In brief: Kidman to play Dusty Springfield

Nicole Kidman (pictured) is set to play the late soul legend Dusty Springfield in a new biopic penned by Michael Cunningham, writer of The Hours, in which Kidman portrayed Virginia Woolf; Cunningham told New York magazine that the film will not shy away from Springfield's bisexuality... Comic Johnny Vegas over-stepped the boundaries of taste - and perhaps even broke the law - during a performance at the Bloomsbury Theatre last week. After pulling a woman from the audience, it is alleged in the Guardian newspaper that he stroked her breasts, raised her skirt, ran his hand up her leg and fingered her through her clothes... Peter Phillips's fiancee Autumn Kelly has renounced her Catholic faith and converted to Anglicanism in a move that means the Queen's grandson, who is 11th in line to the throne, can keep his place in the Royal succession... DNA tests have confirmed that remains found in Russia last year belong to the Tsar Nicholas II's 13-year-old heir, Prince Alexei and his youngest sister Maria, executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918... Mia Farrow was briefly questioned at Hong Kong airport this morning before officials allowed her to enter the Chinese territory to give a speech criticising China's relations with Sudan - on the condition that she does not disrupt Friday's Olympic torch relay... Sir Ian McKellen is to reprise his role as Gandalf in the next two JRR Tolkien film adaptations, based on The Hobbit...