David Schwimmer was disgusted by British food during his recent stay in the country.

The former Friends star criticised the nation’s cuisine after spending time in the country for his role in West End production Some Girl(s) in 2005 and directing his latest movie Run, Fat Boy, Run in London earlier this year.

“You guys deep-fry everything,” he says. “Even healthy British food like Shepherd’s Pie makes you put on 20 pounds after every meal.”

R+B star Rihanna has laughed off reports she is dating Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf.

The Umbrella hitmaker, 19, was photographed dining with the Transformer actor, 21, at a Beverly Hills, California eaterie on Tuesday, prompting speculation the pair were dating.

“Me and Shia, we are just friends, you know, we barely even know each other,” she says.

Pulp Ficton director Quentin Tarantino has refused to consider Gwyneth Paltrow for a role in his future films because she is not “trampy” enough.

The cult moviemaker admits he is desperate to make a “women-in-prison” or “cheerleader” picture as his next movie, but isn’t keen on the 34-year-old Shakespeare In Love actress’ talents.

“I’m not casting someone like her,” he says. “It would be a trampy type who’d let the cameras roll yelling ‘Here we go’ ”

Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine fears his pop career will end if he drinks too much.

The hunky singer insists he knows how to have a good time, but values his chart success over partying.

 ”I love music too much to f**k my life up. When I have several drinks, eight drinks, I’m done. I’m not gonna be swingin’ from a bottle as I hit the sheets,” he says. “I’m the kind of person that will get wasted and then I’ll brush my teeth.”

Horror director Eli Roth has a twisted teen to thank for his cult hit Hostel - because the film fan encouraged his rich dad to invest in the low-budget project.

Roth admits he fell $700,000 short of completing the film when movie authorities in North Carolina “shut down” the project - and was desperate to raise the cash he needed.

R+B singer Rihanna is secretly dating rising Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf, according to reports.

The Umbrella hitmaker was spotted dining with the Transformers and Indiana Jones 4 actor in a posh Beverly Hills, California restaurant on Tuesday. And sources claim they have been dating for months.

A movie set insider tells tabloid newspaper The Sun: “Shia and Rihanna are officially a couple. It’s the talk of the Indiana Jones 4 set.”

The producers of the long-awaited Lost Boys sequel are trying to work out Corey Haim’s work visa issues, so he can reprise his character from the original film.

Haim’s co-stars Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander have already signed on for the sequel, and producers are determined to make it a trilogy of returning stars.

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse will not perform in the United States for the foreseeable future, according to her record label.

Her U.S. label Universal Republic Records have announced her performance at the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas next month will not take place as planned.

Winehouse’s North American tour was originally postponed on 22 August, however Universal have now confirmed it has been cancelled “in a continued effort to support Amy Winehouse’s well-being”.

Amy Winehouse’s father is praying for the singer at the grave of her late grandfather.

Mitch Winehouse is terrified by his 23-year-old daughter’s drug addictions, and has resorted to prayer in a bid to save her.

“That’s what I do, every other day I go to my father’s grave and I pray,” he says. “It’s pretty much all I can do at the moment.”

Amy Winehouse is adamant she can fight her recent troubles without going to rehab again, according to her older brother Alex.

Winehouse, 23, is reported to have checked in and out of rehab on two occasions since she was hospitalised on 8 August, following three days of non-stop partying.

The singer and her husband Blake Fielder-Civil are allegedly battling an addiction to heroin, according to Civil-Fielder’s mother Georgette.

Julie Delpy and Adam Goldberg borrowed one scene from their past real-life romance for their new film 2 Days In Paris - when the American met his French girlfriend’s parents for the first time.

Delpy recalled the moment her ex met her folks while writing the script for the film, and Goldberg, who is now dating actress Christina Ricci, was forced to relive the awkward moment in the film.

The creators of irreverent TV cartoon series South Park have landed a new $75 million deal to make another three 14-episode series for US cable network Comedy Central.

Animator Trey Parker and his Jewish partner Matt Stone have a new contract to produce the cartoon to 2011. The series started in 1997.

“Three more years of South Park will give us the opportunity to offend that many more people,” said Stone.

British actress Billie Piper was terrified filming the sex scenes for a new British TV Drama in which she plays a Jewish prostitute.

The 25-year-old had to face her fears for the raunchy drama Secret Diary Of A Call Girl which is based on the real-life story of blogger Belle de Jour.

Punk rocker Mick Jones has performed an impromptu gig for inmates at a prison in London.

The Clash star treated prisoners to a rendition of Should I Stay Or Should I Go during a visit to Wormwood Scrubs, to hand out guitars for rehab workshops.

The trip was part of a campaign launched by Jones’ musician pal Billy Bragg.

A British screenwriter is creating a long-awaited sequel to 1981 classic movie Chariots Of Fire.

Writer Rich Swingle is penning a script about the life of religious Scots runner Eric Liddell, who refused to practice on Sundays, and Harold Abrahams, who battled anti-Semitism following his Olympic gold win in 1924.

Troubled songstress Amy Winehouse will not go back to rehab to beat her drug addiction without her husband Blake Fielder-Civil at her side.

The English star, 23, has refused to go back to rehab to beat her alleged heroin and cocaine addiction despite please from her family following her hospitalisation two weeks ago.

Rehab singer Winehouse described her husband Blake as her “rock” despite being photographed bruised and bloody recently after the couple had a violent bust up.

Fans of tragic Marc Bolan have asked Brit Award bosses to hand the singer a posthumous prize, to mark the 30th anniversary of his death.

Bolan was just 29 when he was killed in a car accident in 1977.

Although the Brits were held in February this year, organisers of a petition are hoping Bolan will be recognised at the next ceremony in 2008 - and they have already attracted 2,000 signatures.

Actress-comedienne Sandra Bernhard has leaped to the defence of Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, after she was criticised by women for sticking by her man following his infidelity.

Hillary Clinton famously stuck by her husband (and then-US President) Bill Clinton after he admitted to an ‘inappropriate relationship’ with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, and Bernhard can’t believe how hard other women are on her for doing so.

Actress Jane Seymour has responded to protestors camped outside her English country home in a unique way - by instructing her butler to serve them tea.

More than 50 of the star’s neighbours arrived at her estate near Bath to dispute a 24 hour entertainment licence granted to St Catherine’s Court, a venue which Seymour rents out for functions.

Locals complain the noise and increase in traffic is making their lives miserable.

Beastie Boys star MCA, aka Adam Yauch, is to make a virtual appearance in skateboard king Tony Hawke’s new videogame Proving Ground.

The Sabotage hitmaker will join the likes of punk icon Travis Barker and Kiss star Gene Simmons, who have appeared in past Hawk videogames.

Players will be able to control the virtual Beastie Boys star as he skateboards wearing a suit, tie and dark sunglasses.

Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has given troubled actress Lindsay Lohan a big boost after revealing he’d hire her tomorrow, despite all her legal and personal issues.

The Mean Girls star, who is currently seeking counselling at a Utah rehab clinic, was sentenced to serve a day behind bars on Thursday following two separate drink driving arrests.

Billie Piper was determined to take her new role as a Jewish prostitute seriously - she met several real life vice girls.

The former Doctor Who star plays a hooker in forthcoming British TV show Secret Diary Of A Call Girl.

“I met high-class hookers who were very candid,” she says. “I wanted to know if they get anything out of the sex… if they ever fell in love with the guys. Surprisingly, some of them did.”

Scarlett Johansson is planning to adopt after playing a fictional nanny in her new film and realising she’s a natural mum.

The actress is convinced she’d be a great mother and now has sudden plans to settle down and start a family.

And Johansson claims she’ll start by opening her home to an underprivileged child.