Blockout a digital guillotine against pro-Israel celebrities
One thing good about the Met Gala was that it sparked a movement that is raising awareness about the atrocities in Gaza
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Entrepreneurship education innovates with online offering
The e-learning platform My Playbox profiles 11 South African entrepreneurs and unlocks their secrets for less than the price of a business textbook
The hashtags cometh: Must-have #MustFalls for 2016
There are a number of trends, attitudes and phenomena that we could quite happily do without this year, thank you very much, writes Gus Silber.
Robin Williams: Farewell, funny man
Oscar-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams passed away on Monday. We pay tribute to his life with five of his best movies.
Comic legend Robin Williams dies at 63
Tributes have poured in at the news of legendary comic actor Robin Williams’s death by apparent suicide at his home in California on Monday.
Covering celebrity deaths: The dos and don’ts
The death and funeral of Philip Seymour Hoffman has highlighted some dos and don’ts for the hit-hungry internet.
Bitch, please: I’m a hustler
Khanyi Mbau has released her biography and stars in a make-or-break musical revue. Bongani Madondo traces her roots to Jo’burg’s founding fathers.
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Demons of our own making
It is difficult to digest genuine emotion while reading other people’s pontificated shock and devastation at a rate of 100 tweets per minute.
Famous females, fatal flaws
Whitney Houston joins a long list of women whose fame and success have been overshadowed by personal tragedy and addictions.
Celebrity sense and nonsense
The pseudo-scientific utterances of famous stars are often dangerously misleading or just wrong.
Fans, Romans, countrymen: Lend me your votes
Singer Youssou N’Dour has announced his presidential bid, and joins a long list of celebrities with lofty political ambitions.
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Famous and fallible
It’s somewhat reassuring when rich, famous, shiny celebrities prove they are as flawed as the rest of us. We round up a few choice moments.
Goodbye to the A-list?
As big-name actors prove a box-office turn-off, now may be the time for mainstream Hollywood stars to take a hike, writes <b>Peter Bradshaw</b>.
William and Kate leave stars starstruck at Los Angeles dinner
It was the night when Hollywood royalty came to meet British royalty — and there was no question who were the more starstruck.
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Brittany Murphy dies
Actress Brittany Murphy, who starred in such films as Sin City and 8 Mile but suffered waning fortunes in recent years, has died.
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Cause célèbre
Celebrity philanthropy is on the rise and there’s no stopping it.
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The life of jazz
William Claxton called photography "jazz for the eyes". But jazz photographs have to be music to the ears as well…
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The paparazzi games
Nadine Hutton writes about her collaborative photographic exhibition that takes a satrical look at the mass-media freak show.
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A couple in the nose
Hadley Freeman meets the authors of an intelligent and funny guide to the intangible world of fine fragrance.
Time to take a bow Madonna
One would have to be a determined news avoider not to know that Madonna has turned 50. Never mind that life expectancies have risen in the developed world, and living to one’s half-century is not the achievement it once was; this is Madonna’s half-century, and attention must be paid. The interesting thing, however, is how […]
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Picture me this
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews photographer Annie Leibovitz’s Annie Leibovitz: Life through a Lens.
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An entourage against introspection
The travelling celebrity entourage is a thing of wonder and the United Kingdom’s Heather Mills has raised the bar yet further.
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The David Duchovny Files
Shaun de Waal went to London to meet David Duchovny and found himself unexpectedly charmed.
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Sock it to me
David Beckham is a constructed image, and the image is irresistible, writes Shaun de Waal.
