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Beyonce says in an upcoming issue of Giant Magazine that her manager/father, Matthew Knowles, didn’t know that she was creating her new album “B’Day.” The former DESTINY’S CHILD singer also says that she and her father often fought when she was younger and just emerging into stardom, particularly when “I’d say ‘no’ to something and he’d book it anyway. Then I’d have to do it because I’d look bad (if I didn’t),” Us Weekly reported Friday.
She spent months on her debut disc DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE and was left exhausted after
spending so much time in the studio. “It took a while for me and my dad to have an understanding, because he thinks everyone’s supposed to work like him,” she said. “When I turned 18 and started handling my business more, he went into shock.” Read more!

Chris Brown, da R&B crooner, won best new artist at the sixth annual BET Awards (The Black Entertainment Network) on Tuesday night. Other early winners were Prince for male R&B artist, Missy Elliott for female hip-hop artist and NBA star LeBron James as best male athlete.

Jamie Foxx entered the show as the top nominee with five bids for BET Awards, which recognize the best in hip-hop, R&B, gospel and music videos, as well as athletes and actors. Special honors planned for the evening included a lifetime achievement award for Chaka Khan and a humanitarian award for Harry Belafonte, as reported by AP Entertainment.
Khan was among a star-studded roster of performers, which included Beyonce, Prince, Mariah Carey, Kanye West, four-time nominee Mary J. Blige, and Foxx, who had five nominations. Read more!

In the New York City restaurant Nobu 57 Thursday night, singer/actress Beyonce Knowles and her Mother and Sister were the victims of a surprise ambush by two members of People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The members of People for the Ethical Treatment Animals secretly won an eBay auction offering dinner with the star. Knowles told the press she no idea they were PETA members.
The opportunity to eat with the singer was offered by the VH1 music channel, as part of an auction which would benefit its Save the Music Foundation.

The PETA pair, who won the chance to dine with Beyonce at a VH1 Save the Music auction, bombarded the pop diva with questions about her decisions to wear fur and include fur in her clothing line, House of Dereon. The PETA agents also used a hidden camera to secretly videotape Knowles and her reaction to their nasty questions. They were finally asked to leave 20 minutes later. Read more!