In Brief: Ferrari sues over Sarko claims

Laurence Ferrari, 41, one of France's best-known current affairs TV presenters, is suing Closer magazine for 30,000 euros for allegedly breaking the country's strict privacy laws by spreading a rumour that she had started a relationship with President Nicolas Sarkozy; Ferrari and her husband of 14 years, fellow presenter Thomas Hugues, recently announced their divorce...An anonymous collector has paid £1.95m for Harry Potter spin-off The Tales of Beedle the Bard, one of only seven books handwritten by JK Rowling herself. The book, sold at auction by Sotheby's, was originally estimated to fetch between £30,000 and £50,000. Proceeds will go to a children's charity... Artist Damien Hirst has given four seminal works to the Tate from his personal collection, including a copy of his Turner Prize-winning installation, Mother and Child Divided - a bisected cow and calf... Singer Liza Minelli has been taken to hospital after collapsing on stage at the Scandinavium arena in Gothenburg, Sweden... George Clooney and Don Cheadle - star of Hotel Rwanda - were honoured in Rome yesterday with a peace award in recognition of their efforts to raise awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur; the Dalai Lama was there but was apparently refused an audience with the Pope as part of a deal with the Chinese government that allows the Church to create another Chinese Cardinal... ·