In brief: Carla Bruni not a ‘man-hunter’

LAST UPDATED AT 10:41 ON Wed 24 Dec 2008

Carla Bruni, wife of the French president Nicolas Sarkozy, appears intent on recasting her public image from ravishing sexpot to demure First Lady. Only last week the former model, who turned 41 yesterday, sued the makers of a bag featuring a nude photo from her catwalk days, and now she has revealed that she has given up her old seductress ways (her former conquests include Sir Mick Jagger and Donald Trump). "I can no longer seduce because I love my husband," she told the Brazilian edition of Marie-Claire magazine. "I don't want to hurt him. I am no longer a man-eater." Bruni added: "We are newlyweds. We don't say much, we kiss"………… Rap singer Dizzee Rascal has been given a police caution after a road rage incident allegedly involving a baseball bat. The award-winning musician, whose real name is Dylan Mills, admitted his guilt but will not be charged............ Champion cyclist Lance Armstrong, who won the Tour de France seven consecutive years after overcoming testicular cancer, is expecting a baby with girlfriend Anna Hansen………….. Michael Jackson has denied reports that he is suffering from a rare respiratory disease and needs a lung transplant. The claim had been made by the showbusiness writer Ian Halperin to promote his unauthorised biography of the 50-year-old singer.............
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