Grow up to be gay

It's a known fact that literally every person who listened to "Buttons" during their formative years is now gay. If you play "Dirrty" in the room of a pregnant woman then that child will be born gay. It really works. Find me someone who listened to Danity Kane that isn't gay.

The singer, 32, and businessman, 46, are also said to have agreed to have joint legal and physical custody of their son Angelo, eight. It's understood that the Mummy Diaries stars' grandfather Mick passed away on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. The TV and radio presenter, 41, bundled up against the elements in a long black leather raincoat and casual runners. Rachel Riley was every inch the doting mum as she carried baby daughter Maven out of the Countdown studios in Salford on Wednesday. The TV personality, 28, looked almost unrecognisable as he modelled a series of iconic looks from over the years. The year-old actress gave a glimpse of her toned abs in a grey cropped t-shirt and light blue high-waisted jeans in Calabasas on Wednesday. Jackson are to star in a new Broadway production of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, before appearing together in a film version.

The Miss America pageant is on in the background as I write. There is something about the whole Miss America franchise that is both fascinating and terrifying to me. I imagine some girls my age grew up wanting to be a beauty queen. Instead, I spent my childhood fantasizing about being Rambo and the Karate Kid.

Matthew Todd thought he had long since dealt with the demons surrounding his sexuality. In this extract from his new book, he reveals the crisis of shame facing the gay community — and how to solve it. I t was probably coincidence that Robert Goddard killed himself on the same day that Margaret Thatcher died. He was cocky, bubbly, laughed a lot and he embodied what it meant to be a young gay man at the turn of the millennium: physically fit, athletic, happy. He also had that most important thing on the gay scene: sexual currency.