‘Irreplaceable’ beauty, Beyonce Knowles cannot wait for Christmas - because she gets to gorge on
festive food.
The singer also blasted Hollywood’s current trend for
super-thin actresses, insisting Christmas food is too delicious to miss out
on because of a diet.
She is quoted by Britain’s Daily Star newspaper as saying: “People are
obsessed with skinny girls at the moment. I’m going to be eating for America
over Christmas to get some more junk in my trunk. So raise a glass and toast
for me, people.”
The 25-year-old lost 13lbs in 10 days on a liquid-only diet for her role in
‘Dreamgirls’ but admits she has been having a good time re-gaining the
weight.
She said: “OK, I lost a lot of weight for ‘Dreamgirls’. But I sure am
enjoying putting it all back on.”
In other news, Beyonce has admitted she wants to marry Jay-Z.
The singer-and-actress, who has been dating the rapper for around four years, has been inspired to tie the knot by her parents, Matthew and Tina, who have been happily married for 27 years.
As well as getting married, Beyoncé also wants to have a baby with Jay-Z.
She told Parade magazine: “Of course I want to get married. My parents have been married for 27 years, and they’re still in love. That’s a great example for me. I know it’s possible. I think about the future, I want to have a family. I want to be happy.”
The singer, who was wrongly reported to be planning to wed Jay-Z on a yacht in the Caribbean earlier this month, also insists family and friends are the most important thing in her life, not fame and money.
She added: “I know what happiness is. It’s family and friends, love, focusing on the positive things and appreciating how wonderful life is. I’ll always have that even if everything else, my films and music, went away. I know how blessed I am.”
Beyonce has been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards for the role she plays in the critically-acclaimed movied Dreamgirls.
The film is loosely based on the story of Diana Ross and The Supremes, and is set for a Christmas Day release in the US.
Beyoncé plays the part of the Ross’ character in the movie, and has been nominated in the Best Actress category. She also co-wrote the song ‘Listen’ from the movie, which is competing in the Best Song category.
The ceremony is due to take place on January 15 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
Source: NME
In chart news, Beyonce continues to be “Irreplaceable” at the top of the Hot 100 Billboard charts for the second consecutive week.
The track is the tally’s greatest airplay gainer for a sixth straight, the first to achieve that disinction since 50 Cent’s “Candy Shop” in 2005. “Irreplaceable” also sits at No. 1 on the Pop 100 for a second week and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for a third.
Beyonce is determined to not allow her vast fame and fortune go to head and ruin her life, carefully trying to maintain something of a normal lifestyle.
“I think I am past needing celebrity,” she told US publication Parade. “I don’t want to feel the void I see in a lot of celebrities - the unhappiness underneath the smile.
“Don’t you think it’s scary that you rarely meet celebrities who are normal? I do normal things, walk in the park.
“I don’t want to be off on my own diva planet. I want to be on Earth. I want to be normal.”
To help make her performances lively, Beyoncé has created an onstage persona which, unlike her real self, is strong, aggressive, sassy and sexy!
Dreamgirls star Beyoncé Knowles has shared the secret of her lively onstage performances with Parade’s Dotson Rader for their forthcoming issues, reports PageSix.
“I become someone else when I’m onstage. I call that stage persona ‘Sasha’.”
In real life she differs considerably from her on stage persona. “I wouldn’t like Sasha if I met her off stage.” She’s “too aggressive, too strong, too sassy, too sexy! I’m not like her in real life at all. I’m not flirtatious and super-confident and fearless like her. What I feel onstage I don’t feel anywhere else. It’s an out-of-body experience. I created my stage persona . . . so that when I go home, I don’t have to think about what it is I do. Sasha isn’t me. The people around me know who I really am.”
Beyonce’s new movie has already picked up its first award, named among the Top 10 Movies of The Year by the American Film Institute.
In addition to the movie starring Jamie Foxx, Beyonce and Eddie Murphy, the AFI picked the September 11th drama “United 93″ and the comedy “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.”
The AFI doesn’t rank its picks for best films of the year.
The films chosen will be honored at an AFI luncheon in Los Angeles next month.
In addition to numbers first heard in the original Broadway musical, DREAMGIRLS - Music From the Motion Picture will premiere four new original songs including the first single “Listen” by Beyoncé (scheduled for release on November 14, 2006) and “Love You I Do” by Jennifer Hudson. The second single slated for release from the soundtrack is “One Night Only” by Beyoncé. Among the original classic tracks from the musical included on the soundtrack are “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” (Jennifer Hudson); “Dreamgirls” (Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson and Anika Noni Rose); “Steppin’ to the Bad Side” (Jamie Foxx); “Fake Your Way to the Top” (Eddie Murphy, Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson and Anika Noni Rose); “Move (You’re Steppin’ on My Heart)” (Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé and Anika Noni Rose); “Family” (Jamie Foxx and Keith Robinson); “I Am Changing” (Jennifer Hudson); “Cadillac Car” (Eddie Murphy); “I Meant You No Harm” (Eddie Murphy); “Heavy” (Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé and Anika Noni Rose) and “Hard To Say Goodbye My Love” (Beyoncé, Sharon Leal and Anika Noni Rose). Producers on the Dreamgirls album include; The Underdogs - Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas; Executive Soundtrack Producers, Bill Condon, Glen Brunman, and Mathew Knowles; Soundtrack album Producers; Randy Spendlove and Matt Sullivan.
Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable” usurp’s Akon’s “I Wanna Love You” two-week reign at the summit on the Hot 100, becoming the superstar’s fourth No. 1 as a solo artist. In its seventh week on the chart, the track climbed from No. 2, with an identical move on the Pop 100 and Hot Digital Songs charts. “Irreplaceable” remains the week’s greatest airplay gainer for a fifth straight week, while also dominating the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for a third.
Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable” usurp’s Akon’s “I Wanna Love You” two-week reign at the summit on the Hot 100, becoming the superstar’s fourth No. 1 as a solo artist. In its seventh week on the chart, the track climbed from No. 2, with an identical move on the Pop 100 and Hot Digital Songs charts. “Irreplaceable” remains the week’s greatest airplay gainer for a fifth straight week, while also dominating the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for a third.
Rumours are swirling in the US that Beyonce Knowles and rapper Jay-Z are set to tie the knot at a lavish Caribbean resort at the weekend.
It’s believed that guests at Jay-Z’s “surprise” 37th birthday party will also be going to a wedding.
It seems guests will be ferried over to a five-star resort with Moorish villas on the island of Anguilla.
“Beyonce is throwing Jay a four-day birthday party, but it’s really a wedding,” a source said.
Beyonce Knowles has told how she was “terrified” ahead of an audition for a new movie based on The Supremes.
The singer and actress won a part, based on soul singer Diana Ross, in a new film inspired by the band - but only after a make-or-break session with its director.
“I was terrified, which worked out great because I was supposed to be 16,” she said, explaining she is obsessed with the songstress. “My whole trailer is covered in her pictures.”
Bill Condon told the Daily Mail it was only her performance that convinced him to recruit Beyonce. “I looked at everything she’d done on film, and I still didn’t have the answer about whether she could do it or not,” he explained. “Because what no-one wanted was a Beyoncè Ross.”
