DIDN'T WIN A GOLDEN BALL...GLOBE

Uh, yeah.
Didn't watch it either. I guess "The Social Network" won a bunch of awards...and 'Glee'.
So there ya go.




USHER IS SICK TOO...
Usher, bro, I feel your pain!

USHER is sick. He canceled a show in Berlin at the last minute last Wednesday...and couldn't make it through the make-up show the following night.

On Friday, his rep announced, quote, "[Usher is] suffering from upper respiratory illness which is currently preventing him from performing a proper show.

"After consultation with doctors, he has been advised to reschedule the upcoming dates in order to get the rest he needs to ensure a complete recovery."

When Usher tried to perform at Thursday's make-up show, it did not go well.

According to reports, he lip-synched and "poorly danced" to the first few songs. When fans began booing and complaining...he just stood around on the stage for a few minutes, before walking off, and quitting the show.

Usher also canceled a few other upcoming shows, which he rescheduled for March.

He said, "I deeply regret having to reschedule the shows. I am truly sorry for any inconvenience I have caused my fans. My fans are the best in the world and I am looking forward to getting better so that I can give them the show they deserve."







HEY, FANS OF 'THE OFFICE"...
When STEVE CARELL said that he'd be leaving "The Office" after this season, it seemed natural that Michael Scott's last episode would be the season finale in May.

But that's not the case. Instead, he'll be leaving in April. (There's no official date of departure yet.)

So Steve will NOT appear in the final four episodes of the season. Those last few episodes are about Dunder-Mifflin, "scrambling to replace him."

It seems obvious that the producers and NBC are also hoping to get their audience used to "The Office" without Michael Scott...to soften a potential ratings blow that could come if they waited until next season.






THE WASHED-UP CELEBRITY APPRENTICE...
DONALD TRUMP has revealed the cast for the next "Celebrity Apprentice", which premieres on March 6th. There are 16 contestants. Here's the list:

Meat Loaf
Sugar Ray singer Mark McGrath
Country singer John Rich
Lil Jon
R&B legend and former "Psychic Friend" Dionne Warwick
La Toya Jackson
Former "View" yenta Star Jones
"Real Housewives of Atlanta" star NeNe Leakes
Former juiced baseball player Jose Canseco
Gary Busey
Lisa Rinna
Former "Partridge Family" child star David Cassidy
First "Survivor" winner and tax cheat Richard Hatch
Marlee Matlin . . . the deaf actress who won an Oscar for "Children of a Lesser God"
Former model Niki Taylor
2010 Playmate of the Year Hope Dworaczyk







INTERNET PERVO ALERT...
Maybe all the other warnings about fixing your privacy settings on Facebook haven't sunk in. Well this one should.

23-year-old George Bronk of Citrus Heights, California isn't a high-level hacker. He's just an a-hole with a lot of time on his hands. And he used public Facebook pages to exploit, violate, and humiliate dozens of women.

Bronk would scour Facebook for public pages where women made their email addresses viewable. Then he'd call their email providers, pretending that he'd forgotten the password, and ask them to reset it.

And he could answer the security questions they asked him thanks to other info he found on their Facebook pages.

Then he'd take the new password, log into the woman's email, and search her outbox for NUDE PHOTOS she'd emailed. If he found nude photos, he'd send them to EVERYONE in the woman's address book.

Sometimes, he also tried to extort the women, saying he'd send the photos to their parents if they didn't send him a new video.

Finally, one victim went to the FBI. She called the crime, quote, "virtual rape"...and that doesn't feel so far off. The FBI investigated and tracked down Bronk.

Bronk pleaded guilty to seven felonies, including computer intrusion, false impersonation, and possession of child pornography. He's looking at six years in prison, and having to register as a sex offender.







FIRED...FOR THIS??
This sounds a little ridiculous...
Tiffany Langeslay was an assistant manager at a McDonald's in St. Paul, Minnesota. And she was fired after she unlocked the doors at 3:00 A.M. to let a man use the bathroom.

That man was...ADRIAN PETERSON, you may have heard of him, the superstar running back for the Minnesota Vikings.

Tiffany was working the drive-thru when Peterson walked up and asked if he could use the bathroom. Only the drive-thru was open at the time, but she recognized Peterson and unlocked the doors.

She says, quote, "He's a public figure. I know him better than some of the maintenance people that come in and out. I never thought in a million years that the decision was going to cost me my career."

But it did. When her bosses found out she'd let someone in after hours, they canned her.

SIDENOTE:
Career? Well maybe if you're a manager...

There is some good news for her, though. This story blew up over the weekend...and when McDonald's heard about it, they offered her the job back.

As for Adrian Peterson, he hasn't commented...

Hope McD's gave her a raise!