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Noel Gallagher will be the "token northerner" on Russell Brand's stag weekend.

The former Oasis rocker - who hails from Manchester, northern England - confirmed he will attend the comedian's last few nights of freedom before he ties the knot with Katy Perry but doesn't yet know what's happening.

He told Talksport radio: "I'll be the token northerner. I have no idea who is going. I imagine me and him, his mate Matt, all the people that work for him and his comedian mates."

However, Noel denied reports he would be Russell's best man when the couple wed later this year.

It seems Noel could be enjoying a Robin Hood-style stag party as Russell recently revealed he and his friends will be the "merry men" at the bash, which is held to mark the end of a man's single status.

He explained: "I'll do adventurous things and activities. My friend who is my best man says we're going to go white-water rafting and shoot arrows.

"We'll be like merry men. Perhaps we'll become outlaws, bandits for a while."

Russell has previously admitted he had been asking Noel - who is expecting his second child with partner Sara MacDonald - for tips on how to keep his wife-to-be happy.

He revealed: "I asked Noel how to get by in a relationship and he said, 'Just say yes to everything they say.' It works, I've been using that system and it's working well."

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Michael Douglas has been diagnosed with a tumour in his throat.

The 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps' actor will undergo eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy for the affliction and doctors expect him to make a full recovery.

The 65-year-old star said in a statement to People magazine: "I am very optimistic."

A spokesperson for the actor would not confirm what type of cancer the star is suffering with, when it was discovered or when treatment is expected to begin.

Michael is now said to be spending as much time as possible with his wife, Catherine Zeta Jones, and their two children Dylan, 10 and Carys, seven.

If caught early, throat tumours are cured in ninety percent of cases. Chemotherapy treatment is, however, often used in conjunction with radiation for more advanced throat cancers.

It was reported in 2006 that Michael and Catherine were both smokers - who are more susceptible to contracting throat cancer - but were both trying to give up the habit at that time.

The tumour comes as the latest blow in what has been a tough year for Michael, after his son from a previous marriage, Cameron Douglas, 31, was jailed for five years in April for drugs offences.

Michael said in June: "I've had a rough year on the personal front."

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Kate Moss is set to buy an island retreat.

The supermodel - who has a seven-year-old daughter Lila Grace from her relationship with publisher Jefferson Hack - is reportedly househunting on the island of Stromboli, off Italy, and has already tried to buy a plot of land to build a coastal home after falling in love with the region during a recent cruise holiday.

A source told The Sun newspaper: "Kate's keen on one plot of land and has offered the fisherman owner a hefty sum. When she wants something, she won't give up."

Stromboli - which is home to just 850 residents - has a live volcano, which last erupted in 2002, generating two landslides and tsunami waves.

And in 1930 - its largest eruption in 100 years - flying volcanic bombs from the lava killed several residents and destroyed a string of houses.

Kate ought to be careful of the potential damage a volcano could cause her property, as she has never experienced the best of luck with her homes.

Three months ago, the London mansion she shares with boyfriend Jamie Hince was burgled, with the thief stealing an original Banksy painting worth £80,000.

Days later, the house was flooded with sewage, causing £100,000 of damage.

Last year, the British beauty was "driven mad" by a flock of doves which kept flying in through her windows, while in September 2008 she and Jamie took an impromptu trip to Ibiza, Spain, when her house had to be fumigated after the property was plagued by fleas from her two Persian cats.

She has previously had to replace the trendy rush mat floors with plush carpet because they were giving Jamie sore feet and she has also had problems with her local council after neighbours complained about a stench from her drains and a crumbling garden wall.

Kate and Jamie are said to be so worried they hired a professional exorcist to cleanse their house of "evil energy".