BLAKE Edwards, the director and writer known for clever dialogue, and belly-laugh gags in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 10, and the Pink Panther farces, has died aged 88.

A PRIVATE funeral service will be held tomorrow for model and actress Farrah Fawcett at the Cathedral of Our lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was hospitalised with several broken ribs after a weekend motorcycle accident, his publicist said today.