Mariah Carey's husband has bought her a $1.5 million ski chalet. Nick Cannon - who married the "Touch My Body" singer in April - splashed out on the five-bedroom property in Aspen, Colorado, as an early Christmas present for the 38-year-old star.

A source told Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper: "Nick is clearly still in the honeymoon phase. He's shocked all their pals by going out of his way to nab Mariah this beautiful sanctuary."

Brad Pitt says he and Angelina Jolie moved to New Orleans because they felt "something mystical could happen" there. The couple relocated to the U.S. city after a visit convinced them it was the perfect location to raise their six children.

Speaking at the New Orleans premiere of his new movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" - which was filmed in the city - Monday night, Brad said: "Well it was big tax breaks that brought us here. I mean, that's not my department, but that's what brought us here. I'm telling you, it did something else for the film."

A photograph of Britain's Prince Charles aged nine listening to his mother, Queen Elizabeth, give her first Christmas TV broadcast has been made public for the first time.

The exclusive shot of Charles from Christmas Day 1957 - which sees him sitting in a chair wearing sound engineer earphones - was taken by the BBC's superintendent of lighting Harold Mayhew, nicknamed "Mr Grumps" by BBC staff, and have now been made public by Harold's son Eddie Harper-Mayhew.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth was treated to a private piano recital by outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Monday.

Condoleezza, who is a concert level pianist, played a piece by Brahms, and was joined by Louise Miliband - the wife of U.K. Foreign Secretary David Miliband - and three members of the London Symphony Orchestra.

Mark Owen is set to make Jason Orange the godfather of his children. The father-of-two is almost certain he will choose Jason over his other Take That bandmates - Gary Barlow and Howard Donald - because he is the most responsible.

Mark said: "I'm not 100 percent sure who from the band I'm going to ask yet - if you ask one, you've got to ask the other two as well."

Sienna Miller and Balthazar Getty want to star in a film together. The "Factory Girl" star - who was recently reunited with the married "Brothers and Sisters" actor following a brief split - hopes working together will win over critics of their romance.

A source told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "Her advisers are warning how unpopular that would be."

Tilda Swinton says getting dysentery helped her performance in her new film.

The Oscar-winning British actress - who plays an alcoholic in "Julia," which was hit by severe budget cuts and shot in Los Angeles - claims the debilitating illness, which leaves sufferers with chronic diarrhea, helped her connect with the role.

Shia LaBeouf is set to star in a new John Grisham adaptation. The actor has agreed to take the lead role in thriller "The Associate" next year.

Shia - who recently made website ETonline's top 10 hunks of 2008 list - will play a Yale Law School student who is manipulated into accepting a job at a high-flying law firm before he discovers privileged information about a sensitive case.