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Tuesday February 12, 2008

People

Mills unleashes home movie on court

One of the most high-profile divorces of the decade - despite being heard in private - began in London yesterday. As the world’s media pressed themselves up against the gates of the Royal Courts of Justice and helicopters hovered overhead, Sir Paul McCartney and his estranged wife... [continued]

Tilda Swinton’s open marriage

Tilda Swinton didn't just stun the Bafta audience with her dress (bright yellow Dior) and her speech (in which she said how easy she found screen acting), she then proceeded to shock Fleet Street's prurient reporters by attending the Baftas after-party with her 29-year-old 'toy boy', Sandro Kopp, rather than... [continued]

Goodness gracious: Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard in harmony

It seems congratulations are in order to the producers of the Grammys who somehow managed to persuade the ageing rockers Little Richard (pictured left) and Jerry Lee Lewis (right) to share the same stage on Sunday without attempting to kill each other. Jerry Lee, 72,... [continued]

Tricky times for Mike and Dave

The future of the profitable relationship between the Conservative party and the multi-millionaire Tory peer Michael Ashcroft (pictured), who has been bank-rolling the party to the tune of hundreds of thousands of pounds in recent years, is looking uncertain this week - unless Lord Ashcroft comes clean about whether or... [continued]

OJ’s former agent gets in on the act

As if the controversy last year over his own 'hypothetical' book If I Did It were not enough, OJ Simpson now faces the publication of his former sports agent Mike Gilbert's memoir titled How I Helped OJ Get Away With Murder. Just to rub it in -... [continued]

OJ Simpson

In Town Last Night: Vanity Fair celebrates icons

American actress Natassia 'Scarlet' Malthe (pictured left) and British singer Lily Allen (right) were among those who came out to toast 95 years of iconic portraits in Vanity Fair magazine at the National Portrait Gallery on Monday night. A new archive portrait show 'Vanity Fair Portraits:... [continued]

In brief: Diana inquest costs £2.4m

Lord Justice Scott Baker, the coroner overseeing the inquest into the 1997 death of the Princess of Wales, said bills for the marathon hearing had topped £2.4m; the total cost to UK taxpayers for public investigations into whether Diana was murdered is believed to be £6m... Meanwhile... [continued]

Ossie Clark’s sons threaten to sue

The return of Ossie Clark - the iconic label, synonymous with Sixties London - was soured yesterday when the late designer's sons announced that they are considering taking legal action over the use of their father's name. The newly revived fashion brand made its 21st-century debut on... [continued]

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