Celine sues US tabloid for $20m
Singer Celine Dion is suing the National Enquirer over a report which claimed she was pregnant with twins.

Will gets jiggy at the Brits
Will Smith and Ricky Martin are added to the list of performers appearing at Friday's Brit Awards ceremony.

Sporty spices up pop feud
Spice Girl Mel C brands Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher a "chicken" for "avoiding" her during the pair's war of words.

Geoff tops garden gurus
Geoff Hamilton, the late Gardeners' World presenter, is voted the nation's all-time favourite gardener.

TV bride's leap day double whammy
A man who started the day unmarried found himself saying "yes" on live TV and then "I do" just three hours later.

Hometown honour for Santana
Grammy winning guitarist Carlos Santana is to be honoured with a statue and a town square in his Mexican birthplace.

Court case dogs star Pamela
Celebrity couple Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson face a court claim against their pet rottweiler. Plus stories in brief on Britney Spears, Jason Priestley, Oasis, Geena Davis, Terry Wogan and Jayne Middlemiss.

Church synod attacks BBC religion
The Church of England synod is debating a motion criticising the quantity and quality of the BBC's religious coverage.

Curtain up on Classical Brits
Teenage singer Charlotte Church and violinist Nigel Kennedy will perform at the first Classical Brit Awards in May.

Hamilton case dramatised by BBC
Charles Dance will play former MP Neil Hamilton in a dramatisiation of his failed libel action against Harrods boss Mohamed al-Fayed.

'Looted' art lists worth millions
Experts name hundreds of works of art in UK galleries worth millions of pounds which may have been looted from Jews by the Nazis.

Beach's box office bombshell
Leonardo DiCaprio's new film The Beach drops out of the Top 10 movie chart in America - just three weeks after its much-hyped release.

Oasis album hits streets
Oasis fly to Japan to start their world tour as their fourth album Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants is released to mixed reviews.

Spice svengali goes online
Former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller launches a global pop website for children.

School named after Kirk Douglas
A school in California has changed its name to Kirk Douglas High School - joining Duke Ellington Elementary and Ed Murrow High.

Boy band's Steps to stardom
Steps star Lisa Scott-Lee's three brothers are launching their own bid for stardom - with the backing of Charlotte Church's former manager.

CD Review: Oasis
The critics have been sharpening the knives for months - but their fears this would be another let-down are, sadly, spot on.

Charities say UK TV neglects world issues
Factual coverage of the developing world on British television has fallen by half in ten years, says a report by a group of UK charities.

Hart closes in on Hollywood
Rising British actor Ian Hart heads for the big time with the release of the Irish comedy, The Closer You Get.

Posh denies snubbing Ferguson
Posh Spice Victoria Beckham denies she is snubbing Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson by missing a banquet to honour him.

Mariah Carey wows the stars
Pop diva Mariah Carey has played her first concert in Britain in three years before a host of stars at Wembley Arena in London.

Wrinklies keep on rocking
The latest clutch of pop awards suggest that today's bright young things simply cannot cut it against music's golden oldies.

Dame Judi's fans fly in
More than 50 American fans of the sitcom As Time Goes By - who met via the internet - make a pilgrimage to see the show recorded in London.

Ricky's world tour setback
Pop sensation Ricky Martin is forced to postpone the Australian and South-East Asian dates of his world tour due to an equipment hitch.

Virtual pop star's chart bid
A singer, billed as the world's first male virtual pop star, is set to release his debut single in the UK.