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Usher speaks to the audience after winning Entertainer of the Year during the 55th NAACP Image Awards, Saturday, March 16, 2024, at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Usher, Fantasia Barrino, ‘Color Purple’ honored at 55th NAACP Image Awards

Usher was named entertainer of the year at the 55th annual NAACP Awards that highlighted works by entertainers and writers of color.

Usher performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Usher’s Super Bowl encore? Marrying Jenn Goicoechea at Las Vegas chapel

Usher, right, and Alicia Keys perform during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Review: Usher shines at star-studded 2024 Super Bowl halftime show

Usher speaks during a news conference ahead of the Super Bowl 58 NFL football game Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Las Vegas. Usher will perform during the Super Bowl halftime show. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Before Usher hits the Super Bowl halftime stage, Apple Music builds anticipation ahead of big show

Usher speaks during a news conference ahead of the Super Bowl 58 NFL football game Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Las Vegas. Usher will perform during the Super Bowl halftime show. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Usher says it’s been a challenge to squeeze 30-year career into 13-minute Super Bowl halftime show

Usher, Fantasia Barrino, ‘Color Purple’ honored at 55th NAACP Image Awards

Usher was named entertainer of the year at the 55th annual NAACP Awards, which highlights works by entertainers and writers of color. Fantasia Barrino, and ‘The Color Purple’ also received prizes. (March 17)

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Usher, Idris Elba and Kerry Washington attend the 2024 NAACP Image Awards

ShowBiz Minute: Usher, Super Bowl, Oscars

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ShowBiz Minute: Beyoncé, Usher, Swift

Beyoncé drops new songs; Usher shines at Super Bowl halftime show; Taylor Swift kisses Travis Kelce on the field after his Chiefs win. (Feb. 12)

ShowBiz Minute: DJ Tiësto, Usher, Siriano

DJ Tiësto pulls out of Super Bowl show for family reasons; Usher says 13-minute Super Bowl halftime show is a challenge; Christian Siriano inspired by “Dune” at New York Fashion Week.

FILE - Singer Usher sings during a rehersal to honor the late Kobe Bryant prior to an NBA game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Usher announces post-Super Bowl North American tour, ‘Past Present Future’

R&B icon Usher has announced a new North American tour. After two years of his popular Las Vegas residency at Park MGM, releasing his first solo album in eight years, and headlining the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show, Usher will hit the road.

This combination of images shows promotional art for the film "Past Lives," left, the ABC comedy series "Abbott Elementary," center, and the Netflix film "Orion and the Dark." (A24/ABC/Netflix via AP)

What to stream this week, Super Bowl edition: Usher, classic commercials and lots of puppies

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include “Abbott Elementary” debuting its third season on ABC, Charlie Kaufman’s animated movie “Orion and the Dark” and Usher’s “Coming Home.”

Usher talks Super Bowl, screening for diabetes

Entertainer extraordinaire Usher said he wanted to headline a Super Bowl halftime show but knew he had to ‘continue to work until it happened.’

FILE - Usher performs at Power 105.1's Powerhouse 2016 at Barclays Center in New York on Oct. 27, 2016. Usher will perform at the halftime show for the 2024 Super Bowl. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP, File)

Usher uses first Super Bowl performance as ‘cheat sheet’ for 2024 show and urges diabetes screening

While Usher gears up for his 2024 Super Bowl halftime performance, the singer will lean on his previous experience of hitting the NFL’s biggest stage to help him prepare.

Yung Miami, left, and JT of City Girls, pose for a portrait on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in Los Angeles, to promote their third album, 'RAW." (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

City Girls’ uninhibited rap made them. On their third album, ‘RAW,’ the duo evolves their sound

You’d be hard pressed to find a rap duo doing it like City Girls, bringing life-affirming, pretty-girl scam rap to the masses.

FILE - Usher performs at the 51st annual Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards gala at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on Thursday, June 16, 2022, in New York. The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that Usher will headline the 2024 Super Bowl on Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium. The music megastar, who has won eight Grammys, said he's looking forward to performing on the NFL's biggest stage. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Usher to headline the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas

Usher has a new confession: The Grammy winner will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show in Las Vegas.

Rita Ora poses for a portrait to promote her new album "You & I" on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at The Bowery Hotel in New York. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)

Rita Ora bets on herself with ‘You & I,’ her ‘personal letter’ to fans

It’s hard to imagine a global pop star losing confidence, but that was Rita Ora. However, the multi-hyphenated entertainer partly credits her husband, filmmaker Taika Waititi, with regaining her musical mojo and is back with a new album, “You & I.”

FILE - A boat passes along Lake Lanier, April 23, 2013, in Buford, Ga. Fashion designer Tameka Foster, the ex-wife of R&B singer Usher, is calling to drain Lake Lanier, Georgia's largest lake, where her son was fatally injured 11 years ago. Kile Glover, her 11-year-old son with Bounce TV chairman Ryan Glover, died in July 2012 after a personal watercraft struck the boy as he floated in an inner tube on the lake. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Usher’s ex-wife wants to drain Georgia’s largest lake, where a boater fatally struck her son

Fashion designer Tameka Foster has collected more than 2,500 signatures for her online petition imploring officials to “drain, clean, and restore” Lake Sidney Lanier.

FILE - James Hetfield of Metallica performs at the Lollapalooza Music Festival in Chicago on July 28, 2022. Metallica, Mariah Carey and The Jonas Brothers will headline a free concert in New York’s Central Park to mark the 10th anniversary of the Global Citizen Festival on Sept. 24. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Metallica, Mariah Carey headline Global Citizen NYC concert

Metallica, Mariah Carey and The Jonas Brothers will headline a free concert in New York’s Central Park to mark the 10th anniversary of the Global Citizen Festival on Sept. 24.

FILE -Adam Levine of Maroon 5 performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game between the Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, in Atlanta. Maroon 5 and Usher will headline a benefit concert in Atlanta to honor the legacy of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis. The Grammy Award-winning pop band and singer will perform during the Beloved Benefit at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium on July 7, concert officials announced Thursday, May 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Maroon 5, Usher to headline benefit to honor Rep. John Lewis

Maroon 5 and Usher will headline a benefit concert in Atlanta to honor the legacy of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis.

Usher attends the Chairman's Party following the NFL Honors event on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, at So-Fi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Usher performs classic hits at star-studded Chairman’s Party

Usher preached togetherness during “tumultuous times” while performing a series of his hits at an exclusive star-studded afterparty following the NFL Honors.

FILE - Singer Jason Derulo poses during a photocall upon arrival for the 2018 Echo Music Awards in Berlin on April 12, 2018. Derulo was involved in a scuffle with two other people early Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, at a Las Vegas Strip resort, but the singer, dancer and Tik Tok star was not arrested or given a summons, police said. (Axel Schmidt/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Police: R&B singer Derulo involved in Vegas resort scuffle

Police say R&B entertainer Jason Derulo was involved in a scuffle with two people at a Las Vegas Strip resort, but he was not arrested or given a summons.

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2019, file photo Post Malone arrives at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The rap-pop star will perform at “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020” in New York City on Dec. 31, Dick Clark Productions announced Tuesday, Dec. 17. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Post Malone to headline Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve

NEW YORK (AP) — You can ring in the New Year with Post Malone: The rap-pop star will perform at “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020” in New York City on Dec. 31.

Usher missed Manchester concert to be with son

Usher missed the One Love Manchester concert to be with his diabetic son on his first day of summer camp.

Coldplay, Bieber to join Ariana Grande at Manchester concert

NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Bieber, Coldplay and Katy Perry will join Ariana Grande at a charity concert in Manchester, England, on Sunday.

R&B singer Usher waits for a child custody hearing to begin, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, in Atlanta. A judge in Atlanta is set to hear arguments in the child custody battle between Usher and his ex-wife. Tameka Foster Raymond requested the hearing earlier this week after the former couple's son got caught in a pool drain while in the care of Usher's aunt. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Judge sides with Usher in child custody battle

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Atlanta dismissed an emergency request by R&B singer Usher’s ex-wife seeking temporary custody of their two children.