British billionaire Richard Branson strutted his stuff as an AirAsia flight attendant Sunday -- complete with fishnet stockings and figure-hugging red pencil skirt. His star turn on the flight from Australia's Perth to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur came after he lost a Grand Prix bet with the Malaysian budget carrier's founder. Virgin boss Branson agreed with AirAsia chief executive Tony Fernandes in 2010 that whoever's Formula One team -- then Virgin and Lotus -- finished their debut season lower would serve as a stewardess on the other's airline.

Tom Stoppard is writing a new stage play. At 75, he says it might be his last because he is slower now and his "brain cells are dying in their trillions". Then again, he's not entirely sure, because he dislikes "furtive competitiveness" and as he puts it, "to hell with it, I'm not dead yet!" The prospect of one of Britain's greatest living playwrights drawing a line under his illustrious career will sadden many theatre-goers. Writing original works for the stage is what Stoppard calls his "day job".

Tom Stoppard is writing a new stage play. At 75, he says it might be his last because he is slower now and his "brain cells are dying in their trillions". Then again, he's not entirely sure, because he dislikes "furtive competitiveness" and as he puts it, "to hell with it, I'm not dead yet!" The prospect of one of Britain's greatest living playwrights drawing a line under his illustrious career will sadden many theatre-goers. Writing original works for the stage is what Stoppard calls his "day job".

A British police report which found no evidence that late BBC star Jimmy Savile was protected from prosecution by officers revealed "yet more potential missed opportunities" to detain him over sex abuse claims while he was alive, a children's charity head said Friday. Television presenter Savile was a household name in Britain but since his death in October 2011 hundreds of allegations of rape and sexual assault have emerged against him, many involving under-age girls.