Stars in the new yellow:
- J-Lo steps out in a yellow tunic dress (and matching bangle) in sunny Miami
- Rachel McAdams in the April issue of Elle: a high-fashion interpretation of strong yellow
- Jessica Alba at the MTV Movie Awards, in a gorgeous tulip-skirt strapless dress
- Beyonce’s leather jacket is a paparazzi magnet while she’s out and about in New York
- Kerry Washington looking stunning in a decidedly springlike (and extremely yellow) gown at the premiere of I Think I Love my Wife

Color pairing guide for spring/summer 2007’s yellow:
- with white: a fresh, summery combination that usually reads as preppy.
- with black: unless the clothes you’re wearing have shapes or details unique enough to steal the spotlight away from their colors, you’re in very real danger of looking like a bumblebee.
- with charcoal gray: an unexpected combination that really works, as gray is a neutral.
- with brown: brown will take the edge off the yellow, so you can use it to temper your look when you’re feeling a bit beacon-like.
- with denim: an easy way to introduce the shade into your wardrobe.
- with anything else: you’re venturing into risky territory, but you could experiment with an unapologetic red, pink, or blue.

 [Date: 21-Mar-07 ]

Jennifer is receiving critical kudos for cracking the cover of Vogue no easy task for an African American and even harder, actually well nigh impossible till yesterday, for a full-figured gal. Anna Wintour made even Oprah diet down till she was a sliver of O, in a black dress - spread out like pate on the cover. That’s right, the Devil who wore Sunglasses, actually dictated terms to The Oprah so cue the Marvin Gaye ’cause the question must be asked ”What’s going on”

Did La Wintour shed an icy tear at the Dreamgirls premiere and suddenly decide to throw all Vogue cover caution to the wind Did that salty icicle sliding down that withered cheek change the course of history Radar reports:

Beyonc Now the Other Dreamgirl

Beyonc-who: She won the Golden Globe, an Oscar nod, and the title of “scene stealer,” and now Jennifer Hudson can add Vogue cover model to her list”a title that no American Idol or fellow Dreamgirl or member of Destiny’s Child has achieved so far. So, nyah!

Nyah indeed.

The competing covers inevitably do the Dreamgirls tagline. Jennifer is “America’s Dreamgirl” - Beyonce is “The Dreamgirl as You’ve Never Seen her Before.”

And yet … the SI Swimsuit Cover seems to be Beyonce as we’ve always seen her before: golden, girl-next-doorish and in a bathing suit on a beach. Wasn’t that every other BeyBey video and half the YonsYons photo shoots Along with glorious jello-based dance moves - that “body of work” won her this year’s AskMen’s Most Desireable Female poll. She’s at the height of her glowing charms.

It’s the SI Swimsuit Issue so the press coverage will be huge it’s the iconic, good clean fun cheescake event of the year. This year with a little venom behind it and subtext with venom makes for good reading even if it isn’t printed on the actual pages of a magazine. You can steal my movie, my nomination and my thunder but let’s see you wear my bikini. You must not know by now. I’m Beyonc …with an accent on the e.

pics via Hollyscoop and Radar.

Update: more pics from Clay Cane and Oh No They Didn’t

 [Date: 15-Feb-07 ]

RTE Entertainment reports

She was nominated twice for her hit single ‘Irreplaceable’, in the categories of Best R&B/soul Single and Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video. Her album, ‘B’Day’, is also up for Best Female R&B/Soul Album.

Those three nominations have Ms. Knowles at the head of this years Sooo-uuuu-ll train.
Perhaps the first time in the history of the modern railroad that a world famous caboose has lead the charge. Counterintuitive engineering … perhaps but when you’re ahead - why ask why.

Others with two nominations include Mary J Blige, Chris Brown, John Legend, Ne-Yo, Gnarls Barkley, Yung Joc and the Isley Brothers.

Twos nice for those who like that sort of thing .. very ying yang, matched end tables and all that but it ain’t three with three you egg rolls … or found a girl group.

Pictures via the Sydney Morning Herald and Hartland Locomotive Works

 [Date: 09-Feb-07 ]

 [Date: 01-Jan-70 ]

The New York Post trumpeted on Tuesday that the star couple were bound for a “rap wedding” disguised as a 37th-birthday party. The paper said that after boarding “a yacht in St. Barts,” the guests “will also be ferried over to Anguilla for the wedding at Cap Juluca.”

The couple actually won’t be anywhere near Anguilla, our sources vouch. What’s more, they’re already back from the birthday party.

Here’s what really happened:

Monday night, right after Beyonc walked the red carpet at the New York premiere of “Dreamgirls,” she shanghaied her unsuspecting rap-star boyfriend to an airport where she’d chartered two customized 757s. (One had a 20-seat movie theater.)

Waiting were about 20 of their closest friends, including Beyonc’s Destiny’s Child sista Kelly Rowland and music and marketing honchos like Lyor Cohen, Steve Stoute and Kevin Lyles.

After an in-flight feast prepared by two chefs, the gang touched down in St. Martin, where everyone boarded a 270-foot yacht.

For the next two days, Jay and his friends did the biggest of pimpin’. Two helicopters were on standby, and the lobster and Champagne - Jay-Z’s own Ace of Spades vintage - flowed. There was swimming, snorkeling and even a four-man minisub to take guests on deep-sea explorations.

“The party must have cost $1 million a day,” estimates one source.

The revelers finally returned yesterday morning. Jay stopped off in Miami for the Art Basel fest, where he was said to be considering a $7 million painting.

That must have been some party. Everyone was speculating that Beyonce was motivated to have a wedding by the fact that she’s being upstaged by Jennifer Hudson’s role in their firlm “Dreamgirls.” Now it’s said that producers are gunning for Beyonce, not Hudson, to be nominated for an Oscar.

Meanwhile that document that we published from MediaTakeOut that claims that Beyonce is 32, not 25, seems to have been altered. Reader betsy found that another person on the list was born in 1981 according to Texas Birth Records, available online. We were able to verify online through an ancestry site that Beyonce is listed as being born in 1981, not 1974.

Header image is from this spring and was found at Haute Gossip.

 [Date: 09-Dec-06 ]

The next time Beyonce calls you overweight, just respond with: At least I don’t wear a wig! Then, snap your fingers a few times, swivel your head and walk away.

Indeed, the possible finacee of Jay-Z has set herself up for such a comeback after she was either caught wearing a wig recently … or having some sort of funky skin condition.

Either way, this isn’t the most crowd-pleasing Beyonce picture of all time. But it could be worse.

The singer could look like Rip Torn.

 [Date: 08-Dec-06 ]

Two months ago I ran an old video by Destiny’s Child in which Beyonce was supposedly 16. She didn’t look 16 to me, although commentors were kind of split as to whether she was older. Some people said it was the makeup that made her look more mature but others claimed it was a common practice in the entertainment industry and would not surprise them.

The evidence from Media Take Out is a blurry list of births from the Texas Department of Health dated 1974, which would make Beyonce 32, not 25. They say it’s an official birth record sent to them by a government worker in Texas. It’s labeled a statistics list and isn’t a birth certificate, but it could still be accurate:

December 5. Over the past few weeks, MediaTakeOut.com has received hundreds of emails from people asking us to confirm Beyonce’s true age. In an attempt to find the truth, we spoke with dozens of insiders - all of whom believed that Beyonce was being truthful about her age.

But yesterday MediaTakeOut.com received a tip that proved to be explosive. The tipster, who claimed to work for the Texas Department of Health, faxed over what appears to be Beyonce’s official birth records. The document (a portion of which is below) shows that a Beyonce Giselle Knowles was born to a Mathew Knowles and Celestine Ann Beyonce on September 4th, 1974. If this document is accurate, that would mean that Beyonce is actually 32 years old.

Beyonce’s official biography claims that she was born on September 4th, 1981. It also claims that her mothers maiden name is “Beyince”, and not “Beyonce” as the below document shows.

Beyonce’s parents are named Matthew and Tina Knowles, so if this is real it could be the proof that she’s older than 25.

 [Date: 07-Dec-06 ]