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The head of US basketball has attacked a move to split the London 2012 Olympic competition between two different venues, calling it a "giant step backwards"... more
In the final part of his astounding memoirs, Madonna's brother tells how he caught one of her Hollywood lovers going through her bin - and how another tried to shoot down helicopters.... more
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