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Berlusconi in drama over soap actresses
Italy's richest man Silvio Berlusconi, no stranger to the law courts, is under investigation again – and this time there are soap starlets involved. The newspaper La Repubblica has posted online a seven-minute excerpt of a phone call, secretly taped by police, in which the former prime minister apparently tries... [continued]
In brief: Nigella roasts rivals in Xmas sales
'Domestic goddess' Nigella Lawson is winning this year's battle for the best-selling Christmas cookbook: Nigella Express is outselling rival Jamie Oliver's latest recipe tome by more than 100,000 copies at Waterstone's... A sketch of a shark, drawn on a catalogue featuring some of his works, by Damien Hirst has sold... [continued]
St Trinian’s Gemma Arterton - the new head girl of British film?
Gemma Arterton, who plays head girl Kelly in the updated St Trinian's film opening at cinemas this weekend, is getting so many offers of work she's being called the new
Keira Knightley. Still only 21, Arterton has already appeared on TV opposite David Walliams in Capturing Mary,... [continued]
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In Town Last Night: Carat launch party
Caribbean-inspired hotspot Kitt's in London's Sloane Square was the venue for the launch of new diamond brand Carat on Thursday night. Former model Marie Helvin, TV presenter
Lisa Snowdon and party-girl of 2007 Poppy Delavingne (left, with Saloni Lodha) were among those who rocked up to enjoy some... [continued]
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Sean Penn enters Oscar race
The nominations for the annual Screen Actors Guild awards were released on December 20 and they could hardly have been more different to recent critics' award nominations, including the Golden
Globes. There was no mention of the British film Atonement (which lead the GGs with seven nominations) or... [continued]
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Globes point to Golden future for Atonement
Gibson’s star treatment from cops over rant
A Los Angeles Sheriff's independent review has found that actor-director Mel Gibson "was treated differently" by police after his arrest for drunk driving in July 2006. His infamous anti-Semitic rant was removed from his file by officers when his arrest became public; he was not palm-printed,... [continued]
Arabella Churchill dies while son Jake is jailed
Glastonbury's 'first lady' Arabella Churchill has died on the same day her son was jailed in Australia for his role in a multi-million pound drug ring. Arabella, who was the granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill and the daughter of Randolph Churchill, was 58. She was suffering from... [continued]
