Russell Brand, Jonathan Ross now ‘want to conquer the world’

May 7th, 2009 LONDON - Despite having fewer followers, TV host Jonathan Ross has pipped US President Barack Obama and Downing Street to become the most influential 'Twitterer' in the world, says a new research. Ross beat celebrity blogger Perez Hilton and comedian Stephen Fry and US actor Ashton Kutcher to nab the first position.

April 26th, 2009 LONDON - Russell Brand seems to be cheating on Laura Gallacher. He has been caught getting loved-up with Cambridge graduate Emma Lees in Italy, a week after it was revealed he seeing old flame Gallacher again.

April 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Oasis band member Liam Gallagher has laughed off his brother Noel's comments about their unstable relationship, saying that the outburst was due to his overly sensitive emotions. Noel Gallagher had told Britain's Q magazine that his relationship with his brother is so bad, that the band will have to take a five-year break before they make another record.

April 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Hollywood actress Kristen Bell has revealed that she was attracted to British comic Russell Brand when she first saw him - but was soon put off when she found out he had a colourful past with ladies. "I did a screen test with Russell before we shot Forgetting Sarah Marshall and I took one look at him and thought, 'He looks great'.

April 20th, 2009 LONDON - Looks like Russell Brand can't help leaving messages on people's answering machine, and this time he and co-host on his new radio-show Noel Gallagher rang up none other than US President Barack Obama. The duo called up Obama and left a message for him during their talkSPORT radio show.

April 17th, 2009 LONDON - After the infamous Manuelgate incident, Russell Brand is coming back to radio, but this time he will be teaming up with Noel Gallagher. Brand and the Oasis star are all set to co-host a show on Talksport, which will kick off on April 19 from 9 to 11 pm.

April 8th, 2009 LONDON - Tickets for controversial comic Russell Brand's stand-up gig are being sold for as low as 2.50 pounds. Seatwave, an online fan-to-fan ticket exchange operating in the European market, was still left with over 140 tickets for the upcoming show at London's 14,500 seat O2 Arena.

April 7th, 2009 LONDON - Brit comedian Russell Brand has taunted Justice Secretary Jack Straw on his Twitter page saying, "No wonder your son took drugs." Brand, 33, decided to take a jab at Straw, 62, after he joined others in demanding that Jonathan Ross, 48, and he pay the BBC's 150,000 pounds fine over Sachsgate. The actor claimed that the former Foreign Secretary should be fined for his role in leading Britain into Iraq.

March 31st, 2009 LONDON - English comedian Russell Brand has vowed to give away his fortune to help ease world poverty. Brand, 33, had written on his website about how he felt about his fame and his wealth, and how it only brought him more problems.

March 28th, 2009 LONDON - Controversial comedian Russell Brand has been crowned with the title of 'Most Self-Obsessed British Celebrity' in a new study based on Twitter usage. Celebrity gossip website Holy Moly has published a top 40 of the most narcissistic celebrities on Twitter, a list that includes Lily Allen, Chris Moyles and Stephen Fry.

March 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Comedian Russell Brand has penned a touching tribute to reality TV star Jade Goody, who died of cervical cancer last week. While writing on his blog, Brand said that Goody wasn't known for having any particular show biz talents - but that's exactly why people loved her.

March 24th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Controversial comedian Russell Brand has claimed that he has had treatment for his sex addiction and has it under control. In fact, he said that sex addiction is much like having an eating disorder.

March 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Russell Brand gave onlookers an eyeful after he was snapped naked on the balcony of an Australian hotel. The Brit comedian stepped out in his natural form looking least bothered in the morning.

March 18th, 2009 LONDON - American rapper 50 Cent has added fuel to his feud with rap adversary Rick Ross by dressing up as a pimp, and introducing a sex tape which allegedly features the latter's ex-girlfriend. In the movie clip, 50 Cent can be seen wearing a voluminous wig and playing a character named Pimpin' Curly.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - British comic Russell Brand fears he may miss out on a role in the next sequel of Pirates Of The Caribbean, as he is too busy. Brand was recently rumoured to be in negotiations to play the brother of Johnny Depp's character, Captain Jack Sparrow, in a planned sequel in the hit flick.