Brazilian supermodel Gisele can fly!

Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen has passed the first part of her helicopter flying exams just months after starting a series of lessons and her tutor insists she is a natural in flight.

"Gisele hasn't finished her licence yet, but she did pass her written exam. Now, there is one more step along the way, the practical exam, which is coming up in another week, starpulse.com quoted Shoreline aviation president Keith Douglass as saying.

"She flies at least three days a week. Flying a helicopter isn't easy — it is a handful, because you can't stop flying and just cruise but she is doing great," he added.

At the same time Douglass admits that Bundchen's huge baby bump is making her time in the cockpit tricky, as the 29-year-old supermodel is due to give birth to her first child with her American football player husband Tom Brady next month. — IANS

"She has been doing an excellent job. But she is almost to a point where she is too big to be flying," he added

Sean Penn's son arrested

Oscar-winning star Sean Penn's 16-year-old son has been arrested from school by the Los Angeles police. Hopper Jack, the actor's second child with estranged wife Robin Wright Penn, was taken into custody by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department last week, reported imdb.com. Further details about Jack's arrest at his high school in Malibu, California, have not been released as the boy is a minor.