Piers Morgan

Who would be the strangest celebrity judge?

A strange choice: Michael Flatley. Flying back and forth across the Atlantic as head judge on Dancing with the Stars and Strictly Come Dancing has worn him out, and he's taking this week off from the US pro-celeb competition....

Martin Moore: A sense of perspective, please!

A bomb goes off in Kabul in the midst of an increasingly bloody conflict in Afghanistan. The Russell Brand/Jonathan Ross affair illuminates much of what is wrong with the news media in Britain – though not in the way you might...

Russell Brand Is The Vegetarian’s Starter Kit

IT’S the opportunistic press release of the day: Peta backs Russell Brand: Following Russell Brand’s suspension and resignation from the BBC over ‘those’ phonecalls to Andrew Sachs, PETA has been swamped with calls to have him...

Jonathan Ross Telethon: BBC Talent Donates Salary To Good Causes

NEWS that Jonathan Ross is to forgo £1.5milion pay is good news for Spanish waiters, and great news for the economy as a whole. Ross, a BBC employee and civil servant, realised the state of the Government coffers and offered to...

Tanzania: Celebrity Culture Should Mean Fame Helping Communities

Posted to the web 31 October 2008 Freddy Macha I do not know how many in East Africa have heard the recent controversy regarding well-known BBC radio and television presenters Jonathan Ross and comedian Russell Brand....

Celebrity Culture Should Mean Fame Helping Communities

Posted to the web 31 October 2008 Freddy Macha I do not know how many in East Africa have heard the recent controversy regarding well-known BBC radio and television presenters Jonathan Ross and comedian Russell Brand....

Bishop's next move: he's got a little list

So Sir Michael Bishop has been given permission to take off from his life's work of creating one of the world's few privately owned major airlines. London Mayor Boris Johnson has a keen aim. Speaking at the opening of London's...

Contortionist Chris Cross up for Chronicle award

Oct 31 2008 by Nicola Juncar, Evening Chronicle DIG out your glad-rags and polish your best shoes, as the date has now been set for a glitzy ceremony to celebrate our region’s Young Achievers. For the eighth year running, the...

ITV appoints There's Something About Miriam producer Remy Blumenfeld for global formats role

ITV has appointed the producer behind the controversial Sky1 reality show There's Something About Miriam to head up its newly formed global formats team. Remy Blumenfeld will join ITV in January with a brief to concentrate on...

Mimmo d'Ischia, restaurant loved by Camilla, Sinatra and Schwarzenegger, will close

After 40 years of feeding the A-list, London's secret celebrity hangout is to close. Jasper Gerard reports If Michelin ignored the food and rewarded a restaurant for the rich aroma of its clientele, then Mimmo d'Ischia would...