Lovestruck Robert Pattinson tried to impress his Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart by faking a love of highbrow films.

Director Catherine Hardwicke has confirmed the pair are an item after revealing Stewart decided she wanted give it "a go" and be with the British actor.

Pattinson reportedly asked Stewart to marry him several times a week, and now he admits he had to fight for her attention by pretending to be interested in intellectual films and authors.

He says, "I thought to myself, because she's so serious, I've got to be really serious. I felt like an idiot just following her around say

Lindsay Lohan has landed another fashion gig just days after designer Emanuel Ungaro called the work the actress did for him earlier this year (09) a "disaster".

The French style guru hired Lohan as a style consultant for his company in September (09) and debuted her first collection during Paris Fashion Week last month (Oct09).

But the star's hard work was panned by critics who dubbed her creations an "embarrassment".

And, earlier this week (beg09Nov09), Ungaro spoke out about the actress' disastrous efforts, complaining he was powerless to prevent the deal going ahead because he sold the

Marie Osmond is countersuing her former agent for making "extortionist demands" by seeking $88,000 in commission after she sacked him.

Osmond's legal team claims P. Karl Engemann, who managed the star for 35 years, was dismissed on 23 October (09) for allegedly acting "in an inappropriate, improper manner and breaching his fiduciary duty to Marie."

Engemann, whose daughter Shawn is married to TV host Larry King, filed a lawsuit alleging he helped Osmond set up her lucrative Las Vegas shows with her brother Donny.

But now Osmond is fighting back and has filed her own papers, demanding $2 mil

Elton John's E.coli infection and flu symptoms have prompted the Rocket Man to scrap a weekend show in California.

The pop pianist and touring partner Billy Joel were hoping to bring their Face 2 Face Tour to the Oracle Arena in Oakland on Saturday night (14Nov09), but Elton is still too sick to perform.

He scrapped a handful of concerts in the U.K. after falling ill at the beginning of November (09), when he was briefly hospitalised in London.

A statement on the star's website reads, "Elton has been out of hospital for several days now. He is making a good recovery, but he is not yet quit

American electronic musician Dan Deacon has cancelled the remainder of his U.S. tour after he was hospitalised with severe back problems.

The singer is suffering from acute sciatica and was terrified when the pain became so unbearable he had to be rushed to hospital.

Deacon has now pulled his last five dates, scheduled for later this month (Nov09), including three in New York.

Taking to social networking website Facebook, Deacon writes: "On Wednesday evening the pain had come to a peak. It was impossible to bear and it was frightening, since I had no idea why this was happening. I need to f

Mickey Rourke has pulled out of hosting a post fight-night party in Las Vegas on Saturday (14Nov09) due to a "scheduling conflict".

The Wrestler star was hoping to toast the winner of the Manny Pacquaio/Miguel Cotto boxing bout at Tao nightclub - but the event has been scrapped.

A spokeswoman for the party says, "Unfortunately due to a scheduling conflict this event is no longer taking place. I don't have details on the cancelling of the event other than something has come up to prevent it from happening."

Movie hunk Robert Pattinson got so caught up in Oscars fever earlier this year (09) he lost his car - and still hasn't found it.

The British Twilight star admits 2009 has been a terrible year for him and motors - he crashed the rental car he picked up after his vehicle went missing.

He tells Entertainment Weekly magazine, "I drove to the Oscars in my little old car, which I don't even know where it is anymore. I lost it!

"I borrowed a fancy car for five days and crashed it."

He reveals the crash took place as he was trying to outrun the paparazzi: "People never fo