American R&B recording artist, singer Beyonce Giselle Knowles , who topped the charts with the record last week, cast the album's artwork on a number of the city's landmarks, including Madame Tussauds and Battersea Power Station. The star's fourth studio set entered at number one last Sunday after selling 31,000 copies, and is on course to spend a second week at the chart summit following her well-received performance at this year's Glastonbury festival.

Britney Jean Spears The American Singer was credited with leading the revival of teen pop in the late 1990s.music critics have hailed her as the most gifted teenage pop idol for many years, but Spears has set her sights a little higher-she is aiming for the level of superstardom that has been achieved by Madonna and Janet Jackson.Rami Yacoub who co-produced Spears's debut album with lyricist Max Martin, commented, "I know from Denniz Pop and Max's previous productions, when we do songs, there's kind of a nasal thing.Rolling Stone wrote: "Britney Spears carries on the classic archetype of the rock & roll teen queen, the dungaree doll, the angel baby who just has to make a scene."Following the release of her debut album, Chuck Taylor of Billboard observed, "Spears has become a consummate performer, with snappy dance moves, a clearly real-albeit young-and funkdified voice .Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic referred to her music as a "blend of infectious, rap-inflected dance-pop and smooth balladry."Britney later commented, "With ...Baby One More Time, I didn't get to show my voice off. The songs were great, but they weren't very challenging".

Guy Blackman of The Age wrote that while few would care to listen to an entire Spears album, The thing about Spears, though, is that her biggest songs, no matter how committee-created or impossibly polished, have always been convincing because of her delivery, her commitment and her presence. For her mostly teenage fans, Spears expresses perfectly the conflicting urges of adolescence, the tension between chastity and sexual experience, between hedonism and responsibility, between confidence and vulnerability.Her vocal ability has also been criticized, often drawing unfavorable comparison to her pop rival, Christina Aguilera Critic Allan Raible derides her overdependence in Circus on digital effects and the robotic effect it creates. "She’s never been a strong vocalist..." writes Raible, "Could she handle these songs with stripped down arrangements and no vocal effects? More importantly, would anyone want to hear her attempt such a performance? Does it matter? No. The focus is still image over substance."Her image and personality are also often contrasted to Christina Aguilera.

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart prepare to win the Best Kiss award at the MTV Movie Awards tonight.The 'Twilight' stars have won the award the last two years, but their acceptance smooches were duds. The first year, it was a pretend kiss, and the second, it was a hidden peck.Last year, they reportedly stayed up all night trying to decide what to do should they win Best Kiss."They were having a great time deciding what they were going to do. "They don't take it very seriously, some of their ideas were just hilarious — Rob thought it was all really funny."This year will be different as the couple have been rehearsing the big moment.Kristen Stewart shares another Best Kiss nomination with fellow Twilighter Taylor Lautner.'Twilight Saga: Eclipse" leads the nominations, with eight nods, including Kristen Stewart for Best Female Performance and Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner competing for Best Male Performance.'Inception' and 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1' are close behind with seven and six nominations, respectively.The awards are being held at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA, and will be hosted by Jason Sudeikis of "Saturday Night Live."

Amy Poehler has cited the classic sitcom All in the Family as the most significant influence on her approach to comedy.All in the Family, which was based on the British series Till Death Us Do Part , followed the exploits of curmudgeon Archie Bunker and his bumbling family for nine seasons on CBS in the 1970s. sometimes bigoted Bunker.All in the Family was my favourite sitcom growing up," she said. "I loved Archie Bunker like all my favourite characters, he seemed to live when I wasn't watching. I could picture what he did over the weekend."While Poehler lavished praised on All in the Family, she also revealed that she can't live without the Law & Order franchise."I panic that there will be a time when it isn't on TV,she remarked. "When I'm not in New York, it makes me miss New York. I think about all the people angry that their streets are being closed off. And I feel like late Law & Order star] Jerry Orbach might be someone that I will get to meet in heaven."Amy Poehler, the American comedian and star of Saturday Night Live, has made a cameo appearance in the season two finale of web-series 'Broad City'. Amy Poehler delighted fans by making a hilarious appearance in Iiana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson's acclaimed internet comedy show.

The comedy duo, who also performs live under the 'Broad City' name, wrapped up season two by enlisting the help of Poehler and Kristen Schaal. In her short cameo, Poehler is seen running through the streets of New York with Glazer and Jacobson, before crashing into man carrying a tray of oranges. As she feigns injury on the floor, Poehler tells the duo to 'go on without her', shouting, "Save yourself. There's too many oranges. They're too heavy, there's too many of them, they keep coming", adding, "You guys are really in the zone, just go with the flow and live your dreams". Poehler, best known for playing 'Leslie Knope' on Nbc's hit comedy 'Parks and Recreation', recently voiced characters for the animated movies 'Megamind', 'Hoodwinked 2' and 'Alvin and the Chipmunks, Chip-Wrecked".Amy Poehler was a cast-member on Saturday Night Live between 2001 and 2008. During her time on the show she was famed for her impersonations of A list stars, most notably Britney Spears, Madonna, Avril Lavigne, Sharon Stone and LINDSAY LOHAN.