An exchange we have a hard time picturing
Entertainment columnists report that when Ozzy Osbourne ran into Prime Minister Tony Blair at a Downing Street party recently, Blair-who apparently plays guitar-wanted to corner Osbourne and quiz him about old Black Sabbath riffs. "All this Iraq thing's going on and� he turned 'round to me and said, 'I could never quite understand how to get the riff to Iron Man,'" Osbourne said. "I'm going, 'Kids are dying, people are getting blown up and you're talking to me about f**king Iron Man.'"

Baby, it's time
Comedienne Ellen DeGeneres and partner Portia Di Rossi are reportedly thinking about adopting a baby. In a recent interview, Degeneres said, "I think we should do it (have a child) soon... When I'm around babies, I just melt. It's a big responsibility."

If the adjective fits�
Woody Allen, 70, recently spoke candidly about his relationship with wife Soon-Yi Previn. Back in 1992, Allen began a romance with the then 22 year-old Previn, who also happened to be the adopted daughter of his then long-time partner, Mia Farrow. "I'm sure there are things I might have done differently," admits Allen, about the affair. "Probably in retrospect I should have bowed out of that relationship (with Farrow) much earlier than I did." Allen says the relationship with Previn has, "�a more paternal feeling to it."

Stranger than fiction
Jennifer Aniston says sexy film roles have helped her cope with her split from Brad Pitt. In her current film, Derailed, she plays a woman who finds herself in a passionate affair with a married man, played by Clive Owen. "[My character] was a more sexual creature, and I haven't been able to do that [in other roles]." About her next film, The Break Up, she said, "Movies I've been part of lately have reflected something that's happening in my life."

A "dahling" role
Paris Hilton is in talks to play Zsa Zsa Gabor in a new biopic that will include Gabor's Miss Hungary win in 1936. Gabor was once married to Hilton's great-grandfather Conrad Hilton.

Fifty per cent good news
Madonna says she's not interested in acting in any more movies, but she does want to move behind the camera like husband Guy Ritchie. The 47-year-old pop star told the New York Daily News, "I want to direct." While the organizers of the Razzies-the anti-Oscars-may be the only ones who'll miss her dazzling on-screen presence, fans will be pleased to know the diva has no intention of retiring. "I'm not thinking of quitting. I ain't going nowhere," she said.

The couch was just a warm up
Tom Cruise has insisted on doing his own stunts while shooting Mission: Impossible III. Legendary stunt coordinator Vic Armstrong, who's working on the film, said in a recent interview, "He did a 70-foot fall for us last week. He did about seven takes. Absolutely terrifies me-I can see the headlines! What a way to finish a career."

Starlets move on to Daniel Craig
George Clooney recently told reporters that he will not appear in any more romantic films. The Syriana actor says that at the age of 44 he wants to move away from playing the romantic hero. "I don't want to be 60 and doing love scenes with 35-year-old actresses," said Clooney.

And the seeded fruit goes to�
The nominees won't be officially announced for a few months yet, but insiders are naming four women as top contenders for the Worst Actress of 2005 Razzie: Ashlee Simpson (Undiscovered), Jessica Simpson (The Dukes of Hazzard), Paris Hilton (House of Wax and/or Pledge This!) and Nicole Richie (Kids in America).

She may look like a softie
Kate Hudson is launching lawsuits against The National Enquirer, British magazine Heat and the Daily Mail UK newspaper, among others, for publishing articles that implied she had an eating disorder. Titles such as "Goldie Tells Kate: Eat Something!" spurred Hudson on to pursue legal action. According to her law firm, the images and articles could prove damaging to her career.