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I am what I am: Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Youth culture used to be focused on music - now it’s totally focused on fame

Fame and fortune: Caprice Bourret

The former Wonderbra model wants lower taxes for her clothes and beauty firm

Star-spotting

What on earth has happened to Catherine Zeta-Jones’s face?

Q&A: Terence Conran

I'm ambitious, kind, greedy, emotional and loyal. A wonderful cocktail of contradictions

Alan Coren and the red dangly thing

A son and daughter repay a literary favour to their famous father with a collection of his work

Celebrity Watch: winners and losers

Adrien Brody, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lily Cole - find out where they and others figure on the fame barometer

Paris Hilton continues her presidential campaign

The socialite talks policy with 'the greatest fake president', Martin Sheen, in her latest bid for the White House

The turn-ons and turn-offs of Britt Ekland

The Swedish actress, novelist and former Bond girl is 66 and she still loves old-fashioned courtships, dinner included

Avoiding a Catherine Zeta Jones spot incident

An unfortunate make-up malfunction has left the usually glamorous and polished actress resembling an Oompa Loompa

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He is the epitome of savvy style – now Bryan Ferry wants to follow his pop-star peers and create his own branded clothing

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The cruellest defenestration of the reshuffle was Tom Harris, the sunny-side-up Transport Minister

EastEnders actress is dying of breast cancer

Wendy Richard, who played Pauline Fowler in the BBC1 soap, revealed today that she had suffered an incurable relapse

Why do we hate some women celebrities?

We need to face the reality of the relationships we choose

Hairy eyeballs

It’s hairbrushes at dawn in international politics these days

I am what I am: Helmut Lang

An Austrian fashion designer turned artist. His first solo exhibition is now showing in Hanover. He lives in New York City and Long Island

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Comedian Ronni Ancona tries Pilates

Ancona has suffered from a not-so-funny twisted pelvis. Can Pilates rehabilitation sort her out?

Jose Carreras's battle with leukaemia

The tenor talks about life, love and his amazing recovery after being given a 1 in 10 chance of survival

Financial Meltdown Watch

See where Robert Peston, Playboy bunnies, the Royal Family and dog walkers feature on the economic barometer