The Daily Mail has some nice photos of Peter Andre sweating it out with a personal trainer in order to lose some pesky pounds which have covered his once chiseled six pack with a fine layer of flesh. Having recently read his autobiography (given to us as a birthday gift by our Associate Editor, THANKS CLEM), we know that Pete's gaining of pounds is a direct result of Jordan's demand he comfort eat with her during her pregnancy with son Junior, and we can only assume he dived head first into many plates of culinary crap once again when she was pregnant with their second child Princess Tiammii.

Of course, we don't think Peter looks too bad in the scheme of things, but the British media is sufficiently concerned about the issue to ask Jordan whether his newfound chunkiness has dampened the fires of lust in her loins in any way. Breathe a sigh of relief, romance lovers - it hasn't.

Wife Katie recently dismissed rumours that his ballooning weight has put her off him.

She told a newspaper: "That's ridiculous, bull**** stuff. I don't care what he looks like." But the glamour model admitted that he had been on a strick fitness regime for the last two weeks.

She said: "I love him for him. I still fancy him as much as I ever did, definitely."

Awww, wonderful.

This story has reminded us of how amazingly and hilariously rubbish Peter's autobiography is ("All About Us - My Story") and how we still mean to start popping up some of the best excerpts online. Let's just say there's a great passage involving one of his L.A girlfriends chasing him from the house with a baseball bat screaming "I GOT MOTHERFUCKERS IN THE HOOD!"

Everybody's been enjoying poring over George Clooney's recent interview with Esquire, yes? If you haven't seen it, go here and have a read - it simply confirmed our massive Clooney crush as something which should be pursued full time (it tends to peak whenever it is Oscars season and we get to see the man in a suit making quips that leave us breathless and flushed, but then we forget about him by late March and begin ogling pictures of Gale Harold from Queer As Folk for the rest of the year instead. Mmmm, Brian Kinney gay goodness...).

During the interview process, George was shown a website which had a list of famous women they believed he's bedded during his time as a Hollywood heartthrob, and George helpfully confirmed or denied the couplings for the Esquire journalist. The full list wasn't included in the original published interview, but Esquire have popped it online as an "outtake". We found it enlightening, and you probably will too. We haven't worked out the average breast size for the confirmed Clooney conquests, so we cannot tell you definitively if he really is an enthusiast of all things flat-chested, as News Ltd so recently feared...

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We are distraught at having to break the following heartbreaking news regarding Australia's Got Talent judge Dannii Minogue and an unfortunate situation regarding lighting fixtures.

'The X Factor' judge - who recently confessed she is single and desperate to find a boyfriend - has been unable to invite anyone back to her place for weeks as the floor of her London home is covered in sparkling glass lamps.

A source close to the star told BANG Showbiz: "Dannii bought all these new chandeliers but the guys who delivered them wouldn't put them up. She hasn't been able to find anyone to install them and so she hasn't been able to have anybody round for over a month - the floor is covered in bits of chandelier.

"Have anybody around" clearly being a nice euphemism for "rut in the privacy of her own home", as far as we can tell. Terrible stuff! Whatever will Dannii do? The woman has needs, for god's sake!

"She spends all her time at her friends' houses."

Ahh. Someone call Geldof and cancel VadgeAid - Dannii's still scoring, just on the fold out bed at a mate's place.

PHEW!

Thanks to our UK Correspondent Will for the heads up... LOVE YOU, WILLY!)

When we heard Michael Vartan was looking for an Australian woman to mate with and thus justify the expense and trouble of an international relocation to his new favourite place on earth, we figured he's probably do an AJ Buckley and score himself a Home & Away starlet... or, if hard pressed, one of McLeod's 8,43 daughters. But no! Apparently he's more interested in the dog-loving ways of Suzie Wilkes.

Says the Daily Telegraph...

Vartan, who has become a regular down under, was overheard asking the former Changing Rooms chick for her number and questioning whether she would be interested in dinner.

The couple, both animal lovers, bonded over a shared love of dogs.

The American has said the one thing stopping him from upping stumps and moving to Australia is the strict quarantine restrictions surrounding the importing of pets.

It'd be worth the effort, Michael. One of us! One of us!

Also, we found this forum topic "interesting" - Does Suzie Wilkes like bumsex? No answers there, alas - but we do learn that a commenter wants "to do her up the bumhole".

Poor Natalie Gauci. The Australian Idol winner (whose single 'Here I Am' Kowalski-d its way straight to the number two spot in the ARIA charts) might have walloped Matt Corby at the series finale a few weeks back, but can that make up for having lost a lover in the pursuit of musical success? Well, maybe if the single had made it number one...

She's got a job ahead of her wooing fans to buy the "beautiful but boring" singer's music, but Australian Idol Natalie Gauci has revealed she hasn't given up hope of winning over the man she lost on her way to taking the title on this year's TV talent show.

The 26-year-old has released a B-side to her Idol winners single, inspired by her former boyfriend, backpacker Andrea Seidita.

"It's written about Andrea," Gauci said of All In My Mind, which she penned in the days after their very public break-up.

"When he left I was really upset, so I wrote that song. It's a ballad about heartbreak. It's probably one of my favourite originals. I'm really proud of it," she said recently.

There's nothing quite like fresh pain to really get a single flying off the shelves, is there?

Even though Andrea appears to be rutting The Gauch from behind whilst wearing rollerblades in the photo accompanying the article, we're sure he's a lovely backpacker type, and we wish Nat the best of luck when it comes to winning him back once the whole Idol thing turns to shit she finally gets a break in her hectic schedule.

In conclusion, here's a quote from the article which made us snigger like a teenage boy.

"There's no expectation or pressure. And he's really sweet. He said, 'I don't want to hurt your feelings if I can't come' so that's nice."

Isn't it though?

(bites tongue)

You know how everyone reported that Delta thought she was too young to become a stepmother - officially - to Brian McFadden's kids and baulked at his romantic marriage proposal?

The pair have almost disappointedly had to alert everyone to the fact that they are engaged after all, which has left the press about as thrilled and excited as Liberace upon finding a "CLOSED INDEFINITELY" sign on the door of his local Swarovski rhinestone warehouse.

The statement reads: "The couple were hoping to keep the news private however they feel it is important to now confirm the exciting news."

Brian and Delta met when recording a duet together while he was still married to drug-addict Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona, with whom he has two children.

They began dating shortly after Brian's marriage to Kerry fell apart.

Since then, McFadden has been involved in a divorce battle that cost him over £70,000 but is said to be re-launching his career in Hollywood.

Clearly the UK press are really fond of the former Potato-Chipshops, if the number of sly digs in that excerpt are to be believed. Basically, reading between the lines there, he's a washed up former pop wannabe who found a better option while married to his drug-addled washed-up wife, got taken to the cleaners by her and will probably fail in his desperate attempts to get his career back on track again.

As one of the astute commenters on the Mail's website says, "The jungle [i.e. I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!] beckons."

We assume we should muster up some vague sense of excitement since News Ltd announced over the weekend that "Australia's golden girl of international modeling" Gemma Ward could very well be doing the deed with Hollywood heartthrob Josh Hartnett.

Tall, dark and oh so beautifully wrapped, Hartnett might just be the perfect gift for Ward - who celebrates her 20th birthday today.

Earlier this week the supermodel and the super-cool stud were the celebrity guests of honour at a Halloween party hosted by V magazine at New York's Gramercy Park Hotel.

While her smouldering companion was all rock star in shades and suit, there was nothing frightful about Ward, who painted the party gold with her metallic makeover.

The event marked the second time the genetically blessed couple have stepped out together in a fortnight, after being spotted having dinner together at Manhattan noshery Gamma last week.

It sounds like love, oh yes indeed.

Of course, whenever we hear the name "Josh Hartnett", we can't help but automatically think of Bruce Beresford's cheekily named memoir "Josh Hartnett Definitely Wants To Do This... True Stories From A Life In The Screen Trade" and then, having never read the book and being horrible types, jump straight to the possibly hasty conclusion that Josh Hartnett is an epic tosser.

But he was bloody good in 40 Days & 40 Nights, wasn't he?

Hot on the heels of the blissfully romantic news last week that absence had indeed made the heart grow fonder when it came to the relationship between cricketer Michael Clarke and Lara "Waaaaait, Marriage Mean La-La No Touch? Me Confoozed!" Bingle, we've now been informed that the batsman credits Lara with making him want to be a better man, or some As Good As It Gets-esque rubbish along those lines.

Young gun Michael Clarke revealed yesterday he wants to be Australia's next Test captain - and he credited model girlfriend Lara Bingle with giving his life fresh purpose.

Clarke, speaking for the first time about his 12-month relationship with Bingle, said he is a better batsman because he has never been happier off the field.

Clarke believes his romance with the Cronulla model, who shot to national fame after she starred in Tourism Australia's controversial Where The Bloody Hell Are You? campaign, is helping drive him to become a better cricketer and a better person.

"I think the person I am now, it's got a lot to do with Lara and theres no doubt that's the truth," he said.

"I'm certainly the first guy to say that if you are happy off the field it shows in your cricket.

"I'm wrapped with my life at the moment and I'm really, really happy and I think that will come across in my cricket.

Unless Christo has quietly made his way to Oz and begun wrapping Michael Clarke and his house/car/workplace, we can't help but suspect the Daily Telegraph meant to write that Clarke was "rapt" with his life. But what do we know?

"Seeing somebody like Lara certainly makes me happy I have something to look forward to when I get home."

"Seeing" makes sense. We never assumed "talking" to somebody like Lara would bring too much joy to a person's life, but we suppose just staring at her half-naked body would be okay, if she promised to keep her thoughts to herself.

We can't help but feel that Terri may have shared a bit too much during a recent interview in the UK.

"He was hot in the cot and I miss him desperately," the 43-year-old mother of two told The Times newspaper. "In some ways I miss him more now, because it hits me that he's not coming home. He was a lucky find. "If you find a macho guy, he's usually kind of an ass; and if you find a sensitive guy he's usually kind of a wimp.To get someone who is sensitive, yet strong ... Steve was that."

Of course, Steve's tendency to pounce upon and passionately wrestle even nature's wildest creatures into submission should have given us a heads up that he was a right goer in the boudoir.

Despite recent rumours of a relationship with Steve's friend and manager John Stainton, Terri said it was still too early to contemplate being with another man.

"You can't ever say never," she said.

"I find it wonderful when people live, love and laugh again."

Take note, Rove - Terri is in your corner.

Also - TERRI IRWIN, PLEASE DO NOT EVER EVER EVER DATE JOHN STAINTON. THERE IS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT HIM WHICH FREAKS US OUT COMPLETELY. AND THE LAST THING THE FRAGILE BINDI AND BOB NEED IN THEIR PRECIOUS LITTLE LIVES IS A GINGE HALF-SIBLING, IT WILL JUST CONFUSE THEM.

This just in from The Daily Telegraph -

Rove McManus has found love again, beginning a new relationship with Aussie actress Tasma Walton.

McManus's manager and close friend Kevin Whyte today confirmed to the Daily Telegraph McManus was happily in love again with the former Blue Heelers actress.

"It's still early days and we hope people will give them the space they need,'' he said in a statement today.

It seems somewhat inevitable that gossip columns around the country will be spending the next few weeks (at the very least) drawing comparisons between Tasma Walton and Rove's late wife, actress Belinda Emmett. Why not start now!

The pair have been seen leaving the house together where they have been taking in early morning gym sessions at a gym nearby the lavish Richmond home where he has lived for more than five years and is the home he shared with Emmett.

She's living in Belinda's house...

She has been seen driving the silver Rav 4 cruiser Emmett drove while she was alive while Rove has been driving a matching black Rav 4 cruiser.

She's driving Belinda's car...

In 1997 she took out a Logie for best newcomer over Emmett who was also nominated for Home And Away.

And she stole Belinda's Logie!

In all seriousness, it's nice to hear that Rove has found some happiness again after what must have been an incredible difficult period dealing with not only the loss of his wife, but the frantic media interest in his life both before and after her passing.

Countdown to the New Idea/Woman's Day photo spread starts... now!