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Book and film follow Spitzer’s scandal
Eliot Spitzer, who stood down as New York state governor in March after it was revealed he'd patronised a high-priced prostitution service called Emperors Club VIP, is not going to
be allowed to forget his moments of madness any time soon. Not only have Penguin Books signed... [continued]
How the Governor got caught with the call-girl 
Alexander Cockburn: did Wall Street nail Spitzer?
Boris campaign boosted by £1.5m
London Mayor Ken Livingstone said yesterday that if his Tory opponent Boris Johnson prevails today it will be because he ran a better campaign. However, it may also
have something to do with the level of financial backing the blond bombshell has enjoyed. It is revealed in... [continued]
Ken v Boris: London mayoral election special
Boris's ex-colleague sticks the knife in
Scarlett gets a little help from some old friends for first pop video
Salman Rushdie's penchant for glamorous younger women, and Scarlett Johansson's expressed preference for older men, seem to have found a happy if bizarre union in a
music video released to publicise the actress's foray into pop. As reported by The First Post earlier this year, the... [continued]
Scarlett's debut album is 'seriously weird'
Video: Scarlett Johansson's 'Falling Down' single
Literary boys’ club attacks NYT critic
Two New York-based writers have had a go in recent days at America's most feared literary critic, the New York Times's Michiko Kakutani (pictured), famous for
describing a Nick Hornby novel as a "maudlin bit of tripe", a memoir by Jonathan Franzen as "an odious self-portrait of... [continued]
'Chuckleheaded' Amis attacked in New York Times
Sir David lashes out at Beeb’s lifestyle shows
It looks like Sir David Attenborough, who announced in February that he will no longer be traversing the globe presenting nature programmes, intends spending his retirement taking
pot-shots at his former bosses at the BBC. Earlier this year, Sir David lambasted the Beeb for cutting nearly a... [continued]
Attenborough condemns natural history cuts
Chavez gets a taste for Willie’s wonky chocolate
The uber-Sloane Ranger Willie Harcourt-Cooze has run up against the flamboyant socialist ruler of oil-rich Venezuela. Hugo Chavez has called for an inquiry into the activities of Harcourt-Cooze (pictured with wife Tania), star of the Channel 4 programme Willie's Wonky Chocolate Factory, who owns 1,000 acres of... [continued]
Parris scorns Amis’s American dream
A panel of big beasts, among them novelist Will Self and historian Simon Schama, debated the motion "Is America a force for good?" at London's Royal Geographical
Society this week. Sparks flew at the Intelligence Squared event, particularly between Martin Amis (pictured) and Times columnist Matthew Parris,... [continued]
'Chuckleheaded' Amis attacked by New York Times critic
In brief: Kidman to play Dusty Springfield
Nicole Kidman (pictured) is set to play the late soul legend Dusty Springfield in a new biopic penned by Michael Cunningham, writer of
The Hours, in which Kidman portrayed Virginia Woolf; Cunningham told New York magazine that the film will not shy away from Springfield's bisexuality... Comic... [continued]
Did Johnny Vegas over-step the comedy mark?
My Autumn Kelly tabloid shame
Spielberg succumbs to pressure from Mia over China
