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24 star does time for drink-driving
One advantage of the Hollywood writers' strike is that it gives out-of-work actors plenty of time to complete any jail sentence they may receive for drunk-driving. Kiefer Sutherland was formally sentenced yesterday to 48 days in jail for just such an offence. The star of the... [continued]
Amy Winehouse’s six Grammy nominations
British singer Amy Winehouse, whose brilliant career has been constantly sidetracked by personal problems, was today nominated for six Grammy awards. They included the categories
best new artist, best record, best song of the year for her hit Rehab and best album of the year for the critically lauded, genre-jumping... [continued]
Video: Amy Winehouse - I Told You I Was Trouble 
Jenna calls home on Ellen show
When US chat show host Ellen DeGeneres suggested that Jenna Bush, the First Daughter, phone her parents during the taping of her show this week, the 26-year-old
looked genuinely shocked: "They're going to kill me... I'm going to be in so much trouble." "No, they're going to... [continued]
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In Brief: Billie wedding at Evans’s pub
Billie Piper is to marry her boyfriend Laurence Fox on New Year's Eve and will hold the reception in a Sussex pub that is owned by her ex-husband, DJ Chris Evans... Sacha Baron Cohen is being sued for £200,000 by New York driving instructor Michael Psenicska who says he was... [continued]
The truth about Condi’s men
Our report earlier this week on Condoleezza Rice and the 'lesbian' rumour mill has elicited emails from readers asking: why does no one write about Condi's boyfriends? The
answer is that there aren't any - not because she's gay, say Washington insiders, but because she's far too conservative to risk... [continued]
Belinda: Canada's top dog
In Town Last Night: thesps rally to raise money for historic theatre
British actors including Helen Mirren and Hugh Grant rallied last night in a bid to save the world's oldest music hall - Wilton's theatre in Whitechapel, East
London. Built in the 1850s, the historic theatre has long enjoyed high-profile support. In 1964, Sir John Betjeman campaigned... [continued]
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Teri’s trouble over loose lips
Did Teri Hatcher give a cosmetic company the kiss off? According to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, the 42-year-old actress signed an "exclusive endorsement deal" for $2.4m with Hydroderm in 2005 – only to end up touting competitor City Cosmetics as well. The Desperate Housewives... [continued]
Legal wrangle over stuffed animals that Hirst couldn’t get his hands on
A collection of 6,000 stuffed animals arranged in bizarre tableaux - including 20 kittens dressed for a wedding - which the artist Damien Hirst offered to buy for £1m four years ago,
has landed the auction house Bonhams in a legal wrangle. The collection, which was on show at the... [continued]
See more of Walter Potter's curious cats
‘Generation Obama’ backs Barack
Young Hollywood is coming out to support Barack Obama in his bid to be the first black American president. Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds (The Nines), Kate Walsh (Grey's Anatomy), Anthony Kiedis (The Red Hot Chili Peppers), and Taye Diggs (Rent) are among the personalities... [continued]
