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ROH backs down over actor’s bit part
As an aspiring young actor, Juan Pablo Di Pace (pictured) was happy to play a small role in the Royal Opera House's 2001 production of Verdi's Rigoletto. But a small part was not what he had in mind when the ROH used his naked image from those... [continued]
‘Gang girl’ author really a Valley Girl
Add Margaret B Jones to the growing list of authors whose memoirs turn out to be fiction. Her book, Love and Consequences, about a mixed-raced girl growing up in a foster
home in a gang-ridden neighbourhood of Los Angeles, was praised by the critics. "What sets Ms... [continued]
James Frey returns - with a novel this time 
Ishmael Beah: boy soldier under fire
Prince Andrew’s ex eyes up Anfield crown for Sheikh Mohammed
A glamorous former English businesswoman of the year has emerged as the face of Dubai International Capital's £400m bid for Liverpool Football Club. The 34-year-old Amanda Staveley
(pictured), who reportedly once turned down a proposal of marriage from the Duke of York, hopes to become Queen of... [continued]
Liverpool's red-blooded Sheikh
Did son’s ‘sleaze’ row force Ian Paisley out?
The sudden decision by the veteran Protestant politician Ian Paisley to step down as Northern Ireland's first minister and leader of the Democratic Unionists, the party he founded in
1970, has political commentators asking the question: why now? Although at 81 his age might be considered... [continued]
Newsdesk: Ian Paisley quits as First Minister
In brief: Bond star Daniel Craig to marry Satsuki Mitchell
Daniel Craig is to marry his American film producer girlfriend Satsuki Mitchell (pictured) after the actor finishes filming the new Bond movie, Quantum of Solace... Bjork has been attacked by Chinese bloggers after the Icelandic singer shouted "Tibet! Tibet!" at the end of her song Declare Independence... [continued]
Lee Jasper quits over flirty emails
Lee Jasper, the Mayor of London's beleaguered race relations adviser, finally resigned on Tuesday after months of allegations of impropriety and cronyism. The last straw for
Ken Livingstone’s closest aide - suspended from his £120,000-a-year post by the mayor last month - came after a string of... [continued]
Ken and Mohammed play the race card
Livingstone threatens to sue London newspaper
‘Conserva-babe’ hits back at Wiki founder
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is in a whole lot of trouble. Before he used his website to dump his Canadian girlfriend with the message "I am no longer involved with
Rachel Marsden", he should have checked out her relationship history. Marsden, 33, an opinionated 'Conserva-babe' political... [continued]
Wikia: dawn of the Google-killer
