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  • Beyonce is 2017 highest paid woman in music with $105m – Forbes

    Beyonce is 2017 highest paid woman in music with $105m – Forbes

    The hit album of Beyonce titled – “Lemonade” and world tour made her the highest-paid woman in music in 2017, according to an annual Forbes list on Monday.

    The Pop Diva edged out Britain’s Adele and pop star Taylor Swift.

    The R&B singer earned some 105 million dollars from record sales and from her “Formation” concert tour, according to Forbes.

    Beyonce also has her own Ivy Park fashion line and other business interests.

    Adele, whose “25” album broke first-week U.S. sales records in 2015 and who completed her first major tour since 2011, made second place with an estimated 69 million dollars, despite having no major endorsements for other products.

    Swift, who topped the last year’s list with 170 million dollars in estimated earnings, raked in 44 million dollars this time despite having finished her “1989” world tour.

    The singer is expected to see her earnings rise significantly in the next 12 months courtesy of her new album “Reputation” – the best-selling album of 2017 – and an upcoming tour.

    Canadian superstar Celine Dion took the No.4 spot, earning some 42 million dollars after taking a break from her Las Vegas residency following the death of her husband Rene Angelil in January 2016.

    Forbes compiled the list after estimating pretax income for the 12 months from June 2016 to 2017, based on interviews with managers, agents, lawyers and some of the stars.

    It also looked at data from the Pollstar, the Recording Industry Association of America and tracking firm Nielsen SoundScan.

    NAN

  • Nigeria, Cameroon matches dominate Google

    Nigeria, Cameroon matches dominate Google

    Nigeria’s 4-0 first leg win over Cameroon in the ongoing World Cup Qualifiers, dominated searches this week on Google.

    Google’s spokesman Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade made the announcement in a dispatch to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos.

    According to Kola-Ogunlade, this week’s top trending search terms on Google range from sports to celebrity news.

    He said that sports-loving Nigerians got excited over the Eagles’ performance against their counterparts in the qualifiers.

    The Eagles are now leading their group with 10 points from matches played so far.

    “Their 4-0 win over Cameroon on Friday and 1-1 draw by the Lions of Cameroon on Monday has gotten fans, sport experts, coaches and speculators predicting that the Super Eagles might qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

    “Excited fans raced to Google search to get more details about upcoming matches for the qualifiers.”

    Kola-Ogunlade said that the American professional tennis player, Serena Williams, who was reported to have given birth to a baby girl on Sep. 1 also attracted searches on Google.

    He said that the announcement of Serena’s first child with fiancé, Alexis Ohanian, was made by reporter Chris Shepherd via Twitter.

    “Though the couple have not officially announced the birth, the tennis star’s fans and celebrity friends have since taken to Google to share their congratulatory messages.”

    The Google manager said that concerned Nigerians also searched Google to read more about the distressing news of the North Korea missile test.

    “North Korean President Kim Jong-un was pictured during yet another round of nuclear missiles testing over the weekend.

    “The images have sparked tension in South Korea, the U.S. and Europe.

    “Han Tae Song, the Ambassador of North Korea to the UN, the North Korean Supreme Leader vowed to send more “gift packages” to the U.S.,” said Kola-Ogunlade

    The Google image maker said that American singer, songwriter and actress Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, turned 36 on Sept. 4.

    “The pop star celebrated her birthday in spectacular fashion by starting an awareness campaign to support hurricane relief efforts in her hometown, Houston.

    “Beyoncé, wearing one of the iconic outfits from her “Formation” video, shared images of her friends and family on her website.

    “Beneath the images was a message and link asking fans to support the Hurricane Harvey disaster relief efforts.

    “While Nigerian Beyhive’s congratulated and commended the singer for the effort, others criticised her, which made Nigerians interested in the debate go to Google to get the full gist.”

    Google Trends launched in May, 2006, allows one to see how popular, search terms and its demography have been over time on the search engine.

  • Kola Aluko’s $50.9m New York penthouse to be auctioned

    Kola Aluko’s $50.9m New York penthouse to be auctioned

    Nigerian energy businessman Kola Aluko, declared wanted by the EFCC, has been identified as the owner of Apartment 79, a penthouse apartment in One57, one of New York City’s most expensive residential buildings.

    However, the apartment would be sold to the highest bidder by a Luxembourg based Banque Havilland, in a foreclosure auction in July, the New York Post reported.

    The penthouse sale is seen as the most expensive foreclosure in New York City.

    Aluko, 48, is believed to be hiding out on his yacht, which he rented to Jay Z and Beyoncé in 2015 for 900,000 dollars a week.

    The energy businessman, who is a friend of stars such as Jay Z and Jamie Foxx, has not been seen for a while, which has sparked rumours that he is hiding away on his yacht, which was last registered in the Bahamas in May.

    Aluko was reportedly last seen in Hong Kong in May and his yacht is currently in the Bahamas, according to the report.

    His bank has also listed the yacht, the Galactica Star, as collateral in the foreclosure, but the yacht is ‘out of range’ at the moment.

    Aluko rented the Galactica Star to Jay Z and Beyoncé in 2015 for 900,000 dollars a week and allegedly showed up at the Ja Rule Fyre Festival in the Bahamas in late April with his yacht.

    The businessman is also close friends with Leonardo DiCaprio and made a large donation to DiCaprio’s environmental charity as well as attended the actor’s birthday party in New York City in 2013.

    The energy tycoon sold a 2.4-acre estate in Montecito, California, to Gwyneth Paltrow for an undermarket 4.9million dollars.

    In 2012, he bought an 11,478-square-foot house in Bel Air for 24.5 million dollars, then sold the property in 2016 for 21.5 million dollars.

    He also owns a home in Beverly Hills that was also purchased in 2012 for 14.7 million dollars.

    Aluko is also avoiding Nigerian authorities who tried to freeze his assets in February as part of a money-laundering probe.

    Apartment 79 was sold to a Aluko in December 2014 for 50.9million dollars, making it the eighth most expensive unit in the building, according to New York City property records.

    Less than a year later however, he took out a 35.5million dollars mortgage from Banque Havilland in Luxembourg to help pay for the apartment.

    When Aluko failed to pay the loan back a year later, the bank took possession of the 6,420-square-foot apartment, according to court documents.

    Now the bank is planning to auction off the four-bedroom apartment on July 19 to regain the mortgage plus interest.

    “It’s probably the most-expensive foreclosure we’ve ever seen in luxury development. I don’t know of a foreclosure that’s larger than that,” Donna Olshan, president of high-end Manhattan brokerage Olshan Realty Inc., told newsmen.

    One57 was built by Extell Development Co. and was the tallest residential building in Manhattan until 432 Park Ave was completed a few months later.

    Construction started on the building in 2009 and finished in 2014, creating a trend of similar ultra-luxury high-rises on 57th street, which has now been coined ‘Billionaire’s Row’.

    Amenities in the building include a 24-hour doorman and concierge, fitness center, yoga studio, private dining room, catering kitchen, library, valet service and on-site parking.

  • Beyoncé delivers twins

    Beyoncé delivers twins

    U.S. singer, Beyonce, has given birth to twins in Los Angeles, several celebrity news websites reported on Saturday, citing unidentified sources.

    Beyonce, 35, and rapper and music producer Jay Z, already have a five-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy.

    E! News, citing multiple unidentified sources, reported the birth and that Jay Z and Blue Ivy were seen at a Los Angeles area hospital on Thursday.

    U.S. Weekly, also citing multiple unidentified sources, reported that the couple welcomed twins earlier this week.

    “Bey and Jay are thrilled and have started sharing the news with their family and closest friends,” one unidentified source told PEOPLE.

    Reuters could not verify the reports. A representative for Beyonce did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

    The celebrity news websites did not provide additional details, such as the date and time the twins were born or the sex of the infants.

    The “Lemonade” singer, one of the most powerful women in the music business, announced the pregnancy on her Instagram account in February along with an image of her posed in lingerie and caressing a noticeable baby bump.

    The announcement got more than 8 million “likes” in the first 24 hours to become the “most-liked” Instagram ever.

    The R&B singer performed live at the Grammy awards in Los Angeles two weeks later, proudly displaying her swelling belly in a motherhood-themed show.

    She has since posted numerous pictures of her bare baby bump on her social media accounts.

    The birth of Blue Ivy caused a paparazzi storm in 2012, with New York’s Lenox Hill hospital shutting down part of its maternity wing to accommodate music’s royal couple.

    News of the pregnancy came less than a year after the release of Beyonce’s 2016 album “Lemonade,” in which she appeared to address long-standing rumors of trouble in her eight-year marriage.

    The lyrics of several songs spoke about being cheated on, and regretting being married.

    But Beyonce made clear in the final tracks of the album and in music videos featuring Jay-Z that she had decided to stay in the relationship.

    The couple have never addressed the rumors publicly. (Reuters/NAN)

  • Beyonce holds African themed baby shower

    Beyonce holds African themed baby shower

    Grammy award singer Beyonce, 35, who is expecting twins with husband Jay-Z, had an African themed baby shower to celebrate her upcoming bundles of joy with friends and family.

    The “Carter push party” which held on Saturday In Los Angeles, had African drummers, people dressed in African outfits and Afrobeats music blasting in one of the make shift huts.

    Celebrities in attendance included Jay Z, Mum, Tina Knowles, Kelly Rowland, Solange, Michelle Williams and a host of others.

    Beyonce and Jay Z, officially became billionaires according to Forbes which has placed their joint wealth at $1.16 billion.

  • Beyonce named most valuable celebrity on social media

    Beyonce named most valuable celebrity on social media

    American music superstar Beyonce, has been named the most influential celebrity, with her Instagram posts worth One Million Dollars each, on a photo-sharing website by D’Marie Analytics.

    According to Time.com, using an algorithm that measures 56 metrics across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, the star’s value was determined.

    Those metrics did include the followers count, but they also encompassed reach, engagement, click-through, and action conversions.

    Frank Spadafora, Chief Executive of D’Marie, said Beyonce’s “limited” use of social media had boosted her earning power.

    “Her limited release of exclusive curated content causes such frenzy from her audience.”

    Beyonce’s popularity was evidenced earlier this year when she took to Instagram to announce she is expecting twins.

    The post attracted 6,335,571 ‘likes’ within eight hours and subsequently broke the record for the most-liked image on the website.

    Beyonce’s snap of her cradling her baby bump overtook the previous record of Selena Gomez.

    Gomez achieved 6.6 million ‘likes’ from her 116 million followers in response to a picture of her sipping from a Coca-Cola bottle.

    She has been named as the second-most influential celebrity on social media, with her posts estimated to be worth 775,000 Dollars each across Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

    Despite this, Gomez recently admitted her “addiction” to Instagram made her feel awful.

     

  • Grammys: Adele wins five awards, Beyonce one

    Grammys: Adele wins five awards, Beyonce one

    The 59th Grammy Awards on Sunday night handed out 84 awards to the music industry’s best and brightest.

    British born singer Adele, was the lone star of the night as she scooped five awards, beating American Beyoncé for most of the prestigious titles at stake at the event in Los Angeles.

    Adele Adkins scooped Best Pop Solo Performance for her hit song Hello, brushing aside Beyoncé’s Hold Up.

    She also won Best Song of the Year with Hello, also shrugging off the challenge of Beyoncé’s Formation,a track from the album Lemonade.

    She won Best Pop vocal album beating Justin Bieber among other contenders. And to to crown the night her Album 25 won Album of the year, while Hello took the Record of the Year.

    Expectations were that Beyoncé would given Adele a big fight for the title, having been nominated in nine categories. But there was no contest as the Briton was the lone star of the Grammy night.

    The only award that Beyoncé won in the night was for Best Video.

    At the nomination stage, Beyoncé emerged top with nine nominations for the event, emerging the most nominated woman in the history of the Grammys, with a total of 62 nominations to date. But Sunday night was not a great night for the Lemonade star who will soon be mother of twins.

    Nigerian Wizkid, who was named along with Drake for the album View, to contest for Album of the Year, failed to win as the category was won by Adele’s album 25. Farida Demola Seriki who was also nominated in Dance Category did also not make it.

    Other Winners at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, held at Staples Center in Los Angeles are as follows:

    Best New Artist: Chance the Rapper

    Best Pop Solo Performance: “Hello” — Adele

    Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Stressed Out” — Twenty One Pilots

    Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: “Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin” — Willie Nelson

    Best Pop Vocal Album: “25” — Adele

    Best Dance Recording: “Don’t Let Me Down” — The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya

    Best Dance/Electronic Album: “Skin” — Flume

    Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: “Culcha Vulcha” — Snarky Puppy

    Best Rock Performance: “Blackstar” — David Bowie

    Best Metal Performance: “Dystopia” — Megadeth

    Best Rock Song: “Blackstar” — David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie)

    Best Rock Album: “Tell Me I’m Pretty” — Cage the Elephant

    Best Alternative Music Album: “Blackstar” — David Bowie

    Best R&B Performance: “Cranes in the Sky” — Solange

    Best Traditional R&B Performance: “Angel” — Lalah Hathaway

    Best R&B Song: “Lake By the Ocean” — Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)

    Best R&B Album: “Lalah Hathaway Live” — Lalah Hathaway

    Best Rap Performance: “No Problem” — Chance the Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz

    Best Rap/Sung Performance: “Hotline Bling” — Drake

    Best Rap Song: “Hotline Bling” — Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)

    Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “Jolene” — Pentatonix featuring Dolly Parton

    Best Country Song: “Humble and Kind” — Lori McKenna, songwriter (Tim McGraw)

    Best Country Album: “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth” — Sturgill Simpson.

    Best New Age Album: “White Sun II” — White Sun.

    Best Improvised Jazz Solo: “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” — John Scofield, soloist.

    Best Jazz Vocal Album: “Take Me to the Alley” — Gregory Porter.

    Best Jazz Instrumental Album: “Country for Old Men” — John Scofield

    Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: “Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom” — Ted Nash Big Band

    Best Latin Jazz Album: “Tribute to Irakere: Live In Marciac” — Chucho Valdés

    Best Gospel Performance/Song: “God Provides” — Tamela Mann; Kirk Franklin, songwriter

    Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: “Thy Will” — Hillary Scott & the Scott Family; Bernie Herms, Hillary Scott & Emily Weisband, songwriters

    Best Gospel Album: “Losing My Religion” – Kirk Franklin

    Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: “Love Remains” – Hillary Scott & the Scott Family

    Best Roots Gospel Album: “Hymns” — Joey + Rory

    Best Latin Pop Album: “Un Besito Mas” — Jesse & Joy

    Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: “iLevitable” – iLe

    Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): “Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo)” — Vicente Fernández

    Best Tropical Latin Album: “Donde Están?” — Jose Lugo & Guasábara Combo

    Best American Roots Performance: “House of Mercy” — Sarah Jarosz

    Best American Roots Song: “Kid Sister” — Vince Gill, songwriter (The Time Jumpers)

    Best Americana Album: “This Is Where I Live” — William Bell

    Best Bluegrass Album: “Coming Home” — O’Connor Band With Mark O’Connor

    Best Traditional Blues Album: “Porcupine Meat” — Bobby Rush

    Best Contemporary Blues Album: “The Last Days of Oakland” — Fantastic Negrito

    Best Folk Album: “Undercurrent” — Sarah Jarosz

    Best Regional Roots Music Album: “E Walea” — Kalani Pe’a

    Best Reggae Album: “Ziggy Marley” — Ziggy Marley

    Best World Music Album: “Sing Me Home” — Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble

    Best Children’s Album: “Infinity Plus One” — Secret Agent 23 Skidoo

    Best Spoken Word Album: “In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox” — Carol Burnett

    Best Comedy Album: “Talking for Clapping” — Patton Oswalt

    Best Musical Theater Album: “The Color Purple”

    Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: “Miles Ahead” (Miles Davis & Various Artists)

    Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” — John Williams, composer

    Best Song Written for Visual Media: “Can’t Stop The Feeling!” — Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar), Track from: “Trolls”

    Best Instrumental Composition: “Spoken at Midnight” — Ted Nash, composer

    Best Arrangement, Instrumental or ACappella: “You And I” — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier).
    Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: “Flintstones” — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)

    Best Recording Package: “Blackstar” — Jonathan Barnbrook, art director (David Bowie)

    Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: “Edith Piaf 1915-2015” — Gérard Lo Monaco, art director (Edith Piaf)

    Best Album Notes: “Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along” — Ken Bloom & Richard Carlin, album notes writers (Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle)

    Best Historical Album: “The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12” (Collector’s Edition), Steve Berkowitz & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Mark Wilder, mastering engineer (Bob Dylan)

    Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: “Blackstar” — David Bowie, Tom Elmhirst, Kevin Killen & Tony Visconti, engineers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer (David Bowie)

    Best Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Greg Kurstin

    Best Remixed Recording: “Tearing Me Up” (RAC Remix) — André Allen Anjos, remixer (Bob Moses)

    Best Surround Sound Album: “Dutilleux: Sur Le Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystère De L’instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement” — Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, surround mix engineers; Dmitriy Lipay, surround mastering engineer; Dmitriy Lipay, surround producer (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)

    Best Engineered Album, Classical: “Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles” — Mark Donahue & Fred Vogler, engineers (James Conlon, Guanqun Yu, Joshua Guerrero, Patricia Racette, Christopher Maltman, Lucy Schaufer, Lucas Meachem, LA Opera Chorus & Orchestra)

    Best Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost

    Best Orchestral Performance: “Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9” — Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

    Best Opera Recording: “Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles” — James Conlon, conductor; Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer & Guanqun Yu; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (LA Opera Orchestra; LA Opera Chorus)

    Best Choral Performance: “Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1” — Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, choir director (Nikolay Didenko, Agnieszka Rehlis & Johanna Rusanen; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir)

    Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: “Steve Reich” — Third Coast Percussion

    Best Classical Instrumental Solo: “Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway” — Zuill Bailey; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Nashville Symphony)

    Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: TIE: “Schumann & Berg” — Dorothea Röschmann; Mitsuko Uchida, accompanist;
    and “Shakespeare Songs” — Ian Bostridge; Antonio Pappano, accompanist (Michael Collins, Elizabeth Kenny, Lawrence Power & Adam Walker)

    Best Classical Compendium: “Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle” — Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer

    Best Contemporary Classical Composition: “Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway” — Michael Daugherty, composer (Zuill Bailey, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)

    Best Music Video: “Formation” — Beyoncé

    Best Music Film: “The Beatles: Eight Days a Week the Touring Years” — Ron Howard, video director; Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Scott Pascucci & Nigel Sinclair, video producers.

    Best Song Written for Visual Media: Track from Trolls – “Can’t Stop the Feeling!,” Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar)

    Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Williams, composer

    Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Miles Ahead, Miles Davis & Various Artists; Steve Berkowitz, Don Cheadle & Robert Glasper, compilation producers

    Best Musical Theater Album: The Color Purple, Danielle Brooks, Cynthia Erivo & Jennifer Hudson, principal soloists; Stephen Bray, Van Dean, Frank Filipetti, Roy Furman, Joan Raffe, Scott Sanders & Jhett Tolentino, producers (Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell & Allee Willis, composers/lyricists) (New Broadway Cast). (NAN)

  • KSA to perform alongside Beyonce, Kendrik Lamar, others

    KSA to perform alongside Beyonce, Kendrik Lamar, others

    Juju maestro King Sunny Ade is billed to perform alongside Beyonce, Kendrik Lamar, Tory Lanez, Travy Scott and others at this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival which will hold at the Empire Polo Club, Indio, California, USA from April 14 to April 16, 2017.

    The annual event, organised by Golden Voice, a subsidiary of AEG Live as of 2001, features many genres of music including rock, indie, hip hop, electronic dance music and art installations and sculptures.

    KSA, the first Nigerian Grammy nominee, celebrated his 70th birthday last December and his guitar was auctioned for N52.1million.

    KSA’s song was featured in the 1983 film Breathless, starring Richard Gere, and the 1986 comedy One More Saturday Night, and he acted in Robert Altman’s 1987 comedy O.C. and Stiggs.

  • BEYONCÉ’S LEMONADE REIGNS AT MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS

    BEYONCÉ’S LEMONADE REIGNS AT MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS

    AT the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards which took place at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden, Beyoncé’s groundbreaking visual album Lemonade won eight Moonmen trophies, including Video of the Year for Formation.

    The global megastar surprised the audience with a jaw-dropping Lemonade medley that recreated the stunning imagery of the visual album. Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award-winner, Rihanna dazzled with a career-spanning four-act performance – including an electrifying opening dance medley and a trio of stirring ballads to close – before accepting the VMAs’ highest honour with a heartfelt tribute by Drake.

    The African TV premiere of The MTV Video Music Awards aired on MTV yesterday as the build up to the night began with the official Pre-Show including red carpet action.

    Aside Beyoncé, Britney Spears also made a triumphant return to the VMA stage with a soaring performance of her G-Eazy collaboration Make Me…. Kanye West too, made a special appearance to deliver a meditation on fame before introducing the steamy and surreal video for Fade, starring actress and Good Music recording artist Teyana Taylor and her fiancée, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Iman Shumpert.

    Future tore through a blistering performance of his 2015 hit F**k Up Some Commas, after being introduced by legendary Olympian Michael Phelps, who revealed he’d been listening to Future in the meme-launching photo of him in Rio.

  • Jay Z pampers Beyonce with Game of Thrones prop

    Jay Z pampers Beyonce with Game of Thrones prop

    JAY Z has reportedly bought Beyonce a Game of Thrones Dragon Egg prop. Actress Emilia Clarke, who stars in the TV series as the Khaleesi or ‘Mother of Dragons’ gave fellow entertainment royalty, Beyonce and Jay Z a shout-out during an interview for the most recent Harper’s Bazaar cover story when she suggested the couple may possess a prized prop from the Game of Thrones; one of three of Khaleesi’s dragon eggs.

    “Apparently Jay Z bought one for Beyoncé, or something,” she laughed. “I don’t know.”

    However, the ‘Mother of Dragons’ herself doesn’t even have one of the eggs, because, in her words, they are really, really, really expensive and they are really heavy and serious works of art.

    Beyonce and Jay Z aren’t the only celebrity power couple on Clarke’s mind. Later in the article, the irreverent actress played out an awards season encounter with Channing and Jenna Dewan-Tatum.

    “I was at a Golden Globes after-party and Channing Tatum came up to me, and his stunning missus, Jenna. And they said, ‘We call each other “moon of my life” and “my sun and stars” and all that.’ And I was like, ‘I cannot contain this. Please, can we all have something sexual together? You’re both beautiful, even just a hug.’”

    Along with continuing to play Daenerys in Game of Thrones, Clarke will also star as Sarah Connor in Terminator: Genisys, set  for July 1.