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Marr’s after-dinner speech bombs
Andrew Marr, the former BBC political editor who now has his own Sunday morning TV show and hosts Radio 4's Start the Week among other Beeb duties, has taken up after-dinner speaking - and it's not a good idea, if his performance at the CBI conference last week is anything... [continued]
Confusion over Dodi’s fiancees at Di inquest
French may be the language of love but it seems the meaning of the 'F word' can easily get lost in translation. Eyebrows were raised at the London inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales yesterday when Dodi Fayed's personal driver said his former boss... [continued]
In Town Last Night: Tatler Travel Awards at the Ritz
Tatler magazine bestowed bouquets on the travel industry last night by throwing a glitzy awards bash at the Ritz, for the annual Tatler Travel Awards. Partying along with journalists and hoteliers
were a clutch of socialites such as Poppy Delavigne (left), Rebecca Loos (far right, with Vanessa... [continued]
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Five woman named as BBC1 controller
One of the most powerful jobs at the BBC – controller of BBC1 – which has been vacant because of the 'Queen and Annie Leibovitz' debacle, has at last been filled. But Jay Hunt, the woman who's been given the role, will now be regretting her short... [continued]
Sego hits back at critics with revelatory book
Segolene Royal, the Socialist candidate who lost out to Nicolas Sarkozy in the French presidential election earlier this year, plans to settle some scores with her political critics and her ex-husband today, with the launch of her book My Greatest Story is You. It is being... [continued]
In Brief: Wallinger wins Turner
Artist Mark Wallinger has won the Turner Prize, 12 years after he was first nominated but lost to Damien Hirst. The award was given to him for State Britain, his meticulous re-creation of Brian Haw's long-running anti-war protest in Parliament Square... Supermodel Kate Moss has made it into Who's Who... [continued]
Knocked Up star hits back at script
The female star of one of the best received comedies of the year, Knocked Up, has revealed that she didn't enjoy making the film as much as critics and cinema-goers on both sides of the Atlantic enjoyed watching it. Katherine Heigl (above) tells Vanity Fair magazine that the movie that... [continued]
