It's Official: Beyonce is Pregnant!

The singer showed up to the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards wearing a gorgeous red gown. MTV Tweeted: "OMG Beyonce just made a huge announcement on the #vma carpet! #baby!!!!!"

Along with the announcement, MTV tweeted a red carpet photo of Beyonce holding her pregnant belly.

Congrats to Jay-Z and Beyonce, I'm sure there will be plenty more to celebrate! We definitely got this show started on a high note.

Last year, reports surfaced that Beyonce was pregnant with her first child. Beyonce and her mom both came forward saying the rumors were crazy right now.

"I want a whole bunch of kids — but after I’ve got certain things out of my system first," Beyonce said.

Let's just hope those certain things aren't totally out of her system, we want to see Beyonce at many, many more VMAs.

Back In June, Beyonce appeared on Piers Morgan tonight, when Piers asked her about turning 30.

"I feel like a woman. I feel like I'm very aware of who I am. I feel great and I feel like 30 is the ideal age [to start a family]," Beyonce said.

Considering the fact that Beyonce looks like she's about 4-5 months along, she had to have known she was pregnant during this interview. I wouldn't be surprised if craft services consisted of ice cream, pickles, and sardines.

"You're mature enough to know who you are and to have your boundaries and your standards, and not be afraid, too polite — but you're young enough to be a young woman," she told Morgan. "I'm so looking forward to it."

She then admitted: "I always said I'd have a baby at 30. But I also said I'm going to retire at 30 ... Only God knows."

Now God and the rest of the world know. So now that she's crossed off one item on her turning-thirty bucket list, does that mean she's going to retire, too? Say it ain't so, Beyonce!

“When you’re young – 18 or 19 – you have the energy and drive. That’s the time to work as hard as you can," Beyonce told Style magazine earlier this month.

"Now I’m a woman, and because I gave it my all, I can focus on my marriage. I can decide I want to have kids. I can be the mother I want to be and dedicate myself to my children,” she adds.

Congrats to Beyonce and Jay-Z. He's got 99 problems, and changing a diaper is definitely going to be one.

Beyonce was a winner before the show even started. Beyoncé nabbed Choreography for "Run the World (Girls)," beating out Gaga's "Judas," Britney Spears' "Till the World Ends" and Bruno Mars' "The Lazy Song." Perry, meanwhile, who entered the night as the most-nominated artist, secured Special Effects for "E.T."

Beyonce admits angering Egyptian men with live performance

Pop superstar Beyonce has revealed how an Egyptian concert didn't go quite to plan after the local men were angered by their wives dancing along to the songs.

The Best Thing I Never Had singer told the story of how she was surprised to see the Egyptian women enjoying themselves whilst wearing burkas, even if it did upset their partners.

Despite protests from Islamic groups ahead of the concert who did not approve of her risqué routines, the 29-year-old's gig at Port Ghalib on the Red Sea was a big success.

In a new interview with Harper's Bazaar UK, she said: 'There were a lot of women in the audience in burkas. They were singing along to Irreplaceable - it was amazing!

'Some of the men got really upset! They were like to their women, 'We have to get you out of here!'... I guess some of them [men] do get annoyed. But I never want to do 'the banner thing'.'

The star also suggested that she needs to rebrand feminism.

Asked if she is a feminist, Bey said: 'I don't really feel that it's necessary to define it. It's just something that's kind of natural for me.

'I feel like... you know...it's, like, what I live for. I need to find a catchy new word for feminism, right? Like Bootylicious.'

The wife of US rapper Jay-Z went on to open up about women she admires, admitting her good friend Gwyneth Paltrow, 38, is her role model.

Beyonce added: 'She pushes her boundaries all the time. You go to her house and she makes you feel like you never want to go home. She is what I strive to be one day.'

And it seems like Gwyneth is just as appreciative of her pal.

She said: 'She is what it means to be a superstar. No one else can sing and dance like that, while having humour and genuine bursting sweetness. She has her own recipe for it.

'I wanted my own character [in Country Strong], to have some of that mega-wattage. So I studied B. She was my homework.'

Jay-Z Had No Special Requests

Emily Eavis says Jay-Z was one of the most down-to-earth acts to have performed at Glastonbury.

The hip-hop superstar headlined the world-famous festival in 2008 and while the decision caused outrage is some parts, the organiser - daughter of Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis - insists the rapper and wife Beyonce Knowles behaved impeccably, despite their A-list status.

She said: "Often bands come in with ridiculous requests for passes for their entourage, but Jay-Z only asked for 18. Sometimes you get artists asking for Fiji water or special champagne - but no, none of that. They got totally stuck in. He came with the right attitude. That weekend, Jay-Z and Beyonce needed nothing extra."

When she booked Jay-Z, Emily was widely criticised but luckily her decision paid off because his performance was deemed as a huge success.

She said: "I took a massive risk and broke from the mould by booking Jay-Z in 2008. I'd been involved with helping to book bands for years but that year everyone said, 'What the hell is she doing bringing hip-hop to this lovely guitar-based festival? Damn this young upstart woman.'

As soon as you do something a bit different like Jay-Z, that becomes your trademark - all the criticism on me."

Jay-Z's wife Beyonce is set to headline this year's festival, along with U2 and Coldplay.

Glastonbury 2011 takes place from June 24-26 at Worthy Farm in Somerset, South East England

Beyonce Crippled By Shyness Offstage

R&B superstar Beyonce struggles to overcome crippling bouts of shyness when she's not onstage and often wishes she could simply "disappear" when she's in a room full of people.

The Crazy In Love hitmaker is never comfortable as the centre of attention unless she's in performance mode, and she admits large social gatherings are a big challenge for her.

She tells Dazed & Confused magazine, "I get really uncomfortable when I’m not performing on the stage or on a photo shoot and have too many people looking at me, expecting a performance. It makes me kind of shut down and become shy.

"I’m better at one-on-one conversations. I do become shy and a bit intimidated when it's a large group of people; I definitely retreat. At a big dinner I just hope that no one expects anything from me. I wish I'd disappear."

Beyonce Covers the July 2011 issue of Dazed & Confused{Scanned Pictures}

Beyonce continues her summer blitz, this time gracing the July 2011 cover of Dazed & Confused magazine:

What Beyonce's done with her year off

Beyonce has opened up about her hiatus from music in an article written for a U.S. magazine.

The pop superstar decided to take a nine-month extended vacation after working non-stop for several years and she has revealed she used her break to spend time with her family and husband Jay Z, visit museums, attend concerts and learn to cook.

She has written about her experiences for the latest issue of Essence magazine in an article titled "Eat, Play, Love" - a play on the book Eat, Pray, Love which became a movie starring Julia Roberts.

Beyonce writes, "I had talked about taking a vacation before, but always ended up in the studio after two weeks, so no one believed me. This time, though, I was serious. I was going to give myself a year to do the things I never get to do.

"Simple things like play with my nephew, pick him up from school, visit museums, go to concerts, see some Broadway shows, learn to cook a meal and spend time with my husband... Yes, I needed some relaxation, but I wanted inspiration too, from regular everyday things. They did not have to be over-the-top productions. I was looking for tiny moments that would speak to my heart and make me smile."

Jay-Z amazed by Beyonce`s talent

US rapper Jay-Z has gushed about his talented wife Beyonce after posting a video online of her rehearsing backstage.

The Crazy In Love hitmaker was preparing for her performance on the American Idol final.

And Jay-Z, 41, couldn't help but praise the 29 year-old's talent.

He wrote on his LifeandTimes website: 'Sometimes you need perspective. You've been right in front of greatness so often that you need to step back and see it again for the first time.'

He added: 'This is the dressing room rehearsal for American Idol. No microphone. No effects.'

Beyonce, Madonna honor Oprah in farewell shows

The stars came out to honor Oprah Winfrey in a pair of spectacular farewell shows taped in front of 13,000 ecstatic fans as the talk show queen wraps up her 25th and final season.

Tom Hanks served as host and cheerleader for the evening, telling Winfrey "tonight you are surrounded by nothing but love" as he thanked "a friend who had a classroom of millions" for everything she's done for her viewers.

Much was said about Winfrey's charity work, but even more was said about how she inspired her fans to lead better lives and help others.

Beyonce Speaks Out About Splitting From Manager Dad

Beyonce insists there’s no bad blood between her and her father Mathew Knowles after she dispensed with his services as her manager.
The music boss has been behind his daughter ever since she broke through with Destiny’s Child, but the pair parted ways earlier this year.

Speaking out about the split, Beyonce tells Billboard magazine there was no big falling out between father and daughter.

She says, “It’s not that anything bad happened between us. My family has my support always, and they support me, but when you’ve been working with the same people for 15 years, it’s natural to eventually have your own ideas.

“I believe that parents prepare their kids for the moment that they’re on their own (and), at this point, I’m taking everything my dad and my mother have taught me, and I’m able to do things my way.

“We were at a point where we’d learned so much from each other, and now it’s exciting for me to do this on my own and hire my own team. I’ve started managing myself.”

Beyonce reveals new album title

Pop superstar Beyonce has announced that her eagerly anticipated new album will be entitled "4" - a title she says is particularly significant to her.

The 29-year-old explained to Billboard the meaning behind the title for her fourth solo studio record.

The Run The World singer said: 'We all have special numbers in our lives, and 4 is that for me.

'It's the day I was born, my mother's birthday, and a lot of my friends' birthdays are on the fourth; April 4 is my wedding date.'

When asked about how she came to develop the new album, she added: 'I recorded more than 60 songs; everything I ever wanted to try - I just did it.'

Beyonce `shocked` by Egypt`s women

Beyonce has said that she was 'shocked' to see how women are treated in Egypt.

The 29-year-old singer recently visited the Middle East and said that while she was inspired by its beauty, she was taken aback by how restricted women are.

Talking to Billboard magazine, she explained, 'Once the sun went down, I saw not one woman - it was shocking and fascinating to me, because it was so extreme.

'I saw thousands of men walking down the street, socialising in bars, praying in mosques - and no women. I felt really proud when I performed and saw the strength that the women were getting through the music.

'I remember being in Japan when Destiny's Child put out Independent Women, and women there were saying how proud they were to have their own jobs, their own independent thinking, their own goals. It made me feel so good, and I realised that one of my responsibilities was to inspire women in a deeper way.'