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REM's Michael Stipe's £15 lunch, Liam Gallagher gets his teeth out – Daily Ligger

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Today’s top gossip:

REM's Michael Stipe enjoyed a £15-a-head lunch at the Landsdowne pub in Camden. He looked very pleased with it. (e-mailed in from NME.COM user Bill).

From the papers:

Oasis Liam Gallagher and his wife Nicole Appleton flashed cheesy grins for photographers outside the Hill pub in Hampstead, London. (Various).

Lily Allen smoked a fag before popping into a fruit and veg shop in London(Daily Mirror).

Estelle has said that the inspiration behind her Number One hit 'American Boy' is Su Pollard from '80s sitcom 'Hi-De-Hi!'. "The whole point was that I would sing it in the most ditzy voice ever," she said (Daily Record).

Madonna wore a large see-through white Macintosh while strolling around London (Daily Mirror).

Mark Ronson revealed that he had the nickname Wrong Way Ronson at school after going round a running track the wrong way aged nine (The Sun).

Kate Moss drove her supposed fiancé, The Kills' Jamie Hince, around north London in her black cab (Daily Mirror).

Martine McCutcheon enjoyed brunch at the Bingham Hotel in Richmond-Upon-Thames (Daily Mirror).

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