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If a rapper can't tell you everything you need to know about them in rhyme, are they really worth their salt?  Megastar Jay-Z is set to publish a memoir in November, ghost written by hip-hop journalist Dream Hampton. Named Decoded, it will factor in interviews with Jay-Z's friends and family, as well as the man himself. Oh, and to answer to that opening question, Jay-Z has this to say – ‘A book doesn't have to rhyme, and it has no time limit, so you can say exactly how everything went'...

Clint Eastwood is 80-years-old. It would therefore be understandable that the American actor might misread the acronym UKFC as representing one of his country's most iconic fast food chains. Apparently not, though. Eastwood has written a letter to the MP George Osborne protesting the closure of the UK Film Council. He believes that its closure will result in some US filmmakers not visiting Britain, and that UKFC's rigorous support enabled him to shoot his most recent film Hereafter in Britain...