“Jay-Z” on The Daily Caller

They make a point of never being photographed together and are hardly ever seen out in public with each other. (more)

Apparently you’re not “jamming” to music unless you decide to forgo a shower for days, sleep in a park, and make friends with perfect strangers.  Three-to-four-day outdoor music festivals, or large gathered crowds all bopping to the beat, seem to be the trend for summer festivals. (more)

CLEVELAND (AP) — It’s a flirtatious courtship, media frenzy and global event rolled into a package unprecedented in sports history. (more)

EDITOR’S NOTE: Have a burning sensation? Consult your doctor. Have a burning question for Matt Labash? Submit it here. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Betty White demonstrated how it’s done as host of this week’s “Saturday Night Live.” (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z and a business partner are suing slugger David Ortiz, claiming the Boston Red Sox star named his Dominican nightclub after the hip hop mogul’s chain of 40/40 nightclubs. (more)

ATLANTA – As Tiger Woods began his quest to don another green Masters jacket, gal pal Joslyn James was doffing hers. (more)

I’d like Ed Gillespie, the Republican strategist, to give me some money. Actually, Bill Kristol, Roger Kimball and the Heritage Foundation can chip in as well. (more)

Despite reports surfacing last week that Jay-Z got Beyonce pregnant, Knowles is not. Whatever “rock solid source” people quoted apparently wasn’t so solid. (more)

The urban newssite MediaTakeOut.com is announcing that Beyonce Knowles and her husband, Jay Z, are to have a child. There’s no date as yet for the expected bith of Beyonce’s baby, just the news that she is in fact pregnant. (more)

Rapper Jay-Z’s apparent visit to the White House Situation Room Wednesday reveals a radical departure from the last eight years of security policy, according to a senior Bush administration official. (more)

The Situation Room in the White House was reserved for national security meetings in previous administrations. Apparently in the Obama administration it’s used not only to map out campaign strategy, but for celebrity photo-ops as well: (more)

Jay-Z wasn’t a big fan of the “We Are the World” remake, which debuted at the Olympic opening ceremonies Friday to benefit Haiti earthquake relief. (more)

Given the type of news coverage he gets, it may surprise you to learn that John Mayer is also a musician. His major-label debut, Room for Squares, came out in 2001, and within two years he was rewarded with his first Grammy win, followed by praise from every corner of the music industry, from blues masters (B.B. King and Eric Clapton) to rap stars (Kanye West and Jay-Z) to Nashville standouts (the Dixie Chicks and Brad Paisley). His gentle voice and introspective lyrics looked back to 1970s songwriters like James Taylor, and his guitar playing was versatile and masterful. (more)

LONDON (AP) — Women are dominating the nominations for Britain’s leading music awards — the Brits — but Internet sensation Susan Boyle was snubbed on the shortlist. (more)

Jay-Z says his lyrics are like New York Post headlines. The rap star says in Interview’s February cover story: “It comes from me trying to tell the story in the most clear, concise and truthful way — taking those everyday words and phrases and capturing them in a way that they become something else.” (more)