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Thursday December 13, 2007

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Fabio England coach - but for how long?

The ink is not yet dry on his contract to manage the England football squad and mischief-makers are already speculating as to how Fabio Capello will leave the post. It's hardly surprising given the track record of recent England coaches. The roll of shame begins with Graham Taylor who missed... [continued]

Fabio Capello

Atonement leads Golden Globe list

The nominations for the Golden Globe awards - the most prestigious American cinema awards besides the Oscars - were announced today, with the British historical romance Atonement leading the pack with seven nominations, including best picture and best actress for Keira Knightley (left) and best actor for James McAvoy. The... [continued]

Keira Knightley

In Town Last Night: fragrant celebs turn out for DKNY perfume launch

Glamour-fiends such as Peaches Geldof (above left) and Savannah Miller, as well as  DJ du jour Mark Ronson (above right), popstar Boy George and actress Rosanna Arquette flocked to the Serpentine Gallery in London's Hyde Park last night - not to appreciate the art but rather the spirit... [continued]

Mark Ronson Peaches Geldof

Comeback King turns up at No 10

Eyebrows were raised today at the discovery that Oona King (left), the high-flying Labour MP who lost her East London seat to George Galloway in 2005, is now working at Number Ten as a political advisor to Gordon Brown on youth and community cohesion. She is not on the Downing... [continued]

Oona King

Sopranos creator sued over show’s origins

Months after the award-winning mob drama The Sopranos finished its run on TV, its creator David Chase (pictured) is being sued by a man who claims his ideas helped Chase devise the show. Robert Baer, a former New Jersey municipal court judge, also claims that he introduced Chase to the... [continued]

David Chase Sopranos

Hammer returns from dead on MySpace

Hammer horror is to be revived for the MySpace generation. The first production from Hammer Films for 30 years will be Beyond the Rave starring Sadie Frost (pictured), who was an actress before she became a fashion designer, starring opposite Gary Oldman in the 1992 film Dracula... [continued]

Sadie Frost

Paris goes for gold for launch of her new ‘sparkling wine in a can’

Socialite Paris Hilton has posed naked and covered in gold paint in a new advertising campaign to launch her latest venture - sparkling wine in a can. In the ads, the hotel heiress can be seen crawling across a desert to promote Rich Prosecco. Paris is launching... [continued]

Paris Hilton gold

Gerrard latest Liverpool theft victim

England midfielder Steven Gerrard is the latest Liverpool player to be targeted by burglars during away games. Just after Liverpool's 4-0 Champions League victory in Marseilles on Tuesday night - in which Gerrard scored the first goal – his wife, Alex Curran, at home with a female friend and the... [continued]

Steven Gerrard

Rock’n’roll pioneer Ike Turner dies

Ike Turner, the pioneering musician whose achievements were overshadowed by the public knowledge that he brutally abused his wife Tina Turner during 16 years of marriage, has died in California aged 76. A spokeswoman for Tina Turner said the singer had nothing to say about her ex-husband's death. "Tina is... [continued]

Ike Turner

‘Acid Raine’ sweet on Di and Dodi

Once spurned as 'Acid Raine' by her stepdaughter the Princess of Wales, Raine, Countess Spencer yesterday put her belated public stamp of approval on Diana's relationship with Dodi Fayed, saying the Princess was "blissfully in love" while Dodi was "absolutely charming". It was the first time Lady... [continued]

raine spencer

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