The pop princess - who is recovering after battling breast cancer for the last year - is planning a string of shows at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena in November.

A source is quoted in Britain’s The People newspaper as saying: “She insists on Melbourne for her family, friends and home town supporters.

“And her people have already pencilled in the dates in November - the height of summer Down Under - to guarantee a booking.”

The singer - who was forced to cancel several dates of her sell-out ‘Showgirl’ world tour after she was diagnosed with the disease last May - is already practicing for the concerts.

Manager Terry Blamey said Kylie, who got the all-clear from cancer four months ago, is “going to come back better than ever”.

Meanwhile, the star is also back in the recording studio.

The 37-year-old said: “I’m feeling much better but I’m taking things slowly. It’s just good to be back. I’ve had a great week in the studio here and things couldn’t be better.

“I’m not sure when my next single is coming out. I’m just working as fast as I can and getting it all done.”

Blaine was trying to free himself from chains and handcuffs while bidding to break the record of 8 minutes, 58 seconds for holding one’s breath underwater. The stunt, following a weeklong endurance challenge underwater, was televised live by ABC.

With Blaine’s face contorted in pain and bubbles rising to the surface, divers went in to release him from the chains and pull him out. Blaine held his breath for 7:08.

“I am humbled so much by the support of everyone from New York City and from all over the world,” Blaine said. “This was a very difficult week, but you all made it fly by with your strong support and your energy. Thank you so much, everybody. … I love you all.”

After a 100-minute television preamble that showed his training techniques — including holding his breath in a tank of sharks — Blaine had sucked in his last breath before going under. Kirk Krack, his trainer and a diving expert, offered encouragement as Blaine remained nearly still for the first five minutes of his dive.

Then, methodically, he removed two of his handcuffs and was trying to remove chains that held him before the divers came in to save him.

David Blaine has described his seven days in a sphere of water as “horrific”, saying he has never experienced pain like this before…

“I think the time has started to really take its toll on my body. It has started to become horrific in many, many ways.

“Every muscle doesn’t just ache, it feels like a sharp shooting pain, like a knife being stabbed.”

Blaine’s skin, which has shrivlled and pruned due to the water, hurts as well, and he is very concerned for his muscles - which have begun to atrophy.

“I don’t think it’s permanent, but I’ve never felt this kind of pain in a stunt before…”

Blaine’s management has refused to discuss how much he will make from his latest act, but it is certain to be in the millions, with advertising revenues alone reportedly set to top $9 million.

Doctors have already raised concerns over Blaine’s health, with Dr Murat Gunel of Yale University, who is monitoring and advising the illusionist, saying on May 2 that he “might never be the same again”.

He said a lack of adequate oxygen in Blaine’s brain during the breath-holding challenge, especially after seven days under water, carried a risk of irreversible brain injury

“Even if he is fine immediately after, there is a risk for developing seizures in the long run.

“We all advised him against this stunt.”

“I was basically doing breath holds on my own up ’til recently but now my long, everything, feels weaker than normal,” he said.

“Frankly, right now the angle of the finale is uncertain,” a source tells the New York Daily News. “They’re still wrestling with how the finale will end.”

“We’re just not sure if he’ll be able to handle it,” said Kirk Krack, a free-diving expert who has been training Blaine. “If we pulled him out of the water, he likely would experience a blackout.”

According to the News, blood tests have shown Blaine’s body has adapted to the weightless environment by constricting his blood vessels, Krack said.

His blood plasma levels are only at 75% of normal, which means that he’ll probably have to be removed from the water gradually, after the stunt is completed.

Brad flew back to Los Angeles on a private jet to have a meeting with one-year-old Zahara’s main doctor about a possible recurrence of the condition [rickets]

And 30-year-old Jolie will be following hot on his heels with Zahara and four-year-old Maddox if her medical team recommend the move.

A source told us: “Angie wants to have her child in Africa but Brad has had doubts all along and there’s a delivery room on standby at Cedars-Sinai.

“When he mentioned Zahara had a cold he was shocked to be told that in Namibia she was more susceptible to diseases like malaria and yellow fever as her immune system would have been weakened by the rickets.

“A private flight was booked for Brad to have a consultation and he told Angie he is sick of worrying about them all.

“He wants them to be perfectly safe and for his first biological child to be born in the safety of LA’s top hospital.”

Eminem and his mother Debbie Nelson famously fell out after which he attacked her through his songs; she then sued him for defamation in 2002 claiming $7million.

However, now that Nelson has terminal cancer, Eminem is desperate to help. A source told The Sun: “The nightmare Debbie has been going through with her cancer has put everything into perspective.

“She is very weak and knows the prognosis is bleak. She is desperate to build bridges with her son and put things right before its too late.

“He has started helping her financially with her medical bills. They’ve spoken a few times on the phone and she desperately hopes he will visit her.”

He says, “He’s coming along. He’s gonna be all right. I mean, it was definitely a big loss for him. Proof was actually his best friend in the world from forever.”

The rapper insists that the sometimes violent lyrics in hip-hop music did not play a role in Proof’s murder. He adds, “I think that the violence that happened to Proof and the violence that’s happening across America right now has nothing to do with hip-hop. It has something to do with the people - the state of them - and the music doesn’t alter that.”

In Touch Weekly is reporting that on April 8 the 4-month-old adorable little girl had to be rushed to a medical building in Century City, Calif.

It seems Violet was having difficulty breathing, says an insider, who adds that the baby was also tested for asthma.

The weekly tabloid cites an eyewitness that said, “Ben and Jen looked so worried. As Ben carried Violet, Jen kept peering into the blanket to check on her…”

They got their little girl in for care and about an hour later, a much calmer family emerged, and they headed straight home with Violet.

The actress, who gave birth to baby Violet last December, fears her on-screen labor will be a huge
embarrassment.

She says, “I think it is going to be an incredibly embarrassing day. I have been dreading this moment as long as I have known it was coming. I can’t even imagine being in front of my crew. It is not even about the people watching it on TV. Imagine what this crew has seen me do over the last five years? I still get embarrassed any time I have to not have my clothes on around them, because those are my guys. They are all like brothers or father figures, so it will be a rough day for me.”

He claims former teammates at Manchester United mocked him and his wife, former SPICE GIRL VICTORIA BECKHAM, is bemused by his bizarre behaviour. Beckham explains, “I’ve got this obsessive compulsive disorder where I have to have everything in a straight line or everything in a straight line or everything has to be in pairs. “I’ll go into a hotel room. Before I can relax I have to move all the leaflets and books and put them in a drawer. Everything has to be perfect. “I’ll put Pepsi cans in the fridge and if there’s one too many then I’ll put it in another cupboard somewhere. “I would like to (stop). I’ve tried and I can’t stop.”

[Britney’s] representative stated, “Britney’s not pregnant, and if she were, she wouldn’t drink.”

However, unconfirmed reports in America have claimed Federline had to take Spears to Santa Monica UCLA Medica Center this week, after the singer suffered stomach cramps.

The centre’s Barbra Johna is quoted as saying, “Unfortunately we cannot go into patient speficis due to patient confidentiality, however I can confirm we did receive a new patient to the maternity ward.

“I’d like to say that this female is in a fit and healthy state.”

“Hi there, this is Dee at the Pacific Surgery Center,” a woman’s voice is heard alerting the Santa Monica emergency dispatcher. “We have a patient who is on our surgery table, who we cannot stop from bleeding.”

Shortly after the frantic 4:56 p.m. call - which was played for Lowdown yesterday by a source who obtained it from the Santa Monica city attorney - an ambulance took Jones from the outpatient surgery center to Saint John’s Health Center, a full-service hospital across the street, where she was eventually stabilized.

On Monday’s installment of “The View,” Jones insisted: “I did not almost die. I’m anemic. … They gave me the blood, and literally I was fine right afterward.”

The singer was promoting her new album, ‘Autobiography,’ and her very busy schedule was too much to bear.

She said, “I finished my US tour and went straight to Japan.”

She explains, “I didn’t go to a nice emergency room - I ended up in one with blood on the walls. Nasty.”

“I was dehydrated. I had bronchitis.”

She adds, “Who knows exactly what it was? I think it was just complete exhaustion.”