✦Named one of People magazine's 2008 Sexiest Men Alive.
✦Threw a bash at NYC's Cipriani's 23rd Street on September 25, 2007 to mark the launch of his new perfumes, "Usher For Women" and "Usher For Men."
✦Sentenced to 20 hours of community service and fined $425 after being convicted of speeding at 103 mph in Georgia on July 4, 2006.
✦Was sick with flu because of which he had to be on bed rest and absent from the Broadway musical "Chicago", in which he's been playing Billy Flynn (Oct 2006).
✦Joined dozens of volunteers to clear the overgrown lawn of the International School of Louisiana, which has been closed since Katrina hit August 29 (June 13, 2006).