Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are set to record a new album together. The former Beatles - who performed together at a charity concert in New York on Saturday - plan to head into the studio later this year.

A source said: "It has been a long time since Ringo played drums on any of Paul's songs but they've decided they can work together again."

Noel Gallagher wants to move to America - but can't because of his kids. The Oasis guitarist has grown to love the U.S. as he has gotten older but can't make it his permanent home because he doesn't want his children - 18-month-old son Donovan, whose mother is Noel's long-term partner Sar MacDonald, and eight-year-old daughter Anais, with his ex-wife Meg Mathews - to have American accents.

Noel, 41, said: "I've grown to like America. It's a place for adults. Once you get past 40 you start to appreciate it.

Kate Beckinsale's nine-year-old daughter wants her to work with Marilyn Monroe.

The 35-year-old actress admits Lily, her child with ex-boyfriend Michael Sheen, would rather she teamed up with "retro" stars such as Marilyn and Joan Crawford instead of Hollywood heartthrobs including Ben Affleck and Hugh Jackman.

Sir Paul McCartney was deported from Germany for setting fire to condoms. The Beatles' former drummer Pete Best has revealed he and Paul returned to the U.K. after being accused of arson when they used the rubber contraceptives as emergency lighting.

Pete explained to Absolute Radio: "We were deported for burning condoms. We defected to another club who paid us more money to play. And we'd been staying in the back of the van."

Sir Paul McCartney feared his new album would ruin his career. The Beatles legend has just completed work on Electric Arguments, an ambient record with his side project The Fireman, which he says was recorded from entirely improvised sessions.

He said: "I had to make a disclaimer to the engineers. I said this could be the most embarrassing moment of my life. It was thrilling, but it could have been a terrible mistake. I could ruin my whole career."