A DRIVER for Naomi Campbell (pictured right) told police that he was assaulted by the supermodel Tuesday, according to the New York Police Department.

RAPPER Lil Wayne’s sentencing for gun possession has been postponed for a second time after a courtroom fire.

COSTLY SUICIDE BID
MOSCOW — A court ruled that a Russian man must pay more than 100 000 roubles (US$3 330) for medical bills and damages to the parents of a girl he hit when he jumped from a window in a suicide attempt.

IT seems that Junior Bantan has finally decided to come out of the proverbial cocoon to showcase what he has to offer after a musical career largely spent in the background.

RETURNING to the once hugely popular L’Escargot at Courteney Hotel in The Avenues, is like bumping into an old friend who’s been overseas several years.

THE verdict is in.

JAY-Z (left)  isn’t happy with the remake of We Are The World, which has been recorded to raise relief funds for Haiti.

GNOME PRESIDENT: Theatre posters proclaiming “We await you, merry gnome” were taken down from a Russian town shortly before a visit by the country’s diminutive President Dmitry Medvedev, a local website reported last Friday.

ORGANISERS of President Robert Mugabe’s all night musical bash tonight have a tough act to pull to attract a sizable crowd despite roping in international artists.

THEY say confession is good for the soul, so get ready to spill the beans on what you hate about yourself.

THE future of CBS’ Two and Half Men has become major issue in Hollywood since production on the series was put on hold Tuesday after star Charlie Sheen checked himself into rehab.

MUSIC Crossroads Zimbabwe Trust, a life skills and music training organisation, is calling for local artistes to compete in a music competition themed on the issue of fighting corruption.

I WAS back in Zimbabwe three full weeks before getting round to visiting one of my favourite eateries: Adrienne’s, the always welcoming, again ever open, greenhouse-like restaurant at the Belgravia Shopping Centre.

ZULU king Goodwill Zwelithini showed off his teen bride-to-be, Zola Mafu, at the KwaZulu-Natal legislature.

MORTGAGE HEIST: A 73-year-old Florida man who was arrested for robbing three banks –– unarmed and taking $600 in each heist –– said he needed the money to pay his home mortgage, police said on Friday.

HARARE is playing host to a national arts and culture indaba which began yesterday and ends today.

GLAM pop artist Lady Gaga dominated the 30th Brits on Tuesday, winning a trio of awards at the pop music industry’s flagship ceremony, the first international act to do so for five years.

I AM extremely fond of piri-piri chicken, as long as it isn’t incandescently hot, and frequently found myself lusting after the typical southern African dish on a recent six-week sanity break to the UK and Caribbean.

AFTER rap star Lil Wayne spent months bidding farewell to his fans and his freedom, what loomed for him Tuesday was a dental chair, not a house of detention.

NEW American Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres on Tuesday hinted of fireworks between her and Simon Cowell, and said she would prefer not to sit next to the acid-tongued Briton in future.