John F. Kennedy had sex with call girls in the White House, and an aide silenced them by threatening to throw them into an insane asylum, according to a new book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh. The Dark Side of Camelot also claims the president suspected his wife Jackie of having an affair with Aristotle Onassis - whom she later married - to get back at him.
Comedian Michael Barrymore and his wife Cheryl are to divorce. The TV star broke down at the Television Awards in London on Tuesday, when he was voted Britain's most popular entertainment presenter. Barrymore (45) who has battled alcoholism in the past, said: "I know my marriage is over ... but I do not believe I have done anything that is wrong." The couple's 22-year marriage was rocked in 1995 when Barrymore said he was homosexual.
Eroticism, guilt, fluorescent green platform shoes and drug abuse - the latest film from Pedro Almodovar (48) has it all. the ingredients his fans love. After two years in hiding, he has come out with Live Flesh is a thriller based on a Ruth Rendell novel which explores a triangle of passion between a paraplegic policeman, his wife and an ex-con.
Israel's Defence Minister Yitzhak Mordechai (54) plans to marry a law student and former aide, the Yediot Aharonot reported yesterday. Mordechai has discreetly become engaged to Kokhava Shimshi (25).
New Zealand's most decorated second World War fighter pilot, Group Captain Desmond James Scott, died in Christchurch yesterday. He was aged 79.
Boxer Mitch Green, who is suing former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson for $25 million over a street brawl, has said he lied about their 1988 dispute by not admitting that Tyson knocked him out. Green said he also lied when he said Tyson "ran away like a sissy" after their late-night confrontation outside an all-night leather store in Harlem.