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Ono sells out Lennon’s ‘Real Love’
Yoko Ono's done it again. In a move sure to annoy diehard fans of her late husband John Lennon, Ono has sold Lennon's rare home recording of Real Love for use in a TV commercial by the American chainstore J C Penney. The Christmas-themed spot, which features a little girl... [continued]
In Brief: Moss in neighbours trouble
Houseguest Kate Moss has landed Hollyoaks actress Davinia Taylor in hot water with her north London neighbours, who have complained to police about the pair's partying antics. Moss is staying with Taylor after moving out of the nearby house she shared with Pete Doherty... Damien Hirst is offering his latest... [continued]
Liz and Ali go head to head at star-studded New York auction
Actor Hugh Grant is $17m wealthier today after Christie's successfully sold his Andy Warhol portrait of Elizabeth Taylor in a glittery New York sale
that defied widespread predictions of an art market crash. The actor, who is in New York, but did not attend the sale, bought the picture in... [continued]
Hugh ditches Liz as art world holds its breath 
Becks gets his kit off for Armani
One of David and Victoria Beckham's new California alliances is paying off handsomely. Since moving to Los Angeles last summer, the pair have shared numerous dinners with Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani and forged a close friendship. Now, Beckham has agreed to become Armani's global ambassador for his Emporio underwear... [continued]
Queen and Prince Philip prepare for ‘second honeymoon’ in Malta
Prince William is to give a reading at a Westminster Abbey service next Monday to celebrate the diamond wedding anniversary of the Queen and Prince
Philip. More than 2,000 people are invited. The Archbishop of Canterbury will bless the couple and Dame Judi Dench will read a specially commissioned poem... [continued]
News in Pics: the Queen's days of freedom
Cult chiller author leaves horror legacy
Cult chiller author Ira Levin has died at his home in Manhattan following a heart attack. The 78-year-old playwright and author helped revive gothic horror during the Seventies in novels and films including his best-known work Rosemary's Baby. Horror writer Stephen King once described Levin as... [continued]
In Town Last Night: Veuve Clicquot party
The bubbles flowed last night at east London industrial artspace The Wapping Project as champagne-maker Veuve Clicquot Yellow celebrated 130 years. Party guests included model Olivia
Inge and fashion designer Oswald Boateng (pictured together). But centre of attention was Goldsmiths art college student Sam Spenser's giant
installation Bloom - an... [continued]
In Town Last Night: Veuve Clicquot party
Boy George ‘chained male escort to wall’
Singer and DJ Boy George is in trouble with the law again. Last year, the 47-year-old former Culture Club singer was sentenced to community service and ordered to sweep the streets of New York City after police found cocaine in his Manhattan apartment. This time, London... [continued]
