Beyoncé is ready to receive you now. From the chair where she’s sitting, in the conference room of her sleek office suite in midtown Manhattan, at a round table elegantly laden with fine china, crisp cloth napkins, and take-out sushi from Nobu, she could toss some edamame over her shoulder and hit her sixteen Grammys, each wall-mounted in its own Plexiglas box. She is luminous, with that perfect smile and smooth coffee skin that shines under a blondish topknot and bangs. Today she’s showing none of the bodaciously thick, hush-your-mouth body that’s on display onstage, in her videos, and on these pages. This is Business Beyoncé, hypercomposed Beyoncé—fashionable, elegant, in charge. She’s wearing the handiwork of no fewer than seven designers, among them Givenchy (the golden pin at her neck), Day Birger et Mikkelsen (her dainty gray-pink petal-collar blouse), Christian Louboutin (her pink five-inch studded heels), and Isabel Marant (her floral pants). She does not get up—a video camera has already been aimed at her face and turned on—so you greet her as you sit down. You have an agreed-upon window of time. Maybe a little more, if she finds you amusing.
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Saturday (August 11) Before Beyonce took to the stage at the United Nations General Assembly Hall to shoot the video for “I Was Here,” She had a brief sit down with Anderson Cooper to discuss World Humanitarian Day & what made her want to get involved.
R&B singer Luke James’career began buzzing a little over a year ago, and now he’s on his way to having a career hotter than a Lousiana summer.
The New Orleans native recently received a call breaking the news that he would be opening for Beyonce’s highly anticipated Memorial Day Weekend Revel Concert in Atlantic City, and it’s all seemed like a whirlwind of rehearsals and amazing music since.
Bursting onto the scene with his breakout hit “I Want You,” Luke James has been working non-stop to fulfill his dream- music.
GlobalGrind managed to catch up with Luke during his rehearsal time with Beyonce to chit-chat about opening for King Bey, going to school with Frank Ocean, and of course the juicy stuff-sex.
Check out GlobalGrid’s exclusive interview below!
GlobalGrind: How did you end up linking up with Beyonce?
Luke James: Well, basically, that all happened through my manager, Frank Gatson who works side by side with her throughout her career. She’s known of me since I’ve started in this business and what not. And I guessed it just felt right. My manager approached her with the option of using me as far as an opening act and she agreed. So, that’s basically how it happened.
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