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Associated Press
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Tina Knowles on her memoir, Beyoncé and 'Cowboy Carter'
Tina Knowles used to sit 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 in 'Matriarch: A Memoir.' She sat down with Associated Press entertainment journalist Gary Gerard Hamilton to discuss the book, why she calls Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' a 'masterpiece' and how Solange always held her accountable for her shortcomings as a parent.
Yahoo
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Celebrities tell all about aging, marriage and Beyoncé in these 10 bingeable memoirs
Hot weather is the perfect season for some hot gossip. Don't forget a juicy celebrity memoir in your beach bag this summer – there's nothing like a little industry drama to keep you company in the sand. Or, if nonfiction isn't your thing, check out some of the fiction titles on our summer most anticipated list. This year has seen plenty of binge-worthy new memoirs, like Jeremy Renner's retelling of his near-fatal snowplow accident, Brooke Shields' meditations on aging and Joan Didion's previously unpublished diary entries while in therapy. This list has something for everyone, with never-before-seen stories from Hollywood A-listers to content creators to sports icons. Brooke Shields' latest memoir is a vulnerable conversation about aging and womanhood. In 'Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old,' she argues that we need to destigmatize menopause and increase options for women who 'suffer in silence,' like hormone therapy and intervention. Her memoir touches on motherhood, friendship in middle adulthood, ambition and medical discrimination, including a nonconsensual surgery she experienced. Christie Brinkley's memoir packs in a lot, from her early modeling days to her romance with Billy Joel to her survival of a helicopter crash in 1994 and finding out her ex-husband Peter Cook cheated on her with an 18-year-old. Come for the charming story behind the song 'Uptown Girl,' and stay for an intimate look at Brinkley's passions and career. 'Matriarch' gives an inside look into the life of the businesswoman, designer and mother of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles. Tina Knowles shares her battle with breast cancer, the ups and downs of her marriage, discovering Beyoncé's talent and the early days of the 'Cowboy Carter' singer's relationship with Jay-Z. 'The Next Day: Transitions, Changes and Moving Forward' feels like 'a walk with a smart friend, one who takes counsel and shares hard-won advice,' USA TODAY's Laura Trujillo writes. Melinda French Gates takes readers through the transition period after her 27-year marriage to Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates ended, also touching on motherhood, guilt and childhood heroes. The actress and content creator's debut memoir gives readers a more intimate glimpse behind her 'Days of Girlhood' social media series and transition. Dylan Mulvaney unpacks the transphobia, backlash, acceptance and, ultimately, joy in this reflection of her pre- and post-transition life. 'We All Want to Change the World' is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 20th book, and it looks back on America's protest movements through the years, from free speech and civil rights to Black Lives Matter. Read for an intimate look at Abdul-Jabbar's first-hand activism experience, including when he met Martin Luther King Jr. Perfect for Hollywood gossip lovers, this memoir from the former head of Vanity Fair has plenty of name drops and insider lore. Among the biggest revelations are the story of how the Oscars' afterparty 'institution' was born and how disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein got banned from it. If you loved 'The L Word,' check out this memoir from the actors who played Shane and Alice. In 'So Gay for You,' Hailey and Moennig write about their early auditioning days and time on the show, bringing readers into their lasting friendship and what it was like to be the faces of lesbian culture in the early 2000s. You've seen her on "Survivor" and "The Traitors,' but now reality show star Parvati Shallow reveals more about her real life. Before she won a million dollars at 25 after winning "Survivor," she grew up in a Florida commune run by a tyrannical female guru. She's endured the death of her brother, a divorce and public scrutiny. In her memoir, she aims to show readers how she rebuilt her life through radical self-acceptance and self-love. Christine Brown Woolley became famous as the third wife of polygamist Kody Brown on TLC's show "Sister Wives." In this candid tell-all, she reveals how her journey from the child of practicing polygamists in Utah, to reality TV to a new life away from polygamy and the world she once knew. Clare Mulroy is USA TODAY's Books Reporter, where she covers buzzy releases, chats with authors and dives into the culture of reading. Find her on Instagram, subscribe to our weekly Books newsletter or tell her what you're reading at cmulroy@ This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Beyonce's mom, Brooke Shields, best celebrity memoirs to read now
Yahoo
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tina Knowles Has a Front Row Seat to Support Her Grandson Julez Smith Walk the Runway at Paris Fashion Week
Solange Knowles' son, Julez Smith, walked the runway for Bluemarble Men's Spring 2026 ready-to-wear show during Paris Fashion Week There, the 20-year-old model had a couple of friendly faces in the crowd, including his grandmother, Tina Knowles, and cousin, Angie Beyincé After the show, videos documenting Tina and Angie in the front circulated on social mediaTina Knowles is proud of her eldest grandson! On Thursday, June 26, the Matriarch author, 71, uploaded a video to Instagram of her grandson Julez Smith, 20, walking in the Paris Fashion Week show for Bluemarble Men's Spring 2026 ready-to-wear collection. Smith, the only child of Solange Knowles, walked the show with his grandmother supporting him from her front row seat. She is a grandmother to four grandchildren, including Beyoncé's three children: Blue Ivy, 13, and twins Rumi and Sir, 8. The proud grandmother of four posted a video of Smith walking the runway in the Paris-based menswear line. 'Just left the @bluemarble Paris Fashion Week Runway show . My handsome grandson @iamjulezjsmith walked the show ! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. The clothes were awesome !' she captioned the Instagram post. After the show, she was able to take a brief video with him as they celebrated his most recent show during Paris Fashion Week. On Wednesday, June 25, Smith walked the Men's Spring 2026 show. In Tina's celebratory post, she added a clip of her and her niece, Angie Beyincé, showering Smith with affection. In the video, she said, 'We were at the Blue Marble show to watch this handsome young man walk the runway.' Smith then replied, 'Thank y'all for coming. Thank y'all for the support. I love y'all.' 'I love you, too,' Tina said, before adding, 'Go have fun.' 'Me and Angie Giving Julez a quick hug!!!! After he just walked in The Blue Marble runway @bluemarbleparis show in Paris today !! ❤️❤️❤️,' she captioned the video. Along with posting videos from her perspective, Tina reposted a video of her and Angie posing together in the front row of the fashion show. Tina also added a video of Blue Ivy prepping her for the fashion show. She uploaded a video on Instagram of her granddaughter, 13, putting the finishing touches on her makeup. Set to Beyoncé's 'II Hands II Heaven,' Blue Ivy's hand can be seen in the video applying a bold red lipstick color to her grandmother's lips. "Today I wanted to attend the @bluemarbleparis runway show to see my grandson @iamjulezjsmith walk in the show!!," Tina wrote. "I did not have a Makeup Artist so I asked my talented granddaughter Blue Ivy to do my make up. She did a fabulous job. ❤️❤️ what yal think?" Read the original article on People
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Exclusive: Meghan Markle on the "Extraordinary Advice" Tina Knowles Gave Her During New Bonus Podcast Episode
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Duchess of Sussex wrapped up the first season of her new Lemonada Media podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder With Meghan, last week, but on Tuesday, June 3, she released a bonus episode—and none other than Beyoncé's mother, Tina Knowles, opened up about her decades of experience as an entrepreneur. Speaking exclusively to Marie Claire, Meghan says, "Wrapping 'Confessions of a Female Founder' with Tina Knowles felt like the perfect end to a very special podcast; as I grow my own business, As ever, I spoke to women who had turned their own entrepreneurial dreams into reality." "Ms. Tina's conversation fulfills the promise of the podcast, offering extraordinary advice, and sharing insights about being a working mom, building something special, and remaining true to herself through every twist and turn," she continues. "This episode proves to be a powerful toolkit of truths that I will apply to my own life as I, too, grow my business, care for my family, and look forward to new adventures." Knowles, who opened Houston hair salon Headliners in 1990, told Meghan she "learned to be a boss" through her decades in the hair industry. 'I think that you start your business and then you find yourself," she said during the episode. "It gives you confidence that you didn't have before." When it comes to Cécred, her haircare line with Beyoncé, Knowles—who released her memoir, Matriarch, in April—said it was a longtime goal to create her own beauty products. 'It has been a dream of mine forever, and Beyoncé, it's been a dream of hers,' she told the duchess. In fact, Knowles revealed that Beyoncé "could actually be a hairstylist" since she grew up watching her at the salon. When Meghan asked what it was like working with her daughter, the number-one New York Times bestselling author said that she deferred to the "Single Ladies" singer on business decisions. "You know you have disagreements, and you have to—I'm the one to always cave," Knowles admitted. "If my kids are mad at me, I can't take it. I'll cave." She added that with Beyoncé, "If we have a disagreement, it's her business, so she gets the win." While discussing the behind-the-scenes stresses of launching a brand, the Duchess of Sussex shared what happened after her new lifestyle brand, As ever, sold out of its jam, tea, honey and baking mixes less than an hour after its debut. "For me at the moment with As ever, it we plan, we planned for a year, and then everything sells out in 45 minutes—which yes, amazing. Great news," the duchess said. "Then what do you do then?" Knowles interjected. Meghan said that she contemplated what her brand's next move should be while looking at it from a customer's perspective. "And then you say, 'Okay, we planned as best as we could. Are we going to replenish and sell out again in an hour? Or is that annoying as a customer?'" the duchess continued. Ultimately, Meghan said she decided to reassess rather than leave people disappointed. "I'm looking at it saying, 'Just pause. That happened. Let's wait until we are completely stable and we have everything we need.'" Knowles agreed based on her own experiences, with Meghan adding that the public can "see all the flashy stuff and they see the product. But that end game…I think you're right. Those behind the scenes moments, how many tears I've shed." The duchess pointed out that a "scarcity mentality at the beginning might be a hook for people," comparing it to "a sneaker drop." However, she said in terms of a long-term customer experience, it's not ideal. "I don't want you to eat that jam once every six months!" she said.
Sydney Morning Herald
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Still keeping some secrets, Beyoncé's mother opens up
MEMOIR Matriarch: A Memoir Tina Knowles (with Kevin Carr O'Leary) John Murray Press, $34.99 When Tina Knowles was five years old, she once sat with a child-like defiance in the whites-only section of the bus. The mother to superstar singer Beyoncé was mistaken as white and allowed to remain there, owing to her fairer complexion. When her dark-skinned sister went to pull Knowles back to the segregated section, a white woman intervened, thinking Knowles was a white child 'worthy of her protection'. Once the woman discovered Knowles was black, she gave a 'snarl' as if the little girl had 'sold her something I did not own'. Sobering stories of racism, social injustice and police brutality in America form the bedrock of Knowles's earnest, if sometimes guarded, memoir Matriarch. The book reveals some admissions from the mother of Beyoncé and Solange, but gives scant detail on two celebrity daughters famously guarded about their private lives. The 71-year-old was one of seven children, each one accidentally given a different version of their surname. (The name 'Beyoncé' is Knowles' recorded surname and the moniker she gave her firstborn.) Knowles' mother once tried to correct the record but was told by a white city clerk she should be thankful that she was even getting a birth certificate. It's one interaction emblematic of the frequent harm the family suffers for being African-American. One brother is later beaten nearly to death by a police officer in a case of mistaken identity. Knowles is strip-searched and arrested for a minor traffic infringement. Brutal episodes like these are 'indicative of what families like ours endured and continue to endure all over', Knowles writes. Decades later, racial prejudice resurfaces in the music industry's treatment of Beyoncé and her bandmates in the R&B ensemble Destiny's Child. As the girl group climbed the charts, Knowles was told to stop sewing their outfits as the clothes were 'too black'. The aesthetic, which drew on Motown's look of glamour and opulence, didn't align with the popular 'white' girlhood fashion of crop-tops and denim jeans. For those expecting major revelations in Matriarch, know that this memoir is less interested in exposing Beyoncé's rarefied world and more preoccupied with meditating on black motherhood. Knowles reflects on the power African-American mothers bring to those in their care, like Knowles offered to 'Uncle Johnny', a gay friend whom she helped shield from a homophobic world: 'It was my honour to be his protector,' she writes. (Beyoncé would dedicate her album Renaissance to him.)
