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Don’t be vulgar, says new Heather Mills PR
Has Heather Mills, estranged wife of Sir Paul McCartney, made a terrible choice in picking a self-styled French aristocrat to be her worldwide publicist? Reaction
from the American press and public suggests so. 'Comtesse' Michele Elyzabeth, based in Beverly Hills, took on the job last week after Mills's previous PR... [continued]
See Michele Elyzabeth's blog 
Bacon breaks new records at Sotheby’s
Two works by Francis Bacon were the highlights of a record-breaking contemporary art sale at Sotheby's New York last night. Three bidders fought over his Self Portrait
(right) which eventually went for $29.5m (£14.3m) - almost twice the estimate - while five interested parties went after Bullfight No 1, second... [continued]
Why Conrad Black is hoping he'll go cheap
Elton’s cocktail charity bash goes down a treat with star guests
Singer Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish kicked off the winter party season with a glitzy charity cocktail party in London's Covent Garden Piazza last night - and their friends pitched in to make it a glamorous affair. Fashion designers Christopher Bailey and Patrick... [continued]
Murdoch execs ‘tried to smear publisher’
Feisty American publisher Judith Regan, who was fired last December by Rupert Murdoch over the publication of the controversial OJ Simpson book If I Did It, is suing her former employers HarperCollins for $100m damages, claiming she is the victim of a "deliberate smear campaign". In a suit filed yesterday... [continued]
In Brief: Lily becomes latest M&S recruit
Flame-haired catwalk model Lily Cole has signed a lucrative deal to become the new face of Marks and Spencer. The 19-year-old, who is rumoured to be worth around £11m, will be the exclusive face of the new high-end Limited Collection, which goes on sale from January... After famously escaping a... [continued]
In Town Last Night: racing fans at the Cartier Racing Awards
The Cartier Racing Awards 2007 drew an illustrious crowd of racing enthusiasts to London's Four Seasons hotel last night, including the Duchess of Marlborough. Dylan Thomas, winner
of the King George V and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe, was crowned Horse... [continued]
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Chris Langham freed from jail
Actor Chris Langham left prison last night, free but with his career in tatters. Langham won a four-month cut in his jail sentence for downloading child porn at the Court of Appeal, after three senior judges found that the original sentence imposed for downloading child abuse images was overly harsh. ... [continued]
Grey’s Anatomy star marries in secret
A million men's dreams died yesterday as news emerged that Ellen Pompeo, the beautiful American actress in Grey's Anatomy, secretly married her boyfriend, music executive
Chris Ivery, last Friday. They tied the knot in a low-key ceremony at New York's City Hall where Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his deputy Patti... [continued]
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TV medics bicker over picket duties
