IN THE NEWS:
Although Blue Ivy Carter is barely a month old, the tiny spawn of celebrity parents Beyonce and Jay-Z might soon have a trademarked name and maybe even her own line of designer brand.
R&B/pop singer Beyonce and her husband, Sean Carter (also known as rapper Jay-Z) became parents of a new baby girl on Saturday night (1/7).
Katy Perry tops the new list of nominees for the People's Choice Awards, which will be handed out Jan. 11 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles during a ceremony to be televised on CBS.
Jay-Z, Adele, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Kanye West officially took home top honors at this year's MTV Video Music Awards.
New acts confirmed to perform at the 2011 MTV VMAs include Beyonce and a Tony Bennett tribute to the late Amy Winehouse.
Beyonce will play four nights at New York's Roseland Ballroom this month, during which she'll perform her latest album, "4," in its entirety.
Columbia Records have set a June 28 release date for "4," the fourth solo album from pop songstress Beyonce.
U2, Madonna, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen, Black Eyed Peas, Pink, Bruno Mars, Beyonce and Sting are among the high-profile artists participating in "Songs for Japan," a compilation of 38 hits and classic tracks that will benefit the disaster relief efforts of the Japanese Red Cross Society.
Beyonce's publicist issued a statement this week saying all monies earned from the performer's 2009 appearance at a private party at Nikki Beach St. Barts was donated to charity once it became known that the event was linked to the family of Libyan dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi.
Last Thanksgiving, ABC-TV premiered the Beyonce special "I Am ... Yours." This year, Beyonce returns to ABC on Thanksgiving with an edited-for-TV version of her new "I Am ... World Tour" concert movie.
