Ian McKellen looked all white on the night at the world premiere of new film X-Men 2.

The joint tour of Girls Aloud and One True Voice has been axed because of poor ticket sales, it has been revealed.

Lesbian teen duo t.A.T.u. – slammed for promoting “paedophilic pop” – has stormed straight into the charts at number one.

Bee Gees fans have flocked to buy the band’s Greatest Hits album following the death of star Maurice Gibb, putting the record back in the top ten, it emerged tonight.

Fame Academy winner David Sneddon is on course to top the chart with his debut single – but his sales have taken a huge dip compared to other TV talent show winners.

In 2002 the charts have been dominated by reality TV pop stars. Will Young, Gareth Gates, Liberty X, Darius, Girls Aloud, One True Voice and, briefly anyway, Hear’Say have rarely been out of the Top 10 as pop fans across the nation enjoy the novelty of choosing their own pop stars.

GWYNETH PALTROW and Chris Martin are the celebrity couple most likely to find wedded bliss in 2003, according to bookmakers.

Fame Academy runner-up Sinead Quinn has signed a £1m (€1.5m) record deal.

Ex-James Bond star Roger Moore has launched an attack on the state of British television, branding shows such as the new-look Blind Date and The Weakest Link “cruel and humiliating”.

Fame Academy winner David Sneddon was today enjoying his first day in the fast lane – after being given a sports car backstage after last night’s TV talent show.

The wannabe pop stars of the BBC’s Fame Academy are to embark on a 12-date UK tour, it emerged today.

The Fame Academy doors closed on 18-year-old singing hopeful Katie Lewis as she battled in vain to survive her sixth eviction threat.

Eighteen-year-old Katie Lewis today discovered she faces the boot from BBC1’s Fame Academy for the second week running.

IT worker Chris Manning was today beginning life away from BBC1’s Fame Academy after becoming the second student to be kicked out.