Beyonce’s “B-Day” is at the top of the US charts, and she claims to have turned 25 on her b-day this year. I’ve always thought it was strange that she’s only 25, because she looks at least a few years older to me.

She supposedly made this video with Destiny’s Child in 1998 when she was at the tender age of 16, but she looks at least 19 to me. Maybe she just filled out early. What do you guys think? Screenshots of Beyonce from the video are below.

Thanks to Bashful Messages for sending me this video of Beyonce and asking if she’s being truthful about her birthdate. She asks:

It looks like Beyonce owes her figure to more than just drinking spicy water for two straight weeks. She revealed a figure-hugging pair of pantyhose while performing on Good Morning America.

She also rode the NY City Subway to a CD signing this week. The other passengers weren’t buying it. Check out the incredulous look one woman gives her.

In an interview on the annoying woman’s talkshow, “The View,” Beyonce said that she never talks about marriage with her boyfriend, Def Jam president Jay-Z, and that she’s relieved that she doesn’t get as much gossip coverage as other celebrities.

There is something to be said for the lack of drama in Beyonce’s life, which may explain why she’s not in the gossip rags as much. She’s been with Jay-Z for a while, and breakup, marriage, and career conflict stories don’t seem to phase them. They haven’t broken up or gotten engaged, so there’s not a lot to talk about except speculation.

Here are pictures of Beyonce courtesy of SplashNews and Celebrity Pictures.

Beyonce celebrated her 25th birthday and the drop of her inventively-titled new album, “B-Day” on Tuesday. She celebrated with a cake in her image on MTV’s “Total Request Live,” where the audience sang happy birthday to her. She also made an appearance on BET’s “106 and Park.”

The NY Daily News cites an insider who claims that Beyonce’s frenzied promotion of her album may make the pubilc tire of her well before “Dreamgirls” is released in December. What’s more, Beyonce is said to have released her album at this point because she’s not the star of “Dreamgirls” and doesn’t want a lot of competition from “American Idol” star Jennifer Hudson, who will steal the spotlight from her:

Beyonce is getting a lot of attention now, and that’s undoubtedly what she was hoping for.

She also received a lavish birthday gift from her boyfriend, Def Jam president Jay-Z. She was surprised with a 1959 Rolls Royce convertible worth over $1 million. I’m not one to look a gift horse, but doesn’t a gorgeous car seem like the kind of thing a guy would want? It sounds like Jay-Z just bought her something he really wanted. Jewelry seems more Beyonce’s style, although I’m sure she was thrilled with the car.

Here are pictures of Beyonce on TRL and 106 and Park yesterday.

Beyonce is said to have told her fiance, Def Jam head Jay-Z, to quit his job! She’s reportedly jealous of Jay-Z’s very close working relationship with her rival, singer Rihanna. He helped make Rihanna a star, but Beyonce is fuming and wants him to step down as CEO:

MediaTakeOut has a good record with getting exclusives, so this could be true. I don’t agree that Rihanna is the one who is going to lose, though. This is going to backfire on Beyonce. You never mess with a guy’s job. Jay-Z didn’t get where he is today by listening to bullshit from women telling him what to do. Beyonce is going to get called on this, and it’s not going to be pretty.

Beyonce is reportedly planning a huge wedding with Jay-Z that will take place this fall on the Island of Anguilla.

I bet Jay-Z is going to tell her to mind her own business and not to mess with his career. If he doesn’t take a stand now and actually does marry her, she’s going to try to run his life.

Pictures from BeyonceWorld.net of Beyonce performing on the Ellen DeGeneres show’s 5th anniversary premiere in New York. Look at ger whip that hair around. The episode airs on September 5th, which is Beyonce’s birthday and the day her album, “B’Day” is out. That would explain the cake.

Beyonce, 24, is reportedly planning to marry her boyfriend, Def Jam president Jay-Z, 36, in a lavish ceremony on the Island of Anguilla this November. Star reports that the reception has a $3 million price tag and that it will include $300,000 worth of caviar alone. There won’t be any Cristal at this bash:

That’s nice that Beyonce’s father has given his blessing as she was said to have some trouble getting out from under his thumb and running her own career and life.

This isn’t the first time that we’ve heard rumors that these two were getting married. Back in early June Jay-Z lost weight on a high-protein diet sponsored by Beyonce. People speculated that his weight loss was a sign that he was preparing to marry the pop singer.

In late June it was rumored that Beyonce and Jay-Z were spending too much time apart and that they were breaking up, but that was only reported by a single source and the couple has been spotted out and about many times since. They even performed together at Radio City Music Hall.

Beyonce recently revealed that she has a sexy dress she puts on whenever she needs to seduce her man. She even wrote a song about it called “Freakum Dress” that will be on her new album.

Pictures of Beyonce in performance and in September’s Essence magazine are after the jump.
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Jay-Z performed his whole first album, “Reasonable Doubt,” at Radio City Music Hall last night to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its release. Other artists joining him on stage included Sauce Money, Foxy Brown and Memphis Bleek. The Roots’ Amir Questlove, The Illadelphonics, and The Hustler’s Symphony Orchestra made up his band.

Jay-Z’s girlfriend, Beyonce, joined him for the last song, “Can’t Knock The Hustle,” which was originally a duet with Mary J. Blige.

Jay-Z announced his international tour, which will kick off this fall. He also hasn’t ruled out another album after declaring his retirement in 2003:

Jay-Z does have a new album coming out. Starch blabbed that he’s working with Jigga on a new release:

It looks like Jay-Z is recording an album after all. It also seems like he’s still going strong with Beyonce despite the breakup rumors. They had a public fight at a basketball game as reported by Page Six and Beyonce was said to be jealous of Jay-Z’s relationship with singer Rhianna. A story last week had the two breaking up due to hectic schedules and Jay-Z’s inability to commit.

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SocialRank claims to have an exclusive that Jay-Z and Beyonce are calling off their relationship due to too much time apart and too many conflicts. There was a rumor last month that they were getting married after Jay-Z lost weight on a diet supervised by Beyonce, but that was influenced by Beyonce’s own success in the dieting department and didn’t seem like a strong enough indication that they were preparing for a wedding:

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It sounds like they’re both too busy to spend time together, and that Jay-Z is too focused on sports and partying to settle down. That is really common and I have dated guys like that. As much as you love them, you have to move on to someone who has the same goals in life and is ready for a long term commitment.

Beyonce was said to be jealous of Jay-Z’s very close working relationship with hot singer Rhianna, but it doesn’t seem like Jay-Z and Rhianna were having more than a flirtatious friendship.

There is only a single source for this news now, so until it’s confirmed and reported all over we aren’t sure it’s true. Even if it’s spot-on, it will probably be a while before the breakup is acknowledged.

Here are Beyonce and Jay-Z taking care not to be photographed together as they leave a NY hotel on 6/12, and some candids of Beyonce in NY alone on 6/15. [via]

Def Jam president Jay-Z, 36, lost 15 pounds thanks to a diet his girlfriend Beyonce, 24, put him on. He is said to be feasting on high protein meals and lots of vegetables and to have given up candy. Jay-Z’s weight loss has people speculating that the famous couple may be planning to get married:

Beyonce has been focussing on her figure and probably encouraged Jay-Z to lose weight as a result. We don’t think it means that they’re preparing for marriage.

Beyonce is not one to give nutritional advice. She said that she lost over 20 pounds for her Dreamgirls role by fasting and drinking spicy water for over a week, and that she gained some of the weight back by eating a lot of fried food.

The two have hit a rought patch lately, with reports that they were fighting at a playoff game, and that Beyonce is jealous of Jigga’s very friendly working relationship with sexy singer Rhianna.

Jay-Z and Beyonce are pairing up again in the studio. They are collaborating on Beyonce’s new album, to be released on her 25th birthday, September 4th. The pair had a big hit with Beyonce’s 2003’s single “Crazy in Love.”

Jay-Z is pictured with Bill Gates, above [via] and at the 2006 Music Visionary of the Year Award breakfast on 5/24 with Daniel Glass and Antonio L.A. Reid. He is also shown on 5/22 at a NY Listening Session. He looks great.

The NY Post reported this weekend that Beyonce had a fight with her long term boyfriend, Def Jam president Jay-Z, while at Monday’s Net-Heat playoff game, and left to fly back home:

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It seems like the report was overblown and the power couple patched things up quickly. They were snapped enjoying game three of the Net-Heat playoffs on Friday. Heat won 103 to 92, and is ahead in the series three to one. Game five is tomorrow.