British comic actor Sacha Baron Cohen has pulled out of a long-planned film about flamboyant Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, his spokesman said Tuesday.

Industry journal cited his manager as saying the withdrawal was due to "creative differences" with producers over the movie's tone.

Snake-haired, golden Medusa heads still glint from the gates, the swimming pool and flower pots at 1116 Ocean Drive, vestiges of the glamour fashion designer Gianni Versace brought to South Beach before his death on his own front steps.

Though the Versace family hasn't owned the oceanfront mansion since 2000, auctioneers hope the Italian designer's legacy will attract bidders to the Miami Beach property when it goes up for auction Sept. 17.

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate gave the world its first glimpse of their newborn baby son on Tuesday, cradling the future king in their arms as they left hospital to go home.

The Duchess of Cambridge told the massed international media that it had been a "very emotional" experience, while the duke said that they were still working on a name for the third-in-line to the throne.

Oscar-winning Spanish film stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem had their second child on Monday -- a girl according to Spanish media reports.

Cruz gave birth at Madrid's Ruber International hospital just to the north of the city, where Spain's Crown Princess Letizia gave birth to her two daughters, a hospital source said.

It's Day One of parenting for Prince William and Kate. After the excitement and fatigue and joy of childbirth — emotions shared with a nation — the young couple is expected to bring the prince home Tuesday.

It is a daunting moment for any young couple, even one with as much support as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

Horror flick "The Conjuring" scared off all-comers to debut atop the North American weekend box office, but the bigger picture for industry watchers focused on the latest big-budget summer bomb.

"R.I.P.D." starring Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds in a beyond-the-grave "Men in Black," took less than $13 million, or under 10 percent of its $130 million budget, way below what it needed to even break even over time.

Michael Jackson's 83-year-old mother lashed out at the promoters of his doomed last tour Monday, accusing them of letting her son "waste away" before his 2009 death.

She wept in court again on her second day of testimony against AEG Live, promoter of the "This is It" tour which Jackson was rehearsing for in Los Angeles when he died.

Prince William's wife Kate on Monday gave birth to a baby boy who will one day inherit the British throne, Kensington Palace said in a statement.

"Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 4:24 pm (1524 GMT)," said the statement. "The baby weighs 8 lbs 6 oz. (3.8 kilos)."

The London hospital hosting Prince William's wife Kate was the scene of a media frenzy Monday after weeks of waiting for the royal baby -- while tourists kept an eye out for a big announcement at Buckingham Palace.

For the dozens of weary international journalists who have camped for three weeks outside St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, central London, there was relief with the promise, finally, of some actual news to report.

Rapper J. Cole is apologizing to those with autism and their families for an offensive lyric.

Cole says in a blog post Sunday that he doesn't agree with the recent trend of rappers facing pressure to apologize when they step over a perceived line, but in this case he feels he went too far in a verse he contributed to Drake's "Jodeci Freestyle."