Clarkson, Beyoncé Songs Nearly Identical

Yes, Kelly Clarkson made the top five

(NEWSER) - Now that 2009 is more than halfway over, James Montgomery runs down the best albums of the year—so far—on MTV:

• Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion: The No. 1 pick is “the only thing I can remember that has actually lived up to the hype, if not exceeded it.”
• Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix: “Retro pop hyper-focused on a futuristic re-imagination of post-modernism and neo-classicism as proletarian touchstones? That you can dance to?” earns album No. 2 spot.

Idle profits mark more turmoil for idol's new, "darker" album

(NEWSER) - Inaugural American Idol darling Kelly Clarkson has pulled the plug on her summer tour because of dismal ticket sales—just 11 days before her new album hits stores. It's been a rocky week for Clarkson, who canned her manager and has irritated RCA execs by refusing to work with producers from her last Grammy-winning album. 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»

Beyonce Knowles, magazine announces

(NEWSER) - She's half of one of Hollywood's power couples, a force to be reckoned with in the music industry, she has a new daughter … and now Beyonce has one more thing to celebrate: She's been crowned People 's 2012 World's Most Beautiful Woman. But apparently all she wanted to talk about during the interview was new baby Blue Ivy. "I feel more beautiful than I've ever felt because I've given birth," she says. "I have never felt so connected, never felt like I had such a purpose on this Earth." And does Blue look more like Bey or Jay? "She looks like Blue," the new mom says. "She's just the cutest thing." More»