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Hurley, Grant and Nayar win damages over 'covert' holiday photos
London - British model Liz Hurley, her husband Arun Nayar and her former lover, Hugh Grant, Thursday won damages totalling 58,000 pounds (116,000 dollars) for invasion of privacy over photos taken of them while they were on holiday in a private resor...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-15 ] Category : [ UK (Entertainment) ]

Doris Lessing: Nobel win in 2007 a 'bloody disaster'
London - Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing has said that winning the award for literature in 1997 has been a bloody disaster , reports said Sunday. All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed, Lessing said during a BBC rad...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-11 ] Category : [ UK (Entertainment) ]

Amy Winehouse and Peaches Geldof in Scotland Yard drugs probe
London - British soul singer Amy Winehouse and Peaches Geldof are now the focus of a major Scotland Yard probe into drug offences, media reports said Thursday. The Sun newspaper reported that the investigations are also focusing on a pair of drug dea...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-08 ] Category : [ UK (Entertainment) ]

British singer Amy Winehouse in custody for drugs possession - Summary
London - Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse was Wednesday arrested over the possession of drugs following the passing of video footage to the police, Scotland Yard said. She remains in custody. This is in connection with an investigation connecte...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-07 ] Category : [ UK (Entertainment) ]

JK Rowling wins privacy for children despite 'legitimate interest'
London - Harry Potter author JK Rowling Wednesday won a legal battle to protect her children from media intrusion even though she admitted that the worldwide success of her books prompted a measure of legitimate media and public interest. Rowling, 4...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-07 ] Category : [ UK (Entertainment) ]

Dubai to get Legoland theme park - first in Gulf region
London - Merlin Entertainments Group, the world's second largest operator of visitor attractions, announced plans Tuesday to build a Legoland theme park in Dubai, its first outside the US and Europe. London-based Merlin Entertainments, which counts L...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-06 ] Category : [ UK (Entertainment) ]

Pete Doherty out of prison after serving a month over drugs
London - Troubled British rock singer Pete Doherty was freed from prison in London Tuesday after serving just 29 days of a 14-week sentence for breaching his probation in connection with drugs offences. The 29-year-old Babyshambles frontman was sente...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-06 ] Category : [ UK (Entertainment) ]

Elle Macpherson tired of London, pining for Australia, paper says
Sydney - Supermodel and businesswoman Elle Macpherson is tired of living in London and is planning to return home to Australia, news reports from Britain said Sunday. Elle has had enough of living in London, Britain's Mail on Sunday newspaper quote...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-04 ] Category : [ UK (Entertainment) ]

Amy Winehouse arrested on suspicion of assault by London police
London - Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse was Friday arrested on suspicion of assault following reports that she punched and head-butted two men during a night out earlier in the week. Scotland Yard, confirming the arrest, said the 24-year-old s...

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[Posted on : 2008-04-25 ] Category : [ UK (Entertainment) ]

James Bond - reality and fiction merge in London exhibition - Feature
London - Halle Berry's bikini, Daniel's Craig's blood-splattered shirt and prototypes of Rosa Klebb's flick knife shoes are on display in an exhibition in London to mark the centenary of the birth of Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond. Queen El...

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[Posted on : 2008-04-25 ] Category : [ UK (Entertainment) ]