"Gayle King Interviews...On the Road With Destiny's Child" Premieres On Oxygen December 6 At 10 PM.Entertainment Editors/Music & TV Writers NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2001 Half Hour Special Goes Behind-The-Scenes and In The Studio With Grammy(R)Award-Winning Trio Even superstars need their mothers, especially pop divas. In Oxygen's new special, "Gayle King Gayle King (born in Chevy Chase, Maryland) is editor-at-large for O, The Oprah Magazine and is the best friend of Oprah Winfrey. She has previously worked as a television news anchor and talk show host. Interviews...On the Road with Destiny's Child  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. ," airing Thursday, December 6, at 10 p.m.(1), host Gayle King provides a backstage pass A backstage pass is an employee pass which allows its bearer access to employees-only areas at a performance venue. They are most commonly associated with rock music groups. to the platinum-selling singing artists, thanks to Tina Knowles Tina Knowles (born Célestine Ann Beyincé on January 4 1954) is an United States fashion designer for her House of Deréon brand. Perhaps best known as the mother of singer Beyoncé Knowles, she served as the designer of costumes for her daughter's musical group Destiny's Child. , mother of singer, Beyonce. As Ms. King spends time with one of the world's most successful women groups, she reveals that Tina is more than the group's stylist, but also an advisor and surrogate mother surrogate mother, a woman who agrees, usually by contract and for a fee, to bear a child for a couple who are childless because the wife is infertile or physically incapable of carrying a developing fetus. to band members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. "Do the girls get on my nerves? Oh yeah! Well, Beyonce does," says Tina with a sarcastic smile. The other two girls are always nice, but she's my daughter - you know how you are with your mother. We're very close, and that makes it a lot easier." Ms. King's first prime time special for Oxygen features unprecedented access to the super trio as they make a music video for "Bootylicious bootylicious Adjective Slang sexually attractive, esp. with curvaceous buttocks : the Remix" appear as presenters at the 2001 MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. Movie Awards; and perform during their recent U.S. tour. She also speaks candidly with Tina and the members of Destiny's Child about everything from clothes to motherhood to their arduous life on the road. They will also discuss: - Beyonce Knowles on working with her mom Tina Knowles: There's no one in the world that makes you feel as safe as your mother does and when you get on this road, it's crazy and sometimes you can feel like everybody wants something from you. But your mother just wants you happy. - Tina Knowles, on her reputation as a "Stage Mother:" I hear this all the time and it used to hurt me really bad at first because I was like "What are they saying?"...I have a problem with people discounting you because you are a family member. - Kelly Rowland on Tina Knowles becoming a second mother to her: Ever since I was around 9 or 10 years old, I've been living with Tina, simply because my Momma was a live-in nanny and she was always on the go, and around that time we were rehearsing, trying to get record deals, every single day. Everybody we meet I'm like "That's my Momma" and everybody we meet is like `I wish that was my Momma" She's the best. (1) All Times ET/PT |
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