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Elton’s ‘hypocritical’ Abu Dhabi gig
Sir Elton John has surprised fans by announcing he will play his first gig in the United Arab Emirates later this month. The flamboyantly gay star, who has sold 250m albums in a four-decade career, will perform at an open-air concert in Abu Dhabi's Emirates Palace... [continued]
After the assassination, the Bhuttos feud
The anointment of Benazir Bhutto's 19-year-old son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (pictured), and her controversial
husband, Asif Ali Zardari, as co-chairmen of the Pakistan People's Party, has not gone down well with some of the Bhutto family. Mumtaz Bhutto, the 74-year-old
head of the bitterly divided tribe, said:... [continued]
Benazir Bhutto - her life in pictures 
Was Aishwarya’s co-star too hunky for her family’s liking?
The mysterious postponement of a new film starring two of India's biggest stars has got the Bollywood rumour mill working at full tilt. Could it be that the new husband and father-in-law of the
gorgeous actress Aishwarya Rai (pictured) disapprove of her appearing in the arms of... [continued]
Row over Taj Mahal film
Aishwarya Rai's wedding in pictures
Ford’s 1975 would-be assassin released
After 32 years in jail, a would-be assassin of US president Gerald Ford has finally been released. Sara Jane Moore, who is now 77, claimed she was protesting against her government's persecution of the American Left when she shot a 38-calibre handgun at Ford (pictured) from... [continued]
The kings of chat are back on TV
In the nick of time, with the presidential race beginning tomorrow in Iowa, America's late-night TV hosts are back in business after a two-month lay-off caused by the writers' strike. In the case of
Jay Leno, host of NBC's Tonight show, he's back on screen without any writers - which... [continued]
Mike Huckabee plays guitar
Worsthorne: Obama could be America's secret weapon
Notes from a small scandal: Bill Bryson’s image tarnished
When the anglophile American author Bill Bryson became president of the Campaign to Protect Rural England it was seen as not only a publicity coup for a long-established environmental charity with a somewhat stuffy image, but as a natural step for someone who has written so plangently... [continued]
In Brief: Kirsty denies glamour charge
Newsreader Kirsty Young (pictured) has posed for photos kicking her red stillettoes in the air while denying she was brought in to replace Fiona Bruce on BBC TV's Crimewatch to lend glamour to the programme... Veteran comedian Ken Dodd, 80, has cancelled several shows after undergoing... [continued]
