Showbiz: Gwyn and Ben are at it again

Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Affleck are on again - indeed, if they were ever off.

London's Daily Mirror tabloid has published loving pictures of Hollywood's boomerang twosome after "a romantic trip to Paris." It says that when the actors returned to London, where she's shooting a movie, they "locked themselves in their hotel for five hours."

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The piano on which John Lennon composed his peace song Imagine will be auctioned online on October 17. The upright Steinway, on display at The Beatles Story museum in Liverpool, northern England, is expected to fetch $3.66 million.

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Royal dress designer David Emanuel was last night spotted at the Welsh hotel where engaged Hollywood stars Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas have been staying.

The man who designed the wedding dress for Diana, Princess of Wales, smiled and waved as he left the hotel in Swansea where Zeta-Jones and Douglas have been staying during their trip to show eight-week-old baby Dylan to her family.

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Elizabeth Hurley says lust is one of her favourites among the seven deadly sins. In Marie Claire magazine, the fashion model and Austin Powers actress writes: "A bit of lusting after someone does wonders for you and is good for your skin."

She said the only thing that got her through her high school chemistry class was the boy who sat in front of her.

"I longed for moments when I could brush past him on the way to the Bunsen burner or exchange lingering looks over our litmus test."

Hurley, aged 35, and actor Hugh Grant split this year after 13 years together but have since renewed their relationship.

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He's just a lonely boy: Paul Anka's wife has filed for legal separation, claiming irreconcilable differences after 37 years of marriage. Anne Anka, a former model, and the singer have five daughters. Their births inspired his song Having My Baby, a No 1 hit in the 70s.

- NZPA