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Olympics row: others come under pressure
Film director Steven Spielberg's high-profile exit from the Beijing Olympics has led to other figures linked to the Games coming under pressure to quit. As reported on The First
Post yesterday, Spielberg withdrew on Tuesday from his unpaid position as artistic consultant to the Games' opening... [continued]
Spielberg quits Beijing Olympics in protest 
Georgian billionaire died of ‘natural causes’
Conspiracy theorists who believed that the death in Surrey on Tuesday of an exiled Georgian billionaire was 'another Litvinenko-style murder' may be proved wrong. According to initial post-mortem
tests, it looks as though Badri Patarkatsishvili died from natural causes, probably a heart attack, according to Surrey police. Toxicology tests... [continued]
Newsdesk: Georgia dissident died of natural causes
Georgian tycoon found dead in mansion
Madonna’s debut film panned
At least one film can be ruled out of contention for the Golden Bear at the Berlin film festival this weekend - Madonna's directorial debut, Filth and Wisdom. Despite the
queen of pop's lofty ambitions as a director - she counts Fellini and Godard as her inspirations - the film... [continued]
Stones toast Scorsese film in Berlin
Video: Madonna defends her film at press conference
Allen Ginsberg’s howl from the grave
The tape recording of an historic moment in American cultural history has been discovered in the archives of an Oregon college. It is the first ever recording of the Beat poet Allen Ginsberg reading his epic poem Howl. "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving... [continued]
Meet Jess Weixler, an indie heroine with bite
Step aside Ellen Page, star of the low-budget hit film Juno, and make way for Jess Weixler (pictured), another 'indie' film heroine making waves
this Oscar season. Weixler, 27, is the star of Teeth, one of the most bizarre small films to open in the States for... [continued]
Rape: now women can bite back
See the trailer for 'Teeth'
Murdoch plays good guy in Microsoft tussle
The battle over ailing web company Yahoo is not only shaping up to be one of the biggest takeovers in the short history of new media, it is also being billed as a clash of the titans. In the one
corner is the world's most powerful media... [continued]
Why Microsoft made a move on Yahoo
Gates delivers his post-Microsoft vision
Richard Nicholl’s evening wear delights London Fashion crowd
Black silk cocktail dresses and tuxedo-inspired oversized jackets were highlights in the collection of Richard Nicholl, one of the star attractions of London Fashion Week. In 2007
Nicholl was named one of Fashion Forward's winning designers along with Sinha-Stanic and Jens Laugesen. On Wednesday the British-born,... [continued]
News in Pics: London Fashion Week so far
Portman steps out with vegan shoes line
Look out Stella McCartney. The film actress Natalie Portman has just launched her own line of vegan shoes and they're $200 less expensive than McCartney’s
animal-friendly footwear. Portman unveiled the hand-crafted range on Tuesday night at shoe designer Te Casan's boutique in New York City's Soho district.... [continued]
News in Pics: London Fashion Week so far
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