Friday, December 30, 2011

Beyoncé Baby Rumors Bombard the Internet

Maybe baby can wait, but the Internet sure can't.

Blogs and Twitter are in a fever pitch with rumors, gossip, tips, inferences and even bad Photoshopping all about one thing: whether Beyoncé" and husband Jay-Z have welcomed their baby girl.

No matter that the couple and their reps have maintained total silence and that no credible reports exist. The Beyoncé Baby Watch has become a cyber-event unto itself.

It all started with the Twitter explosion when the singer announced her pregnancy at the MTV Video Music Awards last summer, setting a world record of 8,868 Tweets per second (TPS).

After a surreal moment when conspiracy theorists were convinced the baby news was an elaborate hoax involving a prosthetic belly – all, of course, denied by Beyoncé – the Web picked up steam as the due date neared.

In recent days, blogs and Twitter pages seemed certain that Beyoncé not only checked into a New York hospital, but that she actually gave birth.

The Internet has even named the couple's first-born, Tiana-May Carter, after Disney's first black princess, Tiana, in The Princess and the Frog.

And in one of the more unsettling posts, somebody shared what was purported to be a baby photo. We certainly hope not. This would be one ugly kid.

Monday, December 5, 2011

Beyoncé Grabs Two GRAMMY Nominations!

Congratulations to Beyoncé for her two GRAMMY nominations! Beyoncé received nominations in the following categories:

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Party
Beyoncé & André 3000

Best Long Form Music Video
I Am...World Tour
Beyoncé

The GRAMMYs air Sunday, February 12, at 8pm ET on CBS. Check your local listings. The video for "Party" is also included on Beyoncé's new deluxe 2-DVD set Live At Roseland: Elements of 4 which is available everywhere now!