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Simon Cowell has criticised Charlotte Church for wasting an opportunity at a successful music career.

The X Factor judge believes the singer had a great chance to launch classical career, before pop music and television took its place.

Cowell told Classic FM: "She was our representative. And this was a girl who in my opinion, with a bit of training and some work, could have been a massive massive operatic star for the next few years because she's really talented. To me, it appears as if she's thrown it all away for this different career. She's crazy."

Speaking of the X Factor, Cowell continued: "What I don't want is six Charlotte Churches - I don't want that. I don't want them on chat shows swearing at the age of 20 in a few years time. I can't bear all that. In fact I'm almost thinking about sending them each a poster of Charlotte Church with a big cross on it - 'don't go there'."

Pete Doherty had his rehabilitation assessed in court as part of his sentence yesterday.

The singer was reviewed at Thames Magistrates Court in London, where a judge told him he was not meeting expectations.

"Weekly appointments under the order had not been as successful as expected," Jane McIvor commented.

Doherty's lawyer, Bruce Clark, pleaded his defence, saying: "On the whole, progress is being made. He's given up a lifestyle he's been living in the East End, which is not the best place for him to be. There are alternatives for him, though. He is now living at an address outside of London."

The Babyshambles frontman is next due in court in January, for another case review.

He might be persona non grata in Kazakhstan, but Borat -- the crazed Central Asian TV reporter created by comic Sacha Baron Cohen -- is a hero to the German comedy scene.

Baron Cohen, in his Borat guise, won the best international comedian prize at the sixth annual German Comedy Awards on Friday in Cologne.

"Good evening gentlemen and prostitutes," Baron Cohen said to the crowd. "I love Germany. I love sex."

With his misogynistic and racist comments, Borat has been a source of controversy -- both in Kazakhstan and in the U.S.

"Most German comedy is fairly tame in comparison, and there was some worry that people would be offended," said Holger Hoffmann, executive producer of the awards show. "But we held out. For German comedians, Borat is a revelation. It actually transcends comedy to become social and political commentary."

Baron Cohen, whose theatrical feature "Borat" opens in Germany November 2, certainly didn't clean up his act for the awards ceremony.

"I will put this prize next to the only other one I won," Baron Cohen said. "From Central Asian Olympic Committee. For hitting gypsy with rock at 50 meters."

Grey's Anatomy T.R. Knight is gay, he has confirmed exclusively.

"I guess there have been a few questions about my sexuality, and I'd like to quiet any unnecessary rumors that may be out there," Knight says in a statement. "While I prefer to keep my personal life private, I hope the fact that I'm gay isn't the most interesting part of me."

Knight, 33, plays the unassuming Dr. George O'Malley on the hit ABC drama. A Minneapolis native, he began his career in that city's famed Guthrie Theater.

Which naughty boyband star is in the habit of sleeping with several girls at the same time? And the chap in question looks oh-so-innocent and fresh-faced you'd never have thought he had a fetish for nipple tassels and crotchless knickers.

New mom Maggie Gyllenhaal grabbed lunch at New York City’s Cafe Bonsignour yesterday afternoon before heading home. Maggie and her fiancé, Peter Sarsgaard, are proud parents of of a two-weeks-old daughter.

Imogen Heap is helping out big film score composer Hans Zimmer with the music for Jude Law’s new film, The Holiday. The Holiday is about two women troubled with guy-problems (Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet), who swap homes in each other’s countries, where they each meet a local guy (Jude Law) and fall in love. Opening Dec. 8 nationewide.

Jude Law also has another film coming out called Breaking and Entering, which is about a landscape architect’s dealings with a young thief, causing him to re-evaluate his life. Also opening Dec. 8

Law was spotted at the Groucho club last night in London, UK, enjoying a night out on the town.

Kate Bosworth was spotted leaving a Tommy Hilfiger party last night with her male model boyfriend James Rousseau and girl pal Lindsay Lohan. Kate & James were spotted in New York earlier this week. Last night was the opening of designer Tommy Hilfiger’s new store on Rue Saint Honore in Paris, France. The celeb-studded bash included a performance by Lenny Kravitz.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes just announced that at their wedding, they will both be dressed in head-to-toe fashions by Giorgio Armani. A spokerperson said, “Tom and Katie asked Mr. Armani to design all of the wedding attire. Mr. Armani has collaborated with the couple in the past for various press appearances and for Oprah Winfrey’s Legends Ball in May 2005.” Tom and Katie are expected to marry by the end of November of this year.

Holmes picked up a few pieces from Beverly Hills jeweler David Orgell yesterday afternoon.