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Herbie Hancock wins album of the year
Last night's Grammy awards in Los Angeles was full of unlikely pairings: Alicia Keys dueting with a virtual Frank Sinatra via video, lounge singer Keely Smith and Kid Rock together crooning Ol' Black Magic, and 80-year-old Andy Williams of Moon River fame awarding Amy Winehouse a Grammy... [continued]
Clinton campaigner exits ‘Hillaryland’
'Hillaryland' was rocked yesterday by the sudden announcement that Hillary Clinton's campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle (pictured), was stepping down. Her
exit, announced in an email to campaign staff, came the day after Clinton lost to Barack Obama in the Louisiana, Nebraska and Washington state primaries and on the same... [continued]
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A night of surprises at Bafta
As predicted, Daniel Day-Lewis (above) won best actor for his role in There Will be Blood, and Javier Bardem won best supporting actor for his
stoney-faced killer in No Country for Old Men. Otherwise, it was surprises all the way at the Bafta awards in London last night. Julie... [continued]
In Pictures: Bafta winners and frocks
What makes Daniel Day-Lewis tick?
Video: see Bafta nominees and winners
The First Post A-Z of Oscar nominations
In Brief: Jaws star Roy Scheider dies
Actor Roy Scheider (pictured), best known for his role as the police chief in Steven Spielberg's 1975 movie Jaws, died on Sunday at an Arkansas hospital aged 75... Carla Bruni has taken to appearing in flat shoes since she married French President Nicolas Sarkozy; according to a... [continued]
Mills to cross-examine McCartney in court
After months of stalemate over a final settlement, Sir Paul McCartney's estranged wife Heather Mills will be able to cross-examine the former Beatle herself about
his multi-million pound fortune when the couple go to court today. In what is likely to be a week-long battle over the... [continued]
Tofu and trimmings for Heather's handymen
Don't be vulgar, says Heather Mills's new PR
London Fashion Week hails its heritage with Biba show
London Fashion Week, seen as the most fashion-forward of the international catwalk schedules, began yesterday with a blast from the past when it opened with iconic Sixties label Biba. And there's
more history to come. Today will see the first catwalk appearance of the Ossie Clark label... [continued]
Is Marc Jacobs going out of fashion?
New York Fashion week: Halston returns
Chancellor Alistair not the City’s darling
This week's 'half-term' parliamentary recess is normally a chance for MPs and ministers to unwind. Chancellor Alistair Darling will be spending it wondering how long he can hold on
to his job after he was jeered at two City events last week over his handling of Northern Rock and what... [continued]
The Mole: The First Post's Westminster insider
Oleg’s Desert Island necessities
Oleg Gordievsky, the most senior Russian intelligence officer ever to defect to Britain, said on BBC Radio's Desert Island Discs on Sunday that since the murder of Alexander Litvinenko in London, and with relations between Whitehall and the Kremlin worsening, he no longer feels safe living in Britain. Like Litvinenko,... [continued]
