Beyonce and Jay-Z have released the first public photos of their newborn daughter, Blue Ivy Carter!

Jay-Z posted the photos on his official website, Life and Times on Friday afternoon. The couple reportedly turned down a $14 million offer for the first pictures.

According to the New York Daily News, the couple are being praised on Twitter for turning down a reported $14 million offer for the first pictures, instead embracing social media and posting the pictures for free. Reaction to the photographs has sent Twitter into overdrive, with some fans digging up child-pictures of Beyonce and noting the comparison between the pair. One user said, “Blue Ivy is Flawless like Beyonce, and she looks like her mom”, while another fan joked, “That baby looks like Beyonce had a baby with Beyonce“. Reports last week suggested Jay Z had already moved to trademark his daughter’s name, after numerous third-parties attempted to do the same but were rejected after the relevant bodies assumed they were attempting to make money from the famous baby-girl.

Blue Ivy is absolutely gorgeous! With a full head of hair, and big brown eyes, the pictures show mom and dad happily holding their new baby girl.

“We welcome you to share our joy. Thank you for respecting our privacy during this beautiful time in our lives – The Carter Family,” a note posted on the site along with the photos reads.

Beyonce gave birth on January 7, and shortly after, released a statement. “Her birth was emotional and extremely peaceful, we are in heaven. She was delivered naturally at a healthy 7 lbs. and it was the best experience of both of our lives.”

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Just when you think you’ve seen and heard it all, this comes along!

According to the Washington Post, Jay-Z and Beyonce have filed paperwork with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office seeking to protect the name of their new baby girl.

The couple filed for the trademark on January 26, just a couple weeks after Blue Ivy’s™ birth. They are “reserving the moniker not for posterity, but for products — speculation has already begun that the power couple’s motivation was business-related and that they may have a line of baby accoutrements in the offing.”

At first I was thinking they are batsh*t crazy, but I guess not. “One fashion designer, Joseph Mbeh, submitted an application of his own to trademark “Blue Ivy Carter NYC” on Jan. 11 — just four forward-thinking days after the birth — while another filed to reserve “Blue Ivy Carter Glory IV” on Jan. 20 to use on a perfume line.” Both requests were denied.

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Our bootylicious diva is expecting a little divette of her own.

A source close to Beyonce and hubby, Jay-Z has revealed she was ecstatic when she found out she was going to have a girl, “Beyonce is thrilled she’s having a daughter. She and her mother are so close, and she’s wanted to have that relationship with her own child.”

Beyonce has been keeping busy shopping for baby clothes and has no qualms about first-time motherhood. “It’s going really well, I am so happy with everything right now. I am not nervous because I know it’s happening at the right time,” says the Grammy Award winner. “I felt I got married at the right time, and now we are having the baby at the right time. I feel like we didn’t rush anything, and now we are being blessed with everything naturally.”

Their bundle of joy is due in February 2012.

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Is Beyoncé expecting a baby girl?

According to In Touch, the singer and hubby Jay-Z are expecting a little girl! “Beyonce is thrilled she’s having a daughter,” their source says. “She and her mother are so close, and she’s wanted to have that relationship with her own child.”

And though she and Jay-Z, 41, are like a second set of parents to their nephew Daniel, Beyoncé is a girlie girl at heart and longs to share her passion for sparkly outfits with a Mini-Me. Indeed, the singer — who adores the clothes her mom, Tina Knowles, designs for her — has been so eager to play dress-up with her baby that she’s already been breaking the bank at stores ranging from Gucci and Louis Vuitton to Gap and OshKosh B’gosh. “Her family’s afraid there won’t be anything left to buy for her baby shower in December!” the friend laughs.

Here are pictures of Beyonce out and about in NYC after having dinner last night. What do you think of Bey’s pregnancy style?

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It’s been ages – ages I tell you! – since Gwyneth Paltrow was seen out with her husband Chris Martin! Yet, here they are, even if they weren’t photographed together!

Gwyneth missed the NYC premiere of her new movie, ‘Contagion’ in order to attend an event for Coach in London. And she took her husband as her date! Gwyneth is the new face of Coach, so she was probably obligated to go.

What do you think of her orange Lanvin dress?

During a recent interview with E! Online, Gwyneth opened up about appearing on ‘Glee’ again – and what she considers the “biggest blessing of all time.”

Seeing how Gwyneth Paltrow has made such a splash with her unforgettable appearances on Glee, it only makes sense that fans would want to see her return. That is, of course, she doesn’t even think about trying to hook up with Matthew Morrison.

So, what does the Oscar winner have to say about another possible encore performance?

“I would love to go back on,” Paltrow tells E! News. “You know, I’m not sure if I will or not, but we’ll see. It would be hard for me to say no. I have such a good time doing that show. So, we’ll see if they ask me back or not.”

Until then, the actress is keeping busy promoting her latest film, Contagion. The thriller, centering on the worldwide outbreak of a deadly virus, reunited the actress with her Talented Mr. Ripley costars Jude Law and Matt Damon, who plays her husband in the flick.

“It was so great to work with him again,” she says. “We’re different in a lot of ways with all our kids and so we talked a lot about our kids and showed pictures.”

Speaking of rugrats, Paltrow is so “happy” that her good friend Jay-Z and his wife Beyoncé are expecting and admits that becoming a parent really puts everything in perspective.

“It’s wonderful to see her so happy right now,” Gwyneth tells E! “And so looking forward to the experience. I’m very happy for them.”

“I think motherhood is the biggest blessing of all time and it give your life real meaning,” she points out. “It’s always interesting when you’re a woman with success and you’ve achieved a lot, and then you have a baby and you realize everything you thought was an achievement really is nothing until you have a kid, and I think that will be [Beyoncé's] experience.”

Any advice for pal Jay-Z?

“I’d tell him directly,” says Paltrow, adding with a laugh: “But I wouldn’t say it on television.” (E!Online)

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Beyonce took the stage at the Glastonbury Music Festival over the weekend, and her performance has many saying it was her best show ever!

The R&B star, the first female headliner in the history of the festival, brought down the house Sunday night, wowing a screaming audience of 170,000+ fans. The bright lights of what is considered by some to be the biggest music festival in the world were no match for the singer, as she ran through some of her biggest hits, opening with “Crazy Like That” before moving on to songs like “Single Ladies,” “Irreplaceable,” and a medley of Destiny’s Child favorites, including “Survivor” and “Say My Name.”

She also sang her new single, “1+1,” as well as “At Last,” the song she sang during President Obama’s inauguration in 2009. That performance came with a special civil rights-themed video montage — which included video of that very inauguration. See her complete setlist here.

Her husband, Jay-Z, watched from the side of the stage alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, whose husband Chris Martin performed earlier with his band Coldplay. Jay-Z, in 2008, was the first hip hop act to play the festival.

I tried to find video of her performance, but the one’s that I’ve found have already been removed. But I’m still trying! Once I find it – I’ll post it!

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Beyonce, 29, wore a skin tight Emilio Pucci gown at last night’s MET Gala. Everything was going fine until the singer tried to head inside the New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

After posing for photos with husband Jay-Z, Beyonce headed towards the stairs – and stopped in her tracks. Jay-Z and a friend had to carry her up the steps into the event.