Mel B took her husband to a strip club and paid for him to have a private lap dance. The Spice Girl - who has just finished the Manchester leg of the band's comeback world tour - and Stephen Belafonte paid two sexy dancers to perform for each other at Manchester's Fantasy Bar on Friday night.

An insider said: "Mel looked more than happy to be here. She was really excited when the girls started dancing around them. I think she was eyeing them up more than her husband."

Nicolas Cage is ready to quit acting. The 'National Treasure: Book of Secrets' star has grown "tired" with the moviemaking industry and is no longer excited about being an actor.

He said: "I'm not interested in showing my face or making statements. I enjoy acting when it works. Some movie stars look like they are having a ball, but I'm tired of it. It has made me reclusive. That is an increasingly gnawing feeling in my body."

Gwen Stefani is three months pregnant with her second child. The former No Doubt singer - who already has a 20-month-old son with husband Gavin Rossdale - was thrilled when the pregnancy was confirmed at Los Angeles Cedars Sinai hospital.

A source said: "They found out at the hospital and couldn't wait to share the news with everyone. They're absolutely ecstatic, it's something they both really want."

Britney Spears has been told she can speak to her children on the telephone. The 'Toxic' singer - who hasn't seen her two sons Sean Preston, two, and 16-month-old Jayden James for more than three weeks after she refused to return them to ex-husband Kevin Federline - is forbidden from visiting her children indefinitely, meaning her only access to them is via phone calls.

Court documents released yesterday revealed: "Spears is to have telephonic contact with the minor children. All prior orders remain in full force and effect."

Fred Savage is expecting his second child with wife Jennifer Stone. The Wonder Years star has told People magazine that the newest addition will pop out in May.

"We've got number two cooking right now," the former child actor says. Savage and Stone are already parents to Oliver Philip Savage, who was born on August 5, 2006.

Bono gave the Japanese Prime Minister a special edition iPod as a gift. The U2 frontman - who is an avid campaigner for debt relief in Africa - met Yasuo Fukuda, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Saturday.

Fukuda asked Bono if the limited edition MP3 player - which is part of the RED campaign, with sales going directly to the global fund to help fight AIDS - contained any U2 tunes.

Kate Beckinsale's cat's caught fire over the weekend. The 'Click' actress revealed her feline friend Clive accidentally brushed past a candle causing his tail to ignite as she was getting ready for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards ceremony on Sunday.

Kate said: "Our cat Clive caught fire on a candle. As I was getting ready, there was like a 'whoosh' - a fireball and he went up like a rocket."

Lindsay Lohan's father has vowed to take revenge on her former drug dealers. Michael Lohan - himself a former addict who is now involved with youth ministry Teen Challenges - is determined to get even with a man who used to supply 21-year-old Lindsay with cocaine and who is now offering his story to the highest bidder.

Michael said: "God is going to get even with this guy. He's destroyed a lot of lives."