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Beyonce, Billie Eilish Will Sing Nominated Songs at Oscars

They'll be joined by Reba McEntire, Sebastián Yatra

(Newser) - Beyonce, Billie Eilish, and other nominees for best original song will perform at Sunday's Oscars, the show's producers announced Tuesday. Beyonce will perform her nominated song "Be Alive" from King Richard, and Eilish and her brother and co-writer Finneas will perform "No Time to Die" from...

Beyonce Criticized for Wearing &#39;Blood Diamond&#39;
Diamond Debate?
Beyonce's Mom
Is Not Having It
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 27, 2021 5:00 AM CDT

Diamond Debate? Beyonce's Mom Is Not Having It

Tina Knowles hits back at criticism of her daughter over Tiffany Diamond

(Newser) - Beyonce made history when she became the first Black woman to wear the Tiffany diamond —but she also sparked controversy. As Karen Attiah points out in the Washington Post , there's a disturbing story behind the 128.54 carat yellow diamond, and in the opinion of many, "it...

Beyoncé Is Fourth Woman to Wear Famous Diamond

She wears iconic Tiffany diamond in new campaign for Tiffany & Co.

(Newser) - Beyoncé has joined diplomat's wife Mary Whitehouse, Audrey Hepburn, and Lady Gaga in a very exclusive club. For a new Tiffany & Co. ad campaign, the singer became the fourth person—and the first Black woman—to wear the famous 128.54-carat Tiffany Diamond, CNN reports. The gem, found...

Beyonc&eacute; Makes Grammys History, Multiple Times
Here Are Your
Grammy Winners
grammy awards
Mar 15, 2021 12:03 AM CDT

Here Are Your Grammy Winners

Including Beyonce, who made Grammys history

(Newser) - Beyonce made history before the Grammys even started Sunday night, winning best rap performance along with Megan Thee Stallion for their remix of "Savage" during the pre-ceremony, the AP reports. That's the first time two women have won in that category, CNN reports. During the awards ceremony, Queen...

Blue Ivy Is 2nd-Youngest Grammy Winner Ever
Blue Ivy Carter
Makes Grammys History
Mar 14, 2021 11:19 PM CDT

Blue Ivy Carter Makes Grammys History

She's the 2nd-youngest winner ever

(Newser) - Blue Ivy Carter on Sunday night became the second-youngest Grammy winner of all time. The 9-year-old daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z won (along with her mom and collaborator WizKid) for Queen Bey's "Brown Skin Girl," which took home the best music video award. As the Huffington Post...

Beyoncé, Taylor Swift Could Have Record Nights

'Folklore' is nominated for album of the year, while 'Black Parade' is up for record and song honors

(Newser) - It could be a night for the history books for Taylor Swift and Beyoncé at Sunday’s Grammy Awards. Swift could become the first woman to win the top prize, album of the year, three times, the AP reports. Her first surprise album of 2020—the folky, alternative adventure Folklore—...

Blue Ivy Gets a Big Nod, Like Mom and Dad Before Her

8-year-old follows in Beyonce, Jay-Z's footsteps with Grammy nomination, for 'Brown Skin Girl'

(Newser) - Blue Ivy Carter is an official Grammy nominee. When the Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 2021 Grammys last month, Beyonce scored a nomination for best music video for "Brown Skin Girl," for which Ivy Carter is credited as a featured artist. The 8-year-old's name didn'...

Beyonc&eacute; Leads the Way on Grammy Nominations
Here Are
the Top
Grammy 
Nominees
Nov 24, 2020 12:38 PM CST

Here Are the Top Grammy Nominees

Beyoncé leads the way with 9, despite not releasing an album

(Newser) - Beyoncé’s anthem about Black pride scored multiple Grammy nominations Tuesday, making her the leading contender with nine. She picked up song and record of the year bids with “Black Parade,” which she released on Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates when the last enslaved African Americans learned...

Wait, That's Where Beyonce's Name Came From?

It's her mom's maiden name, and she should've been Beyince instead

(Newser) - Lots of people name their kids after family members, or even use surnames from further up the family tree. Yet somehow the world is reeling from finding out that's exactly how one of our most famous celebrities got her own moniker. Per USA Today , Tina Knowles-Lawson, the mother of...

Beyonce Delivers a Loving Ode to Blackness

'Black Is King' is out on Disney+

(Newser) - Beyonce's single, "Black Parade," which dropped on Juneteenth, was just a peek at what was to come—a "celebratory memoir for the world on the Black experience," according to Disney+. With Black Is King, her new visual album released exclusively on the platform, comes "...

Beyonce's Plea: 'Vote Like Our Life Depends on It'

Sunday's BET Awards ceremony focused on systemic racism, equal rights

(Newser) - Beyoncé used her platform Sunday while accepting the BET humanitarian award to relay a direct appeal to viewers: Go vote. “Your voices are being heard and you’re proving to our ancestors that their struggles were not in vain,” said the superstar singer at the BET Awards, which...

Beyonce Takes a Stand on Breonna Taylor

Singer writes open letter to Kentucky attorney general calling for cops to be charged

(Newser) - Beyonce has joined the legions of people demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, the Louisville woman shot and killed by police who entered her home on a no-knock warrant while she was asleep. In a letter to Kentucky's attorney general, the singer notes that three months after Taylor's death...

Blue Ivy's 'DIY Experiment' Is a Hand-Washing PSA

Celeb daughter illustrates the importance with a bowl of water and pepper

(Newser) - The latest celebrity name out with a coronavirus PSA is actually the child of celebs. Blue Ivy Carter, the 8-year-old daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z, illustrates the importance of hand-washing in a video posted by her grandmother Tina Knowles, reports Billboard . After sprinkling pepper into a bowl of water, Blue...

Stars Come Out for Virtual COVID Benefit

'One World: Together At Home' featured Beyonce, Stevie Wonder, more performing from home

(Newser) - Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Lizzo, Shawn Mendes, and others sang classic songs brimmed with messages of hope and change during a TV special aimed at fighting the coronavirus, while Beyoncé and Alicia Keys spoke passionately about how the virus has disproportionately affected black Americans. Beyoncé made a surprise appearance on...

Jay-Z: That Was No Protest at Super Bowl

The seated rapper-producer was just in 'artist mode'

(Newser) - One observer figured Jay-Z and Beyonce stayed seated during the national anthem at the Super Bowl in "a pathetic attempt by two calculating businesspeople to win back some credit with fans and protesters" after Jay-Z's entertainment company, Roc Nation, partnered with the NFL. According to Jay-Z, that's...

Journalists Apologize for Mocking Beyonce's Daughter

They delete mean tweets about Blue Ivy

(Newser) - Two journalists have apologized for mocking the appearance of Blue Ivy Carter, Beyonce and Jay-Z's daughter. Vanity Fair film critic K. Austin Collins and Harper's web editor Violet Lucca made the scathing comments Wednesday after rapper Megan Thee Stallion posted photos of herself with Beyonce and Blue Ivy,...

Beyonce's Dad Reveals Struggle With Breast Cancer

He shares sad news on GMA

(Newser) - Mathew Knowles, father of singers Beyonce and Solange, has revealed that he has been diagnosed with breast cancer. In an interview that will air Wednesday, the 67-year-old spoke to Good Morning America 's Michael Strahan about living with the disease and breaking the news to his family, People reports....

&#39;What&#39;s the Point?&#39;: 4 Takes on The Lion King
'What's the Point?':
4 Takes on The Lion King
MOVIE REVIEW
Jul 19, 2019 11:55 AM CDT

'What's the Point?': 4 Takes on The Lion King

Some critics left disappointed with lack of originality

(Newser) - It's finally here and, apparently, fails to measure up. Disney's photorealistic remake of The Lion King —with Donald Glover as Simba, Beyonce as Nala, James Earl Jones as Mufasa (as in 1994), Seth Rogen as Pumbaa, Billy Eichner as Timon, and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar—has just...

Keeping Beyonce Happy Is a Twitter Game You're Bound to Lose

FYI: Wet hair before a show is a no-no

(Newser) - Twitter is playing host to a hit new game, all about whether you could survive a day as Beyonce's assistant without getting fired. "They gotta start giving pulitzers for tweets," New York Times reporter Astead W. Herndon wrote of the choose-your-own-adventure-style thread created by 19-year-old student Landon...

She Took Jay-Z's Drink Order. Then Came the Death Threats

Nicole Curran says misinterpreted look on Bey's face at NBA game led to 'cyberbullying'

(Newser) - Cyberbullying over a citrus slice? That's what Nicole Curran is claiming after an incident at an NBA Finals game Wednesday that she says led to death threats and the deletion of her Instagram account. ESPN reports that Curran, the wife of Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob, had been...

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