Beyonce On Strict Diet To Lose “Etta James” Weight
Beyonce is on strict diet to lose the 20 pounds she had to gain to play blues legend Etta James in the upcoming film Cadillac Records. That’s not such a big deal, but she has to lose the weight fast for her next project in a psychological thriller titled Obsessed. It’s such a time sensitive issue that she even had the following stipulations at her recent interview and photo shoot with Marie Claire. “no chips, no candy, no desserts, no junk food, no fried food”. Putting on the pounds

Beyoncé: 'I'm over being a pop star'
Beyoncé's new rule: "no chips, no candy, no desserts, no junk food, no fried food." Why? Because she gained 20 lbs for her role as 1950s soul singer Etta James in new movie Cadillac Records. And then she had to...

Beyaki/Beyowulf: 'I'm highly respected'
Singer-turned-actress Beyonce could be hanging up her pop star shoes soon, as she revealed that is simply “over it”. The singer, who plays Etta James in the upcoming drama 'Cadillac Records' has also scored a role in the thriller ‘Obsessed’, which could signal a move to full-time acting. "I'm over being a pop star," she told Marie Claire. "I don't wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic. And I feel like I've accomplished a lot. I feel like I'm highly respected, which is more important than any awar

Celebs News: Exclusive: Amy Winehouse ditches Mark Ronson on new album
She's been in the studio with Salaam Remi, who previously worked with the star on her last megahit album Back To Black

Beyonce Knowles Talks Weight Gain, Future
Beyonce Knowles is well known for her smoking hot body and her “bootylicious” behind. But Miss Knowles recently got a break from the gym, as she had to pack on the pounds for her role in the upcoming movie “Cadillac Records”. Interestingly enough, the “Irreplaceable” singer told press that she had to gain twenty pounds to play the role of Etta James in her new flick. Beyonce spoke of the weight gaining process saying it “was so much fun” but ad

Beyonce Thickens up for Etta James Role
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Beyonce talks about gaining and losing weight
Yes, that’s her body above — 20 POUNDS more than her usual weight and bootylicious form. I still think Beyonce Knowles looks curvaceous and sexy despite gaining weight! She doesn’t look fat at all or with unsightly bulges. The pop star packed the 20 pounds for her role in “Cadillac Records” as Etta James. Beyonce Knowles said that the weight gaining process “was so much fun” but adds that she had difficulty losing the weight for her next role in the psychological thriller Obsessed.

Network anchors flock to Republican convention
NEW YORK -- The top broadcast and cable television news anchors left the storm-drenched Gulf Coast today and headed to St. Paul, Minn., to report on the Republican National Convention as it resumed a full schedule. CBS' Katie Couric, ABC's Charles Gibson and NBC's Brian Williams will arrive in Minnesota in time to anchor tonight's news specials about the GOP gathering, which was drastically scaled back Monday because of Hurricane Gustav. CNN's Anderson Cooper and Fox News' Shepard Smith also will rejoin

The Ticker (Gustav edition): Shep, Anderson, Gibson...
> FNC's Shepard Smith gets some high praise from the Kansas City Star's Aaron Barnhart. "Now that Shepard Smith is on Fox, there's really no reason to watch anything else," he writes. "Knowledge of his home state and his experience from the Katrina watch makes him the authority." > CNN's Anderson Cooper is leading the on-the-ground coverage of Gustav, reporting from the French Quarter in New Orleans. As for the rest of Cooper's week, CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein tells TVNewser, "We'll make a call based on

EAST VILLAGE RADIO, WE BACK MUHFUGGAS.......
i'm back in new york and it's a friday night....which can only mean one thingauthentic sh*t radio back in full effectso much new music and a WORLD PREMIERE from one of my favourite bands in the world. i Kan't Cay who it is but here's a subtle hintlisten up kids!p.s. also the most amazingest dj eli escobar will be picking up some slack for me on the show this summer while i'm away touring, so he'll be co'ing the show with me for the next few weeks so you all get a bit familiar.

With Hurricane Gustav, we get another episode of "Watch Us Stand in the Elements" -- don't the media make you want to hurl?
Hurricane Gustav gives the media another chance to show just how special we are. The main bulletin: We are such hypocrites. We'll tell you what to do in a hurricane -- flee -- but we won't follow our advice. And on the New Orleans story, the levees deserve the close-ups rather than the journalists. But Monday morning, TV anchors and reporters served up another episode of "Watch Us Stand in the Elements." Among those being lashed by the elements on Monday were Al Roker and Ann Curry of NBC,

AUTHENTIC SH*T WITH SPECIAL GUEST STARS MARK BRONSON, ELI ESCOBAR, Q-TIP, HOLY GHOST ETC....
last night may have been one of our star-adorned evenings yet. the amount of talent in the booth rivaled a jerry's kids telethon even.we had me and eli (bien sur), amanda blank, simon o'connor of amazing baby, alex from dfa's own holy ghost, and q-tip. an honourable mention to kate moross for dropping by with some dope ish from her label, isomorph.listen to the musicDuran Duran The Chauffeur Lil Wayne Milli Over 1 million americans can't be wrong Can They?Jay-Z A Billi Glass Candy Miss Broadway Shout

♫ Solange - Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams
I knew it would not be long before young music starlet Solange Knowles (aka Solange or Solo) got the chance to scholar in her own right with the new album appropriately entitled SoL-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams (Music World Ent./Geffen). Featured guest appearances on this project, both composition and production, include Bama Boyz, Bilal, Mark Ronson, and The Neptunes to name just a few. Hadley Dreams is a jazzy tune composed of soul and blues to last a lifetime; to give you a general idea, some of Had

48 Bottles Of Jack Daniels - Excessive Drinking + Drugs = Death!
This women is screaming for help!  Amy surprised Festival organisers with her demand for two crates of the 40 per cent liquor.   Amy has a history of axing gigs at the last minute, and faces legal action after pulling out of a Paris concert just hours before she was due to headline last Friday. Now organisers [...]

All The Sad Young High School Literature Teachers… [Summer Reading]
"I would would love to teach any of the Russians including guys like Babel. Definitely Wilde and Virginia Woolf. I would want to do Illustrated Man by Bradbury. Mafouz, Naipaul, Saramogo, oh and Crab Walk by Günter Grass as a weird interesting look at WWII. Plath is wonderful. I could go on. For me I want to deal with books that in Kafka's words 'wound and stab us.'"--My favorite high school teacher emailing in response to this.* *I went to a generally mediocre Catholic high school but every medio

LOLLAPALOOZA AND WE OUT.... (THANK YOU VERY MUCH)
all of you are f***king wondrous. i can't believe the love that we've been shown over the past sixteen or so months. if i never play another note of guitar on stage after this sunday, i could die happy with a million memories. all the crew, musicians and singers that came on the road with us, you're lovely. and most of all, all of you that came to see us play, i hope we left you elated and elevated in some form or another.THE OLD GANGthis sunday at lollapalooza in chicago will be our last gig of the run, ma

Oh, Noel.....
Noel Gallagher said i should "learn three chords on the guitar and go write a tune". so i just wanted him to know that i'm actually taking guitar lessons from Jay-Z right now and he's already taught me both chords to "Wonderwall" (tune!). in fact, it's so much fun having Jay teach me all of Noel's songs on the guitar (they're all so easy to learn!) that i"m thinking of doing an Oasis/Jay Z remix album a la "The Grey Album". Potential titles are "Champagne Superhova" or "Definitely Jay Z"*. I'll keep you pos

Celebs News: Amy Winehouse, Jordan, Victoria Beckham and more in Mirror.co.uk’s Friday gossip round-up
It’s judgement day in the Big Brother house. By 11pm we’ll know who the winner of Big Brother 9 is, they’ll have a healthy cheque stuffed in their pocket and we can all resume our Friday night social lives.

NEW Authentic Sh*t!: KC, Nas exclusives plus Nikolai’s (aka Nickel Eye) NEw iSh
so me and dj eli have been in the booth the past two weeks and the shows have been fairly jonathan blaze, especially last night--where a lovely man named Nikolai Fraiture (whose day job includes playing bass in the Strokes) came by and played us some of his upcoming solo record. we also world premiered a new Nas song feat. Busta Rhymes (that i produced) and eli played brilliantly as always. here's a link to the show:JUNE 7th PodcastRonson & ELI TOGETHER FOREVER!!!! No HomesSly & The Family Stone Luv N' Ha

CAPTION THIS: Gangbangin’ With Mr. Cooper
Anderson Cooper couldn't be happier about his first trip to a men's prison. (MPR, via ONTD)

Kings Of Leon lash out at ‘insecure’ druggie rockers
Kings Of Leon have labelled Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty as “insecure” as they believe they use drugs because that are so hungry for fame.Nathan Followill - the band’s drummer - insists that some musicians resort to behaving in a "stupid" manner in a bid for attention - because their music isn't very good on its own. Comment on this Article The star refers to Winehouse's recent home movie, posted on video-sharing website YouTube, as an example - the clip showed her behaving strangely a

Kings Of Leon lash out at ‘insecure’ druggie rockers
Kings Of Leon have labelled Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty as “insecure” as they believe they use drugs because that are so hungry for fame.Nathan Followill - the band’s drummer - insists that some musicians resort to behaving in a "stupid" manner in a bid for attention - because their music isn't very good on its own. Comment on this Article The star refers to Winehouse's recent home movie, posted on video-sharing website YouTube, as an example - the clip showed her behaving strangely a

Mark Ronson - Ronson Led Zeppelin And Brolin Are Gq Men Of The Year
Mark Ronson, Led Zeppelin and Josh Brolin were all hailed as GQ magazine's Men of the Year at a star-studded ceremony in London. The event at London's Royal Opera House ...

3am: 3am's clocked - we've got spies everywhere
Arctic Monkey Jamie Cook on the tube with girlfriend Katie Downes in South Kensington, London... Mark Ronson enjoying a meal at Blakes Hotel, London... Coleen Rooney dancing to Grease tunes at the Newz Bar, Liverpool. Post to: Share Fark Delicious Facebook Digg Print Email More 3am Celebs Stories Exclusive: Heath Ledger inspired model Lily Cole to try acting Keira Knightley in verbal street 'attack'

Beyonce Producing, Starring in 'Cadillac Records'
Beyonce Knowles has signed on to star in and executive produce the upcoming Sony BMG Films 1950s period movie Cadillac Records. Beyonce will play blues singer Etta James in the film, about the seminal Chicago record label Chess Records and its founder, Leonard Chess, who started out selling albums out of his Cadillac. James, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Chuck Berry are among the legends who recorded on Chess.