One day when David Jones was only three, his mother Peggy - a glamorous cinema usherette who had dreams of stardom herself - found him covered in her make-up; powder, paint and all, writes ALISON BOSHOFF. Long after he achieved fame, she recalled: ‘When I found him, he looked for all the world like a clown. I told him, “You shouldn’t use make-up” but he said, “You do, Mummy.” I agreed but pointed out that it wasn’t for little boys.’ She could, of course, see the irony in having been the first person to tell David Bowie (pictured as a young boy, left, and as a baby, right) not to wear cosmetics. ...read

ALISON BOSHOFF: British actress Daisy Ridley, 23, from London, plays the heroine Rey in the long-awaited film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and has garnered rave, a-star-is-born, early reviews. Previous roles included a but part on Casualty (left), a couple of scenes in Mr Selfridge (centre) and a small part in The Inbetweeners 2 — which did not make the grade and was left on the cutting room floor. Her only other role to date was in a short sci-fi film called Blue Season in 2013. (She is pictured right at the premiere of Star Wars in Los Angeles on Monday). ...read