Strolling through the Covent Garden Piazza today, I happened upon Richard Branson Wii-ing. Here’s a pictue of him taking a rest after a Wii.

That is all.

I don’t watch Big Brother. Never have, never will. I can’t stand reality television. If I want to see a bunch of stupid people, I can just walk on the street or go to the pub or wherever. So, it should come as no surprise that when a bunch of illiterates are thrown into a house together, things might get a bit volatile. Like the World Cup, it’s almost impossible not to get caught up in the Big Brother frenzy even for those of us who haven’t watched a single episode.

According to the front page of the Independent, Big Brother has received over 21,000 complaints regarding racism on the programme, all of it aimed at the Bollywood actress with the name that no one can remember.

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The Arctic Monkeys are recording in a studio in Kensal Town. I was there but unfortunately as the Boy is working there I cant give out any proper details as to which studio it is…

However they are there all week and I am dropping by at lunchtimes (hehehehe) so if I actually hear anything being sung – you will be the first to know!!!!

So don’t ask me what I had to do for them, but managed to get tickets to the Miami Vice premiere last night. I submit for your viewing pleasure Michael Mann and Gong Li:

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Ive just finished reading the last of JK Rowlings Harry Potter Books ‘The Half Blood Prince’, and thus have given myself a) Harry Withdrawls b)Harry on the Brain and c) Harry Fever…

So Ive literally gone about Harry hunting, which is quite fun. I found this Harry at the specs store on the corner of Portobello Road and Lancasdter Road – so now I know who Harry is hanging around with when school is out.

I want to go find out where the hell is Diagon Alley, and Grimauld Place, and any other Harry involved streets shops etc, maybe find the Kid Himself…… I wonder if anyone else has found a Harry Place in London?

I’m normally not a huge fan of celebrity nicknames, but ‘TomKat’, and therefore, ‘TomKitten‘, makes me laugh. A lot.

It’s a relief to know that Tom’s spawn was born according to the proper rules of the Scientologist creed (mom must be silent, miserable, downtrodden) and given the appropriately silly celebrity-child name (Suri) (Which, in all fairness, is a pretty name).

So, however wacky and annoying Tom Cruise and his rented progeny are, they’re still trumped by Chris and Gwen (Chrennyth?MarTrow?) and their baby ‘Moses‘. Painful.

A new biography of Barbra Streisand alleges the superstar’s list of lovers includes Diana, Princess Of Wales’ former husband Prince Charles and her lover Dodi Fayed.

Barbra: The Way She Is by Christopher Anderson claims Streisand is “cheap,” has a “Maria Callas-sized ego,” is prone to huge tantrums and has a star-studded list of former conquests.

Warren Beatty, Ryan O’Neal, Steve McQueen, Kris Kristofferson, Don Johnson, Jon Voight, Elliott Gould, Andre Agassi, Richard Gere, Omar Sharif, Liam Neeson and Peter Jennings are just some of the men linked with her.

Anderson also alleges Streisand, 63, was banned from the White House during Bill Clinton’s presidency by his wife Hillary after the former First Lady discovered the actress had stayed overnight while she was away, the New York Post reports. Barbra: The Way She Is will hit stores on March 28.

(from the World Entertainment News Network)

That’s just creepy.

All over the press today:

Heather Mills, anti-landmine crusader, has convinced 77 of her A- and B-list friends to donate their old footware to an eBay auction. So if you’ve ever wanted to sniff Wayne Rooney’s trainers or explore Anna Kournikova’s dainty boots… I don’t actually want to hear about it.

But the auctions kick off at 16.00 this afternoon on eBay.co.uk and will run until 2 April.

Yoko Ono’s spokesman has attacked a “tasteless, tacky and exploitative” pay-per-view TV “seance” to contact the spirit of late Beatle John Lennon.

Viewers will be charged $9.95 (£5.70) to watch the programme on 24 April

More from the BBC…

In case your family is short of melancholy crooners, the Times revealed today that James Blunt has a penchant for selling his siblings on eBay.

“She was crying because she couldn’t get to a funeral in southern Ireland,” he explains. Snapping into action, the musician sought bidders for a “damsel in distress” needing a “knight in shining armour”. The winner whisked her to the service in a helicopter. “They’re now dating and they’ve been going out for 18 months and she’s living with him,” Blunt says. He now intends to put his second sister “on sale soon”. Still, you’d think he might have made enough now from four million album sales.

Ain’t he a sweetie? Personally, my sister would kill me…