LONDON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- British TV actress Wendy Richard said she decided to move up her wedding date to her longtime partner after learning she had an aggressive form of cancer.

Richard, who was a cast member of "EastEnders" for more than two decades, has been with her boyfriend John Banks for 13 years. The 65-year-old actress, who also starred in the TV comedy "Are You Being Served?" in the 1970s and 1980s, has twice battled breast cancer and was this year told the disease had spread to her right kidney and bones. She is scheduled to start chemotherapy Monday, the BBC said.

"We were going to get married anyway, but when we got the diagnosis, we decided to push ahead and get married now. There was no rush before," Richard told the British broadcaster.

Expected to attend the weekend ceremony at a hotel in London's Mayfair section are Todd Carty, who played Richard's son on "EastEnders," as well as her other former co-stars Barbara Windsor and Natalie Cassidy.

Richard's' dog Lily is also said to be invited to the wedding.

The couple's honeymoon in the United States has been put on hold until Richard completes her treatment for the disease, the BBC said.

Blonsky, Golden brawl tales differ

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Actress Nikki Blonsky and TV personality Bianca Golden are offering vastly different accounts regarding their summer brawl at a Caribbean airport.

Blonsky was the star of the movie musical "Hairspray" and Golden is a former contestant on "America's Next Top Model."

Blonsky, her father and Golden were arrested July 30 at the Providenciales International Airport after Blonsky's and Golden's families reportedly got into a physical confrontation during a dispute over seat-saving. Golden's mother Elaine was airlifted to a hospital to be treated for injuries sustained in the fight.

Blonsky, 19, told People magazine she and her father, Carl, are "completely destroyed" by the incident.

The actress said the fight started when the Golden family, including Bianca's brother George, became upset because passengers were saving seats in the airport's departure area.

Blonsky said things got physical when she asked Golden, also 19, to stop wagging her finger in her face.

"That's when she stood up, pulled her arm all the way back and said, '(Expletive) you, you white (expletive).' And she closed her fist and punched me," Blonsky said.

Although Golden said on "The Tyra Banks Show" Blonsky kicked her mother in the groin and Blonsky's father punched her mother in the face, Blonsky told People the story is "absolute lies."

Golden repeated her claims about Carl Blonsky's alleged attack on her mother on TV's "Inside Edition."

"He just attacked my mom... He punched her in the face," she said. "I witnessed Nikki Blonsky take her foot and kick my mom in her lower abdomen."

Golden also insisted she didn't curse at or punch Blonsky.

New Guns N' Roses CD set for release

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy," an album that has been 17 years in the making, reportedly has gotten a U.S. release date at long last.

Hits Daily Double reported the group's record label, Interscope, plans to release the album Nov. 23, however, MTV News said Interscope representatives didn't respond to its requests to confirm the report by press time.

MTV News quoted the rock band's front man Axl Rose as saying in a 2006 online posting that the band would try to get the record out that year.

"To say the making of this album has been an unbearably long and incomprehensible journey would be an understatement," Rose said in the posting.

"Overcoming the endless and (seeming) insanity of the obstacles faced by all involved, notwithstanding the emotional challenges endured by everyone -- the fans, the band, our road crew and business team -- has, at many times, seemed for all like a bad dream where one wakes up only to find they are still in the nightmare," he explained. "For much of the time some form or another of legalities have been taking place that really the best way to deal with publicly was to keep our mouths shut in an attempt to ensure the best outcome and especially one that wouldn't jeopardize the band or the album."

Jackson 'excited' about resuming tour

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The promoters of U.S. pop star Janet Jackson's tour said she's scheduled to resume performances this weekend after an illness forced her to cancel several gigs.

Jackson was briefly hospitalized in Montreal for an undisclosed reason late last month and subsequently canceled concert dates in Montreal, Boston, Philadelphia and Greensboro, N.C.

Live Nation said in a statement issued to "Access Hollywood" that Jackson plans to resume her tour Saturday in Uncasville, Conn.

"Janet, who has been under her doctor's care and recuperating over the last week, is excited about getting back on the road and again being able to share with her fans what she feels is one of her best stage shows ever," Live Nation said in the statement.