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Downfall spoof shows Hillary’s last days
It may have been all smiles in the Hillary Clinton camp last night following her landslide victory in the Kentucky primary, but many believe a more accurate depiction of her and her
campaign team's state of mind can be found on a hilarious mash-up video that has... [continued]
Video: Hillary’s Downfall ![]()
US election: Obama within reach, but there are negatives ![]()
Outrage over royals’ ‘WAG’ wedding
The publication today of Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly's wedding photos in Hello! magazine has prompted an angry response from MPs and former courtiers,
who claim it diminishes the monarchy and lays it more open to attack from the press and general public. Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb,... [continued]
Digging the dirt on Autumn Kelly ![]()
Spike Lee tackles Cannes favourite Clint over rewriting history
A good day and bad day for Clint Eastwood (left) at the Cannes Film Festival. While critical reception for his latest movie L'Echange (before it landed in Cannes it
was called Changeling) has ranged from positive to ecstatic - so much so that it is tipped by... [continued]
In pictures: Cannes on the red carpet ![]()
Cannes 2008: the ones to watch ![]()
Birleys go to court over virtual disinheritance
The acrimonious dispute over the will of the late Mark Birley, one-time owner of the Mayfair haunts Annabel's and Harry's Bar, is about to get messier. When Birley died last year, aged 77, his son Robin Birley was left a derisory £1m from a fortune of £104m,... [continued]
In brief: Blake’s white elephant missing
A work of art by the veteran British pop artist Sir Peter Blake (pictured), best known for the Beatles' Sgt Pepper album cover, has been stolen from the Arts Club
in Dover Street. The piece, a papier mache white elephant signed by Blake, was spirited away on Saturday... [continued]
WSJ editor exits after Murdoch takeover ![]()
Crooning Carla sings of her love for Nicolas on new album
A song on Carla Bruni's forthcoming album recounts a tale about her love affair with her husband, the French president Nicolas Sarkozy. While the musical
composition is not her own – it is a rendition of the 1952 standard You Belong To Me, also covered by Bob Dylan... [continued]
Carla charms UK's most powerful women ![]()
In pictures: Carla-mania ![]()
Duke unimpressed by gardening ‘guru’
The idea of a "celebrity gardener" is unlikely to impress the Duke of Edinburgh – a red rag to a bull, some might say - and so it was at the Chelsea Flower Show yesterday when he encountered the Australian "gardening guru" and former stripper Jamie Durie... [continued]



