London, Apr 7 : Kylie Minogue's beau Andres Velencos has reportedly succeeded in gaining the approval of her family.

According to reports, Kylie's family members were very impressed with Velencos' charming and witty attitude when she introduced him to them in Melbourne.

Washington, Apr 7 : Madonna, who returned to London after a judge rejected her bid to adopt 4-year-old Chifundo "Mercy" James from Malawi, was met by her ex-husband.

The 50-year-old met the British director Guy Ritchie, at a London airport, where he took their sons -- Rocco, 8, and David Banda, 3 -- so that she could have some space while the court takes action on her appeal, a source tells Usmagazine. com.

Mercy''s uncle, Peter Baneti, said that he hopes the courts will reconsider the adoption.

Washington, Apr 7 : High School Musical star Zac Efron has revealed that he has not signed up for Twitter, MySpace or Facebook.

Efron, 21, says that he values his privacy and does not like to have his personal life open to all.

"I don''t have a Twitter, a MySpace or a Facebook or anything like that," People magazine quoted him as saying.

"I kind of value in people not knowing where I am or what I''m doing," he added.

New York, April 7 : Actress Bai Ling has trashed rumours that she slept with `The Wrestler' star Mickey Rourke.

The `Toxic' star had raised eyebrows after she was invited by Rourke for an LA bash.

But her spokesman Anthony D''Alessandro dismissed the link up, saying only friendship was brewing between the two.

"While Bai Ling, who is single, has dated a lot during her career, she isn''t some ''whore'' who hooks on to rising actors," the New York Post quoted Anthony, as saying.

"She considers Mickey Rourke a friend.

London, April 7: Veteran broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson has said that Jade Goody represented "all that is paltry and wretched about Britain today".

The 74-year-old criticized the hype created around the late reality TV star, who was recently buried after losing her battle to cervical cancer on Mother’s Day aged 27.

Parkinson said that the ‘exaggerated’ pedestal awarded to Goody, who rose from shambled back streets in Essex to fame and fortune through the Big Brother show, was uncalled for.