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Recent Palestinian comments spur #karma trend on Twitter With her razor-sharp wit, Joan Rivers managed to offend just about everyone at one point or another. But her final month was marked by one of the biggest controversies of her career, magnified by social media.

BIOGRAPHY SLOWHAND: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF ERIC CLAPTON   by Philip Norman (W&N £25, 448 pp)  At the age of nine, Eric Clapton was visited by his mother, Pat. She had given birth to him at 16, the illegitimate result of a one-night stand with a soldier. When he was two, she emigrated to Canada, leaving him with her own mother, Rose. The boy was encouraged to believe that Rose was actually his mother but, gradually, the truth dawned on him.

The sensational story of a casino owner who 'had more fun that most would in ten lifetimes' has been revealed in an illuminating biography. Willie Martello and his seven brothers, who grew up in California, purchased a hotel in the small town of Searchlight, in Clark County, Nevada, in 1946 and converted it into the 'El Rey Club'. Black and white images show the casino in its heyday after the Second World War.

At 51 years of age, Dwayne Johnson can give professional bodybuilders a run for their money. The Brahma Bull loves his crushing workouts, which occupies a spot in his daily schedule. However, he prefers working out alone and does so inside his private gym- the Iron Paradise. Of late, the wrestler-turned-actor has opened his gym doors for a special person, who shared the news on social media. Who is the professional bodybuilder enjoying a special privilege from Dwayne Johnson?

If you're heading to Worthy Farm this weekend, then you need to read our essential cheat sheet to the biggest party in Europe! Camping: Where to lay your tent is probably the most important decision you'll make at Glasto.  So if you don't want to end up in a quagmire, listen up. DO NOT camp near the main stages unless you want to be kept awake all night. Right next to the action - these might seem like a tempting option - but in reality they're too noisy and often are some of the first to become swampland if it does rain (which let's face it - it will).

Yes, aliens. "I look up into the stars and I imagine: How self-important are we to think that we are the only life-form? I mean, if my relationship with [Barack Obama] gets any better, I'm going to ask him that question. It just hasn't been appropriate yet. I might have won Wisconsin for him," she says of the president. "Actually, I didn't do too much, but he called on me a couple of times.

The Traveling Picture Show Company (TPSC) has acquired the rights to two series from best-selling author Kennedy Ryan. The company will develop “Hoops” and “All the King’s Men,” totaling six books, into two limited series for television.

Downton star MyAnna plays a pregnant detective in the BBC’s latest crime drama. Now a new mum herself, she talks to Charlotte Pearson Methven about giving birth – on and off screen MyAnna wears DRESS, LK Bennett. SHOES, Christian Louboutin. RING, Dior A rotund woman in a purple coat is throwing her arms around me. I have been waiting barely ten minutes when Swedish actress MyAnna Buring – nine months pregnant with her first child – waddles into the café of the British Film Institute on London’s South Bank, where we have arranged to meet.

Critics Pick Documentarian Tatiana Huezo is established as one of Mexico's most powerful voices with the bruised beauty of her magnificent fiction debut. The unforgettable final shot of Tatiana Huezo‘s last film, the songlike documentary “Tempestad,” is the silhouette of a figure swimming in blue water – an amputee, missing one of her legs from the knee down.