British singer Kate Bush on Friday announced a surprise series of live shows in London later this year, 35 years after her one and only tour.

The 55-year-old, who recently launched a new album, "50 Words For Snow", will play 15 dates at the Hammersmith Apollo in August and September, she announced on her website.

The Genie in the big new Broadway musical "Aladdin" opens the show with a bang, sets up the story and then — poof — he's gone. "Try not to miss me too much!" he says, tauntingly, as he leaves.

The trouble is, it's hard not to. James Monroe Iglehart is just so magically delicious as the guy in the lamp that the show sometimes feels like its holding its breath until he reappears.

K-pop made fresh inroads Thursday when Lady Gaga revealed that South Korean girl group Crayon Pop will open her upcoming summer concerts in Canada and the United States.

"I'm excited to announce June 26 through July 22 of Lady Gaga's artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball will be opened by CRAYON POP!," the "Mother Monster" announced on her @ladygaga Twitter feed.

Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine have hired a Spanish nanny to look after their baby son Prince George, palace officials said Thursday.

Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo will travel with the royals on their tour of New Zealand and Australia next month, Kensington Palace said.

A satirist renowned for attacking what he calls unprofessionalism in Egypt's media has been pilloried on Twitter for plagiarism after he admitted not crediting analysis in his weekly column.

Bassem Youssef tweeted an apology hours after his column appeared in Tuesday's independent daily Al-Shourouk.

A young rapper whose song posted on YouTube stirred a sensation in Tunisia has been freed after spending almost nine months behind bars for cannabis use, his lawyer said Thursday.

Ahmed Laabidi, known by his alias Kafon, was "placed under conditional release" on Wednesday night, Ghazi Mrabet told Agence France Presse.

British singer Vera Lynn, the "forces sweetheart" who helped keep up morale during World War II, celebrated her 97th birthday on Thursday with the announcement of a new album of re-mastered songs.

The album will include more than 40 songs from 1940-45, including her wartime anthem "We'll Meet Again", and some unreleased tracks uncovered by her daughter Virginia.

Starbucks turned its shareholders meeting into an episode of the Oprah Winfrey show on Wednesday.

The celebrity talk show host appeared on stage to announce a drink called the Oprah Chai that will be sold at Starbucks cafes starting April 29. The drink will also be available at the small chain of Teavana tea shops Starbucks recently bought.

R&B superstar Rihanna and hip hop chart-topper Eminem are hitting the road together this summer for a string of joint stadium concerts, promoter Live Nation announced Wednesday.

The pair will kick off their Monster Tour at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles on August 7, before proceeding to New York on August 16 and Eminem's hometown Detroit on August 22.

The Rolling Stones have rallied around Mick Jagger after the suicide of girlfriend L'Wren Scott, with Keith Richards consoling his "soul brother" and vowing they will be back on stage soon.

In their first comments since the former model, 49, was found hanged at her luxury New York apartment on Monday, Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood said they were shocked and pulling together to help Jagger, 70.