Beyonce Knowles With Howard Meitiner, Karen Carpenter-Palumbo And Mayor Michael R Bloomberg

Beyonce Knowles along with Howard Meitiner, Karen Carpenter-Palumbo and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg attended the opening of the Beyonce Cosmetology Center at the Phoenix House Career Academy in Brooklyn, NY.
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Singing star Beyonce's Knowles mother Tina has filed for divorce from father Mathew. Stylist Tina Knowles began legal proceedings to put an end to her 29-year marriage in Harris County, Texas last month, according to gossip website TMZ.com. The reason behind the breakup has yet to be revealed, but the news comes just weeks after Mathew was accused in a paternity lawsuit from Los Angeles California resident Alexsandra Wright. Pregnant Wright, who works in the name-branding business, alleges Beyonce's dad is the father of her unborn child, which is due in the spring of 2010.
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Beyonce gets treated like a queen in Britain. She hired an extra hotel suite to store her designer stage outfits. The superstar is currently touring the U.K. and performed in Liverpool, north-west England on Wednesday night. The singer stayed at the posh Lowry Hotel in nearby Manchester, but the singer paid for an additional room in Liverpool for her clothes. A source tells Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper, "She had seven suitcases, three hand-luggage bags and two boxes, all for her mammoth gig. "Beyonce doesn't do things by halves - especially where her performances are concerned. So in the cases there were apparently 14 dresses along with numerous pairs of shoes. Another box was full of make-up and the other had about 25 wigs in it."
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