The late artist broke all his own records and, indeed, all
postwar art work records at a New York auction. A painting called White
Centre sold for $73m, almost doubling the expected price. Apparently, it
was bought by a mystery bidder with a beard, but we reckon $73m is
welcome, whoever it comes from.
Baldies
Scientists announced last week they may have discovered a
cure for baldness. They reckon that they can now create working follicles
which can grow new hair, doing away with the need for wigs
and elaborate
comb-overs. But won't the world be a duller
place?
Estonia
It's been a while coming, but the country's first
synagogue in more than 60 years has opened. The Nazis closed the last one
in 1944. A kosher restaurant has been launched next door, to cater for the
hungry congregants.
Unlikely as it sounds, a bus driver has been caught going too fast.
Generally, we'd be all in favour of a bit of extra speed for the sake of
commuters, but
this time, he was on a motorbike going to work and making a V-sign at a
speed camera.
Bono
The U2 singer and activist has found himself campaigning
on issues
closer to home. His Central Park penthouse in Manhattan is being
infiltrated by fumes from chimneys on the lower levels of the exclusive
block. He was reportedly 'very nice' in making his complaints known to the
building's management committee.
Stuart Higgins
The former Sun editor was 'outed'
as Scientology's favoured spokesman when he was asked to give the cult's
side of the story against Panorama. John Travolta reportedly tried
calling the BBC's director general to complain, but couldn't get through.
Kate Moss
Usually, we're first to congratulate her as she picks up yet another
award. But being named 'icon of our times' by the Campaign for Museums
survey makes her sound a little past it. What next - fossil of the year?
Lindsay Lohan
The Hollywood starlet is being sued by a paparazzo who says she drove
into him as he was about to take her picture as she sat in her mother's
BMW. In unrelated news, her boyfriend Calum Best allegedly kissed
two other women in the lobby of the hotel in which they were staying.