Washington, Nov 30 : Sean Combs a. k. a P. Diddy is so desperate to be the next black James Bond that the he has spent a whopping 750,000 pounds on making his own audition tape.

London, Nov 30 : Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has been slammed by fans, who say that he should not bring his personal problems along on his live TV performance and should sort it out at home.

Ramsay, 42, who had performed live on Channel 4’s Cookalong show on November 28, was accused by fans of struggling to keep his calm, messing up his lines on camera and faltering during live links to show participants in Essex and Wales.

Melbourne, November 30 : ''Britney Spears'' is the most searched term on Australia’s internet, according to Yahoo! 7.

The second most popular search engine in Australia, which records around two million users a month, found Britney beat Heath Ledger, the Olympics, Angelina Jolie, the global economic slump, the US election, to name a few, to claim the title.

The ‘Toxic’ hit maker’s rebound, from her pair of hospitalisations and a series of erratic behaviour, including her infamous head-shaving in 2007, made her the popular search topic.

The Couriermail reports, that the pop singer was the most favoured search term after her “stunning comeback from an absolute low point”.

London, November 30 : It seems that Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan’s popularity is on the wane, for dolls modelled on her are struggling to find buyers.

Toy importer Mattle Inc. has reduced the price of the doll from 24.99 dollars to just 4.99 dollars, but the toys are still not selling.

The Lindsay Lohan doll comes with accessories including a director’s chair, velvet rope, a mobile phone, fake-fur coat, shoes, and bags.

Melbourne, Nov 30 : Owing to the global credit crunch, superstars including Madonna, Paul McCartney and Neil Diamond have scrapped Australian tour plans.

According to reports, Madonna was scheduled to perform at Sydney''s ANZ Stadium and Melbourne''s Docklands in late January.

In fact, Tickets for Madonna''s shows were due to go on sale two weeks ago and ‘The Material Girl’ planned to charge a top ticket price of 400 dollars.

The shows were being presented by US tour giant Live Nation and local promoter Michael Coppel.

"It got as close as anything ever gets. Madonna was coming to Australia, the dates were resolved, then economics got in the way,'''' The Daily Telegraph quoted a tour industry source as saying.

London, Nov 30: Britney Spears refused to meet any of the X Factor’s final five contestants over fears that they are ‘toxic’.

The comeback queen snubbed the finalists to avoid catching any bugs from the wannabes.

The ‘Toxic’ hitmaker was scared that she would catch laryngitis, which could throw her 100 million pounds comeback into turmoil.

Contestants Diana Vickers, 17, and her rival Alexandra Burke, 20, almost pulled out of the show because of serious throat infections.