Beyonce Talks About Her Marriage To Jay-Z

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Beyoncé usually spends a lot of time not talking about Jay-Z. Even magazines that tout some exclusive interview in which she’s finally opened up only have a snippet or two, and usually they are about her decision to not talk.

So you would have every reason to be wary when yet another magazine — this time Essence — comes along and claims that the singer has broken her infamous silence. Except in this case, she has.

After several pages about Beyoncé’s decision not to speak publicly about her private life — peppered with lots of so-called expert opinion from an associate professor of communications and anthropology, a blogger, an unnamed media insider, the singer’s acting coach and even her mother — the magazine finally gets down to business.

(Read what Beyoncé told Essence about her upcoming album and movie roles here.)

Up to this point, Beyoncé led the magazine to believe she wouldn’t be really opening up to them either: “Interviewing Beyoncé, who has admitted she dislikes the process, is a little like talking to your mother about sex. There may be a pretense of open communication, but the subtext is clear: Are you seriously going to ask me that? … For now, Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s relationship exists in that no-man’s land where they won’t give us anything and we can’t get enough.”

So at first, Essence settles for the usual discussion about her effort to maintain her privacy, which Beyoncé claims is so she can keep some mystery, stay sane and control her brand — though not necessarily in that order.

“I feel that, especially now, with the Internet and paparazzi and camera phones, it’s so difficult to maintain mystery,” she told the magazine. “And that’s so important. Even in a relationship, I feel like not being that accessible is really important. If you think about Prince or Michael Jackson, or any superstars, you couldn’t see them when they got off their planes or when they got out of the pool and didn’t comb their hair. It’s great that people see we’re not perfect. But it’s almost impossible to have superstars now, because people will never get enough. And it’s not even about my music. It’s about all the things that people imagine about me in their minds. But I can’t satisfy everyone. I know that Jay and I probably do inspire people. And I appreciate people feeling proud. But this is the only way I’ve been able to stay sane, so why would I start talking now?

“[Not speaking] controls your brand,” she continued. “It controls what you want to put out there and kind of forces people to talk about what you want them to talk about.”

But then Beyoncé lets it slip that it was a joint decision with her husband to keep quiet. “We decide everything,” she told the magazine. “My word is my word. What Jay and I have is real. It’s not about interviews or getting the right photo op. It’s real.”

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Ashanti Middleton Opens The Talent Portal

Filed Under (Entertainment News, New Talent) by admin on 08-10-2008

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Thousands of potential actors, models, directors, producers, etc risk it all and relocate to Los Angeles (Hollywood) or New York every year but only a very small percentage of them actually “make it”. They usually give up after a couple years of tough work as a waiter or other service job while trying to make the necessary contacts and achieve a break through. Of course they hate to give up on their dream, but eventually reality sets in for them, they run out of money and need to return home. And why would they want to quit? Many of them have a valuable talent that’s marketable.

Unfortunately, what they didn’t have is the contacts necessary to give them a fair shot at breaking into the industry. Arguably, it might have been smarter for them to start networking with the people that could launch their career before relocating. While they’re out here in Hollywood working tough jobs to keep food on the table, I hope you take the smarter route and start building your network before taking that plunge. The all-important industry people I’m talking about, are of course, the talent agents. Without an agent, you’ll have a slim to none chance of “being discovered” or ever getting work.

This week Ashanti Middleton opened a website, The Talent Portal where young people can showcase their talent. Singers, actors, models, and sport stars are all welcome to join and create a profile for all to see.  Upload photos and videos to showoff their talent to perspective agents.

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