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Olmert gives Bush new ‘road map’
While George Bush might be a long way off achieving a Middle East peace deal on his first presidential trip to Israel, he does at least have a new 'road map', courtesy of Israeli
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. In an exchange of gifts on the first... [continued]
White House list omits Blair’s Burberry gift 
British security ‘leaked Squidgy tape’
The sensational "Squidgygate" tapes of Princess Diana talking to her alleged lover James Gilbey were probably the work of British intelligence, the inquest into her
death has heard. The Princess's former protection officer Ken Wharfe told the hearing that the intelligence listening station GCHQ routinely bugged... [continued]
Diana's 'Mr Wonderful' to give evidence?
Hanks shows his true colours
Charlie Wilson's War star Tom Hanks took his character's maverick streak on to the red carpet at the film's London premiere last night, wearing a claret Aston Villa scarf.
He spent a good deal of his Leicester Square walkabout declaring how much he "likes the team". In... [continued]
Film reviews: Charlie Wilson's War
What Hollywood can learn from its elders
Is Will Smith a Scientologist?
Tom Cruise may have his sights set on recruiting David Beckham to the Church of Scientology, if a new biography of the actor-producer is to be believed, but it seems
Cruise's buddy Will Smith is already in the fold. When he handed out the traditional 'wrap presents'... [continued]
Scientologists to fight Andrew Morton biography claims
Tony Blair gets himself a bank job
Being the West's peace envoy for the Middle East is all very prestigious, but it doesn't pay the mortgage - especially one on a large house in London's Connaught Square. So Tony
Blair will be relieved to have picked up his first big bucks job as a part-time advisor to... [continued]
Blair signs book deal - but can he actually write it?
Whatever happened to Tony Blair?
In Town Last Night: stylish crowd flocks to Wallpaper Design Awards
A sharp suit and stylish gait were prerequisites at The Old Sorting Office, New Oxford Street last night for the fourth annual Wallpaper Design Awards. Being a super-cool lifestyle magazine
beloved of trendy art types, Wallpaper had no trouble attracting a suave crowd of designers, TV presenters such as George... [continued]
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In Brief: John Cleese to divorce third wife
Actor and comedian John Cleese is separating from his third wife, American-born psychologist Alyce Faye Eichelberger Cleese, after a 15-year marriage. Cleese's first wife was actress
Connie Booth, with whom he wrote the TV sitcom Fawlty Towers, in 1968. They divorced 10 years later and Cleese married Barbara Trentham in... [continued]
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