To strive, to seek, to find…

Despite it all, she still gets nommed silly when it comes to awards. Let’s hope she manages to pick them up if she gets lucky (you just know she’ll win some. The Blake’n'crack saga is making her more famous than ever).

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A very good post from The Daily Mail Tendency on the Mail’s treatment of Amanda Knox…

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“Iran was dangerous. Iran is dangerous. And Iran will be dangerous…”

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Sometimes the Mail’s articles aren’t quite that ridiculous
(but often, they are). But the commenters? Almost without fail, terrifying.

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I’m just glad she turned up! Before the show, she allegedly “locked herself in her hotel room after a 48-hour bender and refused to go to the venue,” says The Mirror. You could tell.

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This story is incredible.

There is the innocent victim, a wee hammy called Georgie Porgie.

There is the blameless owner, Peter Pepper.

Then, there is the crack. “Probably.”

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So say some people, like the leader of the opposition, Lord Webcameron. Best thing he’s said this year, aside from the “rape is bad” bombshell.

There’s been a bit of a losing-people’s-confidential-information blunder. It has made the recipients of child benefit sad, as the photo shows.

The silver lining is that at least it gives our American allies an excuse to mock us… poor Alistair Darling.

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Oh Amy, Amy, Amy. How do I worry ’bout thee? Let me count the ways.

1. Blake’s been BAD.
2. Your Dad’s worried.
3. Pete Doherty is not doing as badly as you. That’s BAD.
4. The tour’s not going well.
5. Poor you getting booed.
6. SECONDHAND SMACK SMOKE?!

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If I do say so myself.

Sicko was shown at the London Film Festival last week. It is Michael Moore’s latest effort, looking at the mess that is America’s privatised healthcare system, relying as it does upon insurance claims to pay medical bills.

As Moore’s average, middle-class, insured subjects show us, though, having the insurance may still not be enough. The industry does all it can to avoid payouts, denying the needy of healthcare.

Netribution’s London correspondent Suchandrika Chakrabarti provides an extensive, absorbing review of the latest film from the documentary world’s most popular (creatively) and challenged (critically) director.

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Well well well. That should help with the mortgage.

Here’s AP on the bidding war:

NEW YORK (AP) — The memoirs of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the object of an international bidding war that went on for days, have been acquired by imprints of Random House Inc. in the United States and England.

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“He has a remarkable story to tell,” Knopf chairman Sonny Mehta said in a statement. “His tenure as prime minister was marked by close relationships with Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush, and he enjoys a profile in this country that is rare among foreign leaders.”

Funny, that.

[Still wondering about the boy wizards? Not appreciating the J.K. Rowling dig? See Harry Potter's "left-wing hero" credentials here]

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