It's been less than ten months since his son was born and Usher has already gotten his pre-baby hard body back!
The 29-year-old daddy stripped off his shirt during a performance in NYC on Thursday.
While there are reports that his marriage is in turmoil, Usher is embarking on a tour where the audience will be comprised entirely of women. Very interesting!
Filed under: Music, Beauty, Hot Bodies
Johnny Depp was one repressed urge away from sucking face with another dude this weekend -- when a reunion concert with his old band took a sudden homo-erotic turn on stage.
Edward Wanderinghands hit the stage in Pompano, Florida with his bandmates, The Kids, when suddenly Depp found himself battling his weakness for the sweaty, afro'd, sideburned type.
Filed under: Music, Johnny Depp
Despite being a '90s punchline, Caucasian rapping fluke Vanilla Ice still busted something sorta resembling rhymes outside Porky's in the Hamptons this weekend -- before making light of his alleged attack on his wife earlier this year.
While the battery charges were dropped, that's not exactly what they mean by a good beat.
Filed under: Music, Wacky & Weird
Are there any black people in Alaska? If there are, Diddy sure doesn't know about 'em -- and on his latest online power ramble he blasts John McCain for picking Sarah Palin as his VP.
Diddy also doesn't think Palin should be so close to the top spot because there's not enough crackheads or crime in Alaska. And we all know a little crackhead experience goes a long way.
Filed under: Music, Prez Election 2008
Thanks to TMZ, Warren G retains street cred. At Opera last night, we unveiled our crib sheet on Solange's meltdown, JoJo collapsing and Suge's arrest ... Now Mr. G knows jack.
Filed under: Music, Wacky & Weird
Kenny Rogers is gambling with his image again -- only this time he's leaving the plastic surgeons out of it.
Kenny is hawking his newest CD through Cracker Barrel -- the country-themed restaurant chain that's been sued by various African-Americans over the years for slingin' racism along with its delicious butter baked chicken.
Unclear whether the album is available in 8-track or large-print editions.
Filed under: Music, Wacky & Weird
Imagine there's no Jonas Brothers, it's easy if you try -- at least according to John Lennon's son.
Not only does Sean not know who the hell those guys are, but outside LAX yesterday the 32-year-old Beatle spawn asked if they were, "like a Disney cartoon or something?" Yeah, something like that.
You can't expect a guy and his lady friend to know about pop culture, when they just stepped out of "The Great Gatsby!"
Filed under: Music, Wacky & Weird
Our favorite lawsuit of the day: A member of Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels -- famous for Devil with a Blue Dress On -- is suing Rhino Entertainment for allegedly screwing the band out of royalties.
The royalty part is your basic snooze. But we haven't heard from Mitch Ryder and the boys for decades. James McCarty, Jr. a guitar player for the band, filed the suit in L.A. County Superior Court on behalf of the entire band. Unclear why the others aren't named.
Here's our conundrum. The lawsuit claims the band is known for the 1966 hits Devil with a Blue Dress On AND Good Golly, Miss Molly. We thought Good Golly, Miss Molly was part of Devil with a Blue Dress On and even have the recording to prove it. In fact, it was released as one track, according to Amazon.com. and Wikipedia.
So why does McCarty's suit claim the two songs are separate and distinct? It's a devil of a question.
Filed under: Music
Melissa Manchester -- famous with songs like "Don't Cry Out Loud" and "You Should Hear How She Talks About You." Guess what she looks like now!
Filed under: Music, Beauty, 'Memba Them?!
After suddenly collapsing on stage and clutching his head in agony, Jojo -- from R&B duo K-Ci and JoJo -- laid frighteningly motionless during a live concert in Australia this weekend -- unfortunately, his brother was more concerned with hitting his high note.
JoJo spent nearly a full minute on the floor by himself, while in the same time, a crew member picked up the fallen microphone, and his brother continued singing -- but neither one paid any attention to the passed out singer. In the video, you can hear people in the crowd asking, "Is he alright" and begging K-Ci to "pick him up, man!"
But here's the rub -- instead of getting him backstage for help ASAP, K-Ci picks up JoJo and drags his stumbling brother to the front of a stage for an ovation. A crew member then quickly grabbed the dazed singer by the arm and hauled him off the stage.
K-Ci told the crowd Jojo was just dizzy from the flight. We're dizzy from the spin.
Filed under: Music, Wacky & Weird
After having to sit through Terrence Howard's first ever live musical performance last night, our spy in the crowd gave us the impression that his show was more torturous than Abu Ghraib -- but shockingly, not everyone in the TMZ newsroom agreed with the negative review.
In his shoot report from Maryland concert, the cameraman writes: "Some people should never quit their day job ... Terrence Howard could not hit the proper notes as he butchered every song. A noted fact, the liquor sales went up that night in the club as concertgoers needed some type of distraction."
Give it a listen -- is it really that bad?
Filed under: Music, Wacky & Weird
Ernest Evans aka Chubby Checker is famous for the 1960 song "The Twist" and the popular dance of the same name. Guess what he looks like now!
Filed under: Music, Beauty, 'Memba Them?!
Pharrell Williams turned into his alter ego last night, and used a Spongebob Squarepants face to block the paps in England.
What a N.E.R.D.
Filed under: Music, Wacky & Weird
Is nothing sacred anymore?
Bono was in his beach house in the South of France, listening to new U2 tracks -- not figuring anyone would wander by, record the songs on a cellphone and post them on YouTube. But someone did.
The real album comes out in November.
Filed under: Music
November rain came three months early, as Guns 'N' Roses drummer Steven Adler broke down in court this AM after pleading "Not guilty" to drug charges.
Adler -- who told us he's already used up his scratch from "Sober Living" to pay for rehab and lawyers -- was busted last month for allegedly being high as a kite.
The judge said Adler must stay in the Pasadena Recovery Center -- and that clearly pissed Adler off.
So after court, our guy told Adler the BEST THING EVER -- he hoped Steven's sobriety would come before Chinese Democracy.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music
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