Carla Bruni has denied specualtion that she is pregant by French president Nicholas Sarkozy, but has admitted they couple are “trying.” ‘I’m not pregnant and I regret it because I love it when I am. ‘Will it happen? It’s difficult for me to say. It’s much more difficult at 40 than it is at 25.’ [...]

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“I turned in a still from a friend of mine’s student film for the cover of the CD [Exile in Guyville] — it was an orgy of Barbies floating in a pool. Matador was like, “What the FUCK is this?!” They called up Nash [Kato, of Urge Overkill] and asked him to help. So he [...]

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David Maher-Roberts is Chief Executive Officer of The Filter, an entertainment recommendation engine backed by Peter Gabriel. The Filter website is currently in private beta, and is creating a big buzz around the blogosphere. It’s also a neat, free piece of software that helps you build fantastic playlists from the music stored on your PC, [...]

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An exhibition of 30 paintings by Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty, 29, opened in Paris today. Many of the artworks featured Doherty’s ex, Kate Moss, in various states of undress and most were spattered in the artist’s blood - a technqiue that’s been called bioart. The works also featured incoherent scribblings that appear to [...]

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TOBY AMIES IS the current host of Rough Guide on Channel 5, Artland USA on Sky Arts and presenter of The Man Whose Mind Exploded on BBC Radio 4. Here, the 40 year old Brighton resident picks his favourite songs of the moment.
1. Jimmy Gordon - Buzzzzz
“I go to the excellent Brighton Rumble rockabilly night, [...]

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Concerns grows for Lily Allen. The acclaimed singer looks to be in the middle of a full scale meltdown. Today it was announced she has stepped down as a judge on the celeb-obsessed panel for the literary Orange Prize due to “ill health”. The 22 year old daughter of comedian Keith Allen recently suffered [...]

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Joanna Newsom’s interview with Papermag.com. Warning: contains lewd humour.

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