Taylor Swift's tour ends with guest stars

Taylor Swift closed her "Speak Now World Tour" with her best friend and the man her parents named her after.

The 21-year-old brought James Taylor and Selena Gomez to her concert Tuesday night at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Swift said her parents named her after Taylor, and the two performed his hit "Fire and Rain." Taylor also played the guitar while Swift performed her song "Fifteen."

Gomez joined the country singer earlier in the night, where the two sang a duet version of Gomez's hit tune "Who Says."

Swift's tour has featured guest appearances from Nicki Minaj to Usher to T.I. to Jason Mraz. She also performed at MSG on Monday.

Billboard honoring Nicki Minaj as rising star

Nicki Minaj will have another moment to savor from her super year: Billboard is honoring her as its rising star of 2011.

She is slated to get the honor at Billboard's "Women of the Year" event on Dec. 1 in New York City.

Minaj said Wednesday she was "deeply honored to be recognized by Billboard." She said she and her fans have come a "mighty long way" but are not close to where "God will take us."

The rapper and singer has emerged as one of music's most popular entertainers since releasing her debut album "Pink Friday" late last year. Her hits include "Super Bass" and "Moment 4 Life." She'll have one of her biggest fans on hand as well: Taylor Swift is also being honored as the woman of the year.

Flame On! Marvel reignites the Human Torch

Where's Johnny Storm? In the latest issue of Marvel Comics' "Fantastic Four."

Issue No. 600, out Wednesday, marks the first time since January the classic team created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby is back to its original roster: Mr. Fantastic, The Thing, the Invisible Woman and Storm, aka the Human Torch, who was last seen perishing in what looked to be an all-out brawl against the minions of the Negative Zone.

Though it has only been 10 months since Marvel killed the Human Torch, death in the comics is rarely! , if eve r, a permanent condition.

How and why the Torch -- who, along with the rest of the Fantastic Four launched Marvel's silver age 50 years ago -- has returned to the living is yet to be told. But Tom Breevort, senior vice president for publishing at Marvel, told the Associated Press it's a tale that will be told in No. 600 and future issues.

Lifeguard believes Wood could have been saved

The lifeguard captain who helped pull Natalie Wood's body from the water nearly 30 years ago said he believes the actress could have been saved had officials begun a search for her earlier, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

Former Los Angeles County supervising rescue boat captain Roger Smith told the Times he was alerted that Wood was missing at 5:11 a.m. on Nov. 29, 1981. That was some four hours after she went missing from a yacht off Santa Catalina Island during a Thanksgiving weekend trip with her husband, Robert Wagner, and actor Christopher Walken. A lifeguard boat equipped with all the gear needed to conduct a search had been moored about 100 feet away from the yacht the whole time, he said.

"Based on the condition of her body when we pulled her from the water, I believe she survived for some time in the water and was blown out to sea. She probably cried for help for hours," Smith said in an interview. "I've always believed she could have been saved. Her fingers were still pliable when she was pulled from the water, suggesting she had not been dead for hours."

The Sheriff's Department reopened the death investigation last week, saying the decision was prompted by new information detectives received about the case.

Prince Harry rents Harley for first trip to Vegas

Prince Harry has had his first visit to Sin City.

The prince rented a Harley over the weekend and drove it to Las Vegas from Arizona, where he is training on helicopters at an Air Force site near Gila Bend.

Dan Dvorak of Hacienda Harley-Davidson says the 27-year-old British royal made a low-ke! y appear ance at the Scottsdale, Ariz., dealership Friday.

Dvorak says the prince has a motorcycle license from the U.K. and knew what he was doing when he test-drove a bike before his one-way ride to Vegas.

A Cirque du Soleil spokeswoman says Harry took in a Saturday evening performance of "O" with four military friends. He sipped Corona during the show and told staff afterward he was impressed with the water effects and contortionists.

The prince was reportedly returning to Arizona Monday.

-- from wire reports