Describing himself as "immensely saddened" by the situation, Rushdie told Prose he used the phrase knowingly, because Prose, Carey, Ondaatje, Cole, Kushner and Selasi had chosen to "make a political ACT", by pulling out of the gala.
Fabio Aurelio, Dirk Kuyt, Maxi Rodriguez, Alberto Aquilani, Andy Carroll, Charlie Adam, Joe Cole and Stewart Downing were all first-team players who Rodgers ruthlessly moved out in the early stages of his Liverpool career.
Scores of people have offered accommodation, and supportive messages have been directed at him via social media, including from the actor Samantha Morton and the model Lily Cole.
Still, the cast Ryan and Cole have assembled have a watchable, scratchy chemistry and the final 15 minutes see the pace ratcheted up several notches.
Pedigree: It's exec-produced by Shawn Ryan of The Shield fame, alongside the creator of the original, Chris Cole.
Apfel stars, along with Anna Wintour, as a New York grande dame in the documentary Bill Cunningham New York, having been a regular in Cunningham's photos for several decades, and is set to be the subject of her own documentary by Grey Gardens film-maker Albert Maysles.
Cole, for example, calls himself "a free speech fundamentalist", and Eisenberg believes "freedom of expression must be indivisible".
Dr Mark Porter, leader of Britain's doctors, backed Mann's call for a 50p minimum unit price and called for a total ban on the advertising of alcohol to reduce consumption.
In the report, Porter also noted the spread of body-worn video cameras beyond the police.
Cole, who has also played for Chelsea, Liverpool and Lille in his career, has won 56 caps for England.
The other myth, as Cole highlights, is the belief that the government grabs 40% of everything left over £325,000.
