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Monday, July 29, 2013

Monday Memo

The superhero film "The Wolverine"  topped the weekend box office, earning over $55 million. "The Conjuring", "Despicable Me 2", "Turbo" and "Grown Ups 2" round out the top five films of the week. As part of her bankruptcy settlement, singer Toni Braxton has lost the rights to several hit songs. The singer has had financial trouble for some time. Here's to her bouncing back. Singer Frank Ocean won't be recording for some time. He reportedly has a tear on his vocal chords. He received the diagnosis during a visitor to the doctor.  The singer had to cancel the remaining dates of an Australian tour. No word on when or if the dates will be rescheduled. Things apparently didn't go well during the Macy's Music Festival in Cincinnati over the weekend. Singer R. Kelly was reportedly an hour late, thus, the crowd got restless as they waited. Kelly performed his set as intended when he arrived. New couple alert. Reportedly singer Kelly Rowland and rapper Pusha T. are now an item. The two haven't commented on their relationship. The adage "perfection takes time" is one that singer Beyoncé may be standing by. The pop star has had fans itching for new music. She's released a few songs including "Grown Woman", "Standing On The Sun" and "Bow Down", posted shots from the studio and collaborated with Jay Z and The Dream, but has yet to announce a release date for her album. MTV News asked what's going on with the album after the Hollywood Reported claimed that she scrapped 50 songs and put the album behind schedule. A representative for the singer denied the rumor, telling the Huffington Post that no release date had been set for the album, which the Destiny's Child alum has been working on while touring. Touring has taken up much of the 31-year-old singer's time. She's been managing herself and set out on the Mrs. Carter Show World Tour in April, with the domestic run kicking off in late June. No matter how slowly she takes things, this year has definitely shown the power of Beyoncé. Aside from singing at the presidential inauguration and headlining the Super Bowl half time show, she inked multimillion dollar endorsement deals with H&M and Pepsi, both of which made for cross-promotional efforts by fusing two of the aforementioned singles in their ads. For now, it appears that the album will be released this year, potentially lead by the single "Bow Down". A snippet of the video was released online last week. On the tube: "Raising Hope" on 'Fox, "How I Met Your  Mother" on CBS, "The Bachelorette" on ABC and "American Ninja Warrior" on NBC. Happy Monday!

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