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Is Hendrix sex tape the real experience?
A fortnight ago the First Post reported that a sex film of Marilyn Monroe had been sold to a private collector in the US for $1.5m. Now footage of the carnal adventures of
another dead legend - guitar hero Jimi Hendrix - have emerged.... [continued]
Businessman snaps up Monroe sex tape ![]()
Boris makes a big non-appointment
The Boris Johnson of old emerged today when the London mayoral candidate announced that Labour MP Kate Hoey would be joining his administration, only for her to say
it wasn't true [to use BJ's famous line, it was no more than "an inverted pyramid of piffle"].... [continued]
The Mole: Today threatens to 'empty chair' Boris ![]()
Ken v Boris: election special ![]()
Novelists take on supermarket giant over ‘chilling’ tactics
Two of Britain's best-selling novelists, Nick Hornby (pictured) and Mark Haddon, have rounded on the high-street grocery chain Tesco, accusing them of using
"deeply chilling" tactics to silence a man who spoke out against the supermarket’s expansion into the Far East. In a letter in... [continued]
The pros and cons of the continuing expansion of Tesco ![]()
George spices up his entourage with Geri
When Tony Blair invited Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher to number 10 he was widely criticised by the Tories, who claimed that consorting with such people was beneath
the dignity off his office. Tory chancellor George Osborne, however, appears to have no such qualms, having formed a... [continued]
Osborne's wife reveals family skeletons ![]()
In brief: Uma to testify against stalker
Uma Thurman (pictured) is expected to testify in a Manhattan criminal court this week against Jack Jordan, who is accused of stalking the Kill Bill
actress for two years... David Bailey's recent photo shoot with William Hague, as part of a series of portraits of British politicians for GQ, was... [continued]
Rattle plays down orchestral revolt ![]()
'Obvious' Burrell was lying, says Diana judge ![]()
Bloomberg joins girls for Sex and the City film ![]()
Annie Leibovitz defends portrait of Disney actress
Annie Leibovitz (right), the celebrity photographer, has been accused of "manipulating" a 15-year-old actress into posing semi-naked for Vanity Fair magazine.
Miley Cyrus (left), star of the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana, was pictured apparently topless, with only a satin bedsheet protecting her modesty.
Initially, she said she... [continued]
Video: Annie Leibovitz: Life Through A Lens ![]()
Bloomsbury falls for faked Sun King diaries
A biography of the Sun King Louis XIV's mistress has been put on hold after it was discovered that its author, Veronica Buckley, unwittingly used a fake diary as her
primary source material. While writing her book, Madame de Maintenon: The Secret Wife of Louis X1V, Buckley thought she'd... [continued]
JK Rowling forces Trollope out ![]()



