When the planets don't allign

What in heavens is going on in our solar system? Or more particularly? On Broadway. First Usher, now the Con Con and Ashlee-I-can't-sing-a-damn-and-thats-why-I'm-"concentrating"-on-my-acting-career Simpson? Now I tried to ignore the Usher news but now it's ... ahem... ushered in more losers to the Broadway stage? tisk tisk...
As for the controversy over Survivor: Cook Island, what's the big deal?