London - A Russian oligarch who was assigned as an agent to the former Soviet embassy in Britain is set to buy a controlling stake in the London Evening Standard newspaper, the Guardian reported Thursday.
Alexander Lebedev is to buy 76 per cent of the tabloid, London's only evening paper, following secret negotiations with Lord Rothermere, the newspaper baron and chairman of the Daily Mail & General Trust.
London, Jan 15 : Actor Ricardo Montalban, best known for his role as Mr. Roarke in the popular US TV show `Fantasy Island' of the 1970s-80s, has died aged 88, a Los Angeles city official says.
The Mexican-born actor passed away at his home, the official said, reports BBC.
Montalban was also well known for playing the villain in `Star Trek', both on television and in a feature film.
The actor''s friend David Brokaw described him as a "very courtly, modest, dignified individual."
London, Jan 15 : Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has followed in the footsteps of her husband soccer ace David Beckham, by stripping off for a series of saucy Armani underwear ads.
Victoria has posed for moody black and white snaps promoting Giorgio Armani underwear, and her look in the advert is inspired by 1950s cinema.
According to sources, Victoria worked hard on her body for 6 months to get the preferred look in the ad campaign.
London, Jan 15 : The illustrator of popular cartoon character Asterix is facing criticism from his own daughter for surrendering its ownership to a major publishing company.
French illustrator Albert Uderzo, who created Asterix in 1959 with the late writer Rene Goscinny, sold his stake in the Asterix publishers in December.
However, his daughter Sylvie Uderzo said that the decision betrayed the spirit of Asterix.
"I am entering resistance against perhaps the worst enemies of Asterix, the men of finance and industry," the Telegraph quoted her as writing in the newspaper Le Monde.
"It''s as if the gates of the Gaulish village had been thrown open to the Roman Empire," she added.
London - A Russian oligarch who was assigned as an agent to the former Soviet embassy in Britain is set to buy a controlling stake in the London Evening Standard newspaper, the Guardian reported Thursday.
London, Jan 15 : Veteran actor Pa
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London, Jan 15 : Actor Ricardo Montalban, best known for his role as Mr. Roarke in the popular US TV show `Fantasy Island' of the 1970s-80s, has died aged 88, a Los Angeles city official says.
London, Jan 15 : Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has followed in the footsteps of her husband soccer ace David Beckham, by stripping off for a series of saucy Armani underwear ads.
