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Diana vs Beyonce? - 2006/10/25 06:22 WILL DIANA ROSS WRECK BEYONCE'S OSCAR DREAMS?

Movie industry insiders in Hollywood fear DIANA ROSS is planning to wreck BEYONCE KNOWLES' Oscar hopes for DREAMGIRLS - because she hates the new musical which is loosely based on her career with THE SUPREMES. The soul diva made it clear she wasn't a fan of the project when it first appeared as a Broadway musical, and now sources claim she's planning a subtle 'diss' campaign to ruin the film's Academy Award chances. Los Angeles Times' Hollywood insider TOM O'NEIL claims "the original Dreamgirl" could create the kind of negative publicity that turns Oscar voters off if she "publicly disapproves" of the film, in which Knowles plays her. He says, "A longtime friend and colleague (of Ross) tells me that Miss Ross hates Dreamgirls because she feels like she's been ripped off, like its creators changed just enough key elements of her story so they didn't have to pay her royalties and then refused to give her any input on how her story would be told." The singer's biographer J RANDY TARABORRELLI is, however, convinced Ross will not blast the film. He says, "I think that Diana has decided that there's not much she can do about this and she wisely knows that there wasn't much (R+B legend) BILLIE HOLLIDAY's estate could do about her when she did (1972 biopic) LADY SINGS THE BLUES." _____________
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Re:Diana vs Beyonce? - 2006/10/25 22:50 As long as Beyonce is ruined, I don't care how or who.

I wasn't aware that Dreamgirls was an Oscar contender. It doesn't seem like it will be, but maybe that's just my opinion. I wonder what has Diana so pissed. But, if she doesn't like the musical or the movie, some attention should at least be payed to her. She is a part of the story, kind of. Shelby
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Re:Diana vs Beyonce? - 2006/10/31 20:52 Well, I LOVE me some Beyonce and I sincerely hope that Diana's negative opinion doesn't hurt the movie. I've been waiting on baited breath for this to come out since I first heard about it!

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Re:Diana vs Beyonce? - 2006/11/11 05:54 Did anyone actually ever think Beyonce would win an Oscar? I seriously doubt she's capable of giving that good of a performance even with the amazing supporting cast she's got. -Georgia

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