By the end of the weekend Deja Vu will be out of the top10 (iTunes)... she needs to release something new now

RTA is going to the radios next week.

^ She looks ugly in that cover.

Yeah lol i dont really like that cover and i dont understand but a lot of ppl do !!!

Two new interview from beyonce :
http://et.tv.yahoo.com/
http://accesshollywood.com/

That cover is beautiful. I'm bout to ring the alarm on some people LOL

I just saw Austin Powers 3 over the weekend. Knowles did a nice job considering she is known for her Mainstream songs rather than acting. Is she as good in her other flicks?

Yesterday there waas an advance screening In san Diego And this is the reviews and comments that those ppl gave :

Early Screening Reviews from Aintitcool.com


Last night I saw a test screening of the movie, Dreamgirls, starring Beyonce Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover and Jennifer Hudson. I must start by telling you that I am not completely sold on movie musicals. For the most part, I would rather see it on stage before I see it on screen. It just seems like musicals are difficult to translate to film. But of course there is always an exception to the rule and Dreamgirls is most definitely it.

As soon as the movie began, I knew Dreamgirls was in no way a traditional Broadway meets Hollywood musical. Writer/director, Bill Condon, intelligently stripped the movie of any Broadway cheesiness you might have seen in other movie musicals like The Producers and Rent. He instead kept the majority of the performances on stage and out of the street. By the time the first song was sung off stage, I was so engaged in the story I completely failed to notice or mind that it had even happened. The music itself is so infectiously singable. It has a vintage soulfulness that I think could easily make a big hit in todays music industry. It was no doubt a huge hit during the screening. Almost every number received cheering and loud applause. It was amazing to see the audience filled with energy and excitement after each number.

What really sold me on this film, however, was the acting talent of the entire cast. I expected the music to be great, but I never imagined the acting would be so outstanding. All I can say is Eddie Murphy will blow you away. He plays an unruly James Brownish character whose unpredictable antics will definitely make you laugh. Anika Noni Rose is a scene stealing fiend. Keep your eyes open, you will love her. Diana Ross, I mean, Beyonce Knowles is an amazing specimen. Her voice, her moves, her everything. She has the makings of a true Hollywood movie star. But the brightest of all the shining stars is by far, Jennifer Hudson. She plays, Effie White, a dismissed diva who sings a few show stopping songs that filled the audience with goose bumps, tears and uncontrolable cheers. She will definitely be a star after this movie. I can't believe that this is her film debut! There was such a believable realness to every word that came out of her mouth. I didn't matter whether the words were spoken or sung the audience loved every second of it. No pretense, no arrogance, just raw emotion. Definitely a sight worth seeing.

Besides a few slightly confusing bits of montage where Jamie Foxx steps into the bad side, Dreamgirls is virtually flawless. There will no doubt be tons of Oscar buzz. I highly recommend anyone who thinks they don't like musicals to go see it. It will completely change your perspective and believe me, you won't be able to get the songs out of your head. There will be a definite repeat viewing on my part and who knows maybe I'll watch it as many times as I watched Kill Bill.

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Hey Harry,

Got a chance to catch this one in San Diego - loved it, thought it was a great movie and for it to be not yet finished...that's insane...First off the acting was great, Eddie Murphy was amazing and that girl from American Idol blew my mind, has she acted before in her life?

Loved all the acts in the opening talent show. The whole movie moves so fast - nothing really stands out that I didn't like, although I was a bit confused at the part towards the beginning when Jamie Fox is starting up the studio, it shows cuts of him selling a bunch of cars and then going to a boxing match, I'm guessing it was a rigged fight that he had set up to make the money, I mean it all came together at the end but it was just a little confusing when it was going on.

Nothing stood out as slow, I mean it was mixed with singing throughout enough that I didn't get disinterested ever. I really thought it was great and am excited to see it again when it's in theatres. People were applauding all the way through the movie, after a lot of the numbers and sometimes even during them. Oh, and after seeing that movie it made me wish I could bend Beyonce over, give her a good rodgering and make a map of Hawaii on her back....j/k...kind of.

The Hedgehog

Source: http://aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=24149

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Another review

Went to an early preview screening tonight, something I vowed never to do again after a ****ing nightmare last time when I waited for three hours for a preview of Cars and then got kicked out because I was in the wrong demographic (which is ******** because I love Pixar).

But whatever, free popcorn and Coke made me do it. Plus my girlfriend is a musical fanatic and the flyers said the movie was a Broadway musical with big stars and it's about a girl group in the 1960s, so we knew it was going to be Dreamgirls. I don't mind musicals anyway. I saw Chicago, which was just OK. I saw Sound of Music as a kid and hated it. I did like Willy Wonka as a kid. And I liked 8 Mile, if you call that a musical? My girlfriend made me see Rent, a total POS which she loved.

Anyway, the screening was at the Pacific Gaslamp multiplex here in San Diego. Packed house and everybody was buzzing and cheered when we were told we were seeing Dreamgirls, so a lot of people know more about it than I did. They said we were the first to see the movie blah blah blah and the movie wasn't finished and could have technical problems that would be fixed later. It was true, there were sound problems where the dialog would crackle and cut out at one point in the movie.

If you asked me before what I was going to think of this movie, I would have guessed it was going to be just OK, but my girlfriend was going to love it.

So much for my predictions. I tell you man, this movie is ****ING AMAZING. Definitely the best I've seen for a long, long time.

I loved this movie, and the whole audience there went completely bananas for it. I saw the trailer probably six months ago but didn't have a feeling one way or the other about it. I didn't have any idea it was going to be as good as it is.

The audience clapped after every song, we clapped for the characters, and during the big musical numbers we were cheering and yelling out. It was like being at a concert, a lot of fun. And at the end of the movie after the credits people yelled out "MORE!" You ask anybody at the screening and theyll tell you this happened. Amazing for a preview, I've never seen that happen.

The opening of the movie is great as we go suddenly into the world of live music and lights and sound. The music is unbelievable! It pumps you up every time a song comes on. The story is simple: three girls (Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson and one other) get a gig as back-up singers to Eddie Murphy's character who is kind of a James Brown (everybody around us was saying this was the story of the Supremes, but this is obviously fictional. I don't know much about the Supremes, so maybe there are some truths to the story.) One of the girls is chunkier than the others and gets kicked out of the group, even though she's the lead singer and has this amazing voice - obviously that's Jennifer Hudson.

I admit I actually used to watch American Idol. So shes fired by Jamie Foxx who is really the bad guy in this for a change, a sleazy record company guy who is playing off Jennifer Hudson against Beyonce, who he starts sleeping with (we don't see this but it's no secret he's cheating on Jennifer Hudson.) Beyonce becomes the huge star and lead singer and Jennifer Hudson is left in the dust. I won't tell you the rest of the story although this is a film of a musical so obviously some people will already know what happens (I had never heard of Dreamgirls the musical by the way). I'll just say Jennifer Hudson isn't out of the story for long.

So the movie starts at a concert and the music is pumping from the beginning and I have to say it's GREAT music. We will defnitely be getting the CD. There are uptempo songs that Eddie Murphy sings (he's come a long way with his singing by the way. Remember Party All The Time lol). Eddie's songs are very catchy. Then the most incredible part of the movie is when Jennifer Hudson and the girls have this vicious catfight (not physically but in a song, but it's intense, one of the best acting scenes I can remember seeing for a long time in a movie) and then she sings this song that I won't even describe. The whole crowd in the theater was cheering and then people were standing up after the song. I have never seen a musical with songs that get the crowd so pumped up. Then when Beyonce becomes the big star she has her own songs, which are also great songs (not at all like her usual radio stuff, by the way)

In terms of the actors, Eddie Murphy is hilarious as he and the girls go on tour at the beginning and he gets it on with the third girl, who is also hilarious, by the way. You could tell the audience loved her character. Then Eddie's character takes a nosedive into drugs and the whole record company (which is like Motown) goes to pieces in the 70s. Then disco arrives, which is also very funny.

There are so many funny scenes I can't remember them all. But Eddie is also incredible as a dramatic actor and it all gets quite dark. This is a complete return to form for Eddie. He will get an Oscar for this, and so will Jennifer Hudson. Even Beyonce is great in this - believe me.

Beyonce is not at all like Beyonce, by the way. She plays a small part at first (I didn't actually know it was her) until she becomes the lead singer, and then she's like this glamour queen but not in a Beyonce/Destiny's Child way, more of like a black Marilyn Monroe. She has dramatic scenes and it was like with Eddie Murphy: you don't see it coming and suddenly she's acting very well in these heavy scenes. I am very critical and her acting is excellent. And Jennifer Hudson is absolutely Academy-Award level.

One thing I would criticize about the movie was that there were some characters who should have had more scenes, because sometimes just when you're getting interested in a character they disappear. Like Danny Glover is the best example of that. I've never really thought of him as the best actor in the world but in this hes excellent! But his part's too small for him to get noticed (if he had more scenes I would say he would be nominated for an Oscar for supporting role). He plays Eddie's manager and he and Jamie Fox have a big falling out scene where they're fighting over who represent Eddie.

The movie is nonstop, VERY fast paced. It takes you through the 60s with racial riots and Martin Luther King, then disco as I said and so many types of music. If you're into music at all you have to see this movie.

The camerawork and lighting and editing is one of the best parts about the movie. You just want to keep looking at all these images.

So that's it, there's a LOT in this movie so I want to see it again. If anything the story probably moved almost too fast. The movie could have been a few minutes longer to spend more time on things. It all went by very quickly.

My girlfriend of course went crazy during this movie and was actually the one who wanted me to send in a review because she wants everybody to see it. I would rate this 10 out of 10 and is probably the best movie I've seen in a couple of years.

We couldn't believe how much we got into this movie and the music. Everybody was tapping their feet and laughing and cheering. They handed comment cards at the end and I would say all the scores would have to be very high. At the end of the movie the whole crowd was applauding for a long time and they had this part when the credits were on where they had clips from all the different actors, and everybody clapped like crazy for each actor and then screamed nonstop when Jennifer Hudson came on.

Sorry I'm tired I just got home and we went for drinks after and now I'm writing all of this, so it's long and probably all over the place, sorry. If you post this review call me Nightmare. Definitely see the movie when it comes out.

Source: http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=24147

Entertainment Weekly's Guide To Upcoming Films

While promoting Miami Vice in July, Jamie Foxx made sure he squeezed in plenty of shout-outs for Dreamgirls, too, even though it's still months from release. The way he sees it, he's got to tub-thump early. ''It's a different animal,'' says Foxx. ''It's a musical, so you have to grow [support] right now. There's a lot of movies in December...so you gotta make sure you stay in their face.'' To that end, DreamWorks and Paramount, the studios behind this $75 million adaptation of the Tony-winning 1981 stage musical, have been giving Dreamgirls the full-court press, including a 20-minute rave-drawing sneak peek at the Cannes film festival in May.

Foxx plays Curtis, a hard-driving music manager who finds his meal ticket in a talented young trio called the Dreamettes (played by pop star Beyoncé Knowles, Tony winner Anika Noni Rose, and former American Idol standout Jennifer Hudson). The singers clash as Curtis elevates Beyoncé's Deena to the lead position of the group — sort of like what happened with Diana Ross and the Supremes. As Effie, Hudson plays the temperamental diva pushed out in the name of mainstream success. She found her movie gig pretty sweet karma after getting booted from Idol's third season. ''Simon [Cowell] said, You only get one shot,'' Hudson recalls. ''One shot at fame, and the runner-ups, you ain't never gonna see again. Y'know what, Simon? I got shot number 2.''

Speaking of comebacks, the loudest buzz on Dreamgirls is over Eddie Murphy's turn as James Thunder Early, a James Brownesque singer on a downward curve. His manic performances prompted spontaneous ovations on set from the crew — especially since they could see what a stretch the part was for him. ''Eddie seems to be a deeply shy person,'' says director Bill Condon. ''I think the kind of really extravagant performing he does here is a struggle for him. He's like a kid jumping off the diving board. Every time he gets to the edge, he doesn't want to do it. Then he does it, and he's thrilled.''

Source: http://www.ew.com/ew/preview/movie/0...685_0_,00.html

Good for her, I guess. It was the first time I had ever seen her in a film. Again, she was not bad in my opinion.

Comments of a viewer about beyonce :

OMG Listen going to be one of Bee best ballad/vocal song ever ! cant wait !

DReamgirls will be big!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah it will be very big an dim happy listen is a single ebven though it looks like those great songs but not radio friendly
And i know that beyonce wont get an oscar nod probably but she will deffo get an golden globe nod and a oscar for the best song i can feel it now !!!
And if they push her as supportin she can have a nod for oscar but only if she is a supportin actress !!!

Beyonce heads up Mobo nominations

Beyonce Knowles' latest album is called B'Day. R&B star Beyonce Knowles leads the way at this year's Music of Black Origin (Mobo) Awards with four nominations.

She is up against Mary J Blige and Nelly Furtado for best international female artist. Her other nods are for best song, best video and best R&B act.

UK talents Corinne Bailey Rae and Kano have three nominations each. Sway, Beverley Knight, Nate James and Alesha Dixon are also shortlisted.

The London ceremony will be broadcast live on BBC Three on 20 September.

The ceremony will be held at the Royal Albert Hall and presented by comedian Gina Yashere.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4795227.stm

From UK Yahoo:

"US superstar Beyonce leads the field with four nominations - Best Song and Best Video for Deja Vu, Best R&B and Best International Female."
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