As the old hip-hop saying goes, it's official like a referee with a whistle: Usher confirmed on Wednesday night that he is engaged to his longtime girlfriend, stylist Tameka Foster.

"I'm engaged now," he said, smiling. The Grammy winner even said he could be walking down the aisle before the end of this year.

Rumors of Usher's pending nuptials have been floating around for a little over a month. Photos of Usher and Foster

What's with all the different versions of Avril Lavigne running around in her new video? Or, for that matter, the multiple Christinas, Ciaras and Beyoncés in theirs?

Everywhere you look, it seems some pop diva has replicated herself so she's the star of her clip several times over. (Whatever happened to delegating? Surely their budgets can't be that tight) This is nothing new, actually Mariah and Madonna are old pros at it by now but the idea has been spreading lately like a video virus, with Avril just the latest to be infected.

The question of whether 50 Cent was present during Tony Yayo's alleged assault of a 14-year-old boy last week is at the center of a verbal battle in the media between 50's attorney, Benjamin Brafman, and Jeffrey Lichtman, who represents Game manager Jimmy "Henchman" Rosemond.

Rosemond is the father of the child who was allegedly attacked by Yayo on March 20

Brafman said his client wasn't even within the borders of New York State at the time of the incident ,which contradicts a statement issued by the alleged victim's mother, Cynthia Reed...