Madonna wants to heal the wounds in her family caused by a dispute with her ex-husband over custody of their son Rocco, her lawyers told the English High Court.

The U.S. pop megastar's lawyer told judge Alistair MacDonald that she wanted to end the court battle being fought in London with British film director Guy Ritchie over their 15-year-old son.

The wife of Don McLean, the singer of the classic song "American Pie," has filed for divorce after his arrest on domestic violence allegations.

Police detained the singer in January after wife Patrisha McLean called the police to their home in the northeastern state of Maine and he was later charged with misdemeanor offenses that included domestic violence.

A run-in with customs at Cairo airport has left Grammy Award winning rock musician Bryan Adams annoyed, after a border agent scrawled a number on the Canadian's prize guitar in paint marker.

Adams, who was in Cairo for a concert at the Giza Pyramids on March 8, posted a picture of the vintage Martin acoustic guitar on his Instagram account.

A 10.10 carat vivid blue diamond is expected to set the record for the most expensive piece of jewelry sold at auction in Asia despite an ongoing growth slowdown in China's economy, Sotheby's said Friday.

The "De Beers Millennium Jewel 4" is expected to fetch between $30 million and $35 million at the April 5 sale in Hong Kong, and is described by the auction house as the largest oval blue diamond ever to appear at auction and "internally flawless".

Fans desperate to know the fate of "Game of Thrones" hero Jon Snow must surely have their answer in a new trailer released Tuesday -- and it's not looking good for the felled warrior.

Played by the 29-year-old British actor Kit Harington, Snow was stabbed by mutinous followers at the end of season five, sparking months of heated debate on social media about whether he really had met his end.

Legendary British music producer George Martin, who turned the Beatles into the best-selling band in history, has died at the age of 90, his family said Wednesday.

Martin's family confirmed that the producer, who helped revolutionise the sound of pop music, died at home on Tuesday, and thanked "everyone for their thoughts, prayers and messages of support".

Bjork has revealed that she is working on a new album but, after last year's tortured heartache album "Vulnicura," this one will be happier.

The Icelandic experimental pop icon said she is working again with Alejandro Ghersi, the Venezuelan DJ better known as Arca, who helped create the beats layered behind the lush strings on "Vulnicura."

Official photographs of Prince William and his family skiing fueled growing criticism in the British press on Tuesday of the "workshy" royal, driven by frustration at his perceived reluctance for a life in the public eye.

The palace said the Duke of Cambridge and his wife Kate "hope people enjoy the photos" of the couple with their young children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, on a private trip to the French Alps last week.

Designer Karl Lagerfeld, the doyen of the fashion world known as "The Kaiser", gave his backing Tuesday to Hillary Clinton's U.S. presidential campaign.

The German-born style icon said he "liked the idea" of Clinton taking over from Barack Obama at the White House.

The Indians are not just coming -- they have arrived. Paris fashion week is more Indian than ever, with two designers from the subcontinent cementing their place at style's top table.