The 9 O'Clock News – Wed 12 Mar

Posted by heatworld on Wednesday 12 Mar 2008

Filed under: Britney Spears, Jeremy Clarkson, Leona Lewis, Samantha Morton

Britney will make comeback as a cartoon
It’s fair to say that Britney needs to focus on her recovery right now, so it makes sense that the video for her new single Break The Ice will feature the star as an animated character, leaving her time to get her life back together. A source said, “When Britney came up with the idea of having a cartoon of herself in the video, it was a big relief… Now she’s free to just concentrate on getting better.” Break The Ice is out in the UK on 14 April.

Clarkson in trouble with the police
Jeremy Clarkson could face prosecution – after being pictured on his mobile phone while driving. Jeremy was snapped in his Mercedes clutching a mobile phone to his ear, which is illegal, and now cops will analyse footage of the crime. Supt Mick Doyle said; "Using a mobile phone while driving is extremely dangerous and has the same effect on a person's ability to drive as being just over the legal drink-drive limit." The police will look at footage of Jeremy on his mobile and decide whether to charge him with dangerous driving. And police insiders say that if guilty, Jeremy could expect the same treatment as any other offender...

Leona’s rude radio interview
We are LOVING this story! While Leona was being interviewed on a South African radio station, two nine-year-olds won a competition which meant they got to ask her a question – and one of the little chaps asked; " Are you a virgin?" Then proceeded an awkward silence followed by a grown-up quickly correcting him saying; "Are you a vegetarian?" Leona took the whole incident with good spirits and said; "The boy got his words mixed up. He was like, 'What's so funny?'" Genius!

Samantha Morton's 'stalker'
Actress Samantha Morton (Minority Report) has been in court this week in an attempt to escape an alleged stalker – a man she’s known since her childhood. She claims that he had bombarded her agent with sinister phonecalls, and worrying letters and texts. She’s even had cameras installed at her house, and says, “I was very frightened. He seemed to think we were very close.” She continued, “The person said he was in love with me and if I won an Oscar I should thank him for it.” The man is denying harassment, and the trial is due to continue.