R&B singer Beyonce Knowles isn’t happy with the critics who triggered out issues relating to her gaining fat and ballooning after seeing her in a hip-enhancing Thierry Mugler gown in early March when she hit the streets of the Big Apple to film a promo video for her I Am… tour.

The weight issues have troubled the star previously also. She had piled on the pounds to portray Etta James in 2008 movie Cadillac Records and went on a strict diet to slim down for her role as Deena Jones in the big-screen adaptation of Broadway musical Dreamgirls in 2006.

But the star’s spokesperson insists Beyonce is fighting fit. Her representative tells Usmagazine.com, “This is not a weight-gain issue. Beyonce is in the best shape of her life. The exaggerated hips are a design element of a truly couture dress. Beyonce has always loved this dress.”

She did her thing as usual.

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A new featurette from Beyonce Knowles-starring film “Obsessed” has just emerged. It starts with a scene previewing the first time Idris Elba’s Derek Charles and Ali Larter’s Lisa Sheridan meet in the lift, and it continues showing Lisa’s effort to flirt with Derek.

A commentary from Elba and Larter is also provided. Elba describes Derek as a man who “is not trying to start relationship with her [Lisa]. He’s just trying to be nice.” Larter meanwhile calls her “character’s point of view is about a woman who falls in love and will do anything that she can” to keep the man she loves.

Scheduled to come out in the U.S. on April 24, 2009, “Obsessed” will be following Derek Charles, a happily-married manager who finds out that his happy family is put in jeopardy when a temp worker Lisa Sheridan starts to stalk him. Aside from Beyonce Knowles, Idris Elba and Ali Larter, it also stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Bruce McGill, Christine Lahti, Ron Rogge, Jerry O’Connell and Richard Ruccolo.

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London , Mar 23 The world might be going through one of the worst economic slumps ever, but R&B superstar Beyonce Knowles did not have to think twice before spending thousands on diamond-studded lingerie.
The singer and her rap mogul husband Jay-Z have a combined monthly income that runs into millions, with both having independent businesses outside the music industry, reported Mirror online.

The” Crazy in Love”singer bought the expensive handcrafted pieces from Patricia Field&aposs boutique in New York.

Pop superstar Beyonce has rocketed to the No 1 slot on the Billboard Dance Single Club Play chart with “Diva,” the latest single from her best-selling I AM…SASHA FIERCE album. Beyonce’s sister Solange is closely following her sibling on the same chart with her own hit single – “T.O.N.Y.” – at No 11.
Released as a digital download and CD single on January 20, 2009, “Diva” has already been certified as a Gold ringtone by the RIAA.

An audacious video for “Diva,” lensed by acclaimed director Melina Matsoukas, premiered on iTunes on December 22 in tandem with the video for “Halo,” the third single from I AM…SASHA FIERCE.

Cowritten and produced by Beyonce, the irresistibly hypnotic dance track provocatively redefine “Diva” as the “female version of a hustla.”

After reaching No 5 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, “Diva” bulleted up the Hot 100 to No 19, earning Beyonce her 16th Top 20 single. A genuine crossover success, “Diva” has reached No 2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, No 3 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and No 19 on the Billboard Hot 100.

“If I Were A Boy,” the first single from I AM…SASHA FIERCE, held down the No 1 spot on the Billboard/iLike digital chart for 16 straight weeks, the longest run in the history of the chart.