(Instagram/Bobby Brown Jr)During a brief break in the New Edition tour schedule, Bobby Brown married his long-time love Alicia Etheredge in Honolulu on Monday. And while it was a family affair, his daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown was not in attendance.

Paula Abdul turns 50. (Michael Tran/FilmMagic)Hard to believe, but pint-size pop star Paula Abdul — who rose to fame in the late '80s with a string of infectious #1 tunes like "Opposites Attract" and "Forever Your Girl" before making a career comeback in the new millennium as one of the first judges on "American Idol" — turns the big 5-0 on Tuesday. To celebrate, we bring you five facts you may not have known about the 5'2" dynamo who started out as a Laker girl and wound up a pop culture icon.

(Tony Reed/Splash News)There are many things about Macy Gray that make her stand out in a crowd — her eclectic sense of style, free-flowing mane, unique voice, and, of course, talent. So when she arrives for an interview with omg! in bustling midtown Manhattan, where the sidewalks were jam-packed with pedestrians, it's easy to spot her emerging from a cab. Everyone else spots her, too — heads turn, people whisper, camera phones snap, and more than a few say "Hi Macy." She takes it all in stride, acknowledging fans as she strolls to our meeting spot. When I note that it must be hard for someone like her to fly under the radar, she says, "Most of the time when I walk down the street, I don't remember that people know who I am. Until someone says something to me, I completely forget."

Brown surrounded by fans in NYC on Friday. (Jamie McCarthy/WireImage)"Good Morning America" will likely never have Chris Brown back after he threw a chair through a green room window last March, but that didn't stop NBC's "Today" from making him a part of their summer concert series on Friday morning in New York City. As thousands of screaming, mostly female fans packed against the stage, the R&B singer cranked out a medley of his biggest hits, including "Turn Up the Music," "Yeah 3x," and "Forever."

Mayer. (Tommaso Boddi/WireImage)Swift. (Denise Truscello/WireImage)It's common knowledge that Taylor Swift writes songs about the men she dates, but that didn't stop John Mayer from having a brief fling with the then-19-year-old in 2009, and then dumping her cruelly — at least according to her song "Dear John." So then why is he now acting surprised that she used their romance to inspire one of the best songs off her 2010 album Speak Now? In the new issue of Rolling Stone, Mayer complains how "really humiliated" he was by the country superstar's song. "It made me feel terrible," he says. "Because I didn't deserve it. I'm pretty good at taking accountability now, and I never did anything to deserve that. It was a really lousy thing for her to do."

The Band Perry: Neil, Kimberly, and Reid. (Rick Diamond/Getty Images for CMT)Most of the nominees at the Country Music Awards on Wednesday night will be keeping their fingers crossed hoping for a win — but not The Band Perry. They'll just be happy to be there. The country trio comprised of sister Kimberly and her two brothers Neil and Reid tell omg! that although they're excited to be up for Group Video for their song "All Your Life," they're just "going to go and have a good time," says Kimberly, who sings and plays guitar and piano. "More than the wins or losses of award shows, just the fact that the country family is under one roof [is exciting to us]. We're the biggest fans in the room, so to see all the other performers is something we're really looking forward to."

Rihanna performed with Coldplay at the Grammys. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)Gwyneth Paltrow may not want to watch Coldplay's new music video for "Princess of China" — because her husband Chris Martin gets pretty cozy with the very sexy Rihanna. The Asian-themed video begins with the British singer walking through a desert and arriving at a heavily-guarded city, where his former flame (played by Rihanna) resides (the song is about the regrets of a broken relationship). After Martin sword-fights a ninja, he moves closer to Rihanna, who has described her look in the video as "gangsta goth geisha." After her verse — during which she dances seductively clad in a tight black dress with a thigh-high slit a la Angelina Jolie — the two emotionally sing to each other nose-to-nose while kneeling in the same desert he had earlier walked. At one point, Rihanna even runs her hand through Martin's hair and caresses his cheek as he stares into her eyes.

Brown. (Kevin Mazur/WireImage)Chris Brown's neighbors must be thrilled. After nearly a year of complaints about the R&B singer's bad behavior, he has finally put his three-bedroom, four-bathroom West Hollywood condo up for sale for $1.89 million — $300,000 more than what he paid for it last February.