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Mugabe celebrates his 84th in style
Robert Mugabe's birthday present from his cabinet colleagues last year was a leopard skin; this year, the Zimbabwean president got a stuffed crocodile at his official birthday party on Saturday. The croc, they told him, was a symbol of his "maturity and wisdom". The bash was held in a... [continued]
Clooney: the Oscars’ ‘Hillary Clinton’
On the eve of Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony, two of the candidates for best actor have written off their chances because they believe Daniel Day-Lewis is a dead cert.
George Clooney, star of Michael Clayton, told Time magazine. "There is no way Daniel won't win. For me, it's like being... [continued]
Film fans and Academy are worlds apart 
A-Z of Oscar-nominated films
Brit actress saved by outraged Emma
The English actress Emma Thompson has stepped in to protest about an up-and-coming British actress, of seemingly perfect proportions, being required by an American film company to
lose weight for her next role. Hayley Atwell may be the latest muse of Woody Allen, starring in his new film Cassandra's Dream,... [continued]
Oscars 2008: No country for American actors
Oscar Classics: Free film soundtrack downloads for every reader
Best (and worst) Oscar moments
People: Pearl Cornioley, hero of WW2 dies aged 93
In Town Last Night: can’t see the paintings for the Woods
Rock'n'roll-inspired art gallery Scream was the venue for a private view of Paul Karslake's Ideas and Idols exhibition last night. The room was a sea of iconic faces, though
admittedly most of them were hanging on the walls. The real thing did make an appearance, though, in the form of... [continued]
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LA police chief slams ‘Britney’s law’
A few days after photographers chasing Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan were arrested in West Hollywood, Los Angeles police chief William Bratton has denounced the proposal for new legislation – dubbed 'Britney’s law' - that would give police more powers to arrest paparazzi. Chief Bratton was blunt: ... [continued]
McCain speaks out over Iseman ‘affair’
John McCain's campaign team spent Thursday desperately trying to turn to its advantage a damaging report in the New York Times - reported here yesterday - which suggested
the Republican frontrunner had an affair with a 32-year-old lobbyist, Vicki Iseman (pictured), during his failed 2000 White House... [continued]
Alexander Cockburn on John McCain
The First Post's original report
President Bush treated like a rock star on African tour
In the week his approval ratings slumped to the lowest level in history for a serving US president - with just 19 per cent of the electorate approving of his actions - George Bush has found an entire continent willing to laud his achievements. His six-day tour of... [continued]
Diana coroner hits back at ‘circus’ claim
With media commentators, politicians and security experts saying the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed, has become a circus that
should be stopped, the coroner, Lord Justice Scott Baker (pictured), has responded with a severe warning. He told the court that the inquest would... [continued]
Fayed reveals plot with cast of thousands
'Tribute' to Michael Mansfield, QC
Donatella Versace wows Milan
It was down to Donatella Versace to put the sex and glamour back into Milan Fashion Week on Thursday, after a week where sex appeal has been thin on the ground. The Versace show
started demurely, with chic pencil skirts and tailored bomber jackets, but came to... [continued]
Fashion world ponders Armani's attack on Wintour
In pictures: Milan Fashion Week
Another Blair aide to write his memoirs
Jonathan Powell, former chief of staff to Tony Blair, is to become the second member of New Labour's inner circle to pen his No 10 memoirs after Alastair
Campbell. Powell left Downing Street when Blair went last June and swiftly fell onto the gravy train, becoming managing director of Morgan... [continued]
Memoirs of the amazingly popular Alastair
Gazza sectioned after breakdown in hotel
The sad plight of Paul Gascoigne, once one of England's finest football players, has come to light after he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act on Thursday. The player known to
football fans as Gazza was arrested after a fracas with a night-porter at Newcastle's Malmaison... [continued]
Video: Gazza's tears
