Pierre Cardin, the man who invented Paris menswear shows back in the 1950s, has staged a long-awaited comeback.

The legendary designer, famed for dressing the Beatles in collar-less jackets and taking high fashion to communist China, celebrated his long career on Sunday with his first menswear catwalk show in several years, showcasing his signature space-age designs.

He says he was one of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's favorite propaganda artists, singing the praises of the Dear Leader in dozens of poems. But these days Jang Jin-sung says he prefers to tell the truth about North Korea.

The former state poet, who defected to South Korea in 2004, now writes to tell the world about what he calls the brutality of everyday life in the North.

Alec Baldwin and his yoga instructor fiancee tied the knot Saturday in a New York City church, with a guest list that included family and famous Hollywood pals.

Baldwin, 54, and Hilaria Thomas, 28, married at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in a Catholic ceremony performed by the Rev. George Deas. His "30 Rock" co-star Tina Fey, actress Mariska Hargitay, director Woody Allen, environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Baldwin's actor-brother, Stephen, were among those in attendance.

Kenzo whisked Paris to the jungles of Southeast Asia on Saturday with a retro-tinted men's look of safari suits and animal prints cut out for the urban adventurer.

Design duo Humberto Leon and Carol Lim took their cue from the 1970s jungle period of the house's Japanese founder Kenzo Takada, travelling to Thailand on a sensory immersion trip to find their own modern take on the theme.

British rockers the Stone Roses returned to their old stomping ground Manchester on Friday, for their first major gig in their home country since their acrimonious split 16 years ago.

The quartet, one of the most influential bands to emerge from the 1980s rock scene in Manchester, northwest England, kicked off the first of three massive shows at the city's Heaton Park with their best known hit, "I Wanna Be Adored".

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday refused to consider reimposing a government fine on the CBS television network over Janet Jackson's exposed breast "wardrobe malfunction" during the 2004 Super Bowl.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had fined the popular network $550,000 over the incident during a halftime performance by Jackson at the Super Bowl, the National Football League's championship game.

Fairytale Hollywood couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes announced Friday they were calling it quits after five years of marriage, ending an unexpected love story dogged by tabloid rumors.

"Kate has filed for divorce and Tom is deeply saddened and is concentrating on his three children," Amanda Lundberg, Cruise's representative, told Agence France Presse. "Please allow them their privacy to work this out."

Plastic surgeon Nader Saab, singer Dina Hayek and actor Yusef al-Khal all Lebanese were among the jury members that crowned the first-ever Miss Kurdistan Thursday, in a contest where journalists and their cameras were kept at bay, the Agence France Presse said Friday.

Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region has crowned Miss Kurdistan, though the beauty contest took place without bikini-clad women and with journalists and their cameras kept at arm’s length.

Thousands of Japanese fans flocked to South Korea Friday to see an exhibition dedicated to boyband JYJ and meet members of the K-pop group who have taken Asia by storm.

JYJ has invited 7,000 Japanese and 15,000 Korean fans to an exhibition center in southern Seoul featuring performance costumes, trophies, film footage, pictures and favorite items of each member.

Hot and sticky fashionistas drooled over the menswear line sent out by Louis Vuitton in Paris on Thursday, a marine-themed look that sent a cool breeze wafting through the sweltering French capital.

With Paris suddenly laboring under a flash spell of humid heat -- after weeks of drear and chill -- the fashion pack visibly strained to stay stylish as they criss-crossed the capital for the second of five days of menswear shows.