Usher, Wife Near Divorce

Mogul discusses business, music as release approaches

(NEWSER) - As he comes full circle with the Sept. 11 release of The Blueprint 3, exactly 8 years after the original Blueprint, Jay-Z discusses his journey from the projects of Brooklyn to the top of Forbes’ Hip-Hop Cash King list with Billboard. “We—Usher, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, myself—are becoming the people that we looked up to musically growing up, like Marvin Gaye and Frank Sinatra,” he says. More»

Billy Bob opens up about Angelina on 'Nightline'

(NEWSER) - Billy Bob Thornton takes the blame for the failure of his marriage to Angelina Jolie in a new Nightline interview. “I blew it because I didn’t think I was good enough for her. She has one way she wanted to live her life and I had another way to live mine and I was just too insecure,” he says. “I did feel like the Phantom of the Opera hiding in the catacombs. People have actually said that I didn’t deserve to be with her.” More»

Linda Evangelista wanted $46K a month, but some have paid more

(NEWSER) - We don't know how much child support Linda Evangelista is getting now that she's settled with babydaddy Francois-Henri Pinault , but we know that she wanted $46,000 a month. That sounds like a lot, but the AP finds five more celebrities who found themselves paying quite a bit—in some cases, more:

• Charlie Sheen: Had to pay $55,000 per month to Brooke Mueller for their twins, and Warner Bros. was ordered to garnish his wages in order to make sure it happened.

Chris Harrison and wife Gwen ending marriage

(NEWSER) - Could the Bachelor host be the next Bachelor? Chris Harrison is ending his marriage after 18 years and two children together, his rep confirmed yesterday. Harrison, 40, has hosted the ABC dating series and its spinoffs since it first came on the air in 2002, the AP reports. "Though we have made this incredibly difficult decision to separate, our love and mutual respect remain, and we look forward to sharing in the lives of our wonderful children," the couple says in a statement. More»

That really makes divorce from Ashton official

(NEWSER) - You know it's really over when a breakup affects a Twitter handle. So to make it officially over and done with, Demi Moore is no longer @mrskutcher, and is now @justdemi on Twitter. Though Demi and Ashton Kutcher announced the end of their marriage last year, Moore has been agonizing about her Twitter handle. She asked her 5 million followers for change suggestions, and discovered that many possibilities had already been claimed by others. (An imposter has already snatched Demi's old @mrskutcher moniker, but don't be fooled, warns MTV .) It was "so hard finding a name that was fun somewhat playful and available," she tweeted. So "for now it will be @justdemi. It could grow on me," she tweeted. More»