News in brief: Monty takes Titchmarsh mantle

TV personality Monty Don is to replace Alan Titchmarsh as the presenter of BBC Two's Gardeners' World.

Don, 47, formerly gardening expert on ITV1's This Morning and presenter of Channel 4's Real Gardens, will take over the role next spring when the show will enter its 34th year.

Ground Force star Titchmarsh recently announced that he was leaving the programme after seven years.

He said: "I've had a wonderful seven years presenting Gardeners' World and I wish Monty Don every success in taking over."

Vegas' £1 wedding offer

Comedian Johnny Vegas has sold his wedding photos to the comic Viz for just £1.

The 31-year-old funnyman made the offer to Viz after turning down lucrative offers from glossy celebrity publications.

Johnny knew that magazines were interested in getting the wedding pictures so he just thought it would be funny to give them to Viz," said a spokesman.

Vegas married Catherine Donnelly in San Francisco in July, just five months after they first met.

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Producers will not edit Barbershop

The producers of the hit film Barbershop have said they will not remove or alter a sequence which pokes fun at civil rights leaders Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King.

MGM, who released the film in the US, said they had "no intention" of changing it for DVD and video release, despite complaints from Jesse Jackson and Rev Al Sharpton.

Barbershop has been a surprise hit at the US box office, taking nearly $40m (£25m) in its first fortnight on release.

It stars rapper Ice Cube as a man who reluctantly inherits a barbershop from his father.

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Tomkinson to join Footballers Wives

Tara-Palmer Tomkinson is to make a guest appearance in the new series of the hit show Footballers' Wives, according to reports.

The 31-year-old, who recently appeared in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here will play herself on the programme.

"Tara is perfect casting to be part of the glamorous world of Footballers Wives'" said show producer Claire Phillips.

The second series of the ITV1 show begins in the New Year.

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Superman back on big screen

Comic book hero Superman is to return to the cinema for the first time since 1987, in a new film to be directed by Rush Hour's Brett Ratner.

A spokesman for Warner Bros, who will produce the film, said: "Superman is an American icon and a timeless hero. We are very happy to be working on this important new chapter in his legacy."

There have been several attempts to make another Superman film - which originally starred Christopher Reeve - over the past few years, with Nicolas Cage at one point tipped to take on the role.

Ratner's latest film, the Silence Of The Lambs prequel Red Dragon, will be released on 11 October.

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Attenborough joins Rada

Lord Attenborough has become president of Britain's leading theatrical college Rada - the first person to hold the position since the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Leading figures at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts had decided not to fill the honorary post after the princess died five years ago, but have now decided to reinstate the role.

Film-maker and actor Lord Attenborough was a student at Rada six decades ago and has been chairman of its ruling council since 1972.

He has been associated with Rada for more than half of its life - it was set up in 1904 - and he has been chairman of its ruling council since 1972.