Rupert Everett has revealed he had a six-year affair with the late Paula Yates.

The "My Best Friend's Wedding" actor - who is openly homosexual - has admitted to a string of affairs with famous women, including Susan Sarandon, in his new autobiography.

Hollywood heavyweights Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon are on hunger strike.

The pair are staging the protest in support of anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq in 2004.

Actress Susan Sarandon skipped a normal Mother's Day celebration and spent the day with protesting parents of soldiers in Iraq.

Susan, along with anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, whose son has died in the conflict, addressed a 24-hour vigil near the White House by reading aloud a letter she had written to First Lady Laura Bush.

Stars Richard Gere and Halle Berry will receive 2006's Hasty Pudding award for a "lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment". Harvard Universty's Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the oldest undergraduate thespian club in the U.S., hands out the pudding award each year.

Actress Berry, who won an Oscar for her part in Monster's Ball, will lead a parade through Harvard next month. Gere won a Golden Globe for best actor in a comedy or musical, for his performance in the Oscar-winning film Chicago.