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After getting a ton of flak for singing over a pre-recorded version of the National Anthem for President Obama’s inauguration, Beyonce wanted to let everyone know that it wasn’t for a lack of talent. As you’ll recall, Beyonce stunned the crowd in attendance for the inaugural ceremony, but later received a backlash of negativity after it was found that she didn’t actually sing live.

So to prove her point that she does have talent, Beyonce held a press conference ahead of her Super Bowl half-time show. She sang a phenomenal live rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner”, thus silencing her detractors once and for all. You can watch the video of her performance below:

From the AP’s video description:

Beyonce opened her press conference in New Orleans with a live rendition of the national anthem. The singer, who’s performing at the Super Bowl, admitted that she did lip sync on Inauguration Day.

She proudly ended her performance asking all in attendance, “Any questions?” What did you think of her pre-recorded Inaugural performance? Do you think that her performance at this press conference makes up for the fact that she opted not to sing live for the President on the day of his Inauguration? Let us know your thoughts on the matter in the comments section below.

Fans of Beyonce will be happy to learn that she is gearing up to headline the half-time show at the 2013 Super Bowl. The official announcement was made on Tuesday with the singer confirming the reports on her official website.

On her site, she posted a big photo of herself under a headline that read “Countdown to Touchdown” with the game date under her eyes in football eye makeup. Super Bowl XLVII airs on February 3, 2013 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.

Previously, Beyonce has performed the national anthem at her hometown in Houston, Texas in 2004. Rumor has it that Beyonce may be joined on stage by a special surprise guest. Could it be her husband Jay-Z? How about the former members of Destiny’s Child? Now that would make for an awesome reunion, don’t you think?

This year’s half-time show was performed by Madonna where she scored over 114 million viewers. How many do you think will be tuning in for Beyonce’s performance?

Madonna performed her butt off at the 2012 Super Bowl half-time show. If you blinked, then you likely missed M.I.A. giving the audience and the cameras the middle finger.

Now, the Queen of Pop is responding to the gesture, calling it childish and stupid. During a call in to On Air With Ryan Seacrest, Madge said, “I was really surprised. I didn’t know anything about it. I wasn’t happy about it.”

She went on to say, “I understand it’s punk rock and everything, but to me there was such a feeling of love and good energy, and positivity, it seemed negative. It’s such a teenager…irrelevant thing to do…there was such a feeling of love and unity there. What was the point? It was just out of place.”

Did you find the incident rather juvenile? Or do you think that M.I.A. can do whatever she pleases when she has a camera pointed at her? Did it ruin the half-time show for you? Or did you even notice the bird flipping incident?

Sound off in the comments!

Photo Credit: Darla Khazei, PacificCoastNews.com

Singer-turned fashion mogul, Jessica Simpson was on hand at last night’s Super Bowl game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. She tweeted the above photo, saying, “Fun at the Super Bowl!”

We don’t think we’ve ever seen Jessica looking so happy and pretty! She looks good, doesn’t she? Her pregnancy is obviously working well for her — she’s glowing.

On January 31st, she tweeted, “My ass is gonna waddle to the Super Bowl…who’s comin’ with me????”

Ha. Is there video of said waddling? We want to see it! She looks super happy and we’re happy for her.

It’s been rumored that the star said that she is terrified of giving birth, but has scheduled a C-section. She doesn’t want to give birth all by herself, which I can’t say that I blame her for.

Either way, she looks great. Kudos.

Madonna kicked so much butt last night at her Super Bowl half-time performance. She sang a lot of her old hits and even mixed in her newest song, Give Me All Your Luvin’. In case you’ve missed it, you can watch the full video here.

The show was made that much better with the additions of Cee Lo Green, LMFAO, Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. Well maybe not M.I.A., considering she’s got everyone’s panties in a bunch over her middle finger incident. But still, you can’t deny the fact that Madonna proved that she’s still worth whatever fans are shelling out for her shows. Her performance was grandiose, well executed and went on without a hitch. (Except for an almost stumble, but you try to walk on some bleachers in those boots.)

Elton John previously said on Good Morning America that Madonna would likely not be singing live, telling her to “lip sync good”. Still, even though she may have been lip-syncing, she still rocked the show. We would invite you to try and do better, at her age.

Do you care if she was lip-syncing during her performance? Or were you just sitting back and enjoying the show?

Howard Stern’s Super Bowl ad for America’s Got Talent made its debut tonight and if you’re not bringing the actual talent to the show, Howard has a surprise for you. The shock jock has a big hose and he won’t hesitate to use it — if you suck.

We’ve got a list of people that we’d love to see Howard hose down…Ha. Watch the commercial:

In December, it was announced that Howard would be replacing Piers Morgan as a judge on the show. It begins its seventh season premiere this summer. Will you be watching?

Do you want to see Howard break out the hose for those craptastic singers? This marks the show’s first season without Piers. In addition, the show’s creator, Simon Cowell, said that the show would be receiving a top-to-bottom makeover, in addition to a fourth judge.

Madonna came into tonight’s Super Bowl for her half-time performance and showed the world why she’s worth such expensive concert tickets. She told fans recently to scrape the money together, she’s worth it. We believe her now, after her spectacular medley of hits – old and new.

She took the stage and wow’ed everyone with hits like Like A Prayer, Give Me All Your Luvin’ and Vogue. It was an excellent performance and Madonna really brought it!

At one point during her performance, it looked like she lost her footing and was ready to fall — but she quickly regained her ground.

We’ll have the video up when it’s available. For now, let us know what you thought about her performance at tonight’s game? Was it wonderful? Or did you find it to be less than what you expected?

At the end of Like A Prayer, Madonna disappeared. She’s presumed to be getting beamed back to England to work on her British accent.

Update: Here’s part of the the FULL video:

Season one American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson performed the National Anthem prior to the Super Bowl game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots. She performed the song beautifully — we loved it!

You go girl! She didn’t over-sing it and I’m also digging her bangs…Sleek!

Watch the video:

Good job, Kelly! Are you watching the game? If so, who are you rooting for? Hit the comments and let us know!

Recently, Kelly endorsed Republican candidate Ron Paul for the Presidency. Read the story of that HERE.

Madonna has revealed that her Super Bowl half-time show won’t be x-rated!

No wardrobe malfunctions! Take note, Janet!

During a recent interview with Jay Leno, she said, “Well for sure no nipples. I wasn’t gonna go there. I mean I don’t like to repeat myself or do what other people have done before me.”

She continued, “It’s the most nerve-wracking thing I’ve ever done. The Super Bowl is, like, kind of the holy of holies, it’s the sacred show of America. And I have to go on in the middle of that holy of holies and put on the greatest show that was ever been put on before.”

She added, “And here’s the crazy part – I have eight minutes to set up the stage and seven minutes to take it down. I’m not sure why I got cheated on the other side. I’m particularly nervous with a show like that because, for instance, they’re playing football all day so they don’t really have time to do a soundcheck. It’s a little bit like a circus act – get in there, roll out my carpet, put on my show and get the f**k off.”

Will you watch Madonna’s Super Bowl circus act?

Photo Credit: Darla Khazei, PacificCoastNews.com

Christina Aguilera made the lyrics fumble of the year, when she took to the stage at the Super Bowl to sing the National Anthem. She transposed some of the lyrics, but still belted out the song with ease. We still give her props, she was probably just nervous.

Now, she has apparently seen the funny side of the story in new ads for her upcoming show, The Voice.

Contact Music has more:

The singer and fellow mentors Blake Shelton, Cee Lo Green and Adam Levine all take turns in recalling their most embarrassing moments at the mic – and Aguilera offers up forgetting the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner at the 2011 Super Bowl.

She says, “I think I’ve got one that’ll top it all… I’ve slipped a little, tripped a little but I forgot the lyrics to the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. I take the cake.”

It’s good that she has a sense of humor about the whole thing….Don’t you think?