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People magazine unveiled their latest issue crowning Beyonce as the world’s most beautiful woman of 2012. Inside the publication, she takes on the rumors that her pregnancy was all faked!

Rumors had circulated for her entire pregnancy, stating that she and husband Jay-Z used a surrogate to have their new addition, Blue Ivy Carter.

Of the rumors, she said, “That was crazy. It wasn’t hurtful, it was just crazy. I thought, ‘Where did they come up with this?’”

Her mother Tina wasn’t especially happy with the surrogacy speculation, either. She said, “I thought it was very unfair and very cruel that someone would think that someone would be that diabolical to keep up a charade like that for nine months. As a mother it was painful for me to hear the crazy rumors. And I even had people ask me, which was so ridiculous.”

When speaking about an Australian interview where Beyonce was rumored to be sporting a fake baby bump, Beyonce said, “It was a fabric that folded – does fabric not fold? Oh my gosh, so stupid.”

She added, “There was so much love and well wishes from all over the world – it made it easier to deal with the stupid rumors.”

It was said that Beyonce and Jay-Z were offered roughly $14 million by a tabloid magazine (People?) to show off photos of the new daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. Over the weekend, however, they bucked the photo selling rumors and posted the photos online — for all to see.

Beyonce’s stylist, June Ambrose, revealed at New York Fashion Week that it was the only way that Beyonce could think of and was adamant that they would not sell the pictures of their newborn daughter.

June revealed, “I couldn’t say a word. Bey really, really thought about this and she really wanted to do it this way. She just couldn’t imagine selling pictures of her baby. It just felt really good to see her do it under her terms. It doesn’t surprise me.”

She also talked about Blue Ivy herself, saying, “She’s definitely very alert, you can see from the photos, you feel like she’s been here before….she’s always in a loving environment, and you can see that she’s born into greatness. I think that’s what those photos really say. She’s a good baby!”

June added, “A girl with big full lips, she’ll be a supermodel, I can’t wait! And her eyes — she’s gorgeous!”

She is an adorable baby!

Even though it was rumored that new parents Beyonce and Jay-Z would sell the first photos of their daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, the two have done just the opposite. They’ve released a set of photos of little Blue on a Tumblr account and have made them free to the public.

Blue Ivy was born on January 7, 2012 at Lenox Hill Hospital in an ultra swank room that was refurbished just for the Carter family and their new addition. These photos were taken while Beyonce and Jay-Z were still in the birthing suite.

Isn’t Blue just so adorable? Do you still think that she faked her entire pregnancy? There are rumors still floating around that none of it was real. What do you think?

Congratulations to the happy couple on their new addition, she’s a gorgeous baby.

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We haven’t really heard much from Beyonce and Jay-Z since the birth of their daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, but a source has revealed that their precious bundle of joy is already spoiled. And by spoiled, we mean that she’s got non-stop nanny care, a diaper change every hour and a pink sapphire encrusted bottle.

Reportedly, the tot has two nannies on call at all times, which totals six — around the clock. A source said, “Beyonce wanted to make sure that her daughter has the best of care. Her diaper is changed every hour.”

Jay-Z is also pouring on the attention to their new addition, in the way of purchasing bling for her. The source said, “Jay-Z bought her diamond earrings and a platinum baby bracelet. Even her bottle has pink sapphires on it.”

It seems like a lot of stuff to get for a baby, but they’ve got the money….So, more power to them! What do you think?

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When Beyonce gave birth to her and Jay-Z’s first baby, Blue Ivy Carter, we were sure that People magazine would have hopped all over that deal.

They’ve shelled out the big bucks for baby photos before, so why should Bey and Jay’s offspring be any different? They were the first magazine to show off Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s twins, Knox and Vivienne. In addition, several high profile celebrities have also sold the first pictures of their new babies.

Jessica Alba would know all about selling off her first daughter, Honor’s baby photos. She had a deal with OK! magazine for the first pics that scored her a whopping $1.5 million. Now, it’s being rumored that the first pictures of Blue Ivy could net the Carters a cool $14 million!

Jessica said, “For our family, we just wanted to control the experience. We put the money that the picture made into a bank account for Honor to do whatever she wants to do with. It’s her picture, it’s her birth, and we didn’t want it to be like a weird thing when we were walking out of the house for the first time.”

She went on to say, “If there’s a price tag on your child – which is so bizarre – people will go to crazy lengths. We wanted to avoid that hysteria.”

On the topic of Beyonce’s new addition, she added, “To each his own. The biggest thing is having a healthy baby. I’m sure Beyonce will make the best decision for her family.”

Do you think Beyonce and Jay-Z should sell the first photos of their daughter? Hit the comments and let us know your thoughts.

Photo Credit: Enrique RC, PacificCoastNews.com

Now that Beyonce has given birth to her and Jay-Z’s first baby, Blue Ivy Carter, we’re left wondering who is going to snatch up the first photos of their new addition?

People magazine is likely to stage the first photo shoot of the daughter of the R&B singer and rapper.

It was said that Bey and Jay paid $1.3 million to seal off the maternity wing over at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York so that they could bring their baby into the world. Reportedly, staffers were made to sign confidentiality agreements, along with turning in all types of recording devices (cell phones) at the beginning of their shifts.

So it only stands to reason that either they really just wanted some quality alone time as a family — or they are getting a huge payday from a magazine for the first shots of them all together as a family.

It wouldn’t surprise us to hear that People is publishing the first pictures of the baby here in the States, while Hello! magazine gets them for the U.K. What do you think?

We shall see when the new magazine covers come out tomorrow! It’s not too soon to show off their newborn baby, is it? Sound off in the comments with your thoughts and let’s all hope that their baby bares a striking resemblance to Beyonce! Ha.

Keep refreshing and we’ll have pictures of baby Blue when they are made available!

Thanks Anita!

Update: We’ve heard from our sister site that Beyonce and the baby have left the hospital! Let’s hope someone grabs pics!

Photo Credit: Enrique RC, PacificCoastNews.com

After announcing that she was pregnant with her and Jay-Z’s first child, Beyonce has given birth!

Congratulations to the happy couple!

NY Daily News reports:

A very pregnant Beyonce checked into the upper East Side hospital Friday night under the name “Ingrid Jackson,” a hospital staffer told the Daily News.

Beyonce and her hip-hop hubby, Jay-Z, rented out the hospital’s entire fourth floor for $1.3 million, the employee said.

In an effort to keep images from leaking to the public, hospital workers placed tape over security cameras and are forcing employees to turn in cell phones when they arrive for their shifts, the source said.

Several security guards were spotted patrolling the outside of the hospital Saturday night.

A Lenox Hill staffer confirmed that a patient named Ingrid Jackson was in a “labor room.”

Congratulations on their bundle of joy. We have to wonder what they named their daughter! Any guesses? Jayonce? Destiny, maybe?

What do you think? Sound off in the comments and we will keep you updated when the news comes out, along with photos of their precious addition. Stay tuned!

Update: Rihanna has just tweeted her congratulations to the happy couple, saying, “Welcome to the world princess Carter! Love Aunty Rih”.

Update #2: Ken Baker at E-Online just tweeted, “Beyonce just had her baby girl. Im told name is Ivy Blue.”

Update #3: We’re hearing that they’ve actually named her Blue Ivy. Stay tuned for the official confirmation!

Photo Credit: Enrique RC, PacificCoastNews.com

According to reports, The X Factor USA recent reject, Brian Bradley AKA Astro, has just gotten himself signed to Jay-Z’s record label, Roc Nation.

MediaTakeOut reports that right after Astro’s shocking elimination from the show (recap here), he was signed to the label. They report:

Jay-Z, thirteen time grammy award winner, former CEO of Def Jam Recordings and founder of Roc-Nation said, ” I first heard about this exciting new talent and decide to watch some of his performances. Jay-Z goes on to say, “Not only was I impressed with his performances, but to see the confidence he sang with, his lyrics and diction were on point.”

And there’s more. We’re told that Jigga and ‘em are working FEVERISHLY . . . to get Astro onto WILLOW SMITH’S new track.

Well, if the rumors are true, then we’ve got nothing but congratulations to Astro. He’s a phenomenal rapper and we knew that he would get signed. Good for him! I wonder if he’s going to record his audition track, Stop Lookin’ At My Mom! Now that would be rockin’.

Would you buy Astro’s music?

In August, songstress Beyonce stole the show on the red carpet at the 2011 Video Music Awards by announcing that she’s pregnant by hubby, Jay-Z. Afterward, it was revealed that Beyonce couldn’t wait to tell the whole world about her happy baby news. Now, she’s talking about the type of father Jay-Z is going to be.

She revealed, “Of course he will be a good father. His music has inspired millions of people over the last two decades, but he inspires the people around him on a more personal level too. He’s an inspirational artist, friend and husband and his next step is to be an inspirational father. He’s everything you could ask for in a husband and friend.”

How sweet! You can really tell that they’re totally in love, can’t you?

In a recent interview with Closer magazine, she said, “It doesn’t matter who you are, what you do or where you are from, your marriage will [work if] you both put effort into it and make sacrifices. Before you’re married, you can be selfish because you have nobody to answer to, but when you’re both married you both find things have to change.”

She added, “Marriage is great because, if it’s managed in the right way, it will make you a more complete person. It forces you to change the things you need to change about yourself and that can only be a good thing.”

Photo Credit: Fame Pictures

During last night’s MTV Video Music Awards, Chris Brown was said to have put on quite the show. So much, in fact, people were left commenting about how good it was. Celebrities in attendance, stood and clapped for the often troubled singer. With one exception, of course.

As Kanye West and others stood up and clapped, Jay-Z was sitting tight, looking bored. After all, Jay is probably still holding a grudge against Chris for what he did to Rihanna. He discovered Rihanna, so it stands to reason that he’s still holding on to a beef with him.

Either that, or he’s busy with babies on the brain. Beyonce announced her pregnancy on the red carpet at the event and even showed off her baby bump!

What do you think of the situation? Is Jay still not feeling any reason to be nice to Chris Brown, no matter how many times he moonwalks on the stage? Sound off in the comments!

Congratulations are in order!

Songstress Beyonce hijacked the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards tonight by making the announcement that she is pregnant by her husband Jay-Z!

There have been many rumors and speculation surrounding Beyonce and whether or not she’s pregnant…so this is just one big, huge confirmation of what we all suspected.

This will be their first child together. Beyonce also showed off her growing baby bump on the red carpet. She looks super cute and we’re sure that she will make a great mother. Congratulations to the happy couple!

We can’t wait to hear what the haters and trolls are going to say about this…. But we have to ask two things….What will they name the baby? And will they have their son or daughter in the entertainment business?

What do you think?

Photo Credit: Fame Pictures

MediaTakeOut started the rumor yesterday that Jay-Z and Beyonce have gotten separated!

Reportedly, the happy couple are taking a trial separation. A source for the website claimed that they had “been at odds for the last year” and have decided to go their separate ways.

Their source said, “For now, Jay-Z’s going to be staying in L.A. Beyonce will be in NY. The hope is that with the time apart, the couple will decide to either have kids, or go their separate ways.”

A spy close to the rapper says that the rumors are nothing but “BS”. And there you have it!

Did you believe that they would separate???

Beyonce pregnancy rumors were fluttering across the internet yesterday, suggesting the singer was pregnant with her first child with husband, Jay-Z.

Her mother, Tina Knowles, has denied the rumors, saying that they’re completely untrue. She said, “The truth is that it’s not Beyonce that’s pregnant. It’s me. I’m kidding y’all. I’m 56. No, no the reports are not true. Not right now. With all the rumors, by now I should have five or six grandchildren.”

This is true. There have been a ton of pregnancy rumors surrounding Beyonce since 2007. One day she’s going to get pregnant and no one’s going to believe it. We’ll all say, “Rumor #654,907 Beyonce is pregnant”.

I know we’ve heard the Beyonce pregnancy rumors 800,000 times already, but it has resurfaced!

According to Us Magazine, Bey is pregnant with her and Jay-Z’s first child. A source said, “B was shocked. She loves kids, but she wasn’t ready to be a mother just yet. She really wanted to get her album done and tour the world again.”

Still, the source said that she realizes that “this is a gift from God and she’s so happy.”

I’ll believe it when we hear the official confirmation.

Kanye West took to Twitter yesterday morning to rant about how bad he has been treated over the last year and to apologize to Taylor Swift.

Those with inside information on the situation have a different take on the apology. It seems that the music artist that is suing Kanye West for copyright infringement of the song “Stronger” has gotten hold of another song Kanye has copied off of and plans to go public with the song prior to the VMAs. ( Kanye is doing all he can to preserve his image ahead of this breaking news. )

This time it seems to be a pretty egregious copy on Kanye’s part (word for word copy). The story only gets messier because the song that Kanye copied was sold to Jay Z and is currently on one of Jay Z’s projects!

Have a listen to the song, after the jump! (continue reading…)

Beyonce narrowly escaped death as she swung open the door of her Mercedes, only to have it ripped off of the car by a taxi.

The singer and husband Jay-Z were on their way to Japanese eatery Zuma when she opted to make a pit stop at Harrods. A taxi cab crashed into the car, taking it off its hinges and only missed Beyonce by centimeters.

A source said, “It was terrifying to watch. It all happened so quickly, the taxi came out of nowhere. She seemed very shaken and was lucky to be alive. A couple of seconds difference and God knows what could have happened.”

The duo dumped the car and was given a replacement to take them to dinner.

If you weren’t a fan of Katy Perry’s latest song, California Gurls (or it’s spelling), then you are not alone. She branded the song as her answer to Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ NYC tribute, Empire State of Mind. But is it really a good answer? Sure, the song has Snoop Dogg on it, but he really makes the song, not her.

So, instead of blaring that from your iPod, we’ve got a list of seven California songs that would be much better suited to your eardrums. Enjoy. (continue reading…)

Here’s Beyonce with her husband Jay-Z, only he’s not in the picture because she totally looks homeless here. Seriously, did she fire her stylist or just decide to wing it?

The duo were headed out for a casual (obviously) night for the Avenue’s one-year anniversary party. Stars should never wing it, I decided.

Katy Perry gets naked in her new video for California Gurls and it’s downright weirdness. It looks like Willy Wonka’s wet dream. And the blue hair is just outta this world. As far as this video is concerned, there really are no words. (continue reading…)

According to the New York Post via MediaTakeOut, dance diva Beyonce is pregnant with her and Jay-Z’s first child.

MediaTakeOut reports:

It’s been a long time waiting . . . but now it’s finally happened. MediaTakeOut.com just learned from a ROCK SOLID source that legendary singer Beyonce and her hip hop mogul husband Jay Z are expecting their first child together.

According to our source Beyonce is doing fine and resting (for now), but she’s expected to continue working throughout her pregnancy. And we’re also told that Jay Z is EXTREMELY happy to be having his first child with Bey.

I’ll believe it when we have official confirmation from either camp. What do you think?

Jack White & Jay-Z record a song together – Hollywood Dame

Jesse James says he’s sorry to Sandra Bullock – Amy Grindhouse

Heidi Montag is still looking FAKE – I Need My Fix

Amy Adams shows off her baby belly – Busy Bee Blogger

Tiger Woods was sexting his hooker – Celebrity Smack

Britney Spears’ weave is jacked up – Poor Britney

Courtney Love apologizes to Billy Corgan via Facebook – Dipped In Cream

Michael Jackson’s biographer is cashing in! – Celeb Dirty Laundry

Let me repeat that title: I really, really hope Arctic Monkeys doesn’t sue anybody over this. I say this twice because EarSucker has been the target of the Arctic Monkey lawyers in the past for linking to their music (some Web Sheriff/Sherrif/Sharif nonsense that isn’t worth exploring here), and I know for a fact that mashups are in that very gray zone of copyright law that gets IP lawyers horny.

The fucked up thing is that this mashup is really good and I just wasted a good twenty seconds of your time NOT talking about the music of “The Arctic Monkeys Brush the Dirt Off of Clint Eastwood’s Shoulders” or the other folks on this mashup song thingy. Which just makes me hate lawyers even more and endorse marching them into the ovens (okay that one is probably too far). Anyways, watch this awesome mashup some crazy wacky awesome YouTube guy made without consent from Jay Z, Arctic Monkeys, and Gorrilaz [sic]. If you would like to download the song, the creator says you are allowed (see the box message on the YouTube page). We promote this! Which means this video will definitely get yanked and more lawyers involved. Look at us now bitches, we are so edgy it cuts through diamonds. (continue reading…)

Jay-Z grew up to be one of the biggest names in music today, but you can see here what he looked like as a kid. Respect the cap and gown, sucka!