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What is next for Beyoncé? Movie fame surely
beckons; the Hollywood community has already
embraced her talents. Starring roles in Carmen,
T he Fig hting T emptations and the new Pink
Panther movie with Steve Martin have already
ensured that we have Beyoncé on the brain for a
little while longer. Just in case you escape the lure
of the Cineplex and your local HMV, you cannot
miss Ms Knowles’s foray into commercials.
L’Oreal, True Star for Tommy Hilfiger (a one day
shoot that apparently cost the ailing fashion
house $ 3 million) and wait for it… the inevitable
clothing deal. Brace yourself for fashions from the
House of Dereon, a label Beyoncé will run with
her mother Tina and named after her grandmother
Agnes Dereon who was a seamstress. Details are
sketchy about exact figures but last year’s
wheeling and dealing saw Beyoncé debut in
the Forbes Celebrity Rich List at an impressive
number 19 with a fortune of $ 23m (£12m).
Would Beyonce’s talent have found another
path from Texas to Top of the Pops? Probably.
But Mathew Knowles’s dogged determination has
seen his little girl become a millionaire many times
over with the world at her expertly pedicured feet.
“Beyoncé Knowles is proud
to be daddy’s little girl but
for how much longer?”
The more important question is how many of
our youngsters are missing out on their destinies
because we are happy just to let our young
charges happen upon fame instead of building
the path with our bare hands?
Living Doll: From the Crazy In Love album