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Tuesday January 15, 2008

People

Is Carla Bruni the new Mrs Sarko?

A report that French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his girlfriend Carla Bruni have married in a private ceremony at the Elysee Palace has been widely broadcast in the media today. But no one has pointed out that the story was 'broken' by the French regional newspaper L'Est Republicaine - the... [continued]

carla bruni

Stars set to descend on strike-free Baftas

Will the Bafta awards gain from the Hollywood writers’ strike and the ensuing chaos surrounding America’s movie award ceremonies?  The British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards are normally overshadowed by the the Oscars; in bad years, big stars have failed to turn up to... [continued]

Cate Blanchett

Barenboim straddles Middle East divide with dual citizenship

The Israeli pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim has become the first person to hold both Israeli and Palestinian passports. The musician has been granted Palestinian citizenship for his work in promoting cultural exchange between young people in Israel and the Arab world. Barenboim, 65, received his new... [continued]

Music artists used steroids, paper claims

Days after the Olympian Marion Jones was sentenced to six months in jail for lying about using performance-enhancing drugs, and with a long-running investigation of drugs use in baseball still ongoing, an American newspaper has claimed that the use of illegal steroids has spread into the music... [continued]

In Brief: Depp donates £1m to hospital

Johnny Depp has made a surprise visit to Great Ormond Street children's hospital to donate £1m to thank staff for saving the life of his eight-year-old daughter Lily Rose, who was treated there last March for kidney failure. Two months ago Depp, dressed in his Pirates of... [continued]

Johnny Depp

Khan joins former lover Aishwarya at Madame Tussauds’

Bollywood bad boy Salman Khan, star of such films as Maine Pyar Kiya and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, arrived at Madame Tussaud's in London today for the unveiling of his newly commissioned waxwork - much to the embarrassment of fellow Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan and his beautiful... [continued]

Burrell told to ‘hotfoot’ it home to get proof

Paul Burrell, former butler to the Princess of Wales, was due to resume his evidence today at the inquest into Diana and Dodi Fayed's deaths in 1997 after being ordered by the coroner, Lord Justice Scott Baker, to "hotfoot" it back to his Cheshire home last night... [continued]

Pop acts set to storm Brit awards

Pop looks set to predominate at the 2008 Brit Awards after yesterday's nominations were announced. X-Factor winner Leona Lewis (pictured), the former boy band Take That and flamboyant Lebanese-born chart-topper Mika lead the field with four nominations each. They will all go head-to-head in the Best British... [continued]

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