Girl power struggle

The battle for supremacy in the SPICE GIRLS camp has kicked off again with a row over what new songs will make their Greatest Hits CD.

MEL C has penned a song she wants to be one of the two new tracks.

But Geri Halliwell has objected and the pair are at loggerheads.

Huge file-sharing fine

A court in the US has ordered a woman to pay $222,000 (£109,000) in damages for illegally file-sharing music.

The jury ordered Jammie Thomas, 32, from Minnesota, to pay for offering to share 24 specific songs online - a cost of $9,250 per song. But the fine could have been millions, as record companies said she illegally shared a total of 1,702 songs.

Ms Thomas was the first person accused of illegal file-sharing who decided to fight the case in court. Each year millions of households illegally share music files, and the music industry takes it as a serious threat to its revenue.
About 26,000 lawsuits have been filed against alleged file-sharers, but most defendants settle privately by paying a fine amounting to a few thousand dollars.

Collins cleans up at Laftas

Comedian Justin Lee Collins was the big winner at the Loaded Laftas Comedy Awards, scooping two prizes.

Collins picked up the funniest man prize and the funniest double act award with his Channel 4 Friday Night Project co-star Alan Carr.

Michelle Gomez, star of TV comedy drama Green Wing, was named funniest woman.

Vic Reeves, who was honoured with the Laftas legend award, said: "It's the most fantastic thing ever... this is the best compliment." Reeves is best known for his work with comedy partner Bob Mortimer, with shows such as Shooting Stars.

Collins and Carr also won funniest double act last year, along with funniest TV show for the Friday Night Project.

Other winners included David Gest, who picked up the prize for funniest reality TV person.
Radio One DJ Scott Mills won the funniest radio show award, beating colleague Chris Moyles.
The Mighty Boosh was named funniest TV programme, with Hot Fuzz taking home the best film prize.


In other news

* Actor Chris Langham is appealing against a 10-month prison sentence for downloading images and videos of child abuse from the internet.

* British girls swear more frequently when using social networking sites in the UK than their counterparts in the US, a study has found.

* US network ABC has apologised for a scene in the new series of Desperate Housewives which pokes fun at medical education in the Philippines.

* Despite her recent troubles, Britney’s comeback single Gimme More is set to be a massive hit after it reached No1 in the American iTunes chart.

* Sky is to cease accepting applications for places in the Electronic Programme Guide launch queue over concerns that older set top boxes may not cope with the number of services.


Clip of the Day

The official video for Gimme More

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBNcihqWK60

Sony Bravia Play doh Ad – Wicked

http://www.viralvideochart.com/dailymotion/sony_bravia__play_doh_ad?id=x34mqb

Dida faking injury - Idiot

http://www.viralvideochart.com/youtube/celtic_fan_assaults_dida__celtic_v_ac_milan?id=h213GJo76sQ

Will this wreck Hamilton’s F1 title dream?

http://www.viralvideochart.com/youtube/hamilton_gpfuji_safetycar_crash?id=_QJurnfxRm4

No 1 in US

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vum3qgoh0x4