ACTOR Michael French, who plays David Wicks in EastEnders, is swapping his Albert Square car dealership for a time machine.
He is to star in the BBC's new £4 million drama The Crime Traveller next year.
Clint Eastwood (66) has been taken to court by actress Sondra Locke (48), who is suing him for $2 million for allegedly ruining her movie career.
Locke claims that Eastwood made her sign a fake movie contract with Warner Brothers to coax her into dropping a palimony lawsuit she filed after they parted company. Eastwood denies the allegation, saying he only did his best to help his former girlfriend.
Charlie Chaplin star Robert Downey Jnr (31) has pleaded no contest to charges of drug and weapons possession stemming from arrests earlier this summer.
Michael Jackson delayed by one day his arrival in Bucharest for a three day visit, disappointing more than 1,000 fans who had gathered at the Romanian capital's airport.
