Sideshow | A change of heart for the duchess

Prince Charles'

wife announced yesterday that she would not attend

Princess Diana's

memorial service this week after criticism that her presence would be inappropriate.

Camilla, duchess of Cornwall, said she accepted an invitation from Charles and his sons, Princes William and Harry, to accompany them to the service Friday at the Guards' Chapel in London's Wellington Barracks. But since Camilla had an affair with Charles while he was married to Diana, some criticized her appearance.

Diana married Charles in 1981, but they divorced in 1996 after admissions of adultery on both sides. Known for her charity work, Diana died in a Paris car crash on Aug. 31, 1997.

John Carter Cash

, son of

Johnny Cash

and

June Carter Cash

, visited his father's boyhood town of Dyess, Ark., to learn about his roots.

Cash, 37, said he thought the trip would give him a better understanding of his father. "My father talked about the cotton farm, and the flood, many times," Cash said. "He not only talked about it, it inspired him to write about it as well."

Johnny Cash, born in Kingsland in 1932, moved to Dyess as a child. The five-room house his family lived in is still standing, and the owner gave his son a tour. The younger Cash also used a long picksack to try picking cotton on a farm near Joiner. He said he was pretty slow at picking cotton and it "sure got hot fast."

Five years after rapper

DMX

pleaded guilty to animal cruelty involving pit bulls, disorderly conduct, and possession of drug paraphernalia in New Jersey, sheriff's deputies have raided his Phoenix home seeking similar evidence.

The Maricopa County sheriff said Saturday that, during an investigation into claims of animal cruelty, they found about a half-pound of suspected illegal narcotics. Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the suspected drugs were being tested.

The search came after reports that pit bulls at the home were not being given enough food or water. A dozen pit bulls were seized, the bodies of three dogs were dug up in the yard, and a variety of assault-style weapons were taken from the home, Arpaio said.

DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was not at home, and his lawyer said he hasn't been there for two months. The attorney said "all sorts of people" had been staying at the house and a caretaker had been responsible for the dogs.

Oscar-nominated director

John Singleton

was driving a Lexus SUV when it struck and killed a jaywalker who stepped in front of his car, Los Angeles police said.

Singleton, 39, immediately stopped his car and waited for police after the accident Thursday night in the city's Jefferson Park neighborhood, said Officer Jason Lee, a police spokesman.

"Mr. Singleton stopped, and identified himself as required by law, and was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol," Lee said. "He was questioned and released."

The victim, Constance Russell, 57, of Los Angeles, was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead Friday morning, Lee said.

Singleton's debut movie, 1991's Boyz N The Hood, earned him two Oscar nominations. He was the producer of Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan and this weekend's release Illegal Tender.

Sony's

Superbad

, the comedy about three dorky high schoolers trying to score booze for a party, was the No. 1 movie for a second straight weekend, with $18 million in sales, according to studio estimates yesterday.

The movie raised its 10-day total to $68.6 million, helping Hollywood to its first $4 billion summer.

Finishing out the top five were The Bourne Ultimatum, Rush Hour 3, Mr. Bean's Holiday and War.