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July 1st, 2008
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It's goodnight from Jude, and it's bye for now from The Lipster

News at Lipster HQ is normally sassy and brassy, raising its eyebrow or offering a wink to its readers. Today's news is a little bit different. Firstly, The Lipster is going on its summer holidays as of today. When it returns in a couple of wee...
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June 30th, 2008
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Pharrell spends Saturday night in Essex

While everyone on the planet this weekend was either at Glastonbury/watching Dolly in the rainy city/having their aural functions re-arranged by MBV, Mr Pharrell Williams, cardigan man and unpleasant chair designer, was living it large with Essex’...
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It's festival season, but where are all the women?

This festival season, let’s celebrate all those era-defining headline performances from the rock&roll women of the last 40 years since proper festivals began. That’s festival headline performances. How about... Janis Joplin in the olden days at...
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Grace Jones to release first LP in 19 years

We heart Grace Jones massively, and we have even written about that love, which you can read here. So it is with pride and pleasure that we note she looks amazing in this picture, which captures the very moment she signed her deal with Wall Of Sou...
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Lily Allen finishes second album

It's been a fair old while since Lily Allen released some music, but, despite what the tabloids would have you believe, it is what she's actually famous for. So hooray for news that album number two is finished. "I’m pretty much sure it’s finis...
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Glastonbury 08: the best bits

We at the Lipster decided not to go to Glastonbury this year, favouring the iPlayer's gift of letting us watch what the BBC decided to film at our very own leisure (Jay-Z, Sunday morning, with breakfast in bed). But we hear it was a good 'un. Here...
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June 27th, 2008
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The Friday TV Planner: June 27

Here’s what to watch and what to avoid in a week which features everything from nails-hard film directors to millionaire ex-page 3 stunnas being remarkably normal. And ooh look, it is raining. Can you hear the sound of editors cutting footage of m...
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New Batman film dedicated to Heath Ledger

The geeky among us are getting increasingly animated about the new Batman film, The Dark Knight (looks dastardly, has no Katie Holmes, has one Michael Caine), and it comes as no surprise to hear that the movie will be dedicated to its Joker, Heath...
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Kate Moss in "Marlon Brando of Primrose Hill" scandal

In a gratifying example of genuinely fun sleb coverage, we learn today that Kate Moss is "the Don Corleone of Primrose Hill", having banished Sienna Miller to LA after her horrid split with Worzel Gummidge. A curiously anonymous insider claims “Af...
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Casanova reveals secrets to sexy success

You remember Casanova? You know, that bloke from the 1700s who wore girls' blouses, shagged girls wearing blouses, looked like David Tennant and probably had gonorrhoea. Well, ladies: guess what he attributed his sexual prowess to? Kaball...
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