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Friday, March 16, 2012

Moms Talk: Beyonce and Baby Blue under a Public Microscope

Celebrities have their every move picked apart, but what happens when those actions affect others? Patch columnist Nia Stanley looks at both sides.

Who's younger than 2 months, less than 10 pounds, has been featured on a hit song and already has a better life than most of us? Blue Ivy Carter. Hysterical fans and irate parents of children born at the same time and in the same hospital were there when the first child of power couple Jay Z and Beyonce was welcomed into the world. The Internet went crazy with rumors that the couple prevented other families from visiting with their loved ones because of a super tight security detail, that Jay Z paid to have the Empire State Building lit up with blue lights in honor of Blue Ivy Carter's birth and that the couple rented an entire floor of Lenox Hill Hospital to protect their privacy. This made me wonder why people were even on the floor to …

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Moms Talk: Beyonce's Example

The superstar's pregnancy announcement might just strike the right chord with impressionable young women.

I love award shows. I like to see what the stars are wearing, I like to see who wins what award, and when it’s a music-award show, there are performances by some of the world’s most famous artists. There’s also the possibility of some craziness happening during an awards show, such as Kanye West interrupting an acceptance speech or an overly excited Melissa Leo swearing in her Academy Award acceptance speech. Sunday night, the Video Music Awards aired on MTV and there was no shortage of crazy. Lady Gaga opened the show as a man (loved it). Katy Perry spent much of the evening with a yellow cube on top of her head. And Justin Bieber made a remark using the words "snake" and "Johnson" together that made adults everywhere squirm. For me, the …

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