I hate pants

Britney Spears' friend has revealed why the star regularly goes out partying without wearing underwear. The singer has raised eyebrows after being repeatedly snapped climbing out of cars without any knickers.

Jewellery designer Tuesday Knight put Spears' behaviour down to the fact that she does not feel comfortable wearing pants. She told In Touch magazine: "The underwear thing is ridiculous - and I've told her. I've said, 'You cannot walk into a store wearing just a shirt with your underwear off'. I've told her that no one will take her seriously when she does this."

I've heard Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Britney talk about how they shock Hollywood just for the fun of it. They were discussing how they could play a little joke on all of us.

"Britney doesn't need to do it and she knows it's stupid. But she says that she just doesn't like to wear underwear."

Thompson to announce cuts

BBC director general Mark Thompson will shortly unveil plans to reduce the size of the corporation that will impact both on programming and jobs.

Plans are said to include a 10% cut in the number of programmes commissioned, which will lead to more repeats.

BBC staff are waiting to hear how many will be made redundant, with up to 2,500 jobs reportedly at risk.

The BBC needs to make up a £2bn budget shortfall, caused by a smaller licence fee settlement from the government. The cuts - said to be centred on BBC News and factual TV, which makes programmes such as Planet Earth and Top Gear - will be imposed over the next six years.

Paris needs bad boy for life

Paris Hilton has reportedly dumped her pizza delivery boyfriend because he is too shy.

The socialite began dating 20-year-old Swede Alex Vaggo after they met in Los Angeles while he was backpacking around the US. Last week, he insisted that Hilton's image does not match her personality, describing her as "pleasant and intelligent" and interested in those less fortunate than herself.

But she is rumoured to have called time on the romance after he struggled to keep up with her party lifestyle. A source told The Sun: "She loved his good looks, but she gets bored very quickly, and he was too shy and quiet for her. She likes bad boys."

Hilton was recently forced to deny rumours that she is dating Pamela Anderson's ex Kid Rock after they were spotted partying together in Toronto.

ITV review out today

A review of ITV's premium rate interactive services will be published on today.

The review by auditor Deloitte followed allegations of viewers being misled, including X Factor viewers being overcharged £200,000.

The audit of ITV's output has been examining all programmes which invited the public to participate during the past two years.

This included premium rate landline, mobile and "red button" activity. ITV suspended all premium-rate phone-ins, interactive competitions and votes in March while the auditors conducted their six-month review.


In other news

* They may be polar opposites politically but US Vice-President Dick Cheney and Democratic candidate Barack Obama are related, Mr Cheney's wife says.

* Austria is to host the world's first "divorce fair" this month, aimed at helping couples untie the knot as painlessly as possible.

* Police are awaiting the drug test results of Hulk Hogan's son, Nick, to determine whether they are going to press charges against him.

* Brad Pitt was a stripper during his time at the University of Missouri, his friend has revealed.

* Melanie Brown has reportedly been suffering from depression over her ex-boyfriend Eddie Murphy's failure to visit their daughter Angel.

* 50 Cent reportedly attacked a co-star in his new movie after he was accused of failing to learn his lines.

* Cheryl Cole has announced that she has ended her ongoing feud with rival singer Lily Allen. The Girls Aloud star and Allen were involved in a war of words through the media, which saw Cole at one point call the singer a 'chick with a dick'.

* MTV Networks International and Arab Media Group are to launch a free-to-air Nickelodeon channel in the Middle East.

Terry's Balls Up

Sir Terry Wogan caused a number of viewers to complain by failing to wear supportive underwear during Sunday's Points of View.

The audience was left distracted from what the TV presenter said because they could not help but see Wogan's badly-supported bulge in his trousers.

One viewer who complained about the sight said: "I have just watched Points of View with my daughter and my husband. When the camera panned out on Terry Wogan, I didn't know where to look."


Clip of the day

Grass up your ex boss

http://www.heavy.com/video/26445?partner=aff54

Snoop Dogg hammers everyone – NOTE: Do not watch if easily offended

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPLL9ZtKPA

If England has more fans like this perhaps we would have beaten Russia…or perhaps not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz1_30ASZsQ