SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: According to Laura, Julian Fellowes told her: 'Don't try and destroy an image that people have of you, that they enjoy.'

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Doctor Foster star Suranne Jones (left) reveals she and her husband, screenwriter Laurence Akers (inset right), sleep apart.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Victoria Beckham, who is seeking taxpayer help to pay dozens of staff at her loss-making fashion label, is keen to stop others exploiting her name.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: After The Ritz was snapped up last month for £800million making it the most expensive hotel in the world, people have wondered who bought it.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Tom Daley's knitting hobby, which he took up to deal with self-isolation, is not going down too well with his husband, film producer Dustin Lance Black.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The Duchess of Cornwall's late brother Mark Shand (pictured left) dedicated his life to saving wildlife, co-founding the Elephant Family in 2002.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Sir Humphrey Burton is to spill the beans in a memoir, including anecdotes about acquaintances like Andrew Lloyd Webber and Leonard Bernstein.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE - Members of the MCC have been left outraged after talk of an extraordinary and 'radical' proposal started to filter among the masses.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: David Beckham likes to think he is a man of the people. However, the Communist state of China takes a rather different view of his body art.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Fergie, who has just launched her own YouTube channel, 'Storytime With Fergie And Friends', declines to comment on the company's affairs.

Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby, 81, is serving time in a maximum-security state prison in Pennsylvania after being found guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand.

James Patterson, author of the 2016 book 'Filthy Rich: The Billionaire's Sex Scandal - The Shocking True Story of Jeffrey Epstein,' said on Tuesday he hoped the alleged pedo will get his 'just deserts'.

Coca Cola billionaire Alki David, 51, is offering Bill Cosby $10million to buy his 'digital likeness rights' so he can own the disgraced comedian's hologram.

During the sketch aired at the Los Angeles awards show last night, Peter Griffin said: 'The Emmys has always been great for rewarding great people. And who will be this year's Bill Cosby and Roseanne.'

In a telephone interview with Black Press USA, Cosby said the jury was full of 'imposters' and that the entire case against him was 'political'.

Despite serving a prison term in Pennsylvania, Bill Cosby, 82, or someone on his behalf, took to Twitter do decry the mainstream US press and urge his followers to support black media outlets.

The SNL icon, main, is returning to the stage which turned him into a household name this Saturday. Murphy played Cosby during his original run on SNL in the 1980s, inset.

Bill Cosby's (left) publicist accused Eddie Murphy (right) of betraying African Americans just to gain approval from a white audience. Murphy poked fun at Cosby during his SNL monologue.

Monique Pressley was suspended from practicing law in D.C. in August. She was suspended a month after a disciplinary counsel presented 'clear and convicting evidence' of her alleged misconduct.

Comedian Bill Cosby claimed that 'successful Black Women' such as Gayle King 'are being used to tarnish' the reputation of black male celebrities and thanked Snoop Dogg for calling for his release.

Shamed Cosby, 82, right, called Weinstein's conviction 'a very sad day' in a statement Monday. Weinstein, 67, left, was found guilty of third degree rape and a criminal sexual act by a NYC jury Monday.

Bill Cosby is serving up to 10 years behind bars at SCI Phoenix in Pennsylvania. At least 22 inmates and 13 staffers at the prison tested positive for COVID-19.

Anna Chancellor’s partner Redha Debbah was in their kitchen in west London when somebody rang from New York to say she’d been rushed to hospital with viral meningitis.

Trying to get a reservation in the coolest new place is often impossible, and now we discover that even celebrities have to stretch the truth a little to land a VIP table.

The couple, who have been living together since 1977, married in a secret ceremony in New York recently, Alan, 69, has revealed to German newspaper Bild.

Actor Alan Rickman, 69, has married the academic Rima Horton. They began dating when he was 19 and she was 18, so a mere half a century until wedding bells, writes RACHEL JOHNSON.

Armed with two balloons full of helium, Alan called the host out for doing impressions of his distinctive voice after he last appeared on the show two years ago.

Daniel called him 'one of the greatest actors' he will ever work with as he joined Emma Watson, 25, and the book's author J.K. Rowling, 50, in remembering Professor Severus Snape.

Rich, sonorous, fruity, hypnotic... many adjectives have been deployed to describe the voice of Alan Rickman, writes BRIAN VINER.

An album of evocative photographs showing Rickman's starting steps in the dramatic world has come to light after it was released by his alma mater, Latymer Upper School in West London.

As thespian friends pay tribute to the late Alan Rickman, a further poignant detail emerges. The star, pictured, was planning to buy a new house, writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE.

The star died yesterday at a London hospital, surrounded by friends and relatives including his wife Rima, after waging a secret fight with the illness.

In a 2011 interview the actor, who died last week aged 69, said author Rowling had given him a 'tiny, little, left of field' detail to help his portrayal of antihero Professor Severus Snape.

It features the Harry Potter and Robin Hood actor alongside glam rock legend David Bowie and rock star Lemmy Kilmister - all of whom have passed away from cancer within the space of three weeks.

His last work was lending his trademark dulcet tones to the character of the Blue Caterpillar in the sequel to 2010's Alice In Wonderland.

It has been revealed that the Alan Rickman left £4million in his will including legacies of £100,000 to charity.

Director Richard Curtis revealed that the upcoming Love Actually Comic Relief special will not pay tribute to the late Alan Rickman, after he tragically passed away last year.

Taking to Twitter on Tuesday - the anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts - she wrote: 'Please don't start flame wars over it, but this year I'd like to apologise for killing (whispers)... Snape.'

The actor, who died in 2016 aged 69 from pancreatic cancer, reveals his misgivings in his archive of personal papers covering more than 40 years on stage and screen.

EDDIE HEARN: The heavyweight world is total carnage right now. Tyson Fury did an incredible job to shake up the division last year but now he has done it again without even stepping inside the ropes.

EDDIE HEARN: There is a fine line between hyping a fight and going against the codes of conduct of the sport. Dereck Chisora went too far and now there will be a British Boxing Board of Control meeting.

EDDIE HEARN: Social media is a funny thing. I was bemused to see comments on Twitter this week that Kell Brook wants to swerve a fight with Errol Spence – pretty odd as he fought Gennady Golovkin.

EDDIE HEARN: Now that the dust has settled after that thrilling night at The O2, we are dealing with the aftermath with a new heavyweight superstar in Tony Bellew.

EDDIE HEARN: How about that, then? It’s one thing filling out Wembley Stadium and breaking box office records, but to do it with one of the best heavyweight fights ever seen was truly special.

EDDIE HEARN: We are making good progress and we know the fourth defence of his IBF world title and the first defence of his WBA crown will be against the IBF mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev.

EDDIE HEARN: Over here, we are thinking about what next for Tony Bellew. He has emerged as a real stand-out star of British boxing in the last few years.

EDDIE HEARN: The stage is set for a heavyweight war at the O2 this Saturday. It’s one neither fighter needed to take, one neither fighter should be taking but it’s the one they both wanted to take.

Elsa Hosk looked loved up with her man Tom Daley when they were spotted cosied together during in New York on Saturday. Elsa cuddled up to her boyfriend, while her beau gave her a loving kiss.

The pair looked every inch the happy couple as they attended the Romeo and Juliet gala night in London on Sunday.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Tom Daley's knitting hobby, which he took up to deal with self-isolation, is not going down too well with his husband, film producer Dustin Lance Black.