LEGENDARY FRENCH FASHION DESIGNER YVES SAINT LAURENT HAS DIED. THE 71 YEAR OLD DESIGNER WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ICONS OF 20TH CENTURY FASHION. HE WAS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR CREATING INSTANT CLASSICS THAT REMAINED STYLISH DECADES LATER.

MEANTIME IN LOS ANGELES.... INSPITE OF A BLAZE THAT DESTROYED SEVERAL LANDMARK ATTRACTIONS AT THE BACKLOT OF UNIVERSAL STUDIOS. SUNDAY'S 2008 MTV MOVIE AWARDS AT THE NEARBY UNIVERSAL CITY WALK WENT AHEAD AS SCHEDULED.

SUPERMODEL NAOMI CAMPBELL HAS BEEN FORMALLY CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING 2 POLICE OFFICERS IN THAT RECENT ALTERCATION SHE HAD AT LONDON'S HEATHROW AIRPORT. THE 38 YEAR OLD SUPERMODEL WILL APPEAR IN COURT ON JUNE 20TH.

AND GIRL POWER MANAGED TO PUSH "SEX AND THE CITY" TO NUMBER ONE AT THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE. THE BIG SCREEN VERSION OF THE HIT HBO SERIES PULLED IN A WHOPPING $55.7 MILLION AT THE BOX OFFICE IN ITS OPENING WEEKEND. IT FAR EXCEEDED STUDIO EXPECTATIONS AND ANALYSTS SAY THAT IT BROUGHT OUT WOMEN IN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS.... THE MOVIE LANDED AT NUMBER FIVE ON THE ALL TIME LIST AMONG "R" RATED FILMS.