Solange Knowles: "I Don’t Have a Life in Hollywood"
Solange Knowles doesn’t want her three-year-old son, Daniel, to go into the family business.
“I’d love for him to be talented in other things,” Beyoncé’s 22-year-old little sister says. “I hope that he wants to be a…computer engineer.”
Since giving birth to Danielwhen she was just 18we haven’t seen or heard much from Solange…
But these days, she’s everywhere, because she has a new album to promote. Her sophomore effort, Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams, will be released August 26.
This is as fabulous as it gets for Knowles. “I don’t have a life in Hollywood,” Knowles told me the other day while running errands in L.A. “I don’t do s–t. Just work. I come home and take my son to the movies. I don’t go out. It’s only like the BET Awards or something like that, that I actually do something.”
Then there’s her serious side. Just look at the video for the new album’s first single, the Pharell Williams-written “I Decided.” Depicted throughout are archival footage and photographs from key moments in American history, like the Civil Rights movement.
“6 O’Clock Blues,” a collaboration with Amy Winehouse’s Grammy-winning producer Mark Ronson, hits on Hurricane Katrina and poverty, among other issues.
“I wouldn’t say that I’m political, but I’m definitely aware,” Knowles said.
But in the very next breath, she cooed, “I do have Obama fever.”
She met the presidential hopeful at a dinner not too long ago. “It was crazy because I had all these questions I wanted to ask him,” Knowles recalled. “But once I got in the midst of his presence, I totally felt like I was meeting a rock star.”
Unlike her obsessively private older sister, Knowles has no problem opening up about her personal life. She married football player Daniel Smith while she was pregnant with their son, but they divorced about three years later. However, she won’t let that spoil her dreams of finding love again. “I got married at 17, so I won’t judge from that one experience,” she said with a laugh.
So more kids on the horizon? “Yeah,” she said. “Maybe I’ll have two or three…or four!”
Amy Winehouse Packs a Punch at Glastonbury
Amy Winehouse Packs a Punch at Glastonbury
In typical form, Amy Winehouse managed to stir up a little controversy during her performance as part of the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England on Saturday night (June 28).
According to AP reports, following her hour-long performance with nearly 80,000 spectators on hand, Winehouse climbed down from the Pyramid stage and threw a punch at a fan.
A Canadian Press report tells: “It was unclear what sparked the altercation at the large music and performing arts festival in southwest England, but some witnesses said a fan tried to grab Winehouse.”
After checking out Jay-Z’s performance while standing alongside Beyonce Knowles, the troubled “Rehab” crooner then returned to the clinic she has been staying at to receive treatment for her drug addiction.
An onlooker tells: “Amy appeared worse for wear, and looked somewhat disheveled compared to how healthy she looked leaving the clinic only a few hours before.”
Don’t Mess With the Winehouse?
Fans, beware. Here comes Amy Winehouse’s latest hit.
Video has surfaced showing the 24-year-old soul diva getting into a scuffle with a concertgoer during her performance at Britain’s Glastonbury music festival on Saturday.
The Grammy-winning singer appears to jab her elbow at the crowd while singing “Rehab” in the mosh pit. Seconds later, Winehouse angrily throws a couple punches.
Asked about the incident, Winehouse’s rep said, “The ’lashing out’ was when someone tried to grab her hair and she reacted.”
What do you think? Did a fan get too close or did Amy make the first move?
Jay-Z Blasts Glastonbury With Brit Pop
Between Amy Winehouse brawling with fans and Jay-Z rubbing a little Brit pop in the nose of the naysayers, Glastonbury was the place to be this weekend.
Yeah, we missed it, too.
No worries. The Internet has Jay-Z’s performance all cued upwith some salty language, folksso those of us who couldn’t head over for the good times can enjoy the show. Tell us what you think.