About two billion people worldwide are expected to watch Prince William marry his fiancee Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey on April 29, the British culture secretary said today.

Briefing cabinet ministers during their weekly meeting, Jeremy Hunt said the wedding “is likely to be a major global event viewed by around two billion people around the world”, according to a government statement.

He added that with just over three weeks to go before the big day, “arrangements for the royal wedding are going well”.

About 750 million people are estimated to have watched William’s parents Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer marry in 1981, although accurate figures are hard to pin down.

Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie has added another tattoo to her collection of body art.

Jolie has Brad Pitt’s birthplace tattooed on her arm alongside the inkings she already has to mark the places where her six children were born.

The actress has the co-ordinates of the birthplaces of her six children — Cambodia for nine-year-old Maddox, Vietnam for seven-year-old Pax, Ethiopia for Zahara, six, Namibia for four-year-old Shiloh, and France for two-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne– tattooed on her arm.

The actress sparked speculation she and her partner were adopting again after she added a seventh line to the inking.

However, it has now been claimed the new body art is the longitude and latitude of Pitt’s Oklahoma birthplace, InTouch Weekly reported.

“She got the seventh line right around the time she and Brad moved the kids back to Los Angeles. It signified family unity.”

The 35-year-old screen beauty, who has more than 14 tattoos, has already got the words Whiskey Bravo inked on her inner thigh.

In the military alphabet, Whiskey Bravo represents the letters W and B, the initials of Pitt, whose real first name is William.

Jolie also has letter M in tribute to her late mother Marcheline Bertrand, and a lower case j in honour of her brother James.

Former glamour model Katie Price regrets having fillers in her lips due to peer pressure and vows to never repeat it in future.

The 32-year-old model, who underwent the lip surgery, admitted she got carried away by her friends` suggestions and has decided to never undergo the procedure again, reported OK! magazine.

“I`ll never have my lips done again! I know I`ve said that before but I won`t do them again. They`re not that bad and I just don`t need it but you know what it`s like when you`re there with your friends and they`re all having it done. It`s like, `Go on then. I`ll have a little shot of it as well.` It doesn`t last forever.

“At my hen do we all had Botox and fillers but they`re not permanent. I`ll try these things – as long as they`re not permanent I don`t care,” said Price.

The British model, who has two children, Junior, five, and three-year-old Princess Tiaamii with ex-husband Peter Andre, as well as eight-year-old son Harvey from a previous relationship, seems less worried about her children adopting to the cosmetically enhanced route.

“I think that by the time Princess, Harvey and Junior are old enough, there will be something else out there. Probably not even injections. Who knows?” added Price.

A group of flight attendants from Mexicana airlines, which has been in limbo since suspending operations last year, pose almost nude in this month`s edition of Playboy Mexico, which went on sale Tuesday.

The flight attendants had previously done a calendar showing them striking sensual poses, though without quite so much erotic content.

In the photostory “Aeromozas Mexicanas” (Mexican Flight Attendants), six of them appear in lingerie accented with elements like stewardess caps and pilots` characteristic peaked caps and sunglasses. Some photos use airliners as a backdrop, as can be seen in a promotional video.

Since flights of bankrupt Mexicana were suspended, employees have been waiting for the government, owners and investors to reach an accord so the airline can start flying again.

The erotic calendar launched in November 2010 featuring 10 flight attendants was aimed at collecting funds to support the work of unions serving the labour force.

The initial edition was a thousand copies, but eventually 4,000 were printed to meet the demand.

At the beginning of December, Playboy Mexico signed with the calendar`s promoters to launch a sponsored second edition of 25,000 copies.

Despite repeated promises of investors and the government – giving different dates – that the airline would be back in the skies once more, the future of Mexicana and its more than 3,000 workers is still uncertain.

Bollywood’s not so lucky star son, Tusshar Kapoor recently apologised to Preity Zinta for making a disparaging remark about her on Karan Johar’s chat show ‘Koffee With Karan’.

Apparently, Tusshar passed a nasty snide about Preity, when Johar asked the actor “who comes to mind when I say the following things.”

So when Karan said botox, Tusshar blurted out Preity, which made the Zinta girl quite livid. She quickly called Karan and requested him to delete the insulting question.

Talking to a daily, a source said, “Preity doesn`t talk rubbish about anyone. She sees no reason why Tusshar, who she hasn`t even worked with, should take off on her without provocation.”

It is believed that Preity called Tusshar and demanded an apology, to which the actor readily complied.

When contacted, Tusshar said, “Preity called me. She was upset and I cleared my stand. Everyone knows that Karan`s rapid fire round is just for laughs. You don`t even have the time to think when Karan puts you in the dock. Recently, I saw Preity`s picture in a magazine and she was looking stunning having lost a lot of weight. So, when Karan asked, Preity`s name just came out at the spur of the moment. There`s nothing more to it.”

“I`ve loved Preity since ‘Soldier’. I didn`t mean to hurt her and I`m feeling bad that my comment turned into such an ugly controversy. I`m glad that we spoke and sorted it out rather than letting it snowball into something worse. I don`t even know what botox actually is, and why will I say something like this about someone who I truly respect,” said the actor.

When asked if the botox question had been deleted, Tusshar added, “I don`t know. Maybe some of what I said might have been edited out.”

A petition, filed before the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court here has sought a ban on the release of Rohan Sippy`s forthcoming movie `Dum Maro Dum`, which depicts the drug underbelly of the tourist state.

Savio Rodrigues, a media professional, who moved the Court has pleaded that the release of the movie should be banned as it will have a negative imapact on state`s tourism.

The petitioner has also said that the movie portrays Goa as a destination of sex and drugs.

“The film is scheduled to be released on April 22, 2011 and given its publicity by the producers, the film will attract criminal minded tourists and offenders and drive away decent travelers and tourists from Goa,” the petitioner claimed.

The bench will hear the petition on Thursday. It names State Chief Secretary, Chairperson Central Board of film certification, M/s Fox Star studios Pvt Ltd and M/s Ramesh Sippy Entertainment as the respondents.

Rodrigues claimed the movie is against public order, decency and morality and violates fundamental rights guaranteed under the constitution of India to Goans.

The petitioner also stated that over a period of years, Goa has been receiving negative global publicity on account of issues relating to drugs, sex and murder in some cases of international tourists.

“Goa has been portrayed in media and in the said movie in particular so as to depict it as destination of drugs and sex, both of which are claimed to be easily and freely available in this state,” he claimed.

This wrong depiction is attracting and shall attract persons who are drug addicts, paedophiles, sex offenders, drug traffickers and persons engaged in trafficking of children and women,” he added.

Former tourism minister Fransisco Pacheco also raised the issue during the ongoing state legislative assembly session.

Goa tourism minister Nilkant Halarnkar had told the House that the government will “seriously” take up the issue with the producer.

After the roaring success of ‘Dabangg’, Salman Khan tops the wish list of almost all the directors in B-Town.

Buzz has it that the flamboyant star is considering working with the prestigious Yash Raj banner but on his own terms.

A magazine has reported that director Kabir Khan is hell bent on having Salman on board for his next flick for the big banner. And Sallu is ready to keep his differences with the Yash Raj scion Aditya Chopra aside and do the film with the director.

However, the handsome superstar has quoted a whopping Rs 20 crores for the film. And whether or not the decision makers of Yash Raj think about signing in Salman on for the project is for time alone to tell.

Moreover, the actor has bluntly refused to work with Kabir, if Sallu’s ex-ladylove Katrina Kaif is paired opposite him.

This Khan of Tinsel Town is probably the only actor who can make people dance to his tunes. And even the directors and producers are more than willing to do anything for the magnanimous star.

Amy Winehouse has been a bit off radar of late (bar the obligatory trip to the Hawley Arms, walking around Camden wearing the contents of the Fred Perry shop etc), but now we know why – she’s getting married.

Wino’s apparently getting hitched to her bf Reg Traviss in a couple of weeks time, and he’s let slip some details about their big day.

“Amy and I have been talking about getting married,” says Reg. “We are looking to book something very soon. I am thinking of getting something sorted in the next six weeks for the end of the year. I love Amy very much. She’s a wonderful, talented, lovely girl.”

We wouldn’t like to be Jessica Biel right now. And that’s not a sentence that can be heard coming out of our gobs too often.

It looks like Justin Timberlake, who dumped long-term girlfriend Jess last month – ouch, has already moved on and found comfort in the arms of movie co-star Olivia Wilde.

The pair were seen getting cosy in an LA nightclub at the weekend with one nosey onlooker saying, ‘They were dancing, whispering, he had his hand on her back and shoulders, and they were together all night.’ MUST BE LOVE.

The pair with a group of friends, including Sam Ronson, but only had eyes for each other. ‘Justin and Olivia were there with a group, but weren’t talking to anyone else,’ the source continued.

But Olivia, who conveniently finished with her husband Tao Ruspoli last month too, was quick to poo-poo the rumours by Tweeting, ‘Cool it honeybadgers. We are just friends and have been for years.’

And there’s only one thing we have to say in response to that, Olivia: Honeybadgers?

Relax, folks, she’s 20. While it’s still a little weird to imagine paparazzi trailing young actresses to boutique shops while they purchase underwear, you can’t blame photographers for keeping an eye out for Emma Roberts after she wore short shorts and knee-highs on the street in Hollywood last weekend. And son of a gun if it didn’t pay off fast, because here she is again in short shorts Monday, perusing the delicates at Beverly Hills’ Planet Blue! Don’t think of it as awkward: she’s promoting the upcoming release of Scream 4 and doing errands at the same time!