Singer Spears says prince stood her up

LONDON -- Britney Spears says Prince William stood her up after she arranged a rendezvous with him by e-mail.

Spears revealed the snub to British comic Frank Skinner during a television show, recorded last week while she was in Britain to promote her latest single "Overprotected."

Details of the interview appeared in British newspapers Thursday. The Frank Skinner Show featuring Spears is scheduled to air on Britain's ITV Saturday.

The 20-year-old singer said she and the 19-year-old prince, who is second in line to Britain's throne, had been exchanging e-mails, but she denied rumors of a cyber romance.

Mayor of Hollywood gets star on sidewalk

LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood will celebrate its 115th birthday next month by saluting honorary mayor Johnny Grant with a one-of-a-kind star on the Walk of Fame.

Grant's star in front of the new Kodak Theatre will feature the Great Seal of Hollywood -- a shield depicting landmarks including the Hollywood sign and Hollywood Bowl.

A celebrity-filled Feb. 1 ceremony will include Red Buttons, Angie Dickinson, Leeza Gibbons, David Hasselhoff, Florence Henderson, Casey Kasem, Martin Landau, Janet Leigh, Garrett Morris, Rip Taylor, Connie Stevens, Dick Van Dyke, Betty White, Billy Dee Williams and others.

"This celebration will be Hollywood's triple crown," Hollywood Chamber of Commerce president Leron Gubler said Wednesday. "We will be marking a trio of great milestones in our community: Hollywood's 115th birthday, the Walk of Fame's 40th anniversary and an appropriate opportunity to honor the man who continued promoting Hollywood through many difficult and trying years.

Spice Girls get lawsuit from scooter maker

LONDON -- The Spice Girls must pay an Italian scooter maker an estimated $1.5 million in damages and legal costs for misrepresenting themselves in a deal to promote the company's vehicles, the Court of Appeal ruled Thursday.

In a long-running dispute, the pop group had sued Aprilia for $316,000 in unpaid fees from the company's $835,000 sponsorship deal for a 1998 world tour.

But in February 2000, the High Court ruled that the group was guilty of misrepresentation for not telling Aprilia that "Ginger Spice" Geri Halliwell had left the band when it signed the contract to promote the scooters.

The High Court ordered the Spice Girls to pay $67,000 for scooters Aprilia supplied to the band members, plus legal costs. The Spice Girls appealed the ruling and Aprilia counter-appealed, seeking increased damages.

--From wire reports