Hollywood star Tom Cruise shocked a crowd of Las Vegas revellers on Saturday - by inviting his new girlfriend Katie Holmes to an erotic show. Cruise and Holmes - who are separated by 16 years - posed with the Cirque De Soleil cast ahead of the acrobatic troupe's show KA, which kicked off at the MGM Grand Hotel in February. Cirque De Soleil members also wowed backstage visitors by helping Cruise perform a spectacular backflip. News of the couple's relationship was unveiled by Minority Report star Cruise's sister and publicist Lee Anne Devette last week, following numerous sightings of the actor wining and dining the Dawson's Creek beauty. The following day, the loved-up duo were photographed holding hands on the streets of Rome, Italy.

Heiress Paris Hilton is determined to have children with Greek boyfriend Paris Latsis "in the next two years" - because she feels she has accomplished everything in life at the age of 24. The Simple Life star has only been dating the 22-year-old shipping heir since last December, but she insists she is in love and almost ready to start a family. Hilton says, "I want to have kids in the next two years because I know that completes your life. I've had so much fun, and had a great life. I've accomplished everything that I wanted to accomplish and I think that when I have kids that'll make me happier than I already am."

Cameron Diaz has laughed at reports she will marry lover Justin Timberlake this weekend. British newspapers claimed at the weekend the pair were preparing to exchange wedding vows in the South of France. A source at Nice's Grand-Hotel Du Cap-Ferrat told the News of the World newspaper, "It is fully booked for a special event next weekend. They have booked the whole hotel." But Diaz insists there is no truth to the rumors. Her spokesperson says, "They are not getting married in the south of France next week, nor are they engaged."

Michael Jackson kidnapped his teen accuser and his family to prevent an expensive lawsuit which he feared would damage his crumbling financial empire, the singer's child molestation trial heard on Monday. Forensic accountant Ross O'Bryan testified at the Santa Maria, California court that the "Bad" star was facing a cash crisis in February 2003, when journalist Martin Bashir's damaging Living With Michael Jackson documentary aired. O'Bryan presented jurors with memos from Jackson's financial advisors, warning him his spending habits had spiraled out of control. He also showed a balance sheet showing Jackson's overall debt had rise to approximately $224 million by February. And prosecutors alleged Jackson held the family captive in California to persuade them to take part in a video rebutting Bashir's documentary, in a desperate bid to avoid a costly trial. But former prosecutor Craig Smith said after the trial it was "too big a jump in logic" to claim Jackson's money woes led to a kidnap plot. Jackson has pleaded not guilty to 10 felony charges of child molestation, administering an intoxicating agent and conspiracy involving allegations of child abduction, false imprisonment and extortion. The trial continues.

Teen star Lindsay Lohan is hoping to give US troops in Iraq a moral boost by visiting the war-torn country. The "Rumors" singer, 18, will be touring Europe this summer to promote her latest film Herbie: Fully Loaded, and is planning to make a detour to the Middle Eastern nation. Lohan's representative says, "She has mentioned traveling to Iraq. But nothing is definite yet."

Britney Spears' positive pregnancy test has been sold for charity - by an Internet casino website which claims the test was found in the bathroom bin of a Los Angeles hotel where the pop beauty recently stayed. The 23-year-old singer announced last month that she is pregnant with her husband Kevin Federline's baby. And Goldenpalace.Com bosses say they have auctioned the stick she urinated on to confirm her pregnancy suspicions, and that proceeds from the kit will be donated to US charities The Candlelighter's Childhood Cancer Foundation and The Easter Seal Society, which helps disabled children. A spokesman for the online gambling emporium says Ottawa, Canada's radio station New Hot 89.9 initially purchased the test from a "connection" the station has at the unnamed hotel where the kit was found.

Sexy actress Tara Reid has laughed off reports she is romantically involved with Desperate Housewives heart-throb Jessie Metcalfe - but she does find him attractive. The American Pie star claimed to be just good friends with Metcalfe when she attended a Motley Crue concert in Las Vegas and posed for a seductive snap with drummer and infamous womanizer Tommy Lee. She said, "We're just friends. He's cute - has great eyes."

Actor Colin Farrell has been left red-faced after 70-year-old actress Dame Eileen Atkins boasted she recently rejected his desperate requests for casual sex. Cold Mountain star, Atkins revealed the Irish lothario spent nearly three hours begging her to sleep with him, but despite his stunning looks, she turned him down because he is 42 years her junior. She explains, "Three weeks before my 70th birthday, a simply stunning, gorgeous big film star came into my hotel room for sex without strings. I spent two and a half hours saying no, but it cheered me up fantastically. "I said no, in the end because he said, 'The reason you won't do it is because your body isn't as good as it was when you were young, isn't it? But I don't care about that.' "But I'm too proud of how I looked when I was younger. My body is still the same weight, but it's all distributed in a different way." The actress initially intended to spare Farrell's blushes by keeping his identity secret, but her agent says, "I can confirm that it is Colin Farrell that made the advance." Atkins and Farrell met during filming of movie Ask The Dust which hits cinemas later this year.

Pop hunk Justin Timberlake will undergo surgery on his throat next week to remove nodules which threaten to destroy his singing career. Timberlake allegedly discovered the condition while recording his latest single "Signs" with rapper Snoop Dogg and immediately contacted doctors, who banned him from straining his voice until medics at a private Los Angeles hospital have dealt with the problem. A close friend tells British newspaper The Sun, "Recently Justin's been in the studio again making 'Signs' with Snoop Dogg. That's when he realized there was a problem with his voice. "He saw a specialist and was diagnosed with nodules. The operation is fairly simple so he should be fine. But he will have to rest by talking very little and not singing."" Timberlake joins a list of stars including Geri Halliwell, Rod Stewart, Dame Julie Andrews and Joss Stone who have had operations to remove throat nodules.

The Godfather star James Caan is planning on giving his marriage another chance after filing for divorce from his fourth wife Linda last month. The actor has reportedly rescinded divorce proceedings and now he and his wife of almost 10 years have moved back in together to get their marriage back on track.