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Beyonce finally comments about Kanye West hijacking Taylor Swift’s acceptance at MTV’s VMA awards.

In an upcoming interview that will air on Trevor Nelson’s BBC radio show next week, Jay-Z once again addressed Kanye West’s antics during the 2009 VMA’s but also spoke on rapper 50 Cent.
During the interview, Jay-Z stated that he believed was rude for snatching the microphone from country singer Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech [...]

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. has sued singer Beyonce Knowles, saying her plan for a fragrance named after her alter ego Sasha Fierce violates the teen clothing retailer’s trademark.
The chain, which has sold a men’s fragrance called Fierce since 2002, wants a court to order Knowles to abandon the plan. Abercrombie has held a trademark for [...]

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It’s no secret that producer and former hit-maker Scott Storch is broke. How you can go broke with millions and millions of dollars in your bank account is beyond us, but apparently doing a lot of coke (NOT the drink) and dropping dough on private planes and expensive get-a-ways did the trick for Mr. Storch. [...]

“If you’re a singer, not an actress, you should sing. If you’re a rapper, you should rap,” is what actress Nia Long told the U.K. magazine Pride.
In the July cover story, written by Jessica Huie, the ‘Are We There Yet?’ star was also asked what she thought about Beyonce Knowles’ performance in ‘Obsessed.’
“I didn’t see [...]

Beyonce’s hit record “Singles Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” has been tapped for the Fall season premiere of ‘Glee’.
Producers of the forthcoming series are said to be hopeful that “Single Ladies” will garner buzz.
According to E!, the song will be used as Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) is caught by his dad (Mike O’Malley) dancing [...]

The BET Awards are undergoing “a total overhaul” as the show is retooled as a tribute to Michael Jackson, the network said Friday. The telecast is being lengthened, performers are being added to the lineup and additional guests are expected to attend, said Debra L. Lee, Chairman and Chief Executive of Black Entertainment Television.
“We’re adding [...]

French cosmetics giant, L’Oreal, who has hired Beyonce and other African-American personalities to front their products is in hot water. It’s ok for us to peddle their products but not ok for us to work behind the scenes. The highest court in France determined that executives at Garnier, L”Oreal’s beauty products division, intentionally created an [...]

Jay-Z plummeted down to number 32 on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list this year and fell behind Beyonce who chimed in at number four. What happened Jay??? 
Check out this year’s full list over at Forbes.com!

First it was Timbaland, then Kanye followed by Ne-Yo, today Keri Hilson says she’s knocking at R. Kelly’s door !
“I’m doing a lot of features right now for other people. Fabolous, R. Kelly, who else?,” Hilson shared with Atlanta’s AJC while on tour with Keyshia Cole.
According to Hilson, there is something special in the [...]

In support of her latest, chart-topping album, “I Am … Sasha Fierce,” Beyonce has announced her 2009 world tour dates in North America this summer. The trek starts at New York’s Madison Square Garden in June and wraps with a four-night residence at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas July 30-August 2.
Beyonce will be backed by [...]

After an outfit when terribly bad and rumors began circulating that she has gained weight, Beyonce’s rep is firing back at critics.
Beyonce, 27, was recently photographed in NYC (Mar 8.) for her I … Am tour in a Thierry Mugler couture dress. Online bloggers blast the R&B star’s curves, calling her deformed.
According to her rep, [...]

We saw Beyonce play Etta James. We probably won’t soon see the singing divas duet.
The 71-year-old singer says in an audio clip that surfaced online Thursday that she would “whip” Beyonce for singing “her song” “At Last” at an inaugural ball for President Barack Obama.
“The great Beyonce … I can’t stand Beyonce,” James said in [...]

Kelly Rowland says she will always be a part of Beyonce’s family, but she no longer will be managed by the superstar’s father.
Rowland and Matthew Knowles announced Wednesday that he is bowing out as her manager. He’s guided her career since she was kid, when he put her in Destiny’s Child along with Beyonce. He [...]