Washington, Apr 28 : Hollywood actress Dame Helen Mirren has revealed that her husband has banned her from singing around home, because her tuneless humming leaves him irritated.

The Queen star revealed that although she loves to belt out tracks, her director husband Taylor Hackford insists she should keep quiet.

"I''ve got no musical abilities whatsoever. I sing if I''m listening to music. I sing along with it - I can hit the note if I''ve just heard it," Contactmusic quoted Mirren, as saying.

Washington, April 28 : Jamie Foxx is on a look out for a friend who saved his life from a deadly hallucinogenic drug during college days.

The Miami Vice actor revealed Mark Pobart looked after him when he suffered from horrifying visions and voices provoked by a dose of phencyclidine, commonly known as PCP, Angel Dust or moondust.

"When I was in college, someone slipped me PCP. I thought I was losing my mind. I was hearing voices," Contactmusic quoted him as telling the New York Daily News.

London, Apr 28 : Cheryl Cole, who's known for her exquisite feminine style, has revealed she used to be a tomboy.

The Girls Aloud babe told Hello! magazine that as a teen she wore baggy jeans and jumpers - then discovered "girlie clothes and high heels".

She also admitted that hubby Ashley Cole still prefers her dressed down in a tracksuit than the glammed look.

"He thinks I look cutest in a casual tracksuit with my hair pulled back at home," The Sun quoted Cole, as telling the magazine.

New York, Apr 27 : It looks like Mel Gibson's Russian lover is a good friend of Senator Ted Kennedy.

Oksana Grigorieva's, who also has a son with former 007 star Timothy Dalton, met the senator in Washington during a fund-raiser for Bill Clinton, and seems to have left good impression on him.

Just six weeks later, when her parents in Russia attempted to get a visa to visit her and their new grandchild, they were refused.

And it was Kennedy, who helped Grigorieva's parents get their visas.

Washington, April 27 : Actress Mandy Moore is reportedly taking cooking lessons for a new magazine spread.

The 25-year-old wrapped an apron on April 22 to pick pointers at her favourite restaurant The Spotted Pig for a feature in New York Magazine.

The fashion designer attended a lesson on how to make the restaurant's signature dish gnudi, reports Contactmusic.

Moore, who tied the knot with rocker Ryan Adams last month, shot to fame at the age of 15 after the 1999 release of her debut `So Real'.