Reeve Carney is to play Jeff Buckley, who drowned in 1997, in a planned biopic, says Richard Fitzpatrick

The mother of cult singer Jeff Buckley is convinced her son would have been amused that music mogul Simon Cowell has given him a boost up the pop charts - years after his death.

Reports that Brad Pitt will play Jeff Buckley in an upcoming biopic have been rubbished by the singer's mother Mary Guibert.