Sarah Jessica Parker is reportedly set to split from her husband and is already house-hunting alone. The 43-year-old actress - who has been dogged by rumors her 11-year marriage to Matthew Broderick is in trouble after claims he cheated on her with a 25-year-old woman - recently asked a New York broker to find her an apartment.

A source told America's Star magazine: "The time has come when she realizes it just isn't worth it. Sarah Jessica is determined to get her own place and bring down the curtain on her marriage."

We all know about Gwen Stefani’s funky LAMB line and Beyonce's glitzy House of Dereon collection, so we decided to take a look at the latest round of celebrities who have thrown their hats into the design world.

First, there are the sister acts – Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen’s two new lines – the upscale The Row and the younger Elizabeth and James, Penelope and Monica Cruz’s line for Mango and, of course, the much hyped Twenty8Twelve from Sienna and Savannah Miller.

Patricia Field built a cult following by dressing the fashionable set onscreen. Some pros say she gets it wrong.

I'll admit it. I can't wait to see February's Confessions of a Shopaholic, the film based on the book about a New York City writer who's addicted to plastic.

Mary-Kate Olsen left a "wad of chewed gum" with the tip when she left a restaurant recently.

The 22-year-old actress dined with friends at New York's Bottino restaurant last week, but waiters were furious to discover someone in the party had left the used confectionery alongside their payment.