Jay-Z Leaves Def Jam Post

Mogul discusses business, music as release approaches

(NEWSER) - As he comes full circle with the Sept. 11 release of The Blueprint 3, exactly 8 years after the original Blueprint, Jay-Z discusses his journey from the projects of Brooklyn to the top of Forbes’ Hip-Hop Cash King list with Billboard. “We—Usher, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, myself—are becoming the people that we looked up to musically growing up, like Marvin Gaye and Frank Sinatra,” he says. More»

Or maybe not? After all, Beyonce does her own makeup

(NEWSER) - What with her $5,200 baby tub , her Swarovski crystal-studded high chair , and her sterling silver Tiffany hair brush , among other things , we all know Blue Ivy Carter is going to grow up to be a terror. Fortunately, Jay-Z knows it too, E! reports. “Everyone imagines they'll be a great dad,” he said last night on Oprah’s Master Class. “I imagine I'll take things I learned from my mom and things I've learned from raising my nephews and apply that.” Even so, “at the end of the day, I just know I'll probably have the worst, spoiled little kid ever." More»

Her favorite word in 'People' interview: 'crazy'

(NEWSER) - Remember all those rumors that Beyonce was faking her baby bump and had actually hired a surrogate to carry Blue Ivy? Well, Beyonce heard them too, and in her Most Beautiful Woman interview, she tells People she found the whole thing "crazy. It wasn't hurtful, it was just crazy," she says. As for the "prosthetic bump," it was "a fabric that folded—does fabric not fold? Oh my gosh, so stupid." Mom Tina Knowles weighs in as well, calling the whole thing "very unfair and very cruel that someone would think that someone would be that diabolical to keep up a charade like that for nine months." More»

Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied aren't the only ones

(NEWSER) - Natalie Portman got secretly married to Benjamin Millepied—at least, according to her jeweler —but it turns out she's not the only one in Tinseltown who can keep her mouth shut and her wedding private. The Frisky rounds up 13 more secret Hollywood marriages:

• Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz: They only invited four people to their wedding—Craig's daughter, Weisz's son, and two witnesses.
• Beyonce and Jay-Z: She didn't even discuss her nuptials until six months had gone by, and said it was small because "it's been my day so many days already."

Singer discusses baby Blue Ivy Carter in new interview

(NEWSER) - It's difficult to believe that Beyoncé would give her first interview since the birth of her daughter to a UK tabloid, but that exclusive is exactly what the UK's Star claims to have. "Nothing can describe the feeling," the singer apparently told the magazine. "You have the instant connection once you know your child is growing inside you, but when you hold it for the first time, the words can’t be found. … A child is the greatest gift you can receive." More»