Charles Laurence is a US correspondent for The Week.co.uk. He is a former New York bureau chief for The Daily Telegraph. He divides his time between Manhattan and Woodstock, upstate New York.
Playing the movie star role to perfection, doe-eyed Hathaway can beat Winslet to the best actress Oscar, says Charles Laurence
The credit crunch is spawning a new generation of ‘Bonnie and Clydes’, feeding off public anger towards greedy Wall Street bankers
The right wing King of Talk Radio is in danger of martyring himself at the altar of America's new hero, says Charles Laurence
Michelle Obama has hired Michael Smith, a Hollywood interior designer, to spruce up the White House, says Charles Laurence
Is Obama’s nominee for Surgeon General, Dr Sanjay Gupta, a stooge of the US healthcare industry, asks Charles Laurence
The woman who predicted the financial crisis in October last year wins Charles Laurence's Prophet of Doom of the Year award
When Susan Cheever says getting drunk has become unacceptable in polite society, she should know, says Charles Laurence
Desiree Rogers, the first black White House social secretary, is chic, Ivy League – and a former George Bush fundraiser, says Charles Laurence
The original Johnny B Goode is one of the legends portrayed in a film about the Chicago music scene, says Charles Laurence
The miserly media tycoon is suffering ‘ senior moments’ and juggling insurmountable debt, reports Charles Laurence
The novelist from the backwoods of Maine paints the most vivid portrait of the ‘other America’ since Faulkner and Steinbeck, says Charles Laurence
Real Housewives of Atlanta introduces America to four black families who made it way before Obama, says Charles Laurence
Billionaire Penny Pritzker put Barack Obama on the road to the presidency. What will she get in return, asks Charles Laurence
Thousands of people thronged the streets of black America’s cultural capital to celebrate Barack Obama’s historic election victory
Feted by the media after hunting down a killer, Mike Carona had many skeletons in his closet
The MSNBC news presenter confounds prejudice with both her liberal politics and her sexuality
Grandma Dunham has played a key role for Obama. But she’s never been more valuable than now, says Charles Laurence
Presidential wannabe John McCain’s wife invokes comparisons with Princess Diana’s tragic life story
The Chicago lawman and cohort of Barack Obama becomes a folk hero for his populist stance
Alaska’s senior senator with a taste for pork faces years in jail on charges of concealing graft
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