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Beyonce and Jay-Z have released the FIRST photos of baby Blue Ivy Carter!

The highly anticipated shots were put online late Friday.

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“We welcome you to share in our joy,” wrote music’s First Family. “Thank you for respecting our privacy during this beautiful time in our lives.”

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Proud parents Beyonce and Jay-Z are already protecting their brand-new baby, Blue Ivy Carter, in ways most moms and dads never need to consider.

The superstar couple has filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark their daughter’s name.

Their request comes after at least two other people sought to profit off of Blue Ivy’s name in the days immediately following her birth.

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According to the Washington Post, Beyonce’s BGK Trademark Holdings company filed the application on January 26.

On January 11, a fashion designer named Joseph Mbeh submitted his own application for “Blue Ivy Carter NYC”; nine days later, a separate entity attempted to trademark “Blue Ivy Carter Glory IV” for fragrances.

Both filings were denied, with the Patent and Trademark Office ruling that the name belonged to a “very famous infant.”

Beyonce and Jay-Z’s own application is pending – but expected to be approved.

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Simon Cowell is speaking out about his recent decisions to fire Nicole Scherzinger and pal Paula Abdul from “The X Factor.”

After the show’s first season was largely maligned by critics and failed to live up to ratings expectations, Cowell and his team quickly decided a reboot was in order for the upcoming second season.

Of Abdul he says, “I would’ve liked to have kept her. She was very gracious and I said that to her. She understands it’s business; it’s never personal.”

But while Abdul may have taken the news in stride, Scherzinger wasn’t as receptive.

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“I don’t think she’s mad. I think she’s disappointed,” Cowell explains in an interview scheduled to air on “Extra” Wednesday.

But the former “American Idol” judge actually places some of the blame on himself as well, admitting “X Factor” didn’t live up to his own hype.

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“It’s only because I opened my big mouth and said we were going to get 20 million [viewers],” he says. “If I hadn’t said that, everybody would be saying the show was a huge success.”

As for who will come on board to help improve the show, Cowell admits he’d love to have Mariah Carey as a judge, but knows the mom of infant twins can’t make the commitment.

Katy Perry would be “fun,” he says, while Madonna would be “great” – and “expensive.”

But don’t expect to see the mogul shelling out $100 million a year to snag Beyonce, as some outlets have claimed.

“I have no idea where this rumor came from,” Cowell says, adding, “It’s complete nonsense.”

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Ladies and gentlemen, Beyonce is back.

To celebrate hubby Jay-Z’s big concert at Carnegie Hall on Monday, Beyonce made her first public appearance since giving birth to the couple’s first child, Blue Ivy Carter, last month.

The new mom wore a red Alice by Temperley dress, accessorizing with an Alexander McQueen clutch and Christian Louboutin heels.

We think she looks pretty darn good.

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Jay-Z performed at Carnegie Hall on Monday, his first live show since welcoming daughter Blue Ivy Carter into the world last month.

Jay-Z’s special guests included Nas and Alicia Keys.

The show benefited the United Way and the rapper’s own Shawn Carter Foundation.

One special moment from the night: Jay-Z sang “Glory,” the song written in honor of Blue Ivy’s birth.

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We can’t lie: Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale have some serious dance moves.

The High School Musical alums took a dance class in L.A. on Thursday, and Tisdale shared a video of their awesome routine, set to Beyonce’s “Run the World (Girls).”

It’s pretty impressive.

After the intense workout, the ladies got all glammed up to attend the premiere of Hudgens’ new movie, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.

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Jay-Z and Beyonce “have chosen Oprah Winfrey to be the godmother” of their new daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, reports an extremely excited MediaTakeOut.

The site — which repeatedly claimed Beyonce was NOT pregnant less than two months before she gave birth — insists the couple chose Winfrey because they ”wanted to give the ‘godparents’ role to people NOT ALREADY related to them by family.”

MTO adds that because Winfrey “has become a CLOSE PERSONAL friend to both Jay and Bey,” the choice was an obvious one.

“Oh, and it doesn’t hurt that the new GODMOTHER is the most POWERFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD not named MICHELLE OBAMA!!!” gushes “MediaFakeOut.”

Well, it’s a nice thought.

But unfortunately, the blog is just as clueless about Blue Ivy Carter now as they were before her birth.

Winfrey’s best friend Gayle King debunked the rumor on “The Early Show” Friday, saying, ”It’s absolutely not true that she’s the godmother.”

King noted, “She’s friends with them, of course, and likes them both very much,” but added, ”If it’s true, it is news to her… she was heading to South Africa when the baby was born.”

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Scarlett Johansson and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour will host a fashion event in New York City to benefit President Obama’s reelection campaign.

The fundraiser is set for February 7 at the Theory store in the Meatpacking District, and will be attended by such designers as Beyonce, Diddy, Marc Jacobs, Tory Burch, Georgina Chapman and Vera Wang.

The event is part of Runway to Win, a campaign initiative by fashion designers who support Obama’s reelection, and will feature Obama-themed clothing and accessories crafted by the designers.

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Asked about how Beyonce and Jay-Z should handle the first photos of baby Blue Ivy Carter, Jessica Alba said they’d of course make the “best decision” for their family – but did explain why she and husband Cash Warren opted to sell 2008 pictures of their own first child.

“We just wanted to control the experience,” Alba, now a mother of two girls, told CNN interviewer A.J. Hammer.

She explains, “We put the money that the picture made into a bank account for [daughter] Honor to do whatever she wants to with… We didn’t want it to be like a weird thing when we were walking out of the house for the first time.”

The nuisance of paparazzi definitely played a role.

“If there’s a price tag on your child, which is so bizarre, people will go to crazy lengths [to snap the first picture],” says Alba. “We wanted to avoid that hysteria.”

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Jay-Z’s 40/40 club in New York was shut down for health code violations after inspectors uncovered a number of major problems just one day after the venue reopened.

The city’s Health Department gave the club 69 violation points following a Thursday inspection that discovered inadequate refrigeration, mishandling of food, and a host of other issues.

A restaurant gets a “C” grade when it hits a score of 28 or higher.

One worker was spotted mixing salsa with his bare hands, and raw, perishable food was found at temperatures far higher than permitted by officials.

The violations were first reported by the New York Post.

There’s some dispute over whether 40/40 is actually shuttered – the Health Department’s website lists it as “closed,” but club personnel insist it was open again by Friday night after no disruption of business.

Earlier this week, Jay-Z and a number of high-profile revelers relaunched 40/40 after a pricey renovation.

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Etta James has died.

The legendary singer was 73.

She died from complications from leukemia, and also suffered with dementia and hepatitis C.

“This is a tremendous loss for the family, her friends and fans around the world,” said her manager Lupe De Leon. “She was a true original who could sing it all – her music defied category.”

James’ most famous hit, “At Last,” has become a wedding staple.

Beyonce portrayed James in the film Cadillac Records.

She was diagnosed with leukemia in 2010.

James is survived by Artis Mills, her husband of more than four decades, as well as her two sons.

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An alleged “WORLD EXCLUSIVE first interview” with Beyonce following the birth of her daughter is fake.

The Star UK claims the superstar spoke “exclusively” with the tabloid after she and Jay-Z welcomed baby Blue Ivy Cater into the world, but a rep confirms that she gave no such interview, and that Star UK‘s much-buzzed about scoop is totally illegitimate.

In the supposed “interview,” Beyonce is quoted as saying she had an “instant connection” with her new daughter and describing what it was like to hold Blue Ivy for the first time.

Meanwhile, Star UK is insisting the interview is genuine, telling Access Hollywood that it was obtained “from a reporter in the U.S.” who supposedly cobbled together the quotes from conversations with Beyonce before and after the birth.

But that’s simply not true.

Beyonce has not given any interviews to Star UK since giving birth.

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“BREAKING NEWS!!! Beyonce Fans PHYSICALLY ATTACK Keri Hilson,” screams a headline on MediaTakeOut.

According to the webloid, strangers “beat” Hilson “in the head” after seeing her on the street.

Their supposed weapon of choice?

“A BEYONCE CD!!!”

Wait, really?

MediaTakeOut bases its sensational claim on a tweet allegedly sent by Hilson on Thursday.

The tweet supposedly read, “It’s ONE thing to attack me on Twitter… but it’s disrespectful to have the bravery and audacity to throw Beyonce albums at me when I’m on the street.”

That sounds… suspicious.

Unfortunately for MediaFakeOut, the fact-challenged site has been duped once again.

“Fake tweet, fake story,” Hilson said Friday morning. “Photo-shop is a helluva drug.”

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Beyonce’s birth and stay at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York caused the state’s Health Department to launch an investigation.

The probe began after the Health Department received complaints from families who claimed they were mistreated at hospital, as a result of Beyonce receiving VIP treatment.

Two families alleged that they were kept from seeing their newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit because they were barred by security guards from entering that area of the hospital.

The guards were not hospital employees, but instead extra security men hired by Beyonce and Jay-Z while she was at Lenox Hill giving birth to Blue Ivy.

The singer and rap mogul also had the hospital cover its security cameras with tape.

Peter Constantakes, a spokesman for the Health Department acknowledged to the New York Daily News, “We have received complaints,” and noted, “Whenever we receive a complaint, we look into it.”

Ultimately, The Health Department reviewed the complaints and dismissed the investigation, but the hospital will still do a probe of its own.

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Baby Blue Ivy has gone home!

Beyonce and Jay-Z took their new bundle of joy home on Tuesday, confirm Lenox Hill Hospital officials.

The couple’s large black Mercedes van was spotted exiting the Upper East Side facility early this morning.

On Monday, the superstar duo released an official statement on the arrival of their daughter, saying, “Her birth was emotional and extremely peaceful, we are in heaven.”

Earlier that day, Jay-Z had also released a new song,  “Glory feat. B.I.C.”, celebrating his baby’s birth.

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Beyonce and Jay-Z have released an official statement on the birth of their daughter, Blue Ivy Carter.

It reads, “Hello Hello Baby Blue! We are happy to announce the arrival of our beautiful daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, born on Saturday, January 7, 2012.”

“Her birth was emotional and extremely peaceful, we are in heaven,” say the couple.

They add, “She was delivered naturally at a healthy 7 lbs and it was the best experience of both of our lives.”

The superstars conclude, “We are thankful to everyone for all your prayers, well wishes, love and support.”

Earlier on Monday, Jay-Z put out a new track called “Glory feat. B.I.C.”

The song celebrates his daughter’s birth, and even includes audio of her crying.

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Jay-Z has released a brand-new track featuring… his brand-new daughter!

“GLORY feat. B.I.C.” was just posted to the rapper’s website, along with the simple message: “Life just got REALLY good.”

The song features the sound of little Blue Ivy Carter crying.

It also contains the revelation that Beyonce had previously suffered a miscarriage before.

But the song is mostly devoted to Jay’s sheer delight in welcoming his daughter (and now musical collaborator) to this world.

How’s that for a fast entry into the family business?

Listen to the track below!

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The OBGYNs at MediaTakeOut have another announcement!

Yes, the reality-challenged site that repeatedly claimed Beyonce was NOT pregnant – less than two months before she gave birth – now says Kim Kardashian is “sporting a BABY BULGE!!!”

“How much you wanna bet this chick is KNOCKED UP!!!” declares MediaTakeOut.

Um, we’re gonna “bet” she isn’t.

Kardashian herself acknowledged that she’s put on a few pounds in a tweet late Sunday, responding to a follower’s rude message (“OMG! You are fat!”) by saying, “I will start QuickTrim ASAP then geez!”

Of course, MTO assumes that any weight gain must be related to pregnancy.

But the site is as wrong now as it’s been in the past on all things Kardashian in the past.

A source close to Kardashian assures Gossip Cop she isn’t expecting a baby.

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Beyonce and Jay-Z are parents!

Music’s most famous couple welcomed a baby girl on Saturday and named her Blue Ivy Carter.

Gwyneth Paltrow, a close friend of the new mom and dad, tweeted on Sunday morning, “Welcome to the world Blue! We love you already.”

Rihanna also took to Twitter to wish the newborn the best. She wrote, “Welcome to the world princess Carter! Love Aunty Rih.”

The little girl’s real aunt, Solange Knowles, weighed in, too. “The most beautiful girl in the world,” she tweeted.

Earlier on Saturday, Gossip Cop noted that Beyonce had checked into New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital.

Beyonce announced she was pregnant at the MTV Video Music Awards in August.

It’s worth noting that last week’s rumors about Beyonce entering St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital to deliver her baby were proven false when, still pregnant, she enjoyed New Year’s Eve out in Brooklyn with Jay-Z.

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According to the New York Daily News, Beyonce has checked into Lenox Hill Hospital and is set to give birth.

Reps for the singer and her husband, Jay-Z, have not returned requests for comment.

The newspaper reports that Beyonce checked into the hospital under the name “Ingrid Jackson,” and confirmed with an employee that a woman by that name was in a “labor room.”

At the moment, there is no independent verification.

Gossip Cop is working to confirm the Daily News report.

It’s worth noting that last week’s rumors about Beyonce entering St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital to deliver her baby were proven false when, still pregnant, she enjoyed New Year’s Eve out in Brooklyn with Jay-Z on Saturday.

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Beyonce and husband Jay-Z celebrated their last New Year’s Eve as a family of two with a special dinner in Brooklyn on Saturday.

The couple, who are expecting their first child, dined at Buttermilk Channel, leaving before the clock struck midnight.

The sighting put to rest rampant speculation that Beyonce had already given birth.

The stars later joined Beyonce’s sister Solange Knowles at her New Year’s party, where Jay-Z provided the champagne.

“Shout out to my sister for being THE cutest pregnant woman ever,” Solange tweeted after the festivities.

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1. Amy Winehouse Death

The 27-year-old singer was tragically found dead in her London apartment on July 23. Fans and music lovers mourned the loss of the enormously talented artist, who was later found to have drank herself to death.

2. Charlie Sheen Implosion

During his infamous meltdown, Sheen destroyed a room at the Plaza Hotel, referred to his boss as “whatshiscock,” and called founding father Thomas Jefferson a “p*ssy.” The implosion resulted in the loss of his lucrative gig on “Two and a Half Men,” but produced such gems as “winning” and “tiger blood.”

3. Arnold Schwarzenegger Love Child Revelation

The world was shocked when Maria Shriver separated from her husband of 25 years, but it all made sense a week later, when Schwarzenegger admitted to fathering a love child with their housekeeper 13 years ago.

4. Kim Kardashian Marriage and Divorce

After the world endured endless media coverage of her engagement and over-the-top wedding, the reality star filed for divorce from Kris Humphries after a mere 72 days of marriage.

5. Lindsay Lohan Legal Woes

It all started with a necklace. After the actress was accused of stealing from a Venice, California jewelry store last February, Lohan spent the majority of the year dealing with the consequences of the charges — on house arrest, in court and in jail.

6. Beyonce Pregnancy

The singer’s announcement at the MTV Video Music Awards was so huge, it set a Twitter record. And despite the bizarre conspiracy theory that her baby bump is fake, Beyonce is due to give birth very soon.

7.  Ashton Kutcher Cheating Scandal

Celebrity news outlets waited anxiously for some response from Demi Moore and Kutcher after the bombshell broke that he allegedly cheated on her the night of their sixth wedding anniversary. Six weeks later, Moore filed for divorce. 

8. Justin Bieber Paternity Lawsuit

Mariah Yeater shook the feathers of Beliebers everywhere when she claimed the singer fathered her four-month-old son. The Biebs maintained he had “never met the woman,” and consented to take a paternity test. Leaked text messages from Yeater later indicated she made the whole thing up in the hopes of scoring a major payday.  

9. Michael Jackson Trial

The soap opera of determining who was responsible for the King of Pop’s 2009 death finally came to an end in November, when Dr. Conrad Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to four years in jail.

10. Celebrity Hacking Scandal

After nude photos of Scarlett Johansson and Vanessa Hudgens hit the web, the FBI launched an investigation into the hacking scandal, and made an arrest in October. Christopher Chaney was accused of hacking dozens of celebrities’ personal email accounts, including Johansson, Hudgens, Christina Aguilera and Mila Kunis.

11. Courtney Stodden

When the teenager’s marriage to 51-year-old actor Doug Hutchison made headlines, you may have asked, “Who is this person and where did she come from?” But eventually, the world came to know and love the 17-year-old exhibitionist, her holiday traditions, and stellar music videos.

Which other celebrity news stories did you think were big this year?

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In a new interview with Katie Couric, Beyonce addresses those persistent, bizarre rumors that she’s “faking” her pregnancy.

“You know, there are certain things that are so far… it doesn’t even upset you,” says the superstar, adding, “It’s so ridiculous and over the top.”

Her mom wasn’t so cool about bogus talk of a faux baby bump.

“My mother, she’s like, ‘Nobody’s talking about my grandbaby, my grandbaby’s not even here yet!… I don’t like it!’”

Beyonce also discusses her reported cravings for chili sauce and ketchup (not true), her plans to take some time off, and the decision to make the pregnancy announcement at the MTV Video Music Awards.

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Beyonce has debuted her video for “Dance for You.”

The black-and-white video is inspired by the film noir detective movies of the 1930s and 1940s, mixing shadows and Beyonce’s seductive dancing for an extremely lucky private eye.

It’s definitely a stylistic change from some of her recent videos.

What do you think of “Dance for You”?

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For some reason, MediaTakeOut refuses to accept the fact that Beyonce is pregnant with her first child.

Today, the blog perpetuates its bizarre claim that the six-months pregnant singer is either fabricating or exaggerating her pregnancy by wearing a fake baby bump, alleging she’s now also wearing “prosthetic breasts.”

In yet another misguided “WORLD EXCLUSIVE,” MediaFakeOut promises to have “100% INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE” that Beyonce was wearing fake boobs during a television appearance on Sunday.

MTO says while the “Love on Top” singer was promoting her Live at Roseland DVD in New York, “She accidentally let one of her PROSTHETICS slip out.”

“Gee we wonder why a PREGNANT WOMAN – who is supposed to have a BIGGER BUST would need prosthetics?” offers the site, adding, “We also wonder what OTHER prosthetics the chick has on.”

As its supposed “evidence,” MTO shows a close-up of Beyonce’s chest from the TV segment, focusing on what seems to be either a wrinkle in the skin or a pasty (used as a substitute for a bra when one is wearing a low-cut dress), as proof she
“has a prosthesis on her right breast!”

Uh-huh.

It’s really time MediaTakeOut just admit Beyonce is pregnant, and stop posting ludicrous stories claiming she’s wearing a prosthetic baby bump, that her stomach looks like a sack of potatoes, or that she’s wearing other fake body parts to scam the public as part of some sort of elaborate pregnancy hoax.

The only ones faking anything here are the “reporters” at MTO.

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We don’t know how to break this to MediaTakeOut, but… Beyonce is pregnant.

The superstar and Jay-Z are (really) expecting their first baby.

She’s even designing her own maternity line.

It’s not a hoax. It’s not fake. It’s not a publicity stunt.

Beyonce is pregnant, and she’s set to give birth in February.

But for some reason, MediaTakeOut keeps posting stories that suggest Beyonce is either fabricating or somehow exaggerating the pregnancy.

The site charges that she wore a “prosthetic baby bump” to fool people at the MTV VMAs.

It’s declared that it’s “not humanly possible” for Beyonce to look the way she looks.

And now, as her due date draws ever closer and MTO’s nonsense looks more and more foolish, the site is still desperately insisting that Beyonce is running some kind of belly scam.

In a “WORLD EXCLUSIVE” today, MediaTakeOut claims to have stunning new pictures of “Beyonce’s STOMACH… And It’s All LUMPY… Like A Sack of Potatoes!!”

Yes, that’s actually the new MTO premise: There’s something fishy about Beyonce’s lumpy bump, because it looks like she’s carrying a sack of potatoes.

“Then again, maybe this is just another OPTICAL ILLUSION,” speculates the site.

Gossip Cop thinks MediaFakeOut is confusing delusion for illusion.

It’s probably time for MTO to own up to past mistakes and just admit that Beyonce is pregnant.

That way, we could avoid wild theories that describe her “lumpy” belly as potato-like.

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Beyonce‘s longtime friend and former Destiny’s Child bandmate, Kelly Rowland, let slip that the singer and her husband Jay-Z are having a baby girl.

While attending Cosmopolitan‘s “Ultimate Women of the Year Awards” in London on Thursday, Rowland noted how “excited” she is for parents-to-be Beyonce and Jay-Z, before blurting, ”I have no idea what I’m going to buy Beyoncé at the baby shower because Jay is going to buy that little girl every single thing possible. She won’t be spoiled, but she will be very well looked-after.”

Whoops.

“That little girl…”?

“She won’t be spoiled…”?

“She will be very well looked-after”?

Gossip Cop reached out for a confirmation from Beyonce’s spokeswoman, but apparently she’s not as chatty as Rowland.

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Madonna has absolutely no friends, reports Star, which claims the singer’s former bevy of A-list pals “have turned their backs on her!”

A so-called “source” for the tabloid says, “She used to have a huge group who adored her. But now Gwyneth Paltrow, Stella McCartney, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Kate Hudson, Fergie and everyone else have dumped her.”

How come?

According to the alleged insider, it all started when Madonna “got a little too flirty” on one occasion with Paltrow’s husband, Chris Martin.

“When Gwyneth’s relationship with Madonna soured,” explains the source, “She got her friends in that circle to dump [Madonna] too.”

The mag asserts the “Like a Prayer” singer is “really lonely,” and was recently “banned from Stella’s 40th birthday party and dad Paul‘s wedding.”

Actually, Star is just really desperate for material, so it decided to rehash an old story about a supposed feud between Madonna and Paltrow, which wasn’t true then and still isn’t true now.

A rep for Madonna tells Gossip Cop the tab’s tale is “ridiculous,” noting, “She was just with Stella McCartney,” and doesn’t even know Beyonce, Hudson or Fergie.

Oops.

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Beyonce would like to remind you that not all of her curves are baby bump-related.

The mother-to-be, whose belly got a lot of attention in the just-released “Countdown,” has now unleashed “Love on Top,” which shows quite a bit of her famous body from before her pregnancy was evident.

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Not only is Beyonce pregnant — despite outlandish claims about her wearing a “fake bump” — but she’s embracing it so much that she revealed to the November issue of Harper’s Bazaar how she’s designing her own maternity line within her House of Dereon collection.

“All I see now are clothes that are flattering on a pregnant woman,” she says. “It’s been so exciting for me! I love figuring out designs that still make me feel edgy and sexy while pregnant.”

The “Countdown” singer adds, “I’ve had so much fun with fashion over the months,” admitting that she spends “too much money shopping on the Internet.”

Beyonce also shares how she decided to announce her pregnancy at the MTV Video Music Awards in August.

“I put a lot of thought into how I wanted to unveil it. It was important to me that I was able to do it myself,” she explains.

“I didn’t want a crazy picture or gossip story to break the news, so I decided to say nothing and proudly show my baby bump. I felt it was more powerful to see the love and enthusiasm as opposed to saying anything.”