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Tuesday April 29, 2008

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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]

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]

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]

nick hornby 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]

Geri halliwell

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]

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]

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]

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