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Bilawal Bhutto: the birth of a political star
So just who is Bilawal Bhutto, the teenager who has assumed the leadership of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) following the assassination of his mother, Benazir
Bhutto? Described by friends as studious and devoted to his mother, he has no political experience at all. Indeed, at 19, Bilawal is... [continued]
News in Pictures: Benazir Bhutto 1953 - 2007 
Coming soon: Sarkozy’s love songs
Carla Bruni, new girlfriend of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, is planning to immortalise their affair with a new album of love songs. The Italian singer and model, who spent last week in Egypt on holiday with Sarko, plans to release the album in August and is already booking dates for... [continued]
Extras hit sends Ricky running
Good to see that Ricky Gervais has already got stuck into his new year's resolution - to shed some pounds and get fit - by puffing across Hampstead Heath in T-shirt and shorts on
Monday morning, with a commando-style personal fitness instructor in tow. It must have been the exhilaration... [continued]
Ricky upsets his new neighbours
In Brief: Will Rowling revive Harry Potter?
JK Rowling has admitted she has considered writing an eighth Harry Potter book, but says if she did Harry would not be the central character... Amy Winehouse has been refused permission to play a gig inside Pentonville Prison, where her husband is on remand… Actress Tilda Swinton has revealed she... [continued]
‘Putin’s babes’: the new face of Russian politics
Vladimir Putin has succeeded in 'sexing-up' the image of his United Russia party as a result of this month's parliamentary elections. Apparently frustrated with the lack of beautiful women in his party, the president has recruited Svetlana Zakharova, the principal ballerina of the Bolshoi, and no fewer than four former... [continued]
Sean Penn’ Christmas present: divorce papers
Sean Penn's long-held reputation as one of Hollywood's most difficult men has not been improved by the news that his gorgeous wife, the actress Robin Wright Penn,
filed for divorce a few days before Christmas, citing irreconcilable differences. The couple, who have been together since 1991 and married for 11... [continued]
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