Claudia Schiffer blames actresses and singers for the death of the supermodel culture. The catwalk queen believes the fame herself, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford enjoyed in the 1990s is at an end because advertisers now prefer using actresses and singers.

Happy Birthday to "The O.C." actress Rachel Bilson (1981), "Kenan & Kel" star Kel Mitchell (1978), German supermodel Claudia Schiffer (1970), "All My Children" actor Cameron Mathison (1969), Powerman 5000 singer Spider One (1968), Belle & Sebastian singer Stuart Murdoch (1968), Wilco singer Jeff Tweedy (1967), actor Blair Underwood (1964), country singer Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), "The Corpse Bride" director Tim Burton (1958), English musician Elvis Costello (1954), Asia keyboardist Geoff Downes (1952), Judas Priest singer Rob Halford (1951), Kiss bassist/singer Gene Simmons (1949), "Alien Lockdown" actor John Savage (1949), actress Anne Archer (1947), actor Anthony Heald (1944), actor Tom Skerritt (1933), musician Wayne Shorter (1933), tv host Regis Philbin (1931), original "James Bond" Sean Connery (1930), American conductor Leonard Bernstein (1918; d. 1990), and silver screen star Van Johnson (1916).

Layer Cake director Matthew Vaughn is in talks to direct the big screen adaptation of comic book character Thor. The English filmmaker, husband to supermodel Claudia Schiffer, admits he has been discussing the possibility of making a live action version of the blond-haired Marvel superhero.

Supermodel Claudia Schiffer is in mourning after her father, Heinrich, died of a heart attack in France. He was 70. The retired lawyer collapsed on a golf course on Tuesday in the city of Bitche, near the German-French border, where he had been enjoying a round of golf with friends when he suffered the heart attack.

MILAN, Italy (AP) - Naomi Campbell, Jessica Alba and Claudia Schiffer were among the celebrities who attended a ballet at La Scala in memory of Gianni Versace, who was murdered 10 years ago.

Supermodel Claudia Schiffer is planning to move away from the cameras and catwalk to launch her own line of jewelry. The German beauty, who is currently fronting a Guess clothing campaign, is reportedly in talks to launch her own designs when she finishes her successful modeling career.

MOUGINS, France (AP) - Sharon Stone played auctioneer, Kylie Minogue and Julian Lennon sang, and burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese did a saucy strip routine - all to raise money for AIDS research.

Catwalk beauty Claudia Schiffer is the latest celebrity to wade into the fight over super-skinny models, branding plans to ban them from runways "discrimination." Last week British beauty Naomi Campbell made her feelings known as she collected the Best Model accolade at the Elle Style Awards in London.

Claudia Schiffer has hit out at the current generation of supermodels, branding the beauties "bony." The German stunner acknowledges models need to be thin, but believes today's supermodels are unhealthy rather than beautiful.