Princess Stephanie of Monaco gave birth early yesterday to a girl, who is to be named Camille Marie Kelly. The birth took place in the Princess Grace maternity hospital in Monaco. The baby will take the family surname, Grimaldi.
Stephanie (33) is the youngest daughter of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace, and already has two children. The princess and her husband, Daniel Ducruet, divorced in 1996.
The actor Alec Baldwin has told a court he was only defending himself when he shoved and kicked a photographer who was trying to take pictures of his wife, Kim Basinger, and their new-born daughter.
Baldwin said Alan Zanger lifted his video-camera as if to hit him. Zanger sued Baldwin for assault, battery, negligence and infliction of emotional distress. Baldwin has counter-sued.
The British producer Brian Eno is toying with the idea of putting together Sinead O'Connor's next album in the former battle fields of Bosnia.
"He'd like to do it here," said David Wilson of the Pavarotti Music Centre in Mostar, where Eno arrived last week "to do some recording, work with local musicians and help plan the future".
Eno's no stranger to the war-scarred city. He's one of the patrons of the unique cultural centre helping to rebuild the arts in post-war Bosnia.
At the very last minute, the title of the forthcoming big-screen spoof Jane Austen's MAFIA has been changed to just MAFIA! And why did Hollywood decide to drop the name of the illustrious novelist?
The film-maker Jim Abrahams explains sadly: "Because Disney's massive marketing machine did research, and it turns out that 90 per cent of the public had no clue as to who Jane Austen was."