July 14, 2008 10:30

Pete Doherty's 'dead cat ring' for Kate - Daily Gossip

Girls Aloud, Jay-Z, Ting Tings - your music gossip stop

Welcome to the Daily Gossip: your daily stop-off to find out who in the world of music has been up to what.

Today's top gossip:

Pete Doherty wants US company LifeGem to make a diamond ring out of the ashes of his cat Shelley to present to Kate Moss in an apparent attempt to win her back. The recently-deceased moggie reportedly used to be her favourite (Daily Star).

From today's papers:

The Ting Tings only just made it to T In The Park after the compass on their ferry broke and they ended up going round in circles (Daily Record).

Grace Jones is rumoured to be in talks to tackle the title song of the new James Bond film 'Quantum Of Solace' (The Sun).

Girls Aloud's Cheryl Cole has caused a car crash while in Cardiff at auditions for 'The X Factor', after a fan hit the back of another car while staring at her outside a nearby hotel (Daily Mirror).

James Blunt was spotted outside Woolworths in Camden, north London (Daily Star).

Amy Winehouse's dad Mitch has been suffering stress-related panic attacks and collapsed last week - he's now taking time out in Spain to look after himself (The Sun).

When performing at the Africa Rising gig in Nigeria, Jay-Z asked for a watermelon carved in the shape of his wife Beyonce's breasts - two cherries were apparently used for her nipples (Daily Mirror).

The Feeling revealed at T In The Park that they are massive fans of Rage Against The Machine (Daily Record).

Slash and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder were spotted eating out together in LA (Daily Star).

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