When film fans heard Titanic was to be brought to life in eyepopping 3D, they were thrilled by the promise of action so real you could almost touch it.

And that’s precisely why government censors in China ruled one of the blockbuster’s steamier scenes had to go. The immortal sequence in which Jack, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, paints Kate Winslet’s character Rose in the nude has been butchered for Chinese audiences. An official at the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television said: “Considering the vivid 3D effects, we fear that viewers may reach out their hands for a touch and thus interrupt other people’s viewing.”

With this bizarre explanation, a shot revealing Kate Winslet’s breasts as she sprawls on a chaise longue was cut in favour of a head-andshoulders close-up. But in this case the censors’ cut has not stopped audiences flocking to re-watch the Hollywood romance. Titanic 3D achieved the second-highest opening day takings ever seen in China, grossing £7.3m on Tuesday alone. In the UK, it topped the weekly box office figures upon release, raking in £2.8million in ticket sales.

— Daily Mail

Romance off the dance floor?

She described herself as “beyond brokenhearted” after splitting with fiancé Gethin Jones at the end of December.

But judging from new photographs taken earlier this week, it looks like Katherine Jenkins may have found a welcome distraction from her heartbreak. The 31-yearold Welsh singer was spotted getting very cosy with Dancing With The Stars professional Derek Hough as they partied at LA hot spot The House of Blues earlier this week. Clutching a can of beer, Hough was seen hugging Katherine who smiled and laughed in delight. He regularly kept his arms wrapped around the Welsh singer and didn’t appear to pay much attention to the performing band Steel Panther.

Wearing a grey T-shirt, Hough whispered into Katherine’s ear and appeared to kiss her on the cheek at one point. The pair has recently been spotted out together in West Hollywood, with one source telling the Sunday Mirror that Hough is “smitten” with Katherine. “Derek is single and would like to date Katherine, but she wants to take things slowly as she only recently ended her engagement,” the insider said.

“They are hanging out all the time and are already close friends.” They were also seen flirting a few weeks ago at Beacher’s Madhouse, a variety show at the Roosevelt Hotel in West Hollywood.

— Daily Mail

Beyonce’s open letter to Michelle Obama

Beyoncé has written an open letter to Michelle Obama, expressing her admiration and pride in the US First Lady.

The singer, 30, who posted the handwritten missive on her new website, declared Michelle “the ultimate example of a truly strong African-American woman”. She wrote that she was “proud to have my daughter grow up in a world where she has people like you to look up to”.

Among the attributes of the First Lady that Beyoncé most admires are the fact that she is “humble, loving and sincere” despite “the pressure, and the stress of being under the microscope”. The open letter follows Beyoncé’s support at a fund-raiser Michelle hosted with Robert De Niro last month at New York’s Greenwich Hotel. The singer has designed a T-shirt for the Runway To Win initiative, which is raising funds for the Obama re-election campaign, and last year she joined the First Lady in a “Let’s Move” flash workout event.

— Daily Mail