Sir Elton John's partner David Furnish wears a locket containing a piece of the singer's baby hair.

The 46-year-old TV producer - who entered into a civil partnership with the 'Rocket Man' singer in December 2005 - admits he "feels protected" when he has the necklace round his neck.

He told the Los Angeles Times newspaper: "I have around my neck a little tiny locket and it has a lock of Elton's baby hair and a picture of him as a baby. I wear it for important occasions - like when I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and on airplanes.

"It's a talisman that makes me feel protected, like I have got him with me all the time."

Meanwhile, it has been revealed that Elton will collaborate with producer Mark Ronson on his new album.

The 61-year-old legend is said to be teaming up with the Grammy Award-winning producer for the new record, which will be released on the Universal/Republic record label.

Mark is currently back in the studio with Amy Winehouse.

Will Young "feels like a man" after putting on weight.

The 'Grace' singer has piled on the pounds after over-indulging on his favourite treats and alcohol but is reluctant to diet because he enjoys eating and drinking too much.

He said: "I look bigger than I used to but I feel like a man so I quite like it. I'd like to lose a bit off my tummy but that would mean I'd have to stop drinking beer. "Maybe I could eat less but I'm not very good at that either so I'm a bit of a c**p pop star in that sense."

Despite enjoying consuming alcohol, Will says he is conscious of how much he drinks because there is a history of alcoholism in his family.

He added: "I drink far too much. I don't have a problem but I do have to keep an eye on it because alcoholism runs in my family. I always check in that I'm not too dependent on it and take a week out.

"I'm actually quite shy so I need a drink sometimes to settle me before I go to a party.

"There was a time when I had to have a drink to get beyond the attention thing otherwise I'd freak out."

P. Diddy, Jack Black and Ben Stiller dye their pubic hair, it has been claimed.

The trio all reportedly use Betty Beauty dye to transform the colour of their nether regions.

Rapper P. Diddy was so impressed with the product he asked his assistant to send back a thank you note when he was sent a complementary sample of it.

Betty Beauty boss Nancy Jarecki told the New York Post newspaper: "We've sold 160,000 units to date, and business keeps growing. There doesn't seem to be much of a stigma attached to it.

"I guess man-scaping for guys is really big these days."

Nancy claims the product would be the perfect Christmas gift and so has manufactured a special "holiday package" for those looking to give something a little different over the festive period.

She said: "We've got some Christmas tree, angel and star stencils that we're packaging with our green and red dyes. The most popular colour is hot pink, people really seem to have fun with that one."

Simon Cowell is "completely freaked out" after discovering his car had been bugged.

The 'American Idol' judge called his full-time security team in to investigate after he noticed a mysterious motorcyclist - clad in a crash helmet and leathers - kept appearing outside the buildings where his meetings were being held.

After experts swept his £140,000 Bentley Continental, they discovered the tracker magnetically attached to the vehicle's undercarriage.

A source said: "Simon is completely freaked out by this. He can't believe someone has gone to so much trouble and expense to monitor his every movement. It's extremely sinister.

"He was aware that someone kept turning up a few minutes after he went everywhere. He couldn't work out how that person knew his movements.

"The tracking device was quite sophisticated and could have been used by the security services."

The 49-year-old star believes he knows who could be following him and may even take legal action them.

The source added to Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper: "Simon has his suspicions as to who is responsible. He is so angry he is considering calling in the police to investigate further.

"It is a hassle he could do without - especially with 'The X Factor' in its final stages - but it has to be done. He can't take any chances."

The incident comes months after a listening device was discovered under a table backstage at the music mogul's reality show 'Britain's Got Talent' earlier this year.

Liam Gallagher doesn't "give a s**t" about Coldplay.

Despite the worldwide popularity of Chris Martin's group, the rocker insists Oasis are still the best band on the planet and wipe the floor with their rivals.

He fumed: "I don't give a s**t about Coldplay. We are the coolest band and we are the best f***ing band. We are the most important band. We may not be the biggest band in America but who would want that?"

Liam admits he is confused as to why Oasis are not bigger in the US, because their Stateside tours sell-out in record time.

He added to Loaded magazine: "We aren't as big as we could be in America because of our attitudes. We're miserable. The main reason is they obviously don't like us. But a lot of people over there do like us. We sold out Madison Square Garden in a minute and we tour there for a long time. But they don't buy our records. But America is not the be all and end all for Oasis. America is a country in a f***ing very big world, so if they don't like us, somewhere else will."

Oasis' latest album, 'Dig Out Your Soul', reached number 5 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart when it was released in October.

Jada Pinkett Smith won't work with her husband Will Smith because she "wants to stay married".

The 'Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa' actress - who earlier this year stepped behind the camera for her directorial debut with 'The Human Contract' - believes the couple's relationship would struggle in a professional environment.

She said: "Will wanted to do 'Madagascar' with me but we decided to stay married.

"I love being in control. I plan on being in control on a film sometime next year as well."

Jada had previously asked Will to direct her scenes in 'The Human Contract', but admitted the request led to family tensions.

She said: "The family that directs together has to work hard to stay together!"

Earlier this year, the star confessed her marriage has its ups and downs, saying: "My life with Will is beautiful and sound.

"But I don't want people to misunderstand what that means. That doesn't mean that we don't have disagreements or that sometimes I want him out of my face and he wants me out of his.

"We have moments in our love life when it's really hot and moments in our love life when it's not."

'Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa' is released worldwide this month.

Kate Bosworth wants to go back to school.

The 25-year-old actress was offered a place at America's prestigious Princeton University as a teenager and despite the college eventually revoking the offer after she deferred too many times, the 'Superman Returns' star says she hasn't ruled out furthering her education in the future.

She said: "I don't think that door is closed for me. My mom went back to school when she was 40, so I had an untraditional upbringing in that way."

Despite appearing in 'The Horse Whisperer' at the age of 14, Kate says she decided not to pursue a Hollywood career immediately afterwards because she didn't want to have to admit to her children she hadn't been to her school prom.

She added: "I didn't head that way because I just had this vision of my kids one day saying, 'What was your prom like?' I didn't want to look at them and say 'I don't know. I was on a film.' "

Hugh Jackman learned about parenting by horse riding.

The actor - who has two adopted children, eight-year-old Oscar and Ava, three, with wife Deborra-Lee Furness - had to learn to ride for new movie 'Australia' and discovered similarities between raising a family and controlling a horse.

He explained: "I learn a lot about parenting from riding a horse. It's the same thing. You can whack a horse - I've seen people do it. They whack them, they kick them, they do all that and you can get a horse to do something, but I was very lucky to have two trainers who taught me how to make the horse feel it's their idea. I tell you, as a parent it is the greatest thing I've ever learned.

"No longer do my children have a bit between their mouths."

The 40-year-old star also revealed Deborra-Lee teases him about turning into his own father now that they have a family themselves.

He said: "Having children makes you learn about your own parents because I found myself, and my wife quite often says, 'Oh, hello, Chris'- that's my dad's name - because the things coming out of my mouth sound exactly like my dad, which I swore on my life I'd never do! It's the most annoying thing and it's sort of bizarre."

John Barrowman wants to have a threesome with Victoria and David Beckham.

The openly gay actor - who tied the knot with his civil partner Scott Gill in December 2006 - admits he would love to have a bedroom encounter with the superstar couple.

He said: "I would love to be friends with David and Victoria Beckham - the day I meet them is that day will flirt outrageously, then I would even have sex with her just to say I have. Actually, I'd want him to join in too!"

John also revealed he has a crush on Take That star Gary Barlow.

He added: "I love Gary - he's pretty sexy and the older he gets the more gorgeous he gets. It's not just celebrities though, I even flirt with our builder. I'll shamelessly flirt with a girl and, if she has got a boyfriend, I'll flirt with him too.

"Girls like it because they think it's kind of horny that their boyfriends are getting chatted up."

Gwyneth Paltrow says the best thing about growing up in New York was the "underage smoking".

The 'Iron Man' actress - who now lives in London with her British musician husband Chris Martin and their two children, Apple and Moses - used to puff on cigarettes throughout her teenage years.

Gwyneth - who attended a private girls' school in the Big Apple - said: "What I really liked about New York was the underage smoking on stoops of brownstones, going to museums, the seasons and how great a school The Spence School was."

The Oscar winner recently revealed she wasn't sure whether she would be able to return to the acting industry after giving birth to her children.

She said: "I really did not know if there would be a place for me any more. Hollywood is pretty cutthroat, and everybody's got a short memory and there's always somebody younger or hotter or prettier, or whatever."