• Notorious womaniser James Blunt tried to chat up Ellen DeGeneres when he appeared on her chat show recently. Not knowing that Ellen lives with Arrested Development star Portia De Rossi, James asked the chat show host if she was seeing anyone then added: “I’ll give you my phone number afterwards. I am actually very effeminate.” Ellen turned down the offer, saying: “It’s not going to work. But thanks for trying.”
  • Superman Returns star Brandon Routh has reportedly set a date with fiancee Courtney Ford. According to In Touch magazine, the couple are set to marry in Santa Barbara, California in November. They’ve booked the Bacara Resort & Spa for the event on 24th November and an inside source revealed: “It’s going to be an old-fashioned ceremony, on the beach at sundown.” The couple got engaged in August 2006.