Amy Winehouse has reportedly received a personal call from former South African President Nelson Mandela to ask her to perform at his 90th birthday.

The ex-politician called the Back To Black star to invite her to sing at his birthday concert in London’s Hyde Park in June.

The 24-year-old didn’t believe it was Mandela initially - but as soon as she realised it wasn’t a prank she accepted his offer.

Celebrity chef Jessica Seinfeld has denied claims she stole recipes from fellow cook Missy Chase Lapine to use in her own book.

Lapine sued Seinfeld and her comedian husband Jerry earlier this year for copyright infringement and defamation.

Lapine claimed the recipes in Jessica Seinfeld’s best selling cookbook Deceptively Delicious are “brazenly plagiarised” from those in her own book, The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies For Hiding Healthy Foods In Kids’ Favourite Meals.

Superproducer Mark Ronson was so excited to see Myspace.com founder Tom Anderson presenting a prize at the US NME Awards, he rushed onto the stage and promptly fell off.

The Valerie hitmaker received the Best New Indie/Alternative Solo Artist at last month’s ceremony in Los Angeles, but he was more excited at seeing Anderson in the flesh.

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are taking the summer off to get some well-earned rest and try for a new baby.

The couple will leave its New York home as soon as Parker has finished promotional duties for the Sex and the City Movie - and making a brother or sister for five year old James Wilkie is top of the agenda.

Scarlett Johansson has announced her engagement to actor boyfriend Ryan Reynolds.

The couple has been dating since February 2007, shortly after Blade: Trinity star Reynolds broke off his engagement to singer Alanis Morissette.

The actress’s representative Marcel Pariseau confirmed the news to People.com, revealing, “They’re both thrilled.”

Johansson, 23, and 31-year-old Reynolds will step out for the first time as husband-and-wife-to-be at New York’s Metropolitan Museum Costime Institute Gala on Monday night.

Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow wants more children with her husband rocker Chris Martin.

The 35-year-old loves being a mum to her daughter Apple, four, and one-year-old Moses - but she claims she wants to add another kid to her growing brood.

She said: “They’re (Moses and Apple) very sweet. It’s nice to have one of each and maybe have another one, too… who knows?”

Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr. was left speechless after meeting his idol, legendry director Steven Spielberg.

The actor was in between takes for his forthcoming movie The Soloist, where he plays an inquisitive journalist, when the Jurassic Park filmmaker dropped by for a chat.

But despite waiting 25 years to meet his hero Downey Jr couldn’t manage more than a few words.

Actor Michael Rosenbaum is set to leave the cast of Smallville at the end of the US TV series’ current season.

Rosenbaum, who plays Superman’s arch enemy Lex Luthor, has been with the show since it began in 2001 - but has decided to pursue other projects.

Super producer Mark Ronson’s sister Samantha Ronson has filed a lawsuit against her former attorneys, after the firm sued her for unpaid legal fees.

Law firm Davis + Gilbert filed suit against the DJ in December (07) alleging they were never paid for helping her fight and lose a lawsuit against celebrity blogger Perez Hilton - after he accused her of being the owner of cocaine found in Lohan’s car following the actress’ car accident in Los Angeles in May.

Super producer Mark Ronson has scrapped plans to record a theme song for the forthcoming James Bond film, because collaborator Amy Winehouse isn’t fit enough to focus on music.

Last month, Ronson confirmed he had started work on a track for the superspy’s latest outing, and had roped in the Black To Black star to lay down her vocal talents in his studio in Oxford, England.

Superproducer Mark Ronson has accepted an offer to remix Duran Duran’s new album Red Carpet Massacre and perform the project live in Paris, France.

Ronson and the pop group will team up to work on “a piece” for the Smirnoff Experience show on 2 July, which will incorporate songs they rework in the coming weeks.

They’ll premiere the finished product at Paris’ La Cigale.

American Idol judge Paula Abdul has fiercely denied she was drunk when she made an embarrassing blunder on the hit reality TV show on Tuesday.

The singer was blasted by American gossip website TMZ.com, which accused the singer of being under the influence of alcohol when she was caught out by a change to the judging format of the show.

Death-defying illusionist David Blaine set a new world record on US TV on Wednesday when he held his breath underwater for 17 minutes and four seconds.

With Guinness Book of Records official Stuart Claxton in the audience for the feat on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Blaine climbed into a water-filled sphere to beat the record set by a Swiss man in February.

Superproducer Mark Ronson has been given the go-ahead to date model Daisy Lowe - by her mother Pearl.

The former Powder singer - who is married to Supergrass rocker Danny Goffey - told reporters at a charity event in London on Tuesday that she approves of her daughter’s new man.

She said: “When she told me she was with Mark I said, ‘Wow, he’s cute.’ She just said ‘Mummy’ in a scolding tone.”