Do Not Call Mama Tina a Liar

After opening the BET Awards in iconic fashion on Sunday night, Beyoncé had to dip to London to prep for her international Formation tour. Tina Lawson said as much on stage while accepting her daughter’s award for Video of the Year, but not everyone believed her.
Becky Reveals How She Gets the Good Hair
Rachel Roy has largely avoided the press since appearing to out herself on Instagram in April as the adulterous “Becky with the good hair” in Beyoncé’s Lemonade, which she tried rather unsuccessfully to pivot into a conversation about bullying before claiming it was all a bad joke. In keeping with this odd PR…
Zoe Saldana Would Like to Remind Everybody that She Is a Black Woman
Zoe Saldana has moved passed the point of placating naysayers who criticized her appearance in Nina Simone’s biopic, a film that was not met favorably by critics. Now she wants to hit pause and remind us that she is black, and no one can tell her she’s not, no matter how long their think piece is.
DJ Khaled Wrote an Adorable Thank You Note to Beyoncé
DJ Khaled, King of Posi Vibes and Also Snapchat, was so moved by his time opening for Beyoncé during the North American portion of her “Formation” tour that he wrote her a beautiful, emoji-filled thank you note. It was, of course, posted to Instagram.
The Complex Gospel of Beyoncé's Formation Tour
I knew this was coming. I had read about it before I got there: Beyoncé and a vertical line of barefoot dancers glide across a conveyor-belt runway and position themselves in a basin of water on a secondary stage—this time at Citi Field on Wednesday, the second night of Beyoncé’s Formation Tour in New York—and proceed…
All the Kooky, Sparkly, and Dumb-Ass Looks From the 2016 CFDA Awards
The red carpet on fashion’s biggest night out is always packed to the gills, and last night’s CFDA awards were no exception—ev-er-y-one was there, from Beyoncé to my dreaded Elgort to Elon Musk’s glamorous mom.
What Hilton Als and The New Yorker Got Wrong About Beyoncé
The New Yorker’s theater critic, Hilton Als, published a review of Beyoncé’s Formation album and tour this week titled “Beywatch.” “The truth is I wasn’t much interested in her,” he writes late in the piece, “until her sister, Solange Knowles, was caught on camera beating Jay Z’s ass in a hotel elevator in 2014.”
A Brief History of Pop Stars Borrowing From Other Artists
Last week, an Instagram post emerged highlighting the similarities between a dance routine from Beyoncé’s Formation Tour and the work of artist Alexander Ekman. Those familiar with Beyoncé will remember that this is far from the first time the Lemonade singer has been accused of heavily borrowing, if we’re being…
Beyoncé's Ivy Park Accused of Paying Factory Workers 63 Cents Per Hour
A new investigative piece by British tabloid The Sun reveals that the workers manufacturing Beyonce’s new athletic line Ivy Park work up to 60 hours a week and earn $6.17 per day.
Man Arrested for Singing 'Formation' Loudly in a Mall Claims He Was Off Medication
Beyoncé’s liberating anthem “Formation” makes you want to scream atop your lungs in public places: “When he fuck me good, I take his ass to Red Lobster!!!” Just like this one man did. But then you might get arrested.
