Richards has head surgery

London – Keith Richards had surgery in New Zealand to relieve pressure in his head following a fall, his representative said.

The Rolling Stones guitarist was “up and talking” soon after surgery Monday at The Ascot Hospital in Auckland, but was expected to take several weeks to recuperate, LD Communications said in a statement issued in London.

“Last week Keith was under observation in Auckland following a fall in Fiji and was feeling well after being examined by doctors last week,” the statement, issued Monday, said. “However after complaining of headaches yesterday, doctors thought it prudent to move ahead with a small operation to remove the pressure.”

The Stones’ “A Bigger Bang European” tour, which had been scheduled to start in Barcelona, Spain, later this month, will be postponed until June, the agency said.

Richards, 62, suffered the injury April 27, but details have not been confirmed. News reports have variously claimed that he fell out of a palm tree or from a jet ski.

Sandlers welcome first child

Los Angeles – Adam Sandler is now a real-life “Big Daddy.”

Sandler’s wife, Jackie, gave birth to the couple’s first child, according to a posting on the comedian’s Web site.

Under the headline “Sandler had a kid!!” he writes, “Kid is healthy!! Wife is healthy!!” No other details were provided.

People magazine reported the couple had a daughter, born Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. In an e-mail, Sandler’s publicist, Cindy Guagenti, declined to confirm the report and referred to the Web site, saying, “All the info we are releasing is on adamsandler.com.”

Sandler, 39, and Jackie, 31, were married in 2003. She is a model and actress who appeared briefly in Sandler’s 1999 film, “Big Daddy.”

Sandler, a former regular on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” has starred in films such as “Happy Gilmore,” “The Wedding Singer” and “Punch-Drunk Love.” His next movie, “Click,” is set for release June 23.

Kidman ‘still loves’ Cruise

New York – Nicole Kidman says in an upcoming magazine interview that she still loves Tom Cruise.

Kidman calls the couple’s February 2001 divorce after 10 years of marriage a “major shock.”

“That was a major shock,” the 38-year-old actress says in an interview in the June issue of Ladies’ Home Journal, on newsstands today.

“He was huge; still is. To me, he was just Tom, but to everybody else, he is huge. But he was lovely to me. And I loved him. I still love him,” she tells the magazine.

Cruise and Kidman adopted two children, Isabella, now 13, and Connor, now 11.

Kidman, who stars in the upcoming “Fur,” about photographer Diane Arbus, is reportedly dating country singer Keith Urban, 38.

Cooper to report for CBS

New York – Anderson Cooper will contribute five stories a year to “60 Minutes” on CBS in an arrangement that also allows CNN to rebroadcast those reports, both networks said Monday.

Cooper, 38, fills a part-time slot previously taken by CNN’s Christiane Amanpour and, along with Katie Couric’s arrival at CBS this fall, gives a shot of new blood to television’s top-rated newsmagazine.

Cooper did two stories last season for the now-defunct “60 Minutes II.” One was an investigative piece about steroid use in the National Football League.

“I’m very excited by the opportunity to work at ’60 Minutes,”‘ Cooper said. “I grew up watching the broadcast and, like many Americans, still try to make sure I’m home Sunday nights at 7 so I can see it.”

Meanwhile, Mike Wallace isn’t going anywhere. After a brief flirtation with NBC, he signed a four-year contract to continue contributing an occasional piece to “60 Minutes.” A charter member of the “60 Minutes” team in 1968, Wallace turns 88 today.

On May 21, he will be saluted with a retrospective broadcast, “I’m Mike Wallace: A ’60 Minutes’ Tribute.”