Lily Allen confesses to being obsessive about cricket

British singer Lily Allen has confessed that she is obsessive about cricket, and just cannot stop talking about it all the time.

Allen, 24, who was spotted cheering at the Ashes during England’s victory, also revealed what she found so fascinating about the game.

“I am obsessed with cricket - I twitter about it all the time. I played in Holland on Friday, got on a bus overnight and then drove to The Oval on Saturday,” the Sun quoted her as saying.

“I was trying to listen to the cricket in Amsterdam. I was screaming: ‘Australia are all out!’

“I first got interested in cricket about the time I heard Freddie Flintoff had a wee in the Prime Minster`s garden at Downing Street. No, seriously, I followed the 2005 Ashes - my dad is really into it and used to play. The girls would sit in the pavilion making sandwiches and the boys would play cricket.

“I’m an entertainer and my shows last an hour and it’s all very quick - life in the fast lane.

“But I’m not into one-day cricket or Twenty20, I’m into Test matches. I love the five-day slog. I think the Ashes should be seven or nine Test matches rather than five. It should be all-out war all summer".

“I’m a traditionalist. I like the beauty of the game, the whites against the green, and the slow pace. I like so many things about cricket,” she added.

Glitz and glamour bore Bellucci

Italian actress Monica Bellucci says that she is bored of Hollywood glitz and glamour and prefers to be at home with her four-year-old daughter Deva.

"I`m at a stage in my life where I if I don`t go out, I don`t feel I`m missing something. I get bored surrounded by people smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol," contactmusic.com quoted the 44-year-old as saying.

"And I`m not so interested now in going to premieres or being photographed on the red carpet. I want to be with my daughter," she added.

Deva is Bellucci`s daughter with actor husband Vincent Cassel.

Salman hops on a train to experience the hardships of middleclass

Salman Khan is a commoner at heart - a fact often highlighted by the actor’s mode of transportation. Salman, who often surprises us by ignoring his luxury car rides in favour of a bumpy fun-filled ride in auto and bikes, has now taken a fancy for the local trains of Mumbai. Out to experience the everyday life of ‘mango people’, the actor has now decided to hop on the train sans any security.

According to the latest Bollywood news, Salman will take the local train to travel to an unknown destination on Tuesday afternoon.

Talking about the incident, a daily quoted a source as saying; “Salmanbhai plays a character in his forthcoming film ‘Wanted’, where the mode for travel for him is a local train. He had lot of fun while shooting for ‘Wanted’ in a train. So, he has been saying that he wanted to travel in a local and experience what a normal middle class person goes through everyday. Salman will travel in the afternoon and is not taking any security with him. A lot of people advised him to take security with him as it can be chaotic, but he is against the idea. He will be going post lunch and he is very excited. He has not travelled in a train for over 20 years now.”

Confirming the news, Salman said, “My character, Radhe, in the film has used the local train as the mode of transport. In the film, I have not travelled by cars or rickshaws. So I decided to relive Radhe for a day in real life, thereby transporting Radhe from reel to real.”

Well, our advice to Sallu is – keep a check on your wallet and valuables.

Winehouse sues mom-in-law for selling her love letter

Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse is suing her ex-mother-in-law Georgette for selling one of her love letters.

According to thesun.co.uk, the note, which was sold, was written by Winehouse for her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil when he was in jail for assault and preventing justice. Now the singer is suing for copyright infringement and wants about $81,000 compensation.

"Amy was furious the private letter was used to make money," said a friend of Winehouse.

Winehouse was never on good terms with Georgette who in the past had accused her of turning her son to drugs.

Winehouse and Fielder-Civil were married in 2007 but divorced recently. They spent most of their marriage apart since Fielder-Civil was in jail.

Right now the singer is trying to reconcile with her ex-husband.