Britney Spears is anxious to prove to her father she is well enough to take care of herself - after growing fed up of having a chaperone with her at all times while on the road to recovery.

The pop star's every move is being monitored by her father Jamie, on the orders of a court, following two hospitalisations earlier this year (08) and a series of public meltdowns.

The Live Earth India concert due to feature Bon Jovi, Pink Floyd star Roger Waters and Black Eyed Peas rapper Will.I.Am has been cancelled in the wake of the recent terror attacks in Mumbai.

The charity concert, which was planned to raise awareness of climate change, was scheduled to take place on 7 December (08).

Amy Winehouse's husband Blake Fielder-Civil has vowed to walk away from his troubled marriage - because he blames himself for introducing the Rehab hitmaker to hard drugs.

Fielder-Civil was freed from prison in early November (08) after serving almost a year behind bars in relation to an attack on a pub landlord in 2006.

Britney Spears stormed the set of U.K. talent show The X Factor on Saturday night (29Nov08) - marking her first performance on British soil in four years.

Following televised turns in Germany and France the previous nights (27-28Nov08), the star took to the stage of the Simon Cowell-fronted singing competition to perform her hit single Womanizer.

Madonna's ex Guy Ritchie is making plans to open a new pub in the pop superstar's native New York.

The director, who owns posh London pub The Punchbowl, is reportedly looking into buying a property in the Big Apple after New Yorkers visiting his Mayfair establishment expressed their desire to have a similar bar on the East Coast.

Actors Roselyn Sanchez and Eric Winter have married in a fairytale ceremony in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Saturday (29Nov08).

The couple exchanged vows in Without A Trace star Sanchez's native country in front of 250 guests, including pal Eva Longoria Parker.

Actor Robert Pattinson has poor standards of hygiene when it comes to his hair - he never washes it.

The Twilight star has shot to fame after portraying a vampire in the new movie - but he risks jeopardising his hunk status by confessing his dirty secret.

Leonardo DiCaprio is following through on his vow to boycott the paparazzi - he's put his Malibu, California mansion up for sale.

The Titanic star recently lashed out at the snappers who follow his every move, branding them "disrespectful and dangerous".