Author: Jason

Beyoncé joined Alicia Keys on stage at the MSG stadium last night to perform their song, Put It In A Love Song. View the video in a post below or click on the pictures to go to the gallery.

03.17 – Put It In A Love Song @ MSG w/ Alicia Keys [HQ]

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has unseated Oprah Winfrey as the most powerful celebrity of 2009 but the talk show queen is still raking in big money with an earning of USD 275 million dollars a year. The Forbes list of most powerful celebrities have five men and women in the top ten but the women take the top four positions in the order of Jolie, Winfrey, Madonna and Beyonce Knowles with Jennifer Aniston at number eight.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z were spotted at 1OAK in New York City during Robin Thicke’s birthday party. Check out the photos below.

03.17 – Beyoncé & Jay-Z at Robin Thicke’s birthday party [MQ]

Macy’s sold $3 million worth of Beyoncé Heat, Beyoncé Knowles’ debut fragrance, from early February to early March, and 72,000 bottles during the hour she signed autographs in Herald Square.

Beyoncé and Jay were spotted at the Atlantic City 40/40 club on Sunday night. View the picture below.

03.13 – Atlantic City 40/40 Club

In the wake of reports that surfaced over the weekend claiming that MTV had banned Lady Gaga’s nearly 10-minute-long video for “Telephone,” a spokesperson for the channel clarified the situation on Monday (March 15).  “MTV did not ban Lady Gaga and Beyoncé’s ‘Telephone’ video — in fact, we premiered it on Friday, March 12, on-air and online at MTV.com, two days before this story was falsely reported,” said MTV Executive Vice President of Music and Talent Amy Doyle. “Fans can continue to catch the video as we repeat it on-air and online.”  The rumor appears to have begun with a segment that aired on CNN on Sunday in which reporters Fredricka Whitfield and Jacqui Jeras discuss the video — which at press time has been viewed more than 14 million times on YouTube since its release late Thursday — and say that MTV had banned the clip. The CNN video has circulated widely on the Internet, but does not currently appear to be on the CNN site.

With a 2-1 rise for “Telephone,” Lady Gaga and the track’s featured artist Beyoncé have tied the record for most No. 1s since the Nielsen BDS-based radio airplay chart launched in 1992. The pair joins Mariah Carey, who tallied six toppers between 1993 and 2005. Lady Gaga and Beyonce pass Avril Lavigne, Pink, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, each with five No. 1s.  Beyonce first led Pop Songs with “Crazy in Love” in 2003, while Lady Gaga first appeared on the chart just 16 months ago.

Kriyss Grant, the first dancer Michael Jackson hand-picked to back him up onstage, speaks with Charles Thomson, exactly an year after Michael sold out 50 concerts at London’s O2 arena.

“He [Frank Gatson] called me around a year later. Beyoncé was starting up her tour and he said he couldn’t think of a better person to audition because he wanted something new, something high energy. So I flew to LA and I danced in front of Beyoncé. She loved it. She said I had to be on her tour.”  The pair bonded immediately due to their shared work ethic, says Grant. “Beyoncé is a very hard worker and she’s very hard on herself. It’s funny because we both think the same way. We never think what we do is good enough. We always think we could do better. We say ‘OK, it was good enough for that day’ or ‘that was the best I could do at that moment’ but we are never really satisfied.  “Beyoncé always enjoys doing what she’s doing. I mean, she doesn’t use the bathroom or nothing when it comes to work. She’s just always on it and she never wants to eat, she doesn’t want to do anything – she just wants to work, work, work.”

It was during Grant’s time with Beyoncé that Michael Jackson announced his comeback concerts. When Frank Gatson got word of the audition, he told Kriyss he had to go. A lifelong Jackson fan, Grant jumped at the chance. But did he feel apprehensive about leaving behind such a big opportunity on the off-chance that he could dance for Jackson?  “No, it was Beyoncé who pushed me,” he laughs. “She told me she was gonna slap me if I didn’t go! She was rooting for me and so was Frank. If I didn’t make Michael’s concerts, I would have met up with the others and been one of the captains on the Beyonce tour.”

Here are some mor shots from the most recent Dereon photoshoot.

Dereon Promoshoot 2010

The video is ALREADY #1 and we want the song to build up to be #1 too, so be sure to buy both.  Click here to buy the video and click here to buy the song.  You can ALSO buy Telephone – The Remixes by clicking here.  Let’s show our support folks!

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Alicia Keys’ music video for her single “Put It in a Love Song” reportedly has got pushed back. After rumored to make its debut Monday, March 8, the Beyonce Knowles-featuring video is said to come out next week, March 17. Another source, Alicia Keys France fan site, claims the singer’s French label confirmed it will be unveiled in mid April. In the meantime, the video which is directed by Melina Matsoukas and filmed in the Rio de Janeiro slum area reportedly is still in the editing room.

In other words, we’ll get it when we get it. Sorry folks!

I’ve added a few new photos; two from the set of the Telephone video and two from the House of Dereon photoshoot.

Telephone Video Set

Dereon 2010

Let’s hope this one turns out to be true.