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.

French poet and novelist Robert Sabatier, best known internationally for his book "The Safety Matches", died Thursday in a hospital in a Paris suburb aged 88, his publisher said.

"The Safety Matches", published in 1969, was one of an autobiographical series of novels about growing up in the streets of a poor area of Paris in the 1930s.

More than 10,000 diamonds set in works worn by British monarchs for over 250 years will go on show at London's Buckingham Palace this summer to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee.

The exhibition includes a range of the queen's personal jewels, including the Diadem crown that she is seen wearing on many portraits and postage stamps, and other works chosen for their historic and artistic significance.

Justin Bieber's "Believe" is the year's top-selling debut album.

Nielsen SoundScan reports sales of 374,000 copies following its release last week, giving the 18-year-old Canadian pop singer the fourth No. 1 album and the best sales week of his young career. "Believe" also debuted at No. 1 in 29 other countries.

The Followill family is expanding again.

Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill and his wife, singer Jessie Baylin, are expecting a baby. The announcement comes on the heels of the birth of their new niece.