Brooke Shields

Ah... to be 40.

Tom Cruise has found himself a new publicist following months of negative publicity.

Since hiring his sister last year, the Mission Impossible star has encountered a number of jams.

Remember Lynda Carter? She's the seventies icon who starred as Wonder Woman in the hit TV show - but she's been a bit quiet since she hung up her spandex tights.

Believe it or not, Tom Cruise is not the most popular man in Hollywood at the moment.

Despite being a happy soul - in love with Katie Holmes and making mega-bucks - his fellow stars are lining up to have a go.

Old Father Time may be relentlessly tick-tocking, but to some stars it matters not one bit.

With each passing year, with each new success, they are the celebs who are becoming more and more powerful - while most of their rivals fall by the wayside.

Brooke Shields has had a few choice words for man-of-the-moment Tom Cruise.

The War Of The Worlds star offered Brooke some post-natal advice - but she hit back suggesting, rather strongly, he should stay out of matters that don't concern him.

It wasn't long ago that hitting 40 would mean panic stations for any self-respecting celebrity.

Not so now.

Former EastEnders star Michael French has walked out on West End Musical Chicago after a reported bust-up with co-star Brooke Shields.

The actor - who played hunky David Wicks in the soap - quit just hours before her debut.

He was a nerdy, neurotic New Yorker who who was constantly unlucky in love as dopey Ross Geller in hit comedy Friends.

But David Schwimmer's latest role is about as far removed as possible - he plays a serial womaniser in his West End debut.

Ex-Brookie babe Jen Ellison, 21, claimed the part was "very tiring" when she filled the stilettos of Roxie Hart in Chicago.

But a Hollywood star nearly twice her age is set to take on one of the West End's most demanding roles.

So what kind of woman wants to be Michael Jackson's belle?

The pop legend has, for the most part, seemed to have kept his love life private, raising questions about his sexuality and lifestyle.