R&B star Chris Brown celebrated Friday after a U.S. judge released him from probation for assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009.

The infamous attack left the female pop singer battered and bruised on the eve of the Grammys that year.

The UN podium has been the scene of countless speeches both passionate and dull, but on Friday the audience was not world leaders but children, and they mobbed the speaker.

Pop star Pharrell Williams -- best known for his viral hit "Happy" -- addressed the UN General Assembly on the "International Day of Happiness" as he raised his voice on the dangers of climate change.

One Direction is one man down on its world tour.

The boy band's publicist says a stressed Zayn Malik is flying home to Britain.

Miley Cyrus surprised the audience Thursday during a South by Southwest event featuring a slew of rappers, including her producer Mike WiLL Made-It.

Cyrus appeared to be the only woman on the stage, which was packed with nearly 20 people jumping up and down, left and right. Rappers including Future, Riff Raff, the duo Rae Sremmurd and the group Two-9 — who all also performed — were onstage at The Fader Fort alongside Cyrus. Others ranged from hype men to cameramen to people shooting toy guns full of water and confetti into the audience.

Chinese shoppers are mobbing Chanel stores and counting their savings after the French fashion house slashed handbag prices in the world's biggest luxury market due to the slumping euro.

Long lines formed at Chanel stores in commercial hub Shanghai and shopping mecca Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, this week as word spread of deep discounts, according to media reports.

Harrison Ford, who recently crashed his vintage airplane on a Los Angeles golf course, is returning to the skies — at least with his voice.

National Geographic Studios announced Thursday that Ford will narrate a documentary being released next month called "Living in the Age of Airplanes."

Missing Iggy Azalea on social media? You may have to get used to it.

The rapper, who has spent the last week off of Twitter and Instagram, said she may not return to the popular networks.

Pharrell Williams, fond of high hats and fabulous shoes, will be honored as a fashion icon by the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

The singer, songwriter and record producer was singled out for the Fashion Icon Award, to be bestowed June 1 at Lincoln Center, as somebody whose individual style has made a significant impact on popular culture on an international scale.

Liza Minnelli has checked herself in rehab and is making "excellent progress," her representative says.

Minnelli spokesman Scott Gorenstein said Wednesday night, "Minnelli has valiantly battled substance abuse over the years and whenever she has needed to seek treatment she has done so. She is currently making excellent progress at an undisclosed facility."

Victoria Beckham has said that she will open her next fashion boutique in Hong Kong, after visiting the city for a major art fair and star-studded AIDS benefit gala.

The British designer and former Spice Girl told the South China Morning Post that she was scouting locations -- she already has one store in London.