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Beyoncé, Mariah Top Fifth Annual Fashion Rocks Bill | Beyonce Knowles

Beyoncé, Mariah Top Fifth Annual Fashion Rocks Bill

Originally posted 07/22/2008 02:35PM

It's Fashion Rocks's fifth anniversary – and organizers have assembled a glittering roster of performers to mark the occasion.

Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake and Mariah Carey are among the musical heavyweights expected to take the stage at the Sept. 5 concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Officially the beginning to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, the star-studded event will also feature celebrity presenters to be announced at a later date.

According to organizers, other scheduled performers include Rihanna, Fergie, Chris Brown, rapper Lil Wayne and Welsh soul singer Duffy.

The event, which will benefit Stand Up to Cancer, will also be recorded and broadcast on CBS on Sept. 9 (9 p.m. ET).

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Beyoncé Hosts Dance Party for Sister's 22nd Birthday

Beyoncé Hosts Dance Party for Sister's 22nd Birthday

Originally posted 06/24/2008 11:50AM

These ladies know how to celebrate! Beyoncé Knowles threw a dance party for Solange's 22nd birthday Monday night that brought out pals Ludacris, Ne-Yo, Mario and Destiny Child's Michelle Williams.

Guests danced to tracks like Prince's "Kiss" and Bob Marley's "Could You Be Loved" spun by Lindsay Lohan pal DJ Samantha Ronson, as the birthday girl grabbed a microphone and called people to the floor. Lohan sat close to the deejay booth early on, but left before most guests arrived at the Hollywood Hills mansion at 11 p.m.

On Solange's request, Ronson kept the tunes in the family, playing nearly every hit in Beyoncé and husband Jay-Z's catalogs including "Big Pimpin'" (as Solange played a tambourine and Beyoncé showed off her best moves) and "Dirt Off Your Shoulder." When Beyoncé's "Get Me Bodied" played, revelers circled around the Knowles sisters as they reenacted dance moves from the song's video.

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Snoop to Beyoncé: 'Make Some Babies' | Beyonce Knowles, Snoop Dogg

Snoop to Beyoncé: 'Make Some Babies'

Originally posted 06/08/2008 11:00AM

After a decade of marriage and three children later, rapper Snoop Dogg has a few words of advice for new husband and wife Jay-Z and Beyoncé Knowles.

"I told them to go home and make babies," he told reporters at the Dodge Celebrity Event in Rosamond, Calif. "They should, that's the next step as far as marriage, having kids ... add on to the family, so hopefully that's what they'll do."

When asked if he'd be planning on adding to his already full nest, he shook his head, grinning. "No. I'm good."

Snoop's key to lasting marriage? "Communication, and being able to fight and get back up," he says. "To have misunderstanding and [then] get some understanding."

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Jay-Z, Usher Sing About Joys of Marriage

Jay-Z, Usher Sing About Joys of Marriage

Originally posted 05/21/2008 02:45PM

Jay-Z and Usher have recorded a new song together, "Best Thing" – an ode to their new status as married men.

"Of course, with the talk of both of us now being newlyweds, there is a question as to why, and is it real?" Usher told MTV Base of the song, which is produced by Janet Jackson's beau Jermaine Dupri. "Well, if you hear that [song], you'll understand what [Jay-Z] meant when he says, 'Seeds becomes plants/ Boys become men/ You've got to grow up, not down.' "

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Jay-Z Toasts A-Rod & Beyoncé Boogies in N.Y.C. | Beyonce Knowles, Jay-Z

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Jay-Z Toasts A-Rod & Beyoncé Boogies in N.Y.C.

Originally posted 05/07/2008 01:20PM

Newlyweds Jay-Z and Beyoncé partied with New York Yankee and new dad Alex Rodriguez in New York Tuesday night, where they playfully continued to dodge questions about their April 4 wedding.

After Jay-Z's Madison Square Garden concert, the couple – dressed to match in black and white – separately walked the red carpet leading into the rap mogul's 40/40 club.

Jay-Z jokingly cat-called to his wife as she strutted her stuff in front of cameras and ignored wedding queries, instead telling PEOPLE his fans can expect "more great things" from him: "I've got a couple more albums to give you."

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Beyoncé Makes Surprise Appearance at Jay-Z Show

Originally posted 05/05/2008 02:30PM



Newlyweds Beyoncé and Jay-Z briefly shared the stage on Friday at New York City's The Heart of the City concert, after the rapper jokingly made fun of his wife's hit song "Crazy in Love."

As part of Jay-Z's regular solo set during his tour with Mary J. Blige, the rapper sits in a DJ booth and plays classics such as "Money Ain't a Thang," and "Hard Knock Life." Every time he plays a song, he cuts it off with an expletive. During the Friday show, he included his wife's hit "Crazy in Love," which he often does. But this time, after he cut it off, Beyoncé joined Jay-Z on stage and danced to the tune as the crowd cheered.

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Newlywed Beyoncé Returns to Recording Studio | Beyonce Knowles

Newlywed Beyoncé Returns to Recording Studio

Originally posted 05/01/2008 04:20PM

Beyoncé, who married Jay-Z nearly a month ago in New York City, returned to the studio this week to record new material, PEOPLE has learned.

The newlywed, 26, is working in N.Y.C. with production duo Chris "Tricky" Stewart and Kuk Harrell. "She's a professional," Tricky tells PEOPLE. "She loves what she does and works her [butt] off. Right now she's basically doing three to four songs a day and that's unheard of."

Tricky, who worked with Rihanna and Jay-Z on "Umbrella" and Mariah Carey on "Touch My Body,” said the newly-minted husband hasn't visited the studio, but don't count out a collaboration between the newlyweds.

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Kelly Rowland Still Keeping Mum on Beyoncé Wedding | Kelly Rowland

Kelly Rowland Still Keeping Mum on Beyoncé Wedding

Originally posted 05/01/2008 12:30PM

The marriage license has been filed – as PEOPLE first reported last month – but Kelly Rowland is still playing coy when it comes to Beyoncé Knowles's hush-hush wedding to Jay-Z.

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EXCLUSIVE: Beyoncé & Jay-Z File Marriage License | Beyonce Knowles, Jay-Z

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UpdatePosted 04/22/2008 12:55PM

EXCLUSIVE: Beyoncé & Jay-Z File Signed Marriage License

Originally posted 04/22/2008 12:20PM

Beyoncé and Jay-Z are mum, but their paperwork is doing the talking for them: The couple filed their signed wedding license Friday in Scarsdale, N.Y., PEOPLE has confirmed exclusively.

Scarsdale Town Clerk Donna Conkling tells PEOPLE the license – which lists the wedding date as April 4 – was received on Friday afternoon. The couple applied for the license just three days before the ceremony attended by friends and family, including Beyoncé's mother Tina Knowles, her father/manager Mathew, her sister Solange, her Destiny's Child pals Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, and the couple's friend Gwyneth Paltrow.

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Jay-Z and Beyoncé: Acting Like Newlyweds | Beyonce Knowles, Jay-Z

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Jay-Z and Beyoncé: Acting Like Newlyweds

Originally posted 04/17/2008 12:05PM

They've yet to confirm their April 4 nuptials, but Beyoncé Knowles and Jay-Z are certainly acting like newlyweds.

After the rapper's sold-out show at the Hollywood Bowl in L.A. Wednesday night, the inseparable duo headed to his private dinner and after-party at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel's Tropicana Bar. Neither wore a wedding ring, but in all other ways they were the picture of wedded bliss.

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