April 23-30, 2009








ANOTHER BABY SEAL IN THE WORKS: Artist confirms
 wife.,'s pregnant" during New )ork concert
 During a Thursday night performance in New
 York, singer Seal confirmed widespreadd
 reports that hi's ife. supermodel Heldi Klum.
 'i ,- Nis indeed ha ing another babh
 Klum. who has r ,o young sons \ ith the
 Gramm\ -\ inning singer and a daughter from a
 past relationship, followed up a da\ later b\
officials announcing the pregnancy on her Web site.
 The 35-\ ear-old German-born model married Seal in 2005 She is the
host of T 's "Project Runwa\." which h motes from Bra\o to Lifetime and
is set to premiere its 6th season on Aug 15.
SNOOP TOO HIGH TO WORK?
 Snoop Dogg and Am\ \\inehouse. t-o artists
known for their loae of %acky toback\. reportedlB
tried to record a duet together last \ear in Los
Angeles, but were too high to finish it. "Due to con-
stant smoke breaks, the unlikely union didn't pro-
duce a song," reports the New York Daily News'
Gatecrasher column. As previously reported,
Snoop's wax statue is scheduled to be unveiled today
at Madame Tussauds in Las Vegas. He will also be around our area soon
in concert in St. Augustine on May 8th.
KESHIA KNIGHT PULLIAM AKA RUDY DOING A
REALITY SHOW ON COHABITATING
 S Cameras for the Oxygen network will follow
 Keshia Knight Pulliam and her live-in boyfriend for
 a new reality series titled "Keshia and Kaseem," to
 debut in the coming months.
 The network announced that the series will explore
 what it's like to be young, rich, single and co-habi-
 tating.
 Pulliam, who just celebrated her 30th birthday
 last week, is dating Atlanta area entrepreneur
 Kaseem Penn.
 Best known for her role as Rudy Huxtable on "The Cosby Show," Pulliam
was last seen in Tyler Perry's "Madea Goes to Jail."
 Since being bought by NBC Universal, Oxygen has been seeking an
audience of trendsetting women, generally aged 18 to 34. Its theme is "live
out loud."


 Unauthorized Bio Alleges


 A new unautho-
rized biography of
Diana Ross claims
she slept her way to
the top of Motown -
in addition to her
relationship with
founder Berry
Gordy in a quest to
become the label's
biggest star, reports
the New York Post.
 "The Diana Ross
few knew outside of
the Motown colony
was on a fast track to
rise to the top from
the first day she got
to Motown; not inci-
dentally, that was
also the first day she
knew who[m] she
wanted to sleep with
to keep up the
momentum," writes
Mark Ribowsky in
his unauthorized


Ms. Perry's Free Press Page 11


 by N. Moody
 Beyonce says one of the toughest
parts of summer tour has been con-
densing more than a decade's hits
into a two-hour show. Judging from
a recent photo shoot, figuring out
how to perform them in Thierry
Mugler's elaborate, over-the-top
costumes is just as difficult.
 Beyonce strutted gingerly in one
such outfit, with a motorcycle han-
dle-type top and flashing light at the
center. But the camera brought out
Sasha Fierce, her alter ego moving
confidently in the outrageous getup
and stiletto heels.
 "I'm never gonna go on stage or
do a video and not work until my
feet are blistered, and until I'm basi-
cally, I can't walk any more," the
giggly but exhausted entertainer


said later. "I always give, and I do
that because I know how lucky I
am, to do my job."
 In a recent interview, Beyonce -
whose latest CD, "I Am ... Sasha
Fierce," is double platinum -
talked about concerts (her tour
kicks off June 21 at Madison
Square Garden) in the YouTube
age, what she will fight fiercely for
and why Etta James never had her
worried.
 NM: How will this tour be differ-
ent from your 2007 "B'Day" tour?
 Beyonce: It's going to be more
emotional, because this album, "I
Am," that portion was a lot more
real and raw and more sensitive. ...
The best part about this tour is I'm
working with Thierry Mugler, who
is an icon and a legend, and I've


Ross' Motown Misgivings
biography, "The Supremes: A Saga them "a fraction" of the $15 million
of Motown Dreams, Success and she'd get.
Betrayal," out in July from Da Capo According to the book, "[They]
Press. backstabbed Ross the pair
"That, of course, turned out to be refused to recede into her spotlight.
Berry Gordy, but only after" some Ross then tried to replace them with
other in-house romances, the book two nominal Supremes of the '70s,
says. "In no time, Ross would climb but Supremes fans were interested
beyond [the Supremes] onto the A- only in the original configuration of
list as a solo act, record six more the group and the tour was called
Number 1 songs, and earn millions off."
as well as top billing in two
movies."
 Ribowsky also says Ross was
guilty of "quietly twisting the knife
in the other Supremes" as she rose
to the top, but "even as a pop diva
of epic dimensions, [she] never
shook her identity as a Supreme,
and has, in a way, been forced to
bow before it."
Mary Wilson, an original member
of the group, and Cindy Birdsong,
who replaced the late Florence
Ballard, got their revenge when
Ross tried to organize a 2000
Supremes reunion tour and offered


been a fan.
 NM: Often snippets of concerts
end up on the Internet. Is it frustrat-
ing not being able to surprise peo-
ple anymore?
 Beyonce: It's very frustrating
now. ... It's great because people
can get a little sneak peak and say,
"Oh, I wanna come to the show" or
"I don't wanna go to that show"
(laughs), and I'm fans of people so I
go on there and check it out too. But
you put so much of your heart and
time into the wardrobe ... it's kind of
unfortunate that people can see the
show months before you get into
their city, but that's life.
 NM: One YouTube video from
your last tour showed you falling,
getting up and continuing.
 Beyonce: A lot of people with
heart can see that I have heart, and I
encourage other people to have that
same strength and fight, and I defi-
nitely get tired, I definitely mess up,
I definitely fall down stairs. I forget
the words, sometimes, but that's just
life. I guess the question is, what
are you going to do after that? And
I always get back up, and it just
makes me even stronger.
 NM: In your new movie
"Obsessed," out on Friday, you play
a wife who fights to protect her


family. What is the hardest thing
you ever fought for?
 Beyonce: Everything that's worth
anything you have to fight for. You
have to fight in your relationships, I
have to fight for my career, I have
to fight to stay in shape, because I
get tempted to eat good old choco-
late (laughs), and all this stuff
everybody loves. It's all a fight, but
it's worth it.
 NM: When you sang "At Last"
for the Obamas at the inauguration
ball, Etta James said some pretty
harsh things about you but later said
she was joking. Did you know she
was joking?
 Beyonce: I played Etta James (in
last year's "Cadillac Records"), so I
did my research, I read her book. I
was not at all surprised. That's Etta.
She's hilarious (laughs).
 NM: Your sister Solange twitters
all the time. Do you do it?
 Beyonce: My sister is the Twitter
queen. She told me about the twit-
tering, but I don't get it, I feel like
I'm getting really old. I'm like,
what? I don't understand. Just call
me.
 The closest she will get to
Jacksonville in concert is Ft.
Lauderdale 'on Monday, June 29th.


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