One of Britain's legendary drunks has been triumphantly brought back to life on the London stage by Peter O'Toole in a new production of Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell.
A star-studded first night audience, including Kevin Spacey and Gretta Scacchi, at the Old Vic theatre gave O'Toole (67) a standing ovation that lasted the length of four curtain calls.
America's schlockmeister supreme, Jerry Springer, is thinking of giving up his televised freak-show for another controversial arena known for its dysfunctional personalities, oversize egos and loud mouths: the US senate.
Inspired by the success of Jesse Ventura, the former wrestler who won the governorship of nearby Minnesota last year, Ohio's flagging Democrats have implored the talkshow host to stand in 2000.
DJ Zoe Ball got an early wedding present yesterday with new figures showing an increase of 200,000 listeners to her breakfast show.
The Radio 1 star, who marries DJ Fat Boy Slim later this month, saw her audience rise from 6.68 million to 6.88 million.
Big Breakfast presenter Johnny Vaughan was kept waiting at the altar for 16 minutes yesterday before he tied the knot with Antonia Davies.
Among the guests was Johnny's former co-presenter Kelly Brook, his new co-presenter Liza Tarbuck, and former host Denise Van Outen.