The New York Daily News brought us the story of Robbie Williams saying he's been living the last four weeks as a recluse (like Howard Hughes). Here's the orginal story:

Robbie's L.A. story doesn't have a Hollywood ending

U.K. pop superstar Robbie Williams seems resigned to being just another celebrity on the block since he moved to Los Angeles.

"I haven't been out - I've been Howard Hughes for the last four weeks. This is my big evening," he told us at HBO's pre-Golden Globes party.

When we asked, some time ago at the Grammys, how America was treating him, he replied rather wistfully: "With kid gloves." But at the Globes party, he said he planned to stay in L.A. permanently.

So does he have any advice for fellow Brit David Beckham, who is also moving to town?

"He's far more savvy than me. He should be giving me advice," Williams replied.

I doubt it Robbie, Victoria's the one in charge there. Back in Britain the Daily Record reworked the story to read:

ROBBIE: I AM A RECLUSE

HOME bird Robbie Williams reckons he's like famous recluse Howard Hughes because he goes out so rarely.

Come on after four weeks! He's just finished his world tour and probably needed the rest. It seems they missed the irony in Robbie's statement, as considering Howard Hughes had by the late 1950s, if not earlier, developed debilitating symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Once one of the most visible men in America, he ultimately vanished from public view altogether before dying in 1976. That's not Robbie!

The Daily Mail brought the story of Robbie and Helen Mirren and how much he admired her portrayal of the Queen:

HELEN MIRREN'S face beamed. 'How cool was that?' she asked me. 'Being told by Robbie Williams that he loves our Queen because I portrayed her in a film.' Robbie had been genuine in his praise, for he had mentioned earlier, at the HBO party at the Chateau Marmont hotel just off Sunset Boulevard, that he adored Helen in The Queen - well before she and her director husband Taylor Hackford showed up.

'I wouldn't have thought he would have even seen the film, but he knew a lot about it,' Helen told me after her conversation with Robbie.

The Queen has been running on just a few hundred screens in the U.S. for 15 weeks but has still taken $32 million (more than Pounds 16.3 million) - far more than anyone could have predicted. Daniel Battsek, the British-born executive who runs Miramax Films in America, plans to increase the number of screens showing the movie to 1,000 over the new few weeks.

'The film just seems to resonate with people,' he said.

'Over here in America, some see it as a story about leadership and the human face of those leaders. Added to that, we have the great performances of Helen and the cast.' Helen, screenwriter Peter Morgan and director Stephen Frears could well land Oscar nominations on Tuesday.

Seems to be more relaxed and happy in LA, certainly looking good.