In Brief: Lohan follows Posh in ‘Ugly’ turn

Lindsay Lohan is in talks to play a waitress on comedy series Ugly Betty - once the writer's strike is settled. Previous celebrity guest-stars include Victoria Beckham, whose appearance can be judged by British viewers tonight on C4... PR guru Lynne Franks has claimed her real life was funnier than how it was portrayed in Absolutely Fabulous. Jennifer Saunders's character Edina was based on Franks, who is currently appearing on I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here... Novelists including Jeanette Winterson, Ian McEwan, Iain Banks and the late Norman Mailer, plus actor-turned-writer David Thewlis are among those nominated for this year's Bad Sex in Fiction Award...  A hotel in Annapolis, Maryland, where next week's Middle East peace meeting is being held, is planning to put a copy of the lyrics of John Lennon's Imagine - which talks of doing away with national borders - on delegates' pillows... British opera singer Tony Henry, who performed at Wednesday's England v Croatia match, fluffed his pronunciation during his rendition of the Croatian national anthem, Lijepa Nasa Domovino ('Our Beautiful Homeland'), and accidentally sang 'My penis is a mountain' instead of 'We love your mountains'... ·