Actor and comedian Matt Lucas has entered into a civil partnership with his long-term partner.

The gay 32-year-old Little Britain star and 30-year-old TV producer Kevin McGee committed to each other at a ceremony in central London in front of close friends and family including TV presenter dale Winton and Lucas’ co-star David Walliams.

Posing after the ceremony, the two made themselves available to photographers to take pictures having revealed they are not selling their “wedding” story.

Funnyman Ben Stiller finds it impossible to make people laugh when he’s not in character - despite starring in a string of comedy blockbusters.

The Meet The Parents and Zoolander star insists that unless it’s written in a script, he is a useless joke teller.

“I couldn’t tell a joke if you paid me,” he says. “I can’t remember them and I mess up punch lines. It’s too much pressure.”

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and major owner of student social networking site Facebook has turned down a potential $1.6bn offer from Yahoo to acquire his popular online destination.

The 22-year-old said no to Yahoo’s initial $1bn bid, but according to Britain’s Sunday Times, Yahoo was prepared to up its offer to $1.6bn. According to reports, Zuckerberg owns around 30% of the company.