TV chef Gary Rhodes was once best known for his comedy spiky hair. The Daily Mail reports that now it appears he would rather be known for his super-sized six-pack after he posed - gasp - without his shirt on for Men's Health magazine. Maybe six-pack doesn't do it justice.…

Rapper Snoop Dogg is reinventing himself - as a family-friendly father on his own reality TV show. Is he serious? By Emma Forrest

Just when Paul Levy had written off TV cookery programmes, Thomasina Miers' new show has him in raptures. What did you make of it?

The gloves are well and truly off in showbiz quizland. Last year the News of the World's Rachel Richardson organised a hugely enjoyable charity showbiz quiz for hacks, hosted by Richard Bacon. This year, Richardson's showbiz quiz is back on April 29. But a rival has been set up, publicised…

Journalists covering a banned street march against cost-of-living increases in the Senegal capital, Dakar, complained that they were manhandled by police who broke up the demonstration. One said he was injured by an electric baton. A photographer was forced to delete his pictures. Police also raided privately-owned Walf TV and…

Two men from Tajikistan have admitted robbing and killing Russian TV journalist Ilyas Shurpayev, a murder said to have reinforced Russia's image as one of the most dangerous countries for reporters. Shurpayev, who worked for Russia's state-run TV network Channel One, was found dead on March 21 in his Moscow…