FILM
It turns out the real spies were almost as strange as fiction.
Thomas Boghardt examines how close Get Smart sailed to the truth.
FILM
In his screenplay for The Boys, Stephen Sewell told a chilling
story inspired by the brutal murder of Anita Cobby. More recently,
in The Gates Of Egypt, he explored Australian attitudes to the war
in Iraq.
STAY IN TOUCH
When Gordon Ramsay burst out of the kitchen and onto reality
television, he gave hope to restaurant diners everywhere.
Hairdresser Tabatha Coffey plans a similar crusade.

PEOPLE
Britney Spears has flown home to help her little sister, Jamie
Lynn, give birth.
ARTS
Shakespeare In Love made Joseph Fiennes a star, but when the
scripts that followed offered no challenges he turned to theatre,
writes Phil Hoad.
NATIONAL
AND that's his blooming lot … Or is it? Peter Cundall, the
garden guru without peer, yesterday wrapped up his final episode as
host of the ABC TV program Gardening Australia.
ARTS
This 1954 Picasso became the most expensive painting sold in
Australia when it went under the hammer last night for $6.9
million.

PEOPLE
Paris Hilton went "ballistic" when a shop worker refused to sell
her a puppy.
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