Beautiful Beyoncé Knowles kicks back and basks in her own glow on the cover of the July issue of Essence magazine.

The “Run The World (Girls)” singer isn’t working the traditional one-on-one interview – she’s written her own cover story.

Bey says she needed to rejuvenate and reignite her passion and took a 9 month break from it all.

“I had talked about taking a vacation before, but always ended up in the studio after two weeks, so no one believed me,” she revealed. “This time, though, I was serious.”

“I was going to give myself a year to do the things I never get to do. Simple things like play with my nephew, pick him up from school, visit museums, go to concerts, see some Broadway shows, learn to cook a meal and spend time with my husband (Jay-Z).”

The singer said it wasn’t just about visiting some exotic locale for rest, she needed and wanted her creativity to find new ways to emerge.

“Yes, I needed some relaxation, but I wanted inspiration too, from regular, everyday things,” Beyoncé said. “They did not have to be over-the-top productions. I was looking for tiny moments that would speak to my heart and make me smile.”

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Custody battles can turn ugly in the blink of an eye and the one brewing between Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Camille Grammer and her ex-husband Kelsey Grammer is beginning to take that nasty path.

Kelsey, 56, filed for primary physical custody less than a month ago and now Camille, is fighting back with her own petition.

The reality star says the court documents filed by the former Fraiser star were “done in order to create a false impression to the media and to wrongfully disparage her,” adding that he acted “in bad faith.”

In Kelsey’s filing, Camille would only have the children for half of their summer break and the winter school breaks, while they lived with Kelsey and his new wife, Kayte Walsh, moving them to his residence in Chicago.

Camille says the children, daughter Mason, 9, and Jude, 6, shouldn’t have their homes or routines upset.

“The children have routines, school, friends and are surrounded by people they know and love,” a source told PopEater. “To move them across the country to spend time with their dad and his new wife, whom they hardly know, and nannies while their father is working makes no sense at all.”

Camille’s friends say part of the problem is that she has tried repeatedly to work things out with Kelsey, but he’s been unwilling.

“She will continue to fight aggressively to keep her kids and keep her kids together,” a source close to Camille tells PEOPLE. “Kelsey’s not been civil. [Camille] has tried to reach out without lawyers on multiple occasions and been rebuffed.”

One of the more surprising things to come out of all this – Kelsey’s court paper documents propose splitting the sibling up.

When Camille accused Kelsey of only wanting custody of their son, Jude, his legal eagle quickly denied it.

Kelsey’s lawyer, Lance Spiegel, tells TMZ, “Their statement is inaccurate, as indicated by our papers filed with the court today.  Kelsey’s priority is to protect both of his children and he will not make further comment, except that their statement is inaccurate.”

But TMZ has a letter from Kelsey’s lawyer stating it differently with Kelsey proposing to enroll Jude in school in Chicago:

“Kelsey proposes … Kelsey shall have primary physical custody of Jude and Camille shall have primary physical custody of Mason.”

This sounds like it’s just the start of a long and terribly ugly protracted mess with the two kids caught in the middle.

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Jane Lynch will take on emcee duties of the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards to be held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on September 18th.

The Glee star knows a thing or two about the Emmys – she has won a trophy for her performance of Coach Sue Sylvester, the tracksuit-wearing, insult-spewing, bully Cheerio coach.

Lynch said she was ‘tickled pink’ to be chosen to host the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences annual ceremony and she’ll break out her ‘finest tracksuit.’

This year’s spectacle will be produced by Survivor and Celebrity Apprentice‘s Mark Burnett and will air on FOX.

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Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating today, June 3rd, including:

1929 – Chuck Barris, game show host
1936 – Larry McMurtry, author
1950 – Suzi Quatro, musician
1964 – James Purefoy, actor
1967 – Anderson Cooper, journalist
1986 – Rafael Nadal, tennis player

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Pink is about to have a lot more, well, pink in her life.  She has given birth to a baby girl.  Willow Sage Hart was born on Thursday, and her arrival was announced the way these things are nowadays, via Twitter.  Mom tweeted:

We are ecstatic to welcome our new beautiful healthy happy baby girl, Willow Sage Hart. She’s gorgeous, just like her daddy. #beyondblessed

Daddy is, of course, Pink’s husband, Carey Hart. Congratulations to Pink and Carey and welcome little Willow!

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Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale spent Memorial Day playing on the beach at Malibu with their two little guys, Zuma and Kingston.  How much fun are the kids having?  Gavin looks like he’s enjoying himself too!

The Stefani-Rossdale family always seem to be having a good time, whether they’re headed to the zoo, stepping out for a holiday dinner, or just hanging out at the park.  Now there’s a couple of parents you wouldn’t mind chatting with while your kids play on the monkey bars!

More pics of Gavin, Gwen, Zuma and Kingston after the jump.

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Tim Burton, director of the upcoming Johnny Depp film Dark Shadows said in a recent interview that the film will not be shot in 3D. When asked during his recent interview here’s what he said:

I have no plans for that. I loved doing “Alice” in 3D. “Freankeweenie,” gonna do that in 3D. There’s people like, “Everything’s gonna be in 3D,” or “I hate 3D!” I think people should have a choice. I don’t think it should be forced on anybody. At the same time, it’s great, some of it. It’s like “Yes or no!? 3D! Yes or no?!” It’s like, well, you know, come on, whatever, some yes, some no.

This is good news to me, not that I’m against 3D but this movie doesn’t seem like it will need it anyway. Alice in Wonderland‘s 3D was kind of bad in my opinion, it took away from the movie itself in many ways. Thankfully they can just focus on making an engaging and good movie, rather than wowing us with effects this time around. Hopefully the studio doesn’t force it at the last minute.

Source: The Wrap
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Bradley Cooper and Ryan Gosling are set to play a cop and a robber in the upcoming movie The Place Beyond the Pines.

Bradley Cooper is taking another serious turn in The Place Beyond the Pines. Variety reports Cooper has closed his deal to star as a rookie cop tailing a pro motorcycle rider (Ryan Gosling) who starts robbing banks to support his newborn son. The film will reunite Gosling with his Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance, who also cowrote the script.

Sounds like a promising storyline, it’ll be interesting to see the dynamic between these two as enemies. I’m glad Cooper is branching out from comedy to do roles like this, I believe him more with drama. These two actors have quickly propelled to the A-list in Hollywood, both carrying their own films and doing a hell of a job at it.

Source: EW.com
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Three brand new live action Tarzan movies are being prepped for the big screen.

Warner Bros has locked Craig Brewer into a deal to write and direct a new installment of Tarzan. Brewer has come up with a take that tells the Tarzan story over three films.

Another trilogy, talk about a guaranteed franchise. Tarzan has be remade so many times over the years but it’s been a really long time since there was a live action version. I wonder if they’ll cast an unknown to play the title role, if not who could possibly play the ape man? I can’t think of any stars that are big right now who could pull that off.

Source: Deadline

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Jennifer Hudson has been cast in the upcoming comedy The Three Stooges as a nun.

Jennifer Hudson has signed on to play Sister Rosemary. She joins Jane Lynch, who’s playing Mother Superior, and Larry David, who’s playing Mother Mengele. I’m betting that Sister Rosemary is the nice one at the orphanage where the Stooges come of age, despite the best efforts of the nuns to get the precocious trio adopted.

Not exactly what I would have expected, but hey Larry David is also playing a nun. This movie is obviously not going for anything normal on any level. I’m still very doubtful of the quality of this one, it just seems like The Three Stooges shouldn’t ever be remade. I hope this is good for Jennifer Hudson, Oscar winner.

Source: Deadline
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