@8baller and anyone who replied to my statement:

I WOULDN’T KNOW IF ETTA JAMES IS DEAD OR ALIVE, WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE OBVIOUS FACT THAT BEYONCE’S ASS CANNOT FUCKIN ACT. NOPE, SORRY, DON’T KNOW ETTA JAMES, DON’T KNOW IF SHE’S DEAD OR ALIVE, NOT TOO FAMILIAR WITH HER MUSIC, NOT A FUCKIN FAN OF HERS, WASN’T BORN NO WHERE NEAR HER GENERATION, AND JUST GENERALLY DON’T FUCKIN CARE; BUT WHAT I I DO KNOW IS THAT BEYONCE CANNOT ACT WORTH SHIT; THE BITCH CAN BARELY TALK, LET ALONE PLAY A CHARACTER, GET THE FUCK OUT WITH THE NIT-PICKING BULLSHIT YOU STAN ASS WHORES.

THE ONLY SUCCESSFUL MOVIE BEYONCE WAS IN WAS DREAMGIRLS, AND THE SUCCESS OF THE MOVIE WAS BY NO STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION DUE TO HER…GET REAL. SHE IS A COUNTRY BUMPKIN WHO DRESS FANCY WHO CAN BARELY TALK, LET ALONE ACT. SHE IS A ENTERTAINER, AND SHE NEEDS TO KNOW AND REALIZE NO ONE IS SUCCESSFUL IN EVERYTHING.

NOW 8BALLER, RIGHT AFTER YOU EXTRACT YOUR MAMA’S PENIS FROM YOUR MOUTH, GO SUCK ON WHAT I JUST SAID, YOU OBSESSED ASS, WANNABE- BEYONCE LOSER ASS TRICK.

AND JUST TO CONFIRM AS IF YOU NEEDED IT:

NO, I DID NOT READ THE STORY, SO NO I DIDN’T FALL ASLEEP ON NOTHING. THERE WAS NO NEED TO READ THE STORY; THE HEADLINE WAS DISTURBING ENOUGH. BEYONCE CANNOT ACT, IT’S NO FUCKIN SECRET. SHE’LL NEED ALL THE HELP, AND THEN SOME THAT SHE CAN GET; AND THEN STILL, THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR CONTINUOUS PRAYER. PLAIN AND SIMPLE, BEYONCE CAN’T PLAY HERSELF, LET ALONE ANOTHER PERSON.

I liked Beyonce in DreamGirls, but one error we make as a people is…variety. This role needs to go to an unknown.

Beyonce looks like her in that pic but she cannot act. I wish the choose someone with a variety arrange of emotions because B always is so dull.

YOU sure told me JSCENE !!!!!!!!!! lmao!!!!!! Like I said I win everytime

Damn Etta was clowing and she ain’t even do it on the sly….LOL I believe that Etta has the right to clown though they should’ve picked someone with an emotional range bigger than a newborn. Jay-Z should take Bey to Marcy and live their for awhile to see how debilitatiing it can be to live in the projects surrounded by needles, homelessness, despondency, and just a general level of poverty.

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Everyone look at the above poster(JSCENE) for an example of how bipolar people act. How is she going to comment about a topic and not read the entry? Stupidness defined…
And we all know you dont care who Etta James is, it was just another chance to bash Bey for you. Child your predictable.

Calling someone a country bumpkin and you got all that ebonics, misspelled words, and puncuation errors all up and through your paragraphs. And you want me to believe your not just an illiterate sorry person whose parents didnt love her enough.You need more people JSCENE………and anger management. lmao. What grown woman debates with someone and uses “suck a dick” and “loser ass trick”. Cant come up with better than that. Are you still in high school? You sound like my little sister when she argues.

Like I said before its no fun arguing with someone who has a far lower IQ than you. Go get a college degree before you comment on what Bey cant and can do. Otherwise it comes off as “the pot calling the kettle black”. Cause you sound less smarter than her when she is doing a interview. Whenever you come at me I end up verbally slashing you without use one curse word…..so why do you try me? You’ll lose everytime.

Class dismissed….

149 said: …Jay-Z should take Bey to Marcy and live their for awhile to see how debilitatiing it can be to live in the projects surrounded by needles, homelessness, despondency, and just a general level of poverty…

Yes. That is a must, but will never happened. She really truely has this delusion that she is a good actress. This is how she thinks about herself. A true actress would turn down this role ir it was for them rather than make a fool of oneself. She must be hard core. She has to cuss like her too…Smoke like her and drink like her…just the whole swagger thing going on. Queen latifah would have been the best choice… The acting is going to be so terrible. This is such an unjust to Ms. Etta James whole carrer… Same shame on you greedy Beyonce and Mathew…

Ms. Etta James back in the day, was a street smart, talkin shit, club bannging survivor. Her mon was 16 years old and her father is supposedly Fats a well known obesed professional pool player. It was told that in order for her to receive monetary support from Fats She could not reveal that he was her father… Interesting that Beyonce would even consider this role… Etta even warned everyone in her comment that she does not thjink Beyonce would correlate with her life story. This is going to be a joke. I promise you there will be no Oscar for her…

If Beyonce does well in this film, I want her to take another type of role, because we are still seeing Beyonce even if her character transforms in the movie, we still see Beyonce and cant get into to the character she is trying to portray. What she needs to do is get a role where she does not have to sing, then make the transformation. Its not so much that she can not act is that people cant see your character if your known for something else. She is also being type cast-playing a woman who goes through situations and sings in the movie. Thats bold how they did my mans, Tank, a black man still cant get respect he deserves. What a shame! Cici making another album I hope its hott, dancers, I think she should get one of those dance crews off of mtv’s dance show.

The heavy light skinned singer in Floetry would have been gopod to cast too… Hell anybody xcept B. SMH….

Go Bey! People cried & whined about her performance with Tina while Tina went on tv to say how great & talented & beautiful…. oh hell you get the picture she thought Beyonce was. An how she was HONORED to sing with her.

Now Etta admits to feeling honored to have Bey play her… all while people b1tch & moan about it.

Oh well kiddie boos… get over it! Beyonce is the HBIC & TRUE MUSICAL LEGENDS love & respect her talent.

You ugly brawdz would just luvvv for Beyonce to pack on the pounds to play this role so you could have “something else” to yap about go setdowhn

Who they COULDA WOULDA SHOULDA cast is irrelevant since BEYONCE has been chosen for the part… go setdowhn

Jay-z and Beyonce are not fooling anyone. They conveniently get photographed when leaving places that Jay-z has ownership with. Puleeze! He definitely knows how to be coincidentally spotted leaving a restaurant he co-owns.

As for Beyonce’ playing Etta James, I have no hope in this because she hasn’t quite got what it takes as an actress. Be it singing roles or non-singing roles. She lacks real emotions and I already hate this for her because this will give people yet another opportunity to witness again another failure. Everythang ain’t fo everyone!!! Now as for “Lady Sings the Blues”. Diana grew up in a hard neighborhood and learned very early survival skills. Her life ain’t always been filled with glamour and wealth. The one thing that I noted was that she had that same kind of cool demeanor that B.H. had she had that and other things in commom enough to exucute the role. Etta would be known today as a “Gansta” in today’s society. Now I ask all of you, How in the hell is Beyonce” going to seriously pull this off?

I wish I cud auditon for that cuz I can dance on ciara’s level I love Ciara damn if only I was old enough fuckz LOLZ but I personally don’t like Beyonce but she has A LOT of work to do cuz that lady can sang I mean Be can sing don’t get me wrong but that’s like Be doing a Whitney song Be is good enough tho she’ll pull it off in the singing I’m worried about th acting she don’t lok rite acting mean I’ve seen dream girls LOLZ I hwish her the best tho and my wifey Ciara hope she finds some good ass dancers for her new album cuz she is the dance goddess

Good Luck to Beyonce.. I say give the girl a chance. LOL

Can’t wait for Ciara’s new album. I guess she’s going to keep us dancing. Looking forward to buying it.

@ 149 DAMN You crazy, Bey don’t have to do no foolishness like that to get into character, Jay ain’t hardly taking Bey to live in some drug infested projects surrrounded by needles,homelessness and despondency in preparation for a movie role……………you must be on drugs!

lol at #7, you stupid. kiddin : )

Keyshia Cole? Faith Evans? I have my own idea. You know who would be kind of good to play Etta James? How about an actor…I know I know, the idea is crazy but it might just work.

LMAO @ THE HATERS COMING UP WITH LAME EXCUSES FOR BEYONCE NOT TO PLAY THE ROLE, NEVA MIND THE MOVIE HASN’T EVEN STARTED SHOOTING YET.

DEAD @ CHRISTINA AGUILERA BEEN SUGGESTED FOR THE ROLE,HELLO SHE WHITE AND HER RENDITION OF ETTA JAMES’S AT LAST WAS AWFUL,BASICALLY RUINED A SOUFUL SONG WITH UNNECESSARY RIFF AND LONG NOTES.

DEAD @ THE HATERS SUGGESTING KEYSHIA COLE(WHO’S NEVA HAD AN ACTING GIG AND SUCKS IN HER OWN REALITY SHOW) FAITH EVANS??? WHO CAN ACT TO SAVE HER LIFE. QUEEN LATIFAH LOOKS NOTHIN LIKE ETTA JAMES.

AS FOR VOCALS,BEYONCE ALWAYS DELIVERS,PEOPLE FORGET THAT BEYONCE HAS THE VOCAL ABILITY TO SWITCH HER TONE AND RANGE. SHE CAN SING REALLY LOW AND GRITTY(REMEMBER THE WRITING ON THE WALL ALBUM)

YES SHE’S THE EXCUTIVE PRODUCER FOR THE PROJECT,BASICLALY PROVIDING THE FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT,WORK MS BEYONCE!!!
PLUS ETTA JAMES HAS ALREADY GIVING HER BLESSING AND IS WILLING TO WORK WITH BEYONCE, JUST LIKE RAY CHARLESS DID WITH JAMIE FOX TO GET THE CHARACTER RIGHT.

[...] edited at 2:38 a.m. Friday — so I had no idea at the time I posted this little homage, but Etta James has addressed my concerns! Via Page Six — “I wasn’t as bourgie as she is, she’s bourgeois. She knows [...]

You are pretty. I got a brother who said he saw you on a dating site called black century.c om. Is that you?

lol/ She is really sexy!!! I have ever seen her hot video at “mixedfriends dotcom” which is a niche interracial dating site for all singles. She is really sexy with bikini in that video. You will know how passionate interracial kiss it is after seening it

Lmao @ a Beyonce fan talking about another singer ruining a song with unnecessary riffs. Hahaaaa. That’s like, Beyonce’s specialty.

Love it! Beyonce is truly blessed and favored! What an amazing opportunity for this young, successful, beautiful, black woman! She’s taking on the role of a legend, writing 4 songs for the project, and getting a chance to executively produce the project! Just wow! I’m thrilled that she will work one on one with Etta James. That will be an awesome experience! I can’t wait for this project to hit the screen! Keep doing you Beyonce and brush the haters off! It’s a reason that you are where you are at this stage of your life, and the HATERS are where they are! HATERS are not BLESSED people because their HATING BLOCKS THEIR BLESSINGS! As Beyonce continues to rise, HATERS continue to live mediocre lifes. If you want to be something you are not today, you must change! A good place to change HATERS would be you attitudes!

They can what that up? Beyonce does look like Etta James a little. That is a good choice. Tank, I love you, stay strong.

Etta James is a beast. She basically said, Beyonce don’t eff up my ish because Etta did not choose Beyonce to portray her. Beyonce is no actress. I think she is just struggling right now to stay relevant. Why oh why do stans say Beyonce gonna be music history? How so? Her music, fashion line, acting, everything is mediocre one reason being is that she’s saturated the market out of fear of being forgotten. Ironic because people want to forget her and need to forget her to appreciate her. She just doesn’t see it because of her insecurities. Etta might be disappointed because Beyonce got distracted by LeToya’s cd dropping and didn’t hone acting skills. She was too busy trying to outshine LeToya and didn’t see Jennifer Hudson coming for that ass. So, if LeToya drops another cd which I hear she will in June, Beyonce might not be able to stay focus yet again and Etta is gonna be highly disappointed. EVERY ROLE ISN”T FOR EVERYBODY!

How in the hell did Beyonce get this role lol? She can’t act AT ALL…….she sounds nothing like Etta……she looks nothing like Etta…..this will be a BIG TIME FLOP! This will be one big Beyonce video (mark my words) lol!

mayne couldn’t ciara just come to england as well? :(:( oh well can’t wait for tha new album:D

Beyonce is gonna be given a singing role cause she isn’t intelligent, articulate or well-spoken enough to do a straight acting role. I like her singing, but listen to her speak–it’s like hearing a 4th grader talk. She called her immediate family her “intermediate family” one-time in an interview lol.

I wonder how Jay-Z, an intelligent smart businessman, can hold a conversation with her illiterate ass.

Sad the hottest chick in the game is also the dumbest

I wonder if Beyonce will go on her cayenne pepper diet like she did for Dreamgirls, and hype it up (which she sucked in)……LMFAO! I hope like hell they have a good supporting cast in this movie!

I agree #167……She really is overrated, overexposed, and over everything else lol! She’s a good entertainer, but her music is nothing like Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Etta James, Chrisette Michelle, India Arie,…..she’s a bubble-gum pop lyricist!

DAYYYYYYYYYYYYUUUUUUUUMMMMM@TANK
I know that was f’d up gettin tased….boy I bet’cha ya gone get that thurr act together now aint cha?

OOOO its Beyonce….I want some new music bump the movies…LOL J/P i cant wait to see it…espeically since im LOVIN THE TITLE OF THE MOVIE…CADILLAC RECORDS…WOOOOW…I LOVE OL’SKOOL CADILLACS…THE GREATEST AND MOST BEAUTFIUL CLASSIC LUXURY CAR EVER CREATED BY MAN.

Anywayz… I would be even more proud of Bee is she was representin bein black instead of tryin to look white…Im sorry sisters but we need more Black pride in America..leave dem blonde weaves and blue contacts fa those thurr white chicks…..fa’realz…

UH-OH CI-CI BACK…LOOK OUT RHI RHI….LOL…j/p

I am a Beyonce fan, but some of her fans make us all look dumb. It is not about hating on Beyonce for everyone. Sometimes critics can raise some of the most valid points because they are not biased. First of all, I agree with the comment that said, “Give it to an unknonw.” You want to know why there are only two black stars in Hollywood, it is because we do not promote new talent. Instead, blacks with perceived power would prefer to keep using the same women (Halle, Beyonce) in everything instead of giving those nameless women of color a shot. Since we are always talking about what white folks do, that is what they do. They give an unknown a chance to be successful, and that is why they continue to dominate Hollywood despite the fact they themselves are becoming a minority in this country. Beyonce is a star, this is not even an arguable point. Promote a talented young woman who would not normally have a chance. I don’t mean one we have already been exposed to (J-Hud).

Next, yes Diana Ross did play Billie Holiday. Did anyone mention how she herself had a bout with drugs? Billie and Etta are heavy roles because those are women who sang from the soul and that’s why their music will outlast all these “it” girls out here. When they sang, they brought their problems (drugs, men who beat them, segregation, racism etc.). All these new age singers whine about is, “Why people hate me? People say evil things about me. No one loves me.” Those women dealt with hate 101, 102, and 103, and survived when everyone said no. They came around the time when white folk showed their true racism and not this under the table hidden racism or because you’re rich I’ll pretend like I like you.

Finally, who the hell said that Jayz was intelligent. He gives some of the most embarrassing speeches at the UN. I’m sick of us glorifying people because they make it as entertainers first. Jayz has intelligent people doing his bidding, but please don’t act like Beyonce is dating out side of her intelligence. As a matter of fact, her conversation is better than his.

I’m done.

Beyonce is doomed i have to see if she can play this role its a tough one because she is so girly girl and Etta just dont give a f*ck!!!!!

ROFLMAO at #170! “Intermediate family” Muawaahahahaha. That’s just like her using conversate in her song, Get Me Bodied. I cringe every time I hear it!

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Please stop comparing this to Diana Ross playing Billy Holiday. Diana Ross could act, whereas Beyonce’s skills are still lacking even after being in 7 or 8 movies. Bey needs to stick with singing pop.

If Ms. Etta says she’s fine with Bey acting as her in this movie then whats the problem. Ms. Etta said it herself that she is honored to have Beyonce play her. Whats the problem people!? Also Beyonce is executive producing the movie…so ha! Shes doing the damn thing. Thats why on every blog she’s always talked about. You people say you are tired of her and that her acting is awful but then she gets almost 200 posts. Alicia Keys is a good artist but her acting gme isn’t good either. Just let her do her.

Poor haters! You don’t know what to do with yourself!

Good for Bey I hope she venture off into something else when doing a movie…NO MORE SINGING ROLES SON!!!

LMAO @ this whole post reaching 200 off of people who will more than likely GO SEE THE MOVIE BEYONCE IS IN..and then Come on here just to comment. Out of this whole post only a few people even said n e thing positive. Executive Producer? Etta James working with her on the role?? All that is skipped over. It’s cool to critique and say you don’t know about the casting. But to type long a.ss paragraphs, say Etta James would be rolling over in her grave (WHEN SHE IS STILL LIVING.), Christina Aguilera …a white girl..should play ETTA, etc, is just really ridiculous and if that isn’t hate I don’t know what is. To skip over the entire article just to bash is a shame. Like I said you are the main ones who will be in the movie, watching Cadillac Records, some of you more than likely own B’day, or at least one of Beyonce’s albums solo or with Destiny’s Child 4 and 3, watched the Oscars, Golden Globes, Dreamgirls, and all of Beyonce’s movies to critique her acting, and most of all you more than likely Dance to her songs in the club everytime they come on, and shout “This is my song”, have done the Uh Oh dance. There’s one thing to critique and have an opinion, but people on this site are too much sometimes.

I am beyond disgusted that they would let beyacky even think about portraying someone with as much talent as the legendary miss james! This sickens my stomach! All she does is take rolls that she is singing in…Um newsflash, That’s not acting! She needs to take a clue from a REAL talent like Alicia Key’s! She got a part that was farthest away from her comfort zone! SMH this will BOMB at the box office, and hopefully she’ll go hide under a rock. For GOOD!

@ the floacist LOLYou crazy fool!!!! LOL Let an actor play the part lol. @170 intermediate girl you clownin’!!! lol For real though Beyonce does not have the chops to do this justice. Since she is also executive producing it’ll be watered down. Etta is and has always been a gritty woman, that salt of the earth type. I don’t see any of that from Beyonce from when they firat came out until now I got, in this order, ghetto girl from texas, to ghetto girl in a dress made by her Mother. Her and Jay-Z both have not one lick of intelligence that comes across in interviews. So I agree the hottest “girl” in the game with a barely there mouthpiece. Look at Alicia she got her ass a diction coach and sounds so much better.

Well, I just learn that Beyonce was the executive producer of this movie so hell yes, she is going to cast herself as the big star so NO ONE (like alicia keys would say) chooses her. Beyonce is doing everything to be on top so i guess we cannot be mad. I f i produce a movie, i would like to be the star, like when she was in DC, she ahs to be in the center. that is just how it is??? She is born to be on Top so whatever lol

I am pretty sure Daddy Knowles had a hand in this and put Bey’s name on it cause that is his precious baby and meal ticket! Cause Lord knows Bey still canot even do an interview let alone executive produce anything!

@ Jlovely

If you read people’s comment you would understand that most people agree that they girls is talented and she is indeed a star. However her acting skills have been proven in numerous films that they suck more than Beyonce sucking cambodian milk out of Jay’s penis. Her music talents have zero to do with her acting skills comprende? I appreciate your long essay on haters but in this case the majority on here including her mature fans would agree her acting just sucks sorry

“However her acting skills have been proven in numerous films that they suck more than Beyonce sucking cambodian milk out of Jay’s penis.”

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DAMN DAMN DAMN, that funny but sounds nasty as hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blah blah blah at all these comments I’m not even going to waste my time reading them all because the more people hate the more successful Beyonce becomes. She’s the richest, most popular and successful woman in rnb so she will definitely be a legend of this generation and will go down in history whether you think she can act or not. Like someone said no one’s opinions matter so the haters who keep typing under different names agreeing with themselves are the reasons why Beyonce stays on top and become more and more successful. So I say hate on and watch the money pile up because Beyonce is shitting on all these chicks so it don’t matter what no one on here thinks. I love it. Keep shitting on everybody and making your haters mad Bey!

Just because someone says Beyonce is a bad actor doesn’t mean people are hating on her. No one is perfect at everything; she or the people in her camp need to realize it. She either need to step her game up or just stick to what she does best, which is singing.

The reason people are voicing their opinion on her acting ability (and not hating) is because there are several people out there that are far more talented at acting and will never get the chance. They wont get the chance because people like her deebo their way in the game. It so sad that we cant have new age Angela Bassett, Alfre Woodard, Halle Berry, Loretta Devine, or a Ruby Dee.

i’d rather see heather headly play that role, at least she will be able to carry the songs with some emotional depth.

Let’s be real here, beyonce can not carry this role and anyone who has read etta’s book would most likely agree.

producers of the movie should do a real in depth search for a serious actress.

Where is Jerome when you need him,lol.I can’t get that Zeta girls thing out of my head,still lol.

Bebeyonce is a weak actress1 She should stick to singing! Leave the acting to the pros!
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I see this as a blessing. Beyonce is sure to fuk-up this role completely. This will undoubtedly take away any desire she has to be an actress. *sits back and waits* She’ll be back to booty shaking in no time stans.

Kudo’s to Beyonce. This is sure to expand her acting catalogue and that’s great that Etta likes and supports her. She’s also going to make even more bank by producing (as she always does at least the soundtrack - now it’s both - movie and track.)

[...] oh, and if you’re wondering what this fabulous picture is above, everyone’s favorite superstar diva has woke up one morning & decided to be Etta James*. [...]

That’s a stramge looking smile on Beyonce’s face.

bey it too stiff & robitic, she can’t act. HIRE SOMEONE WHO’S STUDIED THE CRAFT OF ACTINT111

###########i just knew it was going to be some one on here mad because beyonce #3######## dont have actring talent. damn yall want the girl to be a super hero or
33######## something she cant do everything.she cant act.why do you think this girl girl is top singer in the industry and didnt get recorgnized in dream girl. she cant act and she screemed through the intire movie trying to keep up with j-hud. sit bey next to some real talent and she gets crushed. she aint the big bad bey