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| Beyoncé's surprise 'Making the Gift' film: 3 takeaways - Los Angeles Times Posted: 17 Sep 2019 12:00 AM PDT  Beyoncé's penchant for surprises spilled onto network television Monday night when the pop superstar aired "Beyoncé Presents: Making the Gift" on ABC. The documentary special — a behind-the-scenes look at her musical ode to this summer's "The Lion King" — dropped Monday with little advance notice, save for an announcement from the network on Sunday and online declarations of an "ABeyC" takeover. Much like Bey's Netflix concert special, "Homecoming," the doc took viewers through her creative process as she assembled the ambitious companion album. We see her collaborate with her husband, Jay-Z, along with other artists steeped in African tradition. The summits are cut sparingly with scenes from the Disney film in favor of vignettes from contemporary African life, dance practice and creative studio discussions. Beyoncé voiced the lioness Nala in the photo-real blockbuster, which hit the $1-billion benchmark at the box office within its first two weeks in theaters. She said she created "The Gift" album as "a love letter to Africa." Advertisement Here are a few takeaways from the special. Make way for Blue Ivy, Rumi and SirThe singer traveled throughout the continent — from Egypt to South Africa — with her family, including husband Jay-Z, their three kids (Blue Ivy, Sir and Rumi) and her mom, Tina Lawson, who are all heavily featured in the documentary. Fans have grown accustomed to the fiercely private couple shielding their little ones from the media but were delighted to see glimpses of their domestic life, particularly their growing twins embarking on the global excursion. "Visiting countries in Africa, it's always an emotional experience for me. It feels like I'm making peace with a part of me that's yearning for my ancestral connection," the singer says. "When I was asked to be a part of 'Lion King' I was overwhelmed and beyond excited. It was full circle for me considering as a kid it was my favorite movie. Now I could share this film with my entire family." The album was indeed a family affair: Her 7-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy, appears on the track "Brown Skin Girl," and Jay-Z is featured on "Mood 4 Eva," with her costar Donald Glover, a.k.a. Childish Gambino, who is not really featured in the doc. (The actor-musician has repeatedly said that he was starstruck by Bey but didn't work with her much in person.) "It also was really important to me that the music was not the typical soundtrack, but something that kids felt safe and excited to share with their parents, as well as the parents with their kids," she said of "Brown Skin Girl." Advertisement Model Naomi Campbell, Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o and Bey's former Destiny's Child bandmate Kelly Rowland are shown in clips rocking out to the empowering song. Authenticity is keyBeyoncé always go full throttle in her projects, which have been exemplars of black excellence and are highly produced on her own terms. "I did not want to take away the grit and the reality because there are very adult underlining life lessons in 'Lion King,'" the singer explained. "I did not want to water it down. I also did not want to lose the authenticity of Africa. And it all starts off with the drum beat and the groove." She also described her subconscious-like track "Water," with Kendrick Lamar," as "sonic cinema." "I wanted it to be authentic to what is beautiful about the music in Africa. So a lot of the drums, the chants, all of these incredible new sounds, mixed with the producers in America, we kind of created our own genre." Beyoncé's power and spirit are yet again on display"Making the Gift" was written, co-directed and produced by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. Ed Burke, Bey's longtime collaborator, co-directed. But as the lofty, interview-shunning superstar waxed poetic about the continent, she seemingly disregarded her own divine influence, which was fully displayed in snippets of fans in Africa losing their minds over the star, holding up her records or featuring her on billboards. Advertisement "The concept of the ['Spirit'] video is to show how God is the painter. And natural beauty and nature need no art direction. It's the beauty of color, the beauty of melanin, the beauty of tradition," she says at the end of the film. "The ['Lion King'] movie has an incredible spirit. It takes you on so many emotional rides," she adds. "I wanted that to be represented in the melody. I wanted to produce a piece of music that gave you those same feelings of tension, and struggle and doubt and realizing who you are in your strength and going for and fighting for it." |
| Posted: 10 Oct 2019 10:51 PM PDT  Click here to read the full article. At a campaign rally in Minneapolis on Thursday night, President Trump not only insulted the Prince Estate by playing "Purple Rain" despite a pledge last year not to do so, he also went after several major Democratic politicians, along with Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce and Jay-Z for their performances in support of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016. More from Variety Reps for the three artists did not immediately respond to Variety's requests for comment. Best of Variety Sign up for Variety's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. |
| Posted: 09 Oct 2019 06:25 AM PDT Mathew Knowles knows firsthand the power of early detection, which is why he urged his daughters, superstar singers Beyoncé and Solange, to undergo BRCA genetic testing after he was diagnosed with breast cancer in July. The BRCA gene test is a blood test that identifies harmful and potentially cancer-causing mutations in either one of the two breast cancer susceptibility genes — BRCA1 and BRCA2. Knowles, 67, a music executive who teaches at Prairie View A&M University in Texas, tested positive for the BRCA2 gene mutation while doctors were diagnosing his condition over the summer. Since mutations in the BRCA2 gene can be inherited, Knowles tells PEOPLE in an interview for this week's issue that "Beyoncé and Solange have an increased risk" of having his same mutation. But, he notes, "They have an exceptional team, and they've gone through precautionary measures," including the BRCA gene test. "They have taken care of that, it's simple testing," he says. "And they're moving on." Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Knowles' first sign of breast cancer was finding a small speck of blood on his white T-shirt back in July. But in the beginning, he didn't think anything of it. "My initial reaction was maybe I worked out too hard," he says. "Then I thought, maybe it's some kind of reaction to my medication." As the bleeding persisted on and off over the next couple of days, he says, "That's when I knew I should go to the doctor." Mathew Knowles | Bob Levey/WireImage Bleeding from the nipple is a symptom of breast cancer, and a mammogram and biopsy showed that Knowles had stage 1A breast cancer. "I had no pain whatsoever," he says. "It wasn't like I had discoloration — nothing. Thankfully I had this dot of blood coming out and thankfully I wore white T-shirts. If I didn't wear white T-shirts, then I might not have noticed." Knowles, who was accompanied by his wife Gena Charmaine Avery in the doctor's office while being diagnosed, says the first call he made once he found out he had breast cancer was to his ex-wife, Beyoncé and Solange's mother Tina Knowles-Lawson. He says he "never imagined" receiving a diagnosis of breast cancer, a cancer that affects roughly 1 in 800 men, despite an extensive family history of the disease. Santiago Felipe/Getty; Getty RELATED: Beyoncé's Father Mathew Knowles Reveals He Has Breast Cancer According to Dr. Dorraya El-Ashry, the Chief Scientific Officer at the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, "male breast cancer [occurs] at a much lower incidence rate than female breast cancer." "It is at .1% the rate of female breast cancer," she tells PEOPLE. "Having said that, there are some known genetic causes of breast cancer, BRCA genes. So if a man has a BRCA2 gene mutation, then that elevates the risk from .1% to 6%. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are both involved in causing a number of cancers in both men and women, including breast, prostate, ovarian and pancreatic." Knowles is now cancer-free after having a mastectomy to remove his right breast in July, and he plans to have his left breast removed in January as a preventive measure to reduce his risk of recurrence. "There's always a risk it will come back," he says. "But today I am cancer-free. It just requires me, on a six-month basis, to go to a get an early detection [screening] for my prostate, pancreas, melanoma and breast cancer. If that's the only price I have to pay — every six months spend a day in my life to be inconvenienced to take exams — then I'm very grateful for that." RELATED: Inside Beyoncé's Life As a Mom — and Why Blue Ivy Is Taking the Spotlight: 'She's a Natural' Now, Knowles is hoping to spread awareness not just to his family — but to the world — about the importance of early detection. "It's all about early detection," he says. "The earlier you detect, the better your outcome will be." Additionally, he wants to help erase the stigma surrounding breast cancer in men. "I wanted to take away the stigma of shame — the stigma that men have to be tough," he says. "And then I hope I have the opportunity to talk to the heads of the American Cancer Society at some point to voice my feedback, because what I'm hearing is that men actually prefer — regardless if it's the medically correct term — [to call this] 'chest cancer.' That's the word men often use for that area of our body, our chest. I think if we did that, we would have a lot more men go and get exams." And he's looking ahead to 2020 being "the year of Destiny's Child" as he gears up to release his book, Destiny's Child: The Untold Story, in December and works on a musical about the iconic '90s girl group comprised of his daughter Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Destiny's Child in 2000 | Dave Hogan/Getty Whether Destiny's Child fans can expect a reunion tour from the trio in the future, Knowles says it's still up in the air. "It would take two to three years just from the day the artist said 'Yes' to the day we actually saw the first show," he says. "The girls haven't even decided to do it yet. So it will be some time even if they said, 'Yes.' For the next two or three years, the closest you're going to get to a tour is the musical." For much more on Mathew Knowles' battle with breast cancer, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday. |
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