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In early July 2000, Knowles released her debut solo single "I Got That" along with rapper Amil, but it failed to chart or sell noticeably, topping the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles. Two years later, Knowles was a featured vocalist on rapper Jay-Z's hit single, "'03 Bonnie & Clyde". In the spring of 2003, Knowles remade a duet with Luther Vandross, "The Closer I Get to You", originally recorded and made famous by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway in 1977. In this version, the vocal parts are switched, with Vandross taking Flack's part and Knowles taking Hathaway's. The song made both her debut solo album and Vandross' Dance with My Father album, and the two shared the Grammy Award for "Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals" the following year. She has collaborated with Jay-Z on his eight studio album, Kingdom Come, providing vocals and the hook for the track entitled "Hollywood".

Personal life
Since 2002, Knowles has been in a relationship with rapper Jay-Z, with whom she has also made several collaborations. In spite of persistent rumors, she has not commented on whether or not the couple are engaged. The two have deliberately been private about the nature of their relationship, to avoid excessive media exposure, and for a long time even refused to comment on whether they were dating or not. When asked in September 2007 when the two would marry, Jay-Z replied, "One day soon—let's leave it at that".

Discography

Albums
2003: Dangerously in Love
2006: B'Day
2008: Third studio album
EPs
2004: True Star: A Private Performance
2007: Green Light: Freemasons EP
2007: Irreemplazable
Mixtapes
2005: Speak My Mind

DVDs
2004: Live at Wembley
2006: Beyoncé The Ultimate Performer
2007: B'Day Anthology Video Album
2007: The Beyoncé Experience Live!
Tours
2003–2004: Dangerously in Love World Tour
2004: Verizon Ladies First Tour (with Alicia Keys and Missy Elliott)
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Charity, is the latest fashionable craze in Hollywood. Every now and again it’s great to see all those heavenly bodies we love so much reaching down from their lofty heights to raise someone else up just a little bit. After all, their dazzling smile might win over the hearts of millions but it’s their charitable works that keeps them in our minds as well.

Take, for example Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, aka Brangelina. This Hollywood power couple has been known throughout their history as very generous and mindful of children the world over. Fox News tells us that they even started their own charitable organization, the Jolie Pitt Foundation, and stocked it with over $8 million dollars of their own hard earned cash in 2006. The charity’s first year’s donations totaled a simply amazing $2,367,935 spread out over six causes and with only a small overhead of $27,000 for expenses. And that’s just the tip of the Brangelina philanthropist iceberg; Pitt has since started the Make It Right Foundation that is dedicated to rebuilding New Orleans ninth ward, and Pitt has also contributed to the Not On Our Watch fund designed to help Darfur. Definitely adds just that extra bit of spice to get me out on June 27th when Angelina’s new movie Wanted hits theaters and again on the 12th of September when Brad’s Burn After Reading is set to premiere. Now they have that extra armchair philanthropist appeal - see anything Brangelina’s been in and you know a portion of the proceeds is going to worthy causes.

Well who else is just giving it away? Courteney Cox, her husband David Arquette and Jennifer Anniston. These three friends are challenging members of the Hollywood community to raise $1 million in just two weeks to benefit the Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation. BBC News tells us that the disease is a rare genetic condition that affects the skin of children, causing large ulcerous sores to form on the skin that don’t heal. Us Magazine says so far they’ve gotten Eva Longoria Parker, Kate Beckinsale, Orlando Bloom, Rashida Jones, and James Marsden on board for donations. It’s great knowing that this Sunday night when I’m staying up to watch Dirt, I’m not just feeding my need for seedy gossip I’m also helping kids with skin disease.

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MADONNA LANZARA DISCO VIA MOVIL
Thu Mar 20 14:58:34 -0500 2008

El nuevo àlbum de Madonna, HARD CANDY, estarà disponible en telèfonos mòviles, antes de llegar a las tiendas. Segùn informaciòn publicada por la revista Rolling Stone, Madonna pondrà disponible para descarga su material a los propietarios europeos de los telèfonos Vodafone, una semana antes de que HARD CANDY estè en las estanterìas, el 29 de abril. Al parecer, Madonna finalmente se adhiere a la era digital. Previamente habìa tenido sus canciones en iTunes, pero luego dijo sentirse cansada y frustrada porque no podìa descargar su propia mùsica. La Reina del Pop, que cumple 50 años este 2008, serà la primera artista en lanzar un disco completo por telèfono mòvil, antes de su fecha oficial de lanzamiento en tiendas.

PETE WENTZ INTENTO SUICIDARSE
Thu Mar 20 14:55:03 -0500 2008

Pete Wentz, integrante de la banda Fall Out Boy, recientemente hablò a MTV, sobre la vez que intentò suicidarse. "Me subì a mi carro. Recuerdo que escuchaba a Jeff Buckley interpretando una versiòn de HALLELUJAH de Leonard Cohen. Me sentè sin pensar en nada y me tomè varias pastillas de Ativan, que sirven para calmar la ansiedad. Recuerdo que estaba en un parqueo de una tienda". Wentz continùa contando: "Llamè a mi representante, porque en ese punto, estaba completamente fuera de mi, fuera de control por el Ativan. Le hablaba, pero realmente no recuerdo bien mis palabras, eran incoherentes, asì que èl llamò a mi madre y ella me llamò a mi. Llegò a salvarme, pues en cuanto llegò me llevò al hospital. Creo que, a pesar de toda la ansiedad que tenìa y el efecto de la medicina, inconcientemente querìa vivir pues de lo contrario no habrìa llamado a nadie en ese momento" finalizò el mùsico.

BACK TO BLACK HACE HISTORIA
Tue Mar 18 14:06:39 -0500 2008

El àlbum BACK TO BLACK de Amy Winehouse, ya ha hecho historia al subir al primer lugar de los 10 discos màs vendedores del Reino Unido en el siglo 21. Amy Winehouse logrò botar el COME AWAY WITH ME de Norah Jones, tras llegar al record de 2,467,575 copias vendidas y aùn contando, en el Reino Unido.

Despuès de su triunfo en los Grammy y su presentaciòn en los Brit, Amy ha experimentado el incremento de las ventas de su disco pues en las ùltimas diez semanas se han vendido màs de 318 mil unidades, lo cual tambièn la hizo volver a la cima del chart de àlbumes del Reino Unido.



Otros discos que estàn en la prestigiosa lista son A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD y X&Y de Coldplay, HOPES AND FEARS de Keane Y LIFE FOR RENT de Dido.


BRITNEY CENA CON MEL GIBSON
Mon Mar 17 20:40:21 -0500 2008


Britney Spears cenò con Mel Gibson el pasado fin de semana. La cantante se reuniò con el actor en el restaurante Romanov de Los Àngeles, en donde comieron un filet mignon y hablaron durante dos horas. Un empleado del restaurante dijo: "Fue muy emocionante tenerlos a ambos juntos". Britney estuvo acompañada de su amiga cercana, Victoria, mientras que Gibson llevò un amigo. Por otra parte, se ha sabido que 13 empleados del Centro Mèdico UCLA de Los Àngeles, fueron despedidos ilegalmente por haber revelado detalles de la estadìa de Britney en la instituciòn. Otras seis personas han sido suspendidas, mientras que seis mèdicos enfrentan acciones disciplinarias. Jeri Simpson, director de Recursos Humanos del Centro Mèdico, dijo: "No solo sorprende sino que frustra y decepciona. Pensè que podìamos hacer todo lo necesario para asegurar la privacidad de nuestros pacientes y ahora se que es terrible que nos haya pasado nuevamente". Read More......