It was a week when ignominy visited great cue men. Steve Davis was ducked in a New South Wales lake then banished from the jungle before a chancer from The Only Way is Essex; a parable of snooker’s current standing in public affections.

Bono and Ali Hewson’s youngest daughter Eve was shocked when her parents gave her an unusual 21st birthday present at her coming of age party in a glitzy Las Vegas club.

Pamela Anderson has married her longtime pal Rick Salomon in a Las Vegas ceremony.

Country superstar Garth Brooks is struggling to maintain his retirement from the music industry and is staging another brief comeback for charity.