“Beyonce Keeps Her Personal Biz Personal.” October 19, 2008

Jay-Z and Beyonce are married. That has been something “private” to Jay and B but it’s never really been too much of a secret. Still, Beyonce has decided to remain quiet about their marriage for some time. Nevertheless, she recently spoke out about why she’s been tight lipped about it and more.

“I feel that, especially now, with the Internet and paparazzi and camera phones, it’s so difficult to maintain mystery,” she told Essence. “And that’s so important. Even in a relationship, I feel like not being that accessible is really important. If you think about Prince or Michael Jackson, or any superstars, you couldn’t see them when they got off their planes or when they got out of the pool and didn’t comb their hair. It’s great that people see we’re not perfect. But it’s almost impossible to have superstars now, because people will never get enough. And it’s not even about my music. It’s about all the things that people imagine about me in their minds. But I can’t satisfy everyone. I know that Jay and I probably do inspire people. And I appreciate people feeling proud. But this is the only way I’ve been able to stay sane, so why would I start talking now?”

“[Not speaking] controls your brand. It controls what you want to put out there and kind of forces people to talk about what you want them to talk about.”

Still, B actually gave a little insight on their relationship.

“We decide everything,” she noted. “My word is my word. What Jay and I have is real. It’s not about interviews or getting the right photo op. It’s real.”

She later went on to add more details. She noted that there was no big day because she said she didn’t need any. “It’s been my day so many days already,” she said. Later, she added that there was no need for a wedding ring because she thought it was something “people put too much emphasis on that. It’s just material, and it’s just silly to me.”

Instead of rings, they got matching tattoos of the Roman numeral four on their ring fingers. Why four? The number is close to the couple because both of their birthdays fall on the fourth of their birthday months and their anniversary also falls on the 4th of April.

She also added that she wants to have children, adding that it may happen soon.

her new album, I Am… is coming out November 18. It features guest spots from Justin Timberlake and Timbaland.

excerpt from: www.hiphopdx.com

“You’ve been served….with lawsuit papers, that is.” October 7, 2008

Everybody’s been getting sued for random reasons…

Oprah Winfrey’s being sued for $1.5 million for defamation of character by her academy headmistress. Oprah alleged that the woman knew of abuse and other wrongdoings and is doing nothing about it. The headmistress feels her character has been damaged, apparently $1.5 million worth.

 

Sarah Palin is being sued by a top police official in Alaska. The police officer was fired and cited abuse of power as the reason. He’s going after Palin for the abuse of power and has been pursuing the Governor for the funds.

Jennifer Lopez needs to get a dog trainer. It’ll definitely be cheaper than the $10 million she’s been sued for ater her dog bit a flight attendant.

Perez Hilton, famous celebrity blogger, is suing two women, Margie Rogers and Liz Silver-Fagan, for creating a blog called Perez Revenge. Hilton is suing for brand dilution and wants money in damages.

Vanessa Hudgens is being sued by the man who helped launch her career. He wants $5 million and said that he signed a document to share equally in her earnings.

“Tina Fey’s worth millions.”

Tina Fey signs book deal said worth millions

By ReutersOctober 6, 2008, 12:31 pm PDT

• • celebs:
  • Tina Fey

Tina Fey holds one of her two Emmys she won for outstanding writing for a comedy series and for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for ’30 Rock” at the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, September 21, 2008. (Mike Blake/Reuters)Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Comedian, Emmy-winning TV star and Sarah Palin-lookalike Tina Fey has signed a book deal with Little, Brown Book Group, the company said on Monday, confirming a deal media reports said was worth millions.

The New York Post has reported that the deal was worth more than $5 million and that “her book is not being pitched as a memoir, but instead as nonfiction humor, more in the style of author, screenwriter and film director Nora Ephron.”

The publisher did not confirm the advance paid nor give any further details of the book by Fey, the “Saturday Night Live” veteran who stars as a harried head writer of a TV variety show in NBC network television spoof “30 Rock.” The show picked up four Emmys last month.

Fey has recently attracted attention for impersonating Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in parodies on “Saturday Night Live.”

Little, Brown is part of France’s Hachette, which is owned by conglomerate Lagardere.

(Reporting by Michelle Nichols)

**Just maybe all that Saturday Night Live spoofing paid off**

“O.J.’s still in the headlines after all these years.” October 6, 2008

O.J. Simpson Goes Down Bigtime

Posted Oct 4th 2008 10:50AM by TMZ Staff

Thirteen years to the day after OJ Simpson was acquitted of murder, he had the book thrown at him — Simpson has been convicted on 12 criminal counts, including kidnapping, armed robbery and burglary. He faces life in prison.

Simpson has been remanded into custody — which means he’s in jail.

The Las Vegas jury delivered its verdict just before 11:00 PM PT.

Simpson and his co-defendant — also found guilty on all counts — confronted a memorabilia collector in a Las Vegas hotel to get Simpson’s stuff back, with the help of a gun.

Commentary:

I can’t believe that O.J. would even “attempt” anything illegal. Seems to me he would want to lay low. Crazy. Here he is, acquitted of murder after being viewed by the world as guilty and he chooses to rob a hotel?? Are you serious?  What was he thinking??

I’m interested in peoples’ thoughts…

“September was a good month for music.” October 5, 2008

            I recently bought three of the best CDs to drop this year, Ne-Yo’s Year of the Gentleman, Jazmine Sullivan’s Fearless and T.I.’s Paper Trail. Of course that’s my own little diagnosis but I believe at least a few others would agree.

            Virtually every Ne-Yo song is a classic. You don’t have to particularly love the song to agree that it has an effect on you. Whatever the song’s about it has the ability to make you feel that way. Whether it’s to hit the dance floor or curse somebody out, you’ll feel it. In this CD, Ne-Yo stuck true to his ways and created an album full of soulful tracks. Ne-Yo has always been one to stay in his own lane and make music that he believes in, most due to the fact that he writes almost all his music. Being an extremely talented writer, Ne-Yo has written for the best and saves some of his best work for himself. I love the Year of the Gentleman but his first CD, In My Own Words is still my favorite. I just plain love him as an artist.

            I always have a hard time with falling for the new artist kick but I jumped on the Jazmine Sullivan bandwagon as soon as I heard her first single, Need U Bad. I think the reason that I support and like Jazmine Sullivan so much is because she mixes different genres of music and puts her own spin on everything. After reading so much about her I believe she’s bringing something new to the table. She’s young but has an old soulful voice.

            Lastly, my man T.I. I’ve been a fan of T.I. since his third CD, Urban Legend and heard some of his music since his first CD, I’m Serious. Paper Trail is sixth CD and I believe his personal best. T.I. is known for having a CD that pretty much features on him or his Grand Hustle family members. Yet, on his third CD he has guest appearances by Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Rihanna, Usher, the list goes on. He’s stepped out of the box and produced a quality CD that shows that he’s diverse. He can collaborate with other people and still hold on to the T.I. style of music we’ve grown to love.