Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas says she became schizophrenic while taking drugs to cope with the failure of her music career in her teens.

Stacey ‘Fergie’ Ferguson turned to drugs after spiralling into depression when her girl band Wild Orchid split.

“I started taking ecstasy. From there, I got into harder drugs and a bad place. I had chemically induced paranoid schizophrenia,” she revealed.

Kanye West may marry his fiancée Alexis Phifer by the end of the year, as it’s what his late mother would have wanted.

West decided not to put his wedding plans on hold following his mother’s recent shock death, because he knows she wanted him to settle down with Alexis.

“His mother’s sudden death brought into focus just how short life really is. Kanye doesn’t want to wait any longer to make Alexis his wife,” a friend of the family says.

Tom Cruise has scooped a courage award for his upcoming movie Valkyrie at a German ceremony.

Cruise was given a Bambi award for his role as a Nazi officer in the movie which is about a failed assassination attempt on Hitler.

The actor was praised for tackling a story which had never before been covered by Hollywood.

Akon has been charged by police after a fan said the hip hop star suffered concussion after her threw a teenager off the stage, hitting her earlier this year.

The star will appear in court next week to face charges of endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree harassment

Abby Rosa, who was injured in the incident, hired a lawyer following the concert at Fishkill’s Dutchess Stadium.

Model/actress Kelly Brook, the fiancée of Titanic star Billy Zane, has pulled of Strictly Come Dancing following the death of her father from cancer on Monday.

Kelly had vowed to perform on Saturday’s live show (which is the British equivalent of Dancing With The Stars) in memory of her dad, but found rehearsals “too difficult”.

“Kelly has been a fantastic part of the programme and will be sorely missed by everyone on the show,” a BBC spokesperson said, adding everyone involved with the show “would also like to express their deepest sympathy to Kelly and her family at this difficult time”.

Ex-model Janice Dickinson has finished second on UK reality TV show, I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! She achieved the highest place scored by a non-British celebrity on the show.

PETA spokesperson Janice - who during her stint in the Australian jungle was bitten by a rat, held giant bugs in her mouth and covered in worms and cockroaches - was beaten to the “king of the jungle” title by actor Christopher Biggins.

Father of four Brad Pitt has vowed not to film any more nude scenes – because he doesn’t want his kids to see them.”I don’t want to be embarrassed when my kids get old enough to see my films,” Pitt told the BBC in an interview this week. “I can’t see any more nude scenes [in my career].”

Paris Hilton has told People magazine that she wants to spawn as soon as possible so he/she/it can have play dates with her BBF Nicole Richie’s child - now that the Simple Life stars are (currently) speaking to each other again.

“Nicole and I have been playing together since we were two years old,” she said. “I was just telling her, ‘I want a baby so that our babies can play together.’”

A furious Julia Roberts is one celebrity who’s not going to take crap off the paparazzi anymore or tease them to record every coffee break moment of her life, ala Britney Spears. The mother of three was driving her two-year-old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus in Los Angeles on Wednesday, when she decided to confront an overzealous snapper, reports Tmz.com.

Jennifer Love Hewitt has become engaged to Scottish actor Ross McCall, the actress’ representative has confirmed.

Hewitt, 28, was surprised by McCall with an antique engagement ring - which has been in his family for over a hundred years – during a vacation in Hawaii.

“They got engaged last week,” Hewitt’s rep Sarah Fuller told Us Weekly magazine. She added she has no details of the pair’s wedding plans.