JUDGE ORDERS MENTAL EXAM FOR BEYONCE DEATH THREAT SUSPECT

October 9th, 2009 The breakthrough star of VINCE VAUGHN and JON FAVREAU's new comedy COUPLES RETREAT was a child prodigy who went to university when she was 16. Kali Hawk plays a fun-loving 20-something, dating a much-older man in the film, but in real life, she's something of a genius.

October 7th, 2009 LONDON - Pop singer Beyonce Knowles is so impressed with her dad's past that she wants to make a movie about his "childhood and school years". According to contactmusic.com, her father Matthew Knowles had left his job as a salesman to help his daughter and her bandmates to stardom.

October 7th, 2009 The man who was arrested in connection with the death of R&B singer KANDI BURRUSS' fiance is still behind bars after his bail was denied on Tuesday (06Oct09). Fredrick Richardson is facing charges of voluntary manslaughter after Ashley Jewell died of massive head injuries received in a fight in the parking lot of The Body Tap Club in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday (02Oct09).

October 5th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Jennifer Garner says she hates to take orders from her husband, actor-director Ben Affleck, on a movie set because he takes so much time with his work. The duo has been married for more than four years but Garner admits she still struggles to take orders from him.

October 4th, 2009 LONDON - Singer-actress Beyonce Knowles has memorised the room service menus at her favourite hotels and keeps notes of every meal she eats while on tour, so that she can order the same dish the next time she visits. "I love ordering room service in hotels.

September 28th, 2009 Pop star CHERYL COLE cringes when she recalls her run-in with BEYONCE backstage of last year's (08) THE X FACTOR finale - because she bombarded the superstar with compliments. The Girls Aloud, who is a judge on the British singing competition, navigated 2008 champion Alexandra Burke to win the final, and was overcome with emotion when she watched her protege get to duet with the Crazy in Love hitmaker.

September 25th, 2009 Actor RANDY QUAID's wife EVI has filed a formal complaint against the Texas police officer who took them into custody on Thursday (24Sep09), accusing the cop of conspiring to set the couple up. The Brokeback Mountain star and his partner Evi each posted $20,000 (£13,300) bail on Thursday night (24Sep09) after they were arrested in rural Marfa over an outstanding $10,000 (£6,660) hotel bill.

September 2nd, 2009 DENNIS QUAID's sister-in-law is facing a restraining order from a private investigator she hired to spy on her actor husband's castmates in a Broadway production of LONE STAR LOVE. Hollywood private eye Becky Altringer claims Evi Quaid employed her services in June (09) after she and her husband Randy Quaid received a death threat against them.

August 26th, 2009 A judge overseeing the trial of MILEY CYRUS' alleged stalker has refused to reduce his $55,200 (£36,800) bond - because he considers him "a danger" to society. Mark McLeod, 53, was arrested twice for hounding the Disney star on the set of her latest movie The Last Song.

August 26th, 2009 LONDON - 'Hannah Montana' star Miley Cyrus' stalker allegedly threatened to return to her movie set to "finish things" off. Mark McLeod was remanded in custody after a judge ruled he was potentially dangerous, and there was enough evidence to send the case to trial, reports Sky News.

August 10th, 2009 LONDON - A man who allegedly threatened to murder celebrities, including Jay-Z and Beyonce, has been ordered to undergo a mental evaluation after he was arrested in Detroit, Michigan, earlier this week. Leon Desmond Barrett reportedly sent letters to stars, including former American footballer, Jerome Bettis, between December 2006 and April this year.

August 7th, 2009 LONDON - Police in Detroit, Michigan, have arrested a man for allegedly sending death threats to hip-hop supercouple Jay-Z and Beyonce. Cops investigating the case have revealed that Leon Desmond Barrett has been accused of having written over a dozen letters between December 2006 and April this year, and sending them to celebrities, including former American footballer Jerome Bettis.

August 6th, 2009 A man accused of sending death threats to stars including hip-hop supercouple JAY-Z and BEYONCE has been arrested and charged by police in Detroit, Michigan. Leon Desmond Barrett is alleged to have written more than a dozen letters between December 2006 and April this year (09) and sent them to celebrities including former American footballer Jerome Bettis.

May 12th, 2009 Man accused in TV anchor death wants new lawyersLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The man accused of killing an Arkansas television anchorwoman says he no longer trusts his defense team.

May 6th, 2009 Suspect ex-cop offered gig on 'Cathouse' TV showCHICAGO — A former Illinois police officer suspected in his wife's disappearance may have a new job — on a TV reality show set in a Nevada brothel. Drew Peterson said he's considering an offer to appear as an employee at the Moonlight Bunny Ranch near Reno for an HBO adult series called "Cathouse." Bunny Ranch owner Dennis Hoff on Wednesday said Peterson was invited to spend the upcoming weekend at the brothel to discuss working there.