Saturday, May 21, 2011

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

MUSIC/ ALL STAR TRIBUTE SET FOR BEYONCE AT BILLBOARD AWARDS: Beyonce will receive a star-studded tribute during Sunday's Billboard Music Awards. The singer is set to be honored with Millennium Award and, according to media reports, First Lady Michelle Obama, Barbra Streisand, Lady Gaga, Bono and Stevie Wonder will take part in a tribute during the award show in Las Vegas. Beyonce recently contributed a music video to Obama's National Education Foundation, which works to fight childhood obesity. And, she also sang Etta James' "At Last" during the president's inauguration in January 2009. She also collaborated with Lady Gaga for their duets, "Video Phone" and "Telephone".

PEOPLE/ ROYALS RETURN FROM HONEYMOON: Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge have returned to the UK from their 10 day honeymoon in the Seychelles, St James's Palace has said. Royal officials had earlier declined to confirm where the couple were staying though media speculation had focussed on the Indian Ocean archipelago. The palace said couple had "thoroughly enjoyed their time together". They also thanked the Seychelles government for helping to make "the honeymoon such a memorable and special 10 days". The couple left for their honeymoon a few days after they were married on April 29 at Westminster Abbey. The duke briefly returned to his job as an RAF search and rescue helicopter pilot on Anglesey before the couple left for the exclusive North Island resort in the Seychelles. A Seychelles government statement said that the east African nation was honoured to have hosted the couple for a peaceful and private holiday. The Seychelles coastguard helped protect the couple's privacy as they stayed on North Island, the report added. On their last day the royal couple invited the coastguard ashore to personally thank them for their efforts. "They left happy and clearly content with their stay," the head of the Seychelles tourism board, who saw the couple leave on Friday, said in an interview. British High Commissioner Patrick Pillay said: "In a world of so much turmoil they bring a welcome and much needed breath of fresh air with their warmth and humility".

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