In brief: US critics pulverise Little Britain
American critics have dished out some stinking reviews to Little Britain creators Matt Lucas and David Walliams (pictured) for their US spin-off, which had its first airing on Sunday night. Variety magazine complained that Little Britain USA's wit "seldom rises above what's scrawled on a school bathroom wall" and that "the laughs were as puny as its ambition"......... Scarlett Johansson, 23, who once tantalisingly described monogamy as unnatural for human beings, married fellow actor Ryan Reynolds in a quiet wedding ceremony in Canada on Saturday. The Lost in Translation actress - described by Esquire magazine as "the sexiest woman alive" - and 31-year old, Canadian-born Reynolds began dating in the spring of last year shortly after Reynolds split from his then fiancee, the singer Alanis Morissette …………. The dispute about who would inherit the late Heath Ledger's £9m estate appears to have been resolved. The 28-year-old Australian actor, who died in New York in January from an accidential overdose of prescription drugs, had named his parents and sisters as the beneficiaries in his will, but according to the Brokeback Mountain actor's father, Kim, it will all go to Ledger's daughter Matilda Rose …………. Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, 65, is reported to have become "increasingly close" to Molly Miller Mundy, the aristocratic 23-year-old daughter of one of his old friends. "I'm thrilled it's not Paul McCartney," says Molly's father, Mark Miller Mundy, a record producer who has worked with Sir Mick's former girlfriend Marianne Faithfull…….... Meanwhile, Ronnie Wood's wife Jo is reported to have called in the divorce lawyers because her husband has taken up again with 19-year-old Russina art student Ekaterina Ivanova …………. Heather Locklear was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of a controlled substance in California at the weekend. The actress, 47, who is famous for her roles in Dynasty, was pulled over after a resident reported seeing the actress leaving a parking lot and "driving erratically." She was later booked on suspicion of driving under the influence of prescription medication and released from custody............
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