Opera singer-turned-talk show host Charlotte Church wanted to book hotel heiress Paris Hilton on her program, to insult her. Church says Hilton is too expensive though, charging USD$650,000 for an appearance, and her producers dropped …

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter accused Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday of simply copying U.S. foreign policies, rather than acting as a moderating influence.
“I have been really disappointed in the apparent subservience of …

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the South African Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is launching his life history in an online archive.
The £4.5m project would provide a free, interactive digital resource about his humanitarian teachings …

Hundreds have queued for tickets to a farewell for “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin in the “Crocoseum” . Many were turned away yesterday as the tickets ran out.
With only 3,000 places available for the public …

Yesterday Spain banned super thin models from their catwalks.
Milan is in a rare old tizzy as it contemplates what it may mean for the Italian capital if the ban spreads. Milan has its own …

American model and actress Anna Nicole Smith’s son Daniel Smith, 20, died in the Bahamas, while visiting his mother, who had just given birth to a girl.
Authorities state that one other person was in the …

Marianne Faithful, 59. has had to rescheduled a world tour, which was due to kick-off next month, until next year, as she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
She became a household name in the …

Thousands of Australians will be able to farewell “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin at a public memorial to be held at the “Crocoseum” in his beloved Australia Zoo, the TV naturalist’s wife, Terri said.
“I cannot …

Whitney Houston has hired a hot shot divorce lawyer to represent her interest in her forthcoming divorce.
She has filed papers to end her 14 year old marriage, and hired Stephen Kolodny to represent …

The Madrid fashion week which runs from 18 September is one of Spain’s most prestigious fashion shows.
In a ground breaking ban they have agreed to ban models who are dangerously underweight.
They are using the …

Madonna performed in Moscow’s largest stadium last night in her round-the-world “Confessions” tour despite religious protesters’ threats to disrupt the performance.
The culmination of the concert, when Madonna sings whilst suspended from a cross was once …

Britney Spears celebrated the birth of her second son yesterday, according to US reports.
Despite reports the pop superstar and husband Kevin Federline were expecting a little girl, the National Enquirer claims the Toxic singer …

The first royal male born to the house of Chrysanthemum was named Hisahito by his father in a traditional ceremony at a hospital in Tokyo.
The name Hisahito is composed of two characters. The first …

Al Gore the former Vice President to Clinton, and the second in the race to G.W.Bush said yesterday that he does not rule out a second run at the presidency.
Nearly President Gore was …

The Brisbane-based Sunday Mail newspaper reported that a private low key funeral ceremony has been conducted for the naturalist Steve Irwin.
An unidentified friend of the family was quoted as saying that the service was …

Christians in several countries have been offended by the fake crucifixion in Madonna’s European tour.
A Dutch priest, aged 63, took in one step further and made a hoax bomb call to try and stop the …