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Beleaguered Gehry in good company
Frank Gehry (left) is not the first great architect to have his genius questioned over such prosaic issues as leaking roofs and cracking masonry (see Charles Laurence's
report for The First Post today). Like others before him, he has relied on his engineers to solve the practical problems of his... [continued]
Frank Gehry: has the bubble burst? 
ITV’s celebrities line up for jungle fever
The list of minor celebrities lined up for the latest edition of I'm a Celebrity Get me Outta Here includes London's godfather of punk, Malcolm McLaren. He had barely touched down in Australia, where the jungle-based reality show is filmed, before he was complaining of having been pressured into taking... [continued]
Coppola says The Godfather was not among his best work
It's good to know the veteran film director Francis Ford Coppola has retained a positive sense of his own worth. Talking to Time magazine about the robbery at his studio in
Buenos Aires, in which his computer was stolen, complete with the script to his new film Tetro with Matt... [continued]
Coppola blasts Pacino and Co
In brief: Denise and Billie clash over school
Actresses Denise van Outen and Billie Piper (right) have clashed over their very different memories of attending London's Sylvia Young Theatre School, with van Outen defending the school over negative comments by Piper, who claims the drama school required her to be "lighter, smaller, thinner"... The... [continued]
Leo’s ex comforts Kelly as he loses crown to a young contender
The most successful professional surfer in the history of the sport may be about to hang up his wetsuit. Kelly Slater, the 35-year-old from Cocoa Beach, Florida, who is as famous for
his glamorous girlfriends as for mastering those roller-coaster waves, lost his world title this week when a young... [continued]
Sport in Pictures: world surfing champs
Blair panned in China as ‘gold-digger’
Former prime minister Tony Blair's new speech-making career has barely started and the Chinese media have turned on him for being overpaid and speaking in cliches. Blair was is in the middle of a lucrative lecture tour of China, giving addresses with themes such as "From Greatness to Brilliance", when... [continued]
Sultan of Brunei wins billion-pound feud
The most expensive family feud in world history took a dramatic turn yesterday when the Sultan of Brunei won a court battle to force his younger brother, who lives in exile in London, to hand over billions of pounds in assets. London's Privy Council – which still sits as the... [continued]
Sir Paul’s Nancy is in Linda’s mould
It seems Nancy Shevell, the trucking company heiress with whom Sir Paul McCartney spent a romantic weekend in the Hamptons (as reported here), is legally separated from her husband, Bruce Blakeman, and he is not at all fazed by his wife's friendship with the former Beatle. Which means there's even... [continued]
