Abu Dhabi F1 race play Aerosmith, Beyonce

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) An entertainment promoter says Beyonce and Aerosmith will headline concerts at the first ever Formula One race in Abu Dhabi.
Flash Entertainment said Monday the performers will open and close the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend next month.
Beyonce is slated to kick off the festivities on Thursday, Oct. 29. Aerosmith will wrap things up three days later. But the only way fans in the conservative Gulf city can look them is to buy tickets to the F1 race.
Concerts are also planned for Friday and Saturday, though the headliners haven't been announced.
Some of the attractions planned around the Emirati capital's first Formula One race include outdoor movies and free concerts — including one by hip-hop producer Timbaland — on the city's Persian Gulf beachfront.

Beyonce stirs Islamist ire in Malaysia again

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia's opposition Islamist party wants U.S. pop star Beyonce to cancel a planned concert in this Southeast Asian country, two years after it prevented the singer from performing, citing moral issues.
Foreign acts often draw protests by the Pan Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), whose youth wing succeeded in forcing Beyonce to cancel a 2007 concert and sought last year to prevent Canadian singer Avril Lavigne from performing in this mainly Muslim country of 27 million people.
"We are against western entertainment that promotes hedonism. We do not want our youth to be misled," said Ahmad Sabki, vice-president of PAS Youth, was quoted as saying in Thursday's New Straits Times newspaper.
Malaysia's image as a moderate Muslim country has been hit by the current sentencing to caning of a woman caught drinking beer.
Beyonce is due to perform in Malaysia on October 25 for the first time, if she is allowed, as part of a global tour, the newspaper said.
Earlier this month, Malaysia initially banned Muslims from attending a concert by U.S. hip-hop band The Black Eyed Peas, which was sponsored by Guinness, one of the brands owned by the world's biggest spirits group Diageo.
The ban was reversed, but a senior official said it was up to the individual's "better judgement" to attend the event.
PAS conservatism on cultural issues has caused problems for the three-member opposition alliance of which it is a part, said Zaid Ibrahim, a former law minister who is now a senior opposition politician.
"It is as if for PAS Youth, the effort to fight corruption, abuse of power and inciting racism is less important compared to the efforts to make sure the young who are just learning to love and wish to be entertained freely are obstructed from enjoying a little freedom," Zaid wrote on his website

Suri earmuffs buys Katie Holmes at Beyonce concert

Katie Holmes' daughter burst into tears at a Beyonce Knowles concert on Tuesday night.
Three year old Suri Cruise Katie's daughter with husband Tom Cruise was initially thrilled as she sat with her mother behind velvet ropes in the general admission section of the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia.
But when Beyonce took to the stage to perform her hit 'Crazy In Love', Suri started crying, hiding her face in Katie's coat to escape the bright lights and noise.
As soon as the number was over, Katie and Suri hurried out of the stadium, returning 15 minutes later with a pair of industrial ear muffs for the bambino.
A source said: "We were all a bit shocked when they left after the first song, but they were back before long, with Suri wearing a huge pair of earmuffs.
"She was much happier after that, and clapped and danced to the rest of the concert."
Katie, Tom and Suri have been living in Australia for the past two-and-a-half months while Katie films new horror movie 'Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark'.
They are expected to come back to New York this weekend.

LB Larry Foote: Lions look like Beyonce to me

What do the Lions and Beyonce have in common?
Nothing. Unless you’re linebacker Larry Foote, who seems to view them with equal admiration.
It’s understandable for a player to defend his team, but Foote’s response to some unflattering criticism of the Lions is a little beyond the pale.
Foote, who grew up in Detroit, is saying the Lions look like a young, talented, beautiful diva. But even in the most flattering lighting, that’s a stretch for a team that just lost its 18th straight game.
Foote was responding Monday to comments made by Fox announcer Chris Myers during Sunday’s game. Myers compared Foote winning Super Bowls in Pittsburgh to playing for his hometown Lions by saying: “That’s like going from dating Beyonce to Whoopi Goldberg.”
“That’s a stupid comment,” Foote said. “No disrespect to Whoopi. This is my team. Just from that statement, this team looks like Beyonce to me. So I’m happy with it.”
Foote was smiling a little when he said this, so I’ll cut him a little slack.

Beyonce marriage on Jay-Z opens

Jay-Z has lifted the lid on his marriage to Beyonce for the first time, after Oprah Winfrey prised the details out of him.
The 39 year old hip hop star has been with the 27 year old singer and actress for seven years, although they rarely talk about their relationship, and married in a very low key ceremony in New York in April 2008 which they unbroken secret even from close friends.
Jay-Z told Oprah in the new issue of O magazine: "The sad part is that we pained some, but people who love you understand, because at the end of the day, it's your day."