Ramsay mocks the Queen's food

TV chef Gordon Ramsay has criticised Queen Elizabeth II's daily menu, branding it "prehistoric".

The acid-tongued cook tasted the food at Buckingham Palace in London after picking up his OBE (Order of the British Empire) there in 2006 - and he was unimpressed by the royal culinary efforts.

He tells US talk show host Jay Leno, "You never actually get to know who is cooking for the Queen - but I wouldn't employ him because the food was s**t.

"Unfortunately, you have to go through the ceremony with the canapes which are just absolutely, shockingly s**t.

"They look prehistoric, like 300 years old."

Someone has taken Kate Moss' role as fashion's golden girl rather literally.

British sculptor Marc Quinn is ready to unveil his latest creation to the world, a nearly $2.8 million, 110-pound solid gold statue of the supermodel, hyped as the largest such creation built since ancient Egypt.

Quinn, the artist behind 2006's Sphinx, a painted bronze statue of Moss in a somewhat provocative yoga pose, has dubbed his new golden girl Siren.

And the British Museum has already heeded its call.

While the venerable London museum has so far only released a close-up photo of the statue's face, the work purportedly shows Moss, once again, in the same contorted yoga pose as before.

"I thought the next thing to do would be to make a sculpture of the person who's the ideal beauty of the moment," Quinn said of his fabulously excessive creation. "But even Kate Moss doesn't live up to the image."

The British public will be able to determine for itself whether the statue succeeds where Moss apparently failed, with the objet d'art going on display in the the same British Museum gallery that houses the institution's ancient Greek sculpture collection.

The statue will be on display from Oct. 4 through Jan. 25.

Elizabeth Hurley and Hugh Grant have to be among the friendliest exes in showbusiness. On a getaway to Saint Tropez the model-turned-businesswoman and her husband Arun Nayar met up with her former flame, whom she dated for 13 years.

The trio were spotted together in a launch after dining at the exclusive Club 55 with David Furnish, who is in the French Riviera with his partner Elton John.

It's the second year running Elizabeth and Arun have taken a vacation with the Love Actually star. Last October he joined the couple in the Seychelles for a family holiday with her son Damian.

Indeed such is their closeness, the beauty recently declared:

"If I'm alone with Hugh, Arun and Damian I can turn off my cell phone… No-one else really matters."

Dr Dre's 20-year-old son has died, the rapper's publicist said.

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"Dr Dre is mourning the loss of his son, Andre Young Jr," publicist Lori Earl said in a statement.

Mr Young Jr, who was named after his father, was found dead on Saturday by his mother at their home in suburban Woodland Hills, LA, the county coroner's office said.

A post-mortem has been performed, but the cause of death was not likely to be determined for eight weeks while toxicology tests are carried out.

It's hair 'em, scare 'em down in Celebville.

And Paris Hilton is the chicky pushing the boundaries

Just guess what her next business venture is?

She's growing the Hilton empire with a product called the Bandit.

Any guess as to its purpose?

Well, we'll fill you in with the details - it's been descWatch Paris' Dateribed in press releases as "the first interchangeable hair extension headband".

So from what we can gather, it's a headband to which hair extensions can be attached.

Just what every girl needs and there's something for everyone - they come in three lengths and various colours, including Paris Blonde, of course.

So keep your peeps peeled for these hairy thingamajigs - she's launching them in the US first but we're sure it's only a matter of time before they're winging their way over to our side of the pond.