In brief: Clint Eastwood quits acting

Clint Eastwood (pictured) claims that his next film, Gran Torino, a drama about a racist veteran of the Korean War, will be his last. "That will probably do it for me as far as acting is concerned," says the 78-year-old actor. "You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don't want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you're not performing at your best"……….. Andrew Sachs says he is considering accepting an invitation from Jonathan Ross to appear on his BBC1 chat show when he returns after his three-month ban. The appearance would allow Ross the chance to apologise for the infamous message he left on the Fawlty Towers actor's answerphone in which he said that his friend Russell Brand had "fucked" his granddaughter, Georgina Baillie. Says Sachs: "I'm too old to bear grudges or resentments, it's just a waste of time"………… Boy George begins his trial on charges of assaulting and falsely imprisoning a male escort today. The 46-year-old pop singer and DJ is alleged to have chained Audun Carlsen to the wall of his home in Ravey Street, Shoreditch, east London in April last year............The News of the World claims that Gordon Ramsay, the foul-mouthed chef who has been married to Tana for 12 years, has been having an extra-marital affair with Sarah Symonds, a 38-year-old PR and marketing executive from Newport, Wales…………. Richey Edwards, the Manic Street Preachers guitarist and lyricist who disappeared nearly 14 years ago, has been declared as presumed dead. The musician was last seen in London on February 1, 1995. His car was found abandoned at a notorious suicide spot near the original Severn Bridge, but his body was never found…………Keith Richards, the Rolling Stones guitarist, is to release an easy-listening album. As yet untitled, it is rumoured to include a jazz version of Somewhere Over The Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz and Perry Como's I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now………… Dame Stella Rimington, the former director general of MI5, has been asked to work as a consultant on the BBC programme Spooks. She told the Sunday Telegraph: "I have always made it clear that I felt the programme had little to do with real life. Presumably, they feel I could make it more realistic"…………