We can hardly wait to pick up Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” and talk when it premieres Thursday (March 11). We’re sure there will be lots to gab about — after all, it’s a nine-minute video co-starring Beyonce.

The video reportedly contains Quentin Tarantino-esque violence, starting off with Gaga in jail for poisoning her boyfriend, played by “True Blood’s” Alexander Skarsgard. Beyonce will play Gaga’s friend there to hold her hand during the ordeal … and, we hear, possibly rescue her at the end.

This will mark the second time the pop divas have collaborated. Gaga came onboard in a toned-down version of her usual self for Beyonce’s “Video Phone.” Now it’s Beyonce’s turn to join Gaga’s crazy world for another phone-themed track on “The Fame Monster.”

She will join husband Jay-Z, Rihanna and U2’s Bono and The Edge in London for the event, airing Friday at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

Beyoncé has been added to the bill for the “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief” telethon, airing Friday at 8 p.m. ET/PT, upping the star wattage for the already massive event.

Music performances from “Hope for Haiti Now” will be available for purchase and download on the iTunes Store. Beginning on Friday, iTunes customers will be able to exclusively pre-order both the Hope for Haiti Now full performance album ($7.99) and the full two-hour video telecast ($1.99). Pre-orders will be delivered in the days following the telethon. Individual audio performances will also be available for purchase and download for 99 cents each in the days following the telethon. Apple, the record labels and the artists will donate their share of the proceeds to Haiti relief funds managed by “Hope for Haiti Now” charities.

The singer will join husband Jay-Z, Rihanna and U2’s Bono and The Edge in London to help raise funds for Haiti in the wake of last week’s devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake. Justin Timberlake, Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, Mary J. Blige and more artists will also perform during the two-hour telecast.

George Clooney, who helped organize the event with MTV Networks, will helm the proceedings in Los Angeles, while Wyclef Jean and CNN’s Anderson Cooper will join in from New York and Haiti, respectively.

A number of notable acts have confirmed their participation for the telethon, which will air commercial-free across MTV, VH1, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, the CW, HBO, CMT, PBS, TNT, Showtime, Comedy Central, Bravo, E! Entertainment Network, National Geographic Channel, Oxygen, G4, Centric, Current TV, Fuse, MLB Network, Epix, Palladia, SoapNet, Style, Discovery Health and Planet Green. Canada’s CTV, CBC Television, Global Television and MuchMusic also will air “Hope for Haiti,” as will BET International, CNN International, National Geographic and MTV Networks International, making the event available in 640 million homes worldwide.

Facebook and Twitter are the official social-media partners for the telethon. All donations will benefit Oxfam America, Partners in Health, Red Cross, UNICEF and Wyclef’s Yele Haiti foundation. The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund and United Nations World Food Programme will also benefit from the telethon’s efforts, as aid will be split evenly among each organization’s relief programs for the ravaged island.

Expected highlights from the telecast include U2’s Bono and The Edge joining Jay-Z and Rihanna in London for a one-of-a-kind performance. Kid Rock, Keith Urban and Sheryl Crow are among those who will appear in Los Angeles, and Springsteen, Blige and Shakira are set to take part in the New York portion of the show.

Before a baby, what Beyoncé really wants is some R & R.

“I definitely want to have a child, but I know from my nephew it’s a lot,” Knowles tells Allure magazine for its February issue of starting a family with husband Jay-Z. “I hope that those things will just happen naturally. I still haven’t had time to relax.”

Who can relax when you’re popping out hit songs and maintaining a voluptuous figure?

“I always say, ‘I don’t want to lose my curves.’ I like firm curves,” Knowles, 28, says. “You can never do enough squats, you can never do enough sit-ups. I like for women to look feminine.”

Feminine? How about Bootylicious? The singer/actress can’t seem to shake the word coined in the Destiny’s Child song of the same name. It’s even been added to the Oxford Dictionary.

“I still can’t believe it! It’s hilarious,” Knowles says. “I actually wish it was another word that I created. I wish it didn’t have ‘booty’ in it.”

Check out Beyoncé’s style evolution or extra images from her Allure cover shoot.

With a new fragrance and a documentary on the way, Beyoncé is ready to shed her alter ego and show the world she’s fierce in her own right. See these outtakes from the star’s shoot with Michael Thompson in New York City, plus exclusive shots from her 2002 Allure cover story. For more of our interview with Beyoncé, pick up the February issue of Allure, on newsstands January 26.

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As the clock starts ticking for 2010 Grammys’, pop star Beyonce Knowles who has been nominated for 10 honours is reportedly set to perform with Maxwell at the ceremony which will held at the Staples Centre.

The 28-year-old singer who collected nominations including album of the year for her ‘I Am . . . Sasha Fierce’ double CD and for the single ‘Halo’ has been booked for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards to be held on Jan 31 here, Aceshowbiz reported.

In addition to Beyonce, another musician who is speculated to make a live performance at the forthcoming show is Maxwell, who has grabbed six nominations.

However, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences which organises the event has not yet confirmed the report.