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Brits awards 2012: winners and nominees on stage – in pictures

February 21, 2012
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Adele and Ed Sheeran both took away two awards, with Coldplay, One Direction, Bruno Mars, Rihanna and Lana Del Rey also among the winners

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No, Abbey, your stardom’s not OK! | Victoria Coren

February 21, 2012
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No, Abbey, your stardom’s not OK! | Victoria Coren

The fame thrust on footballers’ wives is skewing the worth of true celebrity and talent If you feel incensed when some poor female celebrity is photographed unwittingly on a beach with a ring drawn round her cellulite, or queuing for coffee with a spot visible and her hair undone,...

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No, Abbey, your stardom’s not OK! | Victoria Coren

February 19, 2012
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No, Abbey, your stardom’s not OK! | Victoria Coren

The fame thrust on footballers’ wives is skewing the worth of true celebrity and talent If you feel incensed when some poor female celebrity is photographed unwittingly on a beach with a ring drawn round her cellulite, or queuing for coffee with a spot visible and her hair undone,...

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No, Abbey, your stardom’s not OK! | Victoria Coren

February 18, 2012
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No, Abbey, your stardom’s not OK! | Victoria Coren

The fame thrust on footballers’ wives is skewing the worth of true celebrity and talent If you feel incensed when some poor female celebrity is photographed unwittingly on a beach with a ring drawn round her cellulite, or queuing for coffee with a spot visible and her hair undone,...

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There is no one reason behind Whitney’s awful self-destruction

February 17, 2012
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There is no one reason behind Whitney’s awful self-destruction

Some suggest that homophobic cultural pressure drove Whitney Houston to self-hatred and self-destruction, but it’s probably not that simple Whitney Houston certainly paid a high price for fame. We all know about the drug abuse that dogged her for years, with the genesis of her addiction often laid at...

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Alex James’s new memoir proves him to be Britain’s premier cheese bore

February 16, 2012
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Alex James’s new memoir proves him to be Britain’s premier cheese bore

All Cheeses Great and Small describes the Blur bassist’s purchase of a farm in the Cotswolds. It contains much rennet-based droning Stop what you’re doing: Alex James is to publish the second volume of his autobiography. All Cheeses Great and Small – yes, I know – is to hit...

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54th Grammy arrivals

February 12, 2012
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A selection of the winners and red-carpet arrivals at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles

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Abu Qatada’s weight and the showbizification of terror

February 11, 2012
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Abu Qatada’s weight and the showbizification of terror

The latest tabloid attempt to paint ‘preacher of hate’ Abu Qatada as a bloater certainly puts his lesser sins in perspective Lost in Showbiz is aware that politics is showbiz for ugly people, but is something similar true of terrorism? Or is terrorism showbiz for ugly politicians? Or politics for...

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Abu Qatada’s weight and the showbizification of terror

February 10, 2012
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Abu Qatada’s weight and the showbizification of terror

The latest tabloid attempt to paint ‘preacher of hate’ Abu Qatada as a bloater certainly puts his lesser sins in perspective Lost in Showbiz is aware that politics is showbiz for ugly people, but is something similar true of terrorism? Or is terrorism showbiz for ugly politicians? Or politics for...

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Abu Qatada’s weight and the showbizification of terror

February 9, 2012
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Abu Qatada’s weight and the showbizification of terror

The latest tabloid attempt to paint ‘preacher of hate’ Abu Qatada as a bloater certainly puts his lesser sins in perspective Lost in Showbiz is aware that politics is showbiz for ugly people, but is something similar true of terrorism? Or is terrorism showbiz for ugly politicians? Or politics for...

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