In brief: Pike calls off wedding to Wright

Actress Rosamund Pike, who played Miranda Frost in the Bond movie Die Another Day, has called off her wedding to Joe Wright, the director of Atonement; the couple were due to walk down the aisle last Saturday but according to the Mail on Sunday, Pike pulled out at the last minute… Ian McEwan offered a preview of his next novel at the Hay literary festival: the book focuses on a scientist who hopes to save the planet and - biggest surprise - it is funny... Tatum O'Neal, actress daughter of Ryan O'Neal and former wife of tennis ace John McEnroe, has been arrested in New York accused of buying crack cocaine on the street... The 'U2 tower', a proposed 120-metre building in the heart of Dublin's docklands, which is to be partly financed by Bono and the rest of U2, may be scrapped due to a dramatic downturn in Ireland's economy... Garry Kasparov, former world chess champion and leader of the opposition coalition party The Other Russia, has criticised the Western media for failing to report the 'fraudulent' aspects of the recent presidential elections: "They seem more concerned about corruption in the Eurovision song contest"... ·