Natalia Vodianova Aims To Be Model Mother

Natalia Vodianova, who dismissed rumours that her marriage was nearing its end as "rubbish", now wants to have more children with her husband, the property heir Justin Portman. "I want to have at least two more babies," the Russian model told Mandrake.

Vodianova, 28, already has three children with her husband, the half-brother of Viscount Portman. "The most important thing to me is being a mother," she told me. "Growing up, I never knew I was going to be famous, but I always knew I would be a good mother."

Jo Wood wobbles on artful exposure
Jo Wood does not seem to be the body conscious type but, it seems, sitting bare-bottomed for an artist can strike fear into the heart of the most intrepid of women. Posing for Alice Instone, in a stance that left little of her derrière to the imagination, the former Strictly Come Dancing contestant tells me she gave strict instructions.

"I told her to paint my bum really small," she said at the exhibition of The House of Fallen Women, in which the painting of Wood, posing as Louis XV's maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Pompadour, was displayed.

Instone, 35, whose exhibition at Quintessentially Soho in London, showed modern women depicting infamous characters from history, said Wood's concern was a common theme among sitters, who included Cherie Blair, Annie Lennox and Emilia Fox.

"None of the celebrities wanted me to paint what they referred to as their 'wobbly bits'," she said.
Sue Perkins issues Daybreak a low blow

The disappointing viewing figures of ITV's Daybreak may be no laughing matter for hosts Christine Bleakley and Adrian Chiles, but it has provided endless fodder for comics.

Addressing an audience at the Stonewall Awards, an event celebrating those who have had a positive influence on the lives of homosexual people, Sue Perkins, who hosted the evening at the V&A in London, could not help but have a jibe at the floundering ratings of the breakfast television programme.

"Recently, 4 Poofs and a Piano disgraced themselves by appearing on Daybreak," the 41-year-old comedienne said of the "recent tough times" faced by homosexuals.
She added: "I suppose the consolation is that nobody will have seen it."
Ouch.