Avril Lavigne and Brody Jenner have reportedly split up.

The singer and the reality TV star - who had been dating for almost two years - have decided to call time on their relationship because they couldn't agree on their future.

A source told Life & Style magazine: "They decided to end their relationship. It wasn't working out, and they wanted to go their separate ways.

"She wanted to settle down, but he wasn't exactly ready. They had been having problems starting in the summer with her tour because she was on the road all the time. It put a strain on their relationship." Avril - who was previously married to Sum 41 rocker Deryck Whibley - recently said she would marry again as she wanted to start a family.

The 27-year-old star said: "It's all about love and I make that my number one priority. One day I would hope to have kids and do that whole thing. Right now I'm very focused on my career, my album, my tour and naturally when that happens for me next, yeah I'll go for it."

Miranda Kerr feels "proud" that husband Orlando Bloom is such a good father.

The Victoria's Secret model and the 'Lord of the Rings' actor became parents to son Flynn last January and Miranda says it's wonderful to see Orlando bonding with their boy. She said: "He has really stepped up to the role and is very hands-on. It makes me proud that he is such a good dad."

Little Flynn celebrated his first birthday on January 6 and during his party he got to taste cake for the very first time.

Miranda told People: "It was the first cake he had ever seen or tasted. It was a gluten-free cake and organic, of course. He put his face in the cake. It was a healthy kick-start to his first birthday." "There were a lot of balloons. We had a balloon man come because Flynn likes balloons. That was a lot of fun."

However, the party - which was attended by five of Flynn's "little friends" - left the birthday boy exhausted and he had to be put down for some much-needed rest. Miranda said: "He was awake for a couple of hours and then it was nap time."

Nicole Kidman admits she's "boring".

The Oscar-winning actress says not many people think she's that fun because she no longer drinks alcohol and stays on the soft drinks when she goes out.

Speaking at the Golden Globes last night (15.01.12), the mother-of-four - whose husband Keith Urban has a history of alcohol abuse - said: "I don't drink alcohol. See how boring I am? I'll have sparking water tonight."

While many may think she's boring, Nicole was probably being sensible as she has two young daughters - Sunday Rose, three, and 13-month-old Faith Margaret - to look after. The 44-year-old beauty - who also has adopted children, Isabella, 19, and 16-year-old Connor with ex-husband Tom Cruise - recently said she can't stop kissing Faith, who was born in December 2010 via a gestational carrier.

She said: "She's divine, she's growing and an absolute little bundle of yumminess. I can't stop kissing her!" Nicole also said she thinks her life has got richer since she became a mother.

She said: "I love every stage, I just love raising children. They bring so much to your life!"

Russell Brand is "quite well" following his split from Katy Perry.

The 'Arthur' star filed for divorce from the 'Firework' hitmaker in December after 14 months of marriage but when asked at a question and answer session for his new TV show 'Strangely Uplifting', how he was coping, Russell was upbeat.

He said: "I'm quite well, thank you. Are you asking because of recent events? Well, I suppose what you're doing is you're making the mistake as seeing time as linear."

Russell also claimed he is a complicated person and admitted to having narcissistic tendencies. He said: "I listen to others. I accept that you must be humble. It's very important to have humility ... I have a tendency to fly off. I'm tangential and also I'm narcissistic. I have to be very careful."

The 36-year-old comedian's new topical late night TV series will see him give his "unvarnished, unfiltered take on current events, politics and pop culture" and Russell admitted there it will delve into his personal life.

He said: "I think there will be inevitable biographical elements because you can't speak from anyone's perspective but your own. Unless I was to bizarrely adapt some sort of avatar.

"All I want is for people to feel better than they do now. That's all I want. All I want is to make people laugh and to make people happy. And as long as I stay in alignment with that, then I'm served by great forces."

Jay-Z has dropped the word "####" from his songs following the birth of his daughter.

The '99 Problems' hitmaker will no longer using the derogatory term for a woman out of respect for his first child, Blue Ivy, whom he and wife Beyonce Knowles welcomed into the world last Saturday (07.01.12).

In a poem to his daughter, he wrote: "Before I got in the game, made a change, and got rich / I didn't think hard about using the word ####.

"I rapped, I flipped it, I sold it, I lived it / now with my daughter in this world I curse those that give it. "I never realised while on the fast track that I'd give riddance to the word #### / to leave her innocence intact.

"No man will degrade her, or call her name / I'm so focused on your future, the degradation has passed." Last week, Blue Ivy became the youngest person ever to be credited in the US Billboard charts, after her cries and gurgles were sampled by Jay to use on his track 'Glory', which he dedicated to his newborn and released two days after her birth.

Lyrics to the track include: "The most amazing feeling I feel, words can't describe what I'm feeling for real / Baby, I paint the sky blue, my greatest creation was you."