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NEWS ABOUT: Beyonce

Beyonce stories: 65 news summaries

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 Concert Earnings 
 Defy Recession 

Big-name acts, up-and-comers see modest rise in attendance

Oct 26, 09 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Concert tours remained surprisingly strong this year despite the weak economy, with slightly more people heading out to see their favorite acts than in 2008. Gross revenue held steady at $1 billion for the period from May 1 to Sept. 1, matching earnings a year earlier. Big-name acts like Kenny... More »

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entertainment • music • concert • tour • Bruce Springsteen • Beyonce • Kenny Chesney • Coldplay • Jonas Brothers • concert tour • Dave Matthews Band • Jay-ZTV • Taylor Swift • Kings of Leon

 Beyoncé Scraps Malaysia Show 

Singer postpones date after criticism by conservative Muslim group

Oct 19, 09 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - After controversy over her racy outfits and dance routines, Beyoncé won’t perform in Kuala Lumpur this weekend. The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, a hardline Muslim group, had protested the Oct. 25 date on her “I Am” tour, but promoters deny the postponement had anything to do with those objections.... More »

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music • Muslim • Malaysia • concert • Beyonce • conservative Islam • Kuala Lumpur

 Jiggy Beyoncé  
 Baby Goes Viral 


Cory busts a move

Sep 25, 09 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Oh baby, it's so hard not to move watching Beyoncé tear up the screen in her Single Ladies video—even if you are wearing a diaper. Baby Cory knows. With a couple of squats, a few leg jiggles and a wag of the head he's gone viral with his dance... More »

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YouTube • dance • music videos • Beyonce • viral video • Single Ladies

 100 Definitive Songs of the '00s 

From Amy Winehouse to Outkast and beyond, tunes define a music-rich decade

Sep 18, 09 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the 2000s draw to a close, the Telegraph takes a look at the 100 songs that define the decade. The top 10:
  1. "Rehab," Amy Winehouse (2006)
  2. "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor," Arctic  Monkeys (2005)
  3. "Crazy In Love," Beyonce
... More »

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music • Johnny Cash • Amy Winehouse • Beyonce • MIA • Coldplay • Kylie Minogue • Leona Lewis • White Stripes • Outkast • Jay-ZTV • Arctic Monkeys

 'Midwest Diva' 
 Aims to Be 
 Next Britney 

'I think I can take this all the way to Hollywood,' says Web sensation Leslie Hall

Sep 18, 09 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - She’s a size 16, loves plastic-jewel-encrusted sweaters, lives with her parents, and marries gay couples in her spare time—but Leslie Hall, a white rapper from Iowa, sees herself as a peer of  “Britney, Rihanna, Beyoncé, we’re all doing the same thing,” she tells CNN. Hall... More »

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Britney Spears • Iowa • gay marriage • HBO • rapper • Beyonce • rap music • Rihanna • Jay-ZTV • Leslie Hall

 Abercrombie Sues Beyoncé  
 Over Fierce Fragrance 

Retailer says it's already trademarked the name

Sep 16, 09 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Abercrombie & Fitch has filed a lawsuit against Beyoncé in a tussle over her new fragrance, named for alter ego Sasha Fierce, Women's Wear Daily reports. A&F says it has owned the Fierce trademark since 2003, and that her plan "poses a likelihood of confusion" in the big-bucks... More »

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retail • lawsuit • trademark • Beyonce • Patent and Trademark Office • perfume • fragrance • Abercrombie & Fitch • Sasha Fierce

Kanye's Latest Apology Spices Up Leno Debut

'It was rude, period,' says rapper, who asked for chance to speak on Jay's new show

Sep 14, 09 9:57 PM CDT
(AP) - Kanye West told Jay Leno tonight he's going to take some time off for reflection after ruining Taylor Swift's night at the MTV Video Music Awards. Appearing on Leno's new 10pm NBC show, West said he knew he was wrong as soon as he handed the microphone back to Swift,... More »

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entertainment • NBC • Kanye West • Jay Leno • late night talk show • apology • Beyonce • Jay-ZTV • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards

SLIDESHOW

 Jackson Tributes 
 Steal Video Awards 

If it weren't for a certain rapper, Michael would have stolen the show

Sep 14, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the exception of Kanye West's inebriated attack on Taylor Swift, last night’s MTV Video Music Awards were all about Michael Jackson, with longtime friend Madonna and sister Janet delivering moving tributes, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Material Girl introduced the tribute, while Janet performed her half... More »

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entertainment • Britney Spears • Janet Jackson • Eminem • celebrity • award show • Video Music Awards • Beyonce • Madonna • Michael Jackson • Rihanna • Beastie Boys • Green Day • Lady Gaga • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards

 Kanye Wigs Out 
 During Taylor's 
 MTV Award 

'I'm sooooo sorry,' he writes on blog after crazy rant

Sep 14, 09 3:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Crazed hip-hopper Kanye West stormed the stage last night during Taylor Swift's speech accepting her MTV award for Best Female Video to plug Beyoncé's video. Giddy country-music sweetheart Swift was mid-sentence when West, spotted earlier swigging cognac, yanked the mike from her to rant to a stunned audience. West... More »

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music • MTV • Kanye West • music videos • Beyonce • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards

 Rihanna 
 Joins 
 Jay-Z 
 on Stage 

9/11 benefit marks her first live show since Chris Brown assault

Sep 12, 09 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna's comeback took another step forward last night when she joined Jay-Z on stage for her first live performance since the February assault. During Jay-Z's star-studded 9/11 benefit concert in New York—John Mayer, Mary J. Blige, and, of course, Beyoncé also performed—Rihanna took the stage with him and... More »

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Kanye West • concert • John Mayer • Beyonce • Rihanna • Mary J. Blige • Jay-Z • Chris Brown • Run This Town

interview

 Jay-Z to Oprah: 
 Drug Dealing 
 Was 'Natural' 

Says his generation 'disarmed' the N-word

Sep 3, 09 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Becoming a teen drug dealer was “natural” for Jay-Z, and it didn’t scare him a bit, given his environment in the projects, he tells Oprah in her O Magazine. “At some point, you become addicted to the feeling. The uncertainty and adrenaline and danger of that lifestyle,... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • hip-hop • rapper • Beyonce • rap music • interview • Jay-Z • O, the Oprah Magazine • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - How fierce: Beyoncé has been named Billboard's Woman of the Year. The magazine singled her out as the most inspirational female recording artist of the last 12 months. The honor comes on the heels of a world tour to promote I Am...Sasha Fierce that saw the singer's philanthropic alter... More »

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entertainment • Beyonce • Billboard charts • R&B • Jay-ZTV • women's issues

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Mel's Babymama: Don't Judge! 

Plus, Angie: hot or too skinny? It's anyone's guess.

Aug 11, 09 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Oksana Grigorieva may be carrying Mel Gibson’s love child, but she wants “to be judged by my art, by my music,” she tells Reuters in her first interview. “How can I be judged for falling in love? We live in the same city. I don’t... More »

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entertainment • Angelina Jolie • American Idol • Brad Pitt • Japan • Simon Cowell • celebrity • Arrested Development • Beyonce • Mel Gibson • Jessica Simpson • love child • earthquake • Twitter • Will Arnett • Oksana Grigorieva

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Beyoncé, 
 Lady Gaga 
 Top VMA Noms 

Britney secures her comeback with seven nods

Aug 4, 09 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Beyoncé and Lady Gaga lead the pack with nine MTV Video Music Award nominations each, People reports. E! adds another notable: Britney Spears, with seven. The awards are set for Sept. 13. Elsewhere:
  • One of the two police chiefs charged with breaking into the home of Matthew Broderick and
... More »

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entertainment • Britney Spears • OJ Simpson • celebrity • Sarah Jessica Parker • Video Music Awards • Beyonce • Matthew Broderick • Guy Ritchie • Jay-ZTV • Lady Gaga • Sherlock Holmes

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Men's Sites 
 Want Less 
 Megan Fox 

Plus, Madonna is a writer—in Israel

Jul 29, 09 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Men are already sick of Megan Fox, with a dozen male-focused websites calling for a media blackout of the Transformers star Aug. 4, the New York Daily News reports. “You can have too much of a good thing,” says the editor of AskMen.com. Elsewhere:
  • Madonna’s
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entertainment • celebrity • Beyonce • Madonna • Jack Nicholson • Jay-Z • Megan Fox • Yediot Ahronot • AskMen.com • media blackout

 Clarkson, Beyoncé Songs 
 Nearly Identical 

Clarkson explains fiasco, didn't mean to copy Knowles

Jul 27, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kelly Clarkson is battling her record label again, this time for releasing a song that appears to copy the Beyoncé single “Halo,” the New York Post reports. When Clarkson realized that the backing track songwriter Ryan Tedder had given her for “Already Gone” was the same as... More »

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entertainment • music • music industry • Kelly Clarkson • celebrity • Beyonce • music label • songwriter • Ryan Tedder

 Third Time's a Charm 
 for Jay-Z, Rap's Cash King 

Mogul discusses business, music as release approaches

Jul 20, 09 1:15 PM CDT
(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... More »

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entertainment • entrepreneurs • New Jersey Nets • celebrity • Justin Timberlake • rapper • Beyonce • rap music • Def Jam • Usher • Jay-Z • Frank Sinatra • Marvin Gaye • Jay-ZTV • Blueprint 3

 Angelina Is No. 1 Lesbian Hero 

She beat Madonna and Lady Gaga, among others

Jul 17, 09 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Angelina Jolie is the ultimate lesbian heroine, the Telegraph reports. “Angelina was the clear winner, and she also has a dark side which many lesbians like,” says a rep for One Poll, which oversaw the survey of 2,600 lesbians. “All of the ladies in the poll... More »

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entertainment • Angelina Jolie • lesbians • celebrity • Ellen DeGeneres • Beyonce • Madonna • Kylie Minogue • Martina Navratilova • gay women • Lady Gaga • gay • Germaine Greer • Annie Lennox • Pink

 Destiny's 'Third' Child 
 Hits London's West End 

Michelle Williams plays Roxie in Chicago

Jul 13, 09 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Often labeled “the third one” in Destiny’s Child, Michelle Williams is swinging the spotlight her way, the Independent reports, playing Roxy in a production of Chicago in London’s West End. “People just think I’m the quiet one. Or not talented,” Williams says of comparisons... More »

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theater • London • Chicago • pop music • musical theater • singer • Beyonce • Michelle Williams • West End theater • Kelly Rowland • Jay-ZTV

 Nails: New Glam Accessories 

Celebs from Beyonce to Seal show off their polish

Jul 13, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Want to accessorize like the stars, but can’t afford diamonds? Never fear: Fingernails are the new, subtler fashion accessory. “You can just get a bottle of nail polish and you're on the trend wagon,” one nail guru tells USA Today. The top celeb nail trends:
... More »

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entertainment • fashion • celebrity • Beyonce • Jennifer Lopez • Rihanna • manicure • trend • pedicure • fingernail • Seal • Jay-ZTV • Solange Knowles

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