Posts Tagged Beyonce
Posted on May 24, 2009 with 1 Comment
The Cosby Show reunion on the Today Show
Even though Blindie already covered the reunion of America’s most beloved black family, pre-Obama era, there can never be enough said about the Huxtables. Before Barack and Michelle came on the scene, they were our black royalty… despite being fictional. I know we were all supposed to feel all warm and fuzzy seeing the Huxtable clan with Matt Lauer during breakfast, but the whole thing just made me wish that maybe it’s time to stop carrying a torch for The Cosby Show and put some TV shows on the air in THIS CENTURY that feature people of color that are just as progressive. After all, the show debuted 25 years ago! It’s a shame there hasn’t been a show to fill the Cosby gap and clearly the networks aren’t looking either because they gave us My Wife and Kids, The Bernie Mac Show and Girlfriends. Trust us, nobody will be talking about those shows 25 years from now. If more people watched, we might be talking about The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. C’mon people!
Progress: 100 steps backward. Sadly, boasting about the progressiveness of The Cosby Show for 25 years has reversed all the advancement and social change the show caused in its original eight-year run.
50 Cent and Bette Midler BFFing
It’s official hip-hop is the safest most family-friendly mainstream music in America. Curtis Jackson, AKA 50 Cent, teamed up with Bette Midler for a second year in a row to help fix a park. What, you were expecting a duet? Maybe Mr. Cent was listening to “Wind Beneath My Wings” when he was recuperating from those 9 gunshot wounds. Hopefully the unlikely besties will collaborate musically!
Progress: 97 steps forward.
Beyonce releases new video “Ego”
Does Beyonce’s ego prevent her from making another video concept? People like to say that Woody Allen makes the same film over and over again so why does Bey get a pass? I’m not denying her talent (her musical talent), but why are all of her videos essentially rehashes of the same Bob Fosse concept? Boh-ring! Still, watching her dance with two women who aren’t Destiny’s Child always amuses me.
Progress: 798 step-ball-changes backward.
Posted on May 18, 2009 with No Comments
The mark of a real household name is the endorsement deal–and with the recent announcement of Freida Pinto’s latest deal with powerhouse cosmetics brand L’Oreal, we thought it’d be apt to countdown five of our favorite beauty spokesmodels:
1. Liya Kebede for Estee Lauder
2. Queen Latifah for Cover Girl
3. Beyonce for L’Oreal
4. Halle Berry for Revlon
5. Tyra Banks for Cover Girl
Tags: beauty contracts, beauty endorsements, Beyonce, black beauty, Halle Berry, Liya Kebede, queen latifah, spokesmodel, Tyra Banks
Category: Advertisements, Beyonce, Gimme Five, Liya Kebede, Tyra Banks
Posted on May 8, 2009 with No Comments
Beyonce has gone all tranny thundercat in the latest issue of Marie Claire, where she’s promoting her world tour, but the mag says on the cover, “She’d rather be in bed with Jay-Z!”
For some reason, we don’t find that appealing–and neither do we find her fierce cat costume (one of 58 over-the-top get-ups designed by Thierry Mugler for the stage) intriguing…Seriously, does one really need to have the panther paws/cheetah spots painted on one’s skin?!
Posted on April 29, 2009 with 6 Comments
Word on the comic strip streets is Beyonce may be up for the part of The Incredible Hulk’s cousin She-Hulk, even though Megan Fox and Eva Mendes have both been rumored to be considered for the role.
The Marvel Comics superhero who is the shy lawyer Jennifer Walters that morphs into a gargantuan green superhero when angered was widely speculated to be awarded to Transformer‘s star Megan Fox but Nicolas Cage, who is involved in the production, was lobbying for his Ghost Rider pal Eva Mendesm saying, “I’m working on She-Hulk and I’d like to see Eva play her. It would be her in a bikini just kicking a lot of ass, throwing cars.”
Can Beyonce play a green ass-kicking superhero? Well, she played a pissed-off ass-kicking wife.
PHOTO CREDIT: Sara Jaye Weiss
Posted on April 26, 2009 with 4 Comments
Beyonce and Ali Larter are proving that everyone loves a catfight, especially when it’s over a brother man like Idris Elba, as their Fatal Attaction-esque thriller Obsession tops the box office this weekend.
Already surpassing it’s modest $20 million budget, Obsessed is quickly redeeming Beyonce from her over-hyped and under-performed role as Etta James in Cadillac Records and securing Idris Elba as a leading man.
Posted on April 20, 2009 with 1 Comment
Promoting her upcoming tour and new thriller, Obsessed with Idris Elba and Ali Larter, Beyonce sat down with the AP for a Q&A about Etta James and Twitter.
Dubbing her Twitterholic sister Solange Knowles “the Twitter Queen”, the singer-actress says she’s just too old for the new social network.
“She told me about the twittering, but I don’t get it, I feel like I’m getting really old,” Beyonce said of her sister’s constant tweets. “I’m like, what? I don’t understand. Just call me.”
In addition to dishing on her tour (“I’ll work until my feet are blistered!”) and her new movie, where she plays a woman fighting to keep an obsessed woman away from her family (“You have to fight in your relationships!”), Beyonce also commented on Etta James’ harsh remarks about her inaugural ball performance of “At Last”.
“I played Etta James, so I did my research, I read her book,” she says diplomatically, “I was not at all surprised. That’s Etta. She’s hilarious!”
PHOTO: Geffen Records
Posted on March 30, 2009 with No Comments
Lenny Kravitz plays photograoher as he points the camera lens on a few high profile celebrities, including his daughter Zoe, for the April issue of Vogue Russia.
Kravitz appears on the cover sporting a closely shaven head with arms wrapped around model Carmen Kass and his intimate shots of daughter Zoe Kravitz, singers Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Lionel Richie and rapper Jay-z appear inside.
All criticisms aside, like the odd pairing of Kass and Kravitz, their relevancy to anything current, or even the quality of some of Kravitz photos, we still love it! Because everything is just a little bit sexier when Lenny is involved!
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