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The wife of R&B singer Usher was surprised when the entertainer filed for divorce last month and claims the two were intimate less than a week before he moved to end the marriage, court documents said.
Tameka Raymond, 38, disputes Usher’s claims the couple have been separated since July 2008. She said in court documents in Fulton County (Ga.) Superior Court that she "had every reason to believe her marriage was intact."
Usher filed for divorce June 12, claiming there is "no reasonable hope of reconciliation" and the marriage is "irretrievably broken." He is seeking joint custody of the couple’s two sons.
The chief of the nation’s second-largest school district is fuming over Sacha Baron Cohen’s photo shoot with high school football players.
Los Angeles Superintendent Ramon Cortines isn’t amused by the GQ magazine photos shot at Birmingham High School that feature the "Borat" star in his new incarnation as gay Austrian fashionista "Bruno." The cover story features pictures of Baron Cohen wearing shoulder pads, tight red shorts, an athletic cup and little else as he poses with football players.
Cortines has punished the principal and athletic director.
Magician Lance Burton is staying on the Las Vegas Strip.
Burton and the Monte Carlo hotel-casino said that they have agreed to a new contract that will keep him as the resort’s headliner through 2015.
The illusionist, 49, says he plans to return to the stage next week after breaking his right foot during a show in May.
Kris Kristofferson will be honored by BMI during the music-licensing group’s country awards in November.
BMI gives the icon honor to songwriters and artists who have had a "unique and indelible" influence on music makers. Past honorees include Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, the Bee Gees, James Brown and Crosby, Stills & Nash.
Kristofferson will be saluted in an all-star musical tribute in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 10.
A celebrity fashion designer has crashed her car through the window of a hardware store in San Diego, injuring a customer.
Zandra Rhodes, whose clients have included Princess Diana, confirms she was in the crash Tuesday but didn’t want to discuss the accident.
San Diego fire spokesman Maurice Luque says a 42-year-old woman in the Ace Hardware store was struck when the car smashed into the store, hitting a table that slammed into her.
Among celebrity birthdays today: Writer-director Larry David ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") is 62. Model Jerry Hall is 53. Actress Ashley Tisdale ("High School Musical") is 24. Actress Lindsay Lohan is 23.
