Zac Efron gets crowd going at 17 Again premiere

SHRIEKING fans have filled London's Leicester Square for the arrival of heartthrob Zac Effron at the UK premiere of his new movie 17 Again.

The High School Musical and Hairspray star, 21, said of his welcome: "It's insane. This is the biggest one yet.

"It's crazy."

Efron plays the younger self of Mike O'Donnell, a frustrated and unfulfilled 37-year-old, played by Friends star Matthew Perry.

The character seemingly has it all as a star athlete heading straight for a college scholarship until he decides to give it up and settle down with his high school sweetheart.

Now at 37 Mike has become a miserable and unhappy businessman who wishes he could go back and become the teenager he once was to correct all the mistakes he made.

His wish soon becomes reality as he turns 17 again and gets the chance to relive his life.

Watchdog bans ad for Ben Stiller film Tropic Thunder

A TV ADVERT for the film Tropic Thunder has breached industry rules after showing offensive swearing mid-afternoon.

The advertising watchdog has cracked down after a viewer complained about the language and graphic scenes of violence after seeing the ad during a weekend football match shown at her local Conservative club.

The advert, shown at 3pm, 5.15pm and 6.15pm on the Setanta pub channel, included characters saying "This motherf*****'s dead" and "You're the dumbest motherf***** that ever lived".

It also showed one character from the 2008 comedy film - which stars Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Steve Coogan - holding a severed head dripping blood and another hitting his own hand with a mallet.

Robin Williams recovering from heart surgery

COMEDIAN Robin Williams' heart surgery has been "successful" and the star is recovering in a clinic in Ohio.

A spokesman for the 57-year-old actor said that the star of 'Good Will Hunting,' 'Good Morning, Vietnam,' and 'Mork & Mindy' had an operation to replace his aortic valve, repair his mitral valve, and correct an irregular heart beat.

"Williams' operation went extremely well and we expect him to make a full recovery," said Marc Gillinov, a cardiothoracic surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic where the Oscar winning actor was being treated.

After the three-hour-plus procedure Gillinov said Williams was expected to make a full recovery in the next eight weeks.

"His heart is strong and he will have normal heart function in the coming weeks with no limitations on what he'll be able to do," Gillinov said.

Gemma Arterton rocks the dancefloor

GEMMA ARTERTON let her hair down and showed off her curves on the dancefloor at the after party for the premiere of The Boat That Rocked in Ladbroke Grove.

Joining fellow cast members including Talulah Riley, Bill Nighy and Rhys Ifans at the Martini-sponsored bash, the former Bond girl enjoyed a few too many of the cocktails, and later jumped into a cab with ex-boyfriend Eddie Redmanye.

Rhys, 40, was surprisingly well behaved.

He seemed taken with a petite brunette and fended off ladies wanting to chat to him.

“Lots of girls were competing for his attention,” said an onlooker.

Geri Halliwell's ex-citing love life

IT’S RAINING MEN for Geri Halliwell...

After shocking us all by announcing her sudden engagement to Italian tycoon Fabrizio Politi – and then less surprisingly breaking it off – the 36-year-old Spice Girl is back in the arms of a former squeeze, Mahiki club owner Nick House.

One of theBuzz’s spies spotted the two together after she attended the premiere of The Boat That Rocked last night.  “Nick picked her up in his Aston Martin and drove her the Punch Bowl pub in Mayfair, where he introduced her to his pal Guy Ritchie,” he said.

“The pair got cosy in a corner of the pub and Geri asked friends to take ‘coupley’ pictures of them together.”

When the pub shut, Nick took Geri to his latest venture, the Tini bar in Chelsea, where they partied until 1am.

Stars at the premiere of The Boat That Rocked

CELEBRITIES including Rhys Ifans, Gemma Arterton, Kenneth Branagh and Bill Nighy turned out for the world premiere of The Boat That Rocked last night.

Women dressed in skimpy 60s' outfits and danced on a plinth with vinyl record discs in the background as a red carpet twisted through the middle of London's Leicester Square.

The movie, from the director of Love Actually, Richard Curtis, is about young people, the 1960s and pop music.

It centres around a band of DJs who captivate Britain by playing music that defines a generation as pirate radio plays rock and pop from the high seas 24 hours a day.

Those behind the film said that more than half the population of Britain listened to the pirates every single day.

Jennifer Aniston 'dumps John over Twitter'

JENNIFER Aniston's boyfriend has Twittered his way out of their relationship, according to reports.

The Friends star has dumped musician John Mayer because he spent too much time on the social networking website despite claiming he was too busy to get in touch with her, people claiming to be close to the pair have said.

A source said: "John suddenly stopped calling her or returning her emails and when she would finally catch up with him, he'd say: 'I've been so busy with work. I'm sorry I haven't had time to call you back.'"

The source added: "Jen was fuming. There he was, telling her he didn't have time for her and yet his page was filled with Twitter updates.

Rhys Ifans and Gemma Arterton at The Boat That Rocked premiere

Rhys Ifans (pictured), Gemma Arterton, Kenneth Branagh and Bill Nighy were among the stars who turned out for the world premiere of The Boat That Rocked.

Women in skimpy '60s outfits danced on a plinth made of vinyl records as the celebrities walked up the red carpet snaking through London's Leicester Square.

The movie, from the director of Love Actually, Richard Curtis, is about young people, the 1960s and pop music.

It centres around a band of DJs who captivate Britain by playing music that defines a generation as pirate radio plays rock and pop from the high seas 24 hours a day.

Those behind the film said that more than half the population of Britain listened to the pirates every single day.

Arterton described the film as "fun, fun, fun all the time. It was brilliant".

Bruce Willis gets hitched

BRUCE Willis has married British-born model Emma Heming in an island ceremony in the Caribbean.

The couple got hitched at the movie star's home in the Turks and Caicos islands, his spokesman told a magazine.

 

 Willis, 54, has been in a relationship with Heming - who, with her long brown hair, has provoked comment over her resemblance to his previous wife Demi Moore - for more than a year.

The 30-year-old, raised in north London and California, has modelled for lingerie brand La Senza and made a handful of acting appearances.

The couple's wedding ceremony took place at the Die Hard star's house on the private island Parrot Cay, according to US Weekly.

Willis' spokesman told the magazine: "The couple will be having a civil ceremony when they return to California."

Orlando Bloom's big night out

It’s a tough life being Orlando Bloom.

After crawling the Mummy Rocks party and Maddox nightclub with Kate Moss, he hit the road on his motorbike and rolled to Mayfair’s Cuckoo club with some gorgeous girls.

Our spy said: “Orlando was surrounded by an army of pretty girls when he hit the dancefloor. He dirty-danced with a brunette and embraced a pretty blonde, before leaving in a taxi with another two ladies at 3.30am.”

And not only did Orlando, who was sat next to Avril Lavigne for much of the night, get girls and glamour – the actor got someone to look after his wheels, too.

Our spy continued: “Orlando’s bike got a parking ticket while he was partying, so security wheeled it into the club for safe keeping overnight.” Lucky him.