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Voice paper launches Boris attack
Ken Livingstone, fighting to retain his job as Mayor of London in the May 1 election, released a list of his influential supporters on Monday, among them actress Emma
Thompson, graffiti artist Banksy and the designer Vivienne Westwood. One source of support he didn't mention was... [continued]
Boris and Dave fall out over migrant policy 
Google match-makes BNP and mixed-race dating agency
Brown to be pipped by Pope’s first US visit
Gordon Brown flies off to the United States today, leaving behind the worst poll ratings of his short career as prime minister. He will be hoping to get easier headlines over there than he's been enjoying at home - but he might be lucky to get any at all. By... [continued]
In brief: Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky has UK premiere
Director Mike Leigh (left) joined cast members Sally Hawkins (right), John Hurt and Jim Broadbent for the UK
premiere of his new "anti-miserablist film" Happy-Go-Lucky in London on Monday night; Hawkins won a best actress gong at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year for her portrayal of... [continued]
The killer mosquito flies into Rio
Sally Hawkins wins best actress at Berlin
Tearful Rowling defends Harry in court
JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, was near tears when she took the stand in a Manhattan court on Monday to give evidence against one of her greatest fans. Rowling and Warner Bros, the film studio behind the Harry Potter movies, are trying to block... [continued]
China’s ‘Obama Girl’ takes pop at West
The so-called 'Obama Girl', the voluptuous model whose song, I got a crush on Obama, raised pulses earlier this year, has spawned an imitator in China. Step forward pop singer Mu
Rongxuan, who has released a ditty (replete with video) called Don't be too CNN. Those... [continued]
Video: 'Don't be too CNN'
Businessman snaps up Marilyn Monroe sex tape
A black and white movie of Marilyn Monroe performing oral sex on an unidentified man has just been sold for $1.5m, according to the New York Post. The film was discovered by
Keya Morgan, a specialist in Hollywood memorabilia, who came across it while researching a documentary... [continued]
In pictures: Famous US photos go under the hammer
Hell’s kitchen plays host to YouTube rant
A British playwright and actress has vented her anger about her acrimonious separation from New York theatre boss Philip Smith via the internet, with a theatrical six-minute rant on
YouTube. In the clip, which has become the talk of Broadway since it was posted on Friday, Tricia... [continued]
Video: Tricia Walsh Smith
Writer admits to tall tales from Colombia
The publishers of the Lonely Planet travel guides have been landed in an embarrassing mess by one of their authors, who has written a book exposing the world of budget travel writing. Thomas Kohnstamm, based in Seattle, claims the pay is so poor that writers have to plagiarise other publications,... [continued]
Digby to abandon Gordon before election
That's gratitude. Lord 'Digby' Jones, whom Gordon Brown made Trade Minister as part of his much vaunted 'Government of all talents', has revealed he will quit office
before the next election because he refuses to openly support the Prime Minister. It didn't look like a... [continued]
Digby the goat loses yet more friends
