Celebrities

Over 36,000 music fans think Kylie Minogue is the celeb growing old most glamorously as she celebrates her 40th birthday this weekend, a poll by new celebrity barometer xRankTM (live.co.uk) reveals today. Almost half (45%) of those polled rated the antipodean songstress above fellow 40 year old Australian, Elle Macpherson (14%) and queen of pop, Madonna (8%) who turns 50 in August.

Sound of Music star Connie Fisher makes her television drama debut in a brand new film for ITV1, Caught in a Trap. In her first television role after her success as Maria in the critically acclaimed stage musical, Connie plays Gemma Perkins, a young woman who is obsessed by Elvis Presley.

Stars and showbiz guests toasted the glittering Premier of Sex and the City with SKYY vodka cocktails at the glamorous after party at Billingsgate on Tuesday night serenaded by Sugababes Keisha, Heidi and Amelle. Stylishly-dressed celebs including Bionic Woman Michelle Ryan, song and dance girl Martine McCutcheon, TV’s Kris Marshall and girl friend Kelly Eastwood and Gary Lineker with girlfriend Danielle Bux, were on the spot to sip a SKYY Cosmopolitan or SKYY Sweet Pineapple Martini.

Elegance. Hepburn had it. Marilyn Monroe reaped in it. Jackie Stallone couldn’t even buy it. But who is Ms Elegance of today? Victoria Beckham? Kate Moss? Jade Goody?

Being a WAG is no longer just about sitting in the sidelines cheering on your man - who just so happens to be a national sporting hero. These days many WAGs are branching out into new horizons and launching their own clothesline, perfume, fitness DVD or music video - well they can't go shopping all the time!

A special welfare fund set up for Pete Doherty has raised just £17.10, it was revealed today. Lastseason.com - the UK' leading online discount fashion retailer - launched the welfare fund last month by offering a select range of big brand stripey tops with a percentage of the sales to be set aside to assist Pete Doherty once he got of jail.

Men would most like to be stuck in a traffic jam with Kelly Brook and women would most like a good giggle with Peter Kay this Bank Holiday according to a survey by Swinton, the UK’s leading high street car insurance retailer.

Starring Parker Posey (Superman Returns), Paul Rudd (Over Her Dead Body), Mischa Barton (The O.C.) and Danny DeVito (The Good Night), and featuring neatly played cameos by Liza Minnelli (Arrested Development) and Heather Graham (Bobby), The Oh In Ohio is a smart and sassy romantic comedy about sex, satisfaction, spontaneity and the vagaries of love.

Gemma Atkinson, who made her name in Chester teen soap Hollyoaks, is returning to Chester to create her own room set as part of the Home & Garden Show. Actress and model Gemma, who also starred in I’m a Celebrity Get me Out of Here, will be designing a stylish room suitable for a teenager in conjunction with the Teenage Cancer Trust and Arighi Bianchi. The Home & Garden Show, which is being held at Chester Racecourse, is the first time Gemma has branched out into design.

Famous names from the fashion, television, radio and music industries have come together to back Fashion Targets Breast Cancer (FTBC) UK in an advertising campaign which subtly plays on the topic of celebrity charity endorsement. Natalie Imbruglia, Anna Friel, Alan Carr, Edith Bowman and Twiggy have been shot by acclaimed photographer Rankin wearing their FTBC T-shirts with pride for the campaign from leading charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer which aims to raise £1m.