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!

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Beyonce to Debut One More '4' Video Before DVD Deluxe Release

Yesterday (Nov. 7), Sony Music hosted two screenings (10 am and 12 am) for Beyoncé's "Live At Roseland" DVD at Sony's NYC offices.



Beyoncé's publicist shared a few words before cueing play, saying the DVD was a "labor of love" as it was directed, edited and produced by Bey', herself. Ed Burke and Anthony Green also had a hand in directing and Bey' took reigns as executive producer in association with Parkwood Entertainment and Colombia Records.



"Live At Roseland," due Nov. 21 exclusively at Walmart, will give fans an "up close and personal" look at Beyoncé. The 26-song live DVD documents Bey's four nights at the Roseland Ballroom in August, "4 Intimate Nights with Beyoncé." The DVD includes the complete Roseland concert series and never before seen personal footage from Bey'. Queen B shares footage of her times with Destiny's Child, traveling and partying with family, the much talked about American Idol "1+1" rehearsal clip, shot by husband Jay-Z, other performances and even a sneak peak at Beyoncé's wedding dress.

On Nov. 29, Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records plan to release a deluxe version of DVD titled, "Live At Roseland: The Elements of 4," which is a two-disc DVD that will include complete concert footage, bonus offstage footage, a 20-page booklet and a video anthology that includes seven videos from her Billboard 200 No.1 album, "4."


As of now, Beyoncé has debuted six videos from "4"-- three in the month of Oct., ten days apart ("Countdown'" (Oct. 6), "Love on Top" (Oct. 16) and "Party" (Oct. 26), which means we should be expecting one more video from "4" before the deluxe version release date, Nov. 27. A source tells Billboard that the seventh video, also said to not be "End of Time," will debut on Nov. 27th, two days before the deluxe release date.

Friday, October 28, 2011

BEYONCÉ TO RELEASE “LIVE AT ROSELAND” DVD

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BEYONCÉ TO RELEASE “LIVE AT ROSELAND” DVD
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21 EXCLUSIVELY AT WALMART

TWO-DISC DELUXE CONCERT DOCUMENTARY AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29

INTIMATE EVENT SEEN BY A LIMITED AUDIENCE AVAILABLE TO FANS WORLDWIDE

NEW VIDEO, “PARTY,” PREMIERES TONIGHT ON BET’S 106 & PARK AND VEVO


(New York, NY; Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records; Wednesday, October 26, 2011) –When Beyoncé took the stage back in August for four electrifying nights at the famed Roseland Ballroom, only 3,500 lucky fans per night, who bought those tickets in a record 22 seconds, were able to catch the intimate shows in the historic New York venue where she managed to turn a club into a coliseum.

Praised as “robust,” “finely-tuned,” and “compelling” by The New York Times, “4 Intimate Nights With Beyoncé” at Roseland Ballroom, was a tour de force for the entertainer. It was the only time she would perform her new album, 4, almost completely and to a very limited audience. Backed by her all-female band, with an additional string section, the performances were punctuated with spirited stories detailing her journey before the album, 4, including her years before and with Destiny’s Child.

On Monday, November 21, just in time for Thanksgiving, fans who longed to be at those shows can get up close and personal with Beyoncé and experience for themselves the energy and magic that filled the Ballroom with the release of Live At Roseland, exclusively at Walmart. The 26-song live DVD brings the quaint setting turn stadium performances to your living room.

And on Tuesday, November 29, Live At Roseland: The Elements Of 4 deluxe package, a two-disc DVD, with the complete concert, bonus offstage footage, a 20-page booklet and a video anthology that includes seven videos from her latest album, 4, will be released worldwide. The concert documentary is filled with never-before seen footage that captures Beyoncé’s life from eager five-year-old music fan to a consummate entertainer who is in control of every inch of her life and career.

In advance of the DVD’s release, the new video for “Party,” included in the anthology on the deluxe DVD, will be on air on BET’s 106 & Park tonight and online with VEVO and Beyonceonline.com. Directed by Beyoncé and Alan Ferguson, “Party” is the sixth video released from “4” and features rapper J Cole with cameos from Solange and Kelly Rowland.

Live At Roseland was directed by Beyoncé, Ed Burke and Anthony Green and executive produced by Beyoncé for Parkwood Entertainment, in association with Columbia Records.