That Absolutely Fabulous will be remade for an American audience... Variety reports that: "The latest attempt at a U.S. rendition of Ab Fab will be transplanted to L.A. but retain the basic template of the original, revolving around the friendship of two boozy, over-40 best friends who are desperate to stay hip and youthful and who carry on under the disapproving eye of Edina's teenage daughter, Saffy. More than a decade ago, Roseanne Barr worked on developing a U.S. version of the show with Carrie Fisher for ABC. CBS' 1995-98 Cybill Shepherd comedy Cybill had an Ab Fab flavor to it. Another short-lived 1995 sitcom, CBS' High Society, starring Jean Smart and Mary McDonnell, was a thinly veiled imitation"... Everything is a thinly veiled imitation nowadays... That David and Victoria Beckham will make a cameo appearance in Little Britain USA... A source told the News of The World: "It all depends on whether the Beckhams like the script and gags"... That Variety said of the show: "Little Britain's laughs are as puny as its ambitions"... That Michael Lohan is offering himself to be beaten up for charity... That event organiser Jeff Cohen said: "Anybody who jumps into the ring with Michael Lohan will become famous. Maybe you'll get one of Lindsay Lohan's ex-boyfriends who'll try and impress Lindsay by beating up her father (doubtful. Unless Calum Best has nothing else to do..) Who knows? ... You might get Samantha Ronson trying to put a bid in there"... The bidding starts at $5k... That, of not leaving any of his millions to his children, Andrew Lloyd Webber said: "I am not in favor of children's suddenly finding a lot of money coming their way, because then they have no incentive to work. They aren't bothered. They don't think that way. It is about having a work ethic. I don't believe in inherited money at all"... That Minnie Driver has posted the first public picture of her one-month-old son on her MySpace page... That, weirdly, Tyra Banks, Cindy Crawford, Steve Carell, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Heather Locklear turned up to Miley Cyrus' premature Sweet 16 birthday party thrown by Disney at Disneyland... That her 5,000 guests had to pay $250 for a ticket and were treated to Miley singing Achey Breaky Heart with her father... That Verne Troyer is the latest housemate being lined up to appear on Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brother... A tenner says Whitney Houston tries it on with him... That Bond Girl Gemma Arterton was born with six digits on each hand... She had them "removed as a child" and says "It's my little oddity that I am really proud of. It makes me different"... That, of Liam's drunk dialing, Noel Gallagher said: "He's just mastered the use of the mobile phone. I know when I wake up in the morning and my phone has 12 messages, it's him. What are they? Things like '666'. I'll speak to him the next day and say, 'The strangest thing happened last night - I got a load of texts from the devil.' And he'll claim he has no recollection of any of it"...