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.

The new "Star Wars" sequel has an official timeline and one confirmed returning character: robot R2-D2.

Director J.J. Abrams will begin shooting in May on "Star Wars: Episode VII," which is set three decades after 1983's "Return of the Jedi," Disney CEO Bob Iger said Tuesday.

Fans are increasingly willing to pay for digital music through subscription streaming services rather than downloading it illegally for free, according to an upbeat report published on Tuesday.

Revenues from services such as Spotify or Deezer rose 51 percent in 2013, breaking through the symbolic $1 billion barrier for the first time, according to music industry group IFPI's annual digital music report.

The Rolling Stones on Tuesday postponed indefinitely their tour of Australia and New Zealand with frontman Mick Jagger plunged into grief over the suicide of girlfriend L'Wren Scott.

Jagger, who was expected to head to New York, said he was "struggling to understand" Scott's death as it emerged her fashion design business was grappling with multi-million-dollar debts.

The studio that produced "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games" is at it again: "Divergent" is the latest teen adventure saga with a fearless female heroine battling the odds in a post-apocalyptic future.

All eyes in Hollywood are on the box office fortunes of the movie, which hits theaters in the United States on Friday.