Harry Potter actor Jason Isaacs has admitted that he hasn't even read the script for the fifth film.

"They started without me. Like most things in my life. I haven’t even read the script yet," Isaacs told Empire. "To be honest, I don’t know what happens in it. I know that I’m meant to end up in prison - that’s no great secret.

Asked about whether he will make an appearance in the movie, he replied, "I hope so, I can’t bear the idea that somebody else would get to wear my Paris Hilton wig, but you never know."

Isaacs plays Lucius Malfoy in the movies.

Gary Lineker is splitting from his wife after 20 years of marriage, it has been revealed today.

The football presenter was apparently "devastated" after Michelle told him that their relationship had run out of steam.

"She feels the marriage has come to its end," a friend said. "She told him several months ago and they have already sorted out their finances.

"When Michelle told him she wanted the marriage to end, Gary tried to talk her round. But she has refused and it is now Gary who is asking for a divorce on the grounds of her unreasonable behaviour. It is fair to say he has been absolutely devastated but they now have an amicable relationship. There have not been any rows recently but they have just drifted their separate ways.

"The decision to split was made a few months ago. She's already spending some nights in a flat nearby. Friends are baffled by it."

Barbados, Caribbean :: British singer Rachel Stevens, who turned 28 earlier this month, has been on holiday in Barbados the last few days, spending time with her brand new boyfriend (unidentified as yet). "They seemed rather intimate," said one onlooker. Rachel released two pop albums after departing from her former pop group S Club 7, but neither album performed well on the UK charts.

A newspaper promotion for Tom Cruise's upcoming "Mission: Impossible III" got off to an explosive start when a county arson squad blew up a news rack, thinking it contained a bomb. The confusion: The Los Angeles Times rack was fitted with a digital musical device designed to play the "Mission: Impossible" theme song when the door was opened. But in some cases, the red plastic boxes with protruding wires were jarred loose and dropped onto the stack of newspapers inside, alarming customers. Sheriff's officials said they rendered the news rack in this suburb 35 miles north of downtown Los Angeles "safe" after being called to the scene Friday by a concerned individual who thought he'd seen a bomb. Times officials said the devices were placed in 4,500 randomly selected news boxes in Los Angeles and Ventura counties in a venture with Paramount Pictures designed to turn the "everyday news rack experience" into an "extraordinary mission." It was just that, at least for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department arson squad, which destroyed the box. "This was the least intended outcome. We weren't expecting anything like this," said John O'Loughlin, the Times' senior vice president for planning. The devices are to remain in the boxes until May 7, two days after the film is scheduled to open.

TOM CRUISE is considering hiring BEATLES tribute band THE BOOTLEG BEATLES to play at his wedding to KATE HOLMES, after his MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III co-star SIMON PEGG suggested them.

Pegg, who plays computer geek BENJI DUNN in the new movie, hired the Beatles imitators to play at his own reception when he married MAUREEN McCANN last summer (JUL05).

He says, "Tom and I were discussing bands at weddings and I told him I had The Bootleg Beatles at mine and that they were really good.

"I'm not sure if he's going to heed my advice and book them for his wedding to Katie - but you never know."

"Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp has crossed swords with city officials over a proposed Sunset Strip commercial development Depp says would block the scenic view from part of his Hollywood Hills estate.

The actor contends in a lawsuit that the city of West Hollywood violated environmental quality laws by approving development of retail shops, a restaurant and a parking structure on a lot beneath his gated, 2 1/2 -acre property.

Depp also argues that the project would block the view his two children have while playing on a terrace outside the 7,430-square-foot home.

The development would rise about 45 feet above the famous Sunset Strip. Its roof would be about 40 feet below Depp's home, but the building would still block views from a portion of the backyard terrace, which is down the hill from the house.

Those behind the development argue that Depp has declared that the youngsters - Lily-Rose, 6, and Jack, 4 - will be raised in France, where he and French actress and singer Vanessa Paradis also have a home.

Developer Joseph Emrani of Venice Investments, who is a partner in the project with his brother, Youdi Emrani, said he challenged Depp's representatives.

"They said, 'The kids are playing over there and they don't want it to block their view.' I mentioned that his children live in Paris, and one of them said, 'That's very personal and we don't want to get involved with that,' " Joseph Emrani said.

Depp's attorney declined to discuss the case.

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled against Depp last year. The case is being appealed on his behalf by his sister, Christi Dembrowski, who is also Depp's personal assistant and president of his film production company.