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‘I think people have had enough of Sir Cliff Richard, boy bands and Pop Idol. It's time to give the public something more unusual.' Love rat James Hewitt on the launch of his new pop career

‘Chefs have the most unhealthy eating habits: You don't eat meals but graze like a horse all day.' Celebrity cook Gordon Ramsey

‘I'm still trying to find my feet as an actor. And I know it ain't brain surgery, but it confuses me and it comes between me and my sleep a lot' Hell-raiser Colin Farrell

‘If I can't talk to a woman without people writing that we are having an affair, how stupid can they be?' Self-confessed ladies man, Phil Tufnell – former England cricketer

‘Beckham is too pretty for the football pitch, he looks like a woman. He's a good player but not a world star.' A jealous Maradona launches a stinging attack on our Becks.

‘Basically, being an actor means you are a professional liar.' Actress Sarah Parish Makes a Strange Admission

‘They are not really a country that has the reputation for changing their underwear very often. They're not renowned for their lingerie bravado. We've had to educate English women into really enjoying lingerie.' Kind words from Australian model Elle MacPherson. Not.

My brain goes into free-fall when I'm out shopping' Lifestyle guru Carole Caplin admit to like the rest of us

'Me and Jools are like every other happily married couple. She kicks my backside every now and again. But we are completed in love, absolutely.' Jamie Oliver still gets those butterflies in his stomach

‘I didn't look at my naked body in the shower, that's for sure.' Renee Zellweger says last time she piled on the pounds for Bridget Jone's Diary she hated her body.

‘It was lust at first sight. I thought he was gorgeous and still do. The idea of getting married one day is still mooted from time to time. Maybe one day…' Actress Brenda Blethyn on partner of 30 years Michael Mayhew

‘I joined the gym a few years back but I have only been three times. My trouble is that I love going out for different meals and enjoying good wines' Natalie Cassidy, who plays Sonia in EastEnders.

‘On my first day back the costume people handed me a Wonderbra, stilettos and a mini which looked like a belt and was a size too small. Beverley Callard returns to Coronation Street to squeeze back into her character Liz MacDonald.

‘I view contestants now as a fan, rather than the man from the record company. I think you come over as a bit of a t*** as a judge if you don't.' Simon Cowell worrying about people hating him?

‘We do fake riders with silly demands for things like cherries with the stones taken out. Last on the list is always an elephant.' Singer Dido likes a bit of joke with promoters at gigs.

‘I'd fill my pockets with condiments, like maple syrup and ketchup. It was the cheapest way to get them.' Shania Twain reveals her dark past as a McDonald's worker who pinched things.

‘I wouldn't say I've made a fortune over the years. I've had some flash cars, but they don't hold their money, do they? Footballer Teddy Sheringham looks closely at his finances

‘I'd rather start small with a dark, art house film' Former Neighbours actress and pop start Holly Valance is being realistic about the film career she's trying to launch

‘I'm not a model, I'm an actress and I shouldn't have to look a special way. I get upset about it and then I shrug if off, but it's an awful thing. The fact you have to look a certain way just isn't fair.' EastEnders star Jessie Wallace on being told she is too fat to be sexy

‘I'm not really a bloke, you know. I'm a very interior person.' Russell Crowe

‘I've done it on a train, I nipped into the toilets. It was quite stinky in there, but it was certainly very different.' Busted's Charlie Simpson confesses

‘I feel like “tut, tut, Shocked of Cheltenham ” these days.' Actress Helen Mirren on raunchy TV

‘Some viewers have a real loathing for me. I have realised that things never change from the playground at school to the playground of life.' Spare a thought for Johnny Vaughan

‘If I have to go away on location and I don't see my kids for more than two weeks, I just can't take it. It's like missing the love of your life. And it's the same with my wife too.' Actor Liam Neeson adds a hasty afterthought.

‘Being anti-fireworks is as bad as being anti-smoking.' Rumpole creator Sir John Mortimer

‘Women say hello and then they put their hands down my trousers.' A boasting Simon Cowell

‘I'm on all these protein drinks as I'm trying to get really feline and slim but still lean. But the protein supplements just give you wicked gas.' Hollywood star Halle Berry points out the downside to playing Catwoman

‘Being called a racist was horrible. The only thing I think is worse is to be called a prostitute.' Girls Aloud Cheryl Tweedy

 
‘If I can't sleep I love to make mayonnaise. It's a mixture of concentration, repetition and rhythm.' Hasn't Stephen Fry ever heard of counting sheep

‘I've been called an ugly duckling and I've been called one of the most beautiful women in the world. Go figure that.' Actress Barbra Streisand

‘I've always seduced people. I know how to reel people in, and I've got most people I wanted.' Lucky old comedienne Rhona Cameron

‘If wrapping your arms around someone's waist means you are romantically involved, then I've been involved with rather a lot of men.' Model Helena Christensen

‘I've got lost within myself. Comedy is my life. It's very obsessing. I mean, I just can't do the Hoovering when I'm thinking of sketches.' Comedian Lenny Henry

‘He's well-mannered, polite and not bad-looking I suppose.' A rather envious England goalkeeper David James describes David Beckham

‘I think most of the women who have been in my life would tell you that is the area of my body where I keep my brains.' Actor Tony Booth, father of Cherie Booth, on guess what…

‘I am rubbish at knowing when men fancy me. But when I fancy someone, there's absolutely no mistaking that because I am rubbish at hiding it.' Clumsy pop star Sophie Ellis-Bexter

‘I love crisps. I eat about five bags a day.' So how does pop star Victoria Beckham stay so skinny, then?

‘There's definitely something inside me that's drawn to damaged men.' Actress Daryl Hannah

‘I had to ring my mom to ask her how old I was.' Forgetful actor Brad Pitt really must be getting old

‘I would love to have a girlfriend because I'm ready for it. I don't think I felt like it before . I chose women I could dump but now I'm closer to my ideal of how a man should be in a relationship – sincere. Ladies, Robbie Williams is officially on the market. Form an orderly queue

‘What makes me cross is that he has let down butlering worldwide.' Lady Aspley, who runs a school for modern-day butlers, on Paul Burrell

‘I didn't even bother going back to get my lat report because I hardly ever turned up to school anyway.' EastEnders star Jessie Wallace

‘Like everybody else, I shall be watching Lord of the Rings this winter, but I know very well that white knight across the water are not a matter of real life.' Ousted Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith

bars and clubs ChesterLiza Minnelli, who has been accused of beating up her estranged husband

‘I think, who is that wrinkling, cellulite-ridden loser? I am so far from perfect.' Whatever you say Gwyneth Paltrow

‘Yes you are, you lying git.' Actor Christopher Lee, recalling how a man he met in a lift refused to accept that he was not Peter Sellers

‘A lot of girls look up to people like Naomi so she should be more thoughtful.' Model turned actress Lisa Barbuscia attack Naomi Campbell for wearing fur

Celebrity News - 5th November

‘I don't think Tom Hanks is ready to play me.' Princess Diana's ex-butler Paul Burrell, who hopes his book will be filmed

‘I try not to think about myself and my life. I have no life. I need therapy.' Spare a thought for actor Keanu Reeves

‘How could a 5ft 2in diva inflict such facial damage on a stout 5ft 7in man? And even if she had, how could anyone tell.' Joan Collins supporting fellow actresses Liza Minnelli who is accused of hitting estranged husband David Gest

‘Tabloids need to fill pages, I guess, so they need another picture of me walking in sweat, I guess.' Actress Gwyneth Paltrow needs to get over herself

‘I'm confident that I could get Damien a record deal, just as long as he has his father's brains and his mother's looks – not the other way round.' Pop manager Louis Walsh wants to make a star of actress Liz Hurley's son

‘My nose could be a bit smaller. I've got a big honker.' Pop star Justin Timberlake

‘One has to be allowed a certain amount of debauchery in life.' TV chef Antony Worrall Thompson

‘Dinner at the Ivy in Beverly cost $200. Well I've just made $42 a day working at McDonald's – so I'd have to work five days in a row just to pay for one dinner.' Hotel heir Paris Hilton gets a reality check after working at a burger bar for a TV show.

‘This is my first time in Scotland and I've heard Scotsmen are both sexy and faithful – two requirements I need. So you Scottish men better be ready. I'm keeping an eye out.' Pop star Mariah Carey

Celebrity News - 4th November

‘I'm a risk-taker especially when it comes to fashion. I was disappointed this year because I wasn't on the People magazine worst-dressed list. I mean what is the world coming to? In fact, I'm a little angry about it.' Singer Christina Aguilera

‘I was convinced that all bird were jet black because our street sparrows were covered with soot.' Cilla Black on her Liverpool childhood

‘It has been five years since I've been able to walk down a street without someone shouting, “Chris, do you want to phone a friend?” But I love it.' Chris Tarrant on his show, Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

‘I often ask my wife if she wants to watch a DVD. An hour in, she's mouth open, fast asleep on the sofa, so I slap her round the face and she gets in a bad mood.' What a charmer Harry Hill is

‘My awareness of music had hitherto been distinguished only by undiluted ignorance.' William Hague who has learned to play the piano

‘I'm pretty private about my neuroses. You're not neurotic if you talk to yourself – everyone does – you're only neurotic if you hear an answer.' Whatever you say, Rachel Weisz

‘What's so great about being hot, anyway? I'm in this for the long haul. I'll settle for a nice, slow smoulder.' Actress Claire Forlani

‘I can just about forgive Iraq . But dropping a Scottie on his head, that's really stupid.' Former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook berates George Bush for dropping his dog

‘The point of being an opposition MP is not, surely, to exercise one's political virility by engaging in sporadic leadership contests.' Tory MP Boris Johnson

‘It was mad. Elton showed us around his house and he had a whole room just to keep his glasses in.' Blue's Duncan James on new pal Elton John

‘I have tried to work out why a man who is never late for anything, who rarely lies in bed after sunrise, would sleep in and miss the birth of his first child. I never quite forgave myself.' Pop icon sting

‘ There is a film across the front of the music industry which is hard to break through and that is all about making money. There is s much crap in the charts that I have to go out there and compete with. The majority of it is rubbish.' Fame Academy winner David Sneddon.

‘that's a very long story. Do you have two hours? I don't.' Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood leaves un intrigued

‘I'm buck naked under my coat. It feels extremely sexy.' It girl Tara Palmer-Tomkinson gives away a little too much information

‘Britney dresses like a showgirl. She dresses like a ho. Is she a ho? She used to say she was a virgin. I'm not dissing anyone but, for me, what I wear on stage is what I'd wear at school or to the mall.' Avril Lavigne launches an astonishing attack on Britney Spears

‘If I was the PM, I would ban television. It's ruined my life. I* think it's ruined everyone else's too. I would also vastly increase taxes.' Let's hope actor Hugh Grant never goes into politics