Actress Lange breaks collar bone

Lange's long-term partner is US actor and playwright Sam Shepard

Oscar-winning actress Jessica Lange has been hospitalised after breaking her collar bone at her home in Minnesota.

The 59-year-old also bruised her ribs and cut her forehead after falling from the steps of her house in Duluth, her representative Leslee Dart revealed.

According to her spokeswoman, the star - who won Academy Awards in 1983 and 1995 for her roles in Tootsie and Blue Sky - "will be completely fine".

The actress, she continued, "expects to be released from hospital imminently."

Lange appears with Drew Barrymore in the HBO movie Grey Gardens, to be premiered in the US next month.

Her other films include The Postman Always Rings Twice with Jack Nicholson, Patsy Cline biopic Sweet Dreams and the 1976 version of King Kong.

Who writer begs lotto for TV cash

Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies has called for national lottery money to be given to children's programmes.

In a speech to Bafta members, Davies said: "They put money into rubbish films, why can't they put money into children's television?"

Davies makes the Sarah Jane Adventures for CBBC but says budget cuts nearly cancelled his show three times.

Last month the BBC's governing body called for action to stop the decline in ratings for children's programmes.

The BBC Trust said that scheduling changes had contributed to the fall in viewing figures.

Davies echoed this in his speech by explaining that, after BBC One replaced Neighbours with the Weakest Link his Doctor Who spin-off, the Sarah Jane Adventures was pushed back in the schedule. It then lost 300,000 viewers.

He called for work to begin on changing the BBC guidelines to enable lottery money to fund children's television. "It needs to be a special case" he argued.

"They're our children, they're the most vital and precious resource you could ever find. It is more important than industry, it is more important than the economy, it is more important than food and education."

Davies worked in children's television at the start of his career. He produced Why Don't You?, wrote for ChuckleVision and picked up a Bafta for his writing on Children's Ward.

'Truly shocking'

In his speech he called the state of children's television "truly frightening", pointing out that it had disappeared from ITV and was the first thing to be squeezed by budget cuts on other outlets.

The third series of the Sarah Jane Adventures was hit by budget constraints. Davies said: "We had to look and say, do we want to make a version of Sarah Jane that's a travesty?

"It was truly shocking to have a successful show having to face cuts which are that severe" he continued.

The writer pointed out that different BBC departments had pulled together to rustle up the money which the programme needed to continue but that, in general, "children's (TV) is sinking lower and lower down the agenda".

Pixar animation to launch Cannes

Up tells of an old man who makes his entire house airborne

Up, the latest animated feature from Disney/Pixar, will launch this year's Cannes Film Festival on 13 May.

The world premiere will be screened in digital 3-D and marks the first time an animated movie has opened the event.

Featuring the voices of Ed Asner and Christopher Plummer, the film tells of a 78-year-old man who ties balloons to his house in order to become airborne.

Organisers have yet to confirm whether the film will be in competition at the festival, which runs until 24 May.

Up is out in the US on 29 May and will be released in the UK on 16 October.

Juror

The film is directed by Pete Docter, who previously directed Pixar's 2001 hit Monsters, Inc.

Last year's event saw Waltz with Bashir compete for the Palme d'Or and Kung Fu Panda screen out of competition.

Other animated features screened at recent Cannes Film Festivals include Over the Hedge and the first two movies in the Shrek series.

French actress Isabelle Huppert will chair the jury this year, having previously served as a juror on two separate occasions.

Pixar release Wall-E was named best animated feature at the Academy Awards on 22 February.

Britney's ex ordered to stay away

Britney Spears began her tour in New Orleans at the start of March

Britney Spears' father has taken out a restraining order against the singer's ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib, telling him to stay away from her for three years.

Mr Ghalib is a photographer who was involved with the star at the start of 2008, around the time she spent time in hospital and lost custody of her sons.

Her father, Jamie Spears, took over her welfare in February 2008 and fans have since seen a dramatic recovery.

She is now two weeks into a three-month tour, which ends in the UK in June.

Mr Ghalib must have no physical, e-mail or phone contact with the star, her parents or her two sons until March 2012.

The order was brought by Mr Spears and approved by Judge Aviva Bobb at Los Angeles Superior Court during a brief hearing on Wednesday.

Mr Spears has also sought to protect his daughter from her former self-styled manager Sam Lutfi.

Court documents said they had tried to undermine Mr Spears' control over the 27-year-old singer's affairs, according to the Associated Press (AP) news agency.

Mr Spears' lawyer told the judge that Mr Ghalib had not filed any objections to a protective order, AP said.

Talking Shop: Tony Christie

Tony Christie and Peter Kay had a huge hit with Amarillo in 2005

Four years after (Is This The Way To) Amarillo spent seven weeks at number one for Comic Relief, singer Tony Christie is back on the airwaves.

His latest album, Made In Sheffield, came out at the end of 2008 and features songs by Sheffield songwriters, including the Arctic Monkeys, Pulp, The Human League and Richard Hawley.

One song, Every Word She Said, was left off the album - but has now been released as a single.

Christie reveals why it was not on the album, what the Arctic Monkeys thought of his cover version and why he wants to move on from Amarillo.

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Why wasn't the new single on your latest album?

It was supposed to be part of the album. We got 12 songs together and when we listened to them, it didn't sit. It's quite a dark album, not a poppy album.

Every Word She Said is hooks all the way through. It's a cross between northern soul and Morricone.

We all sat around and couldn't see where we could put it on the album. So we left it off and just did 11 tracks.

That was it, but then the record people said it's the obvious one we've got to put out as a single. So they've had to reprint the album.

Tony Christie covered the Arctic Monkeys' Only Ones Who Know

Did the Sheffield bands tell you what they thought of your cover versions?

I met Alex [Turner, Arctic Monkeys singer] at the Q Awards. He said 'oh, I love that version of my song. I wish we'd have done it that way'.

When he got the copy, he was on the train with his mum and he kept playing it over and over again to his mum, all the way home. So that was great.

I think Jarvis [Cocker] is a national treasure, he should be the poet laureate. And I didn't meet [Human League frontman] Phil Oakey but Richard [Hawley] said he met him in the street and he had given him the thumbs up.

What makes the Sheffield sound?

It's got an edge. Liverpool had its sound, Manchester has its sound and Sheffield has a sound that's gritty, northern and quirky.

Richard Hawley produced the album and you worked with other musicians - did you learn anything from the youngsters?

When I did all my big early recordings, I stood on a piano with an arranger and he wrote parts for the choir and trumpets, we went into the studio and it was played and that was it.

I always felt that I was a more serious singer than that Tony Christie on Amarillo

This way, we rehearsed it, said 'let's try it this way, let's try that way' and spent days trying to get a different feel to a song.

In a couple of instances, we scrapped completely a couple of days work. We started again, got back in the rehearsal room, and everybody threw their ideas about, which was great. It wasn't an arranger, it was five or six people giving their input.

With hindsight, was Amarillo more of a blessing or a curse?

It was a blessing because it got me back in the UK. I was living in Spain at the time and doing very well abroad, but it's nice to be appreciated in your own land.

It means everything. I'll be honest, I do miss the weather.

Did the success of Amarillo have its downsides?

Tony Christie was out of the UK charts for almost 30 years before Amarillo

Yeah, people pigeonhole you. I always felt that I was a more serious singer than that. Having said that, I wish I had one of those songs every five years.

With most artists, to find out what they're really like you've got to listen to the albums and forget the hits. But the pop side is what the people like you for.

I think Avenues and Alleyways is, on the whole, a better song. And it is one of the songs that I really enjoy singing on stage.

You were in the running to enter Eurovision in 1976 - would you fancy trying again?

No, not now. It's a poisoned chalice at the moment isn't it? It's political, it's nothing to do with music any more. It's all happened since the east political voting started.

When I did it, I was beaten by Kisses For Me [by Brotherhood of Man], which went on to win it. Then, it was still fun and enjoyable, and all the fun's gone out of it. Now that Wogan's left, I don't think I'm going to watch it.

If X Factor was around when you started, how far do you think you would have got?

Simon Cowell may not have liked me. I think I may have got through the auditions. But the good thing about it is you've got an instant 10 million people seeing you.

Whereas in my early days, I was playing to a few hundred people a night, travelling around the country. But I did learn a hell of a lot. I learnt one thing - I don't want to go back to it.

Corden and Horne's horror show

Corden and Horne are joined by Paul McGann in the fight against the vampires

by Tim Masters Entertainment reporter, BBC News

It's hard to escape Gavin and Stacey stars James Corden and Mathew Horne at the moment.

As well as a new BBC Three sketch show, Horne's West End role in Entertaining Mr Sloane, and Corden's turn on Comic Relief, the comedy duo star in the film Lesbian Vampire Killers.

Corden and Horne play two no-hopers who go on a hiking holiday and find themselves stuck in a village where the women have been enslaved by a vampire curse.

Early reviews have been lukewarm and the film has been the target of criticism from an internet campaign by a pro-lesbian group.

Horne told the BBC this week that the the film was "a lot less gratuitous than you might think

Heaney collects lifetime honour

Heaney won the TS Eliot Prize in 2006

Irish poet Seamus Heaney has been awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature, honouring him for his lifetime's work.

The

Clough family 'should see film'

Michael Sheen stars as Brian Clough in The Damned United

Actor Michael Sheen says he hopes Brian Clough's family will watch his latest film about the late football manager.

The Damned United follows the doomed 44 days Clough spent managing Leeds United in 1974 before he was sacked.

But Clough's family have said they will boycott the film as they were unhappy with the book upon which it is based.

"It's a much more affectionate and respectful look at Brian," Sheen said ahead of the film's world premiere in London's Leicester Square later.

"I hope they get to see it because I can understand their fears," he added.

"I know they weren't happy with the book but I think the film is a very different animal.

"We felt that any film that was going to be about Brian Clough would have to be something that showed why people had so much affection and admiration for him.

"I think the film does service to that and I hope that if any of the family get to watch it they can make their minds up after that."

Family snub

Michael Sheen on playing Brian Clough

Clough, a former England player who died in 2004, found success managing Derby County and Nottingham Forrest either side of his unhappy tenure at Leeds.

His son Nigel told BBC Radio Derby that the family would snub the film because the book - which portrayed Brian as the victim of his own ambition - had upset his mother, and Brian's wife, Barbara.

"I'll go with the principle that if the film is based on the book, we won't be going down the road of seeing it," he said.

Tom Hooper, the director of The Damned United, said that he and screenwriter Peter Morgan had made efforts to get Clough's family involved with the project.

"We invited them to read the script and see an early cut of the movie and the finished film," he said.

"I would have loved to speak to them because what better [way is there to do] research? We definitely wanted to involve them.

"Peter and I were affected by what they felt about the book so it did inspire us to make as rounded a portrait of Brian Clough as we could," he added.

The film goes on general release on 27 March.

Carey up for international Booker

Carey won the second of his Booker Prizes in 2001

Two-time Booker winner Peter Carey has made the shortlist for the prize's prestigious international honour.

The Australian writer is nominated along with 13 other novelists, including Peruvian Manuel Vargas Llosa and 2001 Nobel Laureate VS Naipaul.

James Kelman is the only UK-born author to make the list, while three Americans including Evan S Connell are included.

The winner, who will be announced in May, is recognised for their an entire body of work.

Prize money

The first award was given in 2004 to Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare and is presented once every two years to a living author.

A total of 12 countries are represented on the shortlist, with seven writers' works being in translation.

India's Mahasweta Devi, Croatian Dubravka Ugresic and Russian author Ludmila Ulitskaya are also in contention to be recognised.

Arnost Lustig from the Czech Republic and Italian Antonio Tabucchi complete the list.

Carey, who now lives in New York, is one of only two authors to have won the Booker Prize on two occasions, the other being South Africa's JM Coetzee.

His books Oscar and Lucinda (1988) and The True History of The Kelly Gang (2001) were successful.

Chair of the judges, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley, said the shortlisting process had made the panel "aware of how unusual and astonishing the literary world really is".

"We've all read books by authors we had never heard of before and they have turned out to be some of the best books we've ever read," she continued.

"It makes me wonder who else is out there untranslated into English."

This year's winner will be awarded a prize of

Jolie gun film advert is banned

Angelina Jolie was the female lead in the action flick

A television advert for the DVD release of Angelina Jolie's film Wanted has been banned for "glorifying" gun use.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that the commercial gave the impression that "using guns was sexy and glamorous".

Makers Universal Pictures have been told the advert cannot be shown again in its current form, and is unsuitable to be seen by older children.

One complaint from a member of the public was received by the ASA.

The complainant said the promotion glamorised guns and claimed it was unsuitable to be shown early on a Saturday morning when children were likely to be watching.

Unsuitable

The ASA noted that the advert for the 18 certificate movie was not allowed to be screened when younger children were likely to be watching.

But the watchdog ruled it was unsuitable for older children as well.

Universal said it had not been broadcast at unsuitable times, and did not contain any contentious material.

They added that other action releases which contained guns and high-speed chases had been advertised as "the coolest movie of the year" and not prompted any complaints.

The company also felt there was an objection to a woman in an action lead role, rather than concerns about violence.

Clearcast, the company which approves TV adverts for broadcasts, said they believed viewers would be able to distinguish between weapons in a fantasy setting and the reality of urban gun crime.

In September, posters advertising the film were banned by the ASA, which ruled its images and text glamorised the use of guns.

Wanted was released in UK cinemas last June and entered the box office chart at number two with takings of more than

Richardson's family at hospital

Richardson and Neeson got married in 1994

Actress Natasha Richardson's family have gathered at her bedside in New York's Lenox Hill Hospital.

The 45-year-old is in a critical condition following a skiing accident in Canada on Monday.

She was flown by private jet to the US on Tuesday, accompanied by her actor husband Liam Neeson.

Their sons and Richardson's mother, Vanessa Redgrave, have all visited the hospital. A family spokesperson told the BBC they are all "very distressed".

'Undramatic accident'

Richardson initially appeared unhurt after an "undramatic accident" on a beginners' run at the resort of Mont Tremblant.

The Tony award-winning actress was taken ill an hour later.

She was later taken to the nearby Centre Hospitalier Laurentien before being transferred to the larger Hopital du Sacre-Coeur, in Montreal.

Mont Tremblant ski resort spokesperson Lyne Lorties descibes what happened

Neeson left the set of his latest film, Chloe, which is shooting in Toronto, to be at his wife's bedside.

The Manhattan hospital to which Richardson has been transferred is near the family home.

An update on her condition is expected later on Wednesday.

Acting dynasty

The statement from the Mont Tremblant resort in Canada said the actress "fell in a beginners' trail while taking a ski lesson".

"She was accompanied by an experienced ski instructor who immediately called the ski patrol," it continued.

"She did not show any visible sign of injury but the ski patrol followed strict procedures and brought her back to the bottom of the slope and insisted she should see a doctor."

Richardson and Neeson married in 1994 after appearing in the film Nell.

Part of the Redgrave acting dynasty, Richardson is the daughter of Redgrave and director Tony Richardson, and the sister of Nip/Tuck star Joely Richardson.

She has starred in a number of Hollywood films and acted opposite an 11-year-old Lindsay Lohan in 1998's The Parent Trap.

But she is better known for her work on the stage, winning a Tony award in 1998 for her starring role in Sam Mendes' Broadway production of Cabaret.

Work starts on mine art project

Plensa is currently exhibiting his work in Paris

Construction work is getting under way on what has been billed as a landmark piece of public art on Merseyside.

The 20m (66ft) high Dream sculpture is being constructed near junction 7 of the M62 on the site of the former Sutton Manor Colliery, St Helens.

It takes the form of a girl's head with her eyes closed, seemingly in a dream-like state, and was chosen by a group of local ex-miners.

Council leader Brian Spencer said it would be an "incredible sight".

Spanish artist Jaume Plensa was commissioned to design the sculpture, which will be publicly launched in May as part of a Channel 4 programme called the Big Art Project.

This transformation is particularly poignant given the history of the site itself Brian Spencer, council leader

Plensa's famous artworks include a sculpted and illuminated glass dome for the BBC's Broadcasting House in London.

He is also behind the Crown Fountain in the centre of Chicago and is currently exhibiting a work called Nosotros in front of the Petit Palais in Paris.

The work will be made up of 90 individually fabricated panels of pre-cast concrete and brought to the site in sections.

Mr Spencer, who previously worked as a miner down Sutton Manor Colliery, said: "It will be an incredible sight to witness the birth of this amazing new artwork, which will put St Helens on the map and provide a landmark sense of welcome and arrival for the region as a whole for generations to come.

"This transformation is particularly poignant given the history of the site itself.

"This unprecedented project just goes to show that hopes and dreams really can come true, and in spectacular fashion, when we all work together with a shared vision towards a common goal."

Once constructed, it will be clearly visible from the M62 between Manchester and Liverpool.

Talking Shop: Preeya Kalidas

BBC soap EastEnders is introducing another Asian character to its storylines next month. Preeya Kalidas will play Amira Shah - the girlfriend of forthcoming character Syed Masood (Marc Elliott).

Preeya Kalidas's character causes a stir in Albert Square

The British Asian actress is no stranger to stage, screen and television.

She currently has a part in BBC One's Mistresses and starred in A R Rahman's West End show Bombay Dreams, produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

She sang the hit song Shakalaka Baby, which won best video at MTV Asia Awards.

Her credits also include the films Bend It Like Beckham and East is East.

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So you are joining EastEnders - tell us about your character?

She's a bit of a socialite. She's called Amira and she kind of kicks up a bit of fuss in Albert Square.

And she's associated with one of the Masoods?

That's right, their son. Not the youngest son but their eldest son who turns up. He's beautiful and really nice.

Are you looking forward to going into the Square?

I am. I'm quite nervous actually because it's a whole different way of working. I went in for rehearsals and had a talk from the director who gave me a whole lowdown on how and what the process is.

Nitin Ganatra (Mahood Ahmed), who I know and have worked with before, gave me a whole insight into the world - and that world is a very different way of working. It's quite quick so you kind of really have to be on it.

What is it about EastEnders that made you take the role?

It's such an institution and I watched EastEnders when I was growing up. It's so weird because my family still watch it. I have to admit I haven't seen it for a while but it's one of those programmes you can dip in and out of and you kind of get into it.

So, it was weird the first day going onto the Square - it's kind of overwhelming. It's a national treasure, it's the nation's best-loved show so to be part of that is just amazing.

Do you think there is a good representation of British Asians in the soap?

I definitely know the Masoods are a really popular family and they're doing really well and they're great actors. They have such fun with it and I think they just make it really work.

I can't talk on behalf of the whole community but I think what they're doing is great and, as far as I know, the response to them has been really good.

Do you think we will see more Asian characters in the Square?

Why not?! There's so much to represent within our communities and that for me is quite exciting going in and doing that even though she (Amira) is a snob at first. She has issues, let's say, so that's why she reacts the way she does initially. It's great!

Preeya Kalidas was talking exclusively to the BBC Asian Network's Shabnam Mahmood.

Actress critical after ski fall

Richardson won a Tony award in 1998 for Cabaret

Natasha Richardson, the actress wife of Liam Neeson, is in a critical condition in a Montreal hospital after a skiing accident, the BBC has learned.

The 45-year-old suffered head injuries at the resort of Mont Tremblant on Monday. Neeson has flown to her side.

She fell on training slopes on Monday and did not immediately show signs of injury but was taken to hospital an hour later after feeling unwell.

Internet rumours of Richardson's death were untrue said a family spokesperson.

The agent for actress Vanessa Redgrave, Richardson's mother, confirmed that Neeson had left the set of his latest film, Chloe, which is shooting in Toronto, to be with his wife.

Vanessa Redgrave is looking after the couple's two children in New York.

'Very distressed'

The couple married in 1994 after appearing in the film Nell, and have two sons.

A member of Richardson's family, who spoke to the BBC but has asked not to be named, said the whole family was "very distressed" by the incident.

The statement from the Mont Tremblant resort in Canada said the actress "fell in a beginners' trail while taking a ski lesson".

"She was accompanied by an experienced ski instructor who immediately called the ski patrol," it continued.

"She did not show any visible sign of injury but the ski patrol followed strict procedures and brought her back to the bottom of the slope and insisted she should see a doctor."

The actress was later taken to the nearby Centre Hospitalier Laurentien before being transferred to the larger Hopital du Sacre-Coeur.

A spokesperson for the hospital in Montreal could not confirm whether the actress was still there on Tuesday morning, but suggested her family might make a statement on Wednesday.

Part of the Redgrave acting dynasty, Richardson is the daughter of Vanessa Redgrave and director Tony Richardson, and the sister of Nip/Tuck star Joely Richardson.

She has starred in a number of Hollywood films and acted opposite an 11-year-old Lindsay Lohan in 1998's The Parent Trap.

But she is better known for her work on the stage, winning a Tony award in 1998 for her starring role in Sam Mendes' Broadway production of Cabaret.

Winehouse denies assaulting woman

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Winehouse arrives at court

Singer Amy Winehouse has denied attacking a woman after a charity ball in central London.

Ms Winehouse, 25, is accused of assaulting the woman in Berkeley Square, Westminster, on 25 September.

The singer appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court accompanied by her father Mitch.

Accused of a charge of common assault against Sherene Flash, she pleaded not guilty. The case was adjourned until 23 July at the same court.

Ms Winehouse arrived late for court.

Her lawyer, Mark Haslam, apologised to District Judge Timothy Workman for her lateness, saying she had been delayed on the way to court.

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Rare project saves Hemingway papers

By Michael Voss BBC News, Havana

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A look inside Ernest Hemingway's Cuban home

An important collection of papers belonging to the American writer Ernest Hemingway has been saved for posterity, thanks to a unique joint rescue mission involving communist Cuba and the United States.

The letters, manuscripts and documents offer fresh insights into the man, his work and his colourful life.

For decades they had been gathering mould and dust in the basement of the Nobel Prize winning author's former home on the outskirts of Havana.

"Papa" Hemingway moved to Cuba in 1939 and spent 21 years living at the Finca Vigia or Lookout Farm, with its lush sub-tropical gardens and impressive views of Havana and the sea beyond.

Today, some 50,000 tourists a year come to peer through the open doors and windows to see where he wrote the Old Man and the Sea while entertaining Hollywood stars.

The walls are full of the stuffed heads of animals he shot whilst on safari in Africa along with a collection of bullfighting paintings.

Hidden away in the basement of the house were thousands of his papers.

Politics is not important. We are working to preserve a legacy which belongs to both peoples Gladys Rodriguez

For decades they had been gathering dust in hot, humid conditions.

The Cubans were working hard to preserve the house and its contents but did not have the resources to protect the documents.

In a rare exception to the trade embargo, the Bush administration agreed to allow a joint rescue mission.

In 2002 the Cuban National Cultural Heritage Council signed a co-operation agreement with the New York based Social Science Research Council.

US conservation and digitalisation specialists made regular trips to Havana while two Cuban restoration experts went to the US for additional training.

'Sweet old lion'

The restoration work is a rare exception to the US embargo of Cuba

Hemingway has long been considered a cultural bridge between Cuba and the US. Now he is helping to cross the political divide.

Gladys Rodriguez, from the Cultural Heritage Council, is the project co-ordinator.

"Politics is not important," she says. "We are working to preserve a legacy which belongs to both peoples. So we can work together."

Phase one is now complete - 3,197 pages of documents have been restored and then scanned on to digital archives.

There are no newly discovered, previously unpublished literary works amongst the documents but there is an alternative ending to For Whom the Bell Tolls.

There is also the final draft of the Hollywood screenplay to the 1958 Hollywood movie version of The Old Man and the Sea, which starred Spencer Tracy.

"He hated all the film versions of his books except this one," the museum's director Ada Rosa Alfonso explained.

"With The Old Man and the Sea he was actively involved in revising the film script. He participated in the filming and had producers and actors staying with him in the house. We have photos of them."

A careful and detailed reading of the letters suggests this was a more intense, passionate and material love Ada Rosa Alfonso

One subject arousing interest is a series of letters from a young Italian countess, Adriana Ivancich.

"My crazy good sweet old lion," she calls him.

They had met in Europe and Adriana later visited Hemingway in Cuba, becoming the inspiration for his 1950 novel, Across the River and into the Trees.

It was widely believed that they were just good friends but now Ada Rosa Alfonso is not so sure.

"Hemingway's passion for Adriana was well known," she says.

"Most researchers and those who knew them describe it as a platonic relationship. But a careful and detailed reading of the letters suggests this was a more intense, passionate and material love."

Cashing in

There are still about 1,000 documents left to be restored.

How to make the perfect mojito

Preserving the publisher's galley proofs for Across the River and into the Trees marks the start of phase two of the project.

Some of the pages are torn, others show sign of mould and stains. Many have handwritten alterations by Hemingway scribbled in the margins.

Mayte Soto is one of the Cuban restoration specialists who has been working on the Hemingway documents from the very beginning.

"We could never have completed the project so quickly without help. Restoration materials are so expensive we couldn't afford them otherwise."

Each page is washed in a special solution before being carefully dried, laminated and filed away in acid free storage boxes.

All of the equipment, including papers, chemicals, brushes and rollers, were provided by the US.

There are also hundreds of photographs amongst the collection.

Many show Hemingway drinking with friends including Gary Cooper and Spencer Tracy at one of his favourite watering holes in Havana, El Floridita.

Hemingway has been a cultural bridge between the US and Cuba

Today there is a statue of him propping up one corner of the bar.

The Cubans have been quick to cash in on Hemingway's presence here.

At times it appears as if every bar in the city where the hard drinking writer fell over drunk has been turned into a tourist attraction.

At the nearby Bodegita Del Medio, tourists queue up outside for a chance to squeeze in and sample Cuba's famous rum cocktail, the Mojito.

What you do not see is many Americans drinking here. US citizens are still banned from travelling to communist Cuba.

That is one reason why, as part of the rescue mission, CDs and microfilms of all his documents have been sent to the Hemingway Archives at the Kennedy Museum in Boston.

They will be made available to scholars later in the year.

Goody 'too ill' for Shilpa visit

Goody was diagnosed with cervical cancer in August 2008

Jade Goody is too unwell to receive a visit from her Celebrity Big Brother housemate Shilpa Shetty, her publicist Max Clifford has said.

The Bollywood star had hoped to visit her terminally ill friend this week, after missing her wedding due to filming commitments.

But Mr Clifford said: "She is not well. Shilpa totally understands that."

Goody's condition deteriorated over the weekend, after she left hospital to spend more time with her two sons.

Her husband Jack Tweed was allowed to break his curfew on Friday to be at her side.

Mr Clifford said the family were preparing for the worst.

"She has put her house in order and faced up to everything in an incredibly brave way," he said.

"Now we're waiting for the inevitable. It could be at any time, we just don't know."

Shetty, 33, won Celebrity Big Brother in 2007 following a series of altercations with Goody, who was accused of bullying and racism.

The pair made their peace long before Goody was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2008, while appearing on the Indian version of Big Brother - which Shetty hosted.

Despite undergoing surgery and chemotherapy, the disease spread to her bowel, liver and groin.

Tweed proposed to her shortly after she was told she may only have weeks to live.

Their wedding took place on 22 February, with Goody selling footage and photographs in order to fund her sons' future education.

Around 771,000 people watched the ceremony on TV channel Living last week, according to early figures.

Lohan arrest warrant is quashed

Lohan's personal life is a regular tabloid fixture

A judge has quashed an arrest warrant for Mean Girls actress Lindsay Lohan.

The warrant was issued last week over claims she violated the terms of her parole for drink driving and drug offences in 2007.

On Monday, a lawyer for the 22-year-old presented evidence to show that she had kept to her rehabilitation programme.

Shawn Chapman Holley told the court that confusion had stemmed from the actress switching treatment programs, saying it was "much ado about nothing"

Driving arrests

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marsha N Revel told Holley that Lohan needed to provide better documentation to avoid future court problems.

The judge also noted that Lohan had not failed any drug or alcohol tests.

Lohan pleaded guilty in August 2007 to two counts of being under the influence of cocaine and no contest to drink driving and a charge of reckless driving.

She spent 84 minutes in jail and had to perform community service as well as the rehabilitation treatment.

The actress did not make an appearance in court on Monday, to the disappointment of dozens of photographers.

Tarrant arrested in assault claim

Chris Tarrant was released without charge after questioning

TV star Chris Tarrant was arrested over the alleged assault of a woman at his Surrey home, police have confirmed.

The 62-year-old was questioned by officers after a woman claimed she had been assaulted during a domestic dispute at his property in Esher.

The host of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? and Colour of Money was released without charge following the incident on 5 March.

Surrey Police said no further action was being taken.

Divorce settlement

A spokesman said: "Police officers attended an address in Esher at 12.58am on Thursday 5 March following reports of a domestic dispute.

"A man in his 60s was arrested on suspicion of assault and taken to Staines Police Station.

"He was later released without any further action being taken."

The alleged victim is not believed to be Mr Tarrant's former wife Ingrid, 56.

The couple split up in September 2006 after she discovered he had been committing adultery.

His former wife was awarded almost half of a

Banks 'concerned' over model riot

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Emergency services at the scene after the incident

America's Next Top Model host Tyra Banks says she is "concerned" after an audition for her show ended with six people injured and three arrests.

Thousands of modelling hopefuls were queuing outside a hotel in Manhattan, New York, when bedlam broke out.

Police cancelled the audition but could not say what had sparked the panic.

Banks and the show's producer Ken Mok said: "We are concerned by the events. We still don't know all the details of what triggered the incident."

They added: "We appreciate the efforts of the NYPD and will assist them in any way possible in this matter."

Reports suggest the incident involved a man charging into the crowd in an attempt to steal handbags.

Sleeping bags

Clothes and shoes were abandoned in the street as women tried to escape the melee.

Tyra Banks created America's Next Top Model

Some of those waiting in line at the Park Central New York hotel had camped out overnight with chairs and sleeping bags to get their shot at fame.

Of those injured, only two were taken to hospital, according to the New York fire department.

Two women and a man were arrested on charges of inciting to riot and disorderly conduct.

This 13th series of the reality show is seeking 12 finalists who are shorter than the average model, with auditions only open to those under 5ft 7ins.

Fronted by supermodel Banks, it is broadcast on CW in the US and Living in the UK.

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Ugly scenes at TV model audition

Tyra Banks created America's Next Top Model

An audition in New York for the TV show America's Next Top Model turned ugly when chaos broke out, leaving six people injured and three arrests.

Thousands were queuing outside a Manhattan hotel hoping to be selected for the hit reality show, created and hosted by former supermodel Tyra Banks.

Police cancelled the audition but could not say what had sparked the panic.

Reports suggest matters were made worse when a man charged into the crowd attempting to steal handbags.

Sleeping bags

Clothes and shoes were abandoned in the street as women tried to escape the melee.

Some of those waiting in line at the Park Central New York hotel had camped out overnight with chairs and sleeping bags to get their shot at fame.

Of those injured only two were taken to hospital, according to the fire service.

The arrests of two women and a man were on charges of inciting to riot and disorderly conduct.

The CW network, which airs the show, said it was working with authorities to investigate what had happened.

This 13th series of the show is seeking 12 finalists who are shorter than the average model, with auditions only open to those under 5ft 7ins.

Warrant issued for Lohan's arrest

Lohan has so far been unable to live up to her early success as a teen star

An arrest warrant has been issued for actress Lindsay Lohan, police say.

"The $50,000 warrant issued by the Beverly Hills Superior Court stems from a May 2007 arrest of Miss Lohan", said a Beverly Hills police statement.

"It is our hope that Miss Lohan will surrender herself so that this matter will be resolved in a timely manner."

Lohan, 22, is currently on three years' probation, after pleading guilty to drink driving and drug charges as part of a plea bargain in August 2007.

No further details regarding the warrant were available.

Sergeant Mike Foxen, of the Beverly Hills Police, told the Associated Press that police have not yet contacted the actress. Calls to her publicist and lawyer have not been returned.

Lohan could face jail if she fails to complete the terms of her probation, such as failing to have a drug test or meet with her probation officer.

Jail time

The Mean Girls actress crashed her car in Los Angeles in May 2007 and was arrested again, two months later, after being stopped by police.

Charges included driving while over the alcohol limit and being under the influence of cocaine.

The star avoided more serious charges because she was only in possession of a small quantity of drugs both times she was arrested.

She was ordered to complete an 18-month-old alcohol education programme, and spend one day in jail as part of her sentence.

The actress shot to fame as a teenager in films such as The Parent Trap and Freaky Friday, but has struggled to maintain her early promise.

In 2008, she won three Razzies, including two for worst actress, for her role in the 2007 psychological thriller I Know Who Killed Me.

Stars celebrate Minghella's work

Anthony Minghella won nine Oscars for the 1995 film The English Patient

Actors Jude Law and Alan Rickman have joined film producer Lord Puttnam at the launch of a weekend-long memorial event for director Anthony Minghella.

The Oscar-winning director, whose work includes The English Patient, died suddenly at the age of 54, a year ago.

The Minghella Movie Marathon, which takes place on the director's beloved Isle of Wight, celebrates his work.

Announcements will include plans for an annual event "conceived in the spirit and memory of Anthony".

Screenings of Minghella's films will take place across the weekend.

Law, who worked with Minghella on many of his best-known films, will introduce The Talented Mr Ripley, and a documentary on the making of Cold Mountain.

'Passionate'

Actors and colleagues Martin Freeman and Kevin Whateley, and jazz musician Guy Barker, will also attend the event in Newport.

"Anthony was passionate about everything he loved, including film-making and the Isle of Wight," said a statement released by his brother Dominic and sister Gioia, who are hosting the event.

"It seems entirely fitting to celebrate his memory with a movie marathon on the island and we look forward to welcoming his many, many film industry friends to Newport this weekend."

A series based on Minghella's final work - a TV film based on the Alexander McCall Smith's novels The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - begins on BBC One on Sunday.

Clooney cameo boosts ER ratings

Clooney received his fourth Oscar nomination for Michael Clayton in 2008

George Clooney's brief return to US TV in medical series ER gave the show its highest ratings in two years, as the long-running series draws to a close.

Clooney's comeback episode, which also featured former regulars Noah Wyle (Dr Carter) and Eriq La Salle (Dr Benton) saw a 23% increase in viewers.

ER, US TV's top-rated drama for several years in the 1990s, thrust Clooney, 47, into the Hollywood spotlight.

The actor left in 1999 to pursue a film career, winning an Oscar in 2005.

In the same year that he picked up the award for best supporting actor in Syriana, Clooney was also nominated for best director and best original screenplay for his work on Good Night, and Good Luck.

Ratings slump

ER, set in the emergency room of a fictional Chicago hospital, was the most popular show on television in 1995, averaging 32 million viewers a week.

The series was created by the late Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton

But - now in its 15th, and final, series - the show barely manages 8 million viewers per episode.

After Clooney made a brief cameo on the show in 2000 - which saw him settling down with his on-screen partner Carol Hathaway (played by Julianna Margulies) - it was widely reported he would not return.

Other former stars of the show have also featured in the final series, including Laura Innes (Dr Weaver) and Anthony Edwards (Dr Greene) - whose character appeared in flashback, having died of brain cancer in 2002.

Thursday's Old Times episode, which also marked a guest appearance by Susan Sarandon, gave ER it best ratings since February 2007 with an audience average of 10.7 million.

The Clooney episode will screen on More4 on 14 May. The final episode will air in the US on 2 April.

Shetty flying in to visit Goody

Filming prevented Shetty from attending Goody's recent wedding

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is flying in next week to visit terminally ill reality TV star Jade Goody.

Shetty won Celebrity Big Brother in 2007 following a series of altercations with fellow contestant Goody, who was accused of bullying and racism.

"Shilpa has been keeping in touch with her for months and they are good friends," said publicist Max Clifford.

"She desperately wants to see her if she's well enough." Clifford added that Goody was comfortable, but "very weak".

"She has deteriorated, she is very weak," said Clifford. "We are on the edge of a precipice."

'Bad way'

The 27-year-old star left hospital for her home in Upshire, Essex last week, to spend time with her young sons - Freddy and Bobby.

Her husband Jack Tweed was allowed to break his curfew on Friday to be at her side.

"She was in a bad way last night, she was panicking," said Clifford.

Goody was diagnosed with cervical cancer in August 2008

"He went over and calmed her down and she went to sleep. She settled down and had a comfortable night."

Tweed, 21, was jailed for 18 months last September after assaulting a teenager with a golf club.

He was released early from Wayland Prison in Norfolk in January on condition he wears a tag and returns to his mother's house in Essex by 7pm each day.

Shetty and Goody are said to have made their peace long before Goody was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2008, while appearing on the Indian version of Big Brother.

Despite undergoing surgery and chemotherapy, the disease spread to her bowel, liver and groin and she is now believed to have weeks to live.

Cervical screening

"She's taking every day as it comes. She's at home now and she's in good spirits," said Clifford.

"From a spiritual point of view she's as good as she can be."

He added that she was "delighted" by news that the government is looking at reviewing the age limit for cervical cancer testing.

Goody told him: "It's too late for me, Max, but it will save a lot of others."

Health minister Ann Keen announced on Friday that a panel of experts would consider whether women under 25 should be offered smear tests.

In 2004, the age for women to be invited for routine cervical screening was raised from 20 to 25, in line with World Health Organisation guidelines.

"Cervical screening saves around 4,500 lives every year and we want to ensure that our programme remains in the best interests of young women," said Ms Keen.