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		<title>Beyoncé reportedly pregnant with second baby</title>
		<link>http://www.salon.com/2013/05/17/beyonce_reportedly_pregnant_with_second_baby/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rumors have been swirling all week, but multiple sources tell E! the singer is expecting]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rumors that <a href="http://gawker.com/holy-shit-beyonce-is-pregnant-the-baby-conspirace-the-504881547">Beyoncé is pregnant</a> are becoming <a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/418692/beyonce-pregnant-singer-expecting-baby-no-2-with-jay-z-sources-confirm">more reputable</a> as E! reports that "multiple sources exclusively confirm" a second child is on its way for the singer and her husband, Jay-Z.</p><p>The couple gave birth to their first child, daughter Blue Ivy Carter, in January of 2012. The singer recently told ABC News that she "would like more children," and rumors of her pregnancy hit the Internet when bloggers identified a small bulge around her waist on Monday. On Tuesday, the singer raised suspicions further by canceling a concert in Belgium due to "heat and exhaustion."</p><p>Of course, Jay-Z's rep had no comment and Beyoncé's rep could not be reached for comment by E!, so the speculation on whether or not a baby bump will soon protrude from Beyoncé's belly will continue until the appearance of said baby bump makes the speculation pointless.</p><p>Perhaps <a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/12/03/kate_middleton_is_pregnant/">Kate Middleton</a> can hold us over until then.</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/05/17/beyonce_reportedly_pregnant_with_second_baby/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Listen to the soundtrack of Baz Luhrmann&#8217;s &#8220;Great Gatsby&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 15:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Featuring new music by Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Lana del Rey and more]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>NPR First Listen has made the soundtrack of Baz Luhrmann's glitzy 3-D adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby" available for streaming <a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/04/30/180098344/first-listen-music-from-baz-luhrmanns-film-the-great-gatsby">via Playlist</a>.</p><p>For music fans, the soundtrack, which features new music by top artists like Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Gotye and Lana del Rey, arrives with as much anticipation as the movie set to open May 10. NPR on the jazz-infused rap and pop soundtack:</p><blockquote><p>Whether Lurhmann's film does justice to Fitzgerald's essential work will become widely evident when the film opens on May 10. First, we have the film's soundtrack, which like Lurmann's [sic] previous ones both arises from within the film and stands separately from it. Some have wondered why, after Lurhmann enlisted Jay-Z's help and announced that his movie's music would recast hip-hop as the jazz of our boom-and-bust era, only a few rappers show up on the album. But just as Fitzgerald peppered his text with references to jazz-influenced pop songs to show how that music became a lingua franca, so this soundtrack aims to show how hip-hop now deeply informs rock, dance music and the Top 40.</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/05/02/listen_to_the_soundtrack_of_baz_luhrmanns_great_gatsby/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pitbull responds to Jay-Z&#8217;s &#8220;Open Letter&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Miami-born rapper sends a pro-Cuba message]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In response to Jay-Z's <a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/04/11/jay_z_writes_open_letter_in_response_to_haters/">"Open Letter,"</a> in which the rapper addressed recent criticism <a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/04/09/beyonce_and_jay_z_trip_to_cuba_reportedly_licensed_by_u_s_treasury/">over his trip to Cuba</a> (among other things), Pitbull has issued his own version of the rap.</p><p>Pitbull, born to Cuban parents, departed from his usual dance music to rap a <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1705710/jay-z-putbull-open-letter-cuba.jhtml">politically charged message</a>, saying, "It's the freedom that we ride for/ It's the freedom that we die for/ C-U-B-A/ Hope to see you free one day," he raps of the communist country.</p><p>Pitbull ends his rap with a message of support to Jay-Z, whose trip, though licensed by the U.S. Treasury, caused uproar among members of the GOP: "Question of the night, would they have mess with Mr. Carter if he was white?/Hm, rhyme with treasury/When way another in Cuba is where they'll bury me/Happy 5th year anniversary, Jay and B don't worry it's on me"</p><p><iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F87828788" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="166"></iframe></p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/04/15/pitbull_responds_to_jay_zs_open_letter/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The week in 10 pics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From ticker-tape celebrations to flags flying at half mast, a look at the week's enduring images]]></description>
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		<title>Jay-Z writes &#8220;Open Letter&#8221; in response to haters</title>
		<link>http://www.salon.com/2013/04/11/jay_z_writes_open_letter_in_response_to_haters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rapper made headlines recently for a controversial trip to Cuba and selling his share of the Brooklyn Nets]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Addressing controversy in the epic fashion that only Jay-Z can, the rap icon has released a track called <a href="http://lifeandtimes.com/jay-z-open-letter">"Open Letter,"</a> responding to those who criticized <a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/04/09/beyonce_and_jay_z_trip_to_cuba_reportedly_licensed_by_u_s_treasury/">his recent trip to Cuba</a> with wife Beyoncé and his decision to sell his share in the Brooklyn Nets. </p><p>On Cuba:</p><blockquote><p>Politicians never did shit for me/ Except lie to me, distort history/ They wanna give me jail time and a fine-- Fine, let me commit a real crime/ Obama said, "Chill, you're going to get me impeached"/ You don't need this shit anyway, chill with me on the beach </p></blockquote><p>On the Nets: </p><blockquote><p>I woulda moved the Nets to Brooklyn for free/ Except I made millions off you fucking dweebs/ I still own the building, I'm keeping my seats/ You buy that bullshit, you better keep your receipts</p></blockquote><p>"Open Letter" is produced by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland. Listen to it below:</p><p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F87385010"></iframe></p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/04/11/jay_z_writes_open_letter_in_response_to_haters/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Jay-Z begins selling ownership stake in Brooklyn Nets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As he prepares to represent sports stars, the rapper and businessman discards the team he helped remake]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jay-Z's desire to <a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/04/02/jay_z_sports_agent/">become a sports agent</a> is getting closer to reality.</p><p>The rapper, who recently signed New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano to his management company Roc Nation in a partnership with Creative Artists Agency, has begun the process of selling his shares in the Brooklyn Nets, Yahoo <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--jay-z-looking-to-divest-ownership-share-of-nets-and-become-nba-agent-204905626.html">reports</a>. This divestment is a necessary step, stipulated by NBA rules, in order to represent athletes.</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/04/10/jay_z_begins_selling_ownership_stake_in_brooklyn_nets/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Beyoncé and Jay-Z trip to Cuba reportedly licensed by U.S. Treasury</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The GOP continues its inquiry into the stars' vacation to an island where U.S. tourism is prohibited]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The GOP continues to question how celebrity couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z were allowed to visit Cuba, a country that the US has restricted tourism to for over 50 years. Although Obama loosened American travel restrictions to allow educational and cultural visits in recent years, media reports indicate that the celebrity couple went on vacation to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary.</p><p>Prompted by <a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/04/08/gop_congressmen_challenge_beyonce_and_jay_zs_visit_to_cuba/">inquiries</a> into the trip from Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, sources have come forward to say that the US Treasury sanctioned the visit. From <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/apr/09/beyonce-jay-z-cuba-us-treasury">the Guardian</a>:</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/04/09/beyonce_and_jay_z_trip_to_cuba_reportedly_licensed_by_u_s_treasury/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>GOP congressmen challenge Beyoncé and Jay-Z&#8217;s visit to Cuba</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Republicans from Florida ask how a vacation was approved to a country where U.S. tourism is prohibited]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jay-Z and Beyoncé were recently spotted in Cuba to celebrate their five-year wedding anniversary, and, like all things Jay-and-Beyoncé, it <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/07/beyonce-jayz-cuba-holiday-republicans">made headlines</a> around the world. But in the U.S., it's sparking controversy, as it conflicts with America's 53-year-long trade embargo that limits tourism.</p><p>Two congressmen from Florida, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, have raised this point in a letter to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, demanding to know the exact purpose of the celebrities' trip and how it was approved. The letter notes that under U.S. law "the licensing of financial transactions for 'tourist activities' in Cuba" are prohibited by law." According to OFAC, notes the letter, only Americans with a "full-time schedule of educational exchange activities that will result in meaningful interaction between the travelers and individuals in Cuba" are allowed to visit. "These restrictions are in place because the Cuban dictatorship is one of four U.S.-designated state sponsors of terrorism with one of the world’s most egregious human rights records," write Ros-Lehtinen and Diaz-Balart.</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/04/08/gop_congressmen_challenge_beyonce_and_jay_zs_visit_to_cuba/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Beyoncé&#8217;s reluctant feminism</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mrs. Jay-Z is concerned about an "extreme" label]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It should come as no surprise that Beyoncé calls herself a feminist. She's self-made, successful and possesses a song catalog that reads like a lady empowerment playlist. What's unusual is the lengths to which Ms. Sasha Fierce herself will go to walk back that simple statement.</p><p>In <a href="http://www.independent.ie/woman/beyonce-is-a-modernday-feminist-29171853.html">a new interview with British Vogue</a>, the 31-year-old hedged when asked if she considers herself a feminist. "That word can be very extreme," she said, before acknowledging, "I guess I am a modern-day feminist. I do believe in equality." Unlike those old-school feminists who are totally opposed to equality, that's what I <em>guess</em>. Beyoncé went on to explain, "I do believe in equality and that we have a way to go and it's something that's pushed aside and something that we have been conditioned to accept. But I'm happily married. I love my husband. I feel like Mrs. Carter is who I am, but more bold and more fearless than I've ever been."</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/04/03/beyonces_reluctant_feminism/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Jay-Z, sports agent?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rapper branches out yet again as his management company signs New York Yankee Robinson Cano]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jay-Z may be a stratospherically popular rapper, and a memoirist, fashion mogul, club owner, and basketball team part-owner, still has a few more realms to conquer.</p><p>He's beginning by signing New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano to his management company Roc Nation, which heretofore had not represented athletes. <a href="http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/9124684/robinson-cano-new-york-yankees-switching-scott-boras-jay-z">Roc Nation Sports</a>, as the new business is called, will be a partnership with high-powered Hollywood agency CAA. CAA Sports's agents, as ESPN <a href="http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/9124684/robinson-cano-new-york-yankees-switching-scott-boras-jay-z">points out</a>, are broadly and deeply experienced, and Jay-Z reportedly intends to become a sports agent.</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/04/02/jay_z_sports_agent/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hip-hop goes for gay marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jay-Z, Kanye and Russell Simmons lead a cultural change, and take gutsier stances than these Democratic senators]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Throughout his career, Lil’ Wayne has gone to considerable lengths to ensure that no one thinks he’s homosexual. As the beat begins for his hit “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsgrcYGDvmY">Lollipop</a>,” which is clearly about a woman performing fellatio on him, he mumbles what had become his catch phrase in 2008: “No homo.” It’s his way of letting the audience know he isn’t homosexual (though it seems unfathomable that someone would hear a song about a woman performing fellatio on him and come to that conclusion).</p><p>That attitude permeated rap for most of its existence -- until now, it would seem. This past week, rap titans Russell Simmons, Jay-Z and Kanye West <a href="http://www.vibevixen.com/2013/03/25-celebrities-in-support-of-marriage-equality/?utm_campaign=twitter&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_source=twitter">have expressed support for marriage equality</a>. And they aren’t alone. Fat Joe, A$AP Rocky and The Game, among others, have been clear that they don’t discriminate based on sexuality. This past year’s breakout hip-hop/R&amp;B artist Frank Ocean famously announced his fluid sexuality via <a href="http://frankocean.tumblr.com/post/26473798723">a Tumblr message</a> and received the support of many artists, including his former rap-troupe partner Tyler the Creator, who is paradoxically known for using homophobic slurs in his music.</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/04/02/hip_hop_goes_for_gay_marriage/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Gwyneth Paltrow talks about the baby she&#8217;s &#8220;missing&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oscar winner opens up about her grief over having a miscarriage]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even a woman who looks like she has it all knows what it is to lose something. In <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2294483/Gwyneth-Paltrow-speaks-devastating-miscarriage-longs-child.html">a revealing interview</a> for the Daily Mail's You magazine, actress, cookbook author and <a href="http://www.salon.com/2010/11/11/gwyneth_paltrow_hate/">effortlessly perfect human</a> Gwyneth Paltrow revealed this week the miscarriage that made her rethink her family plans.</p><p>Paltrow is circumspect about when the pregnancy occurred and exactly how it ended. Just a year ago, she casually brushed off questions about whether she wanted more children, saying, "I don’t know if I can go back to diapers and things like that. I’m so past that, I think I may have missed the window. I think maybe when Moses was 3 I would have done it." Now, however, she says, "My children ask me to have a baby all the time. And you never know, I could squeeze one more in. I am missing my third. I’m thinking about it. But I had a really bad experience when I was pregnant with my third. It didn't work out and I nearly died. So I am like, 'Are we good here or should we go back and try again?'" Paltrow's cryptic reference to the child she says she's "missing" comes within the context of a conversation about her healthy new "It’s All Good" cookbook, which she claims sprang out of a health crisis in which "I was vitamin-D deficient, I had anemia, I had thyroid issues, my liver was congested, I had hormonal imbalances and a benign tumor on my ovary that had to be removed."</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/03/19/gwyneth_paltrow_talks_about_baby_shes_missing/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Justin Timberlake releasing another album this year, according to Questlove</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Roots drummer dropped a "spoiler alert" in an online forum, saying another 10-song album is on its way]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience," his first album since 2006, when, as the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/arts/music/justin-timberlake-releases-the-20-20-experience.html">New York Times reminds us</a>, "Barack Obama was the junior senator from Illinois, Jay-Z and Beyoncé were not married, and iPhones did not exist," is shaping up to be one of the biggest pop music comeback stories of the year, with Timberlake announcing a tour with Jay-Z, hosting performances at the Grammys and SXSW and a ubiquitous presence on late night television this month.</p><p>But this might just be round 1: Over the weekend, Roots dummer and Justin Timberlake collaborator Questlove took to the online forum that he co-founded, <a href="http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&amp;forum=4&amp;topic_id=11868379&amp;mesg_id=11868379&amp;page=#11868537">Okayplayer</a>, and wrote "spoiler alert. 20/20 Vol 2 comes out in nov."  His explanation for the "20/20" title fits, too, writing: "(10 songs now.....10 songs later= 20 vision)."</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/03/18/justin_timberlake_releasing_second_album_this_year_according_to_questlove/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Russian hackers release sensitive information on stars including Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Biden and Clinton</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seventeen celebrities and politicians have been targeted, but police have not uncovered a motive]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A growing list of celebrities have been hacked (<a href="http://www.tmz.com/2013/03/11/12-joe-biden-ashton-kutcher-jay-z-beyonce-hillary-clinton-celebs-hacked-credit-report-finances-exposed/?adid=hero3">TMZ</a> first reported 12, then 14, but the recent count is 17), including Michelle Obama, Donald Trump, Kim Kardashian, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton. Unlike many other high-profile celebrity hacking incidents in recent memory, which include the release of George W. Bush's emails and photos of paintings, the Russian hackers doxxed the stars, meaning that they outed the stars by publishing personally identifiable information available on public record. But the hackers also published sensitive information, including social security numbers, bank statements and more.</p><p>The full list of victims, according to the hacker's Web site:</p><blockquote><p> Michelle Obama, Kim Kardashian, Joe Biden, Robert Mueller (FBI Director), Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder (U.S. Attorney General), Charlie Beck (LAPD Chief), Mel Gibson, Ashton Kutcher, Jay Z, Beyonce, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears,Sarah Palin, Hulk Hogan, Donald Trump, Arnold Schwarzenegger</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/03/12/russian_hackers_release_sensitive_information_on_stars_including_beyonce_jay_z_biden_and_clinton/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Financial info of celebrities and government officials leaked online</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jay-Z, Mel Gibson and FBI Director Robert Mueller were just a few of the victims]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities and celebrities were grappling with how to respond to a website that posted what appears to be private financial information about top government officials and stars such as Jay-Z and Mel Gibson.</p><p>The Justice Department said Monday the FBI was investigating how the Social Security number, address and a credit report of FBI Director Robert Mueller ended up on the site. The site also posted the same information about Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, and the department said it was investigating the matter.</p><p>In addition to Jay-Z and Gibson, other targeted stars included Beyonce, Ashton Kutcher, Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton. Info posted about Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did not include credit reports but included addresses and other sensitive information.</p><p>Social Security numbers posted on Jay-Z, Gibson and others matched records in public databases.</p><p>The site, which bears an Internet suffix originally assigned to the Soviet Union, expanded throughout the day Monday to add entries on Britney Spears, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and others.</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/03/12/financial_info_of_celebrities_and_government_officials_leaked_online/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Beyoncé and Jay-Z are not going to buy Neverland Ranch</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But let's not let that get in the way of Randy Jackson telling the press that he doesn't want them to ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to a probably <em>very</em> reliable Jackson family source, Jay-Z and Beyoncé may be considering buying Michael Jackson’s shuttered, 2,700-acre Southern California estate.</p><p>Except that they're not, according to a very reliable source. Namely, Jay-Z.</p><p>While Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow's <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/beyonce-and-jay-z-sing-coldplays-yellow-to-each-other-in-sweet-hbo-documentary-moment--2013172" target="_blank">more famous best friends</a> did admit to touring the abandoned Neverland Ranch with Colony Capital owner Thomas Barrack Jr., who manages the estate, Jay-Z responded to rumors of a pending purchase by saying bluntly: “I’ve got no interest in Neverland.”</p><p>But still, Jackson family members are letting everyone know that they don't want Jay-Z and Beyoncé to buy the thing that Jay-Z and Beyoncé don't want to buy.</p><p>“It is something that we want to keep in the family,” Randy Jackson <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/bey_took_look_at_jacko_ranch_rSOBKD1ZucMHMrpfOoI6YP?utm_source=SFnewyorkpost&amp;utm_medium=SFnewyorkpost" target="_blank">told</a> the New York Post. “If Barrack took them to the ranch himself... there has got to be something to it,” another family member added.</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/02/17/beyonce_and_jay_z_are_not_going_to_buy_neverland_ranch/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Beyoncé reveals all — or nothing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The singer shares in a new documentary that shows just how controlling she really is]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beyoncé’s self-directed, self-produced documentary all about herself, “Life Is But a Dream,” premieres on HBO this Saturday, following weeks of high-profile Beyoncé-ing, at the inauguration and the Super Bowl, and with much more Beyoncé-ing <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beyonce-new-album-is-more-sensual-and-empowering-20130212">soon to come</a>. Beyoncé’s persona has always been an exercise in extreme control, control so complete and perfect it’s sometimes indistinguishable from omnipotence. The woman — or, as some would put it, the robot, which is exactly the point — does not mess up, part of why the recent lip-syncing at the inauguration incident became such a melée, the rare human misstep, ultimately resolved with an <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/2013/1/31/3938528/beyonce-sings-national-anthem-video-super-bowl-press-conference">overpowering show of vocal force</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/02/13/beyonce_reveals_all%e2%80%94or_nothing/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Grammys&#8217; most surprising moments</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the awards were handed out, we were left marveling at Prince, Rihanna, and Kelly — and miffed at LL]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Most Staggering Display of Self-Regard: </strong>Host LL Cool J hectored the audience at length after the show began, delivering a rambling monologue that he seemed annoyed had been postponed last year due to the death of Whitney Houston. It was mainly about his own career, and how his two Grammys inspire him to pursue excellence. And he kept talking about Twitter, though it seemed he had just found out what it was. "You're gonna see hashtag Carrie Underwood, hashtag Jack White, hashtag Kelly Clarkson," he announced before a show-closing performance. It was alternately narcissistic, and <em>so</em> 2009.</p><p><strong>Most Improved Live Singer: </strong>Rihanna gave a surprisingly compelling take on her ballad "Stay" and was creditable in the Bob Marley tribute. That said, her disaffected pre-show red carpet interview -- and her walking off-camera after losing an award to mentor Jay-Z -- indicated that 2013 may be the year she opts out of releasing her annual album.</p><p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RG5I4cOEIeg" frameborder="0" width="640" height="360"></iframe></p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/02/11/the_grammys_most_surprising_moments/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Beyoncé announces world tour</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The singer, fresh off a Super Bowl triumph, to head from Serbia to Brooklyn]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beyoncé is bringing her spirited dancing and her taste for dramatic excess to an arena near you. The pop singer, who ran through her catalog last night at the Super Bowl, has announced her "<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beyonce-will-launch-world-tour-in-april-20130204">Mrs. Carter</a>" tour, taking its name from the star's marriage to Jay-Z, <em>né </em>Shawn Carter.</p><p>She'll be visiting his stomping grounds as well, with the tour concluding at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, home to the Brooklyn Nets. (Jay-Z's an investor in the team.) The tour is to entirely bypass Madison Square Garden in New York, signaling that the Garden's primacy for top-flight acts may be fading. The tour, whose U.S. leg begins in June, is also going to stop in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Beyoncé's hometown of Houston. No word on whether her all-female backing band, <a href="http://deadspin.com/5981306/beyonces-halftime-show-featured-an-exploding-guitar">including the guitarist whose instrument shoots fire</a>, will be joining her, but it seems likely.</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/02/04/beyonce_announces_world_tour/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The music world&#8217;s fake Illuminati</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pop stars like Lady Gaga and Rihanna have figured out how to set the Internet abuzz with Illuminati symbolism]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beyoncé’s had an unexpectedly tough spin in the news cycle after her universally acclaimed Inauguration performance was revealed to be a <a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/01/22/did_beyonce_lip_synch_yesterday_does_it_matter/">lip-synch</a> job.</p><p>But it’s hard to believe that the pop singer, who is preparing for the Super Bowl halftime show, hadn't already heard it all. After all, an entire corner of the Internet believes her daughter is the Antichrist.</p><p>Beyoncé and her husband, Jay-Z, are just two of the popular music stars whose ties to the so-called Illuminati have come in for Zapruder-level scrutiny online, on sites like <a href="http://vigilantcitizen.com/">Vigilant Citizen</a>, <a href="http://mediaexposed.tumblr.com/">Media Exposed</a>, and, yes, <a href="http://www.beyonce-illuminati.com/">Beyonce-Illuminati.com</a>.</p><p>The fear of the entity known as the Illuminati is neither unique — Bey and Jay join Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Ke$ha, Kanye West, and practically every prominent banker and politician on Earth is under conspiracy theorists' microscope — nor novel. The original Bavarian Illuminati, a short-lived Enlightenment group devoted to overthrowing the local government, would likely have been forgotten, said "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Occult-America-Seances-Circles-History/dp/0553385151">Occult America</a>" author Mitch Horowitz, had Scottish physicist John Robison not speciously alleged in 1797 that the group had infiltrated the Freemasons and instigated the French Revolution.</p><p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/01/24/is_beyonce_a_freemason_nah/">Continue Reading...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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