Ricki Lake, 31/05/12

Performer

One of the key goals for my new talk show has been to create a conversation that is entirely inclusive. With social media, my team and I have been able to start this dialogue with all of you even before our September premiere.

Lois Banner, 31/05/12

Professor of history and gender studies, University of Southern California; author, 'Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox'

A deeply spiritual individual and a believer in astrology, Monroe considered her sign -- Gemini, identified with "the twins" -- to be an indicator of who she was: "I was born under the same sign as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Queen Victoria and Walt Whitman."

James Franco, 30/05/12

Actor and author

I've read comments about Girls that said, in a nutshell, "I like the show, but I can't see me in the show." I feel the same way. The guys in the show are the biggest bunch of losers I've ever seen.

Clare Nasir, 30/05/12

Broadcaster, Writer and Meteorologist

So here we are enjoying the last throws of May. I look back at Spring 2012 and admit it has been quite mixed, with summer arriving in March, followed by monsoon conditions in April... So what's the outlook for this summer? Given how busy the nations' diary is, the pressure is on...

Johnny Langer, 30/05/12

As one half of duo 'Man Like Me', Johnny Langer has set dance-floors and hearts ablaze from LA to Cape Town, Glastonbury to Hay

For Man Like Me, finding direction is about the content of what gets laid down on the record. Take Squeeze, our current single. People say it's a song about sex or climax, but when I was writing it, it was more a case of looking for words to fill in the blanks and tell an unknown story, which would encourage our listeners to use their imagination.

James Elder, 30/05/12

James Elder is the Chief of Communications at UNICEF’s Office of Research

Welcome to Soccer Aid. A remarkable event where celebrities collide - in Myers' case quite literally - with footballing legends in England's grandest club stadium, all with the singular aim of raising money for the world's most disadvantaged children.

James Franco, 28/05/12

Actor and author

The play was in full swing even though the lights weren't down, and most people, including my guest, were unaware of the fight about to break out.

Noel Gallagher, 28/05/12

Singer/Songwriter: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

So... back to Friday was it? Or Saturday? F***** if I know anymore... I've had about 16 hours kip in a week!! So spaced out now it's getting psychedelic (I used to pay £20 to feel like this back in the 80s!!). Right well... I remember waking up in Tokyo whenever it was.

Ben Fogle, 28/05/12

TV presenter and environmentalist

The Diamond Jubilee will see London transformed into a four day carnival and I am lucky enough to be in the midst of it. As a reporter for the US network NBC News I will be working alongside the Today show anchor Matt Lauer at the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace - but the highlight will be the river pageant on Sunday 3 June.

Russell Watson, 28/05/12

UK's best selling classical artist

I have to tell you I'm feeling extra, extra, EXTRA patriotic at the moment with all the wonderful things happening at the moment for the Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics. I've always had a sense of patriotism since being a young boy. My first sense of this was when, in 1977, at the Queen's Silver Jubilee (which only really seems like a blink away) we had a huge street party. That was back in the days when the whole nation seemed to instinctively and collectively gather together and celebrate all things magnificent and British.

Zandra Rhodes, 28/05/12

Fashion designer

While traveling David Sassoon and I had the chance to discuss his own forthcoming retrospective. David's clients have included... most women in the British Royal Family, including Princess Michael's wedding dress, and particularly Princess Di, for whom he made more than 70 dresses!

Rollo Ross, 26/05/12

Film festival guru, entertainment expert, premiere whore and sometime slayer of dragons

It's Day 10 of Cannes and the annual festival fatigue has well and truly set in. I arrived at the press junket for the new HBO movie Hemingway and Gellhorn to find most of the other journalists there acting like doped up zombies. Even Nicole Kidman tells me how exhausted she is before my interview starts...

Noel Gallagher, 25/05/12

Singer/Songwriter: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Did a show a couple of days ago at the Budokan. Quite a prestigious gig. Bob Dylan played here back in the day as did a little known band from Liverpool called The Beatles. It's quite a big deal. Up there with Madison Square Gardens, Wembley Stadium, the Hollywood Bowl and erm... the Boardwalk!!

Hilary Robinson, 24/05/12

Author, Feature Writer and Radio Producer

Like the phoenix rising out of the ashes, time and time again Beckham has proved he has the capacity to bounce back from difficulties, criticism and scandal without bitterness but with genuine good grace. It is little surprise that, by the tattooed angel on his right shoulder, the text should read "in the face of adversity."