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Tuesday March 11, 2008

In brief: Martina is a Czech once again

Former tennis world champion Martina Navratilova has regained her Czech nationality 33 years after she fled to the United States to escape the Cold War; the 51-year-old plans to maintain dual nationality... Sergeant Richard Fuller, head of security at the Duchess of Cornwall's country house in Wiltshire, has shot himself dead at home... Andrew Lloyd Webber is on the hunt for three boys to share the role of Oliver Twist and an "even younger Amy Winehouse" to play Nancy in a new West End production of Oliver... Johnny Vegas, the loud-mouthed comedian known for his excessive drinking, has been granted a divorce after blaming his former wife Kitty Donnelly's drinking habits for the split... Actor Hugh Laurie has claimed that Britain has turned its back on him since he became a success in the US television series House; Laurie says: "There's a notion that I've sold out"... Madonna has been inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, receiving her honour at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel from singer Justin Timberlake; others inducted on Monday were John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, The Ventures and The Dave Clark Five...

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