Mel B. was spotted at LAX this week in a wheelchair!

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Coldplay's new single has topped the US charts, making them the first British group since the Spice Girls to achieve a stateside number one.

Viva La Vida, the title track from the band's fourth album, has jumped to the top spot in the Billboard Hot 199 on the strength of huge download popularity.

The track, which featured on an iTunes advertisement, has been downloaded an amazing 246,000 times in the last seven days, despite being available for three weeks.

And the controversy that emerged this week when Brooklyn group Creaky Boards claimed the Viva La Vida melody was "strikingly similar" to that of their own song The Songs I Didn't Write seems to have had little effect on the success of Coldplay's track, which is also likely to top the UK singles chart this weekend.

Viva La Vida is not the only British single in the US top ten, with Leona Lewis still going strong in fourth - having become the first British artists to top the US chart in 2008 when Bleeding Love hit number one in April - and Natasha Bedingfield climbing three places to sixth with Pocketful of Sunshine.

Last week's number one, Lollipop by Lil Wayne and Static Major, fell one place but the rapper can celebrate claiming the top spot in the album chart with Tha Carter III, which achieved the highest weekly sales figures in three years, having shipped an estimated one million copies.

The top ten singles in the US Billboard Hot 100 are: (last week's position)

1 Coldplay: Viva La Vida (2)
2 Katy Perry: I Kissed A Girl (4)
3 Lil Wayne feat. Static Major: Lollipop (1)
4 Leona Lewis: Bleeding Love (3)
5 Rihanna: Take A Bow (4)
6 Natasha Bedingfield: Pocketful Of Sunshine (9)
7 Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown: No Air (7)
8 Chris Brown: Forever (11)
9 Usher ft. Young Jeezy: Love In This Club (6)
10 Metro Station: Shake It (14)

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Former Spice Girls star Mel B is set to get her revenge on ex-lover Eddie Murphy on her new solo album.

The singer - who has a 14-month-old daughter Angel Iris with the Beverly Hills Cop actor - has penned a hate-filled track to vent her frustration at Eddie, who she claims rarely sees Angel.

She told Britain's New! magazine: "The working title on my new song is Beverly Hills C**k because that is what he is. He never bothers with his daughter. I mean, what kind of man is that?"

However, Mel has admitted she may have to tone down the lyrics because Eddie's legal team have asked to hear the song before her LP is released.

She added: "His lawyers will be vetting the lyrics closely."

Eddie dumped Mel while she was pregnant with Angel, and then questioned the paternity of his baby.

A DNA test later proved he was the father.

Mel, 33, recently revealed she isn't worried about going it alone and working on her third solo LP.

She said: "I am not scared of having another try. I am working with the best producers ever. I am now 10 tracks in to my new record."

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The Spice Girls' have been propelled back into the Forbes Most Powerful Celebrity List after nine years.

Their return is thought to be attributable to their recent money-spinning tour.

The band are 50th in the famous list, ranked according to the influence of a celebrity in one year.

David Beckham moves from 15th last year to fifth in 2008, thanks to his return to the England team.

Oprah Winfrey retains the top spot for the second consecutive year.

Golfer Tiger Woods is second, followed by actress Angelina Jolie, and singer Beyonce Knowles.

JK Rowling is ninth, from 48th place last year, and is the highest earner on the list - having made £153 million this year.

The Police enter the Forbes list for the first time, at number seven, thanks to a world tour.

Gordon Ramsay makes his debut in 95th place after launching restaurants and a TV series in the US.

Simon Cowell is at 22 from 21 last year, Keira Knightley up from 71 to 37, and Daniel Radcliffe is at 64.

The list is ordered according to how much celebrities are paid and the levels of attention they receive.

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Former Spice Girls star Melanie Brown has written a new sitcom which she describes as the "black version" of hit children's TV series Hannah Montana.

Brown has penned the script and is set to star in the new series, which has been picked up by TV channel Nickelodeon and is scheduled to go into production later this year.

The singer claims the show has a style similar to teen star Miley Cyrus' programme Hannah Montana - which has been a major global success - but insists it will appeal more to young, black kids.

She says, "I've written my own sitcom that's just been picked up by Nickelodeon that I start at Christmas."

"I'm the star of it. It's a bit like Hannah Montana, but the black version."

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