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US media out McCain’s soldier son
The 19-year-old son of the Republican presidential candidate John McCain has "done a Prince Harry". L/Cpl Jimmy McCain has been serving with the US Marines in Iraq
and American newspapers, which had agreed with the McCain camp not to break the news, have spilled the beans.... [continued]
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Prop-maker strikes back at George Lucas
The man who created the iconic white helmets and body armour of the Star Wars stormtroopers is due to begin an epic battle with the film's director George Lucas [pictured]. The director's company, Lucasfilm, is suing British prop designer Andrew Ainsworth for £10m after he began reproducing... [continued]
In brief: Thandie to play Condi
Oliver Stone is in talks with British actress Thandie Newton (right) to play Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (left) in
W, his upcoming biopic of George Bush… On the eve of the release of Orange Prize for Fiction shortlist, Lily Allen has withdrawn “by mutual consent”... [continued]
Stone paints warts'n'all portrait of Dubya
Ashcroft campaigns for marine to win VC
Lord Aschcroft, better known in political circles as Lord Cashpoint for his fundraising activities on behalf of the Conservatives, has come out fighting on behalf of the 24-year-old Royal Marine, L/Cpl Matthew Croucher, whose heroic action in Afghanistan saved the lives of three comrades in February. Ashcroft has joined the... [continued]
Bruni wins France’s affections
It seems Carla Bruni's visit to Britain last month, when the model-turned-singer won comparisons with Jackie Kennedy and Princess Diana, has helped
her win the affection of the French public after initial misgivings. According to a poll published on Sunday by Le Parisien newspaper, nine out of... [continued]
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Carla charms UK's most powerful women
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London critics twist and turn over Lynch Lost Highway opera
Fans of the surreal and kinky world of David Lynch will be delighted to hear that the British premiere of an operatic version of his 1997 film-noir Lost Highway has divided - and in most cases bewildered - London critics. It opened at the weekend as part... [continued]
Boris and Dave fall out over migrant policy
It couldn't last. Within days of David Cameron giving his party's London Mayoral candidate Boris Johnson a very public slap on the back, the two men are now at odds
over Conservative policy after Johnson called for an amnesty for immigrants who have been living illegally in London for four... [continued]
Livingstone unveils his secret brood
New poll sees Ken close gap on Boris
How Mugabe lost his Swiss bank account
Here's a story - possibly apocryphal, but with a whiff of truth - no Zanu-PF spokesman will tell you about his boss, Robert Mugabe. Back in 1958, when he was teaching in Ghana,
Mugabe met fellow teacher and Ghanaian national Sally Hayfron and fell in love. He... [continued]
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