Actor Zach Braff has confirmed his exit from TV comedy Scrubs, confessing he feels free now that he’s quit his role as Dr John ‘JD’ Dorian.

The news ends long-running rumours he is leaving the hit show, along with creator Bill Lawrence and co-star Judy Reyes, after the series’ eighth season, which premieres in the US in January).

Superproducer Mark Ronson has denied he has been caught up in a bitter feud with troubled singer Amy Wineouse.

Recent tabloid reports have suggested the pair fell out over the scrapped recording of a theme tune to new Bond movie Quantum of Solace.

But Ronson is adamant that the reports of a spat are untrue - insisting he just hasn’t been able to catch up with the Back to Black hitmaker as he has been spending so much time in the US.

Hollywood action man Steven Seagal is to take part in a new reality series which will chronicle his little-known role as a police officer in Louisiana.

The Under Siege star has been a fully commissioned deputy at the state’s Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office for the last 20 years.

As well as going out on patrol, Seagal is said to be an expert marksman, working with the force’s SWAT team, and has instructed officers in firearms and hand-to-hand combat.

Former ER star Julianna Margulies turned down an invitation to reprise her role for the final series of the medical drama - because she doesn’t think her character’s storyline can be improved.

The star shot to fame as nurse Carol Hathaway when the US series premiered in 1994, but left the hit show after six seasons to pursue other projects.

Ne-Yo has joined a host of stars including Beyonce Knowles who will be pay tribute to Barbra Streisand at the annual Kennedy Center Honors gala in December.

Knowles will perform Streisand’s The Way We Were and Ne-Yo, who penned Beyonce’s megahit Irreplaceable, will sing another of the music legend’s famous tracks, according to Eonline.com.

Queen Latifah is also rumoured to be in talks to join the performers on the big night.

David Duchovny has dropped a $1 million lawsuit against the Daily Mail newspaper for alluding he had an affair, a week after the publication apologised for the story.

In the October article, the Mail alluded to a possible affair between Duchovny and his coach Edit Pakay.

The actor immediately denied the report and filed a defamation suit in Los Angeles.

The publication printed an apology to the star admitting the newspaper’s original story was “inaccurate”.

Actress Carrie Fisher had a string of embarrassing run-ins with her parents when she was younger - because her family called in their celebrity friends to help in her battle with drugs.

Fisher has publicly spoken of her long-running struggle with a variety of addictions and has now revealed that her parents used their famous pals to keep an eye on her.

Amy Winehouse has declared her marriage to recently-freed husband Blake Fielder-Civil is over after realising their relationship had no future.

Fielder-Civil was released from prison earlier this month after serving almost a year behind bars in relation to an attack on a pub landlord.

As part of his early release deal, he checked into a rehabilitation facility in Surrey, south east England - but Winehouse has still yet to visit her husband, fuelling rumours their union is in trouble.

Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow has scooped a six-figure pay cheque after signing on as the spokesperson for American Express credit cards.

The Shakespeare In Love star, who is married to Coldplay rocker Chris Martin, will feature in a series of new advertisements to promote the financial firm - adding to her portfolio as the face of cosmetics giant Estee Lauder and fashion house Tod’s.

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis is so determined to stay in character for his upcoming role in Nine - he can’t stop speaking Italian.

The Oscar-winner plays lady-loving director Guido Contini in the movie musical, opposite a star-studded cast including Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren and Penelope Cruz.

And he’s left his famous co-stars tongue tied, refusing to speak anything but his character’s native language to those on set.

Actress Alicia Silverstone has turned her hand to writing - she has penned a book on vegan dieting.

The Clueless star, who has been a vegan for 10 years and is an animal welfare activist, wrote the tome, entitled The Kind Diet, in a bid to promote healthy, natural eating.

Actress Winona Ryder was hospitalised in London on Wednesday suffering from a mystery illness, after arriving in the city on a transatlantic flight.

The 37-year-old was taken to a west London hospital “as a precaution” after jetting in from Los Angeles.

British Airways officials reportedly requested priority landing because a female passenger “required medical attention”.

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has launched a bizarre attack against music mogul Simon Cowell - blaming him for all the world’s evils.

The Back to Black hitmaker mocked the American Idol judge’s hairstyle, and criticised his treatment of contestants on U.K. TV talent show The X Factor.

She also blasted his fellow X Factor judge - Australian singer Dannii Minogue - for her behaviour on the show.

American Idol judge Paula Abdul is reportedly in talks to star in a new cheerleader-themed show in Las Vegas.

According to the National Enquirer, the former Los Angeles Lakers cheerleader is in negotiations with executives at several Sin City casinos to headline a stage show that would open late next year.

DJ Samantha Ronson has hit out at the anti-fur activist who heaved a bag of flour over her girlfriend Lindsay Lohan on Saturday, calling the culprit “an animal”.

Ronson and Lohan were making their way into Paris nightclub VIP Room when the protestor pelted the Mean Girls actress, wrapped in a mink stole, with a flour bomb.

The offender cried out: “Lindsay Lohan - fur hag!” while the fuming Mean Girls star hurried indoors to clean up, yelling, “Oh my God!”