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Hollywood writers’ strike breakthrough
There is promising news from Hollywood for Julie Christie, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cate Blanchett (left) and all the other Oscar hopefuls: a breakthrough
has finally been reached in negotiations to end the three-month-long writers' strike. A deal that would not only save the doomed Oscars ceremony but also re-boot the Los... [continued]
The First Post's A to Z of Oscar nominated films 
Simon Mann sent to Equatorial Guinea
Simon Mann, the Old Etonian who has languished in a Zimbabwean jail for more than three years after he was accused of plotting a coup in the West African state of Equatorial Guinea,
has been flown out of Zimbabwe to meet his fate at the hands of the man he... [continued]
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Simon Mann, solider of misfortune
In pictures: The descent of Mann
Beckham misses ball after England snub
The disappointment of missing out on his 100th cap for England was all too much for David Beckham, it appears, as the 33-year-old footballer pulled out of a charity event at just two
hours notice last night after being snubbed by the national team's new boss, Fabio Capello.... [continued]
Sports Pages: Capello drops Beckham
People: Beckham sits in for Arsenal
Paparazzo quits over Britney ordeal
The trials and tribulations of Britney Spears, who was yesterday sectioned in Los Angeles as a 'suicide risk' after going without sleep for the last five days, have been enough to
convince one paparazzi photographer that enough is enough. Nick Stern, a snapper with the UK-based... [continued]
People: Britney and Adnan's excellent adventure
In brief: Oh Vienna! Dita strips
Dita Von Teese launched the annual Vienna State Opera Ball by gyrating practically naked under a shower of champagne... Supermodel Lily Cole has appeared in her
first campaign for Marks & Spencer's, modelling their latest Limited Collection... Disgraced media baron Conrad Black had had his request to remain free on... [continued]
In pictures: Conrad's Black Monday
Banksy comes out for Ken Livingstone
Banksy, the graffiti artist who has become a favourite of such celebrities as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and whose latest works go under the
hammer at Bonhams next week, has thrown his support behind London Mayor Ken Livingstone in his bid to keep his job in the May election.... [continued]
A bouquet for Banksy
People: whisky & Ken: the row worsens
In Town Last Night: Fashion Forward winners’s party
Westfield London - the extravagant shopping complex due to open in Shepherd's Bush later this year - cemented its fashion credentials last night by hosting a bash for the winners of the BFC's Fashion
Forward scheme, designers Richard Nicoll, Roksanda Ilincic and Jens Laugesen. The guests of honour were joined... [continued]
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Complaint lodged against Hain lobbyist
Steve Morgan, the political consultant and lobbyist involved in the Peter Hain controversy, and who is now working for Hillary Clinton's campaign to
represent the Democrats in the US presidential election, is having a professional complaint against his company considered by the self-regulatory body that governs political consultants in Britain.... [continued]
The Mole: Hain had to go
US Election 2008: news, polls, analysis
George Clooney snubbed by UN
The actor George Clooney, recently appointed a UN 'messenger of peace' for his work in Darfur, discovered the limitations of celebrity yesterday when a UN committee he was due to
address simply refused to hear him. Led by the Russian ambassador Vitaly Churkin, and backed by the French, the committee... [continued]
Can UNAMID solve the Darfur crisis? Possibly
In pictures: Janjaweed's horseback killers
Michael Clayton trailer
