Usher’s ex-wife gets custody hearing
A judge has scheduled an emergency custody hearing requested by Usher’s ex-wife after one of the pair’s sons got stuck in a pool drain at the singer’s Atlanta home.
A lawyer for Tameka Foster Raymond filed the request in Fulton County Superior Court on Tuesday and Judge John J. Goger approved it the same day, scheduling a hearing for Friday. The court filing says the boy “suffered a near-death accident” while left unsupervised in a pool at the Grammy winner’s home Monday.
Tameka Raymond is seeking temporary primary custody of the former couple’s two children.
Atlanta police have said 5-year-old Usher Raymond V fell to the bottom of the pool and became stuck in the drain on Monday. A housekeeper tried unsuccessfully to free him. A contractor doing work at the home pulled the boy from the pool and performed CPR.
The boy was “conscious, alert and breathing” when emergency medical workers arrived, police said. The boy was in the intensive-care unit of a hospital being treated for his injuries, Tameka Raymond’s court filing says.
Usher Raymond V is one of two sons of Usher and Tameka Raymond, who divorced two years after getting married in 2007. The singer was awarded primary custody of his two sons last year.
The alleged near-drowning of the singer’s son comes nearly a year after Tameka Raymond’s 11-year-old son, Kile Glover, died after being critically injured in a boating accident.
Charlie Rose adding to his weekload
As if Charlie Rose didn’t have enough jobs, he’s adding a fourth one.
The talk show host will oversee “Charlie Rose: The Week,” a 30-minute weekly program looking back at events in politics, business, sports, culture and the arts that will air on PBS.
In addition to the new show, Rose, 71, hosts his eponymous interview program on PBS, and on CBS he co-anchors “CBS This Morning” five days a week and contributes to “60 Minutes.”
Publicist says Hoffman cured of cancer
Dustin Hoffman is doing well after being successfully treated for cancer.
A spokeswoman for the actor-director confirmed a People.com report Tuesday that says Hoffman is “feeling great and in good health” after undergoing cancer treatment.
Publicist Jodi Gottlieb told the site that Hoffman’s cancer was detected early and “surgically cured.”
Hoffman, who turned 76 today, made his directorial debut last year with “Quartet.”
The birthday bunch
Actor Richard Anderson (“The Six Million Dollar Man”) is 87. Actor Keith Carradine is 64. Actor Donny Most (“Happy Days”) is 60. Guitarist The Edge (U2) is 52. Singer Scott Stapp (Creed) is 40. Singer J.C. Chasez of (’N Sync) is 37. Actress Lindsay Sloane is 36.