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Lewd phone messages from Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand were a ";very serious editorial lapse";, the BBC's director-general said today.
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Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin was prank called today by a comedy duo from Quebec, who convinced the Alaska governor that she was speaking to French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Palin seemed unsuspicious during the call, which lasted about six minutes. When told she was being pranked, Palin took the news well, asking what radio station she was on before suddenly getting off the line. You can listen to the call here or by clicking on the YouTube video below. Palin"s press secretary Tracey Schmitt issued this statement to CBS News' Scott Conroy, who is traveling with the Palin campaign: "Governor Palin received a phone call on Saturday from a French Canadian talk show host claiming to be French President Nicholas Sarkozy. Governor Palin was mildly amused to learn that she had joined the ranks of heads of state, including President Sarkozy, and other celebrities in being targeted by these pranksters. C'est la vie."
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Sir Terry Wogan said today that Jonathan Ross cannot be blamed for his salary - as we would all accept £18 million if it were offered to us.
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And so the Obama post-election brand is now becoming clearer.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Newly merged company Clearwire Corp. says it plans to sell its wireless broadband service under the brand name of "Clear."...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Newly merged company Clearwire Corp. says it plans to sell its wireless broadband service under the brand name of "Clear."...
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"Glengarry Glen Ross" won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1984 -- long before lingo like "commercial paper" and "credit default swaps" became household terms. The current financial crisis, however, highlights the anxiety factor in David Mamet's tale of bellicose, expletive-slinging real estate...
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How much has sports shaped society? It's a tantalizing question that is often difficult to answer.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - The Beastie Boys have drafted Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Jack Johnson and Ben Harper to join them on the Get Out and Vote tour, which will begin October 28 in Richmond, Va. Shows are also set for November 1 in St. Paul, Minn., and November 2 in Milwaukee.
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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) After speaking in the most recent General Audiences on Saint Paul’s encounter with the Risen Christ and his relationship with the 12 Apostles and the Church of Jerusalem, in his catechesis on October 8, the Holy
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Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) "Now, I call upon you to stand firm and defend the life of the unborn babies. Say and shout it aloud that: Abortion is the deliberate termination of a pregnancy by killing the unborn and defenseless child.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic congressman John Lewis, a veteran civil rights leader, accused Republican John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin on Saturday of "sowing the seeds of hatred and division" and said it reminded him of the segregationist era of Alabama Gov. George Wallace.
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Police praised football fans for their "outstanding" behaviour during yesterday's Scotland v Norway world cup qualifier clash.
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After 13 years of pecking away at screenplays, Manhattanite Jenny Lumet is finally seeing one of her scripts come to life on the big screen. "Rachel Getting Married," a drama that documents the havoc wreaked at a wedding by the bride's sister, a recovering addict (Anne Hathaway), has already earned...
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A contemporary housing estate described as giving "hope for us all for the future" wins the 2008 Stirling architecture prize.
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Pastor Wilson administering a healing power to an old womanThe General Overseer of the Kingdom Generation Chapel International says he will take legal action against a Liberian journalist if he fails to retract his slanderous report recently published against him
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The new terrorism thriller "Body of Lies" failed to take the top spot at the weekend box office in North America, an apparent victim of moviegoers' preference for escapist fare amid global financial turmoil.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Bush administration plan to let U.S. agencies decide for themselves whether their actions put wildlife at risk is drawing fire from environmental groups, which say this is like letting a fox guard a henhouse.
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Hollywood is extending a wedding invitation in the form of a brand new movie. By all means RSVP, says our critic David Edelstein:
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Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said that this week's debate between Barack Obama and John McCain would allow McCain to speak to the differences between how each candidate would address the growing economic crisis.
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For all the lip service paid to so-called "mavericks" in this endless political season, baseball's playoffs have demonstrated that the nation contains at least one citizen who has truly earned that epithet, and that he resides in the Tampa Bay Rays' dugout. Two weeks ago in Sports Illustrated, Stephen Cannella counted the ways in which Rays manager Joe Maddon has rejected conventional baseball wisdom, by, say, walking a dangerous hitter with the bases loaded, employing a four-man outfield against certain sluggers and directing his switch-hitters to bat right-handed against certain righthanded pitchers. Over the course of the first six games of the Rays' inaugural postseason, Maddon has added to that maverick C.V. by consistently demonstrating a willingness not just to run the managerial book through the shredder, but to burn the strips, when it comes to the deployment of his bullpen.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the English newspaper the Times that British troops are no longer necessary for the security of Iraq and should go home. Maliki openly criticized some British security decisions in the region.
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SPIEGEL spoke with German President Horst Köhler, 65, about the causes of the international banking crisis, the need to reform the financial sector and efforts to introduce effective rules of conduct for the global economy.
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The intricately described geography of the world of Lord of the Rings borrows liberally from the geography of Europe. How much so? Well, UCLA cartographer and geologist Peter Bird has mapped out much of Middle Earth as it would appear on actual Earth.
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Although most of the Red Flag requirements apply to hiring and credit processing practices as well as those related to health facility admissions, PII and ePHI protection are also included. So what does this mean to security managers? It depends
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Thailand has 24 hours to pull its troops out of a disputed border region that includes an ancient temple, Cambodia's prime minister warned Monday on threat of violence.
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Samantha Ronson's former lawyer, Martin Garbus, is threatening to sue her for nonpayment. He wrote "Please don't force me to do it ... The blogs will pick it up." [NYDN] In more fun news, Ms. Ronson's girlfriend, Lindsay Lohan, will dress as Sarah Palin for Halloween! [Full Disclosure] Gossip Girl's Taylor Momsen assured worried reporters that she is "naturally thin." [US Weekly] Suri Cruise reportedly gets abnormally excited when she sees kids her own age because she's had "not a lot of socialization." [P6] Family drama: Photographer Bruce Weber is suing his girlfriend's cousin, the actress Anna Thomson, over money he provided for the care of Thomson's dying mother, shoe designer Beth Levine. read more »
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Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Thomas Hoenig said Monday that the saving grace for the financial system should come from private institutions.
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Odessa activists of the all-Ukrainianunion "Freedom" intend to celebrate the 66th anniversary of theformation of the Ukrainian rebel army (UPA) on October 14, but keep the timeand place of the ceremony a secret.At the same time, Odessa communist are ready
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Members of the City Council of Uzhgorod approved resolution,according to which all responsibility for "unpredictable andcatastrophic" processes in the country caused by dissolution of theparliament is laid upon the President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenkopersonally.The Decree on dissolution of the Verkhovna
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ArmInfo. "We hope that after Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers' Bishkek meeting, the next step will be an arrangement of Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents' meeting in the weeks coming", American Co-Chair of OSCE Minsk Group Matthew Bryza told APA. Commenting
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There is no evidence that probiotics can relieve the bothersome symptoms of eczema and there is some evidence that they may occasionally cause infections and gut problems, conclude researchers based on a review of the best available research on the topic.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - For those about to rock, AC/DC salutes you. Unless, that is, you want to buy the Australian heavy metal group's newest album, "Black Ice," on iTunes, or anywhere but Wal-Mart when it drops in record stores on October 20.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Maureen McCormick played the perfect teenager on the hit 1970s television show "The Brady Bunch," but when the series ended the actress fell into a life of drugs and failed relationships.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - There's good news and bad news for long-suffering Neil Young fans.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - For those about to rock, AC/DC salutes you. Unless, that is, you want to buy the Australian heavy metal group's newest album, "Black Ice," on iTunes, or anywhere but Wal-Mart when it drops in record stores on October 20.
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