A staggering 85,000 people have posted profiles online in the hope of becoming Paris Hilton's new best friend. The wannabes are all keen to star alongside the socialite in MTV's new reality show Paris Hilton's My New BFF. Only 20 will make the cut for the program after Hilton fans vote for the best candidates online.

Movie maker and basketball fan Spike Lee trained 18 cameras on Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant during a recent game against Eva Longoria Parker's husband Tony Parker and his San Antonio Spurs for an indepth new film about the hoops hero.

"I normally don't walk across the set in my underwear. Ewan was very conscious about the fact that I was in a vulnerable state... He went out of his way to make sure I was comfortable." Actress Maggie Q on wearing revealing see-through lingerie in a scene opposite Ewan McGregor in new thriller Deception.

"Here we go again. You up for it...? I do that in my living room in my underpants and it's not as much fun." Rocker Perry Farrell was openly thrilled to front the reunited Jane's Addiction at the NME Awards US in Los Angeles on Wednesday night, where the band performed and received the Godlike Genius Award.

Tom Cruise is set to return to Oprah Winfrey's sofa for the first time since his famous couch-jumping proclamation of love to then-fiancee Katie Holmes. The smitten star made a spectacle of himself with his loved-up antics on the talk show in 2005. Cruise will appear on a May episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show.

"I Go Crazy" hitmaker Paul Davis has died following a heart attack on Tuesday. The Mississippi native was 60. Davis scored a top 10 U.S. hit in 1977 with "I Go Crazy." His other hits included "Ride 'Em Cowboy" and "Cool Night." He also recorded a handful of country duets with Marie Osmond, including "You're Still New To Me."

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