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Actress Stone leaves hospital after treatment

SAN FRANCISCO -- Sharon Stone has been released from a hospital after being treated for more than a week for bleeding on her brain.

Stone's doctor said he expects the actress to make a full recovery.

"Sharon Stone is completely intact neurologically and she will have no medical restrictions on her personal or professional activities," said Michael Lawton, chief of cerebrovascular surgery at the University of California, San Francisco.

The 43-year-old actress was admitted to the university's hospital on Sept. 29 with a severe headache and was released on Sunday. Doctors found that a tear in an artery at the base of her skull had caused bleeding in the space between her brain and the middle membrane covering the brain, Lawton said. The condition is known as a subarachnoid hemorrhage.

A team of surgeons last week performed an endovascular coil embolization, which involves inserting a catheter in the groin and using it to place a "mass of coils" that blocks blood flow through the artery, Lawton said.

Talk-show host Jay Leno to auction signed bike

LOS ANGELES -- One of Jay Leno's Harley-Davidson motorcycles, autographed by some of the biggest stars in movies, music, television and sports, is up for auction, with proceeds going to the victims of last month's terrorist attacks.

The late-night talk show host has been asking celebrities to sign the 2001 Harley during his "Tonight Show" on NBC. The black motorcycle with a custom black leather seat, which Leno bought in July, has only 200 miles on it.

Among the stars who've already signed it: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Denzel Washington, Nicole Kidman, John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Cuba Gooding Jr., Pamela Anderson, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Mira Sorvino, Terry Bradshaw and Martina McBride. Leno will continue getting signatures until the auction ends.

Filmmaker to auction courtside Knicks' seat

NEW YORK -- Spike Lee is auctioning off a courtside seat next to him at the New York Knicks' Oct. 30 opener at Madison Square Garden, where Michael Jordan will return to basketball as a member of the Washington Wizards after three years of retirement.

The auction, through the NBA and Yahoo, will benefit the UFA Widows and Children Fund, which the Fire Department of New York established to support the families of those most affected by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Bidding began Tuesday and ends on Oct. 23. Lee, the filmmaker who's a fixture at Knicks games, told New York Daily News columnist Mitchell Fink that the ticket usually costs $1,500, but he expects it will go for about 10 times that amount.

Rappers appear at Detroit bar mitzvah

WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- The Detroit rap group D12 appeared at a different kind of event over the weekend: the bar mitzvah of Ethan Weisman.

Ethan's father, Southfield real estate developer Gary Weisman, arranged to have the rappers show up for his son's big day in this Detroit suburb.

D12 -- without their founder, Eminem -- spent about a half hour meeting the 300 guests, taking pictures and signing autographs. They also brought and signed T-shirts, albums and posters.

"It was way out there, but it was fun," Gary Weisman told The Oakland Press of Pontiac. "It met all my expectations. The D12 guys were fantastic. Everything was perfect."--From wire reports

D12's manager, Mark Hicks, said the five members of the group enjoyed the party.

"It was a lot of fun," Hicks said. "The kids were nice and just went wild when the guys walked in."

D12's debut album, "Devil's Night," hit the Billboard charts at No. 1 when it was released in June. It sold more than 1 million copies and made headlines with some of its subject matter. A song about drugs, "Purple Pills," had to be changed to "Purple Hills" to get airplay.

Weisman acknowledged that he was "concerned" about that, which was one reason he had the group make an appearance without performing.

Pop stars plan concert to help attack victims

NEW YORK -- 'N Sync, the Backstreet Boys and Michael Jackson plan to share the stage at an all-star pop concert to help the victims of last month's terrorist attacks.

The eight-hour "United We Stand" show, which also will feature Ricky Martin, James Brown, Al Green and KISS, is scheduled for Oct. 21 at RFK Stadium in Washington, according to Clear Channel Entertainment, which is sponsoring the event.

All money raised will go to the American Red Cross Relief Fund, the Pentagon Relief Fund and The Salvation Army Relief Fund, a Clear Channel spokesman said Tuesday.

'N Sync's Joey Fatone told MTV News on Monday that the band was eager to participate.

"We wanted to definitely get involved," Fatone said. "We're going to do something so we can help them out."

The show is scheduled the night after "The Concert for New York," a four-hour extravaganza at Madison Square Garden featuring Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Macy Gray, Eric Clapton and The Who. Clear Channel also is producing that concert, along with the "Country Freedom Concert" in Nashville, which also is scheduled for Oct. 21.

The Madison Square Garden concert will air live on VH1, while the Nashville concert will air live on CMT. Clear Channel is in negotiations to televise "United We Stand" as well.

Music becomes solace during war, singer says

DENVER -- Music will become even more important as the United States retaliates for last month's terrorist attacks, said country singer Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel.

"Music is always an inspiration and a comfort to people. So the music doesn't go away. Whether the economics of it does or not is another question," Benson said in an AP Radio interview.

"Wars are times of great sadness and music is solace in times of sadness. Music is also very patriotic. If somebody wants to yearn for home, there's two things: food and music."

The 50-year-old said hearing reports of the United States' involvement in attacks never gets any easier.

"For me it's my third war," Benson said. "I went through Vietnam and the Gulf War and Grenada. The difference is that we were attacked this time, you know. It's so different."

Film role helps actress to reconcile with mother

NEW YORK -- Playing a woman who gives birth in the movie "Riding in Cars With Boys" inspired Drew Barrymore to reconcile with her own mother, from whom she'd been estranged for more than a decade.

"There's a scene where my water breaks, and I yell out, 'Mom,' and it was sort of like me calling out to her," the actress told Rosie magazine for its November issue. "It was very cathartic."

The 26-year-old Barrymore said she brought along her husband, comedian Tom Green, for the reunion last year with her mother, Jaid. She still has a distant relationship with her father, John Barrymore Jr.

"Eventually we got to where we could hang out on our own, but there were a lot of real crazy emotions flying all over the place," the actress said. "The one thing my mom said to me to break the ice was that we (had) really needed to separate to become our own people before we could come together again. I respect that."

"Riding in Cars With Boys," directed by Penny Marshall and co-starring Brittany Murphy, James Woods and Lorraine Bracco, opens Oct. 19.

-- From wire reports