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Race is on to film Bhutto’s life
At least two film-makers are racing to make biopics about the life of Benazir Bhutto, the recently assassinated Pakistani politician. In the lead is the Indian director
Mahesh Bhatt, who is known for movies such as Aarth and Saaransh, which doubled as powerful social commentaries. Bhatt, who has... [continued]
Benazir Bhutto's life in pictures 
Eyewitness video of Bhutto's assassination
Artists battle for fourth Trafalgar plinth
Artist Antony Gormley has admitted that participants in his proposed new art work for the empty fourth plinth in London's Tragalgar Square might include some people who would want to
attempt suicide by jumping off the platform. Gormley is among a number of high-profile British artists vying... [continued]
See the six artists' proposals
Larry David curbed by Obama loss
Is the future of Larry David's TV comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm doomed? At a Barack Obama campaign rally for students in New Hampshire this week, David
finished his address by theatening never to write another episode of the show if his audience didn't vote for Obama in the state... [continued]
Alexander Cockburn: never underestimate the Clintons
Israeli Leviev buys £35m London home
A diamond magnate, who was until a week ago classified as Israel's richest man, has bought Britain's most expensive new-build property - a bullet-proof mansion in Hampstead, north London, worth £35m. Lev Leviev, 51, who is a close friend of Chelsea FC owner Roman... [continued]
In Brief: Sarko says love is ‘serious’
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has reportedly enlisted former England captain David Beckham to assist England's bid for the 2018 World Cup; Beckham met Brown for
an hour-long meeting at Number 10 last night... French President Nicolas Sarkozy has hinted that Carla Bruni, the supermodel-turned-popstar he... [continued]
President's son joins anti-Sarko rap crew
Kate Winslet takes Nicole Kidman’s role in The Reader
It seems Kate Winslet might be the lucky beneficiary of Nicole Kidman's pregnancy, announced earlier this week. Winslet is reported to be stepping into the film role
just vacated by Kidman as a woman who has an affair with a teenage boy in The Reader. A spokeswoman... [continued]
Nicole Kidman is pregnant
Alt awards favour surprise films
The Golden Globes may be cancelled, and the Oscars themselves in dire jeopardy, but this annual awards season continues to throw up surprises. The latest is the choice of films nominated for best director by the Directors Guild of America, usually a good indicator of which films might be nominated... [continued]
Posh named worst-dressed celeb
Victoria Beckham's plan to wow America's fashion elite went awry yesterday when she was named 2007's Worst Dressed Celebrity by the acid-tongued barometer of Hollywood style, Mr Blackwell. Since moving to Los Angeles last year, when husband David Beckham signed up with LA Galaxy, Posh has helped... [continued]
