In brief: James Jagger lands film role

James Jagger (pictured), son of Rolling Stone Sir Mick Jagger and former Texan model Jerry Hall, has landed a part in a biopic about the Italian composer, Vivaldi. The 23-year-old will play Alessandro Grimani, one of the composer's pupils, in the movie Vivaldi - The Red Priest………… A cartoon and poem given to the late comedian Spike Milligan by Paul McCartney when he was in the Beatles sold yesterday at auction for £6,000, three times what auctioneers Bonhams expected. Captioned 'The Nutters of Starvecrow Lane', it reads: "The voice of the poet of Dumbwoman's Lane/Can be heard across vallies [sic] of sugar-burned cane/And nostrils that sleep through the wildest of nights/Will be twitching to gain aromatic insights."………. Sir Terry Wogan and former choirister Aled Jones are attempting to compete for the coveted number 1 spot in the Christmas charts with a version of Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth, first made famous by Bing Crosbie and David Bowie…………