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Dalai Lama puts his reincarnation to a vote
The Dalai Lama, Hollywood's favourite spiritual icon, has offered his 14 million Buddhist followers an intriguing referendum: should he forgo reincarnation, or should he be reborn
while still alive? With the Chinese occupiers of Tibet looking to hijack the succession process for the next Dalai Lama by 'finding' a pliant... [continued]
Tibet question hinders Dragon's progress 
Janet Kidd unique on Harriet Harman list
The controversial donation of £5,000 towards Harriet Harman's costs of running for Labour deputy leader - made by a proxy for the northern property developer David
Abrahams - was one of 18 donations received by Harman this year. But according to inquiries made by The First Post, it was the... [continued]
The Mole: can Harriet survive?
What the columnists had to say about the donation row
Row over Taj Mahal film with Ben Kingsley and Aishwarya Rai
Will the beautiful Indian actress Aishwarya Rai ever get to play the part of Mumtaz Mahal, who inspired one of the great romances of Indian history? Will Ben
Kingsley, 20 years after winning an Oscar for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi, fulfill his dream of playing the Mughal emperor Shah... [continued]
In pictures: Mumbai mix as Aishwarya Rai marries
Bollywood’s star-crossed couple tie the knot
Sexy Beast Ben weds wife no 4
Agyness Deyn takes top model prize
Agyness Deyn, wearing a black feathered gown by Giles Deacon, won Model of Year at the British Fashion Awards in London. Agyness (pronounced Agnes) has made a real
impact on the international fashion scene this year with her trademark crop - sometimes brunette, sometimes red, but last night back to... [continued]
More Agyness Deyn pictures
In Brief: Mel B second in US show
Spice Girl Mel B (pictured) has come second in US TV show Dancing with the Stars, losing out to Brazilian racing driver Helio Castroneves... Amy Winehouse has called off her current UK tour to "get herself fitter and stronger," according to her mother, Janis... I'm A Celebrity evictee John Burton... [continued]
Nicole towers over her leading men at Golden Compass premiere
One of the pleasures of no longer being married to Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman once noted, was that she was finally able to wear high heels again without fear of upstaging - in every sense - her vertically challenged husband. But even when she tones... [continued]
Astor heir charged over will fraud
The son of the legendary grande dame of New York society, Brooke Astor, who died in August at the age of 105, has been charged with 16 counts of conspiracy and grand
larceny, relating to the handling of his mother's £100m fortune and controversial changes to her will. Anthony Marshall,... [continued]
Family scramble for Astor inheritance
Mailer scoops Bad Sex award from the grave
Even the grave is unable to constrain the all-round behemoth Norman Mailer, it would appear. The American writer, who died earlier this month at the age of 84, has won the
Literary Review's Bad Sex in Fiction Award for his final novel, The Castle in The Forest, which was published... [continued]
How Mailer ended up on his top floor
Fossett wife seeks closure - and estate
The wife of Steve Fossett, the wealthy commodities trader and adventurer who went missing on a solo flight in Nevada on September 3, has officially given up hope of finding him
alive. Peggy Fossett went to court on Monday to have him declared legally dead. In doing so, she cleared... [continued]
Steve Fossett: the last Boy Scout
