David and Victoria Beckham have been advised to sack 14 members of their domestic staff. I'm sure we have all had to do that at some point.

According to the Sun, the Beckhams made 14 of their 50 employees spread around the globe redundant after their financial adviser told them: "You're pouring money down the drain." If only they had used one of the services for finding reliable workmen we suggest below.

Today we hear news of what could be the biggest ever charitable donation. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have persuaded 34 American billionaires to pledge to give away at least half of their wealth during their lifetimes. There are no actual sums of cash to show for it, as this is a moral pledge rather than a donation. However, the end result could easily result in more than $100 billion going to charity.

It's not bad, given that they've only been working on the idea for a couple of months. So what is happening, and what effect is it going to have?

When Chelsea Clinton is walked down the isle by her dad on Saturday, she'll do so at a mystery venue, in front of celebrity guests like Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand and Tony Blair ( lucky girl) . She will also do it for an estimated cost of £2 million.

And while the cost of her wedding to financier Marc Mezvinsky is unlikely to worry her dad, it needn't be so pricey. So how do you have a wedding with the trimmings, for less?

They have been divorced for 10 years. He has a whole new life, with a young child to look after. She walked off with a massive payout, and has had plenty of time to learn to stand on her own two feet, and yet she's coming back for more.

The figures involved in Michael Douglas' battle with his ex Diandra Douglas may be astronomical (with an initial settlement of £30 million), but it's a familiar tale for divorcees everywhere. So why is she claiming yet more of his money, and what could it mean for other divorcees?

Poor Sarah Ferguson had to admit to Oprah that she had run up huge debts by living beyond her means, by maintaining a lifestyle she felt she should have, rather than the one she could afford. There were many things in that interview she has been criticised for, but when it comes to her debt, we don't have a leg to stand on, because new debt figures show we're every bit as bad as she is.

And they make horrifying reading.

If you're anything like me, then you're always losing your legs. One minute there they are and you're walking about on them with ease, the next you haven't a clue where they are. And it seems we're not alone, because Mariah Carey is so worried she's going to wake up one day and discover her pins are gone that she has gone to all the trouble of insuring them. For a cool $1 billion to be precise.

Yes, $1 billion. It was after the pop gnome received Gillette's "Legs of a Goddess" award. So if she accidentally chops them off, she will be able to buy the Isle of Wight.

After all the doom and gloom of 2008 and 2009, the rich are getting richer again, as Gareth Rubin blogged recently. Britain's super-rich added a cool £77 billion to their wealth this year, according to the 2010 Sunday Times Rich List.

What can we learn from the latest Rich List about which professions are the most lucrative?

It seems that everyone wants to make it in the media. So you can't sing, dance or act; if you can string a sentence together you could be a TV presenter, if you can read aloud you could be a newsreader, and if you can put pen to paper without making a fool of yourself, journalism beckons.

However, ask any of the 20 somethings leaving the industry in droves, and they'll tell you it's a tough life. You spend a couple of years photocopying and hardly being paid enough for the bus home. Then you graduate to a good decade or so of flogging yourself stupid for a pittance, on the understanding there are hundreds of thousands of people waiting to take your place if you complain.

It's not a place to make your fortune. However, it can be, as the the media rich list published in the Sunday Times reveals.

So who made it to the list of the richest people in the media, and what can we learn from them?

There's only one thing to cheer you up when you look through the Sunday Times rich list every year. These hard-bitten captains of industry have spent a lifetime of graft amassing a fortune. They are old, tired and too worn out to truly enjoy their multi-millions.

However, this year there is a new crop. They are young, pretty and more than capable of having a good time with their new-found riches.

So who are the richest stars in the UK under the age of 30, and just how much do we hate them?

Simon Cowell has spent a few years building up to his wedding, so he can be forgiven for going a little over the top. However, according to his mum, he may go to impressive lengths even for him - getting married four times to fiancee Mezhgan Hussainy.

His mum claimed they will have four weddings - one in Barbados, one in Hollywood, one in LA and one in Brighton.

It's slightly perplexing - why would anyone need so many weddings?

There's a chance the plans outlined by Simon's 84 year old mum may be a deliberate or accidental smoke screen. But if he is planning four weddings, will this push him into the realms of the world's most expensive wedding?

He has some tough competition to beat.