Beyonce as marketer, social force, wife and mom

The astounding reach of Beyonce’s cultural impact is illustrated by a Saturday Night Live bit where first lady wanna-be Ann Romney (played by Kate McKinnon), blurts that she’d kill her equestrian-competition horse to meet Beyonce. “I wouldn’t have pictured you as a Beyonce fan,” says Weekend Update host Seth Myers

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X Factor: Judges refuse to judge

First things first: How did Christchurch boy-band Moorhouse, the handsome SBWs, end up in the bottom two at last night’s elimination episode of the X Factor Hadn’t we all agreed that not necessarily the best voices win but rather those who appeal to a certain fan base Like to teenage girls I blame their song choice on Sunday’s Best of British show.

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Red-hot success for Tattletale Saints

The Tattletale Saints have been pulling in the crowds on their recent six-week, 20-something date tour of New Zealand but that shouldn’t really surprise. The Auckland-based duo of Cy Winstanley and Vanessa McGowan, who have been together on and off both professionally and personally for a decade, won over a dedicated audience when they crowd-funded through Pledgeme their debut album How Red Is The Blood

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Did Usher steal song for Bieber?

One of Justin Bieber’s hit songs is the target of a US$10 million copyright infringement lawsuit that also accuses Bieber’s mentor, R&B singer Usher, of funnelling the song to the teen pop star. R&B singer Devin Copeland, known professionally as De Rico, and songwriter Mareio Overton filed a lawsuit last week in US District Court in Virginia alleging that they came up with the song Somebody to Love.

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Comedian Katt Williams has Has Declared His Retirement from Show Business… Oh Wait, He’s Come Out Of Retirement!

  Comedian Katt Williams has decided to come out of retirement only four days after he announced he was leaving the comedy game.    Like Other Before Him…  He’s Officially Un-retiring!   Just like Michael Jordan, Jay-Z, Evander Holyfield and Brett Favre … comedian Katt Williams is officially UNRETIRING … just four days after retiring.   He […]

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