Blue Ivy Carter > Everyone Else Jay-Z and Beyonce's newborn daughter, Blue Ivy, has accomplished more in a week than I have in 31 years. Kill self? From the
Chicago Sun Times:
Beyonce and Jay-Z’s baby, Blue Ivy Carter, is making history — and she’s not even a week old. Billboard reports that she’s the youngest person ever to appear on the magazine’s singles chart, thanks to her cries at the end of her dad’s rap tribute, "Glory."
Jay-Z credits his daughter (as B.I.C.) on the song, an immediate viral sensation. It enters Billboard’s chart next week at No. 74.
Isn't that just precious? Since Jay-Z sampled Blue Ivy, is he gonna pay her royalties, or will he do what he and every rapper does? I can't believe the morons at Billboard are gonna give a days-old baby credit for being in a song when they don't do that for everyone who ever had their voices or music "sampled" (i.e. stolen). I feel embarrassed for whoever made the decision to let that happen. Newsflash Billboard execs: you don't have to kiss Jay-Z's or Beyonce's asses -- they will kiss yours. Embarrassing, I feel like I need a shower now.
*15 Jay-Z and Beyonce pictures total in the gallery:
Beyonce gives birth to Blue Ivy After four entire months of being pregnant -- and four months of rumors that she was faking the pregnancy for attention and a surrogate mother was actually carrying the child -- Beyonce gave birth/took possession of daughter Blue Ivy Carter Saturday in New York. Blue Ivy? That sounds like a damn
X-Men character, not a baby.
Us Weekly says:
An observer at NYC's Lenox Hill Hospital told Us Weekly that Jay-Z was spotted walking the hospital halls Saturday morning looking "happy." Beyonce's family members -- sister Solange, parents Tina and Mathew Knowles -- were also spotted at the facility with "flowers with pink balloons and silver and black ribbons," the witness added.
Confirming the big news? None other than superstar pal Rihanna, who tweeted Saturday, "Welcome to the world princess Carter! Love Aunty Rih."
"Welcome to the world, Blue," Beyonce and Jay-Z's close friend Gwyneth Paltrow tweeted Sunday. "We love you already."
Celebrity friends, untold riches, an apartment in TriBeCa -- Blue Ivy's been alive less than two days and she already has a better life than me. Seriously, fuck this kid.
*13 Beyonce pictures total in the gallery:
Beyonce leaving an office building in New York (11/29)
Someone needs to tell Beyonce that if she wants to convince everyone that she's really pregnant, she needs to act like, oh I don't know,
someone who's actually pregnant. From
Us Weekly:
A source tells Us that Monday night that [Jay-Z and Beyonce] were "dancing up a storm" at Hollywood's Spare Room club. "They were loved up and sweet together [and] partied until 4 a.m.!"
The next night, Beyonce and Jay-Z partied once again! This time, the couple hung out with Serena Williams, Kanye West and friends at Watch The Throne's after party.
"Beyonce is faking her pregnancy for attention" is the one crazy Hollywood conspiracy theory that I actually believe. No way in hell this bitch is pregnant. I bet she's drinking booze and operating heavy machinery as you read this.
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Beyonce is pregnant! Beyonce announced that she was three months pregnant last night at the MTV Video Music Awards in L.A. ("I have a surprise"). And yes, the VMAs somehow still exist. It'd be like if we still gave awards for whoever had the fastest horse and buggy.
Incidentally, upon hearing the news, Snooki (the whole
Jersey Shore cast was there) walked up to Beyonce and handed her a card for her doctor at Planned Parenthood. "But can you use my frequent buyer card? One more punch in it and the next time I get a 'mistake' vacuumed out of me, it's free!"
*10 Beyonce pictures total in the gallery:
Kelly Rowland at her album release party at the Standard Hotel in New York (7/27)
Apparently Kelly Rowland is not happy with Beyonce for her behavior last week at her album release party. They should definitely fight. With weapons. From the
Chicago Sun Times:
GETTING UPSTAGED? While Kelly Rowland put a good face on things the other night at her album release party in New York, I’ve heard she was a bit miffed that her longtime Destiny’s Child partner, Beyonce, stole quite a bit of Rowland’s thunder.
As first reported by the New York Post, Beyonce’s larger fame quotient seemed to transfer the spotlight to her on a night that should have been Rowland’s big showcase.
“Plus, Beyonce should have been the one who should have gone right over and congratulated Kelly when she arrived at the party — rather than holding court across the room, forcing Kelly to come and pay homage to her,” said a music industry pro who was there.
What did Kelly think would happen when Beyonce showed up? She's ridden her coattails her entire career. Kelly's like Pippen to Beyonce's Jordan. Rob Schneider to her Adam Sandler. R. Kelly to her Roman Polanski. Without the latter, you never would have even heard of the former. No, Kelly just needs to shut up and appreciate the fact that Beyonce even came -- otherwise, no one would have known she was releasing an album in the first place.
*15 Kelly Rowland pictures total in the gallery:
The 2011 Costume Institute Gala: Just the Attractive People The Annual Costume Institute Gala was last night at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and a ton of hot ass showed up. Pretty much anyone who's anyone was there. I hate to be the one to break this to you, but if you weren't invited to this thing, you're most definitely ugly. I'm looking at you, Cameron Diaz.
This took me all damn morning to edit (43 celebrities, 171 pictures), so click around:
*171 Costume Institute Gala pictures total in the gallery:
Beyonce leaving the Hotel Meurice in Paris (4/26)
A $100 million lawsuit was filed against Beyonce by a video game company on Tuesday. Why? For ruining Christmas, of course. From the
New York Post:
The superstar was sued in Manhattan Supreme Court by a video game company Gate Five, which teamed up with her for a dance game called "Starpower: Beyoncé." The game was due out this November, the suit says, but went belly-up when the "Single Ladies" singer abruptly asked for more money last December. The suit calls it "a bad faith breach of contract so callous that, on what appeared to be a whim, she destroyed Gate Five's business, and drove 70 people into unemployment, the week before Christmas."
Gate Five CEO told The Post's Dareh Gregorian, "It was a very shocking and disappointing turn of events that no one saw coming, and now we're all trying to pick up the pieces." The suit claims that Beyoncé had "already negotiated lavish compensation" for the game, made an "extortionate demand for entirely new compensation" at a "crucial moment in the project's development," causing the main financier to back out.
Wait a second. Is this company accusing a notoriously high maintenance diva of making outrageous demands? Well, color me shocked. If Gate Five had wanted their endorser to actually make reasonable demands, they should have gone with someone who doesn't have such high standards -- like anyone willing to date David Spade or Kevin Connolly.
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Beyonce in Perth, Australia, last December Beyonce issued a statement to the media yesterday saying that she pretty much fired her dad as her manager:
"I've only parted ways with my father on a business level. He is my father for life and I love my dad dearly. I am grateful for everything he has taught me. I grew up watching both he and my mother manage and own their own businesses. They were hard-working entrepreneurs and I will continue to follow in their footsteps."
You really can't blame Beyonce for firing this dude. She's made what, $57 billion dollars the past few years? With better management, she easily could have made $58 or even $59 billion. Seriously, I hate you bitch.
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Cool hat dude Beyonce bought Jay-Z a $2 million Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport for his 41st birthday last weekend. But get this:
It doesn't even fly. Ha! What a ripoff! From the
Daily Mail:
Beyonce, 29, has surprised her husband with a £1.3 million ($2 million) Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport for his birthday. The rapper, who celebrated turning 41 on December 4, is now the proud owner of the fastest car in the world. The supercar goes from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds and has a top speed of 255mph.
According to the Sun, the Single Ladies singer ordered the car a year ago to add to car-mad Jay-Z's already impressive collection. The 99 Problems hitmaker already owns a Rolls Royce Phantom, Ferrari F430 Spider, Maybach 62S and a Pagani Zonda Roadster.
Sure the Bugatti's nice and all, but can you imagine how much insurance is on a $2 million car? Like,
a lot. Hell, I pay $40/mo for my '89 Taurus (but it is the V6). I don't think Beyonce thought this through all the way.
UPDATE: Just found out the Beyonce in this story is the same one that made
$87 million last year, so in hindsight, she can probably afford the insurance. Sorry, I thought they were talking about a
different Beyonce.
*17 Jay-Z and Beyonce pictures total in the gallery:
Paparazzi photos from Thursday, October 21
Beyonce at a hotel in Miami (
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Sean Penn on the set of
This Must Be the Place in Central Park (
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Katie Holmes and her daughter
Suri Cruise on the set of her new film
Jack and Jill in Hollywood (
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Rosie Perez at the "Light the Empire State Building" event benefiting Gabrielle's Angel Foundation (
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Kourtney Kardashian and
Scott Disick arriving back at the Smyth Hotel in New York (
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Olivia Palermo (
The City) shopping in New York (
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Rebecca Gayheart leaving La Conversation restaurant in Hollywood (
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James Franco doing a reading of his new book
Palo Alto Stories at TriBeCa Barnes & Noble in New York (
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Danielle Lineker arriving to the "Pearl Lowe for Peacocks" event at The Connaught hotel in London (
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Kelly Osbourne arriving at Heathrow airport (
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Scarlett Johansson at the "Mango Fashion Awards" held at the National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain (
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Rumer Willis at the launch of the HTC Windows 7 Smart Phone at the Hotel de Rome in Berlin, Germany (
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*119 paparazzi photos total in the gallery:
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