Beyonce Unveils President Obama Re-Election Baby Apparel

Babies might not be able to vote yet, but they can certainly rock these onesies and make a statement without saying a word thanks to Beyonce and her mother Tina who have teamed up to create a line of President Obama re-election baby clothes.

Beyonce and Momma Tina join a host of other celebrity designers including Chanel Iman, Rachel Zoe, Russell Simmons, Sarah Jessica Parker, Vera Wang, Diddy, Rachel Roy, Marc Jacobs and many others who have all joined forces as part of the ‘Runway to Win‘ Obama re-election campaign website which features Obama 2012 apparel from each of the designers.

We wouldn’t be surprised to see baby Blue Ivy rocking one of these sooner than later.

Jay-Z  and Beyonce hosted a successful fundraiser for President Obama’s re-election campaign at the 40/40 club in NYC on Tuesday night. Attendees who paid $40,000 per ticket watched the president speak on a small stage. Though Obama offered his usual, sunny campaign rhetoric (“Here in America you can make it if you work hard”), he took a special moment to appreciate his hosts.

“To J and B, thank you so much for your friendship,” the president said.

The event raised $4 million for the president’s re-election campaign.

Going makeup-free and wearing a nautical-style blue-and-white outfit, Beyonce sipped white wine alongside her husband of four years Jay-Z (real name: Shawn Carter), 42. Looking cuter and more grown-up than ever, little girl Blue showed off a full head of curly hair and she played with her mom and dad during their luxurious sail.

Beyonce and Kim Kardashian reportedly don`t share a warm relationship despite the great friendship between their partners — Jay-Z and Kanye West. Media reports are Beyonce and Kim aren’t close and don’t really communicate when they are watching their men perform. Kim and Beyonce were at the Made in America concert which was organised by Jay Z and headlined by their men Jay Z and Kanye.

Flying in: Kim and Kanye flew into the event by private helicopter

“Kim and Beyonce barely spoke to each other. They were on opposite sides of the stage. Beyonce didn`t even acknowledge (Kim) was there until the concert was almost over,”  “(Kim) didn`t make any efforts to go speak to Beyonce either,”. However, when they both went backstage into one of the dressing rooms, insiders say they spoke a little to each other but “uncomfortable” Kim spent the majority of her time with Kanye and her best friend Jonathan Cheban.

“Eventually, the women made small talk in the dressing room, but you could tell Kim was uncomfortable. She clung onto Kanye the entire time and didn`t say much. Kim was talking to Jonathan, and Kanye was talking to Jay-Z and Beyonce.”

Special gift: All performers received a bottle of Armand De Brignac in their dressing room with a hand written thank you note from Jay-Z

Kanye and Jay-Z were the star performers at the two-day event curated by multi-millionaire rapper Jay, which will see ticket sales benefit United Way chapters. Jay-Z organised the event, which also saw performances from the likes of Rita Ora, who is said to be dating Kim’s brother Rob.
Special guests during Jay’s set included: Kanye West , Pusha T, Common, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, Freeway, Young Guns, Memphis Bleek, Swizz Beatz and a personal recorded message from President Obama himself.
In the recording, Obama says Jay-Z represents someone who ‘refused to quit’ and praised the ‘Made In America’ event.
He follows with ‘what’s possible when people from all walks of life go as far as their talents will take them.’
He finished by urging everyone to register and vote. Once the pre-recording finished, a happy Jay-Z responded ‘Shout out to the President…’
And all 35 performers received a bottle of Armand De Brignac in their dressing room with a hand written thank you note from Jay-Z saying ‘From Jay’.

Jay Z and Beyonce back stage

It seems that the pop star is deliberately keeping her distance after her fans criticised her for spending time with the reality star back in June.

Beyonce’s fans had earlier been outraged at what seemed to be a budding friendship with Kim, whose fame was sparked by her appearance in a sex tape. 

The two had stood together to watch their partners in concert, even dancing together at the front of the stage.  But their friendship has not developed.

Today is Beyonce’s birthday, will be interesting to see if she gets a gift from Kim.

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Lady Gaga.

The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards that will be aired live on September 12 is taking place at the Nokia theatre in Los Angeles. Lady gaga and Beyonce’s collaborations ‘telephone’ and ‘video phone’ got the highest nomination. The two renowned acts who thrilled the crowd last year might be performing together on stage this year. Lady gaga has dominated this year’s VMA earning 16 nominations (3 of which were collaboration with Beyoncé ‘video phone’). Lady gaga who won the best new act at the 2009 VMA broke record as the most ever nomination for a single artiste in a VMA. Eminem was behind Lady gGaga with 8 nominations from his album ‘recovery’ hit single ‘not afraid’. Others nominees who topped the list were Beyonce, Jayz, Usher. To our surprise, Rihanna who had released most viewed videos like ‘hard’,  ‘te amo’, ‘rude boy’ and others managed to get one nomination for best editing ‘rude boy’ which is quite unusual. Taylor Swift who stole the show with Kanye West last year was again nominated in the same category with Beyonce. New acts like Ke$ha, Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber, Jason got their first nomination contending for the best new artiste which will be decided by viewers. Here is the full list of nominees

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’

Florence + The Machine, ‘Dog Days Are Over’

30 Seconds To Mars, ‘Kings and Queens’

Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé, ‘Telephone’

Eminem, ‘Not Afraid’

B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams, ‘Airplanes’

BEST FEMALE VIDEO

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’

Ke$ha, ‘Tik Tok’

Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, ‘California Gurls’

Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, ‘Video Phone (Extended Remix)’

Taylor Swift, ‘Fifteen’

BEST MALE VIDEO

Eminem, ‘Not Afraid’

Usher featuring Will.I.Am, ‘OMG’

B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams, ‘Airplanes’

Drake, ‘Find Your Love’

Jason Derulo, ‘In My Head’

BEST COLLABORATION

B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams, ‘Airplanes’

Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, ‘Video Phone (Extended Remix)’

3OH!3 featuring Ke$ha, ‘My First Kiss’

Jay-Z & Alicia Keys, ‘Empire State of Mind’

BEST NEW ARTIST

Ke$ha, ‘Tik Tok’

Jason Derulo, ‘In My Head’

Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris, ‘Baby’

Nicki Minaj featuring Sean Garrett, ‘Massive Attack’

Broken Bells, ‘The Ghost Inside’

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO

B.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams, ‘Airplanes’

Eminem, ‘Not Afraid’

Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem, ‘Forever’

Jay-Z & Swizz Beats, ‘On To The Next One’

Kid Cudi featuring MGMT and Ratatat, ‘Pursuit Of Happiness’

BEST POP VIDEO

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’

Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, ‘California Gurls’

Ke$ha, ‘Tik Tok’

Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, ‘Video Phone (Extended Remix)’

B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars, ‘Nothing on You’

BEST ROCK VIDEO

30 Seconds To Mars, ‘Kings and Queens’

Muse, ‘Uprising’

Paramore, ‘Ignorance’

Florence + the Machine, ‘Dog Days Are Over’

MGMT, ‘Flash Delirium’

BEST DANCE MUSIC VIDEO

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’

Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull, ‘I Like It’

Cascada, ‘Evacuate The Dancefloor’

David Guetta featuring Akon, ‘Sexy Chick’

Usher featuring Will.I.Am, ‘OMG’

BEST ART DIRECTION

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’

Florence + The Machine, ‘Dogs Days Are Over’

Eminem, ‘Not Afraid’

30 Seconds To Mars, ‘Kings and Queens’

Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, ‘Video Phone (Extended Remix)’

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’

Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce, ‘Telephone’

Beyonce featuring Lady Gaga, ‘Video Phone (Extended Remix)’

Usher featuring Will.I.Am, ‘OMG’

Janelle Monáe featuring Big Boi, ‘Tightrope’

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Eminem, ‘Not Afraid’

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, ‘Empire State of Mind’

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’

Mumford and Sons, ‘Little Lion Man’

Florence + The Machine, ‘Dog Days Are Over’

BEST DIRECTION

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, ‘Empire State of Mind’
Director: Hype Williams

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’
Director: Francis Lawrence

Eminem, ‘Not Afraid’
Director: Rich Lee

P!nk, ‘Funhouse’
Director: Dave Meyers

30 Seconds To Mars, ‘Kings and Queens’
Director: Bartholomew Cubbins

BEST EDITING

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’
Editor: Jarrett Fijal

Eminem, ‘Not Afraid’
Editor: Ken Mowe

Rihanna, ‘Rude Boy’
Editor: Clark Eddy

P!nk, ‘Funhouse’
Editor: Chris Davis

Miike Snow, ‘Animal’
Editor: Frank Macias

BEST SFX (SPECIAL EFFECTS)

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’
Special Effects: Tim Jarvis

Eminem, ‘Not Afraid’
Special Effects: Animaholics-VFX

Muse, ‘Uprising’
Special Effects: Sam Stevens

Green Day, ’21st Century Breakdown’
Special Effects: Laundry

Dan Black, ‘Symphonies’
Special Effects: Corinne Bance & Axel D’Harcourt

BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO

Dan Black, ‘Symphonies’

Gorillaz featuring Bobby Womack and Mos Def, ‘Stylo’

Coldplay, ‘Strawberry Swing’

The Black Keys, ‘Tighten Up’

Game

American rapper, The Game who has dissed JayZ for years has not only ended the beef but regretted the punch lines he has been throwing at JayZ and his wife, Beyonce. He told Yahoo! that he followed Pharrell, a close friend of JayZ and Dr. Dre’s advice to quit dissing the Roc Nation founder, JayZ as it does no good but damage to his future. The Brooklyn rapper, JayZ has never replied any of The Game’s diss track, even the last diss track he released last year titled ‘i’m so wavy‘ got no reply from JayZ. The Game later admitted that he and his girlfriend are fans of JayZ’s wife, even at the time he was dissing Jay and Bey. Currently, Pharrell and Dr. Dre are working hard on Game’s new album ‘R.E.D’.

This is what the game told Yahoo! “As far as Jay, he’s a good friend of Pharrell’s and he worked with Jay recently. I decided along with (Dr.) Dre and Pharrell, that being at odds with him wasn’t beneficial to what we’re trying to do in the future, so later for that. Maybe I stepped over the line because i listen to Beyonce’s music. My girl listens to Beyonce’s music. All girls do. So, by like, it was like a chick army at my next show. Plus, I didn’t really mean that much harm, man. It’s just rap, man.“

Is this an appeal for a collaboration with JayZ.
By Sonde Jimmy