Los Angeles  - A representative for actor Patrick Swayze on Thursday denied widespread reports that the actor had halted treatment for pancreatic cancer after doctors told him there was nothing more to be done.

"The reports are not true. Patrick is continuing his treatment," Annett Wolf, a spokeswoman for the actor told People magazine.

Swayze, 56, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last March and was in hospital earlier this month after contracting pneumonia.

The actor has vowed to fight his cancer, telling People recently, "I am alive and plan on continuing to stay that way."

London, Jan 29 : Just hours before being snapped kissing `Kooks' frontman Luke Pritchard, actress Mischa Barton was spotted locking lips with a female pal on her birthday.

The `OC' star kissed and cuddled her brunette friend outside a Paris nightclub while celebrating her 23rd birthday.

And immediately after that, she jetted to the British capital to meet her singer boyfriend.

However, it wasn't the first time Barton enjoyed a lesbian kiss, reports The Sun.

Mischa has earlier admitted that she preferred the girl-on-girl scenes because they were "more natural".

Washington, Jan 29 : The prime suspect in the murders of actress Jennifer Hudson''s mother, brother and nephew has been granted permission to move to another jail in Illinois.

William Balfour, the estranged husband of the Oscar winner''s sister Julia, was accused of killing the singer-cum-actress' mum Darnell Donerson, brother Jason Hudson and seven-year-old nephew Julian King.

Last week, Balfour, 27, pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and home invasion, reports Contactmusic.

London, Jan 29 : Oasis lead guitarist Noel Gallagher has confessed that he is just an average guitarist and is nothing compared to maestros of guitar playing like Johnny Marr and Paul Weller.
The `Wonderwall' hitmaker, who has sold more than 60 million albums, feels he is not yet an accomplished guitarist like Marr and Weller.

Washington, Jan 29 : Paris Hilton has revealed that ex-boyfriend Benji Madden banned her from casting straight men in her reality show `My New BFF' during their relationship.

The hotel heiress revealed that Benji was afraid that most men wanted to be much more than her best friends, and thus insisted her not to cast any straight men on the show.

Washington, Jan 29 : Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson plays ''agony aunt'' to her friends because she always gives an honest opinion when it comes to relationships.

The `Lost in Translation' star is just a call away for friends and has her own way to counsel them on problems relating to men.

"My friends and I talk about relationships and I probably over-analyse everything. But I usually come back to the same thing: ''If this person is making you crazy or making you doubt yourself, then get rid of him.'' I always sort of come back to that," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.