Omg, CNN is doing live blog coverage on King.
Such a legend.
http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01...-to/?hpt=hp_c1
Say what you want, but the hype around her is so huge right now. She needs to announce single ASAP.
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12:00 p.m. ET: Right around lunch time the news began to emerge, with the Times of London and New York Post's Page Six reporting that Beyonce pretended to sing during the Inauguration, while Slate tweeted that Bey's "rendition of the 'Star-Spangled Banner' was a beautiful, terrible lie." BuzzFeed was quick to forgive, however, as Star Jones went on the defense:
12:30 p.m. ET: Adding fuel to the fire was TMZ's report that Kelly Clarkson, who performed a sparkling rendition of "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," sang live. CNN's confirmed that both Clarkson and James Taylor, who performed "America the Beautiful," sang live during the inaugural ceremonies. We haven't yet heard back from Beyonce's representation.
1:00 p.m. ET: Within an hour of the news spreading, many were taking Jones' point of view. CNN readers weren't that quick to judge, as the first few comments were along the lines of:
DW: So what? It sounded fantastic.
just sayin: who cares? she was there as eye candy. and it wasn't a paid performance was it? nobody should expect them to be singing for real at these sorts of entertainment events.
Lisa freira: That was actually a good idea. Can you imagine if it somehow got messed up? She'd be living that down for years. Meantime what we got was a beautiful rendition of a song to make us all proud
Although at least one person couldn't resist a joke:
jazziebelle: ...wow, guess she's not all she's cracked up to "Bey" LOL
OK, make that more than a few people:
3:00 p.m. ET: A few hours into Beyonce-gate, there were a few who were seemingly disappointed and/or disbelieving (although we're hoping some of this is sarcasm):
Although several more couldn't find a reason to care.
Three hours in, the question turned into: does it even matter that she lip-synched? Both Spin and Entertainment Weekly have voted "no, it doesn't," especially considering the long history of other artists who've done the same thing. It seems Bravo's Andy Cohen would agree:
12:30 p.m. ET: Adding fuel to the fire was TMZ's report that Kelly Clarkson, who performed a sparkling rendition of "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," sang live. CNN's confirmed that both Clarkson and James Taylor, who performed "America the Beautiful," sang live during the inaugural ceremonies. We haven't yet heard back from Beyonce's representation.
1:00 p.m. ET: Within an hour of the news spreading, many were taking Jones' point of view. CNN readers weren't that quick to judge, as the first few comments were along the lines of:
