Cecilia Duncan - who was hired to look after the `Yeah!` hitmaker`s two sons, Usher V, five, and four-year-old Naviyd between December 2010 and September 2012 - has filed a lawsuit against the singer, alleging she was "overworked" and was not paid overtime, according to TMZ.
Matthew Knowles - who managed his daughter during her rise to stardom as a teenager with Destiny`s Child until 2011 - has been issued a lien by the US tax department, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), to claim two sums of unpaid tax, TMZ reports.
The `I Don`t Want to Talk About It` hitmaker has admitted he became reliant on the drug to help soothe his vocal cords ahead of gigs, but the habit had a number of nasty side-effects, including reducing the size of his manhood.
The `Hart of Dixie` actress - who married her filmmaker husband Kyle Newman in November 2007 at Greystone Park and Manor in Beverly Hills, where they also had their first date - has announced she is pregnant and will give birth later this year.
The couple - who got engaged in May 2012 after meeting through mutual pal Alexa Chung - exchanged vows shortly before midday in a low-key ceremony at the town hall in Mazan, 67 miles from Marseilles, before speeding back to her family`s nearby $5 million vineyard for their reception in a silver Renault Clio.
The couple - who began dating more than a year ago after a decade long friendship - will welcome their baby in early July and have reportedly set a date for a low-key wedding shortly afterwards.
The 32-year-old former reality TV star - who was jailed in 2007 after being caught driving with a suspended licence while on probation for driving under the influence - says she is no longer a party girl and hopes to have children in the near future with model River Viiperi.
The `Everybody in Love` hitmakers - consisting of J.B. Gill, Marvin Humes, Aston Merrygold and Oritse Williams - have come to the painstaking decision to split after coming to the end of their five-year record deal with Epic Records and will finish their time together in December with a farewell tour and greatest hits album.
The couple - who reconciled earlier this year after splitting briefly following the actress` affair with director Rupert Sanders - have been spending a lot of time with Jules Mann-Stewart at her Malibu home but the `Twilight Saga` actor is reportedly not happy about the arrangement because of the lack of intimacy.
The 66-year-old singer admitted she was "really strong-headed" when she was a youngster which often caused problems with her mother Georgia Holt, who she has paid tribute to in new documentary `Dear Mom, Love Cher`.
The `Mud` actress - who was charged for disorderly conduct on April 19, after confronting a police officer who had arrested her husband Jim Toth on suspicion of DUI in Atlanta, Georgia - pled no contest to her charges on Thursday (02.05.13) while Jim offered a guilty plea, according to TMZ.
The 26-year-old model feels "physically sick" when she sees the fastenings and was left particularly traumatised when she hugged a friend without checking her outfit first.
The pop star and her soccer player fiancé Wayne Bridge have announced they are expecting their first child together and the pair are completely overjoyed with the news.
The `Mud` actress`s close pal Chelsea Handler has insisted the incident in Atlanta, Georgia, was "not a big deal" and that the 37-year-old mother-of-three is coping well.
While Khloe`s season two co-presenter Mario Lopez has been confirmed for the third season of the reality TV show, Fox executives have announced that the `Keeping Up With The Kardashians` star`s contract has not been renewed.
The group - formed of A.J. McLean, Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson, Howie Dorough and Brian Littrell - were presented with the 2,495th commemorative plaque on the world famous sidewalks.
The 67-year-old actress picked up the prestigious Best actress award for her role as Queen Elizabeth the II in Stephen Daldry`s `The Audience` at the ceremony celebrating the best in British theatre at London`s Royal Opera House last night (28.04.13).
The 37-year-old fashion designer uses her own body for inspiration when creating her dresses and gets completely naked so she can model her designs on herself.
The 46-year-old actress is expecting a baby with her fiancé Olivier Martinez and she admits the news initially came as a total "shock" to her as she had no inkling she was with child.
The 36-year-old singer and her Barcelona soccer player boyfriend Gerard Pique welcomed their first child, son Milan Pique Mebarak, into the world in January, and the musician is so smitten with her baby she can`t stand being apart from him.
The Spice Girls star has been single since splitting from Thomas Starr in 2012 after 10 years together, but she insists dating just isn`t on her radar at the moment because it`s not important to her.
The `Twilight Saga` beauty has finally persuaded her boyfriend to practise jigs such as the Waltz, Paso Doble and the Cha Cha with her, and while he has been "having a lot of fun" learning new skills on the dance floor, he is "terrible" at it.
The reality star is putting her doomed relationship with Alex Reid behind her and trying to rekindle her romance with an ex-boyfriend, who she first dated five years ago, after he agreed take it slow with her so she can focus on looking after her 10-month-old daughter Dolly.
The 40-year-old actress made jaws drop on the red carpet on Wednesday night (24.04.13) in her revealing Antonio Beradi dress, which showed she wasn`t wearing any underwear, but she admits she had to reach for a last minute razor after realising knickers weren`t an option with the garment at the last minute.
The 49-year-old actor is so desperate to win the 27-year-old actress back - who he met on the set of `The Rum Diary` in 2011 - that he created a replica bar from the movie on his Bahamas property to surprise her.