Shia LaBeouf found the long hours spent filming "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" exhausting.

The 22-year-old actor - who stars alongside Hollywood beauty Megan Fox in the blockbuster - was forced to work 28-hour shifts to get the movie finished on time.

Michael Jackson was a good father but was ridden with drug problems, his former personal photographer claimed. Ian Barkley said that while the late King of Pop's parenting skills was unquestionable, his behavior was sometimes riddled with medication problems.

Barkley revealed in an interview with E! News that Jackson was a doting father to his three children, 12-year-old Prince Michael, 11-year-old Paris, and 7-year-old Blanket.

Usher's estranged wife had no idea he planned to divorce her. Tameka Foster - who has two children, 18-month-old Usher V and seven-month-old Naviyd Ely, with the R'n'B star - was shocked by his decision to leave her because they were "intimately together" just days before he started legal proceedings last month.

E! Online reports: "Usher's soon to be ex-wife states in a new court filing that she and the R'n'B star have not been separated since July 2008 and, in fact, were 'intimately together' less than a week before he started divorce proceedings."

Justin Timberlake is set to star in one of Guy Ritchie's new movies. The "SexyBack" singer met the British film director at his London pub The Punchbowl on Monday and the pair discussed working together.

A source said: "Work is really taking off for Guy at the moment and he is lining up talent for projects in the pipeline."

Michael Jackson feared someone was trying to kill him shortly before he died. The pop superstar was reportedly terrified of being murdered for his money or the music publishing rights he owned, which included his own work and over 200 songs from the Beatles back catalogue.

Jackson family lawyer Brian Oxman said: "He feared somebody wanted to kill him. He was even concerned people would kill him to somehow try to take control of the Beatles back catalogue."

Sandra Bullock's step-children think she is "evil." The "Proposal" star raises three kids Chandler, 15, Jesse Jr., 12, and Sunny, five, with husband Jesse James and admits they don't always get along.

The 45-year-old actress said: "They call me step-monster. Every time anyone asks, 'Is this your mother?' I say, 'Tell them what I am.' And they go, 'She's evil you know!'"

Farrah Fawcett was mourned by 200 friends and family members at a private funeral yesterday. Those close to the "Charlie's Angels" star - who lost her battle with cancer last Thursday - including her long-term partner Ryan O'Neal and son Redmond O'Neal, gathered at Los Angeles' Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles for the service.

Farrah's best friend Alana Stewart gave the eulogy, saying: "Goodbye sweet girl. Farrah never felt sorry for herself during her illness - she fought cancer furiously."

Megan Fox makes her boyfriends get a tattoo of her face. The "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" star loves body art, and insists prospective lovers have an inking before she will consider getting serious with them.

The 23-year-old said: "I have eight tattoos. All my boyfriends are required to have one and if they don't have one yet, I make them get a tattoo of my name or my face."