Buzz Briefs: Usher, Jude Law

Usher Wants To ne Considered For Super Bowl

Usher says see him this week, remember him for February.

Usher will perform at the NFL's kickoff concert in New York Thursday to mark the beginning of football season. He'll perform with Keith Urban and Natasha Bedingfield.

The singer says it's not too early for the NFL to consider having him perform at the Super Bowl. He says there have been conversations for years about having him perform at the Big Game. He hopes the kickoff concert will lead to that, or in his words, "This whole process is basically you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours."

Jude Law's Peace Seeking Mission in Afghanistan

Jude Law is visiting Afghanistan to promote peace in the war-ravaged country.

Together with director Jeremy Gilley, the Oscar-nominated Law has returned to Afghanistan to help maintain momentum for Peace Day - an annual day on Sept. 21 urging a global cease-fire and nonviolence.

The United Nations General Assembly adopted Peace Day in 2001, following a lobbying campaign by Gilley which he documented in the film "Peace One Day."

"When I left Kabul last year, I was hugely moved not by the conflict that I have read so much about, but by the people's courage and the people's sense of hope," Law told reporters in Kabul on Monday.

"It seemed that they really want to make this day, the Peace Day, work. And they did," Law said. "People recognize the day, because they recognize that lives could be saved."

Noted for his roles in movies such as "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Cold Mountain," Law helped Gilley produce his second documentary film, called "The Day After Peace."

The documentary, which also features former U.N. chief Kofi Annan, the Dalai Lama, Angelina Jolie, Annie Lennox and Jonny Lee Miller, charts the way Peace Day can be used as a focus for lifesaving activity, Gilley said.

Last year Law and Gilley traveled and filmed in treacherous areas of eastern Afghanistan to help promote the day. The visit was shrouded in secrecy.

Law said ordinary Afghans, who marched and prayed as they marked Peace Day last year, are among the film's stars.

"It is Peace Day's commitment to take this film as a message from people of Afghanistan to the rest of the world," Law said.

Law's visit coincides with one of Afghanistan's most violent periods since the ouster of the Taliban from power in 2001. More than 3,700 people - mostly militants - have died as a result of the war this year.

Jennifer Aniston Will Make A Return Visit To NBC

Jennifer Aniston will return home to NBC, the TV network where she became a breakout star on the hit sitcom "Friends."

She's currently filming a guest appearance on the network's "30 Rock," Aniston publicist Stephen Huvane confirmed Friday.

There were no immediate details on the role Aniston will play - as herself or a fictitious character - or the episode's planned air date.

The New York-based series, which begins its third season in October, stars Tiny Fey and Alec Baldwin in a behind-the-scenes, sometimes self-directed spoof of a television network and the huge corporation that owns it. The show has won a modest but devoted following, and critical raves. Awards include Golden Globes, a Peabody and last year's Emmy for outstanding comedy series.

With its show-biz slant, it has become a haven for guest appearances by big names from entertainment - even politics, including Al Gore.

Another of the six-member "Friends" troupe, David Schwimmer, had a "30 Rock" guest shot last season.

Since "Friends" concluded its highly successful 10-year run in 2004, Aniston has concentrated on films, including "Friends with Money," and "The Break-Up."

Sean "Diddy" Combs Forced To Fly Commerical

Here's proof that hard economic times are affecting everyone: Diddy now has to fly commercial. Sean "Diddy" Combs has posted a YouTube video complaining that fuel prices are so high he's had to stop flying in private jets.

Combs said the private jets had previously cost him $200,000 and up for a round trip between New York and Los Angeles. He pleads for free oil
from his "Saudi Arabia brothers and sisters." The video shows him walking onto an airplane, sitting in a first-class seat and showing his boarding pass.

He says, "This is really happening, proof gas prices are too high. Tell whoever the next president is we need to bring gas prices down."