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Washington, June 17 : Mum-to-be Nicole Richie is driving her family "crazy".

The socialite - who is seven months pregnant with her second child with the Good Charlotte rocker - is driving her friends and loved-ones mad with her pregnancy hormones and demands.

"She''s not having cravings but she''s driving me and Joel crazy!" Contactmusic quoted her father Lionel Richie as saying.

London, June 17 : English musician Dave Stewart is set to team up with French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy for a duet at the upcoming Nelson Mandela Day tribute in New York.

Stewart had also organised the first Nelson Mandela concert in South Africa and will now be among the big name performers at the latest birthday tribute on July 18 in New York.

The former Eurythmics star will perform alongside model/singer Bruni-Sarkozy at Madison Square Garden, reports the Daily Express.

Amman - Jordan's King Abdullah II flew to Brussels Wednesday at the start of a European tour chiefly aimed at discussing latest moves to push forward the Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations on the basis of the two-state vision, officials said.

King Abdullah is also scheduled to visit Britain and Sweden, which is due to take up the European Union's presidency on July 1.

Juneau (Alaska, US), June 17 : Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has accepted comedian David Letterman's apology on making a bad joke about her 14-year-old daughter.

In a statement, Palin said she accepted Letterman's apology "on behalf of young women like my daughters, who hope men who ''joke'' about public displays of sexual exploitation of girls will soon evolve."

Washington, June 17 : Chris Brown is trying to postpone his forthcoming assault case, for the singer's legal team have applied to the California Supreme Court after a judge refused to grant the order.

The 20-year-old, who allegedly punched, choked, and bit former girlfriend Rihanna in February, had pleaded not guilty to two felony counts in a Los Angeles court.

Melbourne, June 17 : Victoria''s Secret Angel Miranda Kerr is looking to drop her modelling career to step into the music industry.

The Aussie stunner, who recently shot the new David Jones spring/summer campaign in Broome, revealed she would love to delve completely into music.

"Well, I actually love to sing," Couriermail quoted her as telling Rolling Stone.

"A couple of weeks ago I was hanging out with a friend of mine who has a band. "He was like, ''Oh come and sing with us, it will be fun''.

"So I went along and I loved it - really, really loved it. It''s such a great form of expression. I''ve had a couple more rehearsals with them," she added.