Boyle to sing in Toronto Usher's divorce is final
Published Tuesday November 10th, 2009
Susan Boyle, the Scottish singer who became a YouTube sensation, is set to sing in Toronto later this month.
The Nov. 26 show will be her only Canadian appearance.
Boyle became an Internet smash earlier this year after her audition on the TV show Britain's Got Talent.
While judges initially seemed skeptical of her frumpy appearance and quirky mannerisms, they were ultimately bowled over by her powerful pipes when she began to sing I Dreamed A Dream.
The Les Miserables song serves as the title of Boyle's debut album, which drops Nov. 23. It includes the singer covering the Rolling Stones classic Wild Horses, as well as her take on Daydream Believer, by the Monkees.
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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 "irretrievably broken."
Tameka Raymond disputed Usher's claim that the couple had been separated since July 2008. She said in court documents filed June 29 that she "had every reason to believe her marriage was intact" and that the two were "intimately together as husband and wife as recently as June 6."
Usher's lawyer, Ivory Brown, said Friday she couldn't comment on the case. BJ Bernstein, a lawyer for Tameka Raymond, did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
The couple have two young sons, Usher Raymond V, who will turn 2 on Nov. 26, and Naviyd Ely Raymond, who will be 1 on Dec. 11. When he filed for divorce, Usher was seeking joint custody of the boys. No custody arrangement was detailed in the divorce decree. The couple married in August 2007 in a lavish ceremony. About 200 people attended their wedding at resort built in the style of a 16th-century-style French chateau on 3,500 hilly acres outside Atlanta.
Before the two married, Usher had a string of romances, most notably his three-year relationship with Chilli from the R&B group TLC. The Grammy-winning artist's hits include Confessions, Burn, You Make Me Wanna and Yeah!
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A reality show miniseries about the Jackson family will premiere Dec. 13 on A&E, the network says. Back-to-back hour episodes will air that night at 9 p.m. EST.
The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty focuses on brothers Jackie, Jermaine, Tito and Marlon as they prepare to reunite for a concert tour. It also chronicles their lives as they cope with Michael's drug-induced death in June.
There will be six episodes, the network said. "This deeply intimate portrait will provide viewers with a raw and honest look inside a musical dynasty," said A&E and Bio Channel vice-president Robert Sharenow.
It remained unclear whether Michael Jackson or his children, Paris, Prince Michael and Prince Michael II (known as Blanket), will be seen in the shows.
The network had originally announced The Jacksons as a documentary special in May, before the star's death. In August, Entertainment Tonight aired what A&E said was leaked footage from the special. The 50-year-old King of Pop died June 25, weeks before he was scheduled to begin a string of comeback shows in London.
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Prostate cancer couldn't keep Dennis Hopper away from the Breeders' Cup.
The 73-year-old actor and artist attended the Breeders' Cup in support of The V Foundation for Cancer Research, the official charity of the year-ending thoroughbred championships Saturday at Santa Anita Park in Southern California.
It was revealed last month that the actor and artist had been diagnosed with cancer, although Hopper said Saturday he's been battling it for nine years.
He's started a new, experimental treatment at the University of Southern California that he says "has great promise." Hopper says "Everything's good right now."
The Oscar-nominated star of Easy Rider and Hoosiers is one of racing's biggest and best-known fans.
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