Gwyneth Paltrow has slammed reports she snubbed a party held in her honour, insisting she never intended to attend the event.

Paramount Pictures executives spared no expense in throwing an extravagant bash for the Iron Man star, intended as a thank-you for her hard work on the film’s recent promotional tour.

Veteran comedian Mel Brooks is planning on turning his 1974 Western spoof Blazing Saddles into a Broadway musical.

Brooks adapted his 1968 film original The Producers into a hugely successful stage show in 2001, and more recently wrote the score for an adaptation of Young Frankenstein, which opened in New York last year.

And now Brooks is rumoured to be working on adapting Blazing Saddles for the stage.

Indiana Jones actor Shia LaBeouf has laughed off reports he dated Rihanna earlier this year, insisting he is having too much fun to commit to one woman.

LaBeouf was spotted out and about in Los Angeles with the chart princess, prompting rumours they were an item.

The actor refuses to deny the pair were ever romantically entangled - but insists he is at the peak of his dating prowess, and has no intention of settling down with one girl.

Star Wars actress Natalie Portman has been named the most eco-friendly star, after topping a list of celebrities who go out of their way to care for the planet.

The Hollywood beauty won a special mention by campaigners at green website Grist.org - who praised her work to save gorillas in Rwanda, her role as the face of a low-energy lightbulb company and the launch of her vegan shoe range.

Actress Tori Spelling loves her gay icon status - because she is a “huge fan” of homosexuals.

The Beverly Hills, 90210 star admits she took her role in gay-themed movie Kiss The Bride as she wanted to reward her loyal gay fans.

She said: “(The gay theme) was probably one of the top things that made me want to do the movie. I’m a huge fan of gays. They love me; I love them. They consider me kind of a gay icon, which they’ve labelled me as.”

The last remaining autographed photo of holocaust hero Oskar Schindler is to be sold at auction.

The German industrialist, made famous in Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning Schindler’s List, was responsible for saving 1,400 Jews from death during World War II.

Schindler signed the photo in 1949 before giving it to a family he had taken in during the war. It currently belongs to Sholamit Vesengred, the son of two Holocaust survivors, who hopes to attract bids of up to $150,000 when the picture goes under the hammer later this year.

The Other Boleyn Girl stars Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson are to make their directorial debuts, filming shorts for a new all-star New York tribute.

Kevin Bacon, Orlando Bloom, Brett Ratner, Shia LaBeouf and Julie Christie will also direct shorts for the movie New York, I Love You.

All 12 films that feature in the big picture are currently in production in Manhattan.

Beastie Boy Adam Yauch will unveil his latest movie venture at New York’s TriBeCa Film Festival - a documentary about a high school basketball team.

Gunnin’ For That No 1 Spot follows a group of players, who have since gone on to find fame in the college leagues.

Shia LaBeouf was left dumbstruck after meeting Harrison Ford for the first time - because the veteran actor showed up in a helicopter.

LaBeouf, 21, who plays Ford’s sidekick in new movie Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, met the star on the first day of stunt rehearsals at a US air force base in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

And the extravagant introduction to his co-star is one he insists he will never forget.