After years of speculation, the official engagement of Prince William and longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton has finally been announced. The ring (a sapphire surrounded by diamonds) also belonged to his mother, Diana. The wedding is expected to take place in the spring or summer of next year. In honor of the good news, we're looking back at other memorable royal weddings.

We have lost many beloved figures recently, including a sitcom mom, a sitcom dad, the namesake of Lynyrd Skynyrd and the man who organized the first lunch-counter sit-in.

Find out about these figures and more in the following roundup of obituaries.

 We have long loved Emma Thompson, an Oscar winner we've never quite gotten enough of. But when she first appeared as no nonsense Nanny McPhee, armed with a snaggletooth, warts, body padding and a potato-like nose, we wondered what she was up to. Did the glowing star of "Sense and Sensibility" really want to spend her days playing a circus freak version of Mary Poppins? Apparently so -- "Nanny McPhee Returns," the sequel to "Nanny McPhee," 2005's hit family movie -- arrives in theaters this week.

Star Wars and Yoga don’t have that much in common , unless maybe the mysticism that surrounds both the Jedi arts and the ancient meditative discipline, but that didn’t stop a fanboy from combining them in an awesome set of Star wars inspired Yoga positions.

While contemplating names of various Yoga poses, young Matthew Latkiewicz, a big Star Wars fan from the UK, decided to come up with some ingenious poses of his own, inspired by his favorite sci-fi franchise. Before long he came up with some geeky Star Wars Yoga poses that he then sent to Wired UK magazine, who actually published them.