• Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie’s “reality” show The Simple Life has been cancelled. The show, which started in 2003, catapulted the stars to the top of the Hollywood socialite - and tabloid - worlds but according to an inside source at the E! network, the prominence of their real lives now was the downfall of the show: “Viewers would see Paris all day long on the news about her going to jail, so they didn’t care about seeing her camping with kids. It just was too played out.”
  • Princess Beatrice, the eldest daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, reportedly caused fellow St Tropez beach-goers embarrassment when she jumped on her boyfriend on the sands yesterday. Beatrice is holidaying in the French resort her mum and little sister Eugenie as well as boyfriend of a year, Dave Clark. An onlooker told the Daily Mail: “Beatrice jumped on her boyfriend. They were all over each other. Nobody knew where to look.” The couple are said to have cavorted for about five minutes, prompting other sunbathers to shout out “get a room!”.