Oprah Winfrey Regains Her Power – on Forbes List

Oprah Winfrey is back on top.

A year after slipping to No. 2 on Forbes' annual Celebrity 100 list, the media queen regained her crown as 2010's most powerful star worth an estimated $315 million.

Last year's title holder, Angelina Jolie, fell 17 spots while Beyoncé climbed to No. 2 with $87 million in earnings (husband Jay-Z landed the No. 15 spot).

The list – determined by a celebrity's earnings and fame – placed Avatar director James Cameron, who pocketed $210 million, at the No. 3 ranking. Lady Gaga and Tiger Woods rounded out the top five.

It was also a good year for Grammy Award winner Taylor Swift, who jumped up to No. 12 from 69, and Twilight stars Robert Pattinson (No. 50) and Kristen Stewart (No. 66). The popular franchise also helped author Stephenie Meyer earn a No. 59 ranking.

Visit FORBES for the complete Top 100 Celebrities list.

Paparazzi!: Life's a Carnival!

Beyoncé gets ready for her close-up Tuesday while shooting a cameo for Alicia Keys 's "Put It In a Love Song" music video in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Russell Crowe to Play Beyonce's Lover in New A Star Is Born?

Russell Crowe and Beyonce have emerged as the frontrunners for the lead roles in a remake of classic movie A Star Is Born.

Robert Downey, Jr. was attached to the male lead at one point, but now it seems the Gladiator star has taken his place.

Crowe is the new favorite to play an ageing, alcoholic musician who mentors and falls in love with a younger female star.

The film was a big screen hit in the 1930s and it has already been reworked twice, with Judy Garland and James Mason in 1957 and Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson in 1976.

Nick Cassavettes is onboard to direct the film, which is rumoured to feature Mad Men star Jon Hamm, Alicia Keys and Rihanna.

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Grammy Performances Pushing the Envelope

Elton John and Lady Gaga kick off the show. Can they upstage the piano man's memorable Stan duet with Eminem in 2001? Beyoncé's medley is shaping up as a monster production number. Will it measure up to Beyoncé's Proud Mary duet with Tina Turner in 2008? Does this year's Taylor Swift transcend last year's Taylor Swift?

Music's most prestigious awards show is more than a podium for dispensing Grammys in highly competitive races. It's also a distinguished showcase for live performances, and that competition, while friendly, can be fierce.

Sunday's musical marathon promises back-to-back showstoppers (and a sprinkling of statues) as performers angle for a chapter in Grammy's history book.

Intensifying the pressure is TV's growing role as a critical key in promoting artists, says Grammy executive producer Ken Ehrlich, whose patience tends to be tested by demanding and mercurial stars.

"At one point, when I was getting frustrated with a couple acts who will remain nameless, someone reminded me that this is the biggest night of their year, or their careers in some cases. They want to beat past performances by Prince or Beyoncé or Paul McCartney. They feel as much pressure as we do to come through."

They may be hard-pressed to outshine the departed Michael Jackson, who resurfaces in a previously unreleased 3-D version of Earth Song, joined live on the Grammy stage by Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, Carrie Underwood and Usher. (Viewers can pick up free 3-D glasses at Target through Sunday.) The film was created for Jackson's scrapped This Is It tour.

"It's going to be pretty remarkable," says Ehrlich, who saw Jackson's tour rehearsals the night before his death. "When I was thinking about how to honor him, I didn't want someone doing Beat Itor Billie Jean. This is the proper homage, considering how he felt about this song and the message it sends to fans. And he always wanted to push the envelope."

So does Ehrlich, who produced his first Grammy show 30 years ago, inaugurating a tradition of magical pairings with Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand's duet of You Don't Bring Me Flowers. Over the years, the show expanded from two hours to 3½, from a nightclub to a small auditorium to the 20,000-seat Staples Center.

"We've covered a lot of ground, but I don't feel tired," Ehrlich says.

Ask him again Monday morning. Sunday's partial menu:

Other performances include:
• Mary J. Blige and Andrea Bocelli will join voices on Bridge Over Troubled Water.
• Jeff Bridges will introduce a Les Paul tribute, How High the Moon, with guitar hero Jeff Beck and rockabilly singer Imelda May.
• Maxwell and Roberta Flack reprise her Where Is the Love and his Pretty Wings.
• Eminem and Lil Wayne join Drake on his Forever, with Blink-182's Travis Barker on drums.

• The Black Eyed Peas' I Gotta Feeling will incorporate singalong videos submitted online by fans.
• Green Day does 21 Guns, sharing the stage with the cast of Broadway's upcoming American Idiot, based on the trio's album.
• Bon Jovi will play a song chosen by fans, who can vote at www.cbs.com/grammys for Always, It's My Life or Livin' on a Prayer until the band takes the stage. (Logic suggests Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles, a late addition to the Grammy bill, will pop up here for duet Who Says You Can't Go Home.)
• Country pop trio Lady Antebellum performs Need You Now.
• Pink tackles Glitter in the Air.

Watch the Grammys this Sunday, January 31st at 8:00 pm (ET) on CBS.

Robert Downey Jr. and Beyonce Wanted ForA Star Is Born Remake

Robert Downey Jr. and Beyonce are tipped to take the lead roles in a new remake of 1930s movie classic A Star Is Born.

First released in 1937, the musical has been reworked twice in the past, with Judy Garland and James Mason in 1957 and Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson in 1976.

Actor-turned-director Nick Cassavettes is behind the latest version and has signed a deal with Warner Bros ahead of a 2012 release, reports Deadline Hollywood Daily.

Downey Jr. and Beyonce are the favorites for the lead roles, playing Normal Maine and Esther Victoria Blodgett, aka Vicki Lester - with Mad Men star John Hamm, Alicia Keys and Rihanna linked as back-up stars.

It's not the first time a remake has been mooted, Will Smith and Jennifer Lopez were once linked to a version planned by director Joel Schumacher.

Hope for Haiti Now: Beyonce Sings "Halo"

Beyonce sings "Halo" at the Hope for Haiti Now telethon:

Beyonce is Taking a Six Month Break

Beyonce is ready for a break. In fact, she says she needs to “recharge her batteries.” Next month she will wrap up her 11-month world tour in Trinidad and Tobago and then she’ll kick back for awhile.

The 28-year-old entertainer told USA Today, “It’s definitely time to take a break, to recharge my batteries. I’d like to take six months and not go into the studio. I need to just live life, to be inspired by things again. I’m going to do random things. I want to go to restaurants, maybe take a class and see some movies and Broadway shows.”

It might be easier said than done. The songstress is married to rapper and businessman Jay-Z, who seems to always be on the go with different projects as well. No word on whether he will join his wife for a little R&R.

The biggest challenge for her will be staying away from the studio. She said, “It will be the hardest thing in the world for me to make myself not do an album and shoot a video and turn it in and say, ‘I’m ready!’ I already have all these melodies and ideas in my head. I have to tell myself, ‘Sit down! Sit down.’”

That strategy seems like a great plan to us! Leave them missing you and wanting more. Good luck Beyonce….relax and enjoy!

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MUZOPHILE: The Decade Collection #19

In the #19 spot of the "MUZOPHILE: The Decade Collection" of his 100 favorite dance club mixes is Lady Gaga & Beyonce with "Telephone".



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Beyoncé, Taylor Swift & Black Eyed Peas to Perform at Grammys

Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and the Black Eyed Peas are among the megawatt stars set to perform January 31st at the 52nd Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, it was announced on Tuesday.

Country cutie Swift, whose eight nods are second only to leading nominee Beyoncé's 10, will also present at the show, an inside source said on Tuesday.

Fellow nominees Lady Antebellum (with two nominations) and Maxwell (with six) will also perform on the live CBS telecast, while others are still to be named.

This year, Beyoncé, already a 10-time Grammy winner, is up for Record of the Year ("Halo"), Album of the Year (I Am … Sasha Fierce) and Song of the Year, for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)."

Swift's nominations also include Record of the Year and Song of the Year, for "You Belong With Me," and Album of the Year, for "Fearless.

Triple Grammy winners the Black Eyed Peas are up for six awards, including Record of the Year, for "I Gotta Feeling," and Album of the Year, for "The E.N.D."

Swift's MTV Video Awards "rival" Kanye West also has six nods, setting the stage for another showdown between the two stars – that is, if West dares to show up.

Watch the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards on January 31st at 8:00 pm (ET/PT), live on CBS.

Beyonce Turns Up the Heat!

Beyonce Knowles is about to heat up the fragrance market with her first perfume, Beyonce Heat.

This coming February, the 28-year-old music superstar will try her hand at the fragrance market - and she told www.WWD.com that she’s proud of her creation.

“Everything, from the bottle design to the name and the ideas for the commercials — that’s me. When I commit to something, I do it 100 percent, and I’ve never had [creative control over a fragrance] until this project,” B said.

According to WWD, the fragrance features “top notes of red vanilla orchid, magnolia, neroli and blush peach; a heart of honeysuckle nectar, almond macaroon and crème de musk, and a drydown of giant sequoia milkwood, tonka bean and amber.”

Prices start at $24 for a gold sparkling body lotion, and the eau de parfum starts at $39.

MUZOPHILE: The Decade Collection #27

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Grammy Nominations: Beyonce Up for 10 Awards

The Grammy nominations were announced last night during a prime-time special on CBS. In case you were not watching, we are going to share with you who some of the major nominees are: Beyoncé topped the nominations with 10, Taylor Swift garnered eight, and the Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell, and Kanye West each earned six nods.

Watch out! Kanye, Taylor and Beyonce all at the same awards show again? Recipe for disaster!

Anyway, some other multiple nominees: David Guetta, Jay-Z and Lady Gaga received five nods each; and Colbie Caillat, Michael Giacchino, Kings Of Leon, John Newton, RedOne, Bruce Springsteen, T-Pain, and Keith Urban each received four nominations.

Here are the nominees in some of the major categories:

Album of the Year:

Beyonce’s “I Am…Sasha Fierce,” the Black Eyed Peas’ “The E.N.D.,” Lady Gaga’s “The Fame,” Dave Matthews Band’s “Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King” and Taylor Swift’s “Fearless.”

Record of the Year:

Beyonce’s “Halo,” the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling,” Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody,” Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” and Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me.”

Song of the Year:

“Poker Face” by songwriters Lady Gaga & RedOne, “Pretty Wings” by Hod David & Musze, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” by Thaddis Harrell, Beyonce Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, “Use Somebody” by Caleb, Jared, Matthew and Nathan Followill and “You Belong With Me” by Liz Rose & Taylor Swift.

Best New Artist:

Zac Brown Band, Keri Hilson, MGMT, Silversun Pickups, The Ting Tings

In order to qualify for a Grammy nomination this year, the eligibility period for releases was from October 1, 2008 to Augugust 31, 2009 — one month shorter than the typical eligibility period. According to the Recording Academy, this change was done to accommodate an earlier Grammy Awards show during the awards-heavy first few months of the year.

For a complete listing of all of the nominees, visit: http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx.

The 52nd Grammy Awards will be held on January 31st and telecast on CBS.

MUZOPHILE: The Decade Collection #38

Beyonce's "Get Me Bodied" (Hex Hector Club Mix) from 2007 is the #38 mix in the "MUZOPHILE: The Decade Collection" countdown of his favorite 100 dance club mixes.



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First Listen: "Video Phone" & "Telephone" by Beyonce & Lady Gaga

Beyonce is releasing a deluxe version of her "I am Sasha Fierce" CD on Monday, November 23rd which will have two bonus songs, including an extended remix version of "Video Phone" with Lady Gaga. Here's a sneak preview of this future hit.



On the same day, Lady Gaga will be releasing an expanded version of her "The Fame" CD named "The Fame Monster" which will include a new song "Telephone" featuring Beyonce. Here's the sneak previous of the other future hit.

MUZOPHILE: The Decade Collection #51

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Beyonce's Sweet Dreams at the MTV EMAs

Beyonce performs Sweet Dreams at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2009.

Beyonce Preps Live Discs & ABC Special

Beyonce will later this month release a live concert DVD and companion CD, and a new song, "Video Phone" featuring Lady Gaga.

The DVD, entitled "I Am ... Yours: An Intimate Performance At Wynn Las Vegas," will be released November 23rd by Columbia Records. Three days later, ABC will air a Beyonce Thanksgiving special.

The DVD, culled from an August stand in Las Vegas, will mix biographical storytelling, performances and behind-the-scenes footage, showcasing over 30 songs from all three Beyonce solo albums. A CD of the concert will be included in the package.

Also due on November 23rd is a deluxe version of her current studio album "I Am ... Sasha Fierce," which will feature two bonus tracks, including "Video Phone (Extended Remix)," featuring Lady Gaga. The music video for "Video Phone" will premiere on MTV on Thursday.

MUZOPHILE: The Decade Collection #63

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