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Thursday January 31, 2008

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Bafta 2008 shows star pulling power

Hollywood stars from Daniel Day-Lewis to Jessica Biel (pictured) are RSVP-ing to their Bafta invitations with a resounding yes. The London event on Sunday, February 10 offers them a rare chance to appear on a red carpet this awards season after the Hollywood writers' strike wiped out the... [continued]

Berlusconi escapes fraud charges - again

Silvio Berlusconi, the Houdini of the Italian legal system, has done it again. The former prime minister and good friend of Tony Blair was cleared yesterday by a Milan court on a charge of false accounting back in the 1980s, before he entered politics. And here's the 'Berlusconi twist': he... [continued]

Silvio Berlusconi

Candy brothers buy Chelsea Barracks for £1bn

The developers of some of London's most ritzy new properties, Nick and Christian Candy, have paid £1bn for Chelsea Barracks. In what is believed to be Britain's costliest residential property deal, the Candy brothers and the Qatari government have bought the 12.8 acre site from the... [continued]

Simpsons star gives $10m to Scientology

A mischievous yellow cartoon character is a bigger patron of the Church of Scientology than Tom Cruise. Longtime Scientologist Nancy Cartwright - the voice of Homer Simpson's son Bart on The Simpsons - last year gave the church $10m to help spread the word of founder L Ron... [continued]

In Brief: TV prankster Jeremy Beadle dies

The popular TV entertainer Jeremy Beadle, who hosted such 'prank' shows as Beadle's About and You've Been Framed, has died aged 59 after a short battle with leukaemia... Russian President Vladimir Putin is in line to become the new chairman of Russia's state energy giant, Gazprom,... [continued]

Norman Rosenthal retires from Royal Academy after 31 years

One of the London art world's most flamboyant and temperamental figures, Sir Norman Rosenthal, is stepping down as the Royal Academy's head of exhibitions after 31 years in the job. His blockbuster shows - from Monet to the Aztecs to the current exhibition of masterpieces from Russian collections - have... [continued]

Cate Blanchett pops over to Buck House to fix the DVD player

She has played Queen Elizabeth II's ancestor twice, but it did not stop a gaffe-prone Prince Philip from mistaking Cate Blanchett for a film technician. Asked by the Duke of Edinburgh at a Buckingham Palace function what she did for a living, the Oscar-winning actress answered that... [continued]

Not even Depardieu can save Asterix now

The great Gerard Depardieu is not used to being jeered when a new film of his opens. But that's what happened at this week's premiere of Asterix aux Jeux Olympiques - Asterix at the Olympic Games - which, having cost €78m to make and €22m to publicise, is... [continued]

Celebrity bodyguard Anna Loginova killed

A Russian model who started a bodyguard agency to protect Moscow’s newly rich businessmen has been killed during a carjacking in the capital, only weeks after describing how she had fought off a similar attack. Anna Loginova, 29, died from head injuries while trying to... [continued]

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