Beyonce, JLo & Florence Welch Team Up For "Chime For Change"

Banding together to support females, girl power icons Beyoncé Knowles, Florence Welch, and Jennifer Lopez will perform at a Chime for Change concert on June 1st.
Sponsored by Gucci, the show will raise money for nonprofits promoting female empowerment. Along with the trio of talent, Ellie Goulding, HAIM, Iggy Azalea, John Legend, Laura Pausini, Rita Ora, and Timbaland will take the stage at London's Twickenham Stadium.

In a statement, the mother of little Blue Ivy Carter says, "Our goal is to call for change for girls and women in the loudest voice possible. I am excited for us to come together on June 1st to bring the issues of Education, Health and Justice for girls and women to the world stage."
Presenters at the star-studded event include James Franco, Blake Lively, and Jada Pinkett Smith. Ticket holders will receive a Sound of Change voucher to choose which girls and women's project to support.

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{WATCH HERE} Beyonce Releases Mrs. Carter World Tour Trailer

Her shows are full of legendary tricks and fireworks, and now Beyoncé Knowles is giving everyone a chance to see what her concerts are all about.
On Monday (April 22) the "Single ladies" songstress released highlights from her Mrs. Carter World Tour online for her adoring fans who weren't able to score tickets this year.

Highlights included performance clips from her ballad "Halo" and motivating song "Run the World (Girls)."
Check out the epic trailer from Beyonce's worldwide tour below!

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Screen shot from Beyonce's 1+1 Video

It's in the middle, but you know what they say; you only see what your eyes wants to see! :-)

{WATCH HERE} Beyonce Gets Slapped And Hair Pulled In Serbia !!

Time Magazine Unveils 100 Most Influential People 2013

With all of the wonderful folks all over the globe, Time Magazine had quite the challenge whittling down their 2013 list of the Most Influential People in the World.
“Hunger Games” gal Jennifer Lawrence ended up making it onto one of the seven covers of the new issue, given her massive career boost and plethora of awards as of late.

In fact, fellow thespian Jodie Foster called Lawrence, “a good-humored, ballsy, free-spirited [woman],” and “a spritely tomboy from Kentucky who’s got it together.”
Other famous faces on the roster include Justin Timberlake, Lena Dunham , Duchess Kate Middleton, Jay-Z, and Rand Paul.

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President Obama Talks Jay-Z & Beyonce’s Cuba Trip

He’s the leader of the free world, and President Barack Obama has way too much on his plate to worry about celebrity travel itineraries.
During his interview with “Today,” the Commander-in-Chief confessed that despite reports to the contrary he didn’t have any information on Jay-Z and Beyoncé Knowles' recent controversial trip to Cuba.

Obama noted, “I wasn’t familiar that they were taking the trip. My understanding is I think they went through a group that organizes these educational trips down to Cuba. You know, this is not something the White House was involved with. We've got better things to do."
Instead, Barack shared he’s working on making the USA a better place. “I feel personally responsible the same way I hope every parent out there feels responsible for all our kids. The key thing for me, is every once in a while we are confronted with an issue that should transcend politics."
"I think the political engines of the party and blogs, et cetera, force people into taking more extreme positions publicly than they actually believe privately. I’m willing to try anything. As I’ve said, I'm willing to wash folks' cars and walk their dogs if I can get some legislation passed."

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Beyonce's racy outfits at her Mrs Carter show in Belgrade, Serbia

On the opening night of her Mrs. Carter tour in Belgrade, Serbia, Beyonce wore her raciest outfit yet. She wore a gold sequin-encrusted bodysuit decorated with faux breasts, complete with protruding nipples. Some people think it's x-rated. Lol. See her other costumes at the show after the cut...

White House Responds to Jay Z's "Open Letter"

Just hours after Jay-Z dropped a new tune to address the negative press surrounding he and his wife Beyonce's recent trip to Cuba, the White House has released their own response to the song.
In the track titled "Open Letter," the 43-year-old rapped, "boy from the hood but got White House clearance," adding, "Obama said chill, you gonna get me impeached/You don't need this s--t anyway, chill with me on the beach."

After many speculated that Jay was implying President Barack Obama had something to do with his clearance to travel to Havana, White House press secretary Jay Carney cleared up all possible questions.
During a press conference on Thursday (April 11), Carney said, "I guess nothing rhymes with 'Treasury,'" he joked. "Because Treasury offers and gives licenses for travel as you know, and the White House has nothing to do with it."
"I am absolutely saying that the White House, from the president on down, had nothing to do with anybody's travel to Cuba. That is something the Treasury handles. OFAC, Treasury, these are tough words to rhyme," Carney stated.

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Beyonce Set to Headline Jay-Z's Made In America Festival

Adding another gig to her jam-packed summer touring schedule, Beyoncé will headline the Budweiser Made in America Festival in Philadelphia on August 31.
Curated by her hubby Jay-Z, the second annual event will also feature her sister Solange, Macklemore, 2 Chainz, deadmau5, Ryan Lewis, Kendrick Lamar, Wiz Khalifa, Nine Inch Nails, the Gaslight Anthem, A$AP Rocky and Public Enemy.

Unfortunately, Jay will not be performing this year. The festival will take place on Labor Day weekend (August 31-September 1).
This year, the festival will again benefit the United Ways of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. Tickets go on sale to the public on Wednesday, April 17.
Later this summer, a documentary inspired by the festival and directed by Ron Howard will be released prior to this year's fest.

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Beyoncé Named Honorary Chair of Met Costume Gala

Though she's often looked to for her sense of style, Beyoncé Knowles will participate in a boundary-pushing event as honorary chair of the Met Institute Costume Gala on May 6th.
Joining other celebs like Anna Wintour, Riccardo Tisci, Lauren Santo Domingo, and Rooney Mara, the Queen Bey will kick off this year's Punk: Chaos to Couture event.

Recently, the 31-year-old songstress and her rapper hubby Jay-Z caused a bit of controversy when they traveled to Cuba to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary.
With the United States' restrictions on travel to the island nation, the trip had to be fully licensed by the Treasury Department under an exception called the people-to-people cultural exchange program.

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