Celebrities

Ten celebrities face the toughest challenge of their lives - to spend two weeks in the Australian jungle with only the creepy crawlies and each other for company. Cut off from the outside world they will be forced to live on meagre rations of rice and beans and have to win extra food by competing in the daily dreaded Bushtucker Trials.

Coronation Street star Antony Cotton is set to star in his own ITV1 daytime chat show. That Antony Cotton Show will broadcast across the summer from ITV Productions in Manchester. The series will run for an hour, weekdays over a five week period.

Katie Melua’s extraordinary journey continues with the release of her third album ‘Pictures’, an album that will delight her legions of fans, confirm Katie’s status as a unique and remarkable vocalist, and reveal the third chapter in what is destined to be a long musical career.

Pop Starlet Zoe Birkett has been confirmed as one of the principal singers for the Autumn 2007 Tour Dates of the hit production celebrating the music of Michael & The Jackson 5 just – Thriller Live. This year’s tour also coincides with the 25th Anniversary of Michael Jackson’s epic album, Thriller.

Max Clifford, publicist for Kerry Katona, spoke to GMTV this morning about how Kerry Katona is coping after being burgled at knife point at her home in Cheshire. “She’s been sobbing uncontrollably and shaking and she’s in a real state” he said.

This year has seen David Beckham return to the England team to help turn their fortunes around and he has also been a crucial part of the Real Madrid side that so dramatically won the Spanish title in the final match of the season. Now it is time for something new. After playing for two of the biggest clubs in the world, David now faces his biggest challenge yet - to make the sport of football popular in US.

Pop sensations Girls Aloud will minimise their impact on the local environment when they perform at Newnham Park, Plympton in August by delivering tickets to fans via mobile, reducing the environmental and financial cost of printing and delivering traditional paper based tickets.

The Vue cinema at the O2 Centre, Finchley Road, Swiss Cottage, hosted a star-studded charity screening of Die Hard 4.0 in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Dance X’s Bruno Tonioli and Cece Sammy, Donal McIntyre, Ewen Macintosh, Eternal singer Kelle Bryan, Mohammed George (Eastenders’ Gus), PY & Kate Gerbeau, Martin Offiah and Daley Thompson all supported the event and helped raise substantial funds for the charity.

For the first time, since their split three years ago, Camilla Dallerup and Brendan Cole will dance together one last time as the UK entrants for the first ever Eurovision Dance Contest in September on BBC One.

The BBC has confirmed that Kylie Minogue will be joining the Doctor Who cast in a major lead role in an hour-long Christmas special to be broadcast in December 2007 on BBC One. Kylie will be joining David Tennant for the episode, Voyage Of The Damned, which starts filming in July in Cardiff.