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Friday February 29, 2008

In brief: Opera diva Jenkins hits back

Diva Katherine Jenkins has defended her middle-of-the-road approach to opera after being labelled a 'fake singer' by Dame Kiri te Kanawa... Heath Ledger's doctors in California and Texas are to be investigated by the Drug Enforcement Agency for prescribing him painkillers... Tilda Swinton has confirmed that she gave her Oscar statue to her American agent... Claudia Schiffer has ruled out ever having cosmetic surgery or using Botox to prolong her career... Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter is to become a father for the fifth time at the age of 60... Gordon Brown set off No 10 alarms by trying to get into his office there at 5am... Boy George has claimed he had a 'lawful excuse' for imprisoning a young man in his London flat... TV chef Keith Floyd has divorced for the fourth time...

FIRST POSTED FEBRUARY 29, 2008

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