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Heath Ledger found dead aged 28
Mystery surrounded the death today in New York of the Australian-born actor Heath Ledger, best known for his Oscar-nominated role as one of two cowboys in the 2005 film,
Brokeback Mountain. Friends and fans alike were shocked to hear of the 28-year-old's death at a downtown Manhattan apartment.... [continued]
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Oscar nominations: Juno scoops four
No Country for Old Men topped the table with eight nominations when the Oscar shortlist was announced in Los Angeles today. The film, based on Cormac McCarthy's
award-winning novel, was nominated for best picture, best director and best supporting actor for Javier Bardem. Equal with No Country was There Will... [continued]
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Prince Charles saves energy for speech
The Prince of Wales gave a breathtaking performance yesterday when he appeared as a hologram at an environmental conference in Abu Dhabi. Charles chose to deliver his address at
yesterday's World Future Energy Summit using 3D technology, in a bid to cut the royal carbon footprint... [continued]
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In Town Last Night: car not the only star at Fiat 500 party
A small car caused a big fuss in the motoring world last night as the London Eye played host to the UK launch of the new Fiat 500. This retro run-around managed to pull in a glamourous crowd of
admirers including Formula 1 mogul Eddie Jordan, Jade Jagger and model... [continued]
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Livingstone banned from Silverjet flights
As if the allegations about Ken Livingstone's drinking habits - broadcast last night on Channel 4 - weren't enough, it seems the beleaguered London mayor has now been banned from the
transatlantic ‘business class only’ airline Silverjet. The airline's chief executive, Lawrence Hunt, has said he wants... [continued]
Whisky & Ken: the row worsens
Soros predicts worst recession for 50 years
Amid collapsing stock prices worldwide, the billionaire investor George Soros has told an Austrian daily, the Standard, that the United States is threatened with recession
and the world is facing the worst financial crisis in half a century. "The situation is much more serious than any other financial crisis since... [continued]
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Galliano brightens Black Monday
It may have been Black Monday, but the Christian Dior show kicked off haute couture week in Paris yesterday unbowed by the plummeting financial markets. John Galliano, the British designer of Dior, based his collection on turn-of-the-century art, including Gustave Klimt's Salome and John Singer Sargent's painting... [continued]
Oliver Stone to turn camera on Bush
How did George W Bush go from "alcoholic bum" to President? Oliver Stone aims to find out. He announced during the Sundance Film festival that his next directing project will be Bush, with Josh Brolin playing the lead. In an interview, he declined to give his personal... [continued]
Lohan film earns nine Razzie nominations
On the eve of today's Oscar nominations came the Golden Raspberry Awards - the annual prizes, better known as the Razzies, for the worst performances and films of the year. Comic actor Eddie Murphy has broken a record with the film Norbit, being nominated for five Razzies, the... [continued]
Sir David condemns natural history cuts
Sir David Attenborough has attacked his long-term employers the BBC, claiming that the swingeing budget cuts at its renowned Natural History Unit in Bristol could lead to dumbed-down programmes. The unit, home to Planet Earth, the Blue Planet and Springwatch, will lose almost a third of its 180... [continued]
