Beyonce looks like she could kick somebody’s ass all the while holding a telephone and wearing bedazzled shoes. That’s talent.  It looks like she’s thinking ‘Oh no you didn’t just say that did you?‘

These are the latest stills (I think) from Beyonce and Lady GaGa’s ‘Telephone‘ video. Lady GaGa has pop cans in her head for rollers which is quite genius.  This isn’t the first time the GaGa has used household items for decoration.  Or food products.

The other picture of Lady GaGa I’m not quite sure what her glasses are made of.  I’m thinking the chains may come from her personal collection of sex paraphernalia.

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Beyonce is at Macy’s Herald Square in New York promoting her fragrance Heat that she was very hands on with in developing:

“Every little detail reflects my personal style.  It’s a very sensual ad and it got steamy but it was still done with elegance. When I think of power, I think heat and being desired. I wanted something for women to feel they can seduce in a fragrance.”

“The most important thing for men is to like this fragrance. At the Grammys, I sprayed extra on me so people could smell me offstage. Jay said to me, ‘You got six Grammys and you smell good, too! ‘It’s all Heat,’ I said. ‘I hope everyone’s ready to catch the fever ”

To commemorate the launch, she had a building in Union Square (picture attached) illuminated with fiery red lighting.

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Madonna and Sting pose backstage at last night’s two-hour Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief that George Clooney put together along with Wyclef Jean to raise money for this devastating tragedy.

The show opened with Alicia Keys singing Prelude to a Kiss and saw some very remarkable performances by Madonna, Sting, Mary J. Blige, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Shakira, Bono, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce, Coldplay and more.  I’ve included some pictures of some of the performances but if you missed any of them my friend at Busy Bee Blogger has all the videos.  You really should watch the performances if you missed any of them.

Taking donations by phone (pictured):

• Jack Nicholson
• Stephen Spielberg
• Ellen DeGeneres
• Fran Drescher
• Jennifer Aniston
• Gerard Butler
• Jeremy Piven
• Taylor Swift
• Selena Gomez
• Colin Ferrell
• Chris Rock
• Charlize Theron
• Russell Brand

And lots more.  I’ve also included some pictures of celebrities arriving at the event as well as backstage.

If you didn’t donate and wish to, the wonderful people at ONTD have put together a very comprehensive list of the many different organizations you can donate to with website addresses and telephone numbers along with how much money ONTD has raised and how that can help the people of Haiti.

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Beyonce needs to take 6 months off to recharge her batteries she tells USA Today:

“It’s definitely time to take a break, to recharge my batteries,” “I’d like to take about six months and not go into the studio. I need to just live life, to be inspired by things again.”

But not before she performs at the Grammy Awards on January 31sth where she is nominated for 10 awards:

“I still haven’t really digested it yet I was focused so much on my husband’s birthday — I threw a big party — that I didn’t really think about it. But it’s really an honor.”

In the spring, Beyonce launched a 110 city tour that included plenty of sight seeing despite the hectic schedule:

“when I got home, I wrote out a contract with myself. I made a list of everything I want to do that has nothing to do with music. Well, some of it does. But I promised myself that I would not go back on tour or in the studio until I finished these things.”

Those things included:

Random things. I want to go to restaurants, maybe take a class, see some movies and Broadway shows.”

But she’s really looking forward to spending time with her nephew:

“He’s a wonderful kid, amazing, so smart. And I spoil him, so it’s a lot of work. He’s a 24-hour job.”

The break will not come easy for her:

“It will be the hardest thing in the world for me to make myself not do an album and shoot a video and turn it in and say, ‘I’m ready!’ I already have all these melodies and ideas in my head. I have to tell myself, ‘Sit down! Sit down!’ “

I hope she takes time off.  I can only imagine what she will come back with when her batteries are recharged!

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Some celebrities have headed to Saint-Barthelemy Island in Gustavia, St. Barth’s for the holiday season where Usher and Beyonce were seen at VIP Club Nicky ringing in the New Year.

Meanwhile Lily Cole and her boyfriend Enrique Murciano were seen shopping in St. Barths as well as Marc Jacobs and his husband Lorenzo Martone.

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Glee’s Cory Monteith is in Toronto eating french fries…mmmmmm…french fries

Justin Timberlake is in Los Angeles filming ‘The Social Network’ and looking very happy to see a photographer taking his picture

Rihanna looks lovely in red as she attends her Nokia gig afterparty for the release of her new album

Beyonce and Jay-Z are seen attending the same party

Katherine Heigl looks through some personal items from her moving truck

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