Scarlett Johansson was so insecure about having her bum on show in the opening sequence to hit film Lost In Translation, she resorted to bribing the artistic director to make it look flattering.

The award-winning actress, who plays a Lolita-type temptress in the 2004 production, told the man in charge of the slow, lingering sequence panning over her semi-transparent knickers, to make her bum look pretty - or he’d lose his job.

Barbra Streisand will be going head to head with Oprah Winfrey as the campaign to find a new US Democratic presidential candidate heats up - the singer is backing the media mogul’s rival.

Just a day after Winfrey announced she’d be joining Barak Obama on the campaign trail next month, Streisand has opted to back former U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton.

Troubled songstress Amy Winehouse has been forced to cancel the remainder of her UK tour by doctors - because the strain of her husband Blake Fielder-Civil’s incarceration has rendered the volatile singer unable to perform.

The Back To Black star - whose performances have been plagued by reports of fans storming out over her incoherent singing and delayed start times - abandoned her tour crew on Monday night after her gig in Brighton, England, and headed back to London in a taxi. She was due to play a concert in Bournemouth on the south coast of Britain on Tuesday night.