Russell Crowe serenaded staff at a Welsh pub before leaving them a $990 tip. The 45-year-old actor - who is in Wales filming his latest movie "Robin Hood" - surprised locals when he took nine friends for a meal at the Carew Inn, near Tenby, last week.

The party ate mussels and a Jamie Oliver-inspired chicken dish before belting out Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69" and Peter, Paul and Mary's "Leaving On A Jet Plane."

Amy Winehouse is refusing to return to the UK unless she can bring back a St. Lucian chef.

The troubled singer - who is living on the Caribbean island while she writes new material - has already started asking native cooks to move back to London with her.

Jennifer Aniston's dog has a director's chair on the set of her new movie. The 40-year-old actress is so close to her pet, she brings him to set when she is shooting "The Baster."

A source told the National Enquirer magazine: "Norman is important in Jennifer's life, but the crew is fed up with having to dote on him. Jennifer needs him around all the time and she won't stand for him being chained up So the dog has his own chair near the director, and Jennifer also has a doggy masseuse tend to Norman every day."

A man sitting down for a relaxing dinner at a TGI Fridays in Clifton Park, N.Y. instead received a startling surprise. He found a severed snake's head in his side order of vegetables, and the restaurant is now saying it was planted in his meal sometime after it was cooked.

Jack Pendleton ordered a chicken sandwich and a side of mixed vegetables on Sunday night. When he finished his sandwich, he started digging into the vegetables. He then noticed what he thought was a mushroom, but he was put off by its green color. He then noticed it had a mouth and parts of a spinal column.

Britney Spears is addicted to gardening.

The 'Circus' singer - who has battled drug and mental health problems in recent years - is reportedly devoted to a new self-help program called flower therapy, which uses plant essences to "balance physical and emotional disturbances".