Saturday, June 25, 2016

Beyoncé - Sorry (Video)



Beyonce Knowles has released a standalone music video for the infamous “Becky with the good hair” Lemonade song 'Sorry', which features a twerking Serena Williams.

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Beyonce Knowles’ Protégés Chloe x Halle Talk Being On The Set Of ‘Lemonade’


Singersroom.com:
A couple of months ago, sisterly teen duo Chloe x Halle released their debut single “Drop” and appeared in Beyonce’s visual album Lemonade. Queen Bey discovered the girls on YouTube a few years back, and,  impressed by their covers, she signed them to her label Parkwood Entertainment.

Chloe and Halle Bailey recently sat down with Music Choice to discuss the experience of being on the set while filming Lemonade.

“Being around all these beautiful, beautiful women who are talented and gifted in their own rights and…it was just so powerful being there and we were all there knowing it was gonna be something great for the Queen B.,” Chloe said, “but we didn’t know how great it would be, and we were just freaking out like everybody else when we saw ‘Lemonade’.”

Halle added, “We actually had like a watch party kind of with our friends. We made lemonade…we went around the TV and were watching and then…like we were just watching as fans and then we completely forgot that we were in it so when we saw ourselves we were like, ‘Oh my gosh! *laughing*…like Oh I was there’ So it’s just so cool to say that we were a part of something so great…”

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Mathew Knowles Presents New Female Trio BLUSHHH & Their New Single, ‘Old School Back’



Singersroom.com:
Last month, Mathew Knowles challenged Kelly Rowland to a “group-off” between her newly-formed “Chasing Destiny” quintet and his new trio Blushhh.

Now we can hear what he and his new group (comprised as members Sunni, Tali, and Bunni Ray) have been working on with their new single “Old School Back.”

Laced with Lil Kim’s “Crush On You” instrumental, the song features the girls rapping and singing that music fans back to the ’90s. The full length video is coming soon.

Which group do you think would win in a “group-off” between Kelly Rowland’s group and Blushhh?

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Beyoncé Knowles Sued Over Lemonade Trailer


TIME.com:
Beyoncé is facing a lawsuit after an independent filmmaker says the pop star copied his short film in the trailer for her recent visual album Lemonade.

Matthew Fulks, the plaintiff, says that nine visual elements in 39 seconds of the 60-second trailer were lifted from his film Palinoia, according to the Hollywood Reporter, including Lemonade‘s parking garage scene.

“The number of aesthetic decisions included in Plaintiff’s PALINOIA Work that are parroted in Defendants’ LEMONADE Trailer demonstrates that the LEMONADE Trailer is substantially similar to the PALINOIA Work,” reads the complaint, which was filed in New York. “The misappropriated content includes both the particular elements that the Plaintiff chose to comprise the PALINOIA Work and the coordination and arrangement of those particular elements.”

Fulks, a filmmaker and creative director at a Louisville, Kentucky news station, has a theory for how his work may have come across Beyoncé’s creative team. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Fulks says he was contacted by another artist on Beyoncé’s label Columbia Records, and that links to Palinoia were sent to Bryan Younce, who has directed videos for the singer in the past.

Monday, June 6, 2016

Beyoncé Knowles’ Cool Floral Suit Won’t Break the Bank


Vogue.com:
We have Alessandro Michele at Gucci to thank for giving the ’70s floral suit a whole new look with all manner of lush and exotic motifs. The trend has had a ripple effect on and off the runways; Beyoncé is the latest celebrity to touch her wardrobe with a green thumb and was seen earlier this week wearing a verdant printed blazer and pants by The Kooples—a suit that, thankfully, comes without the superstar designer price tag.

Just before Memorial Day weekend, Mrs. Carter stepped out with husband Jay Z in a maxi dress with a blossoming pattern, and her latest ensemble took the boho silhouette into a sleek and tailored direction. Casual cropped trousers allowed the 34-year-old mother of one to show off her shoe game—in this case platform peep-toes. As for the flashy metallic-trim sunglasses? Well, those were pure Sasha Fierce.

Saturday, June 4, 2016

LaTavia Roberson Expecting Baby #2


ESSENCE.com:
Former Destiny's Child vocalist and R&B Divas: Atlanta reality star LaTavia Roberson is about to have another little person calling her "mommy."

The Houston beauty recently hosted a private screening of her new web series titled "The Online Diary Of LaTavia Roberson" at the Studioplex in Atlanta, where she confirmed the exciting news. LaTavia had her 2-year-old daughter Lyric by her side on the red carpet as she posed for a few photos to show off her growing baby bump and she shared a few pics from the screening on her Instagram page to share the good news with her fans.

Partnering with Vimeo for the new web series, LaTavia recently revealed that she is also the executive producer of "The Online Diary Of LaTavia Roberson," which premiered June 1st on YouTube. LaTavia and producer Don Vito welcomed their daughter Lyric into the world back in August of 2013.

Friday, June 3, 2016

LeToya Luckett Films ‘Addicted to You’


RollingOut.com:
This Memorial Day weekend all kinds of celebrity film and television faces were popping up in the ATL. Pleasantly surprised, I received an invite headlining the names Thomas Q Jones, LeToya Luckett, Brely Evans and Jasmine Burke. However, instead of it being an invite to one of the weekend parties, it was an invite to cover media for a new straight to DVD stage play titled Addicted to You, written and directed by Patricia Cuffie Jones; executive producer: TYMEDIA PRODUCTIONS.

The stage play took place at the theater on Spelman College’s campus in front of a live studio audience as it was also being filmed for DVD. It was interesting to see the set design transition through the many time periods represented in the play. Scenes moved through the 60s and 70s, featuring the yellow crushed velvet sofa with, the velvet pictures in the wooden frames, the beaded drapes, the floor model television with the smaller 24-inch screen on the top.

The narrative of the story was derived from a journal a single, pregnant mom wrote while torn with the pain of giving up her unborn child for adoption. The estranged mother wrote the journal for the daughter in 1969, fast forwarding the story line to 2016 when the daughter completed the journal (after she received it in her possession as an adult). She learned all the reasons her mom gave her away and all the thoughts and hopes and dreams her mom had for her in this diary. Meanwhile, she became “addicted to love” and didn’t even know it.

Thursday, June 2, 2016

Farrah Franklin is Arrested for Public Intoxication


TMZ.com:
Farrah Franklin a former Destiny's Child singer, got busted for public intoxication -- note the red nose in her mug shot -- and allegedly told police she should've downed even more alcohol.

According to cops ... Farrah got into an argument with a male friend around 3 AM Thursday outside a gym in DeKalb County, GA. When officers showed up she said she was not ready to go home, and added ... "These n***** won't leave me alone."

Cops noticed signs of drunkenness -- odor of booze, slurred speech and bloodshot eyes -- and asked how much she'd been drinking. She fired back, "Not enough."

Farrah -- who was in DC from 1999 to 2000 -- was arrested and booked for public intoxication and possession of a small amount of weed.

Bail is set at $250. She's still in custody.