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As news about Whitney Houston's tragic death continues to roll in, we now know that her body has been released by the Los Angeles coroner's office, and she is apparently on board Tyler Perry's private jet en route to New Jersey, where her funeral will be held later this week. Plans for the event are still coming together, but it looks like it will be a massive affair. More »
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Behold Blue Ivy Carter! She is so beautiful and perfect, and it's sort of hard to believe it's actually her. The photos surfaced on Tumblr a little while ago, and they sure do look genuine—there's even a hand-written note signed by the Carter Family. More »
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What do you get for the BFF who has everything and then also has a baby? Well, if you're Gwyneth Paltrow, you buy your pal Beyoncé a top of the line Bugaboo Cameleon stroller—retail price $979. Nothing but the best for Blue Ivy™. But here's a question: what the hell are Beyoncé and Jay-Z going to do with a stroller? That child is not going to see the light of day until she already knows how to walk, or maybe she won't even need to walk because she'll be carried aloft on a platform everywhere she goes. Actually, maybe they could use it to push the baby around inside her 2,200-square-foot nursery. Either way, props to the Goop for the nice gesture. [Us] More »
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When it comes to the failed marriage of Courteney Cox and David Arquette, usually it's David that's doing the oversharing. But today Courteney turned everything on its head by opening up to Howard Stern about the specifics of her sex life, or rather her lack thereof. She told him—along with the entire world—that she hasn't had sex in a year. Good to know! More »
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Cynthia Nixon's comments that being gay was a personal choice for her rankled all manner of folk earlier this month. And now she's weathered the shitstorm Nixon has come out to clarify her position – even though she did a pretty good job of it the first time around – and say that, for her, being gay is a choice but her bisexuality is not. "While I don't often use the word, the technically precise term for my orientation is bisexual. I believe bisexuality is not a choice, it is a fact. What I have 'chosen' is to be in a gay relationship," she told The Advocate. "I do, however, believe that most members of our community - as well as the majority of heterosexuals - cannot and do not choose the gender of the persons with whom they seek to have intimate relationships because, unlike me, they are only attracted to one sex." Personally, as a card-carrying 'mo, I must say that I wasn't riled up to begin with; it's her sexuality, let her define it how she pleases. She also had a point when she said that the whole debate has been ceded to bigots and we shouldn't let them dictate how we choose to define ourselves. I expect to see your utterances of agreement and vicious personal attacks in the comments … Go! [The Advocate] More »
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Not to shit all over the fine work of Destiny's Child, but Rutgers University doctoral student and lecturer Kevin Allred is reaching by comparing the lyrical style of Beyoncé to Alice Walker and Sojourner Truth – especially because he's so obsessed he's based a whole subject around it called Politicizing Beyoncé. "This isn't a course about Beyonce's political engagement or how many times she performed during President Obama's inauguration weekend," explained Allred "She certainly pushes boundaries. While other artists are simply releasing music, she's creating a grand narrative around her life, her career, and her persona." You just know that if Beyoncé ever releases a doll Allred will go bat-shit nuts if you try to take it out of the box. [Huff Po] More »
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First we dealt with the painful shock that Katy Perry and Russell Brand's marriage had fallen apart, and now comes word that @katyperry has officially unfollowed @rustyrockets. Alas, parting is such tweet sorrow! The worst part of this digital divorce is that her estranged hubby is still following her. Awkward. More »
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We've all been so busy buzzing about the birth of Blue Ivy Carter that we didn't notice some less joyful news out of the Jay-Z camp. His company Rocawear recently laid off more than half of its staff. To make matters worse, the timing of the firings was especially poor. More »
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A wise woman (Janeane Garofalo) once said: "My friend, he had a baby and he said, ‘I get it now. It's the greatest thing that's happened to me and now I realize it's not all about me.' You didn't know that?! You're 42 and you didn't know that it's not all about you?" And in that vein I'd like to direct an eye-roll in the direction of Jay-Z, also 42, after he wrote a poem to his newborn daughter Blue Ivy stating that he'll no longer refer to women as bitches in his song lyrics. Because it was totally fine before, apparently. "Before I got in the game, made a change, and got rich/I didn't think hard about using the word bitch/I rapped, I flipped it, I sold it, I lived it/Now with my daughter in this world I curse those that give it," he writes. "No man will degrade her, or call her name. I'm so focused on your future, the degradation has passed. I wish you wealth, health and insight. Forever young you may pass. Blue Ivy Carter, my angel". While positive change is great and all it's still a few hundred shades of irritating that he wasn't smart enough to realize this before he had a child. So excuse me if I withhold my slow clap. [NME] Update: There's some skepticism as to the authenticity of the poem. We'll see. More »
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Well, you have to hand it to drug dealers. They're nothing if not enterprising, and they're not going to miss out on making a buck off the latest pop culture obsession just because that obsession is a tiny, innocent baby. Yes, Blue Ivy Carter, the blessed child of Beyonce and Jay-Z, may be just a week old, but she already has a strain of weed named after her. It's all downhill from here, kid. But seriously, "OG Blue Ivy" is actually on sale at pot dispensaries in LA. So, if you're still looking for that perfect baby gift for Beyonce and Jay-Z, you know what to do! More »
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Anyone who has been around small kids knows that some of the stuff that comes out of their mouths is hilariously precocious, but it can also take you aback because you didn't expect to hear it for at least another few years. Tina Fey found herself in that predicament when she was watching some 30 Rock with her six-year-old daughter Alice – adorable! – when someone mentioned erections under clothes. Of course out of anything she could have picked up on, Alice asked her mom: "What's an erection?" To which walking thesaurus Tina quickly replied: "An erection is a building!" But someone must have taught wee Alice about context early on because she knew all to well that you can't hide buildings under clothing (my apologies to Christo and Jeanne-Claude) and started pressing for more details. "I wanted to be so mad at the show," added Tina. "But it was my show!" [Radar] More »
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Even if there hadn't been talk of it in the past, the signs were all there — she's less irritating, more intelligent and choc full of self-deprecating humor — so it shouldn't come as a shock that Khloe Kardashian may not actually be one of the klan after all. Robert Kardashian's ex-wives Jan Ashley and Ellen Kardashian have both come forward to say that their shared late husband harbored serious doubts that Khloe was his biological daughter. "Khloe is not his kid," said Jan. "He told me that after we got married." Ellen followed it up by saying that it's common knowledge among the family and likely a result of Kris Jenner's cheating seeing that she and Robert weren't sleeping together around the time of conception. "Khloe brought it up all the time," she added. "She looked nothing like the rest. She was tall, had a different shape, light hair, curly hair. Didn't look anything like the other three children." [Radar] More »
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If you thought nothing could spoil Blue Ivy's birthday celebration, you were wrong. The witch who blessed Beyonce with her beautiful singing voice has returned for what she was promised and, in the words of fictional gossip columnist Bryan Spees, "that crone ain't giving back that baby." More »
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Jay-Z's new track, "Glory," is notable not just because it celebrates his newborn daughter with wife Beyoncé, but also because it makes reference to a previous miscarriage — and it's incredibly rare that a male celebrity does that. As music critic Ann Powers questioned yesterday on Twitter: "Has a rapper ever spoken about miscarriage before?" Good question. More »
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It appears that Demi Moore has found a novel way to cope with the dissolution of her six-year marriage to Ashton Kutcher – by jumping straight onto another strapping young lad. While there are no details as to the gentleman caller's identity, Ms. Moore was spotted climbing out of his SUV and into her own car on Saturday. Tip: you might want to put some kind of blocker for the word "cougar" on your computer if you're trolling through gossip sites over the next few days because that tired ol' term is about to get bandied about like nobody's business. Whatever, we're just happy girl is getting her own and that he doesn't look like a total frat boy. Image at link. [Radar] More »
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Hey, look! New music from Jay-Z featuring "B.I.C" (his daughter, Blue Ivy Carter.) The track's called "Glory," and the lyrics are much what you'd expect from a new dad: My kid is awesome, I am so happy. Lyrics: More »
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She's only just come up for air, but Blue Ivy has already caused her very first storm of controversy after a man claims Beyoncé's security team were acting like a bunch of dicks and wouldn't let him into Lenox Hill Hospital's NICU to see his premature twin daughters. "Three times they stopped me from entering or exiting the NICU and it happened once on Friday - just because they wanted to use the hallway," said Neil Coulon. "These are children with problems in intensive care and you're just going to take over the hospital like you own it? All I want is an apology … Nobody cares if you're a celebrity. Nobody is star-gazing. They just want to see their children." The hired goons also kicked Coulon's relatives out of the waiting room because it was down the hall from the wing Beyoncé allegedly paid $1.3 million to use. "Some people were upset," said a staffer. "I heard a gentleman say he couldn't go upstairs to see his baby." [NYDN] More »
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This morning the world awoke to hear a chorus of angels heralding the arrival of our savior, Beyoncé's magical girl child, Ivy Blue Blue Ivy Carter! Shrieks of joy are spreading across the planet as people learn that Pregnancé is now Mommyoncé! Jay-Z is now Dad-Z! Hallelujah! The chosen one is FINALLY here! More »
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Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which we nurse horrid hangovers with soothing sips of gossip, extracted from the pages of In Touch, Life & Style, Us, Ok! and Star. This week: John Mayer is seriously depressed; Kim Kardashian wrecked both Kanye and Kobe's relationships; Angie just found out that Jennifer Aniston had a miscarriage like 6 years ago; and rumor has it that Pregnancé's hair will be looking unbeweavable when she gives birth to the Greatest Infant Of All Time. More »
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Actress Ellen Barkin got into a bit of a tangle with the NYPD on New Year's Eve. She was walking in her Manhattan neighborhood with her boyfriend, Sam Levinson, when she says the cops were arresting people who weren't doing anything illegal. She saw one girl who she says was getting randomly arrested and tried to intervene. At that point, Barkin said on Twitter, one of the officers pushed her: More »
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Jennifer Hudson has rarely spoken publicly about the horrifying 2008 murder of her mother, brother and nephew, but now, in a new interview with Lester Holt, she's revealed some new details about the tragedy. The most amazing part is that it turns out her fiancé, David Otunga, unknowingly saved her life that day. More »
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Figuring they'd squeeze in one more shit-storm of controversy before the year is out, Rihanna and Chris Brown have got eyebrows raised and at the ready after sending each other a series of secret-but-not-really-because-it's-a-public-forum love Tweets. Chris got the ball rolling when he wrote, "Love U more than you know." And Rihanna replied almost immediately with, "I'll always love u #1LOVE." Aside from the fact they still had more than enough characters to spell out the goddamn "you" in full, people are saying that the messages were meant for each other. And before all of you hateful, anti-gossip naysayers suggest it's nothing more than an unsettling coincidence she has been vocally supportive of him in recent months and found herself in the middle of a similar Twitter dalliance a few weeks back when his mom wrote, "HELLO LADY I MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU!!!!!! YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!!!!" and Rihanna replied with, "Miss+Love u 2." Sidebar: what is it with parents and the Caps Lock key? [E!] More »
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For reasons which may never be fully understood, Kelly Clarkson took to her Facebook wall earlier today to express her love for Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. She pledged her vote to him if he wins the nomination, though she lamented, "Too bad he probably won't." More »
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It's Pregnancé no more because reports are coming thick and fast that Beyoncé is having her baby – with talk that she's probably crowning this very moment! With nurses and security at New York's St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital being advised to prepare themselves for a high-profile client checking in to give birth late yesterday, word on the maternity ward is that it's none other than Mama B. Though this hasn't been confirmed, two gossipy nurses have said that the VIP has booked out half of the Labor and Delivery Suite at the hospital – the same one where friend Alicia Keys gave birth last year. It's just as well that Beyoncé and Jay-Z are insanely wealthy because otherwise their baby girl would have been forever cursed to receive the lame twofer "Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday!" gifts that disappoint many late December children. Congrats, y'all! [Media Takeout] More »
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This morning GMA gave us a sneak preview of Katie Couric's big interview with a very-pregnant Pregnancé, and it's clear the expecting diva is over the moon about the child she's about to bring into this world — it's also very clear that her belly wasn't collapsing, and that B is indeed pregnant (duh). Couric, meanwhile, spends most of the interview swooning over the glowing mom-to-be because, well, who wouldn't? Beyoncé's glowing; she makes the whole thing look fabulous. More »
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Being a huge success in life doesn't always mean you'll make a good dad, and father-to-be Jay-Z isn't taking anything for granted. He said last night that he's been thinking—and maybe even over-thinking—about whether or not he's got what it takes. More »
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Yesterday Beyonce released the video for her live performance of "I Was Here," which she dedicated to the fans despite the fact that it's just a montage of how awesome her life has been so far. (To be fair, if we performed at the Obama inauguration, held a handful of Grammys and met Nelson Mandela, we'd be bragging too.) However, the video does contain an Easter egg for the fans. Beyonce married Jay-Z during a private ceremony in 2008, and at 3:36 she shares a shot of her gown for the first time. You'd better brace yourself, because you will never be the same after seeing these images: More »
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The folks on Good Morning America announced what Kelly Rowland bought as a baby shower gift for Beyoncé and Jay-Z's little girl! Warning: It is definitely your depressing "they are the one percent" celebrity story of the day. The former Destiny's Child singer has purchased a $7,000 glittering mini bathtub covered in thousands of pink Swarovski crystals for the future Babyoncé to take luxurious baby baths in. I guess when you accidentally reveal the sex of your best friend's baby to the press, you've got to try and make up for it with an extravagant and excessive gift? More »
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Since very, very few of us have had intimate, personal conversations with Pregnance or Jay-Z about the sex of their child, it's impossible to say what it's going to be. Unless you're Kelly Rowland and you have talked to Pregnance. Then you'd know it's pretty much going to be a girl. More »
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It looks like Bieberbabydaddygate is on its last skinny-jean-clad legs and will soon be dead forever. It's been discovered that Mariah Yeater, the 20-year-old woman who's become infamous overnight for saying that Justin Bieber is the father of her child, made an earlier claim that the baby was, in fact, fathered by her ex-boyfriend, John Terranova. Goodnight, sweet credibility! More »
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Yes, it certainly feels as though Beyoncé is releasing new music videos at the speed of light, but those who have been waiting for the one track most likely to be her hit single can rest easy, for "Party" is here. The music video is exactly what the song implies, a party — but it takes place in a trailer park (where there's plenty of room for her to park her $500,000 minivan). The beat is good, Beyoncé looks fabulous, we've got B's sister Solange playing the role of D.J., and former Destiny's Child singer Kelly Rowland in the crowd. Yet Andre 3000 — who figures into the original track — has been replaced by J Cole in the video. Maybe Andre just wasn't that into the trailer park idea, or he's distancing himself from whatever the hell Beyoncé's word "swagu" really means. More »
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Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which we rifle through the attics of In Touch, Ok!, Life & Style, Us and Star, in search of hidden gossip treasures. This week, Demi Moore is scary-skinny thin gaunt and wasting away; Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez might become a scorching hot bride and groom; and Pregnancé is ready to be a mom, since she bought a Mercedes minivan that looks like a private jet inside. More »
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The music video for Beyoncé's latest, "Love On Top," hit the web today, and in what is sure to fuel the fire of idiot speculators who cannot comprehend that perhaps she filmed the video before the whole baby thing, B is sans-bump. featured B without her baby bump. That said — and I'm not trying to perpetuate the bizarre fixation on whether or not she's really pregnant — it does seem a bit counter-intuitive (or at least chronologically out of order) to release this flat-tummied video after the video for "Countdown," which prominently featured The Mom-To-Be dancing with her visible bump. (NOT THAT IT MEANS ANYTHING. Because it doesn't. It just felt briefly anachronistic.) More »
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The first photos of Tina Fey's 9-week-old baby, Penelope, are finally online and judging from this shot, Tina couldn't be happier about having her photo taken during a routine moment in her day! More »
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Beyoncé's odd foldy belly and the scrutiny thereof heralds a new era in celebrity culture: we've moved beyond watching starlets' stomachs for the slightest sign of a baby bump, to monitoring their figures for signs that their pregnancies are fake. More »
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A Belgian choreographer, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, believes that Beyoncé's new video, "Countdown," is "plagiarism." Keersmaeker writes on her blog, "This is stealing." Keersmaeker points out that there are two separate dances from which she believes Beyoncé and her team copied moves, and adds, "It's a bit rude, I must say." In the clip above, some of the key moments from Beyoncé's clip are spliced together with Keersmaeker's work. This is not the first time Beyoncé has been accused of ripping off a concept: The video for "Run The World" included images and scenarios very close to the work of photographer Pieter Hugo, and her performance at the Billboard awards was almost identical to a performance by Italian artist Lorella Cuccarini. [Clutch Magazine, Express, Guardian] More »
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Oh, sorry, did you have plans for the rest of today? Well you're going to need to cancel them because you'll be busy watching Beyoncé's new "Countdown" video over and over again. That is how awesome and hypnotic it is. The best part is that you'll get to see Beyoncé show off her growing belly while rocking plenty of super sexy baby-safe dance moves. Is there nothing this woman cannot do? You probably already love the music, but get ready to love all the colors! And the outfits! Just put it on repeat and let yourself melt into it until you can no longer see straight and words have lost all meaning. More »
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Now that they are going to have a baby, will Jay-Z and Beyoncé move to Brooklyn? "I have been thinking about it, but the prices over there are really high," Jay says. "It's not like before!" He also says of his success: "Someone emailed me this morning and said 'Some people climb the ladder and grab the ladder. And some people pull more people up the ladder and you are a person who pulls more people up the ladder.' I was very humbled by that." [E! More »
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British Comedian Russell Brand was forced to cancel his show in Canada on Saturday after customs officials refused to let him into the country. No word on why exactly he was denied entry yesterday, but it's not the first time he's had trouble with customs. Earlier this year, Japan refused to let him in because of his criminal record. Hmm, probably tweets like this one during last night's drama aren't helping his case: More »
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