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Jagger-Richards Spat: It's All Over Now

We all need someone to lean on, and the founding duo of the Rolling Stones say they're doing just that after overcoming three decades of misunderstandings with a year of some heavy conversation.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards said they rebuilt their friendship after guitarist Richards's best-selling 2011 memoirs "Life" laid bare his pent-up frustration with the snake-hipped frontman.

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Curtains for Humphries' Dame Edna Everage

Australian comedian Barry Humphries said Sunday he would retire iconic character Dame Edna Everage, a gaudy lilac-haired parody of suburbia, because he felt a "bit senior" and was ready to move on.

Everage, along with the lecherous and boorish Sir Les Patterson, are Humphries' best-known characters, but the veteran comedian, 78, said his current tour would be their last stage outing.

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Saint Patrick's Takes Over New York

New York became the Big Green Apple on Saturday as more than two million people crammed into Manhattan for the annual Saint Patrick's Day parade.

Streets along the length of Fifth Avenue were a sea of green shirts, hats, necklaces, fake green beards and innumerable shamrock leaf-themed trinkets. Marchers ranging from Irish folk dancers to massed ranks of police in blue inched their way through the city to the rhythms of drums and bagpipes.

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Clooney, 4 Lawmakers Arrested at Anti-Sudan Protest

Actor George Clooney and several members of the U.S. Congress were handcuffed and arrested Friday outside Sudan's embassy as they demanded an end to an offensive they fear will cause a humanitarian crisis.

Swarmed by flashing cameras and TV crews, Clooney led more than one dozen prominent campaigners to the steps of Sudan's mission in Washington's Embassy Row, ignoring several warnings by police to leave the premises.

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Lil Wayne Leads Hip-Hop's SXSW Overnight Invasion

Lil Wayne was feeling inspirational while making an appearance at South By Southwest. Snoop Dogg admitted he was too high to notice he was performing on a stage five stories tall that looked like a vending machine. And rumors that Eminem will make a surprise appearance continued to swirl around 6th Street.

Hip-hop stars completed a near takeover of the music conference and festival in Austin, Texas, overnight Thursday and Friday with Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, B.o.B., T.I. and Wale all playing bass-booming showcases just blocks from each other into Friday morning.

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Comedian Gallagher Recovering after Heart Attack

The comedian Gallagher is hospitalized in stable condition after suffering a heart attack at a North Dallas bar before going on stage for a show.

Gallagher's promotional manager, Christine Scherrer, says the 65-year-old is sedated and "slowly recovering" after collapsing Wednesday night.

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James Cameron, Others to Explore The Real Abyss

Earth's lost frontier is about to be explored firsthand after more than half a century. It's a mission to the deepest part of the ocean, so deep that the pressure is the equivalent of three SUVs sitting on your toe.

And it is being launched by the rich and famous.

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DreamWorks Unveils 'Madagascar 3,' Pre-Christmas Offering

DreamWorks Animation this week unveiled clips from the latest installment of its "Madagascar" franchise, planned as a summer blockbuster seven years after the original movie.

The Hollywood studio also revealed details of its pre-Christmas offering "The Rise of the Guardians," a good-versus-evil story featuring children's heroes including Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, due out in November.

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Kate Middleton's Cousin Bares All in NY Strip Show

A distant cousin of Prince William's wife Kate Middleton wore a crown -- and nothing else -- in a royally raunchy New York strip show.

Katrina Darling, 21, the second cousin once removed of the Duchess of Cambridge, was the star attraction at the W.i.P club in Manhattan on Tuesday night.

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Charlize Theron Adopts Baby Boy Named Jackson

Actress Charlize Theron is a mother: The actress has adopted a child.

In a statement to The Associated Press on Wednesday, Theron's publicist said the actress is a "proud mom of a healthy baby boy named Jackson."

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