Sienna and Rhys engaged? - Nov 8 2007
They have only just come out as couple, but it seems Sienna Miller might have taken her relationship with Rhys Ifans to another level, if rumours of an engagement are to be believed.

The Stardust actress, 25, is said to have been coy when asked by friends if the couple plan to wed, after Rhys apparently proposed with a self-penned ditty, titled Marry This Misfit, reports the Daily Mirror.

A source said: "She fell about laughing, but soon realised Rhys was serious. While she didn’t give him an answer straight away, she’s since been thinking about it more and more."

But friends of the star apparently believe the pair could already be engaged in secret.

One told the paper: "After telling people about Rhys’s strange proposal, Sienna’s been very coy about what her answer was. She’s been fudging the issue with mates and lots of people are starting to think that she may have even said yes."

Rhy’s joins fight to save factory - January 2007
Rhy’s has joined a long list of celebrities, such as Tom Jones, in a bid to save a factory from closure in South Wales.

Clothing company Burberry plans to close its Treorchy plant, just a few miles from where Sir Tom grew up in Pontypridd, with the loss of 300 jobs. The company, which reported a significant increase in sales earlier this month, plans to move production to China at the end of March.

Opera singer Bryn Terfel, entertainer Max Boyce and the Prince of Wales have also given their backing to the campaign. As well as calling for the factory to remain open, campaigners want to see Burberry lose its two Royal warrants from the Queen and the Prince of Wales.

In the House of Commons on Tuesday, Rhondda MP Chris Bryant will call for new procedures to govern the award of the coveted warrants.

Mr Bryant said: "A Royal Warrant is our national seal of approval and it should only go to great British companies that stand by traditional British values. Any company that cannot say how much the workers making its goods overseas are paid - or cannot guarantee that children will not be used in their factories - should lose that seal of approval."

Rhys’ new role - August 04
Rhys Ifans has spoken to press about Danny Deckchair and his newest project. The Welsh actor told reporters that the most enjoyable thing about working on Danny Deckchair, the story of a man who travels by a deckchair airlifted by helium balloons was spending three days hanging from a crane. "I love being up there" he commented "Quiet, no make up people, no costume. It’s a good feeling." He also spoke about his character William Dobbin in the upcoming adaptation of William Thackeray’s Vanity Fair "in a way he’s the only character in the film with any moral fibre".

Fishy business - August 04
Rhys Ifans has had his car stolen by some fishy thieves. The burglars made off with the Notting Hill actor’s top of the range Mini Cooper after using a fishing rod to hook his keys from a sideboard and through the letterbox. Rhys, who was fast asleep upstairs at the time has been given a ticking off by police who say that no-one, not even stars, should leave their keys close to a letterbox and in plain view of thieves.