London, Mar 23  British comedian Ricky Gervais is all set to develop a new show with Elmo, a muppet from Sesame Street.

Gervais, 47, had "hit if off" with the furry red monster when a 40th anniversary special of the US kids' show was being filmed.

The actor had asked Elmo "adult" questions in an out-take, which has become an Internet hit, and he is now working on new ideas to host a show with the orange nosed muppet.

London, Mar 23 : Irish pop singer Ronan Keating has revealed how he keeps the passion alive with his wife Yvonne Connolly, whom he married on April 30, 1998.

For Keating, 32, who had admitted he was a virgin when Boyzone started, staying sexy is a part of the package, which makes the passion go on.

"We spend time together and we listen to each other. I buy her things she likes. It''s about being romantic and paying attention to each other," the News of the World quoted him as saying.

London, Mar. 23: A group of hard-line Saudi clerics have urged the kingdom''s new information minister to ban women from appearing on TV or in newspapers and magazines.

The 35 clergymen also called on Abdel Aziz Khoja, who was appointed by King Abdullah February 14 as part of a wide reform drive, to prohibit the playing of music and music shows on television, reports the Daily Express.

London, Mar 23: There has been a dramatic increase in the number of people harming themselves deliberately in the past five years in Britain, according to a new survey.

The biggest rise in self-harm and attempted suicide has been among young women between the ages of 16 and 24, struggling to cope with the pressures of modern living.

According to the research led by World Health Organisation (WHO), there were 97,871 hospital admissions for deliberate self-harm in England in 2007-08, of which 4,337 were children under the age of 14.

London, Mar 23 : Troubled pop star Amy Winehouse has reportedly been ordered to come up with a new set of songs for her new album after music bosses were left unimpressed by her latest offering.

The `Rehab' hitmaker recorded a number of demo tracks for her highly anticipated third album during a three-month hiatus on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia earlier this year (09).

However, her efforts haven''t hit the mark with bosses at the star''s label.

London, Mar 23 : Media mogul Simon Cowell, who is known for his extravagant lifestyle, has recently got a personal tanning salon built in his 21.7 million dollar mansion.

Cowell, who is worth 188 million dollars, paid a whopping 11.9 million dollars for his L. A. mansion two years ago.

Since then, Cowell has been busy renovating the two-storey mansion, and the most recent change in the mansion happens to be the installation of a solarium adjacent to the master bedroom with a full-length tanning machine and a smaller facial tanner.