Showbiz legend Bette Midler has agreed to take over Celine Dion’s Las Vegas show when the Canadian singer stands down next year.

Midler will begin rehearsals in October and take to the stage for her first performance at the famous Caesars Palace Colosseum venue in February 2008.

The 61-year-old tells PageSix the show may be called ‘The Showgirl must go on’, and hints she has a spectacle planned: “That Colosseum - it has lots of fun stuff to fool around with!”

Will And Grace star Debra Messing provoked a production row on the set of the hit sitcom when she refused to wear fake breasts.

The comedienne claims she was urged to fit the enhancements in her bra when the show launched, to give her character a sexier silhouette.

But Messing was disgusted by the ploy and ditched the pair - before being hauled in front of a terrifying production panel to explain her wardrobe rebellion.

Superstar Barbra Streisand has defended her decision to charge fans up to £500 a ticket to see her perform for the first time in 13 years this summer, because she believes she is as big as Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra.

The Woman In Love star will be appearing on stage in the UK as part of her 2007 European tour, and claims the ticket prices are justified because part of the proceeds will go to her charity, the Barbra Streisand Foundation.

Legendary singer Barbra Streisand is to perform her first show in London since 1994, as part of a major European tour.

Streisand, who will be joined on tour by a 58 piece orchestra, will also play her first ever shows in continental Europe this summer, visiting Vienna, Paris and Nice, as well as performing in Dublin. The tour will reach London’s O2 Arena on July 18, while dates in other cities will be announced shortly.

Veteran rocker Bob Dylan is constantly “in awe” of Sir Paul McCartney’s musical talent, and hopes the former Beatle will quit the pop industry to give others a chance of success.

Dylan, 65, has praised the Hey Jude singer for his ability to write and perform hit songs with such ease, and is so jealous of McCartney he wishes he would go into an early retirement.

Music uberproducer Mark Ronson has received death threats after covering a SMITHS track as his first single.

The London-born New York-based star has released a mish-mash of The Smiths’ Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before and The Supremes’ You Just Keep Me Hanging On, featuring the vocals of Australian singer Daniel Merriweather.

Ronson admits he has been threatened with violence by angry Smiths fans who hate the song Stop Me.