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KELLY CLARKSON has found the perfect way to avoid being caught drinking and driving in Los Angeles - she has a pub in her own house.
Unlike Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, the American Idol winner and former cocktail waitress, 25, shuns the club circuit in favour of a quiet drink with friends in the comfort of her own home.
She says, "I love having a pub in my house. My favourite cocktails are just straight up. A Jose Cuervo and Grand Marnier on the rocks. Oh, yeah! "I don’t like going out much because of the whole drink-driving thing. Having friends round for drinks is what I love doing." Clarkson was a waitress in her native Texas before she won TV talent show American Idol.

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Australian singer NATALIE IMBRUGLIA is desperate to duet with U2 legend BONO.
Imbruglia, 32, is a huge fan of the Irish supergroup and would love to join forces with the enigmatic frontman.
She says, "I certainly wouldn’t say no if Bono called me and said: ‘Hey, love, do you wanna do a song?’ He’s a modern day saint. He used his celebrity in a very responsible way and managed and managed to stay cool.
"(I love) U2’s Pride - I wish I’d written that."

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Actress MONIQUE COLEMAN has hailed her appearance on U.S. TV show DANCING WITH THE STARS as a life-changing experience.
The High School Musical star appeared on the show last year (06), making the top four - and was stunned at the public response.
She says, "It was life-changing. It was the hardest thing to do; at times I wanted to go home. I came into the show as an up-and-comer; my fans were all 11-year-old girls! "Being publicly judged was difficult, but I felt like I was inspiring women."

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UGLY BETTY star AMERICA FERRERA used to hate her appearance so much, she burst into floods of tears every time she caught a glimpse at her own reflection.
The voluptuous actress, 23, who plays frumpy fashion magazine receptionist Betty Suarez in the hit U.S. show, hated her curves.
She says, "I thought I was too fat. I wanted to be one of the Charlie’s Angels but couldn’t get into the size zero leather trousers." She also criticises the television industry’s preference for style over substance: "It’s hard for people to see your talent if you don’t fit the slim, tall, traditionally beautiful mould We’re not all size zeros and that’s OK because some of us like to eat."

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DAVID SCHWIMMER has ruled out of ever starring in or directing FRIENDS again.
Since the show ended in 2004, there have been rumours of a reunion and even a big screen version of the hit show.
But Schwimmer, who directed a number of the shows, as well as playing Ross Geller, insists he’ll never be a part of Friends again.
Speaking at the launch of his movie directorial debut Run, Fatboy, Run, Schwimmer says, "I wouldn’t rule out working with any of those guys again.
"We would never do that show again. But I’d have no hesitance working with them again. They are a very talented bunch of actors."

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RENEE ZELLWEGER refuses to give up the bad habits she picked up in England while filming MISS POTTER and the BRIDGET JONES movies - she loves to swear like a Brit.
The actress has spent months at a time in and around London over the last few years for her career, and despite keeping her Texan accent, she has adapted English curse words into her vocabulary.
Zellweger says, "From my Bridget Jones days, I still say words like ‘brilliant’ or ‘bollocks’ and it sounds very funny in my Texan accent.
"I love the culture. It’s fantastic and now I’ve got some great friends in England."

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SIMON PEGG was surprised to become close friends with DAVID SCHWIMMER - because the FRIENDS star blanked him when they appeared together in war mini-series BAND OF BROTHERS.
The pair became pals shooting 2006 movie Big Nothing, and Schwimmer cast Pegg in his directorial debut Run, Fatboy, Run. But they didn’t hit it off when they first met, when Schwimmer played Pegg’s commanding officer in the Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks-created TV show.
Pegg says, "He didn’t speak to me in those days." Schwimmer adds, "It’s true. I was really anti-social in those days - partly because of the character I played. I didn’t make an effort."

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UGLY BETTY star REBECCA ROMIJN is set to star in an episode of her new husband JERRY O’CONNELL’s TV show CARPOOLERS, according to reports.
U.S. TV network E! reports Romijn will play O’Connell’s character Laird’s ex-wife Joannifer.
O’Connell appeared in an episode of Romijn’s show Ugly Betty earlier this year (07).

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Australians paid tribute to late CROCODILE HUNTER STEVE IRWIN at his zoo in Queensland on Tuesday (04Sep07).
Irwin’s widow Terri and children Bindi and Bob spent the first anniversary of his death in private, but appreciated the fans’ memorial at Australia Zoo.
Irwin was killed by a stingray barb while snorkelling near the Great Barrier Reef on 4 September 2006.
Speaking in parliament on Tuesday, Queensland Premier Peter Beattie said, "The spirit of Steve Irwin lives on in many ways. I again pay tribute to his energy, joy and commitment to conservation and wildlife, and acknowledge all those who continue his work today." Irwin’s family are planning to honour the wildlife expert at Steve Irwin Day, which will be marked across Australia on 15 November (07).

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Former eighties star KIM WILDE has advised troubled soul sensation AMY WINEHOUSE to put down the drugs and pick up the wine glass.
The Kids In America singer, 46, who regularly courted controversy during her heyday, believes Winehouse just needs to step back from her party lifestyle. She says, "I would say lay off the drugs and have a drink. Maybe a nice glass of wine and enjoy that. A lot of boring people do drugs." Winehouse has cancelled a string of gigs in the U.S. and Europe after she was hospitalised last month (Aug07) following three days of hard-partying.

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Overnight success turned R&B star MACY GRAY into a "asshole".
The husky-voiced I TRY singer, 39, exploded onto the music scene with 1999 debut On How Life Is - and she admits she was seduced by the trappings of her success.
She says, "You can become an asshole when you get things like money and fame; it’s very easy to be a jerk, you know? "So I went down that route for a while, and at the end of the day that’s all you really are: an asshole."

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Rap moguls JAY-Z and TIMBALAND are being sued by an Egyptian music firm, who claim the stars illegally copied a melody from a 1957 song.
Osama Admed Fahmy, who owns the copyright to the song Khosara, Khosara, has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Federal Court, accusing Jay-Z of using the track’s melody in his 2000 single Big Pimpin’, which appeared on his 1999 album Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter.
This latest lawsuit follows an August (07) decision by a California judge to dismiss another lawsuit by Ahab Joseph Nafal, who claimed Big Pimpin’ infringed the copyright of Khosara, Khorasa.
Lawyers for EMI Records argued the 50-year-old track was governed by the 1909 Copyright Act, AllHipHop.com reports.

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Kind-hearted KELLY ROWLAND has a novel hobby - she can’t resist giving all her clothes to charity.
Rowland was inspired to take up the generous pastime when she was just nine years-old, after she was given a second-hand pair of trainers by her mother’s charitable employer.
She says: "That’s why even today I regularly clean out my closet and give clothing I no longer need or wear to the homeless project at my church, St John’s United Methodist Church in Houston (Texas)."

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KELLY OSBOURNE has blasted LINDSAY LOHAN and BRITNEY SPEARS for wearing no underwear in public.
The outspoken TV reality star is baffled by the trend - and accused the stars of being desperate for attention.
She says, "That’s how desperate people are for attention. Instead of going out and doing something good, they’d rather show their vaginas to the world." Lohan, Spears and Paris Hilton have all been photographed this year (07) wearing no underwear in public.

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RENEE ZELLWEGER has fuelled rumours of a romance with SIR PAUL McCARTNEY by declaring she has a "crush on him".
Reports the couple were dating started when they were recently photographed chatting together backstage at a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers concert in New York.
A week after the concert, they were seen dining together at the American Hotel in Sag Harbor, New York.
While the pair are yet to comment on the nature of their friendship, the Chicago actress admits she lusts after the rock legend, who is 27 years her senior.
She says, "Paul McCartney? I have a crush on him.
"I haven’t told him yet, but I think some friends of mine might have. Well, I guess if he doesn’t know, he’ll find out now."

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FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL star HUGH GRANT was starstruck when he was cast opposite ANDIE MacDOWELL in the 1994 romantic comedy.
The 47-year-old actor, who eventually won a Golden Globe award for his leading role in the film, was relatively unknown at the time.
He says, "I was quite frightened of her because she was a film star." Alongside his awe of his co-star he admits he was scared of MacDowell’s husband at the time, Paul Qualley.
He adds, "I was terrified of her husband, he was one of those pathologically jealous showbusiness husbands. You’d be helping yourself at the same salad bowl and he would never ever say ‘hello’. He was really scary." MacDowell and Qualley divorced in 1999.

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DANNY AIELLO was unhappy with his 1989 movie DO THE RIGHT THING - despite being Oscar nominated for his performance.
The actor played pizzeria owner Salvatore ‘Sal’ Frangione in the Spike Lee comedy, which resulted in Aiello’s win at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.
Aiello tells the New York Post’s Page Six column, "It was healthy for my career but the movie was out to lunch."

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HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL star OLESYA RULIN has started taking piano lessons, after faking her musical skills in the Disney TV movies.
The Russian beauty, 21, plays composer/pianist Kelsi Nielsen in both High School Musical movies and hopes to be able to play the instrument by the time they start filming the third movie next year (08).
She says, "I cannot play the piano so the scenes were pretty much staged. But it has inspired me to learn so I have been taking lessons. I’m becoming quite good."

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