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Doug Camilli: Don't blame me for Game of Thrones violence, author says
You say recent episodes of Game of Thrones have too much violence? Sexual violence in particular? Don’t blame me, says George R.R. Martin. There’s one basic rule for authors selling their works to...
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Doug Camilli: Ed Sheehan materializes at an Edmonton mall
A 13-year-old girl named Sydney Bourbeau was taking part in a fundraising concert Sunday at that big West Edmonton Mall. Syd attends a music school that had organized the event, for the local Humane...
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Doug Camilli: You don't wear it well, Rod Stewart's wife says to men in aprons
Rod Stewart’s wife, Penny Lancaster, put the cat among the pigeons by declaring, on the British talk show Loose Women, that men shouldn’t cook. “When men come home,” she said, they should focus on...
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Doug Camilli: Prince paints the White House purple
Prince played the White House Saturday night, at a private party. There was no announcement at all about the event, either in advance or afterwards — that’s what “private” means. The guest list is...
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Doug Camilli: Facebook co-founder changes his relationship status
Remember Eduardo Saverin? One of the founders of Facebook? Sort of forced out? What? Didn’t you see The Social Network? Yes, that Eduardo Saverin, who’s from Brazil but was played by an Englishman,...
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Doug Camilli: For sale: Johnny Depp's south-of-France estate
In 2001, when he was with French actress Vanessa Paradis, Johnny Depp paid $10 million U.S. to buy Plan de la Tour, a deserted 200-year-old village in the south of France. He spent another $10 mil to...
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Doug Camilli: Donatella Versace shows up in a Givenchy ad
The latest of the fall/winter ads for the Givenchy fashion house has just come out, and it’s a bit surprising: the model is Donatella Versace, the iconic head of a rival brand. What the heck?...
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Doug Camilli: FIFA movie drops the ball
There’s much hilarity in some circles about United Passions, the $30-million vanity project sponsored by FIFA, the world “football” governing body. The movie, starring Gérard Depardieu, Sam Neill and...
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Doug Camilli: Sean Combs out on bail after UCLA squabble
It was purely self-defence, rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs insists, after an altercation at UCLA on Monday. Combs’s son Justin, a UCLA football player, has been quarrelling with conditioning coach Sal...
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Doug Camilli: Why Michael Douglas got rid of his Ant-Man beard
Michael Douglas wears a beard, a goofy little goatee, for his role as Dr. Hank Pym in this new superhero picture Ant-Man. And his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, apparently can’t stand it. (The beard, that...
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Doug Camilli: Brangelina meet Will and Kate — and George
It was just like any four young parents getting together when Brangelina had tea with Prince William and Duchess Kate at Kensington Palace on Friday. The royals even greeted their visitors at the door...
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Doug Camilli: Rumours about Affleck and Garner were true
For months now, there’s been talk floating around about Ben Affleck gambling too much and fooling around on his wife, Jennifer Garner. I’ve been ignoring it, because it was just unsourced hearsay. But...
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Doug Camilli: Elite club may reject Brady and Bündchen
The Country Club in Brookline, near Boston, is an exclusive haven for discreet old-money families. The club website’s home page turns out to be about only “job opportunities.” (The persistent will also...
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Doug Camilli: E.L. James faces 50 shades of derision on Twitter
Buzzfeed has a funny summary of Monday’s Twitter Q&A session with E.L. James, author of those dirty books. Not everyone was as respectful as she might have wished. Here are some good ones: “What’s...
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Doug Camilli: Why Clooney may sell his Lake Como villa
If you were rich and owned a magnificent estate on Italy’s beautiful Lake Como, why would you sell it? For George Clooney, the cloud of paparazzi swarming around like mosquitoes would be one reason....
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Doug Camilli: True Detective scriptwriter takes his revenge
I haven’t watched HBO’s True Detective, but New York magazine’s website Vulture says the new season is keeping alive last year’s widely reported feud between Season 1 director Cary Fukunaga, now...
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Doug Camilli: Shaggy solves the whole ISIS problem
Shaggy is the Jamaican-American reggae singer who had that big hit It Wasn’t Me back in 2000. Now he has solved the whole ISIS thing, he explains to Miami New Times. “If you’re able to cut a man’s head...
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Doug Camilli: Ariana Grande hates doughnuts, but not America
Starlet Ariana Grande is backing away as fast as she can from her comment that “I hate America,” but the doughnut-licking investigation may be harder to duck. This was at Wolfee Donuts in Lake...
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Doug Camilli: Patti LuPone will hold your calls
At New York’s Lincoln Center on Wednesday night, Patti LuPone reached down into the audience and snatched away the phone of a woman who was texting during Act 2 of this comedy Shows for Days. Later,...
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Doug Camilli: 50 Cent claims he's all out of coin
50 Cent, ordered to pay millions to a woman for posting a sex tape without her permission, filed Monday for bankruptcy protection. The miracles of modern accounting never fail to amaze me. Last week a...
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