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The News Matrix: Monday 16 April 2012
Monday 16 April 2012
As vacancies dry up, 20 apply for each job
Rebecca Armstrong: Why do bidders go bonkers for celebrity ephemera?
Monday 02 April 2012
Earplugs for sale. One careful owner. It's not quite Ernest Hemingway's famous, poignant six-word story ("For sale: baby shoes, never worn") but when the owner in question is Sir Winston Churchill, there's a strange level of excitement about auctioning a set of sleeping aids. The wax pellets in question were sold in an auction on Friday for the prime-ministerial sum of £1,650, having had a reserve price of £2,000.
She's still a smooth operator ... Sade in at No 6 on 2012 US money list
Tuesday 13 March 2012
Tour and greatest hits album sees Eighties star earn more than even golden girl Adele
Killer Lovers vs Little Monsters: know your pop-fan nicknames
Wednesday 22 February 2012
When former Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger performed a solo show in London last week, possibly even more surprising than her managing to fill the Hammersmith Apollo was the discovery that her fans have their own name: Killer Lovers (a play on the title of her album, Killer Love).
Tom Daley, by Chas Newkey-Burden
Sunday 15 January 2012
Few sportsmen have books written about them when they are 17. But then few sportsmen become world champions at the age of 15, as Tom Daley did when he unexpectedly won the individual platform gold at the 2009 World Diving Championships.
My Secret Life: James Corden, actor, 33
Saturday 10 December 2011
My parents are... lovely, and very good at being parents.
Harriet Walker: You can keep your sanitised poppets – give us some real pop stars
Saturday 05 November 2011
We'd all have been deafened by the sound of a billion preteen hearts breaking this week, were it not at a pitch heard only by dogs and the demographic in question.
Justin Bieber involved in minor car accident
Wednesday 31 August 2011
Justin Bieber is unhurt after being involved in a "minor" car crash.
Justin Bieber wants to raise kids in Canada
Thursday 25 August 2011
Justin Bieber wants his children to grow up Canada.
Justin Bieber joins Taylor Swift on stage
Thursday 25 August 2011
Justin Bieber made a surprise appearance at Taylor Swift's concert last night.
Justin Bieber is Hollywood's richest teenager
Monday 15 August 2011
Justin Bieber is Hollywood's richest teenager.
Selena Gomez outshines boyfriend Justin Bieber at Teen Choice Awards
Monday 08 August 2011
Selena Gomez conjured five wins at the Teen Choice Awards - one more than her boyfriend Justin Bieber.
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