Thursday Dish

Columbia Records and Apple have confirmed that singer Beyoncé's new album has reached the one million sales mark. As reported previously, the album was released without any marketing or promotional push and shows no signs of slowing down. The physical album will be available in stores in Dec. 20.Singer R. Kelly's latest album, "Black Panties" has reached number two on the charts. Meanwhile, husband Jay Z has inked a deal for a line of cigars. The cigars are being described as premium cigars that will be manufactured in the Dominican Republic. "Duck Dynasty" cast member Phil Robertson has been suspended indefinitely after anti-gay comments he made were published in GQ magazine. Robertson hasn't commented publicly regarding the suspension. The line up of performers for "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin Eve" has been announced. Singers Jennifer Hudson and Robin Thicke are among those who will ring in 2014 on the annual telecast. "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin Eve" will air on ABC and Dec. 31 at 11:30 p.m. Reality star Khole Kardashian is asking Twitter to give her a break. She says her recent divorce has been heartbreaking and traumatizing. She gets half a million dollars for each year she was married in addition to keeping the house, wedding gifts and her wedding ring. "Basketball Wives" executive producer Shaunie O'Neal will appear in court to get permission to have her four children appear on her new reality show "The Shaunie Project". Ex-husband and former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal objects to the children appearing on television despite the fact that Shaunie says the show will be wholesome like "The Cosby Show". Filming is set to begin in January. Rapper Pusha T. revealed during an interview that he will be working with the Neptunes on his sophomore release. Although his debut album, "My Name is My Name" has only been on the charts for a few months, King Push is ready to head into the studio. The Virginia native also flexed his philanthropic muscles as well. He helped Norfolk-based charity A Thousand Shoes For a Thousand Smiles reached its goal of outfitting 1,000 needy children with brand new sneakers in time for Christmas. The rapper was approached by organization founder Lizetta McKesson for help in a restaurant and immediately got to work on the challenge. He contacted Adidas to donate the shoes and the sneaker giant also sponsored the event along with Idea Village, Flud Watches and Pac Sun. On the tube: "The X Factor" on Fox, "The Big Bang Theory" on CBS, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" on ABC and "The Sing-Off" on NBC. Happy Thursday!