Britney Spears‘ former friend and advisor Sam Lutfi has been banned from contacting the star for three years.

After hearings over the last few weeks, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Aviva Bobb issued a three-year restraining order against Lutfi and Jon Eardley, a man who claimed to be Britney’s attorney, after they were deemed to be interfering with Britney’s ongoing recovery.

Under the terms of the ruling, both men must stay at least 100 yards away from Britney, her sons Sean and Jayden, and the homes of her family members, including ex-husband Kevin Federline. They are also barred from contacting Britney or any of her family by phone, mail or email, and are not allowed to “act on Ms Spears’s behalf or purport to act on her behalf.”

Sam has been banned from contacting the star since her conservatorship was put in place in February last year but Britney’s dad Jamie Spears applied for the new order at the end of January after claims Sam had been trying to contact Britney through her hairdresser and tried to smuggle a mobile phone to her at a hotel.

Lufti’s lawyer Bryan Freedman told People magazine that they will “absolutely appeal” the ruling because: “Never before in history has a restraining order been issued against someone who answered another person’s cries for help.”

But sources close to Britney say she’s glad that the ban has been extended until May 2012: “They were good friends once but no more. She sees him as part of her dark past and wants nothing more to do with him now. He scares her and she hopes he gets the message to stay away from now on.”

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick have announced they’re set to become parents again - via a surrogate pregnancy.

The couple already have a six year old son James Wilke but are said to have decided to use a surrogate after “a lot of unsuccessful tries” to conceive themselves - and now they’re expecting twin girls later this summer.

A spokesperson for the couple confirmed the couple said yesterday: “Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are happily anticipating the birth of their twin daughters later this summer with the generous help of a surrogate.

“The entire family is overjoyed.”

A source close to the couple added: “They had a lot of unsuccessful tries [and] they came to the conclusion that this was going to be the best alternative for expanding their family.

“They’re over the moon and excited as any prospective parents would be. Their life is about to get a lot busier.”

Eva Longoria Parker has revealed she and husband Tony Parker are planning to move to France in a few years.

Tony was born in Belgium but raised in France and plays basketball for the French national team as well as the San Antonio Spurs - and he and Eva married in Paris in July 2007.

She told Extra recently: “Tony and I will be moving to France after Desperate Housewives [comes to an end]. Actually after his basketball career [does].”

“[It will] not be for a while, but we’ll be living there for a bit.”

Lady Gaga has revealed that despite her confident and sexy stage persona, she’s really shy when it comes to men.

She explained recently: “I am totally confident that I am an incredible artist and performer.

“I am extremely confident about my body, the way I dress, the way I want to look.

“But I have no confidence when it comes to men. Men are a disaster area for me.”

“It’s so weird because I believe I am super sexy. I believe I am incredible, but I have absolutely no luck with boyfriends.”

Gossip Girl stars Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick have reportedly grown tired of both living and working together.

The gents currently share an apartment in Chelsea, New York but a source told the New York Post: “Chace wants to move out to a bachelor pad.

“He wants privacy and has told his agent to spare no expense in finding the perfect loft.”

Patsy Palmer has credited Eastenders with saving her life and is delighted she decided to return to the soap.

Patsy played Bianca in the soap for six years between 1993-1999 before leaving to pursue other roles. In 2005, she criticised the show’s storylines and said she wouldn’t return - but did return as a full time character early last year.

She told Fabulous magazine recently that the best thing about her return is being given the chance to play Bianca sober - after 24 years of alcohol and drug abuse: “It’s been amazing to get a second chance. To be Bianca for the first time completely sober has been incredible.”

She explained that she began dabbling with drink and drugs from the age of 10 and only finally beat her addictions when she settled down in her second marriage in 2004: “I have it in my genes. But I didn’t know how to deal with it back then.

“I wasn’t well educated and I was very naive about life. But I was really good at hiding how bad things had got.

“To be honest, working on Eastenders saved my life. I hate to think what would have happened to me if I hadn’t got that break as Bianca.”