Oscars won't 'Listen' — Beyonce disqualified in song race — Page 3

This is quite disturbing.

I HATE "Accidentally In Love."

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Beyonce will be thrilled about this i'm sure.
Jennifer Hudson better watch out

There it is.

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It's blatant racism. They're pushing Beyonce out of it because she's black...sort of.

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Let's all hate Beyonce. That will be fun. We can hate her all the way through to the Oscars. Then we can find someone else to hate.

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Let's all hate Beyonce.

Please, that show's been running for ages now.

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I said this on another thread, but I'll say it again. I simply do not get why the people who hate her have such a vitriolic reaction to her. It just doesn't make any sense to me. If people really hate her because of her father's management style or her mother's designs, I think that's completely ludicrous.

I never hear about the girl running around town getting wasted at clubs; she doesn't seem to be exploiting her body to sell her music; her last album is women-empowering; hell, she even travelled with an all-female band! Seriously, I don't get why the f--k people get all knotted up over this girl.

Every single thing she says or does gets scrutinized and misconstrued (usually deliberately). I've seen her be nothing but gracious and humble throughout this whole Dreamgirls blitz and get she just can't catch a break.

What's funny is that virtually every bit of press I see for Eddie Murphy has him mentioning that originally he wasn't going to do the film because he wasn't going to be paid enough. I've seen no one ripping that apart. If Beyonce had said something like that, the sniping bitches would never let it go.

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Updated On: 1/3/07 at 11:54 AM

Actually Beyonce has said she was paid less for Dreamgirls than any movie she's been in so far. And it didn't matter to her AT ALL, because she really wanted to be in it.

All of the stars took pay cuts to be in the movie, otherwise the budget would be around $100 million instead of $80 million. Whether or not they have any percentage points, or back-end "bonuses" on it, I have no idea. I'm sure they have a completely separate deal for the soundtrack, the DVD, likeness licensing (like the dolls, etc.) as well as their other various duties on the film. (i.e., producing songs, or co-writing, etc.)

But this was a labor of love for Beyonce, Jamie and Eddie. They agreed to work for less bucks, because they knew it was a great project that would allow them each to shine in ways they hadn't before.

*waits for some snarky spin on how evil Beyonce is for doing that*

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Oh my GOD. She should have taken MORE money and GIVEN THE DIFFERENCE TO CHARITY!!!!

Selfish bitch.

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"Love You I Do?" What is that? A song for Yoda?

In 2001, Beyoncé won the "Songwriter of the Year" award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) Pop Music Awards. She is the second female and first African-American female songwriter ever to accomplish this.

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