Clinton dines with Putin at Cremlin, wants fourth helping.
In a sign the cold war is well and truly over, Bill Clinton ate dinner at the Cremlin in Moscow last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Some hostility was encountered when an argument errupted over the lack of Ketchup and whether or not Britney Spears had breast implants.

The top movie at the box office the last month was the Ridley Scott Roman epic, Gladiator. The official tagline of the film, "Not as good as Bladerunner", has proved accurate according to most reviewers, who also pointed out some historical inaccuracies. These included: light sabres; people selling Pepsi in the coliseum; the emperor using the pope mobile; Russell Crowe wearing a South Park t-shirt; an alien invasion; and a DJ playing Henry Mancini's "The Baby Elephant Walk" and Queen's "We Will Rock You" to the amphitheatre audience, in order to "pump them up good, G!".

The computers of the world were bought to a standstill in the last month by the "I love you" computer virus. The virus spread quite quickly, with most internet users opening the e-mail message with the curious romantic subject line. It proved much more successful than many earlier e-mail viruses, most notably the "I hate you" virus and the "You are a nob-head" virus, which most internet users didn't open and look at.

Heavy Metal band Metallica is suing software company Napster, for allegedly infringing copyright, allowing their songs to be pirated in the MP3 format. Lars Ulrich, drummer for the band, said in a statement, "Napster bad. Them money me want. We good".

David Crosby has written a new song about his impending fatherhood, it's entitled "I was drunk".

Q. What do you call an East Timorese Independence leader in a blender?
A. Xanana Smoothie.

Speaking of fatherhood, British Prime Minister Tony Blair recently became a father for the fourth time. To commemorate the occasion, Mr Blair has introduced new tax legislation allowing parents of four children to pay no tax whatsoever.