In brief: Patsy Kensit plans book

Following an appearance on BBC TV's Who Do You Think You Are, in which she explored her family's murky connections to London's underworld, Patsy Kensit is to write an autobiography. Literary agent Simon Trewin is expecting publishers to offer a "significant deal" ­ perhaps as much as £1m - and is touting Kensit as a fiction writer too. "This is not a one book proposition," he said. "Patsy is a whole publishing brand just waiting to happen"...... Speculation is rife that Carla Bruni, France's First Lady, is pregnant. President Sarkozy's tender pat on Bruni's belly, while the couple were on a holiday at the family villa in Cap Negre on the French Riviera, has fuelled the rumours...... Irish comedian David O'Doherty has won the If.comedy Award (formerly the Perrier award), the main prize at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, for his stand-up show Let's Comedy....... Four members of the actress Helena Bonham Carter's family have been killed in a road accident during a safari holiday in South Africa....... Cher, 62, is reported to be in talks to play Catwoman opposite Christian Bale in the next Batman film..... George Michael has played the first of his "final two" concerts at London's Earls Court - the second is tonight..... ·