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~Aaliyah~
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Aaliyah on Destiny's Child: "(...) Beyoncé says it wont stop and I feel on that" (talking about the lyrics of the survivor song). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAo3d0d8YGk
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~Adam Lambert~
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@AdamLambert: "In love w new beyonce video for "why don't you love me" the song Is beeeeeaaaat. Sang girl "
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'American Idol:' Adam Lambert, in love with Beyonce's 'Why Don't You Love Me' video
The former American Idol finalist Adam Lambert is known to be a great supporter of his fellow artists, and often takes to Twitter to post, positive, life affirming updates for his fans. In a recent tweet, Adam Lambert wrote of his love for Beyonce's new video, "Why Don't You Love Me."
Lambert writes:
"In love w new beyonce video for 'why don't you love me' the song Is beeeeeaaaat. Sang girl."
~Adam Levine (of Maroon 5)~
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AL: Ah, Maroon 5. Well, I think our music started changing. We started listening to R&B and hip hop which started effecting the way we wanted to play. I think in the late nineties, once rock 'n' roll was kind of officially dead, things started happening in the R&B and hip-hop world that were really revolutionary. To me, at least, rock 'n' roll bands started just regurgitating the same s**t. Everybody wanted to be Nirvana, everybody wanted to be Pearl Jam, and nobody really paid attention to the fact that The Neptunes and Timberland was all very new sounding, innovative sounding. And I was really drawn to that, even the early Destiny's Child records. I know it sounds weird, but to me at the time, those were the most revolutionary records coming out. I mean Missy Elliott was almost avant-garde. It was so strange and cool and kind of a birth of a completely new genre of music. We loved that, we emulated that. And, I think, in doing that, we alienated ourselves from the rock 'n' roll scene and became a poppier situation.
~Adele~
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"I'm the biggest Beyonce fan, Destiny's Child are my life. They kind of made me not just want to be plain pop, like with an auto-tuned, effected voice. Hours on end I used to try and copy Beyonce, I love her, I think she's amazing."
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Adele admits a meeting with Beyonce left her in tears.
The Rolling In The Deep singer became overwhelmed at meeting Bey - especially when her husband knew who she was.
"I met Beyonce at the O2, and at the Grammys," Adele recalls. "I was basically dribbling as she was talking to me.
"Then Jay-Z came over to talk to her but Beyonce was like: 'I’m talking, not now'," she adds to the Daily Star. "He came closer and said: 'Adele, can I just have one minute with my wife?'
"I was like: ‘'You know my name?' Then I ran off onto a balcony and fell to my knees, crying."
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Adele adds Beyoncé to her ballot for VH1 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time list & comments on her: "Two of her songs, Crazy in Love & Single Ladies are by far two of the best songs in the last ten years as well." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce3KiUg6OAc
The actor stars alongside the singer in 'Cadillac Records' and says he enjoyed working with her so much, he was overwhelmed when they did their final scenes together.
He said: "Beyoncé was remarkable and very emotionally open. We went through some tough stuff. There's one scene where she sings 'At Last' directly to me. It was a strange moment that made me sad because it was her last day of filming.
"I kept thinking, 'When will I ever have Beyoncé sing to me like this again?' "
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You saw how he hammered that kiss onto Halle Berry at the 2003 Oscars, so you know Adrien Brody dove into his work when it came to making out with Beyonce in "Cadillac Records."
Writer/director Darnell Martin admitted at Monday's premiere that she took some "dramatic license" in devising a scene where record boss Leonard Chess (Brody) locks lips and rolls around on the carpet with heroin-fogged singer Etta James (Beyonce).
But Brody wasn't troubled by the historical inaccuracy.
"Let's just say it wasn't a deal breaker," the grinning actor told us. "When I met Etta [the real one], she told me, 'Leonard and I did not do those things!' So, yes, it was somewhat embellished. But what's wonderful is the truth Beyonce brings to that moment. That justified it."
Plus, said Brody, whose girlfriend, Elsa Pataky, was out of earshot, "It is fun, obviously, to kiss Beyonce. I insisted on a lot of takes."
Beyonce, who came to the premiere with husband Jay-Z, allowed that she didn't find the intimacy repellent.
"It wasn't so bad," she said with a faraway smile. "I remember when he kissed Halle Berry. He's not shy! Not at all."
Cedric the Entertainer, who plays bluesman Willie Dixon, admitted his only problem with the film was that "they wrote me out of a scene with Beyonce."
Eamonn Walker, who heaped on weight and dropped his British accent to become Howlin' Wolf, said he identified with the growling singer's "madness, his obsessiveness and his love of women."
Jeffrey Wright, who masterfully inhabits Muddy Waters, admitted he couldn't match the Hoochie Coochie Man's guitar-pickin' or alcohol intake: "How am I going to be a hard-drinking man with a 7-year-old and a 3-year-old — though they may drive me to drink?"
Despite Beyonce donating her salary to the Phoenix House rehab program, premiere guests did do a little boozin' at the after-party at Marquee. Joining cast members like Mos Def, Gabrielle Union and Emmanuelle Chriqui were Leonardo DiCaprio, Diddy, Ne-Yo, John Legend, Kevin Connolly, Akon and Russell Simmons.
source: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/20...beyonc_se.html
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@Adrienne_Bailon: "I miss u too!!! Ummmm have u seen Beyonce's new Video for "Why don't love me?!" Watch it!RT @IsThatHer: @Adrienne_Bailon I MISS MY ABU!!!!!!"
@Adrienne_Bailon: "Yo!!! I'm obsessed with Beyonce's new video for "Why don't you love me?!" My favorite partis her dusting off her 16 grammys WOW! Lmao" http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1383/khloe3.gif
@Adrienne_Bailon: "LOVE IT!!! RT @solangeknowles: By Beyonce, Directed by @melinamatsoukas , written by your truly. http://bit.ly/dlI3pQ #whydontyouloveme"
@Adrienne_Bailon: ""There's nothing not to love about me... I'm lovely. Maybe you're just not the one. Or maybe you're just plain....... DUMB!" Hahaha Damnnnn."
~Agnes Carlsson~
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BW: Who has influenced you musically over the years?
A: I’ve always listened to Whitney Houston, Beyoncé, and Robyn.
~Alexandra Burke~
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Here is what Alex said about Beyonce... it starts at 2:40... she talks about Beyonce helping her out and taking her breath away (this was when she was on stage with Beyonce); so sweet. She keeps on referring to Beyonce as her idol.
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@alexandramusic: It is Christmas Eve.. Where has this year gone???Loving being at home , chilling, Watching B's DVD with Alfie sleeping next 2me. Pure Bliss! http://twitter.com/alexandramusic/st...19372685975552
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~Alexis Jordan~
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JJ: Who are your musical inspirations?
AJ: Janet Jackson, Beyonce, of course, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Michael Jackson. I actually met Beyonce a couple of times. We hang out at Jay-Z concerts a lot. I’ve met Mariah Carey, too. Really pretty and awesome.
JJ: Did Beyonce give you any musical advice?
AJ: She told me to stay focused and that I got it - don’t worry about anything!
~Alice Eve ("She's Out of My League" actress)~
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Do you ever listen to music to get into character?
I do actually! I've got playlists on my iPod for different characters. I have what they would listen to. I think that Molly probably listened to a lot of Beyonce [Laughs]. I think she'd also listen to Joni Mitchell—those female soulful singers. Maybe Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin...
No Lady GaGa?
She wasn't around when we made the movie [Laughs]. Who doesn't listen to Beyonce really? She's got all bases covered! I definitely have a pop aesthetic although I like my XX and other indie bands. Something in me is satisfied and fed by pop music.
After taking the world by storm with her memorable appearance on Jay-Z’s triumphant “Empire State of Mind,” Alicia Keys has now switched gears for a highly anticipated collabo with Beyonce on her forthcoming LP, “The Element of Freedom.”
Speaking on the track from her World Aids Benefit concert in New York City on Wednesday night (December 2), Keys spoke exclusively with BET News Correspondent Sharon Carpenter about “Put It In A Love Song.” The track, which is slated to appear on the singer's December 15th release was constructed out of pure fun and completely organic, according to Keys.
“Someone’s in London, someone’s in NYC and you send it via internet and they send it back," Keys told Carpenter. "You’re feeling it, you talk on the phone, but the real way is to really be in the studio together, which we were.”
“We just had a party in the studio," she continued. "It was such a genuine energy, we clicked, we connected. We’ve known each other for a lot of years and obviously this is the first time that we’ve been able to collaborate, so it was unforgettable. Can’t wait for you to hear it.” [Click here to listen to Alicia Keys' "Put It In A Love Song" featuring Beyonce.]
Though contributors and producers for “Put It In A Love Song” have yet to be revealed, Keys assured Carpenter that her and Beyonce’s tag team, in addition to the song's elements, provide a great ambiance. “The song, when you hear it, there’s just a great mixture,” Keys explained. “It just felt like….the two of us together would be a the perfect mixture on this song, big pianos, big beats, ill flows and a great hook.”
In regards to matching schedules, Alicia believes fate was the common denominator that brought the two songbirds together. “I reached out and she was like, ‘You’re never going to believe it, but I came back to New York those exact three days you said.’ It was just meant to be. There’s no other way that this was going to happen.”
Alicia Keys has said she thinks of Beyonce like a sister.
The pair got together to record a duet - called Put It In A Love Song - for Alicia's new album The Element Of Freedom, and the singer said they had a blast.
"Her and I together was like reunited sisters - most people get in the studio and don't get a chance to really collaborate, be in one room, we were in one room having a ball," she gushed.
~Alison Krauss~
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"My favorite one was watching Beyoncé and Prince rehearse," Alison says, recalling the 2004 ceremony during which the pair opened the show with a mash-up of their hits. "It was amazing! We were sitting up front and then they asked us all to move back. And I bet they did because my jaw was hanging on the floor [laughs]. 'That gal whose chin is draggin' the floor, can we get her to sit back?'
~Amanda Bynes~
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I'm a #diva and a diva is a female version of a hustler. Everybody knows that thanks to Beyonce who is amazing. http://twitter.com/chicky/status/16972942577
~Amber Rose~
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Amber Rose interview in Smooth magazine:
How would you describe yourself?
(...) I do crazy stuff. when I'm home alone, I put my music on full blast and dance around the house half naked. (...)
What song are you dancing half naked these days?
Beyoncé's "Single Ladies!" That video is so crazy! She has dudes trying to learn the steps to that routine. I gotta learn it. I'm not going to be in the club doing the whole dance but I want to learn it for when I want to work out.
~Anita Baker~
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“These young ladies have just really empowered me for the 21st century. I mean, Miss Beyonce doing ‘Sweet Love’ on her live video — I mean that just touches me. And just the support that these ladies give me is amazing. They just give me an energy that I didn’t know I would have right now.”
~Anthony Mackie~
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Anthony Mackie was asked if he had to spend one night on a deserted island with either Beyonce or Rihanna who would he choose. Watch the video at about 1:30 for his response (he chose Beyonce) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvXUnXynkSw
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~Baz Luhrmann~
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"There are many people who have powerful voices," says Baz Luhrmann, "and then there are rare stars—whether it's a Streisand or a Louis Armstrong or a Maria Callas—whose voice is recognizable no matter what the material. That's what makes a great musical star: They put their imprint on anything they're given. Beyoncé absolutely has that." He pauses for a moment, and then for good measure adds one last piece of high-flying praise: "And as a dancer, there's not a step you can give her that she can't pick up."
~Betsey Johnson~
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StyleList: Edie Sedgwick used to be your model and muse. Who inspires you today?
Johnson: I like the classics -- Madonna and Tina Turner. And now Rihanna and Katy Perry. I love Rihanna. Oh, and Beyoncé! [Johnson starts singing the chorus from 'Single Ladies' and waves her left hand in the air]. I can watch that video ['Single Ladies'] a million times. My granddaugher is 3 1/2 and sings along. Beyoncé just keeps surprising us. It's amazing and it's believable.
~Bette Midler~
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Who do you listen to these days?
"I love Beyonce. I listen to pop women because I find them very interesting. Beyonce does stuff that no one can do. Pink is hanging from a thing. It’s unbelievable what these girls do. They are very creative. The men, not so much."
~Bettye LaVette~
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"It was just a wonderful, wonderful moment. I felt like I was floating. But there was nothing to be nervous about. The Kennedy Center thing was much more unnerving to me because it was so quiet, it was a song I'd never sung before and I don't like a lot of singers, but Barbra Streisand is three of them. I've wanted to sing with her or in the same room as her forever. Aretha Franklin, I've known since before "Respect," and she was there. And then the newest terror on the horizon, Beyonce, was there."
@1:05 Bono dedicates this song to Beyoncé who was backstage after Jay-Z opened the show. Bono says "This goes out to the Queen B. This is for you."
~Boyz II Men~
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"To be honest I think the time of legendary artists ended with Boyz II Men and artists like Usher and Beyonce. We are kind of like the last of the Mohicans as far as knowing what it takes to become a legend in terms of our work ethic – it's become a lot more corporate and less organic."
~Brandy~
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"'Resentment' performed by Beyonce'-- Bad Biatch!! The harmonies and adlibs in this song make me wanna throw my ipod away!" http://i47.tinypic.com/30ayz28.png
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@4everbrandy: "Happy Birthday Bey!! You're one of the greatest talents of our generation!!"
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@4everbrandy: "@nickiminaj Please make a few PG songs my daughter can listen to! We love you! You're on her list of fav's along with Bey, Beiber and GaGa!!"
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she was asked to choose a word to describe Beyoncé, she then thinks deeply, shakes head & go "Beyoncé is beyond words" + all her tweets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R35wtq0YzGM
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~Britney Spears~
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"The singer, who will soon begin her Australian tour in Perth, was also quizzed about the frequently played song on her iPod. She said: “Right now its Beyoncé's Halo. It just puts me in a trance, it's so well written and she is so intense singing it.”
Britney: The last concert I saw was Alicia Keys. I was hoping to see Beyonce, but I missed it"
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~Carolina Herrera~
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The last album I bought/downloaded... The other day I ordered all Beethoven's symphonies and an album by Beyoncé from the internet.
~Chace crawford~
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"I think I froze when I saw Beyonce," Crawford confessed backstage at Fashion Rocks. "I brushed by her several times. I’m just like ... (drops chiseled jaw and pops open baby blues). I feel bad. I can’t not stare. I’m so enthralled with her radiance. It’s infectious. I love it."
~Charice~
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What kind of music do you listen to and who would like to collaborate with in the future?
I look up to Beyoncé. I love 'Halo' -- it's a perfect song, exactly the kind of song I love. I love her style, her singing and her fashion too. I'm trying to get her style but I want to do it my way. She is one of my inspirations right now, aside from Lady Gaga. [Laughs] I want to collaborate with Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and Justin Beiber.
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Her influences include Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, but the young singer said two of her favourite acts at the moment are Beyonce and Justin Timberlake. "They're the best. Beyonce is like a role model for everyone. She's really nice and a great person, not just a great singer."
But does she think she'll be bigger than Beyonce? "Bigger than Beyonce? I don't know! It's probably too much for me! It could be an amazing experience though. My dream is just to be recognised by the people. But that's just my dream, I don't mind if it's not going to be that big."
~Cheryl Cole (of Girls Aloud)~
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Cheryl Cole has reportedly started working on an R&B-inspired solo album.
The Girls Aloud singer, who previously collaborated with will.i.am on 'Heartbreaker', is said to be eager to record music more similar to her own tastes.
"The solo stuff Cheryl's been working on is R&B-based, as that's her favourite kind of music," a source told Heat.
"Her influences are artists like Beyoncé and Mary J. Blige, so she wants to keep that soulful vibe."
Thanks, Child Of Dest|ny
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A video of Cheryl Cole answering a question on the last album she bought. She bought "I Am...Sasha Fierce" and she said the album's fantastic:
Style icon Cheryl Cole once dyed her hair blonde because she wanted to look like Beyonce Knowles.
In 1999 - when Cheryl was just 15 - Destiny's Child were singing about female empowerment and looking hot.
‘Beyonce's just a star. She's just got it. She's everything a woman should be and everything you should want to be as a woman,' says Cheryl, 26.
‘I was obsessed with her. I remember seeing the video for Bills, Bills, Bills and just going, "Oh my God, who is this girl? I want my hair like hers".
‘I literally went and got my hair bleached peroxide blonde. It took eight hours and looked horrendous.'
Cheryl loved Beyonce's OTT outfits, too.
‘I always wanted that urban, baggy jeans look,' Cheryl tells Stylist. 'I'd cut things up and experiment, it always went dreadfully wrong.'
~Chris Martin (of Coldplay)~
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Despite achieving phenomenal success with his band Coldplay, Chris Martin remains a true pop fan at heart and was bowled over when he met Beyonce. He said: 'She's the most impressive person I've met. She's a legend to me but much younger than me.'
~Ciara~
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(by thetruthis)
...in [Ciara's] grape juice interview they asked [what] two other female artists [would she] do a super group with [and] she immediately said bey and then hesitated between alicia and pink (chose pink), it proves she knows the deal and admires her; start at 2:16:
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~Darlene Love~
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WWD: Do you have a few favorites today?
D.L.: Beyoncé is right at the top. And I love Mariah Carey. Those are the two I will sing along with, especially Beyoncé when she was with her group. I am really kind of proud how they have been able to sustain themselves and have a career all these years.
~Davey Havok (AFI lead singer)~
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Girl musician you're attracted to?
I was getting my nails done and I looked to the left and this girl had these gorgeous, red glitter heels. I look up to see one of the most beautiful people I've ever seen. The type of beauty that just closes up in your chest, like I was looking at something surreal. So I said, ''Your shoes are amazing!'' I had a brief conversation about glittery shoes -- she was really nice. This is how lost I am: When she walked out, Paul, the guy doing my nails says, Oh my God, I can't believe that was Beyonce -- I have to call my boyfriend!
~David Koma~
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Fashion designer David Koma was "incredibly proud" when the curvaceous beauty wore one of his gowns to the awards show.
The singer wore a black and metallic dress from the Georgian-born designer's current autumn-winter collection as she picked up her three honours at the Berlin ceremony.
He said: "I have been working with Beyonce and her team to create a unique dress and knew there was a possibility she may wear it, but when I saw her last night she looked absolutely incredible!
"Beyonce represents the ideal woman that inspires me, I'm delighted that she wore my dress to collect her award and feel privileged and incredibly proud that a worldwide superstar has shown such support."
~Dawn Robinson (from EnVogue)~
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Shine: Do you like any new artists that are out today?
Dawn Robinson: I like everybody that is out today. Especially Kanye West. Fall Out Boy, No Doubt...Beyonce is my girl. She is just one of the most talented people out there now. Usher. I mean I like everybody that's out. The Ying Yang Twins. I love everything out of the south. Everything is crunk, everything is crazy, and they don't care. They put their culture and their neck of the hoods in their music. They represent where they are from and they are not ashamed of that.
In an E! interview, she said, "Sorry Whitney. Gone. Over. Sorry J Lo. Don't need ya. There's no GREATER GODDESS, than Beyonce Knowles."
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~Donatella Versace~
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"She brings an energy and vitality to the clothes I never imagined when designing them," says Donatella Versace of muse Beyonce. "Her sense of style is perfect for today." Ms. B has even enjoyed the title "woman of the hour" at a party in her honor at Donatella Versace's palazzo. "Donatella's home looked like a museum," Beyonce recalls of her first trip to the designer's digs.
~Donna Summer~
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"I have a personal trainer who comes for an hour and a half and we do weights and aerobic exercise. But look at Beyonce, I think she's gorgeous and she's inspired the curve revival. She's one sexy lady who knows exactly what she wants!"
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WCT: Is there anyone you want to work with but haven’t?
DS: There are so many young and old musicians that are talented. I would like to work with James Taylor, John Mayer and Beyoncé. I can’t even name them all that I would like to with, there’s just too many.
WCT: I just saw Beyoncé in concert.
DS: I sure the show was fantastic. She’s quite the diva.
~Drake~
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"I hope I get a chance to work with B," he said. "I'm always in awe of her talent ... Andre 3000 from Outkast. I'd would still love to work with him and Justin Timberlake. Me and Justin are friends. We're tight, but we haven't worked together yet."
~Dwight Howard~
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"Man Beyonce got it dog, I love Mariah. One of the best ever, just love Beyonce a lil bit more" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ulraTtsqm4
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~Eliza Doolittle~
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Her earliest influence was Beyonce and Destiny's Child but she said: "It was no good for me to be a carbon copy of Beyonce."
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"Just when I think Beyonce can't possibly get any more beautiful, she goes and does something like this...(she puts a link with the video of Beyonce singing to the little girl with Cancer in Australia)" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ulraTtsqm4
Thanks, rachel162cl
~Elly Jackson (of the band La Roux)~
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La Roux singer Elly Jackson says she finds men and women attractive and has crushes on Beyonce Knowles and Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal.
La Roux singer Elly Jackson has a crush on Beyonce Knowles.
The pop star - who is rumoured to be a lesbian or bisexual - thinks the 'Halo' singer is stunningly attractive, but insists she finds both men and women sexy.
She said: "I can appreciate other women. Beyonce is beautiful. But I find men or women sexy. The Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal is hot and I've always fancied James Dean - but weirdly, I want to look like the people I fancy."
~Emma Bunton (Baby Spice of The Spice Girls)~
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The 34-year-old star admits there is only one girl band she would want to be in apart from the Spice Girls and that’s Beyonce’s former group Destiny’s Child.
She added in a webchat with MySpace, “I loved Destiny’s Child, I would like to shake my booty with Beyonce and the girls.”
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~Florence (of Florence + The Machine)~
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Welch tells MTV News about her love for the Diva...
MTV News caught up with Florence minus the Machines at the Oxegen Festival last weekend where she told us exclusively about her love for the Queen Bee of R n B, Miss Beyonce Knowles.
Welch told MTV News presenter Laura Whitmore: “I’m a huge fan of Beyonce, she’s incredible. I have never met her but once I was DJing at a party where she was at and I saw her dancing with Jay-Z, and that was pretty cool."
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EW: Is there anyone that you’ve been surprised is a fan of yours?
FW: Well, I met Lady Gaga and she was really nice to me. I’d met her once before, and then when I saw her again at the second Brits, I was kind of surprised she remembered me. I thought that was really sweet and she was really lovely. And I met Beyonce on the side of the stage at a Jay-Z gig, and Jay-Z kind of gave us a shout-out, which was amazing. She’s just stunningly beautiful. And nice, too! Really gentle and kind. When I met her I just fanned out so extremely.
Thanks, samosa278
~Gwyneth Paltrow~
Evidence: Oscar winning actress and wife of Chris Martin, both her and her husband have been noted of being both and fans of couple Beyonce and Jay-Z.
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Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin Arrive for Jay-Z & Beyoncé Wedding http://www.usmagazine.com/Gwyneth-Pa...ce-Jay-Z-Event
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"Beyoncé is the most talented human being on the planet," Paltrow, 38, tells Harper's Bazaar U.K. in its March issue, on newsstands Thursday. "She has so much mastery over what she does. It's not even confidence – it's on a whole other level. It's mind-blowing."
source: http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/magaz...ine-march-2011
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~Hayley Williams~
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@yelyahwilliams: "Beyonce & Jay-Z... So much class. I love."
~Harry Shum Jr. (from "Glee")~
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PW: Aside from "Glee" and LXD, you've had some pretty impressive experiences on stage. What jumps to mind as a favorite?
Harry: I remember the first time I felt that I was sharing the stage with someone spectacular was dancing with Beyonce. It was the dancers, the band, Beyonce and me in front of thousands of people. That was sick. It was pretty amazing that I got to travel the world with someone like her. Thirty years in the future, I’ll be able to look back and know that I danced with a legend. bowdown
~Hugh Jackman~
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"Sexiest Wolverine Alive Hugh Jackman just conquered the box office with $175 million in worldwide ticket sales for "X Men Origins: Wolverine," and now he wants to conquer another musical... with Beyoncé!
Following their dazzling Oscar musical number, Mario asked Jackman if he would do a musical with Beyoncé, perhaps directed by Baz Luhrmann. "Me and Beyoncé. I will do anything," he told us. "I am the one talking up all those rumors. And Mario, maybe you can be in it too, buddy!"
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"Just watching how she processes everything, she's so fast. She'd never heard the song 'Top Hat,' and she just listened to it once, and she was sort of humming along with it, and then she heard it another time, and then she just sang it like it had never been sung before, in a way that was so sultry and soulful and sexy and engaging. You thought to yourself, This is the best version of this song I've ever heard. I just found myself going, 'Oh, my God, I want to do movies with this girl. I want do a movie musical!'"
~J Cole~
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When asked what artists he would like to produce, J. Cole stated,
"If I could really get my weight up, I would produce a Beyonce album. Not just because she’s Beyonce and she’s the biggest, just because I feel like she’s the best.”
~Jason Derulo~
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While he calls out Madonna, Megan Fox and Beyoncé as his celebrity crushes, the single star hits close to home on what he really wants in a leading lady.
~Jessica Alba~
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'SEXY actress Jessica Alba has revealed watching a scantily-clad Beyonce on TV helped her feel comfortable playing a stripper in new film Sin City.
The 23-year-old Latino lovely flashes her curves in the movie adaptation of the cult comic, which also stars Bruce Willis, and she admits she found the prospect very daunting - until she watched gorgeous Beyonce in her music video.
She said: "I get self-conscious, but you have to just embrace it and go with it.
"I was so nervous during Sin City because I play a stripper. I wore chaps and little underwear. My butt cheeks were hanging out! It was so embarrassing.
"I remember being in my underwear in my hotel room, trying to get comfortable with my Sin City role.
"Beyonce's Baby Boy video kept coming on MTV, and all she had on was a short little thing, and she's grooving around and she has this gorgeous womanly body.
"I was like, 'All right, if she can do it, I can do it'. I'm by no means a Gwyneth Paltrow or Jennifer Aniston - I'm not one of those women with a really thin body. I have body fat.
"I am practically naked in every movie I do. It's horrible. But I always get inspired by other actresses who embrace their curves."'
~Jill Scott~
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"I’d like to see someone like Beyoncé on the festival, I think that’d be really nice, where she can just sing, ’cause the woman has an extraordinary voice."
source: http://www.laweekly.com/ink/05/37/music-quinones.php
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Beyoncé, B'day (Sony): "I play it when I'm getting dressed, when I'm working out, when I'm cooking. Beyoncé's such a sexy woman, and listening to her music makes me feel like a hot chick."
~Jillian Michaels~
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Jillian Michaels says being one of the hottest women in Tinseltown isn’t just about having a hot body —the sexiest actresses are actually those that look fabulous AND are great role models.
“I kind of love Beyonce,” the 36-year-old Biggest Loser trainer told HollywoodLife.com May 11. “She’s got a really beautiful body. She’s not obsessive about it. She has a very positive attitude about her shape and her figure. She’s got her head on straight and I think her body is beautiful.”
~Jim Jonson~
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"She's an incredible vocalist and one of the hardest-working artists in show business, not to mention a positive inspiration for women. Young people these days need strong role models, and she's that person. For all the fame and fortune she has been blessed with, Beyonce acts like she's just the girl next door. She a real and pure soul." - Jim Jonsin, Songwriter/ Producer.
~Joan Collins~
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But there are many exceptions. Dita Von Teese looks incredible with her black hair, her hourglass figure and red lips, as do the beauteous Beyoncé and the stunning Nicole Kidman and Angelina Jolie.
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Interestingly enough, it seems that the starry look of old-style screen goddesses has been replaced today by popular music divas. It’s women such as Beyoncé, Rihanna, Maria Carey and, in her recent reincarnation, Britney Spears who now wield cultural and fashion influence. They are rarely pictured without full make-up and hair and a becoming outift. Look at Cheryl Cole and Victoria Beckham — even if they get caught in some dead-awful outfit, they manage to carry it off with some style.
~Joe McElderry (X-Factor Winner)~
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Joe McElderry was so determined not to miss a minute of a Beyonce Knowles concert that he almost wet himself.
Joe McElderry once almost wet himself at a Beyonce Knowles concert.
The 19-year-old singer was once so excited to see his idol in the flesh he refused to go to the toilet and spent almost the entire show desperate to relieve himself because he didn't want to miss any of her songs.
He told BANG Showbiz: "I went to see her. And I was desperate for the toilet and I would not leave in case I missed a tiny bit. My cousin was like, 'Just go to the toilet,' I just kept saying, 'No! I'm not going!' "
Joe - who shot to fame after winning UK TV talent show 'The X Factor' last year - would love to work with the 'Single Ladies' singer in the future, if the opportunity ever arises, because he thinks she is so incredible.
He said: "Beyonce is the top one. She's amazing. She acts the songs. And she has got the right balance between it all and she just connects with the cameras. She outdoes her dancers. Her dancers are flagging and she is still going! That takes a lot."
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"We just lost the King of Pop, who was the greatest performer in the world... I just saw you at Essence and I've been telling everybody that you are the new Greatest In The World right now"@2:37 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cGJ9eFSbFo#t=2m37s
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John Legend"I have a few people that I'd love to write for or write with, like Amy Winehouse would be fun. Feist would be fun. Beyoncé would be cool too, just to name a few."
~John Lydon (from the Sex Pistols)~
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Interviewer: I was going to ask about Jay-Z, because you played opposite him at Coachella the other week. And Beyoncé also showed up.
JL: Well, Beyoncé is a damn fine artist. It's utterly pointless to say anything there, because I think she's almost flawless, really.
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@Jojo: "A question I ask myself periodically... WWBD= What Would Beyonce Do?"
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~Joss Stone~
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Would do a duet with another singer as they did
Beyoncé or Shakira and Beyoncé and Lady Gaga, exactly?
"Certainly. There are many ways of making music, a thousand different ways-
is to listen. It's nice to explore them, know them all. Yes, I do not
think I would have problems. "
~Justin Timberlake~
Evidence: He has collaborated with Beyonce a few times (on Fashion Rocks and for the remix to his song "Until The End of Time" from his album "Future Love/Sex Sounds"). It is also rumored that Ciara's song "Love Sex and Magic" was first offered to Beyonce.
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Timberlake performed with Beyoncé at Fashion Rocks in New York Sept. 5, and soon after, word got out that the two were working together on her third solo LP, scheduled to be released in November. He says he has written a couple of tracks for her, but he isn't sure how many will end up on the album — or if they'll sing a duet.
"We're still in the process of that, and she has a lot that she's doing," he says. "I know what it's like to be in that stage where you're juggling so much to get a project out. It's hectic. So my mission is to make it as easy as possible on her. I love her to death and think she's great. And obviously, she has an amazing gift with that voice and presence."
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~KanYe West~
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Rapper Kanye West recently went off about how great Beyoncé Knowles is. According to him, she might even be greater than Tina Turner.
He says, “Nobody really wants to recognize that Beyoncé is a f***ing living legend and that she is just as great, if not greater, than the artists that we had in the past…that she’s probably greater than Tina Turner.”
~The Kardashians~
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“Long plane ride 2MIA. Learned a lot on the flight.Realized Katy Perry=AMAZING boobs beyonce=banging body n I might be bi due to this tweet (sic),” [Khloe Kardashian] wrote on her Twitter page.
Beyoncé's video for "Why Don't You Love Me?" premiered yesterday and I had to post it on my blog!!! I honestly love EVERYTHING about it -- her vintage wardrobe, her hair and makeup, all the classic 60s housewife chores (dusting off her Grammys LOL). I also thought it was so cool how the video had that old school, retro style feel. It all comes together so perfectly! And how could I talk about this video without mentioning that fab body of hers?!? I love a girl with curves! Represent sista! LOL. I die for her!
~KT Tunstall~
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At the moment female music artists seem to be dominating the charts both side of the pond. Are there any artists in particular you really respect?
I’m enjoying Kelis’s new material – I’ve been influenced by my own love of dance music on this record, so I’m enjoying her direction. I’m a big fan of Bat For Lashes too; I love her sound and her voice. Love M.I.A, Karen O, and of course Beyonce…
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~Lady Gaga~
Evidence: An artist that came to stardom in the summer of '08, Lady Gaga certified herself as a force when her single "Just Dance" knocked Beyonce's "Single Ladies" from it's 4 week run at the #1 spot on Billboard. But these two ladies didn't become competition, instead they joined forces- after meeting for the second time (the first was at the 2009 MTV VMAs where they both walked away with 3 awards) at Beyonce's ceremony for Billboard Woman Of The Year (where Gaga was also celebrated as Billboard's Rising Star Of The Year), Beyonce asked the daring pop star to work on a song and music video together for Beyonce's single "Video Phone." Then came Lady Gaga's song "Telephone" which features Beyonce. Together these two ladies are a Montser of force to be reckoned with.
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Lady Gaga and Beyoncé have apparently found a quite a kinship in one another and have become good friends quickly. While it might seem that the two superstars would be worlds apart it terms of image, sound and vibe, but at the end of the day there's no question that they're two of the hardest working women in pop music today.
And perhaps those personality traits made it easy for the two of them to bond and collaborate with one another. Since the 2009 Video Music Awards, where both women won awards, their paths have been crossing quite frequently — and they've worked together on two projects so far.
The first to appear will be Beyoncé's clip for "Video Phone." Not many details have emerged about the Hype Williams-helmed video, which was shot in Brooklyn, New York, last month.
The pair also collaborated on a new song, "Telephone," that will appear on the forthcoming deluxe reissue of Gaga's debut LP, dubbed The Fame Monster, which includes eight new songs and is slated for release on November 23 (Gaga's Monster Ball Tour launches in Montreal four days later).
Gaga had nothing but praise for B when she sat down with MTV News for a long interview on Tuesday.
"You know she is such a beautiful person, and I gotta tell you, I just adore her," she said. "I had kind of lost faith a little bit in meeting artists in the business — and then I met Beyoncé."
She also spoke briefly about how much fun the two of them have together. "She is a real, real woman," Gaga said. "I have never laughed so hard on a video set in my life. We had the best time doing 'Video Phone.' "
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Viewers may have been surprised to see a new side of Beyoncé when she assumed the role of good-girl-gone-bad Honey B in the video for Lady Gaga’s “Telephone.” But that was all part of Gaga’s plan, she tells “Big Boy’s Neighborhood.”
“We definitely get along. She’s a good friend of mine and I was so excited to make this video with her. The video in a lot of ways is more about her even than it is about me. It was sort of a pop-art venture for me to bring her into my world. In a way, the video is an attempt for her and I to erase pop music as we know it up until this very point. It’s meant to change the perspective of the world on what a pop music video should be and she’s kind of the vehicle for that. In reality, more people around the world are familiar with her aesthetics than they are with mine. It was something for me to kind of change the way that you see her for one video.”
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Gaga had only the nicest things to say about Queen B. “We’re not competitive at all,” she told Seacrest. “We’re so different, you know, and we respect each other so much. She’s so kind. We get along. She was very courageous in this video. I mean, can you imagine me saying, ‘Okay, now, Beyoncé, now you have to call me a very bad girl and feed me a honey bun’?…She trusted me because she likes my work, and she trusted me because she knew that I love her and that it’s a mutual respect. It ended up being a masterpiece because she was so courageous.”
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What is your attitude towards collaboration with peers in the pop music scene? Is it an idea which scares, excites, or even interests you?
At this moment, I don't want to do any collaborations, especially contemporary ones. I want to stand on my own two feet. This new album is my chance to create what in 20 years will be seen as my iconic moment. That's what you should always aim at. Today, collaborations are about appealing to a wider market and gaining radio plays and album sales, above artistic integrity. She is a real good person, Beyonce, I mean I would say she is my favorite contemporary person in pop music. She is a lovely, lovely person and she is so kind. I don't know how anyone could ever say one bad thing about her, to be honest.
~Lauryn Hill~
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I asked her is she could name any musicians who could redeem music of today, "I listened to a Destiny’s Child song the other day that was beautiful. I always thought Beyonce’s voice was beautiful. I can’t knock the whole industry, Today, what we have is banging beats. The DPs (directors of photography), the art direction, they have reached an all-time high. It’s just the music…It would be great if people were just allowed to be.”
source: 2005 TRACE MAG Interview
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~Leanne "Lelee" Lyons (from SVW)~
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As one of the biggest black girl groups of the 1990s, SWV is credited with mentoring (in some form or another) the then-burgeoning R&B quartet Destiny's Child.
"We let them open up for us back in the day, and they were like our little sisters," Lyons reflected. "What people see in [Beyonce] now, I have seen this in her since she was nine years old ... no one sings 'I Get So Weak' in the knees like Beyonce at 12 years old."
~Leona Lewis~
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Leona Lewis has praised Beyonce Knowles' sense of style.
The 'Happy' singer was thrilled to meet up with the pop superstar at the recent MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) - where both beauties performed to the star-studded audience - because Beyonce is so "nice" and stylish.
She said: "Beyonce was so nice to me - it was great to be in the same show as her. Her style is amazing too!"
~Lil Mo~
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THELILMOSHOW: "The ultimate singer that aint churchy but she gives u a GREAT show is BEY! Nobody and mean NOBODY will ever be the NEXT her!"
THELILMOSHOW: "She plays the game, listens to leaders and she perfects her craft and keeps her life PRIVATE! That's why she's untouchable." http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/4889/lilmo.jpg
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~Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman)~
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Carter said that she listens to and admires many singers including Cheryl Crowe, Beyonce, Pink, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald.
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~M.I.A.~
Evidence: A fearless musician, MIA entered America's mainstream scene when her song "Paper Planes" became a smash on the Billboard Hot 100. From there, a part of her song was sampled and used for a track that featured some of the best and brightest rappers- including Beyonce's husband, Jay-Z.
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What do you think of Beyoncé?
She’s like super. She’s like harder, faster, stronger. In our lifetime, Beyoncé will be a classic, like how people talk about Aretha Franklin.
~Makeba Riddick~
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Shortly after her phone rang again. Columbia Records called about the song and Beyonce, who was prepping her sophomore solo disc, wanted it for herself -- and Jay-Z would put a verse on it.
“Once again I’m like ‘really,’ ” she says laughing. “I didn’t believe it until I was walking in the door to meet her, and that’s when I started getting nervous. I came in the room and from the minute we shook hands it was like we were distant cousins. Like we had known each other in a past life or something because we clicked. I’ve never clicked with an artist the way we did. Same with Rihanna, which was more like a big sister, little sister [relationship]. With Beyonce we were closer in age. We just had a ball and before I knew it three weeks had gone by and the album was done.”
The track, “Deja Vu,” was picked as the first single, and scored Riddick another No. 1 single. Of the 10 tracks on the original album released in 2006, Riddick had her hand in writing half, including singles “Upgrade U” and “Get Me Bodied,” rightfully earning her the nickname of “Golden Girl.”
“It was crazy to me when we were done. That was a whirlwind,” Riddick says. “Every day we would be talking for hours -- that’s how those songs came about. It was fun, that’s how you should make an album. It amazes me how a regular girl from Baltimore from the inner city has the same life experiences as a girl from Houston, Texas. You forget that she’s Beyonce until a L’Oreal commercial comes on.”
~Mary J Blige~
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Hermione Eyre of the London Independent spoke with Mary J. Blige in a Q&A session and asked the singer about being engaged, her watch collection, working with Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs, who she would name as her successor, and who she’s looking forward to meeting in heaven. On the successor question, Blige responded, “So many of ‘em, from Ashanti to India Arie. Although she don’t dress like me, her lyrics are like mine. You see, I’m smart, I pay attention! It would have to be between Beyoncé and Lauryn [Hill] – they are the two that were inspired. They didn’t just copy the whole thing. They took it and did their own little thing with it. I respect that. That other stuff, it’s like ‘you just copied the whole entire thing’ [hoots of laughter]. That’s cool, though. Beyonce – I’m really proud of her. That honey is doing movies, she’s doing modelling, she’s a business woman.”
~Maxwell~
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"Beyoncé killed it" - says he enjoyed Beyoncé the most. (2010 Grammy performance) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eflPbquwk4Q
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~Meryl Streep~
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Beyonce Interview in Allure Magazine February 2010:
Her turns as a '60s singer in Dreamgirls and as a strung-out Etta James in Cadillac Records have earned her praise from critics; the latter portrayal even got a rave from Meryl Streep. "Meryl just said how much she loved the performance, and how raw it was," Beyonce says, still incredulous. "I mean, anything from Meryl Streep is like..." She trails off. "I was surprised that she even saw the film."
~Michael Jackson~
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David Guest: Michael Jackson's best friend,ex-husband of Liza Minelli and promoter.
He counts Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Russell and Beyonce among them. Of the Destiny's Child singer he says: "She is lovely. One of the nicest people I've ever met.
"Her parents brought her up the right way. She blushed when I told her Michael had a crush on her."
~Mike Myers~
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Destiny’s Child star Beyonce Knowles spoke with Entertainment Tonight as well as her ‘Austin Powers Goldmember’ co-star Mike Myers, who had great things to say about Beyonce. “I’ve got shin pads in my hockey bag older than her, and I was blown away by how mature and well brought up and lovely and eager she was,” says Myers. “She knew soul cinema, and that sweetness that’s inside her really came out. I think in many ways she steals the picture.”
~Miley Cyrus~
Evidence (by QBee): Miley and her mother
Miley is a huge fan i saw in one of her vids she said she loves Bee and Bee gave her some clothers from HOD and her mum wants her to be just like Bee.
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Miley Cyrus Wants to Be Like Beyoncé
Miley’s quite a star in her own right by now, but that doesn’t stop the teen Hannah Montana star from looking up to other stars, like the super-successful Beyoncé. Miley says she wants to be like Beyoncé someday and reach the same level of success as her.
“I want to be like Beyoncé,” Cyrus told Seventeen. “She is the ultimate woman.
“You look at her and you don’t think, ‘I wonder what her personal life is like’. You look at her and you go, ‘That girl on the stage is a superstar’.”
She added: “You don’t care about anything else; you only care about her music. So I would hope that would be me in the future.”
— via Digital Spy
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Miley Cyrus opens her 'Can't Be Tamed' closet
Miley Cyrus says, "I like feathers."
And in this new episode of MySpace's The Fit, Miley gives us a look at the wardrobe for her new videoCan't Be Tamed, which includes lots of feather. She also talks about a favorite item in her closet that was a gift from Beyonce.
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"Beyoncé is just, like, a living legend," the 16-year-old told MTV News about why she thinks that B should take home more trophies than Lady Gaga. "So, that's why I feel like everything she is up for, she so deserves it."
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When asked if she could spend a day in anyone's stilettos, whose would she chose? "Beyonce!" said Miley Cyrus. "Her fashion is different. It's out there and fun."
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~Mindy Kaling (Kelly Kapoor on show "The Office")~
Evidence (by samosa278): Kelly Kapoor's twitter is @IAmKellyFierce. The person who plays her, Mindy Kaling is definitely a Bey Stan, not just because of that twitter name. I've noticed on several other occasions haha
1. in the episode Casual Friday, Kelly is wearing a denim jumpsuit and asks if her butt looks good. The jumpsuit was Dereon.
2. she tweeted about Obsessed a lot back when it came out: the sequel to Obsessed is Unhinged, the story of a girl driven mad bc she hasnt seen Obsessed yet | "did you guys see Obsessed 2: Unhinged? Beyonce head butts the hell out of Mindy Kaling."
3. this set of tweets: ETA: na na na hen is a female version of a roosta | na na na chicken is a female version of a rooster | na na na diva is the female version of a hustla
4. @azizansari i'm extremely nervous about tonight and i would feel psychologically calmer if i were to be introduced to Beyonce's "Diva"?
...and there you have it.
~Miranda Lambert~
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Miranda Lambert is well- known for her strong female anthems such as 'Gunpowder and Lead,' 'Kerosene,' 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' and 'White Liar,' but there's also a softer, more feminine side to the Texas whirlwind that she would like to be able to show off more.
Maybe an alter ego is in store to show that softer side, such as the case with 'Sasha Fierce,' a character created by R&B superstar Beyoncé, of whom Miranda is a big fan. "I feel like the older I'm getting and the more I'm not some crazy kid with a chip on my shoulder as much as I was," Miranda tells The Boot. "I kind of wish I had an alter ego so that I could not have to be in character if I don't want to."
Miranda admits she plays up her tough-girl image because that's part of who she is. "But," she adds with a laugh, " I love to bake cookies. And I love makeup, and I have this girly side that's really only just starting to show because of 'Revolution' and some of those songs. I'm gonna ponder that, because I figure if Beyoncé could have an alter ego, I should follow her because it's always good to follow greatness."
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"I love watching live-show DVDs from other artists before I go on stage," says the chart-topping, Grammy-nominated 26-year-old in an email interview. "I have a great selection and I try to mix it up a bit.
"I'm a big Beyoncé fan and have seen her many times live. I got to meet her at her show in Dallas last year... So I like to see her before I go on, as an inspiration...