Meg Ryan nearly called her daughter Oprah Winfrey Ryan.

"The Women" actress - who adopted her now three-and-a-half-year-old daughter Daisy True from China in 2003 - was considering the unlikely moniker for her new baby.

Oprah Winfrey is the most generous celebrity in the world. The humanitarian talk show host topped a list compiled by Parade magazine, after donating a staggering $50.2 million to various charities in the last year.

As well as her huge donations, Oprah is the founder of Oprah's Angel Network - which helps underprivileged women and children worldwide.

Kid Rock is obsessed with Amy Winehouse. The "All Summer Long" singer can't get enough of Amy's vintage soul sound, and thinks it could have a place in his own music.

Rock, who has turned his back on his trademark rap-rock sound, said: "The only thing I've been listening to lately is Amy Winehouse. She's got me back into that old-school soul thing. Her album is so great it's made me go through all my old Stax and Motown records again.

Samuel L. Jackson was among 6,000 mourners who gathered to remember comedian Bernie Mac at a service on Saturday.

The "Pulp Fiction" actor paid his respects to the "Ocean's Thirteen" star - who died on August 9 after suffering complications related to pneumonia - and made a touching speech during the ceremony at Chicago's House Of Hope Church.

Kevin Federline is set to release a fitness DVD. The former backing dancer - the ex-husband of Britney Spears - is planning to get back into shape after piling on the pounds and wants to cash in on his potentially buff body by sharing his exercise secrets.

He is reported by FOX News as saying: "I plan to get back to looking ripped and sexy again - I know I have let it all go but watch me fly this year."