Haifa's yummy mummy plans

Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe, who is touring the US and Canada, celebrated her birthday in Las Vegas with her husband who flew from Cairo especially for the occasion.

"I hope that God protects my little family. And I hope that I give birth to a baby at the end of the year," Wehbe said, adding that she "will stop singing during her pregnancy".

Wehbe, who played a gladiator in her latest music video, said that she was a bit scared of the big cats. "In a sequence, that we did not finally shoot, I had to open the cages of the lions and the tigers. The people in charge told me that there was nothing to be afraid of, but I refused to open the cages.

"I was scared. My life and the life of the crew are far more important than any music video," she said.