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GMA Network
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- GMA Network
Michelle Dee reacts to 'Reyna' performance of 'Pinoy Big Brother' housemates
Michelle Dee and Rhian Ramos watching Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition 'The Big Carnival'. Screenshot from video posted on mmd TikTok Michelle Dee couldn't hide her joy over the "Reyna" performance of the "Pinoy Big Brother" housemates during "The Big Carnival." On TikTok, the Kapuso beauty queen shared a reaction video on the full performance of Klarisse De Guzman, AZ Martinez, Xyriel Manabat, Mika Salamanca, and Shuvee Etrata. Michelle was joined by Rhian Ramos in the video, who commended the housemates and said, 'Ang galing niyong lahat.' "DEE-stiny's Child, baby," Michelle said. "Thanks, Ate Klang, when you see this, I love you, thank you," she added. Michelle entered as a celebrity house guest back in April, where she bonded with her fellow blondies, Klarisse and Esnyr, and formed a group called "DEE-stiny's Child." "Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition" airs new episodes on GMA Network at 10 p.m. on weekdays and at 6:15 p.m. on weekends. —Hermes Joy Tunac/KG, GMA Integrated News
Japan Today
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Japan Today
Tina Knowles is tracing throughline of Beyoncé and Solange's success
By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Many of Tina Knowles' fondest childhood memories are of sitting under a pecan tree as her mother recited the history of their family, stretching back generations. Now, the mother of Beyoncé and Solange has given her own story to the world with 'Matriarch: A Memoir,' out this week. 'Beyoncé and Solange have been busy since they were little kids working, and Kelly (Rowland). … I've told them stories, but I don't even know if they really listened,' said the 71-year-old Knowles. 'When you're young, it's very few people that want to hear those stories about old times.' At 59, Knowles began recording voice notes of that history — adding in her contributions — after contemplating her mortality following her divorce from Mathew Knowles after a three-decade marriage. The recordings were meant only for her grandkids and future great-grandchildren, before eventually becoming the book's foundation. The 432-page Oprah's Book Club selection explores a vast range of topics, including her enslaved great-grandmothers, her entrepreneurial spirit, the Houston childhoods of Beyoncé and Solange, her infidelity-plagued first marriage, Destiny's Child's struggle to get a record deal, and the blatant racism her family experienced navigating a segregated United States. (She was once allowed to briefly sit in the front of a whites-only bus as a child, disguised by her fair skin tone.) But you won't find juicy details from the protective mother; there's no mention of the infamous 2014 Met Gala elevator incident between Jay-Z and Solange, or of Kanye West taking the mic from Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV VMAs in his attempted defense of Beyoncé. This is Celestine Beyoncé's story — not her children's — still intriguing and very personal, revealing she was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer last year. She had initially left it out of the book. 'I just wanted to keep it to myself … as I went through that process of getting the surgery and all of that, there were things that I felt that I needed to share,' said Knowles, who is now cancer-free after surgery and treatment, and urges women to make mammogram appointments and get second opinions. Knowles, who next month will launch a nine-city book tour that will include conversations with famous friends like former first lady Michelle Obama and Tyler Perry (she also hints at 'family' joining her at some stops), spoke with The Associated Press about receiving due credit, regrets as a parent and finding happiness. Answers have been edited for clarity and brevity. AP: Some may have thought of you as only Destiny's Child's stylist or Beyoncé's mom. Is there a desire to get due credit? KNOWLES: I gave a lot of people credit for things — and I'm fine with that — but this is all about my truth. I definitely feel like I was a driving force, and I can say that now without feeling like — I was taught as a kid to just be super humble and to not ever brag. … I think I've dimmed my light for so long, I don't want to do it anymore. AP: There are events involving Beyoncé or Solange that you barely mentioned — if you mentioned them at all — like the reasons surrounding Destiny's Child's breakup. Why exclude your perspective? KNOWLES: I don't think that's important, because from that time, everyone has flourished and just moved on from that. And I just choose to focus on the positives in life. … I don't feel like it's a need to harp on those things. I don't want to talk about them. AP: In highlighting the differences between Solange and Beyoncé, you describe how Solange loved school and craved structure, and you weren't always able to provide that as Destiny's Child began to take off. Why be so vulnerable with your parenting mishaps? (Solange, not wanting to travel or leave friends, eventually stayed with a family friend for a period of time for consistency.) KNOWLES: Solange has been a speaker of truth since she was little … she was the one that was in my case all the time. 'Cause she's like, 'Mom, you're just so irresponsible when it comes to school.' I just felt like that was healing for me to talk about it. Because people think ... you're trying to be the perfect mother, and definitely, I was screwing up just like everybody else. And so, I was really wanting to be honest about my shortcomings. AP: Why did you mention the importance of teachers, negatively affecting your own confidence attending Catholic school, as well their impact on your daughters? KNOWLES: Some of them can be detrimental, and I go into detail about that because I realize that a teacher telling me that Beyoncé was slow in kindergarten and that she needs to repeat the grade and it's December — that woman could have messed up my child's life. We wouldn't even have a Beyoncé today if I had listened to her. You gotta fight for your kids. I hope that lesson came through loud and clear. … That was important to me because I see a lot of parents that don't, and my mom didn't protect me. AP: Have Beyoncé and Solange read the book yet? KNOWLES: By the time I finished the book and I was ready to share it with them, both of them were on these really crazy schedules and I just didn't want them to feel, 'Oh, I got to stop and go read a book.' So, I sent them all of their parts and they approved the parts. AP: Did they asked you to cut anything after they read their parts? KNOWLES: No. They were in agreement with everything. AP: What do you hope readers will take away from 'Matriarch'? KNOWLES: Your life, whatever it is, cannot just center around everyone else but you. And it took me a long time — I had to be 59 years old before I realized I deserve to be happy. And I deserve to have the things that I deserve, and not feel bad about it, not feel guilty about it. I'm going to live my life — live my best life, as the kids say. © Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
Washington Post
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
With ‘Matriarch,' Tina Knowles finally takes center stage
Among pop culture aficionados, few surnames have the cachet of Knowles. The family exploded into popular awareness when Beyoncé found fame as lead singer of the futuristic R&B girl group Destiny's Child then reached superstar status as a solo artist, becoming one of our era's most important cultural figures. Meanwhile, her younger sister, Solange, gained critical acclaim as a singer-songwriter with the release of her 2016 album, 'A Seat at the Table.' Their talents were honed by their forward-thinking manager and father, Mathew, who taught them the ins and outs of the music business, and their mother, Tina, who nurtured her daughters but also their fanbases. Despite being household names, one of the defining qualities of the family is their tight-lipped control of their story. Beyoncé and Solange rarely speak to the press and, much like the royal family, avoid commenting on negative stories. In 2011, when media reports began questioning whether Beyoncé was really pregnant with her first child with husband Jay-Z, the response from Knowles HQ was a firm 'no comment.' At the time, Beyoncé told her mother, 'Mama, you cannot address these ignorant people.' And yet, Ms Tina, as she's affectionately known by fans, is ready to address everyone. Her new memoir, 'Matriarch,' gives readers a peek behind the curtain at the successes and tragedies that shaped the famous family. Tina Knowles was born Celestine Ann Beyoncé in the tight-knit, coastal community of Galveston, Texas, in 1954, to a seamstress mother and longshoreman father. Affectionately known as Badass Tenie B in her youth for her propensity to find trouble wherever she went, Knowles paints a detailed portrayal of her early childhood as the youngest of seven children. Readers can envision the sturdy pecan tree that stood tall in the family's backyard, the dizzying rush of the crowds at the beach amusement park and the pounding patter of her padded feet as she ran across the floor in all-in-one pajamas. Knowles's descriptions of her youth, even her youngest years, are told in rich color with flourishes so detailed they may have come from stories shared by her older siblings and elders, possibly even from sessions spent rifling through local archives. Whatever the case, they conjure a fully realized world the reader can inhabit. As a fan of the Knowles family music empire, I was not expecting to uncover information I did not already know, but Knowles proved wrong. She delves deeper into her own backstory than ever before, and she gives an honest (although probably one-sided if we asked her ex-husband) account of the problems in her marriage, including Mathew's many affairs. As forthcoming as she can be, there are also portions of history that have been conspicuously excised, namely the exit of the early Destiny's Child members; perhaps this is too contentious a topic to bring up, even now. It is clear from the title of her memoir that Knowles is keen to examine the female lineage, what it means to be a mother and how to find your identity as a woman both within and beyond those definitions. Across her life, we see Tina form a girl group (the Veltones), move to Los Angeles, marry and start a family, launch several thriving businesses (including her famous Houston hair salon Headliners), and divorce twice. While her business acumen and drive are clear themes throughout the book, so is her propensity to be a surrogate maternal figure to friends, family and young mentees. There is a way to see this as purely positive, an example of her open-minded philosophy on motherhood. 'Family isn't just about blood,' she writes. 'It's who you show up for.' But there was another side to her need to boost others up and live vicariously through them while she played down her own achievements. She recounts that, later in life and with the help of a therapist, she finally came to terms with her rocky relationship with her own mother, who taught her to 'dumb yourself down a little bit, hide your light so people won't be offended.' It is only later that Knowles learns that shame is not the same thing as humility. She continues to rediscover herself, even in the face of a breast cancer diagnosis that she reveals late in the book. As her daughters accompanied her to a surgical appointment, she recalls, Solange lightened the mood by sharing the 'very demure, very mindful' viral meme of TikTok influencer Jools Lebron. 'I entered the surgical room laughing, thanks to them,' Knowles writes. It's a poignant moment of a lifelong caretaker being lovingly tended to, and an example that no identity is fixed. Although it took her until she was 71 years old, with 'Matriarch,' Knowles finally becomes the star of her own story. Stephanie Phillips is a music journalist and the author of 'Why Solange Matters.' A Memoir By Tina Knowles One World. 432 pp. $35
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tina Knowles Shares How She Raised Beyoncé, Solange and Kelly Differently: 'Couldn't Lump Them into One' (Exclusive)
When it comes to motherhood, Tina Knowles knows how to compartmentalize. The Matriarch author, 71, and mom to Beyoncé, 43, Solange 38, and who she calls her "bonus daughter," Kelly Rowland, 44, opens up to PEOPLE in this week's World's Most Beautiful issue about what it was like raising her talented girls in the spotlight. Knowles, who once sang in a girl group with friends and dreamed of stardom herself, grew up feeling loved, but limited. "My parents never said, 'Oh, you could be anything you want to be.'" Thus when she met and married first husband Mathew and they welcomed their own daughters, "I told my kids the sky's the limit every day." Related: Tina Knowles Confirms She's Dating a 'Very Nice Gentleman' After Divorce from Richard Lawson (Exclusive) They sure listened. Eldest Beyoncé, a quiet kid but naturally gifted singer and performer, spent her childhood in talent shows and girl groups, practicing at home in Houston or in her mom's salon while working to break into the music industry. When Destiny's Child took off like a rocket in the late '90s, it brought the whole family along for the ride. A skilled hairstylist and fashion designer, Knowles spent most of the 2000s behind the scenes creating avant garde looks for the Beyoncé-fronted super group, helping define the hit R&B act's unique style, before implementing the same winning strategy on her daughters' solo careers. Solange grew up to flex her dance skills as a choreographer with the group before later setting out on her own successful solo singing career. 'I always looked at my kids very differently,' says Knowles, speaking of her biological daughters as well as Beyoncé's best friend and longtime bandmate Kelly Rowland, whom she helped raise from age 11. Related: Tina Knowles on 'Horrendous' Rumors That Beyoncé Faked Blue Ivy Pregnancy: 'One of the Worst Times of My Life' (Exclusive) "All three have totally different personalities so I couldn't lump them into one category. And I always spent time with each one of them separately so that they could feel special.' As for what she got from her girls, "Beyoncé and Solange have taught me to be fearless and to not have hang ups. That's one of the biggest things that Beyoncé has taught me, is to just take a compliment and say thank you." Solange, on the other hand, "has taught me how to just be fearless about dressing. She's like, 'Mom, go for it. Stop wearing a black suit every day.'" Related: Tina Knowles Reveals Breast Cancer Battle After Missed Mammogram: 'I Shudder to Think What Could Have Happened' (Exclusive) Most importantly, her girls have been there for her when she's needed them the most, which was last year amid her breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. "They were very supportive of me and very conscious of the fact that you have to get your mammograms on time," says Knowles, who writes in the book that her girls, including niece Angie Beyincé, serenaded her as she went into surgery. "I think we've always been very close," she says, "but it renewed our commitment to spending more time together because life can be short." Looking back over her incredible life, as she does in Matriarch, Knowles says "My journey has been filled with, oh God, so many obstacles, so many hardships, but it's also been filled with a tremendous amount of joy, love, laughter, dancing. Making women feel beautiful." But above all, she says, "being a mother, it's been the best part of it." Matriarch is available now, wherever books are sold. For more on Tina Knowles' life and loves pick up this week's issue of PEOPLE, available on newsstands everywhere Friday. Read the original article on People
CNN
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
‘Death Becomes Her' star Michelle Williams has some fun backstage with… Michelle Williams
It's not everyday that two famous performers with the same name are in the same room together, and Michelle Williams made sure to mark the occasion. Williams – the one formerly of Destiny's Child, who is currently starring on Broadway in the musical 'Death Becomes Her' – shared a video on Instagram on Thursday night which featured none other than Michelle Williams – the one formerly of 'Dawson's Creek,' who has gone on to be nominated for five Academy Awards and is currently starring in the new FX/Hulu series, 'Dying for Sex.' In the clip, Williams appeared in her backstage dressing room, remarking on the 'amazing' show she had just wrapped in front of a 'lit crowd.' She showed some photos that she had been asked to autograph – photos of the OTHER Michelle Williams, which is something she has mentioned happening before. Soon, the star currently on Broadway panned the camera over to reveal the other Williams, who asked, 'Who should I make it out to?' 'Would you make them out to me?!' Michelle Williams replied gleefully. 'Death Becomes Her' is based on the 1992 cult classic comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis that starred Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis. In the musical, Williams plays Viola Van Horn, based on the mysterious character immortalized in the movie by Isabella Rossellini, whose voice can be heard before curtain each night telling theater patrons to turn off their phones.
