Usher's estranged wife wasn't a gold-digger, insists her friend. Tameka Foster - who has two children, 19-month-old Usher V and eight-month-old Naviyd Ely, with the R'n'B star - is tired of rumors suggesting the make-up artist only married Usher to get her hands on his fortune.

Nyeisha Dewitt, Tameka's best pal, said: "To say that she's a gold-digger... that's just not the case. That just totally discredits her as a professional, as an entrepreneur, as a creative thinker, and it just totally destroys anything that she took her money and time to build."

John Mayer didn't sing at Michael Jackson's memorial because he isn't as talented as the late 'King of Pop'.

The "Gravity" musician - who performed an instrumental version of Michael's hit 'Human Nature' at the ceremony at Los Angeles' Staples Center on Tuesday - decided against tackling the vocals as he didn't want to be compared to Michael.

Michael Jackson's children are to tour the world as The Jackson Three.

The late pop star's father Joe Jackson - who managed the Jackson Five, the group that launched Michael's glittering music career - has reportedly lined up Prince Michael I, 12, Paris, 11, and seven-year-old Prince Michael II to perform at a series of concerts next year.

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."

Usher is reportedly getting divorced. The R'n'B star is said to have been living apart from his wife Tameka Foster - with who he has two children, 18-month-old Raymond V and six-month-old Naviyd Ely - for around a year, and divorce papers were reportedly filed in Atlanta Thursday.

A source said: "They haven't lived together for nearly a year after almost two years of marriage. Usher's primary concern is for his children. He is a great father and just wants to do what is right for them."

Eminem's $60,000 diamond necklace has been stolen.

The hip-hop star is reportedly missing items worth thousands of dollars - including his personal laptop - after his Los Angeles hotel suite was ransacked at the weekend.