07:23 PM EDT 07/02/2009
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Beyoncé Hits Box-Office High Note
Originally posted 04/27/2009 05:00AM
Beyoncé Knowles has something to sing about: Her movie, the thriller Obsessed, topped the weekend box-office chart – far outpacing last weekend's No. 1 movie, 17 Again starring Zac Efron.
This weekend, the romantic comedy starring the High School Musical heartthrob went head-to-head with Fighting, which stars a very hot Channing Tatum as an underground bare-knuckle pugilist.
With both movies making about $11.5 million each, they tied for the No. 2 spot, the Associated Press reports. Over 10 days, 17 Again has raked in a highly respectable $40 million.
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Beyoncé Dances to Stay Fit
Originally posted 04/24/2009 12:45PM
Beyoncé Knowles's curves are in all the right places – thanks to hours of dancing and online shopping!
"I saw this dress online. I'm always on Style.com," she said of her sparkling Balmain dress with an endless black train on the red carpet at the Cinema Society and MCM-sponsored New York premiere of her film Obsessed. When her stylist friend found it for her, "he was so excited, he said, 'Please fit, please fit.' "
And fit it did, but not without a lot of work on the part of Knowles. "I lost a lot of weight naturally, just from 12-hour rehearsals," she explained, attributing her recent weight loss to preparing to tour. "That's a lot of dancing. I would never work out for 12 hours, but I'm able to move around and not think about it. It's part of my job."
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Beyoncé Laughs Off Recording Hoax
Originally posted 04/23/2009 09:05AM
Beyoncé Knowles good-naturedly shrugged off the alleged soundboard recording of her shrieking her way through "If I Were A Boy" from a November 2008 Today show concert.
The fake tape first surfaced on The Howard Stern Show Wednesday and has since been dismissed as "a complete prank," Matt Lauer told Knowles on Thursday morning's Today show.
"I haven't heard this, but I do know whoever did this did it as a joke," the singer, 27, told Lauer, who described the recording as a combination of "dogs barking and fingernails on a chalkboard."
She added, "I heard it's a little over the top."
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Beyoncé Takes Sasha Fierce on the Road
Originally posted 04/17/2009 03:00PM
Forget a summer vacation – Beyoncé is spending hers on the road. The singer will kick off the U.S. leg of her "I AM …" world tour in New York on June 21.
Launching at Madison Square Garden, the tour, which officially kicked off March 26 in Edmonton, takes Beyoncé to arenas across the country, hitting Ft. Lauderdale, Dallas, Chicago, and 14 other cities before wrapping with a four night stand at Las Vegas' Encore Theatre inside the Wynn. The singer is touring behind her 2008 album I AM … Sasha Fierce.
Beyoncé's tour wardrobe, which includes 71 costumes, was designed by Thierry Mugler. The singer will also be joined on the road by her all-female band as well as winners of her "Single Ladies" dance contest – in which fans uploaded videos of themselves performing her hit – during a segment of the show.
Fan club members can buy tickets beginning April 20. Tickets to the general public will go on sale April 25. In addition, Beyoncé is making 2,000 seats available at each venue (save for the Las Vegas dates) available for $20.
For a full tour itinerary, visit the singer's official Web site.
– Brian Orloff
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Beyoncé Gets Animated in Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
Originally posted 04/06/2009 08:30AM
Beyoncé is officially part of a new girl group.
The singer is lending her famous voice to Nickelodeon's animated kids' show, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, playing Shine, the lead singer of the The Wubb Girls, in four episodes beginning April 27. It will be the star's first children's project.
Watch the exclusive music video for The Wubb Girlz's tune, "Sing a Song."
"She's a very sweet young lady," Beyoncé says of her character. "Whenever Wubbzy needs a little help or a friend, she's right there with The Wubb Girlz to give him a helping hand. I think Shine is pretty cool."
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Beyoncé Admits: At Home, I'm A Slob!
Originally posted 02/27/2009 03:20PM
Sure, she always looks put together on the red carpet, but Beyoncé Knowles says she's hardly that way at home.
"I'm a little messy!" the singer, 27, confesses to Ebony magazine in the issue hitting stands March 10. "Oh, yeah."
Seems the pressure to look tailored in public can weigh on her – and when she's out of the spotlight, she feels the need to kick back.
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Why Justin Timberlake Dropped His Robe for Beyoncé
Originally posted 01/28/2009 12:00PM
Justin Timberlake took matters into his own hands when it came to convincing Beyoncé he could pull off the musical skit when she was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live Nov. 15.
Dropping into her dressing room, Timberlake also dropped his bathrobe – revealing himself in a leotard as he stared blankly into space.
"I can't look anywhere but your face right now," Timberlake, on a CBS pre-Grammy show to air next week, told interviewer Katie Couric about Beyoncé's reaction to his display, the Associated Press reports.
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Caught in the Act: The D.C. Edition!
Originally posted 01/19/2009 06:00AM
• Beyoncé, chilling out onstage and drinking Belvedere cocktails at Love Nightclub in Washington, D.C., while hubby Jay-Z drank champagne straight from the bottle! The superstar was surrounded by an entourage of 15, including sister Solange. According to a clubgoer, the sisters playfully snapped pictures of each other, while Beyoncé was more coy with her husband. The two showed no signs of affection until the rapper began his 80-minute performance. "A couple of girls wanted to come on stage, and Beyoncé wasn't having it," says another eyewitness, who observed the chanteuse signal her disapproval with her hand.
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Beyoncé to Sing 'At Last' for the Obamas
Originally posted 01/16/2009 05:50PM
One of Beyoncé's dreams is about to come true: She will serenade Michelle and Barack Obama during their official first dance on Tuesday at the Neighborhood Ball in Washington, D.C.
"I am so honored that I will be performing for President Obama and the first lady," the singer tells Entertainment Tonight. "I could not be more honored and excited that they have asked me to be part of this moment in history."
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Beyoncé, Springsteen Among Inauguration Concert Headliners
Originally posted 01/13/2009 10:40AM
Everyone, it seems, wants to be part of Barack Obama's historical inauguration, including some of the biggest names in music.
Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé, Stevie Wonder and Garth Brooks have joined a diverse lineup of musicians who will perform at Obama's Jan. 18 welcome concert on the National Mall.
Also set to appear are Bono, Josh Groban, Mary J. Blige, will.i.am, John Mellencamp and Shakira, while Queen Latifah, Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx and Martin Luther King III will read historic passages.
The free concert, to be televised live on HBO, is scheduled to begin Sunday at 2 p.m. ET, on the National Mall. Sting and Elvis Costello are also set to headline another all-star concert, this one for charity and marking Obama's Jan. 20 inauguration. That event will be held at Washington's Harman Center of the Arts.
– Bob Meadows
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