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Wednesday February 27, 2008

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Boris fumes over cigar case probe

Boris Johnson may be pulling ahead of Ken Livingstone in the polls - but he is fuming. The Tory candidate hoping to topple Livingstone in the upcoming mayoral election believes he is the subject of a dirty tricks campaign following Scotland Yard’s intervention over the 'theft' of... [continued]

Milosevic plot not blueprint for Diana

The spectre of Slobodan Milosevic was raised at the Diana inquest on Tuesday, when the High Court jury heard how a plan to kill a Balkan leader - allegedly the late Serbian president - was not a blueprint for a plot to murder the Princess and her... [continued]

Claudia and Karl add fizz to Dom Perignon party

The opening of a bottle of fizz was in itself the cause for celebration last night at grand West London eatery The Landau. Claudia Schiffer (right) played the glamourous hostess for the launch of Dom Perignon’s Oenotheque 1995 and its accompanying ad campaign - styled by... [continued]

Specs maker puts Evans in the frame

Specsavers, eat your heart out. After Martin Scorsese's recent TV ad for Freixenet cava, it seems no self-respecting ad campaign can do without a Hollywood great. This time, it's the Los Angeles-based spectacles company, Oliver Peoples, who have landed a coup by persuading film producer Robert Evans - famous for... [continued]

It-designer Nicolas Ghesquiere lives up to his billing for Balenciaga

Tuesday at Paris fashion week saw fashion's most influential designer Balenciaga's Nicolas Ghesquiere deliver yet another stand-out show. The 36-year-old Frenchman lived up to his recent description in US Vogue as "fashion's most sought-after and hippest figure" with an ultra-chic and futuristic collection.   Taking... [continued]

In brief: Naomi has surgery in Brazil

Supermodel Naomi Campbell (pictured) has undergone abdominal surgery in Brazil to have a cyst removed... Singer Michael Jackson could lose his Neverland ranch if he fails to pay back a $24.5m loan that he owes on the California property, which would then go up for auction in... [continued]

Naomi Campbell

Secrets of the ‘Bardem bob’

The man responsible for the most talked-about haircut in Oscar history since Robert de Niro's 'mohawk' in Taxi Driver has broken cover: he's Paul LeBlanc (left in our composite picture), a Canadian hairdresser from New Brunswick who created Javier Bardem's 'killer bob' for his Oscar-winning role in No Country For... [continued]

LA honours wayward son Charles Bukowski

He may have been a self-described "dirty old man", but the city of Los Angeles has decided to honour Charles Bukowski, the hard-drinking poet and novelist, by declaring his rundown bungalow in east Hollywood an historic landmark, saving it from demolition by developers planning to build condominiums... [continued]

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