In brief: Gandolfini plays NY mayor role

James Gandolfini, star of The Sopranos, is to play the New York City mayor opposite John Travolta and Denzel Washington in a remake of the 1970s thriller, The Taking of Pelham 123... Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz, former wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, married her former lover Richard Attias at Manhattan's Rainbow Room on Sunday night... Universal Music, Sony BMG and Warner Music are vying to lure the Rolling Stones away from their long-time label, EMI and its new owner Guy Hands, when their contract ends in June... Francis Bacon's Triptych, 1976 is tipped to fetch a record £35m when it goes under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York in May... Corazon Aquino, the 75-year-old former Philippine president, has colon cancer, her family has announced... A surgeon who took part in Italy's Big Brother, Dr Lina Carcuro, may be struck off after she ended up in bed with a Milanese businessman on the show... David Beckham has described his first year with the Los Angeles Galaxy as a "nightmare", in an interview with 60 Minutes... Fans of Sir Paul McCartney are claiming a track on his latest album is about his break-up from Heather Mills; Mister Bellamy, the sixth track, is an anagram of "Mills betray me"...