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Why Gordon Brown is an American idol
It may have been a little stilted, but Gordon Brown's appearance on US television on Wednesday night, a week before he travels to Texas to see President Bush, could
hardly have gone better. Watched by 20m Americans, the Prime Minister appeared on a special charity edition of... [continued]
The Mole on Brown’s visit to Texas 
In brief: Dakota’s new ‘yob’ role
Dakota Blue Richards (pictured), the 13-year-old star of The Golden Compass, has been accused of being an "inconsiderate yob" after a gang of girls she was with knocked down a snowman in East Sussex last weekend… Aditya Mittal, son and heir to Britain's richest man, the steel billionaire Lakshmi... [continued]
Avedon portrait of Marilyn fetches four times the estimate
You have to hand it to her: 45 years after her death, Marilyn Monroe still has the power. A portrait of the actress (above left) by Richard Avedon, included
in The First Post's preview of American photography on sale in Manhattan this week, went for $380,000 - almost four times... [continued]
In pictures: American aperture
NY Mets cheesed off by ‘rickrolling’ stunt
One of the latest - and strangest - web phenomena has claimed its highest-profile victim yet. 'Rickrolling' started last year when hundreds of cheeky internet users began putting up links which
tricked people into going to a video of Rick Astley's 1987 worldwide hit, Never Gonna Give... [continued]
You Got Rickrolled
Sydney U-turn over Opera House architect
The relationship between the people of Sydney, Australia and Jorn Utzon (pictured), the Danish architect who designed the city's Opera House, one of the world's most iconic
modern buildings, took a bizarre new turn this week when 250 Opera House staff gathered to sing Happy Birthday in honour of his... [continued]
How the Sydney Morning Herald forgot the controversy
In Town Last Night: novelists celebrate the Nibbies
One of the more glitzy events in the literary calendar came to Grosvenor House, Park Lane last night - the Galaxy British Books Awards 2008. Hitting the red carpet at the 'Nibbies', as they're
affectionately known, were fiction money-spinners JK Rowling (pictured left, with Neil Murray), who was awarded the... [continued]
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Sir Elton rallies to Hillary’s defence
Sir Elton John came to the defence of Hillary Clinton yesterday when he told the 5,000-strong crowd at a New York fund-raising concert that she was the victim of
sexism. "I'm amazed by the misogynistic attitudes of some of the people in this country,” Sir Elton said... [continued]
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