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- Dionne Warwick Loves Beyoncé But Says She Isn't an Icon Just Yet: 'It's a Long Road' - PEOPLE.com
- Is Beyoncé's Favorite Singer Adele? - Showbiz Cheat Sheet
- Michelle Obama leads USA dodgeball against Corden's Team UK | TheHill - The Hill
- Has Beyoncé Overtaken Michael Jackson as the Most Important Black Artist of Our Time? - Variety
- Keegan-Michael Key Is Dreading Beyoncé Questions While Promoting The Lion King - Yahoo Entertainment
- Beyoncé and Brené Brown Inspired This Lawyer to Kick Off the #BeforeILetGo Challenge - Oprah Mag
- Lonely Island just dropped a Beyoncé-style visual album on Netflix - Polygon
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| Is Beyoncé's Favorite Singer Adele? - Showbiz Cheat Sheet Posted: 09 Jun 2019 12:00 AM PDT Beyoncé is one of the most beloved singers in the world. No matter where you go, you will be hard-pressed to find someone who has never heard of her or listened to her music. We were first introduced to Beyoncé when she was in the '90s hit pop group, Destiny's Child. During her career, she has won over 23 awards and has actually accumulated more Grammy nominations than any other female in the music industry. She has accumulated an impressive collection of number-one hits during her time with Destiny's Child and during her solo career. She has become one of the most iconic singers of our time, which is why it is hard to imagine that she is inspired by other singers that are on the radio today. So, who is her favorite singer and what kind of songs does she like to listen to? It has been rumored that she is a huge fan of Adele. Here is what we know about her love for Adele's music. Adele's career Adele has not been in the music industry as long as Beyoncé has, however, her popularity has quickly risen to the Queen B's caliber. Since the first time people heard her first album in 2008, entitled 19, the singer's career has skyrocketed to unimaginable heights. Her first three albums, 19, 21, and 25 have all had their place on the top of the Billboards list. She may not have quite as many awards on her wall as Beyoncé, but she is definitely not far behind the Lemonade singer. In 2010, Beyoncé made history by becoming the first female singer in history to win six Grammy's in the same night. then, two years later, Adele joined in the elite Grammy award-winning club by also winning six different Grammy's in the same night. Are Adele and Beyoncé friends?When you are as popular as Beyoncé, you get to befriend pretty much anyone you want to. We imagine people would line up for miles at the chance to be Beyoncé's new BFF. However, when you are one of the most talented musical artists of the decade, it would make sense that you would try to find a like-minded friend who is just as talented. That's why Beyoncé and Adele's friendship makes so much sense to us. According to Life & Style, the two iconic singers have been hanging out with each other as often as they can. They have apparently been having "secret Karaoke session" together and they enjoy singing together so much, that there are rumors that they may even collaborate on a song at some point in the future. It has been no secret that the Set Fire to the Rain singer has idolized Beyoncé for many years. In 2017, when Adele won yet another Grammy, she had barely even mentioned her own song, and instead, only talked about how good Bey's album was. After she said a brief "thank you" to everyone, she went on to say, "But my artist of my life is Beyoncé. And this album to me, the Lemonade album is just so monumental. Beyoncé is so monumental. And so well thought out, and so beautiful and so-bearing and we all got to see another side of you that you don't always let us see." Beyoncé is pretty fond of Adele too. She had once told Harper's Bazaar that it is easy "to talk to and be around" Adele. She also added that "She's funny as hell and her comebacks are legendary." So, it seems that Adele and Beyoncé have a mutual love and respect for one another. Is Adele Beyoncé's favorite singer?Byoncé has said on several different occasions that she absolutely adores Adele's music. "When Adele sings, you can tell that it is coming from an unfiltered honesty and purity. She creates songs that go deep and expose pain and vulnerability with her soulful voice," she told Harper's Bazaar. Adele has also said that the first time she met Byoncé, the Put a Ring On It singer had told her "You're amazing! When I listen to you, I feel like I'm listening to God." That would be a huge compliment that anyone would be happy to hear, but having it come from the Queen B herself, was a truly monumental moment for Adele.  |
| Michelle Obama leads USA dodgeball against Corden's Team UK | TheHill - The Hill Posted: 18 Jun 2019 06:39 AM PDT Michelle Obama In a scripted Monday night sketch for CBS's "The Late Late Show," the former first lady and Corden attempt to settle a playful debate about whether Britain or the United States is superior. ADVERTISEMENT "We're better at sports," says the British-born late-night TV host. "I don't think that's true. And if it is, you have nothing to do with it," the former first lady replies to Corden. The pair then decides that a fierce game of dodgeball will determine the ultimate international victor. Obama's "Team USA" — which includes actresses Melissa McCarthy, Allison Janney, Mila Kunis, Kate Hudson and Lena Waithe — faces off against Corden's celeb squad. "Team U.K." features singer Harry Styles, actor Benedict Cumberbatch, "Game of Thrones" star John Bradley and "Late Late Show" bandleader Reggie Watts (who noted in the skit that he's actually American, and not British). "I've made some calls, and let's just say this team is getting to eat them for breakfast," Obama boasts. "For breakfast — the most important meal of the day," she adds. Obama — who famously said during the 2016 Democratic National Convention, "When they go low, we go high," quipped while coaching her team, "When they go low, we also go low ... because that's how dodgeball works!" The Americans claim the first win in the series of three games, before Corden's team ties up the face-off in the second round. In the third game, Cumberbatch gets Obama out with a direct hit to her side. An announcer says of Cumberbatch, "He's looking guilty about that one. He can probably expect a visit from the Secret Service later." But Team USA eventually pulls through with the win. "At the end of the day, what's important is we showed kids that exercise can be fun. That's the big thing," Corden says after the match. "Honestly, I can't even remember who won or lost." "Oh no, you lost," Obama interjects before doing a victory dance in front of the camera. "We won." The episode featuring the "Becoming" author kicks off a week of "Late Late" shows from London. It's not the first time Obama's yukked it up with Corden — she belted out Beyonce songs as a surprise guest on the show's the long-running "Carpool Karaoke" sketch in 2016.  |
| Has Beyoncé Overtaken Michael Jackson as the Most Important Black Artist of Our Time? - Variety Posted: 24 May 2019 12:00 AM PDT If it takes a living legend to know one, then Dionne Warwick must be one of our greatest experts on what makes an icon. And as the 78-year-old singer sees it, none of today's biggest superstars – not Adele, not Taylor Swift, not even Beyoncé – would yet qualify for the I-word. "I love her to death and can appreciate her talent," she says of Bey the new issue of Essence magazine. "But that iconic status? It's a long road." Warwick's words offer a clue as to where she might stand on a debate recently waged on the Joe Budden Podcast: Has Beyoncé surpassed Michael Jackson to become the most important black artist of our time? Queen Bey certainly would qualify as a legitimate successor to the King of Pop. Like Jackson, she's sold millions of records, racked up an impressive string of hits, and amassed a sizable fan base and fortune. Jackson's 2009 death left a hole in the hall of hallowed black music stars that Beyoncé was primed to fill. Related Is that Mission: Impossible, or Mission: Accomplished … and then some? Has the next Michael Jackson now surpassed him in standing in the black community? "Leaving Neverland" and the stain its sexual abuse allegations tattooed on Jackson's reputation have left his legacy vulnerable. The scene would seem to be set for a new supreme musical hero – or heroine – to take over. In some ways, Jackson's and Beyoncé's origin stories are eerily similar. Both were raised in red states (Beyoncé in Texas, Jackson in Indiana) by fathers who played a heavy hand in their early careers. Both broke out from successful groups to become even bigger sensations on their own. Both boosted their reps with groundbreaking music videos. Both assumed the title of music royalty. But where one is celebrating and making black history, the other is black history – five decades of it. Beyoncé has driven some of the pivotal pop culture moments of this millennium – from "Independent Women" to "Single Ladies" to "Lemonade" to her Coachella "Homecoming" performance – but nothing in black entertainment in the last half century can match the impact of Jackson and "Thriller," the all-time best-selling album by a black musician. That both have been so difficult to mute post-"Leaving Neverland" is a testament to their artistry and enduring importance. Beyoncé is an undeniable creative force, but she's first and foremost an entertainer. Her talent as a singer and performer is often jaw-dropping, but it takes a village to make a Beyoncé hit. Jackson was more of a self-contained, independent artist. He worked with accomplished producers but composed many of his greatest hits solo. As he proved with his career-making moonwalk on "Motown 25" in 1984, he didn't need a battalion to leave a lingering impression. His perennial success has been against substantial odds. In future centuries, he will serve as an example of how to remain a beloved star despite ever-mounting negative press. "Leaving Neverland" may have damaged his legacy irreversibly, but it's impossible to erase him from black history. Perhaps he has the edge over Beyoncé because he came to prominence during a different era, before fragmentation and declining sales compromised artists' ability to transcend demographics and before social media inflated our perception of popularity. Jackson had broader mass appeal that spanned all races, ages, continents, and languages. Jackson was a black revolution, and that was its opening shot heard around the world. It still reverberates today, louder than any musical salvo Bey has yet fired. This isn't to understate Beyoncé's musical and cultural significance. In paying homage to black womanhood, she's brought it into white living rooms in a way no other performer before her has. Though her black consciousness can seem choreographed and calculated at times, especially when compared to earthier forerunners like Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, and Mary J. Blige, Bey dares to go there in a way Jackson — who became figuratively and literally more colorless as time went by — never did. At just 37, and 22 years into her career, she's opening more doors and breaking down more barriers than any living black music star. She can headline Coachella in California and Glastonbury in England (the first black woman to do either) and still bring down the house at the Apollo in Harlem. Critics and fellow artists are as enamored of her as fans, and although her personal life makes headlines, unlike Jackson, her legacy is untarnished by scandal. Jackson, for all his legendary-ness, was simultaneously a joke. The tabloid media dubbed him "Wacko Jacko," and he was regarded as something of a mad genius, the wizard of weird. An eternal outsider, he was like the man-child who fell to earth. His oddness perhaps made him more vulnerable to the abuse allegations that have so damaged his legacy. Whether we believe them or not, most of us will never again be able to listen to Jackson's music in the same way. But here's the catch: The music still holds up. It made him the biggest superstar in the world and catapulted him to near-mythic status. While Beyoncé's Beyhive has taken unconditional fandom to extremes, the cult of Bey revolves more around her starpower than unprecedented creative brilliance. She rides musical trends with deft awareness, but she doesn't invent them the way Jackson did. Jackson is a 50-year-old cultural movement that remains perpetually in motion. He created the soundtrack to our lives, and even if it's no longer blaring from every speaker, it left a mark on the black community, on the world, that's more indelible than that of any music legend, with the exception of Elvis Presley and The Beatles. Jackson has been gone for nearly a decade, and in some ways, his impact remains undimmed. With "Thriller," he paved a way for black artists into the white mainstream and set an example for child stars hoping to successfully transition into adult icons. Without him, there might have been no Whitney Houston, no Janet Jackson, no Beyoncé. No black musician, living or dead, has impacted black and white culture more than Michael Jackson. If he had never entered our lives, black music – black history – would not be the same. No matter what becomes of his reputation, his artistic contributions are untouchable. Neither scandal nor time can diminish them.  |
| Keegan-Michael Key Is Dreading Beyoncé Questions While Promoting The Lion King - Yahoo Entertainment Posted: 17 Jun 2019 10:40 PM PDT Keegan-Michael Key reveals the one request he had when he was asked to play a hyena in the live-action The Lion King and the questions he's not looking forward to on red carpets and press junkets. Watch TV shows, movies and more on Yahoo View. About The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon  Join Jimmy Fallon for a daily mix of jokes, sketches, celebrity interviews and musical guests. See More Check out more stuff on Yahoo View  |
| Beyoncé and Brené Brown Inspired This Lawyer to Kick Off the #BeforeILetGo Challenge - Oprah Mag Posted: 21 May 2019 12:00 AM PDT Kiara Imani Williams, Esq., a Los Angeles-based entertainment attorney and dancer, was at Bible Study with a few friends on April 22 when her cell phone started buzzing. Unwilling to answer any calls unless it was God ringing the line, she ignored the notifications. That was until Williams saw a text from her friend that Beyoncé had just posted a video of her on Instagram. Minutes later, she confirmed the news for herself, venturing over to Beyoncé's Instagram stories, where the singer hadn't posted in over a year. There was Williams—along with her uncle and dance partner John Bayardelle—on Queen Bey's feed. As a longtime fan of the 37-year-old entertainer, Williams was moved to tears. Just 24 hours earlier, Williams and Bayardelle had choreographed a dance routine to Beyoncé's cover of Frankie Beverly and Maze's signature 1981 hit "Before I Let Go." The New Orleans-inspired rendition appeared in the closing credits of Beyoncé's Netflix documentary, Homecoming, chronicling the superstar singer's historic performance at the Coachella Music Festival in April 2018. It's not a coincidence that at the same time the 30-year-old Virginia native was attempting to reconnect with her love for dancing—after pushing it to the side to focus on her legal studies at the University of Virginia—Beyoncé released the perfect dance song for summer. After Williams's second viewing of Homecoming—and with a little convincing from her roommate, Bayardelle—they stayed up all night creating choreography to the brand-new track. The next day, on April 21, they posted the video on social media. In the clip, Williams rocks a mustard-colored jacket, denim shorts, red ankle boots, and long, flowing twists. She and Bayardelle put their own spin on the instructional portion of Beyoncé's rendition, complete with splits and kicks to accompany an electric slide-inspired dance. You can watch Williams and Bayardelle's performance in full below: After posting, the two could only hope the Lemonade singer would catch wind of it. But Williams, who comes from a long line of singers and performers in her family, had no idea their routine would help spark the now-viral #BeforeILetGo dance challenge—nor did she ever expect to be featured on Beyoncé's Instagram. One month and hundreds of #BeforeILetGo dance submissions later, Williams shares with OprahMag.com how Beyoncé's Homecoming and beloved author and research professor Dr. Brené Brown empowered her to step outside her comfort zone—and how the two Texas natives inspire her to just keep dancing, no matter what. First things first: How did the video come about, and what inspired you to create the dance routine with your uncle?  My uncle and I had a similar plight of working in the professional world, but also wanting to be creative. We've been dancing together since we were little. When we saw the documentary, it wasn't the #BeforeILetGo challenge yet. No one had posted anything online, and Beyoncé hadn't asked fans to do a challenge. I was lying on the couch watching Homecoming again for the second time, and my uncle asked me if I heard the song at the end. He told me to get up, because we were going to record a dance to it. I was tired and wasn't feeling well that day. But he said, 'Kiara, you've been telling me you miss the creative pieces of who you are and that you want to dance again. I'm trying to hold you accountable for who you're telling me you want to be.' I finally agreed to do it. We woke up around 5 a.m., and one of my best friends filmed us dancing on the rooftop of a firehouse. We edited it and sent it to all my friends for them to share the next morning. Within 24 hours, it was getting a lot of buzz on Twitter and YouTube. Even though it was getting attention on social media after you posted on April 21, Beyoncé didn't post it until the next day. Did you ever think that she'd see it? You know, when I was 16 years old, I had 78 pictures of Beyoncé on the wall behind my bed. I really believe in the power of manifestation, and I just knew Beyoncé would eventually see it. The next day I was with a few of my friends at a virtual Bible Study and my phone kept ringing over and over again. Finally, one of my friends texted me and told me that I was on Beyoncé's Instagram. I started crying. Wow, 78 pictures is a lot. So, you've been a fan of Beyoncé's long before Homecoming? But what was it about Homecoming, in particular, that spoke to you years later after all those cutouts? Speaking of doing it all, you're a lawyer by day, but then you've also been dancing for most of your life. How do you find balance between your professional and creative side?  So what helped you come out of hiding and embrace both law and dance? Well, that's something Beyoncé mentions in the documentary. She says, "As a Black woman, I used to feel like the world wanted me to stay in my little box." I'm curious how you felt as a dancer to hear Beyoncé talk about performers not wanting to rehearse. Did that part resonate with you? Obviously, the #BeforeILetGo dance challenge features Beyoncé's cover of "Before I Let Go," which is steeped in Black culture. Do you have a personal connection to the song? Now that Beyoncé has put her stamp of approval on your dance routine, how has your life changed? In the event that Beyoncé decides to release an official video for "Before I Let Go," are you hoping to get a call to be featured in it? That would the cherry on top of everything! But really, I just want to caution people to spend time with themselves, figure out who they are, and filter their decisions through their values. Everyone's path is so different, so it's important to be comfortable with what your journey looks like and don't compare it to anyone else. Even for me, I turned 30 this year, and people were telling me it's too late to start down this creative path. But Beyoncé posting my video proves that it's not. What God has for me is for me. For more ways to live your best life plus all things Oprah, sign up for our newsletter!  |
| Lonely Island just dropped a Beyoncé-style visual album on Netflix - Polygon Posted: 23 May 2019 12:00 AM PDT Brace for the unfiltered oddity that is The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience. Through their meteoric rise on Saturday Night Live to Andy Samberg's breakout fame in movies and Brooklyn Nine-Nine to their bigger-budget stabs at comedy glory (Hot Rod, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping), the Lonely Island comedy troupe has remained themselves, the goofballs who wrote The 'Bu for Channel 101 and thought biting into heads of lettuce was hilarious (it was). Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone have gone their separate ways over the years — Taccone directed MacGruber while Schaffer helmed the all-star comedy The Watch — but they constantly reunite, whether it's to go on tour as Lonely Island or to use their viral fame to launch other series (the group recently produced the greatest sketch show in recent memory, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson). The Lonely Island's latest joint comes out of nowhere: a spoof of Beyoncé's Lemonade, complete with a surprise Thursday drop on Netflix, focused on Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire's notorious 1980s home run streak. Of course! The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience opens with an explanatory title card that will not help any bystander understand what Samberg and Schaffer, who star in the 30-minute video. :format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/16294810/Screen_Shot_2019_05_23_at_9.59.05_AM.png) A music video compilation in line with their recent HBO sports spoofs Tour de Pharmacy and 7 Days in Hell (co-starring Kit Harington!), The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience explores the shared psyche of Canseco and McGwire through poetry, abstract imagery, and profane lyrics. Haim, Maya Rudolph, Hannah Simone, Jenny Slate, Jim O'Heir and Sterling K Brown — as Sia — also appear. Samberg and Schaffer don't skimp on the darkness of the Bash Brothers. With lyrics like "Stab that needle in my ass until I am rich / Make me a god with the chemical sciences," the Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience eventually finds McGwire begging a vision of his father to save his life, as Canseco raps about how therapy is for the weak. To reiterate: The Lonely Island has always remained themselves. You can watch the full Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience on Netflix right now. The Lonely Island also released an album of the songs to Spotify so you can keep the muscle-pumping nightmares alive when you're not in front of a screen.  |
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