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GQ names Tinie Tempah Britain’s best dressed man 2012

Rapper Tinie Tempah is officially Britain's best dressed man of 2012, according to a list released by GQ magazine. The dapper Tempah -- a former chart-topper whose real name is Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu Junior -- wins top place on the list compiled by celebrities and experts, earning praise for his "true passion for elegance and proportions". In second place comes flamboyant Manchester city striker Mario B ...

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Benetton blasted for Pope kissing ad

Benetton has been forced to pull a controversial photo montage showing the Pope kissing Egypt's Ahmed el Tayyeb, imam of the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo and a leading voice in Sunni Islam, from its new global ad campaign after a Vatican backlash. The new campaign from the Italian clothes company recalls the brand's controversial heyday. A series of posters features world leaders with lips locked to launch the ...

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Kate Moss goes house hunting in Jamaica with best mate Sadie Frost

Best friends Kate Moss and Sadie Frost have jetted off to Jamaica for a half-term house-hunting holiday. Kate, who recently bought an £8million home in London's Highgate, has visited the island several times before, staying at the exclusive Jakes Hotel on Treasure Beach on the north side of the island. And now she thinks it would be a good idea to invest in a property out there - and is hoping to convince S ...

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Vybz Kartel launches a line of skin bleaching products for men

Fans of Vybz Kartel were a shocked and outraged earlier this year when the Jamaican dancehall artist appeared several shades lighter than his normal brown complexion and exclaimed: “This is my new image.” He has been brazen about bleaching his skin. And, despite the fact that it is actually quite an ugly look, he seems convinced that he is now more handsome. And now he is encouraging others to do it. The st ...

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Is race still an issue in the fashion industry?

From designer John Galliano's anti-Semitic tirade to Vogue Italia's recent reference to "slave earrings" -- the fashion world is often, it seems, at the sharp end of the race debate. In 2007, several of the world's black supermodels, including Naomi Campbell, Somalian-born Iman, and male model Tyson Beckford launched a campaign against race discrimination in the fashion industry. Former model Bethann Hardis ...

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Putting children first

Prime Minister David Cameron has reaffirmed his pledge to make the coalition the most "family-friendly" government in history during his keynote speech at the Conservative Party Conference. He said that race rules that prevent white families from adopting black children should be ripped up to end the national ‘scandal’ of thousands of youngsters left languishing in care. Black children are currently three t ...

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