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Cheryl to spend 50,000 pounds for beau’s Christmas gift

London, Dec 23 (IANS) Singer Cheryl Cole is ready to spend 50,000 pounds on a watch for her beau Tre Holloway this Christmas.

Hemsworth to celebrate Christmas with Cyrus

London, Dec 23 (IANS) Actor Liam Hemsworth wants to take Miley Cyrus to Australia for Christmas. The 22-year-old would love to spend the festive season in his native country with his family and fiance, and because he recently wrapped filming on "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire", the actor could get his wish

Una Healy visits old school

London, Dec 23 (IANS) Irish singer Una Healy went down memory lane by visiting her old school. She returned to her alma mater in Thurles, County Tipperary to film a Christmas edition of TV show "School Around The Corner", reports dailystar.co.uk.

Ronnie Wood gets married

London, Dec 22 (IANS) Veteran singer Ronnie Wood married fiancee Sally Humphreys in a private ceremony here. The Rolling Stones star exchanged wedding vows with Humphreys during a private ceremony in London Friday, with his bandmate Keith Richards and musician friend Rod Stewart standing by, as his groomsmen

Cruise took author’s blessing for ‘Jack Reacher’

London, Dec 22 (IANS) Actor Tom Cruise, who will next be seen in the action-packed film "Jack Reacher", based on the bestselling novel by Lee Child, says he sought the writer's blessing before taking on the project. For Cruise, Child's stamp of approval was important

Cumberbatch to play Assange in WikiLeaks movie

London, Dec 22 (IANS) British actor Benedict Cumberbatch has signed on to play WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in an upcoming movie about the website. Cumberbatch will enact the role of the boss, who is currently living in sanctuary at the Ecuadorian embassy here as he fights moves to extradite him to the US and Sweden.

‘Gangnam Style’ hits one bn views on YouTube

London, Dec 22 (IANS) South Korean dance track "Gangnam Style" has become the first video to clock up more than one billion views on YouTube, BBC reported. The dance track was posted online in July, propelling pop star Psy to worldwide fame. It has inspired hundreds of parody clips from members of the British army and Thai navy among others.

UN helicopter shot down in South Sudan

London, Dec 22 (IANS) A UN helicopter from its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan has been shot down by the army, killing all four crew members on board, BBC reported.

Libya to release files on Lockerbie bombing

London, Dec 22 (IANS) The new Libyan government will open all files relating to the Lockerbie bombing in which 270 people were killed, the country's ambassador to Britain has said. Mahmud Nacua told BBC it would, however, be at least another year before Libya was in a position to release whatever information it holds. The move comes on the 24th anniversary of the bombing of the Pan Am flight 103 over Scotland, which killed 270 people

Beckham spends 520 pounds on wife’s silk pyjamas

London, Dec 22 (IANS) Footballer David Beckham has splashed out 520 pounds on two pairs of designer nightwear pyjamas for his wife Victoria.