrick Stewart in stage-door fracas
Theatre-lovers are flocking to see Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen in Samuel Becket's classic play Waiting For Godot, currently
playing in Edinburgh. However, such is the brilliance of their performances that some fans have started taking snaps of the two thespians while they are on stage, an act which... [continued]
People: Patrick Stewart and Donmar triumph at the Olivier awards
Sylvester Stallone takes Rambo to Bollywood
Sylvester Stallone, the over-muscled Hollywood star is to make his Bollywood debut this summer. He will reprise the role for which he is most famous - John Rambo, the Vietnam vet and
all-round killing machine. However it will be with a twist. For out go the bloody... [continued]
Film Talk: ‘Slumdog effect’ brings stars flocking to India
Michael Grade to sue Greg Dyke and Times
Two of British television's biggest beasts look set for a showdown in the High Court. Sir Michael Grade, the executive chairman of ITV, has issued a libel writ against the former BBC
director general Greg Dyke following comments the latter made in a column published by the Times newspaper last... [continued]
Michael Grade under pressure at ITV
Tony Blair’s dying for a garden shed
Tony Blair has a lot on his mind at the moment, what with his Faith Foundation and his duties as Middle East peace envoy. This has not stopped the former Prime Minister attending to
more mundane domestic matters, however, notably the installation of a garden shed at his £5.75m listed... [continued]
People: Blairs aim to live in theatrical style
Sarkozy turns guns on President Obama
President Nicolas Sarkozy (pictured) has broken every convention in the diplomatic handbook by revealing exactly what he thinks of his fellow world leaders. Unarguably the
most trenchant of his barbs, which he made during a lunch with an all-party group of French MPs at Elysee Palace this week, were aimed... [continued]
Obama’s Grand Tour: just don’t mention the genocide
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