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Russell Brand’s stay in the ‘winky-nick’
It's a tough life for British comedian and TV presenter Russell Brand. He reveals in his autobiography, My Booky Wook, that becoming famous was like finding a "Willie Wonka ticket to a sex factory" and boasts that at one time he had a harem of ten women on the go.... [continued]
In brief: Lily to follow in Billie’s footsteps
Lily Allen is being lined up as the next assistant for Dr Who. The 22-year-old will take over from Catherine Tate in the hit BBC1 series, and she will follow in the footsteps of Billie Piper... Sales of Barbour waxed jackets and tweed skirts have soared in the US following... [continued]
TV medics bicker over picket duties
As the writers' strike enters its second week, Hollywood actors are falling over themselves to show solidarity. None more so than the implausibly beautiful stars of the medical drama Grey's
Anatomy where there are reports that the cast - including Ellen Pompeo, who plays Dr Meredith Grey (above, right), Patrick... [continued]
Eva Longoria’s pizza peace-offering 
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Sir Philip Green
Topshop boss Sir Philip Green has taken enough money from the capital's gaming tables in his time. Now it's rumoured he is masterminding a bid to buy the casino Les Ambassadeurs. It is currently owned by Indonesian cigarette billionaire Putera Sampoerna, who paid £115m only last year. Sampoerna has decided... [continued]
Busted: the Thin White Duke
A police mugshot for sale on eBay shows a dead-eyed David Bowie staring into a police camera following his 1976 bust for possession of cannabis. The singer, now a glittering member of rock royalty, was then at the height of his drug addiction - though still ineffably... [continued]
Conrad Black and Andy Warhol: part two
Yesterday's report on this page about the auction of a Conrad Black portrait by Andy Warhol has elicited emails asking how on earth the famously conservative Black
could ever have bumped into mad, bad Andy Warhol. The answer comes from Conrad Black himself who has mentioned his encounter with Warhol... [continued]
Yesterday's report story on the Warhol-Black sale
Hugh ditches Liz as art world holds its breath
Big Brother ‘rapist’ wins African series
Film student Richard Bezuidenhout, 24, from Tanzania, won Big Brother Africa on Sunday, despite his alleged role in the worldwide reality show's first known incident of
live-on-air sexual abuse. The girl he is reckoned to have assaulted, 29-year-old Offuneka Molokwu from Nigeria, came second.... [continued]
Big Brother horror show
