Beyonce and Jay-Z dine at Nello’s restaurant on the Upper East Side where they spend $1,200 on lunch, which includes a bottle of Dom Perignion champagne. To show their appreciation for the service, they leave a hefty $500 tip.

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Jay-Z doesn’t think his protege, Kanye West, deserved to be vilified for ambushing Taylor Swift at Sunday night’s MTV VMAs.

“Of course it was rude because it was her moment, but that’s the way he really felt,” Jay-Z, 39, tells BBC Radio 1. West, 32, interrupted Swift’s speech for her best female video award to opine that Jay-Z’s wife, Beyonce, should have won for “Single Ladies.”

Jay-Z goes on on, “I think it was rude, but the way they’re treating him … He’s on the cover of every paper. He didn’t kill anybody. No one got harmed.

Jay-Z admitted his pal’s actions were “inappropriate at the time,” but justifies the diss.

“He’s just a super-passionate person,” he said.

On Tuesday, Swift, 19, announced that she’d forgiven the rapper after he reached out to her.

“Kanye did call me, and he was very sincere in his apology, and I accepted that apology,” she told ABC News Radio.

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Couldn’t just let poor Taylor Swift accept the award!!

Apparently Kanye drank a bit too much during the VMA’s and stormed the stage when Taylor Swift was trying to accept the award for Best Female Video. Kanye took to his website last night to “aplologize” to Taylor, this is what he wrote:

“I’M SOOOOO SORRY TO TAYLOR SWIFT AND HER FANS AND HER MOM. I SPOKE TO HER MOTHER RIGHT AFTER AND SHE SAID THE SAME THING MY MOTHER WOULD’VE SAID. SHE IS VERY TALENTED! I LIKE THE LYRICS ABOUT BEING A CHEERLEADER AND SHE’S IN THE BLEACHERS! …………………… I’M IN THE WRONG FOR GOING ON STAGE AND TAKING AWAY FROM HER MOMENT!…………….. BEYONCE’S VIDEO WAS THE BEST OF THIS DECADE!!!! I’M SORRY TO MY FANS IF I LET YOU GUYS DOWN!!!! I’M SORRY TO MY FRIENDS AT MTV. I WILL APOLOGIZE TO TAYLOR 2MRW. WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD!!!! EVERYBODY WANNA BOOOOO ME BUT I’M A FAN OF REAL POP CULTURE!!! NO DISRESPECT BUT WE WATCHIN’ THE SHOW AT THE CRIB RIGHT NOW CAUSE … WELL YOU KNOW!!!! I’M STILL HAPPY FOR TAYLOR!!!! BOOOYAAAWWWW!!!! YOU ARE VERY VERY TALENTED!!! I GAVE MY AWARDS TO OUTKAST WHEN THEY DESERVED IT OVER ME… THAT’S WHAT IT IS!!!!!!! I’M NOT CRAZY YALL, I’M JUST REAL. SORRY FOR THAT!!! I REALLY FEEL BAD FOR TAYLOR AND I’M SINCERELY SORRY!!! MUCH RESPECT!!!!!”

What’s funny, is when it actually came time for Beyonce to accept an award for Video of the Year, she let Taylor Swift take the stage to “finish her moment”. Aww, wasn’t that nice.

Fame

R’n'B trio Destiny’s Child are set to reunite in 2010, according to singer Michelle Williams.

The sexy R’n'B trio - consisting of Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams - are planning to get back together in 2010. Michelle told Britain’s News of the World newspaper: “It definitely will happen. We’re sisters, we love each other and we want to work on the future of Destiny’s Child.”

The ‘Survivor’ hitmakers split in 2005 to pursue solo careers. Rumors they were reforming began circulating earlier this month, when it was revealed they were contractually obliged to produce another album. A source said: “They still have another album they owe their label, Columbia Records, on their contract.”

The trio will reportedly head back into the studio to record their new album when ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)’ singer Beyonce finishes her current tour to promote her latest solo album ‘I Am Sasha Fierce’.

source: CONTACT MUSIC

Beyonce is at the number one spot in yet another chart - she has been named Woman of the Year by Billboard magazine.

Knowles has enjoyed another 12 months of stellar successes, with smash hit songs Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) and If I Were A Boy, a number one album, a sold-out world tour, and an invite to sing at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

Staff at music industry publication Billboard decided the superstar deserves recognition for her achievements - and honored her at their Women In Music event on October 2nd.

Previous winners of the accolade include R&B singer Ciara and country star Reba McEntire.

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