"Trainspotting" author says his wild days are over
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"Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh's  latest book is another tale of vicious characters made worse by  alcohol and drugs but the bad boy of Scottish literature says  his own wild days are over.
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Russian swimming great Alexander Popov  has confirmed his retirement, calling an end to a stellar  career in which he won numerous world, Olympic and European  titles.
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Poetry Tulip has vanished. So have Between and Climax. Cloudland and Roosterville are gone, too.
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Former Wild Wild West star Robert Conrad will pay a price   for his wild, wild ride.
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In anticipation of his new book, Alan Greenspan posted a tantalizing blog entry on Amazon.com. Then his blogging career came to an abrupt end.
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The man who made &quot;The Exorcist&quot; and &quot;The French Connection&quot; figures he and Hollywood are quits.
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Arts & entertainment: Â· Versatile Scottish writer gains victory at lastÂ· Judges hail postwar novel as a masterpiece
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HARRY REDKNAPP ended his two-and-a-half year roller-coaster ride on the south coast, insisting the situation was in danger of becoming a soap opera.
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author was overwhelmed with the film.
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The new head of Berlin&#39;s local rail  system admits he used to be a fair-dodger but stopped riding  local trains and busses without a ticket more than seven years  ago.
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Bill Nicholson&#39;s death has been described as the end of an era but, in truth, the era Nicholson belonged to was over long ago.
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The last novel by the author Iris Murdoch reveals the first signs of Alzheimer's disease, experts say.
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The author of 'Musicophilia' and 'Awakenings' chats about what he's reading, watching, and listening to.
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Latin American literary giant Gabriel Garcia Marquez has won the last laugh on copyright pirates by changing the ending of his latest book, the Nobel laureate's first novel in 10 years.
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English actor, star of the sequel "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason," out this Friday, stated that he's grown bored with acting and plans on retiring soon. The 44 year old actor has stated that acting was a "miserable experience," and plans on settlin...
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After everything -- the sensational psychiatric collapse, the electroshock treatments, the remarkable comeback, the zany career, the hit movie, the two books, the three wives, the nine children, the 27 grandchildren, and the father he feared and revered dying in his arms -- former Red Sox center fielder Jimmy Piersall sleeps well. He said a daily dose of lithium helps.
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Best-selling author J.K. Rowling revealed how she broke down in tears during the completion of her final book in the Harry Potter series.