ACTOR Charlton Heston says Michelangelo was not a homosexual. He has refused a clip from his 1965 film The Agony and the Ecstasy, in which be portrayed the Italian Renaissance sculptor, for use a documentary on the history of gay characters in film entitled The Celluloid Closet.
British Muslims have poured cold water on a suggestion by Prince Charles that millennium funds be spent building places of worship "of real quality" for all faiths. Leading Muslims said they would reject projects funded by the lottery.
The Beatles drummer who just missed out on global fame said he was not bitter as he returned last night to the Liverpool nightclub where it all began. Pete Best, who was replaced by Ringo Starr just before the Beatles hit the big time, played with his new band at the relaunch of the Jacaranda Club in Liverpool's Slater Street.
Actress and former sex symbol Ursula Andress, who will be 60 next March, has been offered $250,000 to be photographed in Playboy, but her 16 year old son Dimitri has objected.