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Sean Connery will never star in a film again, says Michael Caine on Astini News

"Everyone wants to work with you, then it can be over just as quickly — you're yesterday's news," the 27-year-old former EastEnders actress tells Mandrake.

"It's difficult. I've tried just to keep on working and keep my head down. I have been offered a couple of things in the States, so I might go back there. I'm just not sure at the moment — I've got to feel passionate about the part."

Dermot O'Leary and the fear factor

Dermot O'Leary, the host of The X Factor, is taking no chances with disgruntled contestants on the television talent contest.

The 38-year-old presenter tells Mandrake: "My personal security man on The X Factor is a Falklands war veteran who never stands more than five yards away from me, so I feel pretty safe on the show."

Carry on carping

Almost a year after Christopher Myers resigned as a special adviser to William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, because of "untrue and malicious allegations" about their relationship, the law student is able to see the funny side of political scandals.

Commenting on the latest disclosures about Jacqui Smith, the Labour former home secretary, Myers says: "There's something comical about the nature of her pratfalls. Porn, prisoners doing her decorating, it's almost Carry on …."

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