In brief: Penelope Cruz to face problems with bullfighting film

Penelope Cruz and Adrien Brody (pictured) are bracing themselves for a full frontal assault from animal rights activists over a film they have just completed. The movie in question, Manolete, deals with the love affair between Manuel Sanchez - the matador known as Manolete – and Lupe Sino, but it also contains many bullfighting scenes. A number of organisations, including PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) are planning protests…………. Seve Ballesteros, the champion golfer, has confirmed that he has a brain tumor. The 51-year old Spaniard, who won five majors including three Opens, collapsed in Madrid last week and will undergo a biopsy tomorrow………… Newsnight presenter Gavin Esler has left his wife and family to set up home with the violinist Anna Phoebe, a woman 28 years his junior who one excitable reviewer described as "sex on a fiddle stick"………… The producer of BBC's Doctor Who, Russell T Davies, called the Prince of Wales a "miserable swine" at the Cheltenham Literature Festival at the weekend. His crime? Turning down an offer to appear on the sci-fi series………… Meanwhile, David Tennant and his Doctor Who co-star Catherine Tate will square up against each other at this month's National Television Awards. The duo have both been nominated for outstanding drama performance for their parts in the programme………… The latest album by rock band Oasis, Dig Out Your Soul, has gone straight to the top of the UK album charts, continuing an unbroken run of number one albums since 1994's Definitely Maybe..........Angelina Jolie has coyly admitted she is rooting for Barack Obama to win the forthcoming US presidential elections - because his administration would be "nice" for her multicultural family. She tells the German edition of Vanity Fair: "Obama fights for international justice, he wants to militarily intervene in cases of genocide, and close Guantanamo Bay. These are the things that could move me to vote for him." She adds: "Naturally, an American president like Barack Obama would be nice for my family"………… The iconic firearm featured in the 1974 James Bond movie The Man With The Golden Gun has reportedly been stolen from a film studio. The weapon, which was used by Bond villain Francisco Scaramanga, played by Christopher Lee, is said to have been taken from a cabin owned by Elstree Props………… ·