ATLANTA -- R&B singer Usher's divorce from his wife is final, according to court documents. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Bensonetta Tipton Lane issued a final decree in the divorce case Wednesday.
Usher, 31, whose real name is Usher Raymond IV, filed for divorce from Tameka Raymond on June 12. He said the couple had been separated since July 2008 and claimed there was "no reasonable hope of reconciliation" and the marriage was… Continue
Three men were robbed at gunpoint in Central Park early Sunday morning, renewing fears among residents that Manhattan's famed park is not safe after dark.
Two late-night strollers were walking along the east edge of the park near the intersection of East Drive and E. 102nd St. when the trio of armed suspects approached at 12:30 a.m., police said.
As one suspect brandished a handgun, his two accomplices snatched one victim's wallet and… Continue
The 37th annual American Music Awards have lined up a few more acts to take the stage at the show on November 22. Green Day, Shakira, and Mary J. Blige have joined the performers list, which includes Rihanna, Jay-Z and Adam Lambert, to name a few, for the awards show that will air live on ABC.
"We're very excited about having Green Day, Rihanna, Shakira, Mary J. Blige and Keith Urban all performing on one stage," AMAs producer Larry Klein said in… Continue
Trey Songz is a busy guy — the singer just dropped two videos at once, for the singles "Say Aah" and "I Invented Sex."
"We have the 'Say Aah' and 'I Invented Sex' combination video, and we have it where both videos will live on their own," Songz explained about the productions.
Separately, "I Invented Sex" will be the continuation of "Say Aah."
"I wanted it to be sexy, adult, everybody having fun in the video," Songz said of "Say… Continue
A frustrated Allen Iverson(notes) has left the Memphis Grizzlies and is not expected to return anytime soon, if at all, a source close to the situation told Yahoo! Sports on Saturday.
The Grizzlies granted Iverson a leave of absence to allow him to return to his offseason home in Atlanta. The source said Iverson wants to clear his head and is extremely unhappy about the lack of communication with Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins over his playing… Continue
It's Spiderman!!! And he'll soon be floating down Broadway! New York's favorite do-gooder hasn't floated down Broadway since 1998, so cheering fans were psyched to see the sleeker, muscle-bound version of Spider-Man rise up in East Rutherford, N.J.…
An 18-year-old Queens girl jumped from a second-floor window on Saturday to escape her father's murderous rage - moments before he stabbed her mother to death and killed himself, police and friends said.
Paul Johnson, 47, repeatedly plunged a knife into longtime partner Regina Alston's chest about 1:15p.m. in the Jamaica home they had shared for eight years, police said.
The couple had two teenage daughters, one of whom was home at the… Continue
Hot Wingz, the winner of the show is putting his business in the street.
Here’s what Hot Wingz said about their first romantic encounter:
Hot Wingz: : He turns to me and say 'I want you to POUND me.' . . . I was confused . . . I was like HOW, I'm a female. What am I supposed to do POUNDING you. I'm a girl.
Interviewer: So wait, hold up. He asked you to 'POUND' him?
Hot Wingz: : Yes and then he said it again. I… Continue
Police say a U.S. tourist who was pretending to be surfing on the hood of a friend's moving car was killed when he fell and broke his neck in a popular Puerto Rican beach town.
Police spokeswoman Yolanda Hernandez says 29-year-old Long Beach, N.Y., resident Jorge Geysel fell off his friend's Isuzu Trooper as he was "car surfing" along a road in the west coast community of Rincon early Saturday.
LAS VEGAS - A 19-year-old woman was the driving force behind a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said.
A suspect turned informant, Nicholas Prugo, told Los Angeles police detectives that Rachel Jungeon Lee spearheaded the break-ins, motivated by a desire to own the designer clothes and jewelry of such… Continue
A Queens judge Friday slapped Brigitte Harris with the toughest sentence possible for killing and dismembering her father to avenge years of sexual abuse.
Supreme Court Justice Arthur Cooperman sentenced Harris to five to 15 years for the suffocation slaying of Eric Goodridge in her Rockaway apartment on July 28, 2007.
Harris admitted plotting to sever her father's penis with a scalpel by researching the case of Lorena and John… Continue
Maybe opposites don't attract. Paula Abdul is learning it helps to have something in common with a potential mate.
She is reportedly back with ex-boyfriend Arsenio Hall, whom she dated 20 years ago during their ‘80s heydays.
“Arsenio reached out to Paula because he thought she needed a friend to talk to, someone she could relate to,” spills the snitch. “Arsenio knows what it's like to leave a hit TV show. One phone call led to another,… Continue
Two beauties turned into beasts when a pair of pageant winners duked it out in a barroom brawl over a hunky muscleman.
Miss England Rachel Christie was stripped of her crown after a blowup in which she was accused of clocking Sara Jones, the reigning Miss Manchester, at a porn-themed party.
"Rachel will concentrate on clearing her name and focus on training for the 2012 Olympics until this case is resolved," Miss England pageant… Continue