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Thursday December 4, 2008

People

Picasso held Lucian Freud in ‘contempt’

Lucian Freud, seen by many as Britain's greatest living artist, seldom talks to the press. However, his daughter Bella Freud, who once served as a childhood model for the painter, has managed to get him to open up in an interview in the December  issue of Harper's Bazaar, in... [continued]

Brand to follow Dudley Moore in Arthur

While Jonathan Ross's career and popularity have taken a severe bruising over the ‘Manuelgate’ affair, his fellow lewd phone call-maker Russell Brand (pictured left) appears to be thriving. The Hollywood Reporter claims that the comedian, who resigned from his BBC Radio 2 job shortly after the scandal broke, is... [continued]

Robert Pattinson attends Twilight premiere in London

Twilight, the high school vampire romp that has catapaulted its British star Robert Pattinson (pictured) into Hollywood's major league, received its London premiere last night. As expected, the film, which has made a fortune at the US box office in its first two weeks, attracted thousands of screaming teenage... [continued]

Robert Pattinson

Sam Leith not the only Telegraph casualty

Is there anyone left to man the Daily Telegraph? Literary editor Sam Leith (pictured), who writes for The First Post today about being made redundant on Tuesday, is not the only one suffering. The editorial bloodbath began on Friday with the killing-off the obituaries editor Andrew McKie. Since then, motoring... [continued]

Sam Leith

Johnson is saviour of Damien Hirst’s club

It looks like the Boris Johnson's intervention in the battle to save the Colony Room Club, the Soho drinking hole favoured by Damien Hirst (pictured) and the YBAs (Young British artists), has done the trick. As reported here, the club's secretary and sometime barman Michael Wojas decided in March he... [continued]

Barack Obama portraits a hit at the Basel Miami Beach art fair

Obama-mania has broken out at the Basel Miami Beach art fair. Those wandering around the stands this week are being treated to a number of takes on the President-elect, among them Kurt Kauper's circular painting at $65,000 (pictured left). The David Zwirner gallery is offering the Chinese artist Yan Pei... [continued]

In brief: Winehouse’s Blake in jail

Singer Amy Winehouse's (pictured) husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, has been sent back to prison after failing a routine drugs test. Fielder-Civil was released from jail last month after serving just 12 months of his original 27-month sentence for inflicting grievous bodily harm and perverting the course of justice. Because he... [continued]

David Frost’s property company crashes

Sir David Frost, the television presenter, understands all too well the effects of the credit crunch on house prices. The Times reveals today that a £3bn property company aAIM, of which he is the chairman, has been placed in administration, a move that means a number of other high-profile investors,... [continued]

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