Usher "Got a Kick Out of" Being Kicked in the Face

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Wednesday – December 15, 2010 – 7:09pm

The sting of being kicked in the face hasn't ruined Usher's sense of humor.

Though a fan accidentally struck the 32-year-old singer during his Madison Square Garden concert on Monday, Usher chalks the incident up to being a "hazard of my job." See the video here.

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"In all my years, this is one of the most interesting experiences. I got a kick out of it!" he tells UsMagazine.com exclusively. "It looked worse than it actually was. My audience and I got a good laugh."

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Though the fan apologized profusely, another concertgoer told Us that "you could tell she felt so bad. She got up hugged him and started patting his chest."

Despite the mishap, the "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" singer says it's all water under the bridge.

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"Wherever you are baby, don't feel bad," Usher says. "No hard feelings."

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Jessica Alba: "I Don't Like Being the Center of Attention" in Movies

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Thursday – November 04, 2010 – 8:23pm

Jessica Alba has checked her ego at the door.

In the December issue of Elle magazine (on stands Nov. 17), the 29-year-old actress reveals she's perfectly content to fade into the background on film.

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"I'm shy. I don't like being the center of attention," Alba, who next stars in Little Fockers (in theaters Dec. 22), says. "But when I do comedy, I lose all inhibition and introspection. I no longer care."

The actress -- who welcomed daughter Honor with husband Cash Warren in 2008 -- cites motherhood as the main reason for wanting to shift the focus away from herself onscreen.

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"The time I'm not spending with my kid has to be worth it, so when I sat down with my agents after I was ready to go back to work, I told them: It's all about the directors," she tells Elle. "Now I prefer I'm not the lead. it's a totally different approach -- way better."

Perhaps Honor isn't the only reason she's gunning for less screen time; Alba admits she struggled with criticism she received early on in her career.

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"I know I haven't been swimming in the deep end with some of the movies I've done. I wasn't trying to. I knew what they were," she acknowledges. "I'd been so afraid of criticism ever since I was young. Every time I'd get a critique or some redirection, I'd always just take it very personally, but now I have no problem with it. It's just a chance to try things a different way."

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