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| | Beyonce & Jay-Z had a date night at last night's NJ Nets- NY Knicks game | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Beyonce and Jay-Z went to the Knicks game last night, because the only thing more powerful than the pull of parenthood is the chance to see Linsanity first-hand. That?s a real thing, right? Jeremy Lin, the star New York Knick, who is getting better press than any other celebrity – Beyonce and Jay-Z graced Lin with their appearance last night, court-side. You can see some of the courtside photos here – including Beyonce not looking very impressed with the cheerleaders. I guess Jay and Bey don?t support the Knicks, though? Because Jay is part-owner of the New Jersey Nets? Don?t ask me to discuss sports. Please. I?m sure I got about a dozen things wrong in this paragraph.
As for these photos, I guess Bey and Jay were spotted leaving the Nets-Knicks game after the Nets were victorious. After the game, it seems like they went out for Chinese food in the Village. All in all, a nice date night.
I kind of don?t want to talk about how Beyonce looks. Opinions about Beyonce and her bump and now her ?post-baby? body are still very much divided. I will say that Bey looked tired to me – very much like a new mom who needed a night out. As for her figure? well, you decide. Is this a woman who gave birth six weeks ago?
Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News and Fame.
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| | Beyonce and Jay-Z release first photos of Blue Ivy Carter | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Beyonce and Jay-Z have shared photos of their adorable one month old daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. The photos were posted on Jay Z’s website, Life and Times, along with a new Tumblr site made just for the occasion, Hello Blue Ivy Carter. They included photos of both Jay and Beyonce holding their beautiful baby along with a handwritten note asking for privacy. The note says:
“We welcome you to share in our joy. Thank you for respecting our privacy during this beautiful time in our lives. – The Carter Family.”
It’s nice to see a celebrity couple releasing baby photos online instead of opting for a magazine spread. My first impression is that this baby is very sweet and looks a lot like her dad. I don’t see much Beyonce in her and I’ll leave it at that. Only time will tell and some babies look significantly different within a few short months.
Beyonce just made her first post-baby appearance at an event at Carnegie hall where Jay-Z performed. Her nails were painted blue in honor of Blue Ivy. Beyonce looked incredible for a woman who had just had a baby a month prior. She reportedly achieved such fast weight loss through two two-hour workouts each day and a strict diet of “six tiny high protein meals a day.”
Congratulations to Beyonce and Jay-Z on their new arrival! They look elated and that baby is precious.
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| | Beyonce & Jay-Z are trademarking Blue Ivy's name for future branding | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Have you heard the latest Blue Ivy Carter news? That baby is barely a month old, and she?s already The Most Important Baby Ever. Don?t believe me? Blue Ivy Carter is an official brand now. Beyonce and Jay-Z have filed paperwork (which is being rushed) to trademark BIC. For reals.
She’s just a month old, but Blue Ivy Carter is already a household name — and her world-famous parents Beyonce and Jay-Z aim to protect it.
Rolling Stone reports that the new mom, 30, and dad, 43, filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to protect their daughter’s name; the music superstars intend to use Blue Ivy as a potential brand name for a line of baby products, including carriages, diaper bags and baby cosmetics.
The application (made through Beyonce’s company BGK Trademark Holdings) is pending, but is expected to be approved.
The “Love on Top” singer and “Empire State of Mind” rapper’s move comes after two competing trademark applications emerged following Blue Ivy’s Jan. 7 birth. Fashion designer Joseph Mbeh tried to trademark “Blue Ivy Carter IV” on Jan. 11; another applicant tried to claim the name “Blue Ivy Carter Glory IV” for a line of fragrances. Both applications were denied.
[From Us Weekly]
And there?s the answer to several blind items – didn?t everyone say that Beyonce and Jay were going to use the pregnancy and the baby to extend their multiple business interests? Now, although I think this is the height of TACKY, I understand the reasoning behind trying to protect the baby?s name so that it?s not used for perfumes and such without a parent’s permission. Here?s a question I have, though – if (when) the trademark comes through and Bey and Jay then use ?BIC? to brand a multitude of crap, won?t all of the profits have to go to BIC?
In other Beyonce news, Star Magazine has a fascinating story about how Beyonce has gotten and will continue to ?get back? her figure. Hint: it?s harder than ?just removing the pillow.?
Beyonce is getting back to bootylicious! After giving birth to baby girl Blue Ivy Carter on Jan. 7, Beyonce is determined to drop 40 lbs. of baby weight she packed on during her pregnancy – and she hopes to do it in just four week of boot camp!
Trainer Marco Borges has moved into her and Jay-Z?s Hamptons home to put the new mom through intense daily sweat sessions.
?Beyonce and Marco are up at 5 a.m. for a two-hour workout, and they do it again at 5 p.m.,? says a source. ?They do a mix of cardio, Pilates, plyometrics, yoga and of course dance.?
Beyonce is sticking to a strict diet too. ?She?s having six tiny high-protein meals a day,? reveals the source. ?She?s living on protein shakes, egg-white omelettes, pineapple chunks and lots of ice-cold water.?
[From Star Magazine, print edition]
Pineapple chunks? A live-in trainer? Two workouts a day? All while breastfeeding? Damn, Bey. Someone sure wants us to believe that baby weight was definitely gained. Personally, I still don?t see it. Beyonce looks slightly heavier, but not by much.
Photos courtesy of WENN & Beyonce Online.
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| | New Mom Beyonce Enjoys Another Night at Carnegie Hall | | Added 12 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Stepping out for the second night in a row, Beyonce Knowles was back for another visit to Carnegie Hall in New York City on Tuesday night (February 7).
The glowing new mom took to the locale to support husband Jay-Z as he took the stage for another intimate concert to benefit the United Way of New York City and his Shawn Carter Foundation.
Looking simply stunning, Beyonce was clad in a tight-fitting Monique Lhuillier sequined gown with Gucci shoes, a Chanel purse and Lorraine Schwartz jewelry.
The 30-year-old made her post-baby debut at Carnegie the previous evening, during which she was asked about her man's performance by the New york Daily News, to which she replied, ?It was amazing."
More Photos Here
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| | Beyonce Is Turning White | | Added 12 years ago | Source: The Blemish |
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People are calling Beyonce out once again for lightening her skin in her latest promo pics for her fourth studio album, 4. Beyonce is in a blonde wig lying down seductively with much whiter skin in the photos. Experts blame the lighting but others are saying she’s trying to hide her heritage.
This isn’t the first time Beyonce has been the center of a “whitewashing” controversy. In 2008, L’Oreal was accused of digitally lightening her skin and last February, Beyonce was seen stepping out with a black mini-dress and much paler skin.
Maybe she just saw Powderand thought the movie was really cool. Like when you were a kid and tried to dress up as a Ninja Turtle. Yea, that could totally be it!
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| | Beyonce's latest 'lighter skinned' album photo causes controversy | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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This is a just-released image from the photo shoot for Beyonce?s 4 album artwork. And what an art project it is, eh? This one image has already scored yet another round of ?Beyonce systematically lightens her skin in post-production? complaints. One of the first times this happened was back in 2008, and was probably not even Bey?s fault – it was an ad for L?Oreal, so the company probably decided to lighten Beyonce?s skin color. But since then, Bey has been criticized several more times. I noted back when he discussed the original art work for 4 and the first video from the album – Beyonce?s weave was especially blonde, and her skin looked really, really pale in those photos.
She faced controversy back in 2008 when her skin appeared shades lighter in an advertisement. But it appears Beyonc – or her producers – have not learned their lesson. A promotional picture has emerged of the pop princess looking much paler than her usual colour.
The new photo, taken before the 30-year-old fell pregnant with her newborn daughter, are being used to re-advertise her fourth album, 4, which was released last year.
In the seductive pose, Beyonc dons a blonde wig and lies on a leopard-print couch, wearing a skimpy black crochet monokini. She also wears suspenders and a lashing of dark red lipstick. Experts told The Sun the appearance may have been down to lighting used in the studio. However this is not the first time the wife of rapper Jay-Z has accused of appearing to ‘lighten’ her skin.’
It has been alleged that in the early days of award-winning band Destiny’s Child her father Mathew Knowles had persuaded her to use skin treatments to remain the lightest-complexioned member of the successful girl group. And some commentators have expressed fears, that these images of the superstar singer – who is famous for her honey-toned hair and complexion, could have the effect of making darker-skinned black girls ashamed of how they look.
In August 2008, cosmetics giant L?Oreal was accused of ?whitewashing? the star in an advert by digitally lightening her skin. And last February, a very blonde Beyonce stepped out, wearing a black minidress which revealed unusually pale skin on the star.
At the time writer Yasmin Alibhai-Brown accused the singer of ‘betraying all Black and Asian women.’ She wrote in The Daily Mail: ‘Too many black and Asian children grow up understanding the sad truth that to have dark skin is to be somehow inferior. Of course, black and Asian parents work hard to give their children a positive self-image and confidence in their appearance, despite the cultural forces stacked against them. But when black celebrities appear to deny their heritage by trying to make themselves look white, I despair for the youngsters who see those images.’
At the time, the cosmetics house denied that the pictures had been altered in such a way but The New York Post newspaper called the advert ?shocking? and accused it of making the singer look like a ?weird, nearly white version of herself?.
She has not commented on the photos.
[From The Mail]
Yes, the whole ?lighter is better? complex is felt in the Asian communities too – Freida Pinto spoke about the fixation with lighter skin amongst Indian women last year too. My thought? If it was an odd advertisement where Bey may or may not have had control over, I would think the controversy should not fall at Beyonce?s feet. But this has been happening with Beyonce for YEARS. In promotional images, in magazine photo shoots, in advertising, her skin is almost always lighter than it is in ?candid? photos. Sometimes, there really is a conspiracy. And I don?t understand why Beyonce is still so obsessed with putting herself out there like a blonde white woman. For why?
Photos courtesy of WENN, Beyonce Online.
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| | Beyonce's controversial delivery was investigated by NY Health Dept. | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I don?t really want to talk about the scandals and conspiracies involved with Beyonce?s (real or alleged) delivery of baby Blue Ivy at Lenox Hill Hospital. And yet? there are still tons of stories, and the scandal keeps growing by the day. After reports of multiple ?peasant? parents being denied access to the prenatal unit at Lenox Hill – and denied access to their own newborn children while Beyonce and Jay were in the house – reports now indicate that the situation around baby Blue?s birth is being investigated by the New York City Health Department. (UPDATE: TMZ reports that the investigation is over? O RLY?) Plus, the hospital is conducted their own in-house review of everything that went down. What will they find? Will they find that Beyonce and Jay spread around more than $1 million within the hospital to keep everyone quiet? Or will they find that Bey and Jay shelled out a large chunk of change for a temporary remodel of eight hospital rooms? That?s what Us Weekly claims:
Sweet suites! To prep for the birth of their daughter Blue Ivy, Beyonce and Jay-Z didn’t just build a deluxe nursery at their Tribeca home — they had two private, over-the-top suites built at NYCs Lenox Hill Hospital for the express purpose of Blue’s arrival.
“A month ago, [workers] tore down 6-8 rooms and turned them into 2 suites,” a Lenox Hill Hospital source tells Us Weekly. Beyonce, 30, and husband Jay-Z, 42, “paid to have it constructed just for them.”
Featuring “mahogany walls” and other posh accents, the “amazing” suites sat empty for about a month until Blue Ivy’s Jan. 7 birth. “You’d want to live in there!” the hospital source gushes.
Officials for the hospital shot down rumors that the superstar couple caused turmoil at the hospital — and that some patients and families were temporarily denied access to the NICU to accommodate the VIPs on the premises.
No word yet on what’s to become of the suites now that Beyonce and Blue have departed.
Now that little Blue Ivy is at home at her parents’ palatial Tribeca home, she’ll kick back a $3,5000 NurseryWorks VETRO Lucite crib.
[From Us Weekly]
Dear God. How f–king wasteful! They tore apart six to eight perfectly adequate rooms so that Blue Ivy could enter the world in her own VIP suite? And no one was allowed in there for a month? How does the hospital justify this kind of thing to its board? If it was just about sprucing up an existing suite or something, it would be a meh story. But taken with the stories of Bey and Jay?s complete disregard for all of the ?peasants? in the hospital, and now the idea that part of the prenatal wing was under construction just for THE BIRTH OF A PILLOW, the whole thing is just insane. TMZ has photos of the VIP birthing suite that Bey and Jay had constructed – you can see it here. TMZ says it includes “4 flat screen TV’s, state of the art electronics, a kitchenette, nice art, mahogany walls and plush furnishings.” Sources tell TMZ, “the suite was not constructed specifically for Beyonce, but it was always intended that Beyonce would be the first patient to use it.” WTF?
Anyway, there are even more Blue Ivy stories. She?s already the biggest little princess ever. Even the eventual child of Duchess Kate and Prince William will not roll in the kind of luxury that Blue Ivy is getting. This is what has been allegedly stacked up for Blue – the list is worth more than $1.5 million, and includes:
*A ?fantasy? crib fit for Cinderella – a coach-like crib from PoshTots, for which her her parents paid nearly $20,000.
*A solid-gold, handmade horse from Japanese jeweler Ginza Tanaka that Jay-Z bought for $600,000. (This has been denied in some outlets.)
*A $15,000 highchair dripping with Swarovski crystals.
*A $285 Jean-Paul Gaultier dress.
*A $30,000 windmill playhouse.
*A trunk full of children’s books, a present from Oprah.
[Via The NY Post & The NYDN]
I can?t even. You know she?s just going to be pooping, sleeping and nursing for the first three months or so, right?
These are all photos from a trip Bey and Jay took to Paris in late April of last year. Bey would have been almost two months along in her pregnancy. Maybe that was why her face looked so jacked?
Photos courtesy of Fame.
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| | Beyonce and Jay-Z Already Spoiling Daughter | | Added 12 years ago | Source: The Blemish |
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Blue Ivy Carter isn’t even two weeks old yet and Beyonce and Jay-Z are already spoiling her rotten. They’ve already spent over $1.5 million in toys and equipment for the kid. What have they bought to ensure every other kid in the world will hate her with a passion?
- A $15,000 Swarovski-studded high chair by Carla Monchen
- A Fantasy ?posh tots? coach carriage crib for $22,000
- A $600,000 solid gold handmade Ginza Tanaka rocking horse
- A $30,000 magical windmill playhouse and mini-Bugatti
- $350,000 ensuring the nurseries in their three homes are identical
- A wardrobe of one-off designer clothes that the kid will outgrow in a year
This kid is going to be such an entitled princess but loved by all. At school, she’ll be all like, “Hey, guys. Let’s take a ride in my mini-Bugatti to my solid gold rocking horse located in my magical windmill house.” Meanwhile, little Timmy listening within earshot, rocking on his homemade rocking horse, will be all like, “Aww, f**k you!”
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| | Beyonce 'Gives Birth' to Blue Ivy Knowles | | Added 12 years ago | Source: Yeeeah |
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Beyonce Knowles’ (surrogate) gave birth to a baby girl named Blue Ivy Carter Saturday morning in New York. Apparently Bey and Jay Z want her to grow up to be comic book villainess. People Magazine says:
The couple chose the name “Ivy” because of the number 4 or Roman numeral IV, which is significant in Beyonc and Jay-Z’s relationship.
Blue Ivy [is a combination of] “Blue” for Jay-Z’s Blueprint albums and [the first two letters of the the name "IVy" are the same two letters as the Roman numeral 4], which is their favorite number.
Beyonc’s birthday is Sept. 4, while Jay-Z’s is Dec. 4; the two married on April 4 in 2008; they have matching “IV” tattoos on their wedding fingers; and Beyonc named her latest album 4.
Somebody sure put a whole lot of thought in that name. I usually just named my kids after whatever brand of whiskey I happen to be drinking when I got knocked up.
Hosting a promotional screening of her new DVD “Live at Roseland: The Elements of 4? in New York last month:
PHOTO SOURCE: Fame Pictures
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| | Beyonce Gives Birth to Blue Ivy Knowles | | Added 12 years ago | Source: Yeeeah |
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Beyonce Knowles gave birth to a baby girl named Blue Ivy Carter Saturday morning in New York. Apparently she and Jay Z want her to grow up to be comic book villainess. People Magazine says:
The couple chose the name “Ivy” because of the number 4 or Roman numeral IV, which is significant in Beyonc and Jay-Z’s relationship.
Beyonc’s birthday is Sept. 4, while Jay-Z’s is Dec. 4; the two married on April 4 in 2008; they have matching “IV” tattoos on their wedding fingers; and Beyonc named her latest album 4.
Blue Ivy [is a combination of] “Blue” for Jay-Z’s Blueprint albums and [the first two letters of the the name "IVy" are the same two letters as the Roman numeral 4], which is their favorite number.
Somebody sure put a whole lot of thought in that name. I usually just name name after the brand of whiskey I happen to be drinking at the time
Hosting a promotional screening of her new DVD “Live at Roseland: The Elements of 4? in New York last month:
PHOTO SOURCE: Fame Pictures
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