International ballet star Erina Takahashi is in Cork for The Nutcracker, writes Jo Kerrigan

One of the finest Russian companies, The Royal Moscow Ballet, returns to Ireland this week, bringing its dazzling production of the well-loved classic, Cinderella, to Drogheda, Limerick, Dublin and Cork.

THIS week, Cork City Ballet stages classic love tragedy, Giselle. Directed by Alan Foley, the production will be reproduced for the company by Yuri Demakov of the Bolshoi.

Sir Paul McCartney was joined by his glamorous fiancee and a host of A-list celebrities last night at the world premiere of his first-ever ballet score in New York.

Mel B’s husband won’t be her birthing partner.

Mel B's husband gets on her nerves.

Mel B is pregnant with her third child.

Mel B wants to have a baby this year.

Mel B can’t wait to have more children.

Mel B’s children won’t follow in her showbiz footsteps.

Former Spice Girl Mel B – who has daughters Phoenix, 11, and Angel Iris, three, from previous relationships – and husband Stephen Belafonte, who also has a child, six-year-old Giselle, have been talking about expanding their family further and hope to have a brother for their girls.

Spice Girl star Melanie Brown wants more children with husband Stephen Belafonte - and may have 11 more if he gets his way.

Mixing animation with real people, Enchanted (BVHE, €24.99) is a decent enough attempt to recapture the essence of Disney’s golden age.

THE parents of a boy brutally murdered by his older friend yesterday blamed a violent video game called Manhunt for their son’s death.

Ballerina Anastasia Volochkova triumphantly returned to Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre today, after a more than two month long battle to be reinstated in the company.