Fashion leader Yves Saint Laurent dies
PARIS, June 2 (UPI) -- Algerian-born fashion giant Yves Saint Laurent, who championed the pantsuit for women, died Sunday in Paris, officials said. He was 71.
The Pierre-Berge-Saint Laurent Foundation, which announced his death, did not disclose a cause of death, The International Herald Tribune reported.
Saint Laurent took the fashion world by storm in 1958 when, at age 21, he broke out as the successor to designer Christian Dior. Besides the pantsuit, he also popularized peacoats, safari jackets, trench coats, leopard prints, chic beatnik and peasant-inspired lines, the newspaper said.
He opened his own fashion house in 1962 and his stunning evening wear was sought by the rich and famous -- such as Catherine Deneuve, Paloma Picasso, Lauren Bacall, and Marie-Helene de Rothschild.
While he once said he put "all my dreams" and "everything I love" into his "rich peasant" collection of 1976, Saint Laurent also said his role as a couturier was to "make clothes that reflect our times."
"I'm convinced women want to wear pants," he said.
Saint Laurent was born in Oran, Algeria, to a father who was a wealthy lawyer and insurance broker and a mother who expressed her own flair for style, the Herald Tribune reported. A quiet child, he eschewed following his father into the practice of law, instead finding himself drawn to designing clothes, first for his mother.
'Potter' stars to go to teen's funeral
LONDON, June 2 (UPI) -- British actor Daniel Radcliffe and other stars from the "Harry Potter" film franchise reportedly are to attend the funeral of a slain supporting player.
Rob Knox, 18, finished filming his role in the upcoming "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" shortly before he was stabbed to death in a dispute outside of a bar in England last month.
"We've heard that the 'Harry Potter' stars have asked to come to Rob's funeral," Knox's uncle, John Knox, told the Daily Telegraph. "It will be a fitting tribute to Rob. He looked up to them and told us how much he admired them all. It was his dream to be an actor and I have no doubt given the time and the training he would have made it. He was a great lad and we are all missing him so much. We still can't quite get out heads around the fact that we'll never see him again. Our family has been torn apart by his death and I don't think it will ever be the same again."
A 21-year-old man has been charged with killing Rob Knox, as well as with wounding five other people, the Telegraph said.
Tatum O'Neal arrested in alleged drug buy
NEW YORK, June 2 (UPI) -- Oscar-winning actress Tatum O'Neal has been arrested for allegedly buying crack cocaine in New York Sunday night, police said.
O'Neal won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in the movie "Paper Moon" when she was only 10. The 44-year-old actress has most recently co-starred on the FX firefighter drama "Rescue Me."
CNN reported O'Neal was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor, after she was allegedly seen buying crack cocaine from a drug dealer on Manhattan's Lower East Side Sunday.
O'Neal has admitted to battling substance abuse in the past and she wrote a 2004 memoir about her quest for sobriety.
CNN said the mother of three, who is the daughter of actor Ryan O'Neal, was scheduled to be arraigned Monday.
Depp, 'Transformers' win MTV Movie Awards
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., June 2 (UPI) -- Johnny Depp won two prizes and "Transformers" was named Best Movie at the "2008 MTV Movie Awards" presentation in Los Angeles Sunday night.
Depp won the awards for Best Comedic Performance in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" and for Best Villain for "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."
The prize for Best Male Performance went to Will Smith for his role in "I Am Legend," while the golden popcorn statuette for Best Female Performance went to Ellen Page for "Juno."
Zac Efron took home the award for Breakthrough Performance for his work in "Hairspray."
Sean Faris and Cam Gigandet won the Best Fight honor for their battle in "Never Back Down" and Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman won the trophy for Best Kiss for their smooch in "Step Up 2: The Streets."
"Iron Man" won the award for Best Summer Movie So Far and Tom Cruise presented Adam Sandler with the MTV Generation Award for his body of work.
