Michael Jackson at 50: `The best is yet to come' (AP)

AP - Michael Jackson marked a personal milestone Friday: his 50th birthday.

Casting Couch: Diesel's Riddick Return; Swank on Borrowed Time (E! Online)

E! Online -   • Apparently over that whole Pacifier interlude, Vin Diesel wants to blow things up again. The 41-year-old thesp is ready to resurrect his ass-kicking sci-fi antihero Riddick, reteaming with writer-director David Twohy for a pair of sequels to 2000's Pitch Black and 2004's The Chronicles of Riddick.

Kings of Leon hoping for recognition at home (Reuters)

Winehouse falls ill, misses Paris concert (Reuters)

Reuters - British soul singer Amy Winehouse pulled out of a Paris concert at short notice on Friday after falling ill at home in London, her spokesman has said.