Alan Clark (65) yesterday accepted he was a legitimate subject for criticism and satire because of his colourful sex life - but not as a politician.
The Tory MP was giving evidence on the second day of his High Court action over a newspaper's spoof of his racy diaries, which he says caused him a "great deal of personal embarrassment". He claims the London Evening Standard's weekly column, Alan Clark's Secret Political Diary, damages his reputation as a serious man of letters and historian.
A man who admitted stealing nude photographs of Elle Macpherson from her home and threatening to post them on the Internet if she did not pay him $80,000 has been sentenced in California to six years and eight months in prison. The court also ordered Michael Mishler to pay restitution estimated at nearly $115,000 to the model, nicknamed The Body.
Anthony Quinn (82) married his former secretary Kathy Bevin (35) last week in Naples, Florida.
The ceremony - Quinn's third marriage - was attended by the couple's two children, Antonia (4), and Ryan (1).
Quinn has fathered 13 children from five different women. The children's ages range from one to 56 years.
His ex-wife Iolanda, divorced from Quinn after a 31year marriage, said the actor was making a fool of himself by marrying again.
Melinda Messenger has been voted Britain's Rear of the Year. The blonde from Swindon is the first page-three model to win the title which is now in its 15th year.
Former Take That singer Gary Barlow won the men's title after putting himself through a fitness regime to shed weight.