Anthony Hopkins snubs guests by going to bed

The seventy-two-year-old actor hates socialising with friends or family, and if people are boring him at one of his own dinner parties, he simply leaves them and goes to sleep.

In an interview with German TV station TELE 5, he said: "If my guests go by car I already tell them on arrival that they immediately can start the engine again. Recently some friends visited us and my wife Stella warned them, "Tony is impossible. If he is bored, he just leaves and goes to bed." He continued, "Sometimes I show them my drawings or give away some of my paintings to get rid of people."

As well as finding his friends tedious, The Wolfman star also finds his fellow actors impossibly dull and he avoids spending time with his peers if he can.

The Oscar-winning star said: "Actors are the worst bores. You can't talk with them about anything - except old movies. I generally don't go out for dinner with my colleagues if I can avoid it. It's always the same in the film business. Everybody must go out for dinner or lunch together, but nobody feels like doing it."

Hopkins' aversion to socialising is not something that has developed as he has gotten older; he insists he has always disliked parties and gatherings.

He explained: "I have always hated parties. When I was a child and I had my birthday party at home, I used to hide in the garden and my mother yelled, 'What are you doing out there?', I've always been a strange fellow."

Lohan on course to complete alcohol education classes

The 23-year-old actress, who was ordered to complete the programme as part of her 2007 sentence for cocaine use and driving under the influence, is due to finish the classes by July, despite having missed some of the lessons.

A source said: "Lindsay will finish her alcohol education classes on time by July 2010.

"This date was set by Judge Marsha Revel, and even though there were some weeks that she missed class, Lindsay made up the class the following week by going twice".

A report on her progress is currently being prepared.

Meanwhile, Lohan has denied claims she had a screaming row with Avril Lavigne, who reportedly branded her 'fake' and 'a loser' at Los Angeles hotel Chateau Marmont.

The Mean Girls star said: "That is not true. I don't know why I am such a target, but I think there's a big misconception of who I am as a person. I've been working a lot, and it's not a crime to go out and have fun with your friends ... I do realise it's silly of me to give people what they want, to see me out at night."

Jackson desperately wanted to go into hiding before his death

Tapes of leaked answering machine messages have revealed the late Thriller singer, who died of acute Propofol intoxication last June, begged friends for money to help him start a new life as he feared for his safety.

In one message, published by The Sun newspaper, he said: "It is Michael calling. It is very important, I want that 150 in that account for me, because ... I am very concerned about my life. I am hearing a lot of stories that (name withheld) is still trying to sabotage (inaudible) me and I want to be in a different environment and, um, I've found a place that I like and now (inaudible) I want to be away for a while where they can't find me. So please help me, help (inaudible) help me, and, um, more important than (inaudible). We are brothers."

Other messages, which were given to US journalist Daphne Barak after she wrote a book about celebrity addiction, reveal the 'embarrassed' singer was trying to flee the 'Italian Mafia' and make more requests for cash, using the code word 'sunscreen' for money.

In many messages he sounds frantic and paranoid, while in others his voice is slurred and he appears dazed and confused.

Daphne said: "Some of Michael's closest confidants talked to me exclusively about his addictions, and provided audio tapes of Michael never heard before. These demonstrate different states of mind he was experiencing under the influence of pharmaceuticals."