Monica Lewinsky (above), the former White House intern at the centre of the presidential sexand-perjury scandal, is considering an offer to appear in a television soap opera, the New York Post says. Lewinsky "may soon be translating her real-life soap opera into a small-screen version", the tabloid said, citing "show insiders". The Post said producers for Days of our Lives were interested in getting Lewinsky to portray a movie studio intern in three episodes of the long-running series.
Caroline Aherne stuck doggedly to her promise to say nothing about her battle against alcoholism during the launch of her latest TV show.
"I'm fine now, thank you, and it's very good," she said. "But I have done an exclusive interview with Hello! magazine so can't really talk about it."
At the launch last night of her new BBC2 sitcom The Royle Family, she said the Mrs Merton star seemed well and full of mischief as she sipped fruit juice.
Johnny Hallyday (55) is filling Paris's 80,000-seat Stade de France with fans for three nights in a row this weekend, in the latest of his famous mega-spectacles.
A very French kind of national event, where Gallic pride in the local star mixes with a fascination for James Dean's America, the extravaganza was headline news in France yesterday.
A harmless flirtation with a stranger or colleague is good for your health, according to a Finnish expert who has written a book on the art of flirting.
"Flirting is like a piano game, it requires daily training to learn," Eila Kaarresalo-Kasari said. "But once you learn, it brightens up your life."