Melbourne, Jan 22 : Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson is so smitten by Aussie model Miranda Kerr's beauty that he wants to name a plane after her.

The hell-raising aviation bigwig is set to arrive in town in preparation for the inaugural flight of the VAustralia service from Sydney to Los Angeles.

And he wants to name one of the seven aircraft in the VAustralia fleet after the David Jones/Victoria''s Secret model.

A spokesman for A V Australia has confirmed that Kerr is being considered as the airline''s answer to Nancy Bird Walton - the late aviatrix, after whom the Qantas 380 was named.

Melbourne, February 22 : A family lobby group wants a ban on Quentin Tarantino's latest film `Inglourious Basterds' after dubbing it to be extremely brutal.

The World War II movie, starring Brad Pitt as a Nazi-murdering commander, is planned to be released in August but a script leak on the Internet has sparked fury amongst groups who are opposing its classification.

Bill Muehlenberg, from the Family Council of Victoria, put out a word of caution against the idolisation of violence through the character of Pitt, reports the Sunday Herald Sun.

Melbourne, Feb 22 : Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman has been named the most chivalrous people in Australia in a new poll.

Jackman pipped former cricketer Glenn McGrath to land the first spot.

AFL great Ron Barassi rounded off the top three, reports News. com. au.

Tied in fourth place were entrepreneur Dick Smith, cricketer Ricky Ponting and actress Nicole Kidman.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, former cricketer Adam Gilchrist and former defence chief Peter Cosgrove tied at number five.

The poll of 1500 people was commissioned by whisky giant Chivas Regal.

Melbourne, Feb 22 : Prince Harry is said to be in frequent text contact with Natalie Imbruglia following his split from his long-term girlfriend Chelsy Davy.

According to reports, the 24-year-old Royal and the Aussie singer have struck up a close friendship.

Harry was the guest of honour at Imbruglia's 34th birthday party at the Kensington Roof Gardens in West London, The Daily Mail reports.

Melbourne, Feb 22 : Madonna will take Brazilian model Jesus Luz as her date to the Oscars, it has emerged.

According to reports, the 50-year-old singer has been arranging matching outfits for the awards ceremony with the 22-year-old toy-boy, reports the Courier Mail.

The pair, who has still not gone public with the romance, has been spotted kissing at a pre-Oscars dinner in Los Angeles.

Luz has posed in a raunchy photo shoot with Madonna for W magazine.

Melbourne, February 21 : David Beckham, Sean Connery and Keanu Reeves have had their names put to an illegal use in a sex drug ad broadcast across TV stations around China.

All the three A-listers are shown to make it appear as if they are promoting China-made Viagra-style pills called USA Selikon with dubbed voices.

Video clipping of Beckham and his wife Victoria is used to seemingly reveal the `secret weapon' that keeps the soccer ace in shape, reports the Couriermail.