Tired-out Victoria Beckham admits flying the stars and stripes is hard work.

She has been trotting non-stop on the publicity pony and confesses it is taking its toll.

‘I’m really, really exhausted.’

‘If you come closer, you’ll see the make-up covering the bags under my eyes.’

The clothes horse has has fallen foul of green campaigners because of her great big carbon footprint. Life and work in Madrid, London and LA saw her recently fly across the Atlantic, three times in five days.

But it is amazing to see what a difference a little bit of Touche Eclat does for tired eyes. VB unleashed her fashion line DVB in New York City yesterday.

The label features denim and sunglasses with fragrances coming hot on the heels of the initial line-up.

Victoria made an appearance at Saks Fifth Avenue and mingled with fans before being whisked off to a fancy-pants restaurant. No rest for the fashionistas. The Ronald.

DVB in NYC

Hyde Park London and Harewood House Leeds are still rocking (14 to 17 June) to the sound of the O2 Wireless Festival.

The White Stripes were predictably awesome on Thursday – maybe just one of the best live bands on the planet.

I’m going for the Daft Punk experience tonight in London. But the rest of the line-up includes Klaxons, LCD Soundsystem, CSS, Plan B, Calvin Harris, New Young Pony Club, Simian Mobile Disco, Datarock and Digitalism. Stevo

Butt-flashing Shabnam Paryani was booted out of the Big Brother house last night.

An incredible 81.4 per cent of voters wanting her evicted. Despite losing friends and alienating people, Sha is upbeat about life after BB. ‘Maybe I’ll go to Las Vegas now and be happy,’ she chirped.

‘I’d rather come out now and have had two weeks where I had a blast than stay in four weeks and be miserable.’

As she exited, four new male housemates were catapulted in (not literally).

The new faces were model Billi Bhatti, 25; millionaire dad-of-two Jonathan Durden, 49; tree surgeon Liam McGough, 22; and data entry clerk Brian Below (‘Everyone says I look like rapper 50 Cent’), 19.

Apparently, millionaire Jonathan postponed his wedding when he got the Big Brother call. Six last words on the subject. Kick him to the kerb, girlfriend. Claudette

She bangs, Shabnam

There might be four Wag weddings this weekend (okay one was yesterday) but you won’t ever hear actress Halle Berry exchanging vows in the future.

Halle, who was divorced from second husband, musician Eric Benét, in 2005, says that she’ll never marry again.

Her wedding woes go back to her first marriage when it ended and she tried to take her own life. After the bitter split from David Justice in 1996 she attempted to gas herself with exhaust fumes.

‘I felt worthless after that marriage. I shut myself in my car in my garage with the engine running and I sat there, smelling the fumes,’ she confesses.

‘I started to think about how selfish I was being and how my mother would react if I stayed in that car. It was a struggle, but I made a pact with myself that I’d never contemplate taking my life again.’  Julia

I know, I know, this old queen should be on the panel for Britain’s Got Talent. But I was washing my hair when Simon Cowell made the call.

Still, when one door closes another door opens. Last night was fab-fandango if not a little tear-stained.

Unlike Simon I would have followed my heart and put baton-twirling, big-smiling, natural-born-entertainer Craig Womersley through into the next round.

Alas, Craig was dropped like a baton from a great height and, instead, dinky prancing child-performing Bessie Curzons and jiggedy-hop man street dancers Kombat Breakers went through. On with the show! The third semi-final is tonight. The Ronald

Angelina Jolie has no desire to be the poster girl for the size-zero Hollywood trend.

She admits she’s thin but stresses it is no fashion statement.

Pounding the red carpet at the New York premiere of her new film A Mighty Heart this week she got her point across.
‘Someone saying to me that I’m thin is not a compliment. I’ve always been lean and this year I lost my mom and I’ve gone through a lot.

‘I have four kids and I finished breastfeeding – it’s been hard to get my nutrition back on track. Instead of people saying I look like a person dealing with something emotionally, they assume it’s because I want to fit into skinny jeans.’

And just to get our point across. Starvation time is up on skinny jeans. That look is dead, dead, dead. The Ronald

Your 5-a-day dished up. It’s good for you

1 New Pob-cut and pink-wig Perez look. Check out Kelly Osbourne versus Katie Holmes.

2 Beer badness and barmaid madness. Check out Lily Allen versus Amy Winehouse.

3 Fresh new jail tale and old-favourite jail tale. Check out Sean Stewart versus Paris Hilton.

4 Lost-the-plot person and Bookies favourite and Shabs-stole-my-roll victim. Check out Shabnam versus Tracey versus Carole. Big Brother eviction night!

5 Love rat apologies and music man apologies. Check out MC Harvey versus Akon.

Who’s sorry now, Akon. Eh?

Britney Spears might have been dropped from the Celebrity 100 Power People List (Forbes) but she comes top of the Star Pout list.

Posh previously topped this poll but she has edged out of the top spot from Spears.

Keira Knightley also makes the Lips list and Jordan has been puckering up too this week. The Ronald

What has Keira Knightley been up to now? Fear not, the starlet hasn’t disgraced herself. It is her scandalicious new movie that is making the headlines. It has been hailed the must-see four-way love story involving poet Dylan Thomas.

Keira has been given the thumbs-up for her not-so-bad singing voice. She might not win over Simon Cowell but at least she hasn’t disgraced herself or been dubbed.

Lindsay Lohan was cast as Caitlin, but failed a medical (surprise, surprise) for the film’s insurance and was forced to withdraw from the movie. Second-choice Sienna Miller was cast instead.

The film’s director is not going to be drawn into Lohan-bashing. ‘What upsets me about Lindsay is that the people claiming bits of her pay cheque should be looking after her as a human being,’ says John Maybury. Julia

Oprah Winfrey is not just bank-bulging rich she has the power too.

She tops the Forbes’ 2007 list of the 100 Most Powerful Celebrities, thanks to her earnings and press clippings, magazine covers, and so much more over the past 12 months.

Madonna is hanging in there too, although no quite the billionaire. The singer received the most press out of all the celebrities listed, had the second-biggest internet showing, and came in at number three on the list.

Madonna’s new mate Justin Timberlake makes his first-time leap onto the list and comes in at 34.

Dropped like hot potatoes since last year include Paris Hilton (her jail time coverage came just too late, alas), Nicole Richie and Jennifer Lopez. Check out the hot Celebrity 100. Julia