According to People magazine, Jessica Alba has announced she plans to adopt a child.

During the filming of an upcoming episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, in which the actress helped rebuild a home for a Texas foster family of 15. Alba claims to have been inspired after helping a family, who despite living in a small trailer adopted 13 children, and since she would like a larger family, she was thinking of going the adoption route.

Saturday, just one day before the Oscars, Sandra Bullock, nominated for the Oscars and favoured to win, was crowned as the Worst Actress of 2009.

Nominated for her drama ‘The Blind Side’, Bullock was the odds-on favorite to win the best actress Oscar, however, she was awarded the Worst Female Performance Razzie Award for her acting in ‘All About Steve’.

This is a first as no actor or actress has won both the Razzie and Oscar in the same year.

While, no one knows where embattled Tiger Woods has disappeared to, his wife Elin Nordegren, 30, putting thousand of miles between her scandal ridden husband is staying at a $8,000 per night, seven bedroom chalet outside the posh French Alps ski resort town of Chamonix, even as she considers her future.

Nordegren and Josefin, her twin sister together with close friends and under the watchful eye of a private French security force consisting of five men, are spending time skiing in Les Houches, an exclusive ski area next to the Chamonix valley, over-looking the picturesque Mont Blanc.

Getting into the spirit of giving this festive holiday season, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, known for their generosity, once again showed their caring side by donating $100,000 to alternative foster care organization - the American SOS Children’s Villages located in Illinois and Florida.

In her statement, Jolie, 34, said that she has seen the remarkable job SOS does in raising orphaned and abandoned children firsthand, including how they try and keep families together, by providing advanced education, vocational training, living assistance and support.

Hollywood that gave its audience just what they wished for, had the favour returned in turn by movie-goers who gave it a record-breaking stint at the box office. North Americans spent over $263-million at theatres Christmas weekend, wiping out the $254-million record The Dark Knight and Mamma Mia! Set in mark set in July 2008.

Just moments after rock singer Pete Doherty, 30, walked free from court, fined for drink driving and possession of drugs, he was arrested once again after an item suspected to be a drugs wrap, fell from his pocket during a security search as he entered Gloucester Crown Court.

Chef Jamie Oliver is in the news again, with five of his pasta sauces i.e. Spicy Olive, Garlic and Tomato, found to be 50% saltier than even his supermarket of choice of Sainsbury's Puttanesca, found to top a list of the saltiest of the salty.

Oliver's salt-laden pasta sauces the Mail says contain more salt than even 10-bags of crisps, unmatched even by Kellogg's Corn Flakes found to have more salt in a 30-gm bowl than a bag of Walkers ready salted crisps, last month.

Probation officials saying Lindsay Lohan had missed some alcohol education classes, the actress was ordered to appear in court leading to her probation for a drink driving conviction being extended for one more year.

In August 22007, Lohan was asked to complete an 18-month alcohol awareness programme after she was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and other charges.