LOS ANGELES - Charlie Sheen says his relationship with his wife, Denise Richards, is on the mend.
Sheen told the CBS "Late Late Show" with Craig Ferguson that "things are really good."
He then lifted his left hand to show his wedding ring. "That's a pretty good indication," the 40-year-old actor said Thursday.
Richards filed for divorce in March after three years of marriage. The relationship appeared to disintegrate publicly just months before Richards, 34, gave birth to their second child.
The couple were married in June 2002. They met while shooting the independent film "Good Advice" in 2000 and appeared in 2003's "Scary Movie 3."
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NEW YORK (AP) - Yoko Ono has apologized to Paul McCartney for insinuating that his songs are trite.
Accepting an award on behalf of John Lennon last month, Ono said Lennon had sometimes felt insecure about his songs, asking "why they always cover Paul's songs and never mine."
"I said, 'You're a good songwriter, it's not June with spoon that you write.'"
After reports of the apparent slight circulated, Ono apologized in the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine, now on newsstands.
"I certainly did not mean to hurt Paul, and if I did, I am very sorry," she says.
McCartney has sometimes clashed with Ono, Lennon's widow.
She objected when McCartney reversed the traditional "Lennon-McCartney" songwriting credit on his 2002 album, "Back in the U.S." Ono's spokesman accused him of attempting to "rewrite history."
McCartney had earlier complained that Ono wouldn't let him take credit for "Yesterday," a song written entirely by McCartney.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mike Love is suing his cousin and former Beach Boys bandmate Brian Wilson, but Love's lawyer hopes the lawsuit won't mar their good vibrations.
Love filed the lawsuit in federal court Thursday accusing Wilson of promoting his 2004 album, "Smile," in a manner that "shamelessly misappropriated Mike Love's songs, likeness and the Beach Boys trademark, as well as the 'Smile' album itself."
Love's lawyer says it's nothing personal.
"Mike has a lot of affection for Brian and they have a good relationship and cordial relations," said Phil Stillman, who has represented Love since 1992. "There's obviously some problem with the way Brian's (associates) have promoted the albums."
Stillman added: "They remain family and the co-founders of a very important band in rock 'n' roll history."
The Beach Boys never completed "Smile," and it was regarded as a lost classic until Wilson opted to finish it himself. The album earned international acclaim and marked a dramatic return for the 63-year-old singer-songwriter, who had kept a low profile for years.
Love objected to a promotion in which 2.6 million copies of a Beach Boys compilation CD were given away to readers of Britain's The Daily Mail on Sunday newspaper. The lawsuit said the giveaway undercut the band's sales.
The lawsuit seeks damages, including "millions of dollars in illicit profits," and seeks at least $1 million for international advertising "to correct the effects of... unfair competition and infringing uses."
A lawyer for Wilson didn't return a call from The Associated Press for comment.
Love formed the group in Hawthorne in 1961 with Wilson, Wilson's brothers Carl and Dennis, and Wilson's friend Al Jardine. They went on to record hits such as "Good Vibrations," "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "California Girls."
Wilson's brothers have died, and he split acrimoniously with Love and Jardine years ago. In an interview earlier this year with the AP, he refused to discuss them in the present tense, but talked about their early years with apparent fondness. His new album is "What I Really Want for Christmas."
Love has the exclusive legal right to tour under the Beach Boys name.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Mindy McCready says she still loves the man charged with nearly beating her to death earlier this year, and her two suicide attempts were the result of their troubled relationship.
"I wanted him to be sorry," McCready said Thursday about her boyfriend, William McKnight, on "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
McKnight was charged with attempted murder in May after he allegedly broke into the country singer's home and assaulted her.
McCready, 28, had a No. 1 hit in 1996 with "Guys Do It All the Time," but has suffered a series of legal and personal problems in the last year.
During the interview, McCready described the attack and recalled being choked and "gurgling on blood." She broke into tears several times.
"That feeling of not being able to breathe is something I'll never forget," she said.
But McCready said she still loves McKnight and has been with him since the attack. She told Winfrey that she became pregnant by McKnight unintentionally in July and is carrying his baby.
She blamed the violence on drug use, and said she didn't think he would hit her again. She said she hasn't been able to heal emotionally because McKnight hasn't shown remorse.
"He doesn't think that he's done very much wrong," McCready said.
She said she attempted suicide twice after quarreling with McKnight.
"I wanted him to take responsibility for it," she said. "I wanted him to be extremely sorry for it."
McCready's problems since August 2004 also include a drunken driving arrest in Nashville, an arrest in Arizona on charges stemming from her alleged involvement with a con man and a conviction for fraudulently obtaining prescription painkillers.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kids, teens and tweens can immerse themselves in all things Hilary when Hilary Duff World hits America Online on Monday.
The dedicated area will appear on America Online's children's service, KOL. Hilary Duff World will feature the pop star's favorite books, music and movies and include a monthly advice column where she responds to e-mailed questions. Duff also will contribute weekly blogs to RED, AOL's teen site.
"I'm going to do a lot of things that feel more personal with the kids," the 18-year-old actress-singer said. "I'll keep them updated with what's going on in my life, touring, music, movies and filming. I might even do something with my dog. You can do anything you want now with the Internet."
Duff said her Chihuahua, Lola, accompanies her everywhere.
The content on Hilary Duff World will differ from that on her Web site, she said.
Duff, who gained fame as television's Lizzie McGuire, recently returned to Los Angeles from a world tour to support her latest album, "Most Wanted," released in August. She will appear in the film "Cheaper by the Dozen 2" later this year.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Oprah Winfrey and Paul Rusesabagina, whose heroism in the face of genocide inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda," have been honored with the National Civil Rights Museum's Freedom Awards.
Winfrey was recognized with the museum's national award for working to improve the lives of poor children in Africa and helping to create a U.S. database of convicted child abusers.
Rusesabagina, who received the international award, is credited with saving the lives of over 1,200 people during the mid-'90s Rwandan genocide in which nearly 1 million people were killed.
Speaking to thousands of schoolchildren and others gathered at a local church Thursday, Winfrey praised the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and other civil-rights leaders for paving the way for her success.
"Your crown has been paid for," she said. "Put it on your head and wear it."
Winfrey said she accepted the award and an invitation to come to Memphis in part because of the chance to meet Rusesabagina.
Rusesabagina, who was portrayed by Oscar-nominated Don Cheadle in "Hotel Rwanda," was given a standing ovation when he told the crowd his name means "the one who disperses his enemies."
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NEW YORK (AP) - Dennis Quaid is the top golfer among the Hollywood set. Tea Leoni is the best among the women. Tom Cruise is awful at golf, but he tips the caddies well.
Such are the conclusions of Golf Digest, which ranks Hollywood's top 100 golfers in a December special edition, which hits newsstands Tuesday.
Quaid, a member of Bel-Air Country Club in Beverly Hills, usually stays at a home on a private course when he's on the road.
"There are three things being a celebrity is good for: raising money for charity, dinner reservations and tee times," he tells the publication.
Quaid is followed in the top 10 by Thomas Gibson, Tom Dreesen, Matt Craven, Chris O'Donnell, Samuel L. Jackson, brother Randy Quaid, Craig T. Nelson, Mark Wahlberg and Hugh Grant.
Leoni tied for 34th with avid golfer Sylvester Stallone. "Desperate Housewives" star Teri Hatcher didn't make the list, but she has gotten a lesson from Tiger Woods.
"I was so nervous," Hatcher said. "All I could think of was, 'I don't deserve a lesson with Tiger Woods.' But he instantly put me at ease and gave me some good pointers."
Cruise hardly ever plays golf and was ranked last at No. 100 - but that doesn't stop him from regularly handing out $100 bills to caddies at Bel-Air.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Country Music Television will air a preview of a proposed reality show based on Kinky Friedman's independent run for Texas governor.
The music network will show two half-hour pilot episodes of "Go Kinky" on Wednesday. The episodes are set to premiere in early 2006 and could lead to a TV series.
Each show follows Friedman and his campaign across Texas as he attends Rotary Club lunches and campaign fund-raisers and makes trips to the barber.
The Texas author-musician is trying to get on the 2006 ballot for Texas governor as an independent. To do that, he will need to get 45,540 signatures between March 8 and May 11 from people who do not vote in any spring party primary or runoff.
Friedman is portrayed in the show as a humorist and a man of the people - an "anti-politician," says a statement issued Thursday by his campaign.
"We agreed to give CMT this access to give Americans a window into just how hard it is to run for office as an independent these days," Friedman said in statement. "People will see what happens when you buck the two-party system in this country and hopefully Texans will get mad enough to do something about it - and show the rest of America the way!"
Also running for the office are Gov. Rick Perry and Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn, both Republicans, and Democrat Chris Bell.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Brooke Ellison, whose struggle with paralysis was the subject of a 2004 TV movie directed by Christopher Reeve, is seeking a seat in the New York state Senate.
Ellison, a Democrat, says she wants to address the lack of affordable housing for young adults on Long Island, dwindling open space and environmental protections, and New York's failure to fund embryonic stem-cell research, among other issues. Her campaign announcement was reported in Thursday's editions of Newsday.
"The Brooke Ellison Story," starring Lacey Chabert, was based on the book "Miracles Happen: One Mother, One Daughter, One Journey," written by Ellison and her mother, Jean Ellison.
In 1990 at age 11, Ellison was hit by a car while walking home from school. The accident left her paralyzed from her neck down and dependent on a ventilator to breathe, according to her Web site.
Ellison, a Harvard graduate, is studying for a doctoral degree in political psychology at SUNY Stony Brook.
In an e-mail to The Associated Press, Ellison said she is waiting until after the 2005 election to speak about her candidacy.
"Out of respect for and courtesy toward candidates running right now, I won't be saying anything until after Nov. 8," she wrote.
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