Subject: Beyonce Knowles

• All Up in the Ozone

  July 19, 2007

• Beyonce: Still Trippin’

  August 2, 2007

• Googlism with Houston Musicians, or Why Beyonce Is Stealing My Mojo

  January 31, 2008

• I Must Know Immediately If Beyonce and Jay-Z Are Married!

  April 7, 2008

• When Little Sisters Attack: Solange Sounds Off

  August 6, 2008

• Welcome Back, Beyonce

  October 8, 2008

• Ike Can't Stop Parker Elementary's 50th Birthday

  October 13, 2008

• Beyonce and Luke the Drifter

  Because her public appearances are stage-managed to the hilt, and otherwise she generally stays out of trouble (or out of sight altogether), Beyonce is of constant interest but limited use to gotcha!-media outlets like TMZ. "It's hard to imagine Beyonce scratching an itch without undergoing a little media training first," Blender senior editor Jonah Weiner writes in "Pop Dopplegangers," an interesting article Rocks Off ran across today on Slate.com. Playing off Beyonce's decision to reco

  November 26, 2008

• Knowles Sisters' Ike Benefit Cancelled

  Next Tuesday's "Hope for the Holidays" concert with Beyonce and Solange Knowles, which was going to be taped to air December 21 on the cable music network Fuse, with proceeds benefiting the Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund, has been cancelled. No further information was immediately available. - Chris Gray

  December 4, 2008

• Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers

  You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were demolished by a Midwestern black man, and gender barriers were hurdled by an Arkansan and an Alaskan.Democracy has a few awesome new dance moves rolling into the Obama presidency, and it'll be a feast for

  December 31, 2008

• The Return of Chart Check: Beyonce Runs "Rings" Around the Competition

  [Note: Chart Check is back, now spotlighting Texans on this week's various Billboard lists.] The Billboard 200 (albums) 4. Beyonce, I Am... Sasha Fierce 8. Jaime Foxx, Intuition Hot 100 (singles) 2. Beyonce, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" 19. Beyonce, "If I Were a Boy" Digital Songs 5. Beyonce, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"

  January 15, 2009

• At Last: Beyonce Serenades President & Mrs. Obama

  Beyonce stepped back into her Cadillac Records character Etta James to sing "At Last," and sing the hell out of it, for President and Mrs. Obama's first dance at last night's HD Neighborhood Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C. It's hard to imagine either a better singer or song for the occasion - sorry, Etta - especially the line "I found a dream that I could speak to/ A dream that I could call my own." Cadillac Records, which by the way is excellent, is due on DVD March 10.

  January 21, 2009

• Chart Check: Texans on Amazon.com

  [Rocks Off scrolled through the various Top Sellers lists on Amazon.com this afternoon to see which albums by Texas artists are moving, and where.] Top Sellers Overall 2. Steve Martin, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo 7. Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel, Willie and the Wheel 14. Buddy Holly, Memorial Collection Top 40 2. Beyonce, I Am... Sasha Fierce 8. Jamie Foxx, Intuition MP3 Downloads 5. Beyonce, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" 30. Beyonce, "If I Were a Boy"

  February 4, 2009

• Child of Fate

  March 12, 1998

• Chart Check: Texans on Billboard

  A periodic look at how Lone Star natives are faring in the national music biz...Hot 100 (singles) 10. Kelly Clarkson, "My Life Would Suck Without You" 12. Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain, "Blame It" 16. Beyonce, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" 21. Beyonce, "Diva" 41. Beyonce, "Halo" Billboard 200 (albums) 6. Beyonce, I Am... Sasha Fierce 9. Jamie Foxx, Intuition 87. Miranda Lambert, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 100. Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel, Willie and the Wheel

  March 11, 2009

• Beyoncé: I Am...Sasha Fierce

  December 11, 2008

• Turkeys of the Year

  DA Chuck Rosenthal flies off with top honors

  November 27, 2008

• Single File

  November 27, 2008

• Beyoncé's Back

  November 20, 2008

• Product Lines of the Rich and Famous

  On sale now

  April 26, 2007

• Dream Works

  But it's not perfect. Jennifer Hudson nails it as a well-worn tale struggles to transcend the Ray model

  December 28, 2006

• Pop Quiz

  A quick check of your pop-princess savvy

  September 14, 2006

• The Edge of the Spotlight

  Trouble for "Texas Troubadour" Chris Knudson

  August 24, 2006

• Knowles: Destiny's Dad

  Mathew Knowles

  May 5, 2005

• Destiny's Child

  Destiny Fulfilled (Columbia)

  November 18, 2004

• Pop-Up Pop Stars

  With the help of city government, Matthew Knowles hopes to find the next Destiny's Child. You got a problem with that?

  August 19, 2004

• Give Fighting a Chance

  Cuba and Beyoncé fire up the soul of the South

  September 18, 2003

• Beyoncé

  Dangerously in Love (Columbia)

  August 7, 2003

• When Nelly Met Kelly

  A St. Louis rapper helps a hometown girl step out of the shadow of a multiplatinum band

  December 5, 2002

• Top Ten of 2001

  The top-ranked -- and stanked -- Chronicle stories of the year!

  January 10, 2002

• Best Local Girl Made Good

  Beyoncé Knowles

  September 20, 2001

• Girls to Women

  Houston's Destiny's Child scales pop chart, meets fans

  August 19, 1999

• This Week In Beyonce: Obsessed Rules, The Great Vienna Caper and More

  Just today, as Rocks Off was remarking that "people are sick of PG-13 kiddie-suspense movies where there's no graphic violence or tits," he was informed that Beyonce's PG-13 thriller Obsessed took the No. 1 spot at the box office last weekend with $25 million, and had the largest-grossing opening of any release for the last week in April - ever. Boy, is our thumb ever not on the pulse of America's cinematic tastes. It was an unusual week, even for Beyonce. Hot on the heels of the news of her fil

  May 1, 2009

• This Week In Beyonce: Obsessed No. 1 No More, Parisian Holiday, Glamour Cover, Dutch Tantrum and More

  Jezebel, via infdaily.comWell, what's Beyonce been up to this week? For starters, Wolverine blew B's semi-erotic thriller Obsessed out of the No. 1 box-office spot, notching $87 million last weekend. Obsessed was also edged by Matthew McConaughey's equally panned romcom Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, which took in $15.3 mil to Obsessed's $12.2 mil. No matter. Beyonce can sleep better knowing her movie will be the last non-blockbuster-type flick to top the box office until probably September. You kn

  May 7, 2009

• This Week in Beyonce: Bjork, BET Awards, "I Saw Beyonce at Burger King" and A Two-Year Break?

  TWIB may be folding up shop soon: B says she's considering taking a two-year break. Gay New York rapper Cazwell, self-described as "imagine if Biggie Smalls ate Donna Summer for breakfast, has a song called "I Seen Beyonce at Burger King" (see video above) on next month's album Watch My Mouth. Catchy and annoying! Even Bjork can't resist that darn "Single Ladies" dance, apparently. B pulled the modern-day Marie Antoinette move of converting one of her smaller apartments into a giant closet. Q

  May 15, 2009

• This Week In Beyonce: The Kanye Remixes "Ego," Crossing the Street, Hairstyle Retrospective, Jonas Brothers Love and More

  Can the world handle this much "Ego"? Kanye remixes B's latest hit. TWIB loves Beyonce so much that we even put up with people covering her songs, for example up-and-coming R&B crooner Mateo and Teairra Mari doing "Diva." "Diva" is definitely our word of the day, but then again, we are talking about Beyonce here. Who really does being a diva better than her? She can't even be bothered to cross the street on her own. Would you Be-weave all the accomplishments Beyonce has made already?

  June 18, 2009

• Gossip Girls

  June 18, 2009

• This Week In Beyonce: BET Awards, Remembering Jacko, Michelle Obama in Crowd and More

  Queen B: Rocks Off usually loves your style, but this just equals two words: Ask somebody. From one superstar to another: Beyonce pays tribute to Michael Jackson at her concert. "He taught me everything I know," she told the crowd at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center last week. Tyra vs. Beyonce: Who'd win?

  June 29, 2009

• This Week In Beyonce: Who Dares Cover the Queen?

  Not strictly a cover, just one of those things we never get tired of posting... As if Queen B weren't (Sasha) fierce enough on her own, it seems her majesty's minions - let's face it, we're all her royal peons; there isn't anyone left on Earth who hasn't heard one of her songs, or doesn't tap their foot a bit when "Single Ladies" comes on - adore their queen so much that they dare to be like her. In this case, Rocks Off is speaking of the numerous individuals who dare to cover - or remix, or ma

  June 30, 2009

• This Week In Beyonce: B Acts... Like What?

  Rocks Off can't argue with the fact that Beyonce Knowles is a stone-cold fox when she gets on the microphone and belts out a song, dripping in glitter and wearing a barely-there outfit. Her voice is at once menacing and thundering, but also femininely fragile. Plus she has to be super-cool behind the scenes for Jay-Z to call her his girl, because we are pretty sure he doesn't dig on crazy women as much as we do. But sweet baby Jesus, she can't read lines or emote into a camera unless she's filmi

  July 1, 2009

• Aftermath: Beyonce at Toyota Center

  Photos by Daniel Kramer Imagine, if you will, being invited to the most lavish party, held just for you and about 15,000 of your closet friends. The host, a beauty from McGregor, whose only mission is to give her guests 100 percent of herself and satisfy their needs for a night of entertainment. In a nutshell, that is what going to a Beyonce concert is like. From the opening of the show when she tempts the audience with parts of "Deja Vu" and then goes into her first solo single "Crazy in Love,"

  July 6, 2009

• Beyonce: Not Just Dangerously In Love, Dangerous To Your Computer

  Daniel Kramer​Via the Houston site of examiner.com, anti-viral software company McAfee ranks Beyonce near the top of celebrities for whom Internet searches are likely to lead to pages containing spyware, viruses or other technology-borne maladies. Searching Beyonce and other boldfaced names like Jessica Biel (No. 1 this year), the study says, could lead to pages "designed to damage one's computer." And you thought that "Single Ladies" video was viral. Jennifer Aniston, Tom Brady and Jessica Si

  August 25, 2009

• Four Possible Reasons Jay-Z Is Skipping Houston on His Blueprint 3 Tour

  ​Self-proclaimed king-of-rap Jay-Z unveiled his autumn tour schedule last week. The 26-date jaunt - which began Monday night in Chi-town and winds down just in time for Thanksgiving - will take Hovito all around the world, from New York to London to Kentucky to noise-rock haven Providence, R.I., to Ontario to Mexico. He will rock El Paso; he'll thrill Austin. But the absence of a date for Houston - the hometown of wifey Beyonce - is perplexing, not to mention a bit insulting. Dude's gonna trea

  September 9, 2009

• Sound Off on The Kanye's Jackassery at Sunday Night's VMAs

  This is what happens when MTV pulls all its VMA footage from YouTube... their lawyers were up early this morning.​ By now you've seen or at least heard about Kanye West's latest bit of spotlight-grabbing at Sunday night's MTV awards - Rocks Off doubts morning-drive DJs are talking about little else (Serena Williams, cough) - when Mr. "Love Lockdown" interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech to let everyone know he thought Beyonce should have won. Which she did, a little later for Video of t

  September 14, 2009