Jeffs Celebrity Gossip Blog

Paris Hilton has spoken out about her new-found obsession with the World Cup or rather her obsession with three men in shorts playing in the world cup.

First up on Paris's hit-list is German striker Lukas Podolski.

Next up is none other than Sweden midfielder and Calvin Klein underwear model Freddie Ljungberg.

And finally, England star David Beckham.

But of course Paris has conditions for any potential beau. She also stated that for any man to catch her fancy, "he has to be honourbable and make me laugh". So I guess Rick Solomon was bad judgement then?

Billy Corgan has moved in with Courtney Love, according to reports.

The pair, who have been friends for some time and are understood to be working on material for Courtney's new solo album, are apparently sharing her Hollywood mansion.

However, it is unclear if the couple's relationship is purely platonic. Love commented: "Not many people know this, but Billy's been living with me for the last four months. Billy has one wing, Frances [Bean--her teenage daughter with former husband Kurt Cobain] has another, and I have one."

Courtney's new album has not yet been scheduled but is due out later this year, while Corgan is also thought to be working on new Smashing Pumpkins material.

A sold-out crowd came to 'get the party started' as Pink rocked LA's Avalon on Wednesday.

Pink performed all of her hits including "Stupid Girls" - whose video mocked celebs like Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson - and surprised her fans by dedicating "Don't Let Me Get Me" to Britney Spears.

Pink told the audience she has always loved Spears and wanted everyone to send Brit some "good energy and love because she could use it right about now." This was an evident reference to Spears' recent public turmoil in the press. The crowd reacted by cheering and breaking out in loud bouts of laughter.

Celebs in the house included Motley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, who was flanked by two Pamela Anderson wannabes and a wine-sipping Lisa Marie Presley.

Pink is touring in support of her new album "I'm Not Dead" and will hit cities across North America this summer before heading to Europe in September. She will also star in the upcoming horror film "Catacombs."

Kate Beckinsale's daughter Lily was terrified of her mom's Click co-star, Christopher Walken. Kate said, "I remember my [7 year old] daughter running into him in his costume and running back with the whites of her eyes showing, saying, 'I've seen a man that I don't like.'"

Mos Def has been told by a divorce judge to settle the divorce from his wife of 10 years out of court. The rapper was urged by Brooklyn judge, Justice Sarah Krauss, to talk the settlement over with his wife, Maria Yepes-Smith.

“Work it out, right now,” she told the two parties. “I have 50 cases here.”

Mos Def, born Dante Terrell Smith, filed for divorce in February, and was ordered to pay $10,000 a month in child support for the couple’s two daughters, aged seven and eight. Until then, the rapper had paid only $8,000 a month, claiming business ventures and obligations to his three other children prevented him from making the court ordered payments.

“I’m the only person who’s providing for my children,” Mos Def told Judge Krauss at the hearing in February. However, Yepes-Smith’s lawyer cited the commercials for the rapper/actor’s last film, 16 blocks, as reason for Mos to make the full payments.

“I’ve been seeing him in these commercials with Bruce Willis for his new movie,” lawyer Karen Blaustein said after the hearing. “I’m sure he made enough money to pay his child support for his seven and eight-year-old daughters.”

"The O.C." won't start its fourth season until well after the rest of FOX's fall schedule hits the air, and as things stand now, it won't be around for as long either.

The network confirmed Wednesday that it's ordered only 16 episodes of the show for the 2006-07 season, as first reported by Variety. A typical full-season order for a series is 22 episodes.

Typical for most shows, that is. Through its first three seasons, "The O.C." never shot fewer than 24 episodes; last year the count was 25.

A FOX spokesperson says that while the current order for "The O.C." is 16 episodes, there's a chance the network could add more installments if it chooses. Even with a late start -- the show is scheduled to premiere Nov. 2 -- 16 episodes would mean either an early end to the season or a sizable break somewhere at midseason.

"The O.C." will be making some fairly significant on-screen changes in the coming season. Mischa Barton has left the show following the death of her character, Marissa Cooper, in last season's finale. Her friends (Ben McKenzie, Adam Brody, Rachel Bilson) are headed off to college, and Marissa's little sister Caitlin (Willa Holland) is moving back in with mom Julie (Melinda Clarke).

The series will also be facing a more competitive landscape in its 9 p.m. Thursday timeslot. It will have to face two of the most popular dramas on TV, CBS' "CSI" and ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," along with NBC's popular game show "Deal or No Deal."

Jessica Biel and Chris Evans have called it quits after dating for more than two years, according to media reports in the US. Biel, who starred in "Stealth" and the TV family drama 7th Heaven, also played Evans' girlfriend in two films, "Cellular" and "London".

Evans, who starred in "Fantastic Four", is currently filming "The Nanny Diaries" with Scarlett Johansson. A source tells the US edition of OK! magazine that Evans has recently been spotted out in New York City with brunette public relations executive Joyce Sevilla. Meanwhile 24-year-old Biel has been in Los Angeles filming "Next" with Nicolas Cage.

According to "The Insider" Hayden Christensen is The mystery man mentionned in Lindsay Lohan's Harper Bazaar interview.

"Is LINDSAY LOHAN looking for 'Star Wars' lovin'? Throughout Lohan's interview for her new Harper's Bazaar cover story, the almost 20-year-old starlet got distracted quite a bit because she was engaged in rather flirtatious text messaging with a man who is only described as a "young Hollywood heartthrob."

Writer MERLE GINSBERG agrees not to reveal Lohan's mystery man, who happened to be milling about during the interview at Chateau Marmont. However, I'm told he's none other than 'Star Wars' star HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN.

Ginsberg writes, "He keeps staring her down and text-messaging her flirtatiously from just a few feet away." Lohan is flush. "It's hard to think right now," she says. "Sorry, but it's really distracting." No word if Lohan and Christensen did anything more than just text each other, but she made a beeline for him as soon as the interview was over."

- Natasha Hamilton putting plasters on her blistered heels outside the Oxo Tower lifts.

- Steve McFadden outside Tesco's on the North Circular and ex-Eastender Chris Parker on Carnaby Street.

- Home and Away stars Paul O'Brien and Chris Hemsworth relaxing at the Plaza hotel.

- Keira Knightley looking for cowboy boots in Camden Market.

- Shane Lynch stealing a menu from someone else's table at the Fifth Floor Cafe in Harvey Nichols.

- Jennifer Ellison looking tanned strolling through Muswell Hill.

- Big Brother's Bigmouth Russell Brand walking along Kentish Town Road.

- Nikki Sanderson shopping for gorgeous lingerie at La Senza.

- A scruffy-looking Brian McFadden milling around in Terminal 4 at Heathrow Airport and James Blunt grabbing his luggage from the carousel after jetting in.

- Samantha Bloom laughing with her mum on Kensington High Street.

- Jodie Kidd trying on a corset at Unique on Southgate.

- Take That stars Mark Owen and Jason Orange having dinner at the Villandry restaurant.

Jesse Eisenberg is joining The Weinstein Company's thriller Spring Break in Bosnia, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Written and directed by Richard Shepard, the film follows a young journalist, a cameraman and a discredited journalist who embark on expedition to track down an infamous war criminal in Bolivia. The tables turn when their target tries to hunt down the trio, who are mistaken for CIA agents.

Eisenberg (The Squid and the Whale) will play the young journalist, Terrence Howard will portray the cameraman, whilst the discredited journalist's role goes to Richard Gere.

Production begins this summer.

Jennifer Lopez fears her ex-husband will reveal intimate details about her if she fails to pay him nearly £3 million.

The singer-turned actress' lawyer claims that Ojani Noa demanded £2.7 million to not release a book containing details about the star.

The book accuses Lopez of having multiple affairs, and Noa is also prepared to make a home video available to papers from the couple's honeymoon, her lawyer claims.

A preliminary injunction will take place in the Los Angeles Superior Court.

Are we seeing a wedding between Miss Miller and Jude Law at long last?

Although 33-year-old Jude was waiting in the wings, the Primrose Hill posse don't need to buy any new hats just yet.

Sienna, 24, was simply filming a marriage scene in New York for her latest flick Camille, which sees her play a bride.

She said: "I don't want to give too much away. But my character is determined to stick to her man no matter what. He can't even shake her off after she's dead."

Are you sure it isn't a big-screen version of your future with Mr Law, Sienna?

Which young Hollywood actress shocked clubbers by getting dirty with a chavtastic male in the doorway of a LA bar? And the innocent-faced woman-in-question got far too carried away. As well as putting her hands down the fruity fella's pants, she was making lewd noises and then groaning. Wonder what her boyfriend would say?

Aisleyne has got big plans ahead of nights eviction. She said: "I'm going to shave my legs, paint my nails and wear THAT dress."

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Susie does not think her going to bed early will affect her chances of winning. She said: "I am tired and they can film the others who are still up."

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BB chiefs were worried housemates had stolen paper from the "suggestion box" task to write messages to the outside world. Glyn had to search for scraps and even take a bin into the diary room to look for paper.

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Lea claims that she likes a drop of vodka most nights. Speaking a few days after her last drink she said: "This is the longest I've gone without alcohol in years." And Richard says it is the longest he has gone without sex."

Justin Timberlake will premiere his comeback album FutureSex/LoveSounds with a London gig.

He'll play Hammersmith Palais on July 13 and tickets are on sell now.

Party boy Prince Harry was read the riot act by his dad and girlfriend after his latest boozy night on the town.

He received the rollicking from Prince Charles and Chelsy Davy following another series of embarrassing headlines.

Flirty Harry, 21, spent the evening dancing with former glamour girl Coralie Eicholtz.

He was ushered out of the exclusive Boujis nightclub in South Kensington, London, by his minders when a bloody brawl broke out.

Then he was caught having a snog with TV star Natalie Pinkham as they emerged from the party.

Prince Charles blasted Harry for dragging the royal family through the mud again.

A Royal source said: "Yes, Harry is a young man and he likes to have a laugh but he is also a prince and with the title comes responsibility."

We bet Courteney Cox is relieved her friends weren't around to catch her cheeky sprog make a boob of her.

But our snapper was there when the brunette popped out on the beach in Sardinia, Italy.

And judging by her daughter Cocos giggling, she found the whole affair as amusing as the rest of us.

One eyewitness said: "Everyone stared when Coco pulled down Courteneys top. And she kept tugging it down even more - even though she could see her mum was getting annoyed. But Courteney saw the funny side in the end."

McFly's Harry Judd insists Lindsay Lohan was too scared to attend their film premiere because she didn't want him to quiz her about their night of passion.

The pretty boy was furious when the teen star denied enjoying grown-up cuddles with him during the making of their flick Just My Luck.

Kylie Minogue made her showbiz comeback last night as the guest of honour at Sir Elton Johns glitzy White Tie and Tiara Ball.

The Aussie singer glammed up for her first major celebrity do since being the all-clear from breast cancer in January.

Kylie was just one of a galaxy of stars at the annual ball, which raises money for the Elton John Aids Foundation but she was the one everyone wanted to talk to on the night.

Kylie partied at the curry-themed do alongside former duet partner Robbie Williams, the boys from Take That, Pamela Anderson, Simon Cowell, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, Liz Hurley, Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster.

Victoria Beckham stole the show at last years event but was missing last night.

Sources said she wanted to avoid a showdown with Jordan.

Mallorca, Spain :: Catherine Zeta-Jones and husband Michael Douglas enjoyed a boat ride around the Mediterranean Sea earlier this past weekend. Douglas, 61, and Zeta-Jones, 36, are currently on vacation in Mallorca, a popular tourist destination island, with their kids -- son Dylan Michael Douglas, 5, and Carys Zeta Douglas, 3.

Here's a little scoop on the upcoming fourth season of Nip/Tuck: Three years ago, Richard Chamberlain came out of the closet in real life. Now at age 72, the Thorn Birds and Shogun star is coming out in the FX series Nip/Tuck. "It's my debut," says Chamberlain, who was "nervous but excited" about taking on the role of gay millionaire Arthur Stiles in the risque plastic-surgery drama.

It has been 45 years since Chamberlain came to fame as a heterosexual heartthrob in the hit medical drama Dr. Kildore. Chamberlain believes that he would never have made it as an actor if he hadn't kept his sexuality a secret. In private, he has been with lover Martin Rabbett for 30 years, and the two live in Hawaii.

On Nip/Tuck, Chamberlain describes Stiles as "a man of questionable character." Stiles takes his young lover (played by The Young and the Restless' Thad Luckinbill) to visit the plastic surgery office of McNamara and Troy. But it quickly becomes apparent to Dr. Christian Troy (Julian McMahon) that Stiles is trying to make Luclcinbill's character look like a younger version of himself.

Producers claim the scenario is actual Hollywood history. "It's based on Liberace," says coexecutive producer Lyn Greene. "He was known for doing this to his lovers." Chamberlain's episode, the second of Nip/Tuck Season 4, is set to air this fall.

Los Angeles, CA :: Pierce Brosnan and his family were spotted arriving at LAX airport this past weekend on their way to Hawaii. He was accompanied by his wife Keely Shaye Smith and their two kids -- 9-year-old son Dylan Thomas Brosnan and 5-year-old Paris Beckett Brosnan. Pierce, 53, and Keely, 41, have been married for almost five years. And in movie news, Pierce plays Colonel Gideon (he hunts down a man with whom he has a grudge at the end of a civil war) in the upcoming film Seraphim Falls, which is scheduled for a October 2006 release and co-stars Liam Neeson, Angie Harmon, and Anjelica Huston.

Posh's stick thin figure has made her a pin-up for anorexic girls.

They claim Victoria Beckham, 32, is their "thinspiration" and have been blitzing sick websites which promote the eating disorder with messages saying they long to look as slim as her.

The mum-of-three has been showing off her figure in Germany where she is watching husband David, 31, captain England.

Victoria has admitted she once came "very close" to an eating disorder but insists she now has no such problems.

Yet many girls are still desperate to look like her. One posting on a pro-anorexia website said: "I envy her. She has beautiful bones sticking out of her chest."

Health experts are alarmed that girls are starving themselves to look like her.

Victoria refused to comment.

Hollywood hunk George Clooney showed off his ball control yesterday - by shooting some hoops.

The 45-year-old star was snapped enjoying a game of basketball with his sister Ada, 47.

The pair worked up a sweat on the court which has been specially built in the sports ground at Clooney's villa in Laglio, near Lake Como, Italy.

Dannii Minogue had one Elle of a time with Miss Macpherson when she handed the model with a lifetime achievement award.

The aussie babes had a cuddle of corn when Dannii, 34, gave the gong to Elle, 43, at the Grazia 02 X Awards for Businesswomen.

One man at London's Paper club said: "Anyone would have thought they were long-lost sisters."

Kate Lawler showed her football star ex Jonathan Woodgate what hes missing on the pitch and in the bedroom.

The Real Madrid star, 26, had better watch his back because Kate proved she has the balls to take his job when she staged an impressive kick-about on a beach in southern France.

Never one to hide her light under a bushel, the BB3 winner, 26, and her sister Karen soon attracted a crowd of our garlic-loving cousins when they showed off their sexy soccer skills.

Which former boyband star was caught short on a Northern line tube journey late at night? The fella was so desperate for the toilet he tried to cover up urinating in an empty Coke bottle under his coat. Had he not downed eight pints in under an hour, trying desperately to look hard, he wouldn't have been such a buffoon.

Adam Sandler comedy drama Click took the top spot at the Australian box office last weekend.

Fellow new entry Over the Hedge debuted in second place, followed by Pixar's Cars. Previous number one, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, slipped to fourth, with Jennifer Aniston/Vince Vaughn rom-com The Break-Up completing the top five.

The top ten in full:
1. (-) Click - AUS$4.06m
2. (-) Over the Hedge - AUS$2.51m
3. (2) Cars - AUS$1.70m
4. (1) The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift - AUS$1.35m
5. (3) The Break-Up - AUS$0.96m
6. (5) Stick It - AUS$0.72m
7. (4) The Da Vinci Code - AUS$0.70m
8. (7) X-Men: The Last Stand - AUS$0.42m
9. (-) Wah-Wah - AUS$0.35m
10. (8) Take the Lead - AUS$0.30m

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift won the UK box office race for the second time last weekend.

The third film in the franchise took £1.02m over the three-day period, giving it a convincing lead on its nearest competitor, Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock romance The Lake House, which took £0.76m in its first weekend.

Climbing up from fifth place was The Da Vinci Code, followed by X-Men: The Last Stand and the award-winning The Wind That Shakes the Barley rounding out the top five.

The top ten in full:
1. (1) The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2. (-) The Lake House
3. (5) The Da Vinci Code
4. (2) X-Men: The Last Stand
5. (-) The Wind That Shakes the Barley
6. (-) Fearless
7. (4) The Omen
8. (5) Hard Candy
9. (-) Krrish
10. (-) Ultraviolet

Even Charlotte Church thinks her mega bitchfest with Cheryl Tweedy, 23, is ridiculous. Charlotte, 20, said: "I haven't even met her. Fair enough if we'd met one another and hated each other. Its stupid how it started. She said a comment and I said a comment back and thats it.

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Jessica Simpson proved girls just wanna have fun on the set of her video A Public Affair. The 25-year-old blonde enlisted the help of some famous girl pals filming in California. Sexy Eva Longoria and foxy Christina Milian added some extra va-va voom.

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The millionaire director of Superman Returns lives in a house completely unfurnished except for a bed, TV set and discarded takeaway boxes. Bryan Singer, 40, says he is too busy to buy furniture.

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Pink's hubby is a tattoo artist but shes avoided his inky needle. "Can you believe it?" says Carey Hart, "she still hasn't been tattooed in my shop."

It will be masterminded by writer/director Brian Jun. Jun is collaborating on the project with Buckley's mother Mary Guibert, who is producing the biography.

It will be the second time a biopic has been attempted. Last year, the writer/producer Train Houston secured the rights to 'Dream Brother: The Lives & Music of Jeff & Tim Buckley', the book by David Browne.

This event spurred Guibert, who controls the rights to Buckley's songs, to start her foray into the movie world.

"Over the years, the number of offers were unceasing," she said. "I had resisted for so many reasons, one being that Hollywood, traditionally, did a lousy job of realistically portraying the life of people like Jeff. But the possibility that it could happen without my participation set me back to re-examine why I wasn't doing it."

Seeing films like 'Ray' and 'Walk The Line' convinced Guibert that "the time was right to have a project where integrity could be built into the script and that we could wrangle it so that it didn't get co-opted or changed in getting to the screen".

Reuters reports that the film will play on Buckley's relationship with his father, singer/songwriter Tim Buckley, who died in 1975.

Co-producer Michelle Sy said: "It is really about how music is so much a part of this person's identity, and there are so many ironies in his life. For example, he was constantly being compared to his father, but he only met his father twice. He had the trajectory of someone who gains a certain amount of success in a short period of time, and there (are) some downsides to that. And it was music that guided him through that."

It is not known who will be cast in the role of Buckley

Brad Pitt is among Newsweek magazine's 15 People Who Make America Great. Pitt is being recognized for using his megawatt star power to shine light on some often-neglected cases in Africa.

Pitt told the magazine he figured if the cameras were going to follow him and Angelina everywhere they go, they might as well lure them somewhere that needs world attention.

Britney Spears is trading in one LA for another La. The former pop star still loves Malibu but the entire trappings that go with Hollywood may be too much and she will return to her native state of Louisiana In Touch is reporting.

“She wants to come home,” says Kentwood mayor Harold Smith. “She’s building more rooms for her growing family. She wants a nursery and some kids’ rooms.”

In a story set for publication this week, the magazine claims that even husband Kevin Federline supports the move, which may help solve some of their marriage problems. Britney Spears has learned just how hard caring for a baby can be, the report reads.

This time around, she wants more help - so she’s planning to move back home to Kentwood, La., to be closer to her mom, Lynne.

Britney wants Lynne to help with the kids, but Kevin’s wary. “He likes Lynne but doesn’t like her getting involved in their relationship,” an insider tells the magazine..

Britney, whose second child is due in September, is pouring $200,000 into Serenity, the house where her mom lives, and she hopes the small town life will help calm K-Fed down and strengthen her marriage.

A pal says, “She loves Malibu but feels she’ll end up divorced if she stays there — at least for now.”

“I’m just Britney at home,” the pop star has said. “I don’t get any special treatment. That’s actually good for me.”

Charles Gibson has bid Good Morning America goodbye.

Former cohosts, special guests and future competitors joined Gibson as he said farewell to the morning show Wednesday after nearly two decades as coanchor.

"For 19 years my mornings have not just been good," Gibson said. "They've been great.

"I will miss our breakfast conversations, more than I can adequately say. And I will miss the folks who work on this broadcast--on air and off."

The emotional if subdued tribute--at least when compared to Katie Couric's blow-out send-off--was mostly kept a family affair, with just three celebrity guests dropping by to bid farewell to the World News Tonight-bound anchor.

Fellow morning personality and devoted Gibson flirt Kelly Ripa stopped by the studio to say goodbye and good luck, and introduce "Charlie's Angels," a clip tribute showing some of Gibson's most coquettish moments on air.

"You have made more than one or two--several women blush and shy," Ripa told the departing host.

Former baseball star Cal Ripken Jr. dropped by, giving Gibson a framed Baltimore Orioles jersey with the number 19, in honor of the newsman's years of GMA service. Gibson thanked Ripken, and said his enthusiasm in playing the game inspired the anchor in his own work.

"That was an inspiration for me," Gibson said. "The way you approached baseball is very much the way you should approach this job."

Kermit, meanwhile, was something of a repeat guest. The Muppet was a guest on Gibson's original GMA farewell show in 1998, when he left the program for all of nine months before returning in 1999 to relaunch the show with Diane Sawyer.

"There are no two people I care more about in this business than Diane Sawyer and Robin Roberts," Gibson said of his coanchor and the show's longtime news reporter. "I didn't know Diane very well when we started our 'temporary' gig here--I just new I loved her as a broadcaster. I came quickly to love her as a person."

The feeling was mutual as both Sawyer and Roberts bid fond farewells to their longtime coworker.

"Charlie is a rock," Sawyer said. "We didn't really know each other that well when we started out, but somehow instinctively I knew he was there as a safety net and a cushion, a life raft."

"He's been like a brother, an uncle, he's counseled me and just been there," Roberts said. "He's the rock, he's everything."

Former GMA stalwarts Joan Lunden, Kate Snow, Bill Weir, Spencer Christian and recently departed weatherman Tony Perkins all returned to say goodbye.

Gibson first started work on the morning chatfest with Lunden in 1987, and last month, after a long tenure as one of the many rotating replacements for World News Tonight, was named sole anchor to the evening program, replacing the recovering Bob Woodruff and pregnant Elizabeth Vargas.

Gibson's family, including his wife, Arlene, his two daughters and his three-month-old grandson, also dropped by for the farewell and said the patriarch's new job was a more likely fit.

"Charlie is a night person," his wife said. "That's the strange thing about this job. I never see him in the morning--and that's a good thing."

For all the new developments Gibson is poised to face in his news gig, competitors are not one of them.

He will again go head-to-head with Couric, who takes over the CBS Evening News, and NBC's Brian Williams.

Both sent their congratulations and best wishes.

Williams took a humorous tack, with "insincere," "outright lie" and "disingenuous" flashing under his image as he wished his future rival bon voyage.

"Good luck," Williams concluded. "With limits."

Couric played it straighter.

"See you in September," she said.

After thanking his colleagues and family, Gibson turned his increasingly emotional attentions to the people on the other side of the television--the audience.

"I've always said we broadcast at an hour you wouldn't have your best friend into the house," he said. "The dishes aren't done, the beds aren't made, the kids are at their wildest--but you let us come into your home and treat us like friends.

"To those of you who watch, the greatest thanks of all...We deeply appreciate your letting us be a small part of your lives. Once more I say, good morning, America."

Robbie Williams is in talks to record with Take That.

The singer reportedly wants to work with the group on their album of new material.

Howard Donald revealed that they had invited Robbie to join them in the studio and that he is considering the offer.

He said: "We all hoped Rob would be able to join us on stage but he had his own tour and things got in the way -it's a real shame. But we speak all the time now and he knows the door's always open if he wants to come and record with us or relive his Take That days in any way.

"We would love him to be on the album. Obviously he's got his solo stuff to focus on but he hasn't ruled it out."

Take That will start recording in a London studio later this month before heading off to the US to put the finishing touches to their first album of new material.

Jamie Foxx has won two Black Entertainment TV (BET) awards.

He won best video and collaboration along with hip-hop star Kanye West for their hit song Gold Digger.

Mary J Blige was named best female R&B artist, while Chaka Khan was presented with a lifetime achievement award at the ceremony in LA.

Accepting her award Chaka Khan said: "I am so honoured to be honoured by my own people. This means everything to me."

Chris Brown won both best new artist and the viewers' choice awards.

Missy Elliott won the award in the best female hip-hop category reports BBC online.

Beyonce, Prince and Stevie Wonder performed during the show.

Rachel Stevens is reportedly in the running to play the love interest in the next Pink Panther movie.

MGM/Sony have given the go-ahead for a further two remakes starring Steve Martin.

The next film will have Martin’s Inspector Clouseau teaming up with Scotland Yard to work a case.

And Rachel is in talks as the possible female lead.

Kevin Kline, Jean Reno and Emily Mortimer are all expected to return.

It seems that the front runners to play the character of Lucy Ewing in the new Dallas movie have been pipped to the post by a less well-known actress.

The word on the street was that Jessica Simpson was first in line for the role with competition coming from Lindsay Lohan and Veronica Mars star Kristin Cavallari.

But the role has been nabbed by Katie Cassidy instead.

You might have seen her in When A Stranger Calls - if not, then you can catch her in soon-to-be-released movie Click - with Adam Sandler and Kate Beckinsale.

It's been reported that film bosses were keen on Katie because they didn't want any diva action on set, as a source told Us Weekly mag:

"Producers wanted to steer clear of the drama and also thought Katie was simply better for the role."

She'll be joining Jennifer Lopez, Luke Wilson, John Travolta and Shirley McLaine on the Dallas movie cast list.

NICOLE KIDMAN is still amazed by the huge amount of media interest her marriage to KEITH URBAN generated around the world. THE HOURS star, 39, sparked a media frenzy when she jetted into her native Sydney, Australia, with Urban, 38, last week (19JUN06) and announced they planned to wed. Kidman and Urban were married on Sunday (25JUN06) in a candle-lit ceremony overlooking Sydney's Manly beach, and Kidman was stunned to find thousands of people lining the streets as she travelled to her nuptials in a cream Rolls-Royce. Publicist WENDY DAY says, "She wasn't just touched, she was gobsmacked, she was overwhelmed. She couldn't believe the amount of support and warmth and ... Australian-ness that was there for her." Kidman and Urban are currently enjoying their honeymoon in Tahiti.

Rapper NE-YO has urged BRITNEY SPEARS to ditch her husband KEVIN FEDERLINE, branding him a freeloader. The 23-year-old is helping Spears work on new material, and doesn't like what he hears about her wannabe rapper beau. Ne-Yo says, "I don't know the guy, but I know people that know him and he seems to be a guy who caught a break. He's a bit of a freeloader." He adds of his collaboration with the pop princess, "I've done one session for her, but now she's pregnant it may be put on hold for a while. I'm not allowed to talk about her sound through, her people want it kept under wraps."

Tom Cruise has refused to release pictures of baby daughter Suri because of his Scientology beliefs.

The 'Top Gun' actor and his fiancee Katie Holmes celebrated the birth of their baby girl in April but are yet to make their first public appearance together as a family.

It has now been claimed Tom is reluctant to show off Suri because Scientology doctrine teaches followers of the sci-fi cult to avoid taking newborn babies out unless absolutely necessary.

A friend of the actor said: "Tom insists he'll do it in his own time. He won't be bullied into showing the world his precious angel. Tom wants to obey Scientology rules."

Tom is a devout follower of the bizarre faith, founded by science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, and is open about his beliefs.

ANGELINA JOLIE has offended her in-laws over a gift of clothes for their grandchild Shiloh. She only gave birth a couple of weeks ago but she has already shown who’s the boss in the family.

BRAD PITT’s mum Jane and dad Bill proudly splashed out on a pile of pretty pink numbers.

But Angelina hated their taste and has rudely refused to dress her daughter in the outfits.

A source said: “Angelina knows her mind and knows how she wants her children to be dressed. “She doesn’t like girlie, pink clothes. You can see that with her adopted daughter Zahara."

“Angelina said thanks for the dresses, but she won’t put them on her. Though I don’t think she has realised how much it has upset Brad’s family.”

Lindsay Lohan has dismissed McFly drummer Harry Judd's claim that they had sex as nothing but a publicity stunt.

The British pop star recently claimed the rumours he had bedded the 'Mean Girls' actress were true, and revealed he had enjoyed a fling with the actress after meeting her while shooting 'Just My Luck' last year.

However, Lohan is sticking by her denial.

Her publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnick, told America's New York Post newspaper: "He is using it for publicity. It's convenient how he's saying this when he has an album coming out."

Judd claimed the pair's brief romance started after the 19-year-old beauty asked him to kiss her while they were out clubbing.

He said: "I was really nervous because she is so successful and talented. I thought, 'This is awesome'. "Then she invited me back to her hotel. I left at eight next morning."

Johnny Depp has revealed that he is proud of the ambiguity of his Pirates of the Caribbean character's sexual orientation, since it adds a touch of realism.

Depp, who plays the slightly camp Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean films, assumed this position after reading Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition by Barry R Burg.

He now feels that the ambiguity is fitting as he suspects that the living situations of real pirates may have encouraged them to experiment.

"I like the idea of [Jack] being ambiguous because women were thought to be bad luck on ships and these pirates would go out for years at a time," he is quoted as saying. "So, you know, there is a possibility that one thing might leads to another. You're lonely. You have an extra ration of rum..."

The latest court case involving Michael Jackson, this time concerning unpaid debts, is getting underway in the US.

Marc Schaffel claims that the singer owes him a total sum of $3.8m (£2.1m) for work on an unreleased charity record, two documentaries and various other unpaid loans and expenses.

Meanwhile, Jackson is counterclaiming, alleging that Schaffel owes him production costs and is in possession of $250,000 (£138,000) of artwork belonging to the star. He also claims that Schaffel continued to wrongfully represent himself as being affiliated with Jackson after their business relationship had ended.

The singer is not expected to appear at the hearing in person, his representation being made by video deposition.

Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner has declined Kate Moss' advances after heeding some motherly advice.

The model, no stranger to dating rock musicians, met Turner at one of band's gigs in February and took his phone number. He has since regretted the meeting because she has been calling and texting him asking to meet up.

Thrown by Moss' attention, Turner apparently sought advice from his mother Penny, who naturally urged him to steer clear of the model, bearing in mind her drug abuse scandals.

A source said: “He was home in Sheffield when the phone rang and this girl said ‘Hi, it’s Kate’. He thought it was one of the girls he used to go to school with asking for free tickets. When he asked ‘Kate who?’ he freaked out when she said it was Kate Moss.

“She asked him if he wanted to meet up and he mumbled something about being busy with the band and he’d have to see. Then she followed it up with a few texts and he panicked and told his mum Penny."

Also convincing him to ignore Moss's texts was the fact that he was going out with someone from school at the time.

Damon Albarn has raised the bar again by teaming up with The Clash.

Not content with making one of the best albums of the millennium with Gorillaz, the ex Blur man has embarked on a new project with former punk star Paul Simonon.

Damon's new project has been slated as a solo album but it isn't. Its actually a top secret new band just like Gorillaz were originally, said a source.

Damon's managed to talk Paul out of retirement to play bass on the album and he'll also be doing all the artwork for it.

Currently, details are being kept under lock and key but its down for a September release.

Geri Halliwell has an admirer in the shape of American actor Christian Slater.

The 36-year-old star has seen pictures of Geri and he hopes to "get to know" her during his time in Britain.

An insider said: "Christian obviously heard of Geri when they were both living in Los Angeles but now they are in London, he is hoping to hook up with her."

Millionaire golfer Colin Montgomerie showed off a new birdie at Wimbledon yesterday.

Monty, 46, who just missed out on the US Open title last week, was spotted with model Alex Leigh.

The pair watched Centre Court wins by champion Roger Federer and crowd favourite Andre Agassi.

Alex, 28, is the latest in a long list of attractive women spotted with the divorced father-of-three.

Just a few days ago he was linked with 35-year-old Paula Tagg.

But Monty, who split with his wife Elmear two years ago, insisted hes just good friends with recently married Alex, saying: "She's a companion. Thats all you need to know."

The makers of The Devil Wears Prada will bring I Don't Know How She Does It to the big screen, reports Variety.

Based on the first novel from journalist Allison Pearson, the film will tell the story of a businesswoman and her struggles to balance her career and role as a mother.

Prada's David Frankel and Aline Brosh McKenna will direct and write respectively. Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella are producing through Mirage Enterprises.

Actress Bryce Dallas Howard married her longtime boyfriend on June 17, according to OK! magazine. The 25-year-old daughter of director Ron Howard tied the knot in Connecticut, during a quick break from filming Spider-Man with Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire.

Pop music star Pink will make her feature film debut in the upcoming horror thriller “Catacombs.”

Pink, whose real name is Alecia Moore, shot the film with director David Elliot during the spring in Romania. She co-stars with Shannyn Sossamon as sisters caught in the underground catacombs of Paris.

Gwyneth Paltrow has reportedly been recording songs in the studio with the producer of Madonna's Ray of Light album. "Gwyneth has messed around with Chris [Martin] so to speak," a source told a British newspaper. "She would not work on music with her husband, she feels like she would be treading on his toes. When they are together they like to be away from work. But Gwyneth has got a fantastic voice."

Britney Spears is buying two poodles but they won't be allowed inside her Malibu mansion. Britney, 24, is insisting the pooches stay outside in their own dog houses.

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Rupert Friend wants to step up security after getting inundated with fan mail from a stalker. Keira Knightley's 23-year-old fella has been freaked out by endless stream of adoring letters from a weird fan who used to be a woman.

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Shayne Ward has decided not to dabble at songwriting and stick to singing for now. Shayne, 21, said: "I've been asked if I want to start writing and its something I may try in the future but when I've got such fantastic writers and been given such great songs why would I want to do it now?

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Madonna and Noel Gallagher are top of Ibiza club bosses' hit lists this summer. Madonna, 47, is being wooed by Pacha, who will pull off a huge coup if they get to perform. Meanwhile Mambo are keen to get Noel, 39, to DJ at sunset.

Which singer has so many personal debts, she is struggling to stay afloat? The well-known woman has addictions to both gambling and drugs and shes starting to spiral out of control. So its no wonder she has told pals she needs to find a rich man and soon.

Aerosmith have reportedly begun work on their new album, which is set to be released next year.

Frontman Steven Tyler, father to Hollywood star Liv Tyler, has recently undergone throat surgery, but is now well enough to record in the studio.

According to Billboard, guitarist Joe Perry, said of Tyler: "He's sounding better than ever. Even just listening to him talk, his voice has this timbre that I haven't heard in years."

Perry went on to reveal that the album will include a number of tracks written some time ago. He commented, "There's some stuff that we left off certain records that we've been scratching our heads over.

"There's also bits and pieces of things we haven't got to, and some stuff from Honkin' On Bobo that never got finished."

Harry Judd, member of popular band McFly, has revealed that he once spent the night with Mean Girls star Lindsay Lohan.

The pair met when McFly were invited to play a cameo role in Lohan's latest film Just My Luck, and Judd claims that things heated up when the actress asked him to kiss her during a night out clubbing.

The drummer said: "I was really nervous because she is so successful and talented. I thought, 'This is awesome'."

"Then she invited me back to her hotel. I left at eight next morning," he continued.

However, it seems that the Hollywood siren does not wish to be quite as frank about her personal life. Judd reflects: "She still isn't admitting it."

Danish actress and model Brigitte Nielsen is set to marry a man fifteen years her junior early next month.

The ceremony will take place at a hotel in Malta on July 8th, and will be the star's fifth wedding.

Nielsen's future husband is Mattia Dessi, 28, an Italian bartender that the actress met at a restaurant in April 2004. The couple got married on a beach in the Caribbean in March 2005, but the union was declared invalid as Nielsen was still technically married to her previous husband Raoul Meyer.

According to the Malta, millionaire Ivana Trump will act as a witness at the wedding, and Italian fashion designer Angela Missoni is rumoured to have designed Nielsen's wedding dress.

The actress's most famous marriage was to her Rocky co-star Sylvester Stallone in December 1985, which lasted less than two years.

Bad Boy rapper Babs of Making The Band fame was arrested early Saturday (June 24) after an altercation at a Brooklyn, N.Y., house party.

According to representatives, Babs spent the night in jail after an incident involving two unidentified women. One woman allegedly believed Babs had stolen her former lover.

The two women showed up at the rapper's home and accused her of dancing and flirting with one woman's boyfriend, according to Babs' publicist.

The women eventually left because Babs did not go outside at that moment, but she later showed up at the apartment of one of the women, with two friends, the publicist said.

The woman called the police and accused someone of keying and scratching her car. When the cops showed up, she told them Babs had threatened her.

"They threatened not only me but my family and anyone that knows me knows I don't play when it comes to my family," Babs told AllHipHop.com in a statement released by her representative Alyse Feldman, who was also present at the party.

A restraining order was issued against Babs, who spent the night in a local jail and was ordered to stay 100 feet away from the woman.

"The woman knew Babs was the one wearing the red hat so of course she is going to say it was her," Feldman added. "She wants Babs to pay for supposedly trying to steal her boyfriend. The charges are absolutely ridiculous!"

Babs is slated to make an appearance in a Brooklyn court this morning to answer the charges.

Victoria Beckham reportedly lost 6lbs from her already skinny frame before flying to Germany for the World Cup.

The brunette - who is married to football ace David Beckham - is said to have eaten only sushi and pineapple in a bid to shed almost half a stone in time to watch her husband play.

The slim star's weight loss has sparked fears for her health.

A source from the hotel where Victoria is staying told Britain's The People newspaper: "Victoria's wasting away and there is nothing we can do about it."

Another source said the former Spice Girl is conscious of her eating habits and often skips meals with the other partners of the England football team.

The insider said: "She hates people looking at her eating and probably feels uncomfortable because she knows people are always talking about her weight."

"While the girls order chips and burgers whenever they get the munchies in the hotel, Victoria sticks to green vegetables, raw fish and fruit."

The source added: "Victoria even admitted she'd lost 6lbs before even flying over."

Naomi Campbell is being accused of less-than-model behavior again, this time by another of her maids who claims the supermodel hit her.

In a terse single-sheet filing in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, Gaby Gibson accused Campbell of ''personal injuries,'' ''employment discrimination,'' ''civil assault,'' ''civil battery'' and other complaints.

Gibson, who filed the lawsuit on Monday, the eve of a Manhattan Criminal Court appearance by Campbell on charges of assaulting another maid, asks for ''actual, compensatory and punitive'' damages without specifying an amount.

The court document does not detail acts by Campbell, but in a published interview in April, Gibson said the catwalker hit her on Jan. 17, called her names and threatened to have her arrested. Gibson told the New York Post that Campbell got upset after being unable to find a specific pair of jeans.

Gibson's lawyer, Thomas D. Shanahan, did not immediately return calls for comment.

Campbell is due in court Tuesday on a similar charge that stemmed from a similar situation -- the supermodel couldn't find a pair of jeans.

In that incident, Campbell is charged with assault for allegedly hitting Ana Scolavino in the back of the head with a cell phone in the model's Manhattan apartment. Campbell allegedly accused Scolavino of stealing the missing jeans.

A British citizen, Campbell faces up to seven years in prison and deportation if convicted on that charge.

That incident is not the first time Campbell, 35, was accused of using a phone in a violent way. In 2003, the supermodel was sued by a former assistant who said Campbell threw a phone at her during a tantrum two years earlier.

In August 2004, in the same apartment, Campbell and yet another maid battled it out, with the worker claiming the supermodel slapped her across the face. Campbell accused maid Millicent Burton of instigating the fight.

Campbell pleaded guilty in Toronto to an assault charge for beating another assistant while making a film in Canada in 1998.

Neither Campbell's lawyer nor her publicist responded immediately to requests for comment.

Campbell was discovered at age 15 and launched a career that landed her in magazines worldwide -- including the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Campbell's high-profile lifestyle has included appearances in music videos by George Michael and Jay-Z and a close friendship with Nelson Mandela.

Heather Mills says she fears assassination, following the path of former Beatle John Lennon.

The estranged wife of Sir Paul McCartney has been seen filming people on the streets who she fears will make an attempt on her life. She also worries about the possibility of daughter Beatrice being kidnapped.

Her friends have expressed their concerns over Mills' health and habits. One friend said: "We are increasingly concerned about her behaviour. Naturally Heather is protective of her daughter but she is even more paranoid about her own safety."

Heather Mills stands to make £200 million from her divorce, reports suggest.

SHARON STONE gathers no moss when it comes to expanding her family - she's just adopted her third child. Sources say the "Basic Instinct" bombshell became the proud mom of newborn Quinn Stone this month. "He's absolutely adorable and the apple of his mommy's eye. Sharon is tickled blue," said one pal. Quinn joins two brothers, Roan, 6, and Laird. Stone's publicist, Cindi Berger, would neither confirm nor deny our scoop.

Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose was arrested in Stockholm early Tuesday after allegedly biting a security guard in the leg outside his hotel, police said.

Rose — who performed in the Swedish capital on Monday evening — was being held on suspicion of attacking and threatening the guard, as well as causing damage to the Berns Hotel where the alleged scuffle took place, police spokeswoman Towe Hagg said.

Hagg told The Associated Press that Rose was intoxicated during the confrontation, which broke out around 8 a.m., and would face questioning after he sobers up.

"He was deemed too intoxicated to be questioned right away," she said.

A prosecutor will then decide whether to press charges against him, Hagg also said.

It was unclear what caused the fight, but Swedish tabloids said the guard tried to intervene when Rose started arguing with a woman in the hotel lobby.

Fredrik Nylen, one of the police officers who helped arrest Rose, was quoted by the daily Aftonbladet Web site as saying that the singer acted aggressively toward police and had to be "handcuffed and restrained" in the hotel.

"He kept a high profile, so to speak," Nylen was quoted as saying.

Guns N' Roses played a concert in Stockholm's Globe Arena Monday night, and had been partying at a well-known night club before the scuffle, Aftonbladet said.

Central Casting, the self-proclaimed largest extras casting company in the world, has announced an open casting call for extras for director Michael Bay's big-screen version of Transformers.

They are looking for 16-17 year-olds and 18-23 year-olds that look like high school students. They require SAG members and non-union talent. The scheduled work dates are July 10-12, 2006, although dates are subject to change.

The Open Call for Transformers will be held Thursday, June 29th from 5PM - 8PM.
Central Casting is located at 220 South Flower Street, Burbank, CA 91502.

P Diddy enjoyed a relaxing stroll along Malibu beach with pin-up girlfriend Kim Porter after the strain of making a new series of hit MTV show Making The Band. Bling king Diddy, 36, showed himself to be a boss from hell by firing all 19 women trying out for his girl group. But that didn't put the rap star off a new hunt for stars and hes now recovering on a romantic sunshine break with gorgeous Kim, 33. The only sign of bling was his gold chain with cross and his watch, while Kim looked sizzling in clingy white trousers and zip-up top.

Gavin Henson was left red-faced after being turned away from the VIP area at the Leeds Wireless Festival.

The Welsh rugby player rocked up to the area with four mates in tow.

But he was soon blushing when the bouncer told him: "Your names not down, you're not coming in."

Although Gavin, 24, pointed out that he was, in fact, the rugby playing boyfriend of Charlotte Church the unflinching doorman was not impressed.

Richard wants the house to be turned into the set of Dynasty. He wants to be bitch Alexis with Nikki as angelic Krystle.

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Pete flashed his willy when he went to the loo. Richard saw it and screamed: "Its absolutely enormous."

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Aisleyne cried when she couldn't find her falsh eyelashes. She was promptly told that she was already wearing them.

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Mikey rushed to the Diary Room when he heard there was a "sexy sounding" producer on duty.

Rod Stewart and his model fiancee Penny Lancaster beamed with pride on Sunday after their son's christening.

The couple decided against a lavish star-studded party, opting for a private family do at South Leigh Parish Church, Edinburgh, yards from where Rods father was born.

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan, 49, was the only celebrity invited to the low-key event.

He cut short his World Cup commitments for the BBC so he could attend.

Baby Alistair Wallace Stewart was born on November 27.

Wearing the Stewart tartan kilt, Rod said afterwards: "The ceremony was wonderful, Penny and I were brought to tears. It couldn't have gone better."

Liberty X babe Michelle Heaton is set to land herself the husband from hell.

And it certainly isn't her fiance Andy Scott-Lee.

The singer, 25, and her fella, 23, have agreed to take part in TV's Celebrity Wife Swap.

And cruel telly bosses are plotting to force poor Michelle to live with slobs John McCririck or Bobby Ball.

Michelle and former Pop Idol star Andy are planning to marry next year.

If it wasn't for Brad Pitt, most Americans would never have heard of Namibia. They might not know about AIDS orphans in South Africa, or the plight of children in Haiti, or what transpired at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Pitt, 42, has been a movie star for 15 years—and a paparazzi target for nearly as long. Celebrity mags have made millions reporting on his love life.

So he started fighting back—but not by punching photographers. If paparazzi were going to follow him everywhere, Pitt figured he might as well drag them somewhere that desperately needed the world's attention. "It's the first time I've actually felt like we have some degree of control over it," says Pitt, from his home in Malibu. "I can't describe what an immense relief it is for me." The splashiest example of his new strategy unfolded just last month. He and Jolie, who, perhaps you've heard, recently gave birth to their daughter Shiloh Nouvel in Namibia, sold the coveted first baby photos to Hello magazine for a reported $4 million—and gave all the money to African charities. "Knowing that someone was going to hound us for that first photo—and was going to profit immensely for doing it—I just couldn't live with it," Pitt says. "We were able to turn that around and collect millions for people who are really going to need it."

Pitt has also been studying trade issues, diving into why much of Africa is so impoverished and how it can be turned around. "Industrialized nations cost Africa three times what we give it in aid," he says. "We buy their coffee beans, but we don't let them process the beans, which is where the real money is. So what we're doing is digging a hole for them that they can't get out of, and then throwing a little money in the hole. The odds are just stacked against them."

Fatherhood, he says, helped accelerate his activism. Not long before Shiloh was born, Pitt adopted Angelina Jolie's son, Maddox, whom she originally adopted from Cambodia, and her daughter Zahara, whom she adopted last summer from Ethiopia. "I look at [Zahara] and imagine what her life could have been," he says. "You want to grab as many of these kids in your arms as you can. They need our help, and we should be doing more."

He's doing more in America, too. A longtime student of architecture and an advocate of "green" design, Pitt saw an opportunity after Hurricane Katrina to help rebuild New Orleans in an innovative way. Joining forces with Global Green USA, an environmental advocacy group, Pitt put up $100,000 to help sponsor an architecture competition that requires contestants to create affordable, multifamily housing for the city that is ecofriendly and community focused. Global Green has already received more than 3,000 submissions. "We can't just consume ourselves into extinction," he says. "We have to find a new paradigm, a new way of thinking. Of course, the ultimate goal is to get the designs built. It's a bit of a quagmire down there now, so I see myself getting even more involved in the future."

First, he has to be free to leave the house. Since returning from Africa, the Jolie-Pitt clan has been swarmed by paparazzi. "They're outside the house right now, at least 40 of them," Pitt says.

"There are two boats out in the water, and there's an occasional chopper that goes by." Indeed, the sound of a helicopter propeller is so loud at times during Newsweek's interview that Pitt can't hear the questions. "It's madness," he says. But he doesn't sound annoyed. Far from it: he sounds like any other blissed-out new dad. "Do you have kids? It's absolutely sublime." You can virtually hear him smile over the phone. "Whether you have them or adopt them, they're all blood. And the funniest people I've ever met." Pretty soon, it'll be their generation's world. "I've had the luxury of being able to see these issues firsthand," he says. "If I don't share that, I'm complicit in the problem." Instead, he's making sure he's part of the solution.

1. Click (2006) $40M $40M
2. Cars (2006) $22.5M $156M
3. Nacho Libre (2006) $12.1M $52.7M
4. Waist Deep (2006) $9.45M $9.45M
5. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) $9.2M $42.6M
6. The Lake House (2006) $8.3M $29.2M
7. The Break-Up (2006) $6.1M $104M
8. Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006) $4.75M $16M
9. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) $4.4M $224M
10. The Da Vinci Code (2006) $4M $206M

Actress Nicole Kidman wed country music star Keith Urban in a traditional Catholic ceremony at Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel in St. Patrick’s Estate in Manly, Australia, at sunset on Sunday June 25.

Kidman arrived at the ceremony in a Rolls Royce wearing a strapless gown and veil. The bridal party which included Nicole’s daughter Isabella, sister Antonio, and Antonia’s daughter, Lucia, were close behind in a second Rolls Royce wearing matching dresses. The groom’s party consisted of Keith’s brother, Shane Urban, Marcus Holden and Peter Clarke.

The flowers included anemones, freesias, gardenias, gumnuts, green goddess lilies, hellebores, and orchids, arranged by florist Saskia Havekes of Grandiflora. After the wedding, the flowers were donated to the Sydney Children’s Hospital.

The black tie reception was held at St. Patrick’s Estate, as well, where guests mingled beneath a white tent. In lieu of presents, Urban and Kidman asked that charitable donations be made.

The couple met in January 2005 at a black-tie dinner in Los Angeles sponsored by the Australian government. This is Urban’s first marriage and Kidman’s second marriage. She was previously married to actor Tom Cruise with whom she has two children, Isabella, 13, and Conor, 11.

Longtime family friend and Jesuit priest Father Paul Coleman conducted the ceremony
The priest told reporters earlier this week that he had a “good feeling about their chances.”

“You’ve got to rely on their maturity and knowledge of each other and I’m impressed,” he said. Asked what advice he would give the couple for their marriage, Father Coleman said: “Make time for each other, do romantic things together and never part without kissing.”

Bradley Walsh is expected to go head-to-head with Paul O'Grady in the autumn.

ITV chiefs hope that the Coronation Street actor will help to lure viewers back in the teatime slot, following O'Grady's move to Channel 4 earlier this year.

Walsh signed a new £1m contract with ITV in April, and it was later announced that he was "taking a break" from the Street to work on other projects.

"The plan is to put Bradley on head-to-head with O'Grady in the tea time slot doing guests and chat," a source told the Sunday Mirror. "It will be a fantastic opportunity for him."

Take That's former manager has accused the boys of being "ungrateful" after they dumped him before going on tour.

Nigel Martin-Smith was sacked by the band despite being the man who masterminded their current reunion.

"I can't believe how I've been treated after everything I've done," he said. "Take That were all on the dole when I put them together all that time ago and they weren't doing too well when I relaunched them last year. Talk about ungrateful."

Martin-Smith now plans to talk openly about everything that has happened behind the scenes.

"I'm under a gagging clause so I can't say too much until the end of the tour," he explained. "I have kept my mouth shut for 16 years despite numerous lucrative offers to tell all."

Paul McCartney discussed divorce plans after meeting up with estranged wife Heather Mills this week.

The pair put on a united front by attending a concert at their daughter Bea's pre-school nursery - their first public meeting since splitting five weeks ago.

"It was a little awkward but Paul used the opportunity to stress that Bea's well-being must remain their top priority, despite the looming divorce battle," a source told the Sunday Mirror.

"Paul knows it's likely to get very nasty in the next few weeks with both lawyers fighting their clients' corners as hard as possible. He tried to explain to her that she shouldn't take it personally, it will just be the legal process taking its course.

"Heather was taken aback by Paul's kindness, although some cynics among her friends believe that he could be just schmoozing her to ensure the divorce goes through more smoothly."

PRINCE William ditched plans to see England play today after girlfriend Kate begged him to spend his birthday with her.

He didn't know she'd been secretly organising a surprise bash.

Wills, 24, had planned to spend the weekend in Stuttgart watching the big match. A source said: "Kate had to beg him to stay with her, without letting the cat out of the bag."

SEX-CHEAT boxing champ Johnny Nelson has a love child he does not see.

And despite earning more than £3million in the ring he is accused of paying barely £2,000 to support daughter Jordan, now 14.

She hasn't seen him for over a year but the youngster said: "I'm not going to let it hurt me any more."

Jordan's mum is Samantha May, whose two-year romance with Nelson ended after he cheated on her.

Sam, 39, said: "Jordan deserves recognition and financial support from her father - but he has not been a proper dad since the day he walked out on us."

Nelson cheated on Sam with Debbie - now his wife and mum of their girls aged eight and six.

And - as we revealed three weeks ago - the WBO world cruiserweight title-holder has now also cheated on HER.

Curvy blonde Vicky Fraenzel, 26, told of kinky six-hour romps with Nelson, 39 - including a session in front of a hotel window in view of passers-by.

Sam said: "When we read that Jordan looked at me and said, 'Perhaps Debbie realises how you felt when they did that to you mum.' That's what made us tell the truth at last."

Jordan, who bears a striking resemblance to her father, told us: "I wanted a proper relationship with my dad but it was really hard because I hardly saw him. I've been to his house and I like my sisters but I feel like the odd one out. I used to get upset when I read about him in the papers and he was called a 'father of two'. It was like I didn't exist."

But Jordan, who wants to be a model added: "It's been so long now since I saw him that I can't be bothered." Sam, of Walkely, Sheffield, South Yorks, met Nelson in 1990 at the leisure centre where she worked. "Within six weeks we were an item," she said.

"When I got pregnant seven months later Johnny seemed really happy and even chose Jordan's name."

She revealed: "Johnny had an amazing body but he wasn't the greatest lover in the world.

"Sex was pretty average but when you love someone that doesn't matter. There was none of this kinky stuff his latest girlfriend was talking about."

After the split little Jordan's visits to see her dad at his mansion near Sheffield dropped off.

Sam said: "He thought he could take her for a KFC then bring her back and that was doing his duty. Once she was back in 25 minutes with her chicken meal and Coke. In the last five years he's seen less and less of her."

At first Sam did not seek maintenance but Nelson later offered £100 a month. She said:

"It got very erratic. I wouldn't get anything for four months and then he'd send me just £200."

Now she has asked the Child Support Agency to step in. She said: "Johnny has given me between £1,500 and £2,000 for Jordan - around £2.50 a week.

What's that for a man who got £250,000 for his last fight?"

Nelson said: "I stood by my child. I have paid much more than £2,000 and bought Jordan clothes and other things. It is with the CSA and I am happy to pay whatever they agree.

"I have always wanted to be a good father to Jordan but there has been a rift between our families. She chose not to see me. I can't force her to."

Lost beauty Evangeline Lilly has racked up her tenth car crash.

In the latest smash, the 26-year-old star hit a parked vehicle on the hit show's set in Hawaii.

Evangeline, who is dating co-star Dominic Monaghan admitted: "I drove my friends truck into the caterers' truck."

"I was coming on to the set and it was early in the morning and it was really dark and I was tired. In those circumstances, who would have missed the truck? I just grazed it with the side of her truck so the white paint from the side of the caterers' van just added to the silver of my friends truck."

But Evangeline, who was a mechanic back home in Canada, was relieved her pal didn't bear a grudge.

In the past, Evangeline has criticised her fellow islanders for driving too slowly. "No one understands that there is a passing lane, no one understands there is a speed limit you can exceed," she moaned.

Rachel Stevens is going hip-hop. Fed up with her faltering pop career, the 27-year-old has been secretly sniffing around for cool tunes to record.

She was upset to find a particular favourite by hot producer Tah Mac had been snapped up ex-Sugababe Mutya Buena, 20.

A source revealed: "Rachel was in New York and requested a meeting with Tah. She told him that she'd heard a demo of a track called Give Back and wanted to record it as she's determined to change her sound. Rachel was visibly upset when she was told Mutya had been given the rights to the song she had her heart set on."

Superman newcomer Brandon Routh flew into a real-life battle with Oscar-winning co-star Kevin Spacey.

Routh clashed with the actor, who plays evil Lex Luthor, on and off the set of Superman Returns, which hits the UK on July 14.

Spacey, 46, even dragged a Superman doll behind the cart he rode around in.

Routh, 26, said: "There were adversarial moments on set. There was always a little of us playing our characters, good guy and bad guy off camera. Kevin pulling that doll around paid off when we came to do a scene. It gave me a real sense of Lex's evilness."

Spacey has refused to comment on his relationship with Routh amid reports the actors clashed.

Sexy R&B star Christina Milian, 24, looked a million dollars as she lent a helping hand to pal Jessica Simpson.

The saucy Dit It Low singer - who is well-known in gentlemens circles for her own raunchy promos - agreed to strap on the rollerskates with other Hollywood hotties including Eva Mendes and Carmen Electra for the video of Jessica's new single A Public Affair.

We caught party-mad Peaches Geldof looking the worse for wear at the launch of Jade Jaggers new record label.

The tattooed 17-year-old looked glam in white micro-shorts as she arrived at the bash but hours later she looked like the proverbial bag of spanners toppling off her heels and spilling contents of her handbag.

Her dad must be glowing with pride.

Desperate Housewife Eva Longoria looked all smiles as she scampered back from a juice bar in Hollywood.

But things couldn't be more different for her Desperate Housewives character Gabrielle Solis.

While Eva, 31, is loved up with US basketball star Tony Parker, 23, UK fans saw Gabi kicking out hubby Carlos after she caught him cheating with their surrogate mother/live in maid. Carlos claimed he was settling the score after her steamy affair with gardener John.

Meanwhile, 27-year-old Jesse Metcalfe who played said toy-boy, is getting serious with Girls Aloud star Nadine Coyle, 21, so serious that hes flown her over to the States to meet his mum.

Cheryl Tweedy revealed her cheeky side in Baden-Baden yesterday.

Ashley Cole's sexy fiancee, 22, accidently flashed the flesh while she stopped to pet a local pooch.

Meanwhile, Wayne Rooney's girlfriend Coleen McLoughlin, 20, looked mellow in yellow as she wore a flowing dress for her latest shopping expedition.

Carly Zucker, 23, showed why she is the fittest WAG when she left her fella Joe Cole training. She strode out in a super sporty number showing a well-toned tum.

CORRIE star Kate Ford is head over heels in love with a TV director.

The who plays Toxic Tracy Barlow — just couldn’t keep her hands off handsome 29-year-old Jon Connerty.

Last night Kate, 29, confessed: “We are together and have been seeing each other for a few weeks. It is very early days but we are very happy.“

Jon, the first man Kate has dated since her wealthy neurologist lover Sam Orde left her to live in Australia.

Jon admitted: “Kate and I have been seeing each other for a while. I don’t want to say any more than that.“

Their actions spoke louder than any words on Friday as Kate left work at Granada Studios and walked half a mile to The History Coffee Company cafe in Manchester city centre to meet Jon.

A studio source told us: “She was putting make-up on as she walked up the street to see him. Then she rang him on his mobile and was saying, ‘I’m on my way.’

When Kate got to the coffee shop he rushed out to meet her. Another customer said: “They kissed and really looked like they were in love. Then they left and walked to a nearby club called Ampersand.

Jon is working at the club as an independent director on a new programme for Channel 5. He has helped make documentaries and was on the production team for Once Upon A Time: Sergio Leone in 2001 where he worked alongside Quentin Tarantino.

He met Kate several weeks ago through mutual work friends.

The star’s new romance is streets away from the turbulent love life of her character superbitch Tracy whose storylines with Charlie Stubbs have kept fans gripped.

But the popular actress is leaving the soap when her contract runs out in the spring. Desperate execs at Granada put together a mega-money deal to keep her but she decided it was time to go.

A Street source told us: “Kate is very, very happy. She is looking for new roles and settled with her new man. He’s a really nice bloke and thinks the world of her.

“Kate is a lovely down-to-earth girl and we are all really pleased for her.”

James Blunt is having the best sex of his life with his new supermodel lover, her ex has revealed.

Czech beauty Petra Nemcova is so sensational in the sack the millionaire singer will be wailing You're Beautiful in ecstasy and dragging her Back To Bed-lam for more.

Meanwhile on Friday night Blunt slipped off for a secret intimate dinner with blonde heiress Paris Hilton at the Cuckoo Club in London's Mayfair.

His girlfriend was nowhere to be seen while the pair laughed and relaxed.

But she shouldn't start worrying yet - Blunt left without the blonde on his arm and they went on to seperate venues that night.

Armani model Donaes Platteel, 35, dated Petra for five years.

He said: "Sex with Petra is great.

"James is a very lucky boy because she's a really wonderful lover, sensational, absolutely faultless.

"He'll be having the best sex ever."

Petra, 27, and former Army officer Blunt, 32, met at a charity dinner for tsunami orphans in December.

In an echo of his big hit he saw her face across a crowded place and thought: You're beautiful, it's true.

The romance blossomed in April. And on a recent photo-shoot the Victoria's Secret underwear model played his five-million-selling Back To Bedlam album over and over again, trying to learn all the words.

On holiday in Ibiza earlier this month they made an odd couple. One onlooker said: "She was a bronzed goddess who turned the head of every man on the beach. But in his baggy shorts he looked more like a pasty version of the weedy nerd in the Mr Muscle ads."

Not a problem she had with Dutch-born Donaes. "Petra and I were together for a long time," he said. "We are beautiful people, and we were the perfect couple.

"It's not difficult for me to deal with Petra having sex with James. He is a really cool guy and I'm happy for her.

"I have to let her go and give her her freedom. I'm over it."

Blunt ended his on-off romance with girlfriend Camilla Boler in April and has since been linked to Pussycat Doll Jessica Sutta. He also had an affair with TV presenter and socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.

But Donaes, who bumped into the couple in Ibiza, thinks that Petra could not have found a nicer fella. Blunt even invited him to his PARENTS' villa on the holiday island for drinks. The male model said: "Petra and I still meet up every now and then. James has got to realise that I'm on the scene.

"That's not going to stop because Petra and I still have a good friendship.

"We go together twice a year on universal energy courses, which keep your mind focused spiritually."

Donaes, who has worked with supermodels Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer, even insists his ex is in LOVE with millionaire James.

He said: "I dated Petra for five years and I know her very well. She doesn't give her heart away unless she's sure the guy is the right one.

New York-based Petra, who celebrated her 27th birthday on Friday, split with him in 2003 after falling in love with British fashion photographer Simon Attlee.

They met on modelling shoots when she was living with Donaes. When she returned home she opened her heart about her mixed feelings.

He explained: "She confessed her thoughts to me and I told her that she had to follow her heart and find out what she really felt.

"I didn't give her an ultimatum. I loved Petra enough to want to see her happy."

But that happiness ended in December 2004 when Simon was swept away by the Asian tsunami.

The pair were packed to leave their beachfront bungalow in Thailand when the huge wave swept everything away and separated them for ever. Petra clung naked to a tree for eight hours until her rescue. She suffered a broken pelvis and internal injuries. He died.

When asked if she's ever likely to fall in love again by US telly host Larry King in April, Petra said: "At the moment it's too soon."

But that very month she was spotted backstage with Blunt at the Coachella music festival in California and in New York nightclubs.

Madonna has failed to sell out the first night of her British tour.

The singer is performing at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on July 30, and although most of the cheaper £55 and £70 tickets have been sold, organisers are having trouble selling the more expensive £150 seats.

A tour insider said, "Madonna should be the hottest ticket of the year, but for many of her loyal fans think the prices are outrageous."

The star is charging more than many other big names touring this year, with tickets for the Rolling Stones starting at £40 and Robbie Williams offering seats for £45.

In 2004, Madonna was slammed by Elton John over the quality and cost of her Reinvention Tour. He complained, "Madonna - best f***ing live act? Since when does lip-synching count as live? Anyone who lip-synchs at a show which you pay £75 a ticket to see should be shot."

The tour's promoters have refused to comment on the story.

Producers of Zoe Lucker's Army drama Bombshell fear that it may never air in the UK.

Filming for the six-part series ended eighteen months ago, but ITV still have no plans to air the show, which stars the Footballers' Wives actress as Captain Jenna Marston.

A spokesperson for the programme's makers Shed Productions told The Sun, "The ITV network centre doesn't seem to know what to do with it so we have no idea when it will be shown. It is being shown in New Zealand but we don't know when it will come off the shelves in this country."

Similarities to Ross Kemp's Ultimate Force have been blamed for the delay.

Charlotte Church has asked for her mother's help as she tries to give up drinking.

Maria Church has told doormen at Charlotte's favourite Cardiff pub that the star isn't to be allowed entry in future.

A source revealed: "Charlotte's whole family is supporting her. She's done really well recently, cutting her drinking down. And they know she can quit completely if they're there for her."

Church believes that alcohol may be responsible for her recent mood swings and voice problems.

"When I'm sober, I'm laid back, but if I have a drink I can't control my temper," Charlotte explained. "So I've cut my drinking down to once a fortnight plus I've given up smoking. And alcohol has started to ruin my voice. Now I want to see if I can go without completely."

Elton John invited Scissor Sisters stars Jack Shears and Babydaddy to stay with him this week.

The singers, who were visiting London to play a secret gig, were surprised when Elton insisted that his friends shouldn't have to pay for pricey hotels and offered them a room each.

A source said, "Elton features on the new Scissor Sisters album and has been a long-time admirer and friend of the band. He is especially close to Jake and Babydaddy.

"Elton and his partner David Furnish love having guests so when they knew the band would be in town they were told to forget booking a Park Lane suite but to take their suitcases direct to Elton's."

Nelly Furtado has revealed that she has more self-confidence than ever since having a baby.

The singer gave birth to daughter Nevis nearly three years ago, and admits that she finds being a mother "empowering".

"I like my body so much more now since having my baby," she said. "It's just kind of empowering when you become a mother. You just get overwhelmed with this new confidence and you feel really in control of your life. It's been beautiful. I celebrate my body."

Furtado's single Maneater recently topped the UK charts.

Cat Deeley has revealed that she isn't missing life in the UK.

The presenter is currently staying in the US to host reality talent competition So You Think You Can Dance, and is thrilled to finally be living the high life.

"I moved about six weeks ago and I'm completely enthralled. I'm having a great time!" Deeley told chat show host Craig Ferguson. "It's really, really good. I wake up in the morning and it's sunshine and palm trees, which is what I signed up for.

"I've got a house and I've got a pool. I go outside and I've got my coffee and I can see Los Angeles down in front of me and to the left is the Hollywood sign and I'm like: 'I can't believe I'm so lucky!'

"Everybody said to me: 'You're going to get homesick and you're going to miss beans on toast' and all that kind of stuff. Like hell I do!"

We just got the word: Joaquin Phoenix is in negotiations to star in a film adaptation of "Reservation Road," the novel by John Burnham Schwartz. Directed by "Hotel Rwanda" writer/director Terry George, it marks the Oscar-nominated George's first project since "Rwanda." (George wrote and was to have directed the Denzel Washington drama, "American Gangster" but dropped out of the project after Universal lost interest in its escalating budget.)

The film, like the novel, explores the emotional aftermath following the hit-and-run killing of a college professor's 10-year-old son, and his subsequent desperate hunt for the murderer.

The pairing of the Oscar-nominated Phoenix ("Walk the Line") and George ("Hotel Rwanda") is clearly Oscar-bait, but as usual, it's the indies that will have to carry that water: No studio is yet attached to the project as a distributor, but our spies tell us the New York millionaire Dean Lovett is financing the film with the hopes that a studio will snap it up for an easy, pre-fab entry to Academy Awards season.

Phoenix is currently filming "The Yards" director James Gray's "We Own the Night" a film about a night club owner trying to save his brother from Russian mobsters. "We Own the Night," like "Reservation Road," is being produced by Nick Wechsler, who most recently produced "North Country" - a film that received Best Actress Oscar nominations for its stars, Charlize Theron and Frances McDormand.

Liz Hurley will soon bid us au revoir because shes quitting Britain to move to France. The 40-year-old is splashing out on a £10 million 18th century mansion in Montmartre, Paris.

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Girls Aloud beauty Nadine Coyle, 21, now a blonde, must feel shes California Dreaming. She looks like the cat thats got the cream now shes frequenting Hollywood haunts with lover Jesse Metcalfe, 27.

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Ex Destinys Child singer Beyonce says he auditions for a new girlband are going so well she has struggled to narrow down the talent.

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Kate Winslet is desperate to become a mum again she revealed yesterday. Kate, 30, reopened Southmead Hospitals £1.2 million baby unit and said: "I'd love to have more but I don't know when."

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George Clooney has been named as the man women most love to think about between the sheets.

Glyn has confessed that hes not the Welsh dragon he makes out. His dad is actually English.

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Lea is jealous of Susie. She moaned: "Her husband is fucking minted. She gets everything she wants."

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Aisleyne is desperate for Mikey to stay. She said: "If he goes we are left with two straight guys and a gay guy. We'll be getting so sexually frustrated and all have our periods together."

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Pete had some odd dreams. He said: "I had to put bananas in my ears as part of a task to try to win some food."

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Richard says the Big Brother men are failing to light his fire. He said: "Why is it that the women are attractive but the men are ugly."

Appearing on CNN today to promote his current tour and album of Pete Seeger songs, rocker Bruce Springsteen took note of the current controversy surrounding Ann Coulter in responding to a question about whether musicians should speak out on politics.

Springsteen was asked by Soledad O'Brien if getting flak about his political views, such as backing John Kerry in 2004, made him wonder if musicians should try so hard to be taken seriously on topical issues.

"They should let Ann Coulter do it instead?" he mused, with a chuckle. Then he said, "You can turn on the idiots rambling on, on cable television, every night of the week -- and they say musicians shouldn’t speak up? It’s insane, it’s funny," he said, laughing.

He called politics "an organic part of what I’m doing. It’s called common sense. I don’t even see it as politics at this point.''

As for the Iraq war, he commented, "You don’t take your country into a major war on circumstantial evidence -- you lose your job for that. That’s my opinion and I don’t have a problem voicing that. Some people have a problem with that, others don’t."

He revealed that some former fans have mailed records back to him.

There are still moments when Johnny Depp finds it hard to fully comprehend the phenomenal success of Pirates of the Caribbean.

He knows, too, that his character, the lovable rogue Captain Jack Sparrow, is held in great affection by a massive audience eager to see more of his adventures. But sometimes, he can't quite believe that, either.

“It's beyond me how such a character has sort of taken root in some people's hearts,” he says. “It's still shocking for me because I was handed this opportunity to make something of this character and I had pretty solid ideas about who he was and what he should be like. But there were a number of people who thought that I was nuts…”

The cynics may have scoffed but they were proved spectacularly wrong when Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was both a critical and box office success in 2003.

Depp's winning portrayal of Captain Jack, the pirate who desperately wants to regain control of his beloved ship from the ghostly crew who have captured it, earned him an Oscar nomination and was one of the highlights of a hugely enjoyable movie which managed to skilfully blend humour, adventure and a love story - Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom as star crossed lovers Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner.

And now director Gore Verbinski and Depp, Knightley and Bloom have reunited to make Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest - and a third movie, virtually back to back. A commitment which has meant Depp has been playing Sparrow for more than a year now. He's clearly happy to do so.

“In Pirates 2 and Pirates 3 you'll get to see new layers of Captain Jack. You get to see him in different situations, situations that he can't talk his way out of. There's a lot of fun stuff.”

Depp hopes Captain Jack will become - if he isn't already - one of the all time classic Disney characters, loved by fans of all ages, young and old.

“Having watched Disney animated classics for years and years, old cartoons that I grew up watching, one of the things that was really important to me was the idea of a cartoon character that a three year old can sit down on the couch next to a 20 year old and a 50 year old and a 75 year old. And they all react and that they all get the same thing out of this character. So that was one of the challenges for me.

“I wanted to try and make this guy appeal to little kids as well as hardened intellectuals - that was what I was going for. And I hope it works.”

Q: What does The Black Pearl mean to Captain Jack?

A: The Black Pearl represents freedom. It's his one true love.

Q: Jack's a pirate. But does he live by any rules?

A: I think Jack definitely has his own set of rules, his own code that he lives by and the proper, real pirates did in those days. They were very strict about the code. I think Jack has set parameters for himself.

Q: What kind of scrapes will Jack get into in Dead Man's Chest?

A: Well, he certainly has something very specific on his mind which is outside financial gain. It's more to do with a spiritual journey, in a weird way, He's looking for something extremely unique.

Q: How do the key, the chest and the heart feature in the story?

A: Well, early in the film Jack receives the `black spot' which is the end for all pirates once they receive that. If you're a pirate, a sea faring man, and someone delivers the black spot to you that's the end of you, it means you belong to Davy Jones. And that ups the stakes considerably for Jack, as you can imagine. And it puts him on a spiritual path and maybe in slightly more panic mode.

Q: It's time to pay the piper and the piper is Davy Jones..

A: Yes, Jack had an arrangement with Davy Jones some years prior and the jig is up, it's time for Jack to pay his debt. Of course Jack is going to try and avoid that at all costs. But Davy Jones is the end of it all, he's life and death and most assuredly death.

Q: Does he have any more earthly adversaries?

A: Yes, there's (Lord Cutler) Beckett (played by Tom Hollander) who represents the East India Trading Company, which is big business and finance, and they are a huge threat to the age of piracy. So both Davy Jones and Beckett are extremely dangerous for Jack in their own ways.

Q: It's obviously a big budget film. How do you keep hold of the character with all distractions of film making at this level?

A: This is how naïve I am. On the first film it seemed to me we were making quite an intimate little film because as far as I'm concerned you go in there, you get in the trenches, you're with your director and you're slugging it out and you're making things happen. And you're doing what you are meant to do within the context, within the structure of the scene. It didn't dawn on me how epic things were. In fact it didn't dawn on me until we were probably half way through shooting when I saw the first rough cut of the first trailer and I was suddenly completely shocked, like `wow, this is enormous!' Now coming on to Dead Man's Chest and having a pretty good handle on the character, knowing him as well as I do, it's obviously so much larger than the first. The structure, the story, it's a lot more complicated to shoot. They've upped the stakes quite heavily during the second movie.

Q: You've been filming in some exotic locations. Has the weather played a big part on this shoot?

A: We've been through every possible circumstance in terms of the weather. We started out down in St Vincent and Dominique in sweltering heat and humidity and then later in the Bahamas having dealt with the threat of every hurricane swiping through there.

Q: It's such a massive undertaking for the director - two films virtually back to back, exotic locations, shooting on water. How does he cope with it?

A: I have a profound respect for Gore and I always have from the first instant we worked together on the first film. And watching him on this one, watching what he's had to experience and deal with, it's incredible. I've learned so much from just being around him and watching him. Even under incredible pressure I've never seen him step outside or lose his composure or lose his vision. He just deals with it and fights his way out of that corner.

Q: Does it feel different, being on a Jerry Bruckheimer set?

A: Well as I told you, on the first one, innocently it just felt very intimate to me and it got more and more grand as time went on. This one is totally utterly Jerry Bruckheimer - everything's in, the kitchen sink, everything. And it's done with incredible taste and he uses the best guys to do it and it's impressive. So yeah, working on a Jerry Bruckheimer production is a different animal altogether.

Q: Captain Jack's costume is impressively exotic. Where does it come from?

A: I spent some time with Keith Richards who was a huge part of the inspiration for the character - he was definitely one of the main ingredients to the soup that is Captain Jack. I spent a little time with Keith and each time I'd see him he'd have a new thing tied in his hair and it was like `what's that hanging down?' and he'd be `ah yeah, I got that in Bermuda..' or wherever. So I kept thinking about that. So it seemed to me that Jack on his travels and adventures would see something and go `oh, I'll keep that..' and you know, tie it in. So each little trinket would have a story.

Q: What's it been like to get the main cast back together for the sequels?

A: Oh it's been great, amazing on every level, to have the same cast back. And you know equally, to have the majority of the same crew from One back has been fantastic. And we were on that film for a very long time and you get very close, you become like a sort of weird gypsy family, a travelling circus. So having everybody back for Pirates 2 and 3 has been a real blessing. Some of the guys on the crew know my character probably as well as I do. They could play Captain Jack just as well as I can at this point.

Q: Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom's careers have taken off since the first Pirates. They are both big stars now. Has that changed anything?

A: No, I think it's the same people as far as I can tell. They still come in, work hard and properly committed. Keira's as sweet as can be, Orlando's as sweet as can be. I'm really happy that we got everybody back and everybody's in relatively the same condition as when we started this thing.

Q: With some interesting new cast members too, like Bill Nighy and Stellan Skarsgard…

A: They've been great fun. You get in there and start bouncing the ball around with Bill and Stellan, now what more could you ask? And Naomie (Harris) is terrific. She's bringing a lot to an interesting character. There's a lot to look forward to in terms of what this could be as a film. I'm actually very excited to see it myself - I'll just close my eyes when I come on the screen and then somebody can poke me when I'm gone!

Q: I understand Jack gets chased by cannibals in Pirates 2. What was that like to film?

A: Utterly exhausting. From my perspective it was `OK, here's 200 of these guys dressed up as cannibals and they're gonna chase you down the beach..' You're in full regalia and there's a giant piece of rope tied around my ankle and I'm running through water. It was just exhausting. And it was days and days of that. For me it wasn't particularly fun to film but the end result was worth it.

If Keira Knightley sometimes feels that she's been on the high seas, filming Pirates of the Caribbean, for a long, long time, it's easy to understand. Because she has.

Keira Knightley, along with the all-star line up from the first, hugely successful Pirates film, The Curse of the Black Pearl, have reunited with director Gore Verbinski to make Pirates 2, Dead Man's Chest, out this summer, and Pirates 3, which we'll see next year, virtually back to back.

“It felt like the last two years had never happened and we've been working on Pirates the entire time,” she notes. Not that she's complaining. “We have got these fantastic sets, it's pretty much exactly the same crew with a couple of additions, the same cast, same director, same writers, same producers obviously, so it really is like we never finished doing the first one and we have just continued.”

The first film, released in 2003, was a critical and box office triumph which starred Johnny Depp as lovable rogue Jack Sparrow, the colourful pirate who rescues the beautiful governor's daughter, Elizabeth Swann - played by Keira - from the villainous Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) and his cohorts. Add a dash of romance, provided by Orlando Bloom as Elizabeth's love, Will Turner, and the result was a funny, superbly paced action thriller which entertained young and old alike.

Today, in an interview during a break on set at the Universal Studios in Hollywood, Keira is in Pirates 3 mode. Tomorrow, or the next day, it's back to Pirates 2. Doesn't it get confusing?

“Hugely, yes,” she laughs. “It is a bit weird at the moment coming to the end of the number three chunk to suddenly try and get your head back in to number two. So in a funny kind of way it seems like one big long film as opposed to two separate films, which I suppose is a good thing, but it is a little strange.”

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Keira is sworn to secrecy to keep a good deal of the story under wraps but she's convinced that Pirates 2 - and indeed 3 - is looking in fantastic shape. “The look of it is really cool and it seems to have evolved in a kind of natural way for it,” she says.

At just 21 years old, Knightley has established herself as one of the leading actresses working in Hollywood. She was born and raised on the outskirts of London, the daughter of actor Will Knightley and playwright Sharman Macdonald.

After roles on British television, Knightley won international acclaim for her role in Bend It Like Beckham. She also starred in Richard Curtis's romantic comedy, Love Actually, played Guinevere in King Arthur and starred opposite Adrien Brody in The Jacket. She was nominated for an Oscar for her role in Pride and Prejudice and played a bounty hunter in Domino.

Q: How is working on Pirates 2 and 3 compared to the first film?

A: It has been really weird actually because I can't even remember where we started. I guess we started in February and it felt like the last two years had never happened and we have been working on Pirates of the Caribbean the entire time. (laughs) But it has been great. It's a long haul, as I said, we started in February, we had about a month and a half on hiatus and then we are shooting until February or March (2006), so it is a big one. I have never done anything as long which makes it different, but the guys are great and it is pretty much all the same people and it's nice, it's good fun.

Q: Have you kind of picked up where you left off from the first one?

A: Yes, pretty much. We have got theses fantastic sets, it's pretty much exactly the same crew with a couple of additions, the same cast, same director, same writers, same producers obviously, so it really is like we never finished doing the first one and we have just continued.

Q: What are you allowed to tell us a about what happens in Pirates two?

A: I don't know! Absolutely nothing probably (laughs) I have two swords, that is all I am saying. It's great. It's just more really, maybe a little bit darker and we have some really fantastic fight scenes.

Q: Have you done much training for the role?

A: We are doing a big fight scene in the (studio) at the moment which is one of the reasons why I am not working because it takes so bloody long (laughs) But yeah we have done a lot of that and it was good, I did a couple of weeks training at the beginning of filming but the stunt guys are great and again they were the same guys as on the first one so I had worked with them before. And I think we all picked it up pretty quick so it was just really good.

Q: Did you insist on the fight scenes being put in the script?

A: I wouldn't say insist, no, I don't think you can insist on anything, but I did ask, yeah. I mean on the first one they kept asking what I wanted for my character and I kept on saying `I want a sword.' and I never got one so in this one they gave me two, so I am very lucky (laughs).

Q: What sort of costumes do you wear in this one? Are you back in the corsets?

A: Well we are doing Pirates 3 at the moment so I am in a kind of oriental type vibe thing with shorts - it's the first time I have got legs out and it's terrifying (laughs). Actually I am really glad, it's so hot in there it is unbelievable, and everybody else has got their proper pirate stuff on and I am a little less dressed than everyone else and I am very glad, so that's good. The rest of the time I've got kind of the Pirate look instead of the corset.

Q: And do you prefer that rather than being strapped in?

A: I quite like corsets actually; it kind of gives you a character. You feel so ladylike but I kind of feel a little bit more like me now because I am in sort of boy's attire. I am giving far too much away (laughs). Both are good.

Q: You are shooting Pirates 2 and 3 at the same time. Isn't that confusing?

A: Hugely, yes.

Q: Can you tell us just a little bit about that?

A: Well before the hiatus we were really only doing number two. In fact I didn't do anything for three so that was great. We are now doing three at the moment and for the next couple of days and then we're swapping back to two. So it does get a bit confusing and trying to talk about it here and trying to separate both of them is even more confusing. But we have been doing it in chunks, it's not like we have been doing one day on two, one day on three. Like the last three weeks we have been on number three and then the next month as soon as we get to the Bahamas we will be on number two and then we will go back to number three. So it hasn't been too bad. But it is a bit weird at the moment coming to the end of the number three chunk to suddenly try and get your head back in to number two. So in a funny kind of way it seems like one big long film as opposed to two separate films, which I suppose is a good thing, but it is a little strange.

Q: Do you enjoy the time you film in the Caribbean or do you prefer being here in LA?

A: I prefer being here in LA. We go to some very beautiful places and we go to some not so beautiful places, I think you do end up getting island fever and especially if you are going to touristy islands. They are great for a couple of weeks and you go `oh look there's the beach, this is lovely.' And then you go `OK, what else? I've done the beach, I've done the sea, I have read all my books, I can't do anything else!' So it gets a bit difficult but in saying that it is beautiful and there are definitely much worse places. But I'm enjoying being in LA - I am a city girl so I like cities.

Q: Does your mum come out here with you?

A: She is out here with me at the moment.

Q: Does she manage your career?

A: No she has never done that since I started actually. She's a writer, so she writes. She really is only there to hand me a cup of coffee occasionally. And be a Mum (laughs) and tell me off!

Q: You must be pleased with the critical reaction to Pride and Prejudice because it's had some great reviews?

A: Has it? Good. I haven't seen any of that. If I believed the good stuff, I would have to believe the bad stuff as well and neither of it is very helpful for me. But that's good, that's great to know. I like it. All the experiences that I have had so far have been absolutely amazing. And it is lovely to come back on to Pirates, with a film that is already established because there's so much kind of excitement around it. But equally it is great to do things that are really a complete risk and you don't know what the outcome is going to be.

Q: A lot has happened in your career since the first Pirates film.

A: Yeah, I've got a bigger trailer! (laughs). That says a lot doesn't it.

Q: But does it feel like things have changed?

A: We made it in 2003 and yes stuff has changed. I mean I have been working non-stop for one thing, so that's changed. But to tell you the truth the banter on set is exactly the same, so that hasn't changed. You are working with the same people and it doesn't matter if you have done a lot of films in between or not, they are going to treat you the same as they did. And know, that's cool, that's the way it should be. So the work hasn't changed but the trailer has (laughs).

Q: Do you have a personal assistant these days?

A: I do, he is over there.

Q: You said in the past you didn't want to get one because you are old enough to handle life yourself.

A: No I said I didn't want to get one because I wasn't old enough to handle my life and I wanted to learn how to. The answer to that is that I only have him when I am working. I don't have him when I am not working, but it gets to the point if you are working back to back you need some extra help.

Q: What else did you do when you had time off in The Bahamas?

A: I read a good biography on Lucrezia Borgia, I read a good book Hitler's Bunker. I read a lot of scripts.

Q: How do you choose a film?

A: I don't know, it's just whatever catches my fancy. If it is a film I think I would want to see and then that's kind of a good way to judge it. And if you meet the director and you like them then that's even a better way to judge it. But it just depends. I don't pick it by genre, if I read a good comedy and I go `oh yeah, I'd really like to be a part of that..' but equally it could be a drama. I don't really have a plan; it's just what jumps out at me.

Q: Is there a sense that because the first Pirates was such a big hit that you have to match it or better it this time?

A: For me personally, no. I mean I think there is a certain amount of pressure because it was so loved and you kind of want to make it as good as you possibly can. But I think that is really the same with any film. What's nice is the level of excitement around Pirates is huge and normally there isn't that bigger level of excitement around anything you do until it comes out. But it's quite nice to be in something where people go `so come on, what's going to happen? Tell us what's going to happen?'

Q: But has the next installment lived up to your own expectations?

A: So far yes, absolutely. These are the sort of films where you read it on the page and you can't imagine what it is going to be like on the screen. I mean it was like the first one, none of us knew what it was going to be like. And in a funny kind of way it really is exactly the same because with this. I can say `yeah it was a great script..' But I can't imagine what the finished product will be like. I think it is going to be great. I mean from what I have done, I haven't seen anything, but from what I have done it seems cool, the look of it is really cool and it seems to have evolved in a kind of natural way for it,. There are so many pirate stories, you know, you are bound to find a good one! (laughs) So it's a really exciting but I don't know what it will be like.

Q: Any plans for after Pirates has finished?

A: I cannot imagine finishing this. I just can't. I mean I don't think we are even half way through yet, well just half way, so no. I've started to read a couple of scripts, but I can't get my head around them yet. So no, no clue.

Q: Do you plan or do you think about doing it more serious roles like Domino?

A: I didn't think Domino is that serious a drama, really. I think the whole point of acting is to change as much as possible, if you are not changing then I don't think it would be fun. So yeah, of course I would want to change. If it is a drama or if it is comedy, I don't know, but hopefully all of them, I'm a film fan so I like all genres. Apart from horror because I am scared of it, so I don't imagine myself doing a horror film. But apart from that I like all of it, so who knows?

Q: What's it like acting alongside Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom?

A: It's amazing, I mean, they are very beautiful. (laughs) It is very easy on the eye. And they are really great as well, they are lovely and watching Johnny work, you know it's masterful really, it's like taking an acting master class, so that's always enjoyable. And Orlando I have known for a very long time. I used to do things in London with him and his ex-girlfriend so it's really nice you know to spend time with him as well. He's my mate, which is nice.

When he was at drama school, Orlando Bloom never quite imagined himself in action adventure movies. As he notes with a smile, it's funny how things turn out.

His first major project was playing Legolas the elf in Peter Jackson's award winning Lord of the Rings trilogy and recently, he starred in Ridley Scott's action epic, Kingdom of Heaven. And let's not forget playing Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean. How could we?

Along with Johnny Depp as the lovable rogue Jack Sparrow and Keira Knightley, as Elizabeth Swann the governor's daughter who falls for Will, Orlando obviously, and understandably, holds the first movie in high esteem.

“Oh we had a fabulous time making it,” he says. “Lovely people, fantastic locations and a great director. It was one of the best professional experiences I've ever had.”

And so it's easy to understand why he was keen to repeat the experience on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, and Pirates 3, which have been filmed, virtually, back to back.

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski have reunited their key creative team - cast, writers, crew - and added some new talent - Bill Nighy plays Davy Jones, the underworld captor of sea faring souls - and Bloom couldn't be happier to be back.

“I really enjoy doing it,” he says. “I get to work with you know Johnny and Gore Verbinski and all these great talents. It's amazing because it's a chance for me to continue to learn my craft from some more experienced actors.”

Orlando admits that he never dreamed that he would be making quite so many action movies. But one of the many benefits is that his sword fighting technique gets better and better.

“I used to have to rehearse for weeks and weeks in advance but now I can have like three or four sessions with the stunt guys and I can pick it up much quicker which is a bonus,” he says.

“I find myself in all these action adventure movies and they are fantastic but I never thought I would be doing so many of them. But I have to say I really love them. It's great fun to go to work everyday on Pirates and it `s got the same kind of kinetic energy as the first one, only there's even more.”

Orlando knew better than most that filming two sequels virtually back to back would be a rollercoaster ride and a supreme challenge for all concerned. There was a two-month hiatus last year and another break whilst Verbinski edited Dead Man's Chest ready for release this summer.

He spent almost two years in New Zealand making Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy and Pirates 2 and 3 was, in some ways at least, a similar experience.

"I am reminded of the experience on Rings where it was that feeling of a huge steam train and everyone is just grabbing hold of it, trying to get a ride and letting is blow out of steam a bit,” he says. “But at the same time that madness, that crazy kind of wild beast that is running away from you is what gives it that energy and excitement and it makes the tension that much more palpable.”

Born in Canterbury, England 29 years ago, Orlando has enjoyed a remarkable career since Lord of the Rings enjoyed phenomenal box office and critical success. He played Paris opposite Brad Pitt in Troy, a milkman turned boxer in the small budget British comedy The Calcium Kid, was reunited with Ridley Scott for the starring role in Kingdom of Heaven - they had previously worked together on Black Hawk Down - and recently, played opposite Kirsten Dunst in Cameron Crowe's romantic comedy Elizabethtown.

This interview was conducted during a break from filming on the Universal Studios sound stage in Hollywood.

Q: So how's it going, what is it like compared to working on the first one?

A: It's really exciting, I have to say. You probably know that we had to sign up to do a second movie when we did the first movie and the idea of doing two and three back to back was something that came up and I thought `This is great, family fun entertainment' And I really enjoy doing it, I get to work with you know Johnny and Gore Verbinski and all these great talents. It's amazing because it's a chance for me to continue to learn my craft from some more experienced actors.

Q: Do you ask them for any advice?

A: All the time, yeah, and they are great, they are really good. The other day I was doing some press and thinking that I find myself in all these action adventure movies and they are fantastic but I never thought I would be doing so many of them. And I love them. They are fantastic but I never thought I'd be doing so many of them - sword fighting stuff. But I love them. It's great fun to go to work everyday on Pirates and it`s got the same kind of kinetic energy as the first one, only there's even more. I guess after the success of the first one they, they've been able to elaborate with costume, with set design, with locations and we've been to some amazing locations. In the first one, there wasn't so many shots of turquoise ocean that you can't imagine we were in the Caribbean because we were filming in like St Vincent. This time we have been filming in some pretty amazing places like the Exumas in the Bahamas which has that particularly vibrant white sand and blue ocean. It will look amazing and just gives such a rich colour texture on screen.

Q: How much easier are the fight scenes for you now?

A: It's like when you start learning dialogue. It gets easier the more dialogue you have the easier it comes to learn it. The body is a muscle and the more you do you get `muscle' memory. There is basic parry routine that works for pretty much any sword fight and you vary it, depending on what sword you are using. But yeah, it has gotten a lot easier. I used to have to rehearse for weeks and weeks in advance but now I can have like three or four sessions with the stunt guys and I can pick it up much quicker which is a bonus.

Q: Is it true that your character is developing a darker side in Pirates 2?

A: Yeah, it slowly develops in the third movie. But, listen it is still a Disney pirates movie and it's not like I am going to go around slaughtering people unnecessarily. It's not like I'm Hayden Christensen in Star Wars as Darth Vadar. But there is character development in terms of the relationship with my father and my desire to release my father from his physical imprisonment, which is the form that he takes, as do all the pirates under Davy Jones' command. They all become these kind of grotesque sea creature monster things which is basically a new and improved and excitingly different version of the skeletal pirates. So my desire is to free him from that prison and somehow get the girl at the end, go with that connection to Elizabeth. And so I think the darkness comes in a sense that you are not quite sure what angle Will is coming from. He manipulates things in order to get what he wants and he has kind of gotten wise to Jack Sparrow in some respect. He has learned a few tricks from Jack Sparrow so he playing the game a little bit himself, as are all the characters.

Q: What sort of a tricks?

A: You will have to wait and see I am afraid. But all the characters actually have that kind of a development. It's exciting because with a sequel you think, `what are we going to do? How can we recreate the magic? Shouldn't we have just left it?” But, actually, with all the same writing team, Ted (Elliott) and Terry (Rossio) Penny Rose doing the costume, everyone, the same. OK, the production is, I think, a little different perhaps in design but it's all just improved really and the character development is really improved and it certainly doesn't feel like a poor man's version of the first one. And I'd be the first one to go “whoops” if it did. But Gore is such a fantastic director. He has so much vibrancy, so much life and energy to do this sort of thing. It's remarkable. It is kind of crazy doing two movies back to back because it's just such a huge undertaking and I am reminded of the experience on Rings where it was that feeling of a huge steam train and everyone is just grabbing hold of it, trying to get a ride and letting is blow out of steam a bit. But at the same time that madness, that crazy kind of wild beast that is running away from you is what gives it that energy and excitement and it makes the tension that much more palpable.

Q: Is this the most exciting project you've worked on?

A: Well, I had the most ridiculous good fortune when I left drama school to work on a project like Rings that went into three movies. That was an incredible break out for me but Pirates really sealed the deal in terms of giving me opportunities to do movies like Kingdom of Heaven and Elizabethtown or this little movie I did called Haven and it's given me the kind of fan base which has enabled me to move forward and to be able to make choices. Moving forwards I'll be able to make interesting choices that I always hoped to be able to make anyway. Pirates was doubly amazing because it came from the side, out of left field and when this script was going round town a lot of people just passed over it because it was like a Disney adventure ride. It was one of those scripts that nobody really jumped on and then we jumped on it and it was a really good script So it was exciting in that sense because it was like' wow `who knew it would have that kind of cachet and success?'

Q: How do the sequels differ from the first movie?

A: Well if you veer too far away from what you achieved in the first one then you let the fans down because you know there is something that is working there. If you try and be too clever, you'll lose the integrity of what was working in the first place but they had to do something better than the pirates turning skeletal in the moonlight. And that I think has definitely been achieved through this character Davy Jones (played by Bill Nighy and his pirates that, like I said, have this grotesque formation from living at the bottom of the ocean which is really interesting. It's cool, because it is within the myth and legend of piracy and Davy Jones and it maintains the integrity of that which is cool. It feels like it is not just flying off into some far fetched realm of Hollywood making another movie for the sake of making more money .It is maintaining some integrity in the sense that it's based in pirate legend.

Q: What did you want to get from playing Will this time around?

A: Listen I am definitely confined in the sense that Will is the poster boy, the guy that gets the girl. But the darker side has definitely taken me into a place where I can have some interesting storyline and feel like I am developing the role. But it is still within the realms of making a pirate movie. Johnny's playing the guy and Geoffrey is the outlandish pirate captain and now Bill Nighy is doing some fantastic work and Chow Yun-Fat brings this whole new thing. Singapore and going into the East gives an amazing new flavour to the (third) movie. So it's really very exciting.

Q: You have become such a public figure, are you still enjoying that or is it becoming a little intrusive?

A: It will never be normal. It will always just feel like it is just something that I just have to get on with. It's a lot of energy coming at you and it's a little bit like “whoa”, you know? Sort of crazy.

Q: It's interesting because Keira is probably going through the same thing and you guys go back a long way don't you? Do you remember the first time you met?

A: Yeah I do, we met at the Ivy. It was so funny because Gore had a dinner for us to get together at the Ivy and I remember we left and she just snuck out and I got like hammered because the Ivy is like one of those places where you get hammered (laughs). I admire her in such a massive way: the choices that she has made, the directors that she has got to work with, the way that she handles herself. I was just looking at her the other day and she is handling a sword, doing this whole sword routine. She's a beautiful woman and you know still like, she's got that kind of ability to sort of rough it with the lads.

Q: She kind of said you first came across each other in London when you were going for auditions.

A: I hadn't really hung out with her . She was working more than me. When I finished drama school, she had already done movies .She had already had star billing. She was making a mark for herself. We did do an audition together. Yeah, we did an audition for a Russian project, that's right. I had forgotten.

Q: What do you do in your free time?

A: I just keep it as normal as possible. I have a dog, I have a great family, I have good friends.

Q: Did you have your dog with you in the Caribbean?

A: Yeah, he is a very well traveled dog. It's very expensive to travel with a dog but he's like my baby.

Q: Where's home?

A: London, yeah. I'll fly in for work but I will never live in LA. London will always be home.

Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise said Tuesday he would be happy to father ten children after he and his fiancee Katie Holmes had their first baby girl.

“I always wanted to be a father. I remember my whole life, I wanted to be a father. So I’m hoping maybe I have 10 children,” he said with laughter at a press conference in Tokyo.

Cruise, 43, also has two adopted children from a previous marriage to actress Nicole Kidman, who is now set to wed country music singer Keith Urban.

Asked how he felt about his new baby, Suri, who was born in April, Cruise said, “Very, very very happy.”

“It was the best Father’s Day,” he said of Sunday, which he spent with his children, and Holmes.

“I think you all know how, what a gift it is, children,” he said.

“I feel the responsibility of that, because they are the future. So I feel so overwhelmed with emotion at times when I look at my children, which I think we all know when you are looking at your own child you love so much.”

Cruise, ranked last week by Forbes magazine as the world’s most powerful celebrity, was in Tokyo to promote “Mission Impossible 3,” which is partially set in Shanghai.

Paris, France :: Protected by a huge blue umbrella, 47-year-old Michael Jackson (dressed in his pajamas?) left Jardin des Plantes, the main botanical garden in France in a wheelchair earlier this month. Bodyguards hugged Michael Jackson's three children (whose faces were covered with masks) on their way out 9-year-old Prince Michael Jackson I, 8-year-old Paris Jackson, and 4-year-old Prince Michael Jackson II.

New Line Cinema has bought the remake rights to the controversial Japanese sci-fi film Battle Royale and set up the project with Neal Moritz and Roy Lee, reports Variety.

The original film, produced by Toie and released in 2000 amid concerns about its violence, is set in an apocalyptic future in which schools are overrun by uncontrolled violence; the government responds by organizing an annual Battle Royale, in which a school class is picked at random and students are pitted against each other on an abandoned island in a game of survival.

Toie also produced a sequel in 2003, Battle Royale II -- Requiem, in which a new class of teen students are forced to battle a rebel group let by a survivor of a previous Battle Royale.

London, UK :: Former Stringfellows girl Carly Krupa, 23, enjoys a night out with pals at
London's Wellington Club. Krupa is dating
actor Johnny Messner.

Iron Man is being slated for a May 2, 2008 release, Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment announced today.

Based on the Marvel comic character, the film will follow the story of billionaire weapons manufacturer Tony Stark, who sets off on a crusade against the evils of the world when he is injured by one of his own creations. Jon Favreau will direct.

Kevin Feige, president of production for Marvel Studios, said of the announcement: "We're thrilled to be launching the summer 2008 movie season with Iron Man. Marvel has had great success with the first Friday in May - Spider-Man broke records on that first Friday and X2 debuted at the top of the box office charts as well.

"We're looking forward to extending that track record with Iron Man and are extremely pleased with the progress of the script, the production team we are forming and the initial production designs."

Two more actors head for Chester as they join the cast of the Channel 4 soap, Hollyoaks.

Former EastEnders actor Devon Anderson - who played Billy Jackson between 1993 and 1997 - is to play the role of Sonny Valentine, the younger brother of policeman Calvin (played by ex-Dream Team star Ricky Whittle, who joined the soap last month).

Meanwhile, Gimme Gimme Gimme star Brian Bovell - Jez Littlewood in the BBC comedy - will play Sonny's father, Leo.

A spokesperson for the show said: "The Valentines are in for a rough ride in the village when a life-changing event happens just days after they turn up, and their father, Leo, comes to live with them."

The Valentine family will appear on screen for the first time next month.

Graham Coxon has included a Libertines song on his latest single.

'Time For Heroes', which Coxon performed live on Radio 1 earlier this year, will be an addition to the double A-side ‘I Can’t Look At Your Skin / What’s He Got?’.

The single, which will only be available on limited edition 7 inches, is to be released on July 17.

Will Young is set to make his professional theatre debut early next year in Noel Coward's play The Vortex.

The singer will portray Nicky Lancaster, a musician whose girlfriend runs off with his mother's young lover.

Young commented: "I'm really excited to be involved in this project."

Although the experience will be a new one, the star did attend a postgraduate course in performing arts before leaving to pursue his music career. "I'm sure it will be a fairly daunting experience initially, but I want to be able to grow and learn more in this field so I'll continue to enjoy what I do and also offer something new to my fans," he added.

Director Jo Combes spoke glowingly of the star, saying: "Will did a stunning audition, and I am really excited about what he will bring to the character and the production."

Staged at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre, the production's run will begin on January 17, 2007.

Sean "Diddy" Combs, rock disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer and Barbara Walters have something in common: They will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Recipients for 2007 were announced Friday by Walk of Fame committee chairman Johnny Grant. "It's a privilege to honor these performers," he said.

The committee said it had reviewed more than 200 nominations to select next year's 23 honorees.

The list of recipients, as ratified by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce board of directors, also includes Michael Caine, Matt Damon, Lauren Shuler Donner, Jamie Foxx, John Goodman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert Altman, Erik Estrada, Kiefer Sutherland, Jerry Stiller, Dick Wolf, Mariah Carey, The Doors, Crystal Gayle, Tim McGraw, LeAnn Rimes, Shania Twain, Tim Rice, Lily Tomlin and Stu Nahan.

Nicole Kidman put her wedding preparations on hold to visit sick kids at the Sydney Children's Hospital.

Accompanied by her own two children and mother Janelle, Kidman spent more than two hours visiting patients in the hospital's oncology, haematology and neurology wards.

Five-year-old burns and car accident survivor Sophie Delezio was also one of the patients Kidman spent time with, just three days before her Sydney wedding to country music star Keith Urban.

The actress was mobbed by media and fans outside the hospital but became concerned about the crush she was causing.

"If everyone can just not get too dangerous," she said at one stage.

Kidman has long been a supporter and official ambassador for the Sydney Children's Hospital, visiting patients there whenever she is in Sydney.

She's also rumoured to have asked guests at her wedding on Sunday to provide donations to the hospital and other charities instead of giving her presents.

"I was stunned she came in today," said Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation chief executive Elizabeth Crundall.

"To actually take the time out from her own wedding for a couple of hours was stunning, extraordinary and wonderful."

Crundall said Kidman hugged Sophie Delezio when the pair met by chance in one of the hospital corridors.

"Sophie showed Nicole her new hot pink boots," she said.

"Sophie was in for a dressings change. It was magic."

Kidman's children, Isabella, 13, and Connor, 11, today flew into Sydney in a private jet from Tokyo, where father Tom Cruise has been promoting his latest film, Mission Impossible III.

They were the last immediate family members to arrive for the wedding, with Urban's parents flying in on Wednesday.

Isabella and Connor were picked up at Sydney Airport by Kidman's security staff in a black Mercedes and sat in the back seat hidden behind tinted windows.

Kidman, 39, will marry Urban, 38, on Sunday at the Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel, a gothic-style sandstone Catholic church, in St Patrick's estate, overlooking the ocean at Manly.

A large marquee has been erected at the estate, where the reception is expected to take place on Sunday afternoon.

Father Paul Coleman will preside over the service but has been asked not to talk to the media about the wedding.

"They have just asked me not to give any more interviews," said Father Coleman.

"I am loath to say anything more and I have always tried to honour the family's wishes."

Kidman's sister Antonia and cousin Angela are expected to perform bridesmaid duties on the big day and father Antony will walk the Oscar winner down the aisle as her family and friends watch on.

High-profile guests tipped to attend include actors Naomi Watts, Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman, director Baz Luhrmann and media mogul Rupert Murdoch and wife Wendi Deng.

Hulk Hogan has moved his family to Miami Beach and put his mansion near Tampa on the market for a whopping $25 million.

The pro wrestler-actor, aka Terry Bollea, and his wife, Linda, moved last month to a new $12 million bayfront estate on Miami Beach so their children, Brooke, 18, and Nick, 15, could pursue singing and acting careers.

Now the 17,000-square-foot French-style Belleair mansion, familiar to fans of the family's VH1 reality TV series, "Hogan Knows Best," is on the market.

The home has seven fireplaces, 2.3-acre grounds overlooking the Intercoastal Waterway and Gulf of Mexico, a guesthouse, swimming pool, waterfall and four-car garage.

"You can get lost in it," said Marcia Ellis of Coldwell Banker, who sold the Belleair property to the family 14 years ago and has listed it again.

Hogan still owns a more modest place on Clearwater Beach and a home in Los Angeles that is on the market for $5.9 million.

"I've got to downscale," he told The Miami Herald recently. "We'll head toward Miami like the Beverly Hillbillies."

EMINEM has been battling a severe bout of depression, it was revealed yesterday.

The rapper fell ill after his best friend was shot dead, Then he got divorced from wife Kim for the second time.

Eminem's spokesman Dennis Dennehy said the singer was getting better with the help of anti-depressants.

The star, 33, slumped into his low mood more than two months ago, when his former D12 bandmate Proof died after being blasted with a gun in the head.

And the split from his wife came after a remarriage that lasted just 82 days.

Dennehy told the New York Daily News: "Obviously he's grieving. He is depressed as anyone would be if they lost someone that close.

"But Eminem had said he was taking some time off before this happened. This is his downtime."

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Grammy-winning rapper Eminem continued divorce proceedings with his wife, Kimberley Mathers, in a private hearing Thursday. Details of the meeting were not disclosed.

Kimberley Mathers, who is seeking financial support, attorney fees and joint custody of the couple's 10-year-old daughter, Hailie Jade Scott, was seen being escorted out of the building by a sheriff's deputy.

Her lawyer, Michael J. Smith, declined to comment. A message seeking comment was left Thursday with Eminem's attorney, Harvey Hauer.

Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III, was not seen by reporters at the courthouse, but was present for the hour-long meeting before Court Referee David Elias, court officer Mark Mileski said.

Eminem filed for divorce April 5, 82 days after the couple remarried.

The 33-year-old rapper remarried Kimberley Mathers in Rochester on Jan. 14, a month after the couple announced they were getting back together.

Their first marriage lasted from 1999 to 2001.

Macomb County Circuit Judge Antonio Viviano, who originally was scheduled to preside over Thursday's hearing, had set a deadline of Aug. 25 for completion of depositions, interrogatories, pension evaluations and other matters.

A settlement conference is scheduled for Sept. 19.

Paris Hilton insists that she's not as big a party girl as everyone thinks she is, according to a new interview. "I've never danced on a table in my life," she says, and adds being a lodging heiress shouldn't make people think she can't sing: "Just because my last name's Hilton doesn't mean I can't be talented."

The platinum-haired princess also suggests that she's putting out her new album – called, creatively enough, "Paris" – because she loves "to entertain people...I love to be onstage and I love my music. So I'm not even thinking about the money or anything. It's just all about the music."

Paris also reveals that she started out with a rock concept for the album but says, "I like the rock music, but I like the club music more, so I just threw all those songs away." The album, with 11 tracks with titles such as "Jealousy," "Screwed," ""Fightin' Over Me," and "Turn You On," drops August 8.

Kylie Minogue will complete the world tour she called off a year ago after being diagnosed with breast cancer with a series of concerts in Australia later this year, her Australian tour manager said Thursday.

The shock diagnosis interrupted the Australian-born star's biggest global tour, and her return to the stage after undergoing cancer treatment has been highly anticipated in her home country and her longtime base in London.

Frontier Touring Company managing director Michael Gudinski popped a champagne cork at a media event to announce the Australian shows, saying he had just returned from meetings with Kylie in London.

"She's definitely through the worst of everything, she's so determined and she can't wait to see you all," Gudinski said. "Obviously she's still got a few mountains to climb, but we're very, very confident that the tour will be going ahead in November."

Kylie, a 2004 Grammy award winner, had completed dates on her "The Showgirl Tour" in Europe and was heading to Australia for homecoming concerts when she was diagnosed with cancer in May last year.

She underwent surgery to remove a lump from her breast and is reportedly still undergoing cancer treatment.

Gudinski said the Nov. 11-Dec. 17 concert series in Australia's state capitals would be renamed the "Showgirl Homecoming" tour and that Kylie's work commitments would be lighter because of her illness.

"We're going to take as much pressure as we can," off her, he said.

After giving birth to baby Kingston with hubby Gavin Rossdale last month, Gwen Stefani is going straight back to work. Gwen is set to star in a remake of 1956 flick Baby Doll, written by famous playwright Tennessee Williams. Baby Doll is about a sexy young woman who promises her failed businessman husband that their marriage will be consummated a year from their nuptials. Gwen - who had a small role in The Aviator co-starring Leonardo DiCaprio - will play Baby Doll Meighan, previously played by Carroll Baker.

Which lusty lady, who is a regular on daytime TV, left staff at a London sex store red-faced when she and her other half started messing around with nipple clamps? And the wild woman-in-question also had a severe lack of humour when two assistants explanied that she wasn't using them properly. So the stroppy diva stormed out.

Brentwood, CA :: In her bid for ultimate fitness, Reese Witherspoon was spotted pounding the pavement yesterday afternoon with a female friend (trainer?). The Oscar-winning actress was snapped clocking up the miles, all sweaty and puffed-out. Also yesterday, Reese sued Star magazine for their story that she was pregnant with her third child. Star's article suggested that Reese wasn't telling producers of her upcoming films that she was pregnant and was hiding her changing body under 1920s-style swimsuits, baggy clothing and "Empire-waist dresses."

Us has learned exclusively that Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman and his longtime girlfriend, Mimi O’Donnell, are expecting their second child together. O’Donnell is four months along and due in November. The couple also has a son Cooper, who is 3.

The parents-to-be met in 1999, when O’Donnell was in charge of costume design for the play In Arabia We’d All Be Kings, which Hoffman was directing. In 2006, Hoffman won an Academy Award for best actor for his performance in Capote. He has also appeared in the films Magnolia, Cold Mountain and Mission: Impossible III. Hoffman’s rep could not be reached for comment.

New York, NY :: New mom Rachel Weisz was spotted carrying her (almost) one-month-old son Henry Chance Aronofsky in a denim baby sling Tuesday afternoon. The 35-year-old Oscar winner took the time to visit the set of My Blueberry Nights and chat with director Wong Kar Wai. No word on when she's schedule to head back to work but Rachel is set to star in My Blueberry Nights alongside Jude Law, Natalie Portman, and Norah Jones. Rachel gave birth to baby Henry -- fathered by filmmaker fiancé Darren Aronofsky -- on Wednesday, May 31st.

Jude Law has been on another date with ex, Sienna Miller - watching football in a New York bar.

The couple - who first got together after meeting on the set of the 2004 movie 'Alfie' - were spotted canoodling in Fiddlesticks in New York's West Village watching England playing in the World Cup on TV.

An onlooker said: "They had a great time watching the football it seems their relationship is back on."

The sighting comes just weeks after reports Sienna and Jude's ex-wife, Sadie Frost, are feuding over the actor.

Sadie is said to be furious the pair have rekindled their romance and allegedly told the 'Closer' actor, in an email, that Sienna would never make him happy.

Phil Collins has reportedly got a new girlfriend - New York news anchor woman Dana Tyler.

The Channel 2 journalist was spotted showing the 'Two Hearts' singer - who recently split from his third wife, Orianne - around her office on Tuesday night (20.06.06) between bulletins.

A co-worker told America's New York Post newspaper: "She was beaming. This is the happiest I've seen her.

"They've been keeping it quiet for several weeks, but it's out now."

The pair met when Tyler interviewed the former Genesis frontman ahead the opening of his Broadway musical, 'Tarzan', last month.

However, the workplace tour was not the first time Collins, 55, and Tyler have been spotted together - they have also been seen playing golf in Connecticut.

WESTLIFE, the famous Irish pop band, has listed Chinese food as a must in every meal for their Shanghai tour starting Saturday, local media said today.

The four-member group will begin their belated concert the following day after arriving.

Westlife postponed their Shanghai concert on June 3 because band member Nicky Byrne came down with acute enteritis. A doctor recommended that Byrne avoid long flights until June 9, so that he could recover from the intestinal tract infection.

The band's agency has listed more than 80 dining requirements for Westlife, among which include that the band wants at least one type of Chinese dish at every meal, for example, Xiao Long Bao (soup dumplings).

Unlike other big stars that have many picky requests, the band's only other requirement during their stay at the Huating Hotel is to have a television that broadcasts England's World Cup matches in English.

JESSICA SIMPSON is furious with former friend VANESSA MINNILLO and insists the TV presenter has betrayed her by dating her estranged husband NICK LACHEY.

Minnillo and Simpson became fast friends after meeting at an MTV event in 2003 and frequently enjoyed "girls' nights out" together. And now Minnillo's father, VINCENT MINNILLO, confirms, "Vanessa is friends with Jessica. In fact, (Vanessa, Jessica and Nick) have gone to clubs together and had fun." The trouble between the former pals reportedly began when 32-year-old Lachey asked Minnillo to star in his music video WHAT'S LEFT OF ME, which documents the end of his marriage to Simpson. A source says, "Jessica was bothered by that, but she was willing to let it slide because she knows how badly Vanessa has wanted to get into acting."

To make matters worse, Simpson confided in her friend when her marriage was breaking down and Minnillo encouraged her to leave Lachey if she wasn't happy. After seeing steamy photos of the new couple kissing in Mexico, Simpson was crushed even further. The source adds, "It's painful and hurtful, but it just reinforces her decision to leave Nick."

Paris Hilton has abandoned her fur-wearing ways after Paul McCartney's estranged wife Heather Mills made her watch horrific footage of animal cruelty.

The hotel heiress was previously pelted with flour by members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals after sporting real fur at this year's London Fashion Week.

But it was animal rights campaigner Mills who managed to persuade Hilton to turn her back on wearing animal skins for good.

She says, "I am not going to be wearing fur anymore.

"I met up with (Mills) and she showed me videos of how badly the animals are treated. It is just disgusting. I am an animal lover."

Superman Returns has had its star-studded premiere in Los Angeles.

New Superman Brandon Routh was accompanied by co-stars Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey and director Bryan Singer on the red carpet.

Brandon told waiting reporters: "Well we have the opportunity to see Superman mature in this. We see him going through real human emotions which we've never seen before."

The new Lois Lane, Kate Bosworth is most excited about becoming part of movie history.

She said: "It's just exciting. I'm very proud of the film and I'm proud to be a part of it."

The caped superhero flies into UK cinemas on 14 July.

Naomi Watts arrived in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday in time to take part in her friend Nicole Kidman's "hen party" festivities before attending the Hours star's wedding to Keith Urban, believed to be taking place this weekend.

Watts told reporters she was "not at liberty to discuss" any details of the forthcoming nuptials. "But I am very excited for my friend," she added.

Kidman's sister, Antonia, was hosting the bachelorette party at her North Sydney home, according to the local media. The event was scheduled the day after Kidman celebrated her 39th birthday with her family, a quiet affair that entailed having "dinner at home with mum," the actress told reporters.

Though Kidman has had strained relationships with the paparazzi in the past, she has been doing her best to turn on the charm as her wedding approaches. After reporters camped outside her home sent her flowers and sang her "Happy Birthday" over the intercom, she emerged to pose for a few pictures on Tuesday.

Later in the day, she and Urban sent out a case of Victoria Bitters beer and bottled water, with a note reading "Enjoy! Nicole and Keith."

While some details of the wedding remain secret, the Australian Associated Press reported the ceremony would take place at the Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel, a church overlooking the ocean. A large tent was reportedly being erected on the grounds for the reception.

Father Paul Coleman, a longtime friend of the Kidman family, told the AAP the 35-minute service would feature classical music and gospel readings chosen by Kidman's mother, Janelle.

As far as the couple's union, the priest said he had "good feeling about their chances."

Urban's parents, Bob and Marienne, and his brother, Shane, who will reportedly serve as his best man, flew into Sydney from Maroochydore on Tuesday.

"There are no words, we're just really happy and excited," Urban's mother told reporters.

Kidman's two children from her previous marriage to Tom Cruise, Isabella, 13 and Connor, 11, were said to be arriving in Sydney in the coming days.

The kids were believed to be in Japan with Cruise Wednesday, fueling speculation in the local media that he planned to drop them off by private jet.

We're guessing he wasn't invited to stay for the ceremony.

JUSTIN Timberlake has shown Cameron Diaz the door, so he can sow his wild oats. The hit-making horndog axed his love of three years because, "he's poised to leave on a world tour and he wants to be free," says veteran gossip Janet Charlton. She says Timberlake made his decision after he and his pals went on a wild weekend trip to Las Vegas and Cameron "went chasing after him. She was just too clingy." Diaz, said to be "devastated," has had bad luck before. Her past flames include Matt Dillon and Jared Leto. "

Which cheeky chef is bribing food critics to cook up trouble for rival restaurants? The greedy gourmand is splashing out on damaging articles to ruin his competitors. But he's finding it difficult to pay the growing number of journos to keep their pie-holes shut about it. So he'd better put his money where his mouth is, or he'll be eating humble pie.

London, UK :: Kelly Brook, 26, looked red hot when she was caught dashing to a posh dinner with pals at The Ivy in London yesterday. No doubt she discussed her new children's film Fishtales, which she describes as "truly beautiful."

Sadie Frost is helping Russell Brand look for a house in Primrose Hill. Sadie, 41, offered to put him up but Russell, 31, didn't want people to get the wrong idea.

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Is Richard Fleesman auditioning for a role in Grease? The TV star, 17, seemed to be doing his best Travolta impression as he shopped with girlfriend Roxanne Pallett, 22, in Manchester.

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Kate Middleton has caused a right royal stink by painting boyfriend Prince William in his birthday suit and the Queen is not amused by the cheeky gift to the heir to the throne.

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Pete Doherty has signed a megabucks deal with a book company. The Babyshambles singer's drug and Kate Moss-inspired ramblings are to be published as a collection.

Nikki stunned housemates when she spent an hour waxing her top lip and arms. She said: "Honestly guys, I'm so hairy I look like a wolf."

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The hungry housemates have been talking about their favourite fast food - Glyn loves four cheese pizzas while Lisa dreams of hamburgers.

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Lisa and Nikki have made up after their row over nominations.

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Glyn is still angry at George for quitting. He said: "He should have thought about that before he came in, stupid boy."

Three Lions has been named as the most loved World Cup song by England fans. In an online poll by music store HMV, nearly half of all the fans chose it ahead of World in Motion by New Order.

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More than 21 million tuned into ITV1 England-Sweden game, with 14 million more viewing it on big screens and in pubs.

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Wayne Rooneys fiancee Coleen McLoughlin is eyeing up a career as a showjumper. Coleen, 20, started riding last year and Wayne was said to have spent £70,000 on a nag for her.

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Michael Owen flew home to the UK yesterday after his World Cup dream was shattered. The striker hobbled onto a private jet on crutches after telling his team mates to go on and win the tournament without him.

Evangeline Lilly covers up the mirrors in her house - because she is paranoid about how she looks.

The stunning actress, who plays one-time fugitive Kate in hit US series 'Lost', says since starring in the hugely popular show she has become extremely self-conscious over her appearance and constantly finds flaws with her body.

She said: "I've never felt so stressed or conscious of how I look. If you walk into my bathroom, the mirror is covered by a sarong. I just want to forget what I look like when I get home."

It is not the first time Lilly has confessed she is paranoid about her figure.

The brunette actress, who is dating her 'Lost' co-star Dominic Monaghan, revealed she "kicked up a real fuss" when show bosses asked her to shoot a semi-nude scene in the first episode of the series.

She was so adamant she wouldn't strip for the cameras she demanded the script be re-written.

Lilly said at the time: "When we came to shoot the scene it had been re-written for me to be in a tank top and underwear and I really appreciate that they made it more modest."

The rapper's security removed the 'Mean Girls' star from a private concert by Prince at exclusive Los Angeles club Butter last Friday after she got into a blazing row with rival Paris Hilton.

An eyewitness told America's New York Post newspaper: "She went back to her table, there were only six tables, and everyone was sharing. Diddy and his people wanted to sit with her on her table but Lindsay refused and began mixing it up with him.

"His bodyguards came over and picked Lindsay up to get her out."

However, another reveller had a different take on the fracas.

They explained: "She kidded with him, asking what he was doing at her table.

"He didn't realize she was joking and he then yelled at her and told her to get out. Diddy was really mean to her."

When asked about what happened, a spokesman for Diddy's camp said: "Lindsay was being so loud and obnoxious. His security became concerned and came over to escort her away."

Lindsay and Paris have been at loggerheads ever since the 'Mean Girls' actress was spotted getting intimate with the hotel heiress' ex-boyfriend Stavros Niarchos.

Jade Goody went wild on the dancefloor during a night on the lash at Londons Embassy club.

The Essex girl, 25, then puckered up to her 18-year-old toyboy Jack Tweedy.

There were no panda eyes for the mum of two when she launched her new perfume Shh... next morning.

The Big Brother motor-mouth, speaking on Londons Oxford Street said: "I called it Shh... cause thats what people say to me. And it smells sweet like me."

Cameron Diaz and best pal Drew Barrymore made a splash during a girlie break in the sun.

Cameron even gave onlookers a treat by going topless as she took a dip in the sea.

The Charlies Angels stars turned heads by running along the beach, as well as by providing some rear views.

An onlooker said: "Its obvious Cameron stays so silm and trim through swimming, she is excellent in the water."

"Drew was also in fine form and enjoyed jogging up and down the shoreline before they sat down to enjoy a picnic by the beach with three other famale friends."