Michael Jackson's three children helped 40,000 fans honor the late pop legend Saturday as the "Michael Forever" show in Wales overcame a troubled build up to end on a high note.

There had been doubts over whether the tribute show would go ahead after months of controversy, but the presence of Prince, 14, Paris, 13, and nine-year-old Blanket along with star line-up ensured a celebratory atmosphere.

Former Beatle Paul McCartney married for the third time on Sunday, tying the knot with New York heiress Nancy Shevell at the same London venue where he married his first wife.

McCartney and Shevell, who wore a long-sleeved, knee-length white dress and a white flower in her hair, were showered with flower confetti by a small group of friends and family after the civil ceremony at Westminster Register Office.

The director of an Iranian film documenting violence in the run-up to the 2009 presidential vote has been banned from travel to Lebanon, where his film was set to be screened, an organizer said on Sunday.

"Today we found out that Iranian director Nader Davoodi will not be allowed to travel to Lebanon," said Colette Naufal, director of the Beirut International Film Festival which runs from October 5 to 13.

Former Beatle Paul McCartney is set to marry his American fiancée Nancy Shevell in London on Sunday, media reports said.

It would be the 69-year-old pop legend's third marriage, and is thought to be taking place at the same office for civil ceremonies in Marylebone, central London, where he wed his first wife Linda in 1969.

Organizers say a two-day auction of more than 700 costumes, scripts, awards and memorabilia from the estate of film star John Wayne brought in $5.4 million.

Heritage Auctions said Friday that the auction included items such as Wayne's last driver's license, a holster and gun belt from the film "El Dorado" and an eye patch from the 1969 movie, "True Grit."

Fans of Michael Jackson are heading to Wales for a tribute concert that has divided the King of Pop's fans and family — a celebration of the late star's life overshadowed by the Los Angeles manslaughter trial of his doctor.

The genre- and generation-spanning lineup for the "Michael Forever" show at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium includes Christina Aguilera, Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight, Leona Lewis, British boyband JLS, Cee Lo Green — and, via video, Beyonce.

Sony Corp.'s movie studio is in final talks to acquire the movie rights to the highly anticipated authorized biography of Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.

According to a person familiar with the matter, the studio is negotiating to pay about $1 million for the rights to the project.

Anim'est, one of Eastern Europe's foremost animation festivals, opened late Friday in Bucharest with "Crulic-the path to beyond", the first Romanian animation feature in 20 years.

The Romanian-Polish coproduction directed by Anca Damian, which premiered at the Locarno Festival in August, tells the kafkaesque story of Daniel Crulic, a Romanian accused of theft and imprisoned in Warsaw.

Fox Television has approved two more seasons of "The Simpsons," the broadcaster said Friday, ending a standoff after a pay row threatened to sink the long-running show.

Fox, a unit of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. had threatened to axe the hit cartoon show after 23 seasons if no deal was reached with the actors who voice Homer, Bart et al.

Michael Jackson's doctor claimed he was trying to wean the singer off a drug which he "loved" but that killed him, in a powerful blow-by-blow account of the star's last hours played in court Friday.

In a police interview recorded two days after the King of Pop's death, Conrad Murray insisted he was away from Jackson's bedside for only two minutes on June 25, 2009 when the star stopped breathing.