Tuesday, November 28, 2006
posted by Chi-Chi at 11/28/2006 | Permalink
On a Newsstand by you...Beyonce does FLARE
Beyonce graces the cover of Canadian fashion magazine, "Flare."
"Singer Beyonce Knowles said she enjoyed working with Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy and director Bill Condon on her new movie "Dreamgirls,'' and that she looks forward to more movie roles. "I got to work with the best actors. They are so polished and so supportive. Usually, when you have Oscar-winning actors, sometimes they are not so supportive. But I could just watch and learn,'' she said in an interview published in the December issue of Prestige Hong Kong magazine. Foxx won the best-actor Oscar for his performance in "Ray,'' and Condon won an Oscar for adapting the screenplay of "Gods and Monsters.'' "It was a great vibe,'' Knowles said. "Everyone was just happy to be involved in the movie.'' Knowles, whose movie credits also include "The Pink Panther'' and "Austin Powers in Goldmember,'' said she looks forward to acting more. "It's exciting to do something new and put myself out of my comfort zone. I hope there will be more roles, and deeper roles, and this one will help prepare me for the future,'' she said. More? What does it take to be Beyoncé Knowles? If you want to get mathematical about it: nine Grammy awards before the age of 25, 21 chart hits, four blockbuster films, one L’Oréal spokesmodel gig, one family-run fashion house and more than 50 million albums sold worldwide. So besides the impressive digits, what in the name of “Jumpin’, Jumpin’ ” does it take to be Beyoncé Knowles? It takes ferocity – and Beyoncé is the first to admit she comes from a long line of determined women. One glimpse of Knowles’ performance at the 2005 Kennedy Center Tribute in New York’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts confirms it (check it out on youtube.com). “When I think of inspiration,” she announced at the event, “I think of the two Tinas in my life. That’s my mother, Tina, and, of course, the amazing Tina Turner. Never in my life have I seen a woman so powerful, so fearless, so fabulous.” Moments later, decked out in Bob Mackie regalia, Beyoncé managed not only to mimic Turner’s “rolling, rolling” bushfire sensuality by singing “Proud Mary” – she eclipsed it."
Ughh I'm tired of Beyonce and her same conventional looks!