From the Desk of Lou Ross, Elaine Gerard, Erica Schell

Bridget and Renee wouldn't hang. Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and Renee Zellweger will all be in Leicester Square to tread the red carpet. Renee told us she's a bit tired of the Bridget comparisons although she admits there are some minor similarities: "I think I'm a little bit more of a realist, but very much like her in the fact that I'm a hopeless romantic." "And I'm ever optimistic, to the point where I may seem naïve sometimes." "I have a different way of keeping track of what I'm doing, so to speak." "We have different hang-outs, that's for sure!". Julia Roberts has been talking to Oprah Winfrey about expecting twins. This interview took place before Julia was reportedly rushed to hospital after experiencing a series of early contractions. Oprah re-assured her audience that "everyone was doing fine". It was the first time Julia's talked about carrying a boy and a girl and revealed she felt like she was showing off and that she had no idea twins run in her family until her mum told her: "My mom was the knower of all things but the teller of few." "When I said 'I have great news, I'm going to have a baby. Actually, we're going to have two babies, ma'." "She said 'Well of course you are, we have twins in our family'. I said, 'I'm 36, you tell me now'." "I feel like it's classic overachieving. I see some lovely woman walking down the street pregnant with one child and I think, 'What's the point, go for two!'." Corrie's Dev on his own bargain hunt? There's stories in the tabloids today that Jimmi Harkishin (Dev from 'Coronation Street') was arrested in a shop. It's claimed he was swapping price labels on items of clothing to make them cheaper. A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said: "Police were alerted mid-afternoon to a store at Brent Cross where a man was being held by security staff."  "Police attended and arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of theft by deception. He was later cautioned and released." However, we've spoken to the Corrie producers this morning and they say that Jimmi "emphatically denies the story". Samuel L. Jackson's been talking about his role in one of the years most anticipated movies 'The Incredibles'. It's the latest computer animation by Pixar, and critics are saying it's even better than both 'Toy Story' films and 'Finding Nemo'. 

The story is about a family of undercover superheroes who are forced into action to save the world while trying to live the quiet suburban life.  Samuel L. plays Frozone, the bloke that freezes everything and says he was really chuffed with the role - here's why:  "It's not often that I have an opportunity to even play a guy who's heroic.  "I've read comic books most of my life. The opportunity to play some sort of superhero, even if he is retired but has amazing powers, is an amazing opportunity for me." It was also the premiere of what could be the biggest film of the year - 'The Incredibles'. It was a great family event. There were people dressed up as the characters on the red carpet and lots of celebrity mums and dads were there including Damon Albarn, Danny from Supergrass and Christian Slater were all spotted. Samuel L. Jackson looked as cool as ever in shades, a black jacket, and a baseball cap. The animated adventure is about a family of superheroes who're called into action to save the world. Sam plays the icy character Frozone: "Frozone happens to be Mr Incredible's best friend from the old days. He and Mr Incredible hang out. They kind of sneak out late at night and still do superhero stuff." "I love his look, they showed me the dolls and all those things before the animation was done. So I was happy with how he turned out." We asked if he preferred being a superhero or a Jedi: "You know being a Jedi's kind of special. It's kind of hard getting away from that. This is something that's just kind of starting and hopefully it will catch on." "I  will always be proud to be a Jedi, and a Jedi master." All the cast have got their own action figures - Holly Hunter plays Elastigirl - but says she hasn't got a hold of her's yet:  "I'm very much looking forward to it. I understand that she moves, she twists, she does various things." "Maybe I'll be bestowing her on friends this year." Kings of Leon admit listening to their debut album can make them cringe a bit. Their follow up, 'Aha Shake Heartbreak', looks like its heading for the top five this weekend. The first album 'Youth and Young Manhood' went into the charts at number three, though singer Caleb reckons sometimes he feels like he can't even listen to it anymore: "Youth and Young Manhood' makes me laugh a lot, there are certain things on there that I can't believe we did it the way we did it. We did it that way because we were ********s you know." "We really wanted to spit in the face of a lot of people, you know. But this album I think that you can see how much more comfortable we are."  "We're not scared to go for anything. If we want to sound pretty then we're going to sound pretty. If we want to do the same old thing, then we can still do it."

Franz Ferdinand reckon we'll hear a new side to them in 2005. The lads are releasing 'This Fire' for download only in a couple of weeks time but they've already started on the the follow up to their Mercury prize winning debut.  They're touring in Germany, Japan and the States before 2 massive homecoming shows in Glasgow.  They played some of the new songs recently including 'Your Diary' and 'Scotland', but guitarist Nick told us to expect a completely different sound in the New Year:  "There's one called 'Can't Stop Feeling' that we've been recording. We wrote it when we wrote the other album. You know it could be a bit old fashioned." "It would be good to have something really fresh, you know. That's our plan." "We've just written one that's coming along quite nicely. I reckon that could be the one. We haven't got a name for it. The one that goes, dur dur dur, dee dee, dur dur dur!"