i think it's jailed with her in having blue ivy. next thing, super bowl. two, three, let's go. >> beyonce emergeed from a four-month break ready for reinvention. >> as an artist, you have to constantly reinvent yourself. >> she's a friend of the couple. >> it's a job, you are always under construction, working to be relevant, make a comeback and not compromise who you are as a woman, as a person. >> there could be no bigger stage for her next act than the halftime show at super bowl. >> the crowd's reaction was, not the real show is going to start. it's like, i felt like the football team was her opening act. >> unmatched energy and eye-popping look. >> she is a superhero. scantily clad, it was salacious. >> it was only women on stage for beyonce, a dream come true. >> i feel that it is my job to empower women. i remember having a dream my band was all females. i told the males, sorry, you are all so talented, but you are not women. >> neocollaborates with beyonce. >> beyonce evolved into a being where great isn't good enough anymore. >> a co-incidental me

her final track features her daughter blue ivy and you can only buy it on itunes. >> blue ivy alreadye family business. i'm sure it's going to be a hit. marlie hall at the new york stock exchange. thanks, marley. >>> in sports, the last thursday night game of the season played in chilly denver. the broncos and peyton manning taking on san diego. chargers' receiver keenan allen finishes with just two catches but he makes both of them count. he hurdles into the end zone over a tackler on his first catch, and them on his second, he scores again. the chargers win, 27-20. >>> when we return, drunk driving defense. a teenager who killed four people in a dwi case offers a controversial explanation for his behavior. controversial explanation for his behavior. la vie est belle. la vie est belle, the new eau de parfum, lancôme. now at macy's, your fragrance destination. with grands mini pot pies. only four ingredients. and a few easy steps. weeknight dinner in a flash. and my family devours them. pillsbury grands biscuits. make dinner pop. pillsbury grands biscuits. ghirardelli squares chocolat

how she lost more than 60 pounds after the birth of blue ivy and the reason she showed all in those steamy videos. >> i wanted to show my body. ♪ hold on to me >>> she wanted to show her body. you have to bundle up in times square though now. >> i can't think of a better reason to bare it all, right? >>> well, good morning, america. right? robin, george, josh, lara all off this morning. david muir along with amy robach and the team. a new year's gift come early to be next to you this week. >> stop it some more, david. >>> a new twist in the tupelo murder case. the suspect allegedly threatening the president before his cross-country robbery spree. we'll have the latest details this morning. >>> and we have the very latest on the antarctica rescue. stalled by punishing weather that won't let the ice breakers get through. what the plan is to free the passengers. >>> as we prepare to ring in the new year, the bone-chilling temperatures in the midwest. ginger zee and the extreme weather team here. that's already a huge crowd in times square. >> they are. it's the warmest we're going to be. you

the closing track titled "blue" and features her daughter, blue ivy. in a statement, beyonce says this new album is from her to her fans. social media is abuzz this morning, #blue ivy has been trending. >> gma will have a lot more on beyonce's new album and method dore distribution coming up. >> it is 6:25. >> the news continues at 6:30 with the day's top stories. >>> breaking overnight the collision shutting down part of a bay area interstate two hours. the investigation now under way by the highway patrol. >>> i'm matt keller live in fremont. more discussions are planned today in the latest b.a.r.t. contract dispute as the new poll reveals what people here in the bay area think about banning transit strikes. >>> good morning. it's freezing cold in a few areas and fog is forming. we are on the lookout for black ice and warmer temperatures in the weekend version of your accuweather seven-day forecast. >>> and i'm leyla goal innocent abc7 traffic center a look behind me at the bay bridge mirroring lights, have been turned on, seeing a buildup of traffic

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you can see blue ivy. you don't see a lot of her.ue ivy have been out there. there you see blue again. that's the sweeter side. and there is a song that's been out for some time featuring the pepsi commercial called "grown woman." beyonce has released a bonus video for that song called "grown woman" and there you see her. so it is unprecedented because it is cool and new and it's -- nobody's done this before but also all of the videos attached i think makes it nice. >>> susan serandon, who knew, she likes the ganga weed. >> oh, boy. >> she always looks like she is a little -- >> on "watch what happens live" andy cohen name one major hollywood event you showed up to stoned. and she said, "only one? i would say almost all except the oscars." let's listen. >> name one major hollywood event that you showed up to stoned. >> only one. almost all except the oscars. >> can you believe it? i wonder why the oscars was so serious. out of respect -- i will tell you i wouldn't want to wrestle with a weed-induced bout of paranoia in an award show.

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it's a family affair as it features husband jay-z and daughter blue ivy.usan sarandon admitted she shows up high to almost all hollywood events including the oscars. >>> "glee" star lea michele talked about working through the death of boyfriend cory monteith on ellen thursday. take a listen. >> i think that at a certain point, you can choose to sort of fall from this or you can choose to rise. and that's what i'm just trying to do my best for him because i know that that's what he would have wanted. >> and it seems she wasn't alone. her first tweet after his death became the most retweeted message of 2013. the second most of the year was from paul walker's official account confirming the death of the "fast & furious" star. >>> in response to growing criticism of its lack of diversity, "saturday night live" held two showcase auditions last week consistly entirely of black women. one photo tweeted from the showcase. good luck to all. >>> the hobbit" will likely take the top spot at the box office this weekend as it goes against tyler perry's "a madea christ

she shot one of them with her daughter blue ivy in brazil.ow, that was at coney island this summer. we knew she was shooting that because we saw a lot of pictures from that and also fans that were there at coney island when she was shooting this were posting pictures. she had a dance off with fans. she was having a good time. but 17 videos? that's a lot of work. >> we're enjoying these videos here. nishl, people are saying after the show they're downloading the whole thing. they're not going to wait any longer. >> $15.99 it's going to cost you, a little bit of money. >> all right. nischelle, thank you, appreciate it. it's a huge weekend for china's space program. now, they literally shooting for the moon. nobody on board au a moon rove ser scheduled to land on the moon tomorrow. it launched 11 days ago. if all goes well, the spacecraft is going to touch down on the moon at about 10:00 tomorrow morning eastern time. it's a remote controlled robot. it's got cameras. it scoops to dig up soil samples. if the mission succeeds, china will be only t

i features tracks with husband jay-z and their daughter, blue ivy. i don't know what a toddler does. with nose genes can probably carry a tune well. beyonce sung at the president's inauguration and didn't want the year to go by without dropping a single or album, as they say. the fact this didn't leak and they are able to do this, that means incredible security around here. >> i think it's going to be interesting because you have to buy the whole album, not individual tracks. we'll see. the culture now, is to buy songs, not albums. >> it's holiday time. you don't have to wrap it. you can gift it to somebody on your phone and you don't have to worry about it getting there in time for christmas. >> we'll see. i want to see how the sales go. bertha, wonderful to see you. say hello to the folks on the first floor for me. talk to you soon. bertha coombs live. >>> some wealthy families spare no expense when it comes to giving their kids a leg up on the competition. this tutor says some of his wealthiest clients pay $1250 an hour. that's one thousand, two h

♪ when you're holding me tight >> the song, "blue," obviously a reference to beyonce's daughter, blue ivy"beyonce." >>> kelly ripper thanking her trainer. the picture will explain why. she's upside down, with her feet on the wall, demonstrating her six-pack. >> kelly, the host of "live with kelly and michael." he's the mother of three. because it's not plight to reveal a woman's age, we won't. but most 20-year-olds don't look like that. >>> a new study of james bond's drinking habits show if he was real he would be an alcoholic. he sucked down four-times the amount of booze recommended for men. >> it says he would have been drinking 31 martinis a week. and doing so would have made driving fast, firing a gun and chasing women, all but impossible. >> sounds like a plan to me. bond could have suffered from liver damage, a possible stroke and, get this, sexual dysfunction. from james bond? >> i don't know if i wanted to know that about bond. >> they have pills for that. you're back in business. >> you're completely drunk off your butt. >> well, you know. can't have everything. >>> after the s

pictures of blue ivy. >> miss blue carter. >> check it out.ting a workout these days. >> looking good as ever. >> snooki is just like everybody and her mama. everybody has something to say about miley cyrus. now snooki had advice for miss miley cyrus, as well. she says, you know what, she is me three years ago. she's a party girl. she likes to have fun. we'd be best friends if i knew her. she's crazy and likes to go out a lot but she said that is basically me three years ago. there is home video of snooki from "the jersey shore" losing it on a day she was completed wasted and got arrested. and this is her now. >> much better. >> the new snooki is actually elegant. there one problem with that. as much as they are similar, miley has talent. like she can sing and dance. she is a reality person. >> drunk. >> slightly different. >> i think miley is 21 years old and needs to find herself. >>> quick one. chelsea handler got a new do, got a bob cut like her bff jennifer aniston. >> she does look like jennifer aniston. >> she says she is done with hair

and blue ivy makes her debut in the song, "blue."dented move that surprised fans and the music industry. announcing and releasing her album on the same day. 14 songs complete with 17 music videos. add in an enticing instagram video, and another on facebook, explaining why she kept the release under wraps. >> i felt like i don't want anybody to give the message when my record is coming out. i just want this to come out when it's ready. and from me to my fans. >> reporter: and the fans were happy. one tweeting, only beyonce can drop a visual bomb with 17 videos. no promotion. and it was all kept a secret. there's a reason why she's called the queen. beyonce's younger sister and fellow singer, solange gushing, i'm sitting here watching the most artful and perfect project ever. >> i see music. it's more than just what i hear. and i'm connected to something, i immediately see a visual. or a series of images that are tied to a feeling or an emotion. a memory from my childhood. thoughts about life, my dreams or my fantasies. and they're all

people have been taking shots at her for putting blue ivy in one of the songs saying you exploited your goes with the territory but she is entering new territory with the hard-core aspects. i don't know how hard core they are but i guess for squeaky clean, it might be shocking for some people. >> squeaky clean with the caveat she's always been on the racy side. she's always been sexy and never hidden the fact that she's sexy. i love she included her daughter in some of the videos because it is pure and innocent. plus, it's her daughter. she can do whatever he wants with her kid. >> there you go. she can do whatever he wants with her kid. >> there you go. when you don't have the time, there's new crest 3d white 1 hour express whitestrips. removes years of stains in just 1 hour. whitening without the wait. now get the best 3d white deal of the year at selected retailers. prove it. enough is enough. d-con baits are specially formulated to kill in one feeding. guaranteed. d-con. get out. the way we clean.ange and free ourselves from the harshness of bleach. lysol power & free has more clean

. >> blue ivy's on the record. >> the queen is back. bow down. >> reporter: 14 songs and 17 videos.r 80,000 copies in just 3 hours. throughout the year, beyonce has had big stages to drop an album. her super bowl halftime show. ♪ or alongside her pepsi commercials this summer. ♪ >> reporter: but beyonce's philosophy this time, no gimmicks, no middleman, all queen b. >> this is her vision. beyonce is fully in control of the beyonce experience. this is her, like, drop the mic moment and walk offstage. >> i want this to come out from me to my fans. >> reporter: fans finished watching the album, feeling closer to beyonce than ever before. >> it feels like you're getting glimpses of beyonce's diary. it's kind of raw. it's kind of intimate. ♪ perfection is the disease of a nation ♪ >> reporter: collaborating with drake, ocean. beyonce found celebrities. demi lovato tweeting, beyonce just dropped a surprise album. and katy perry telling the world, don't talk to me today unless it's about beyonce. beyonce showing all she is the true queen b. if you want to buy the music, you have to get the

. >> reporter: she also bought a few gifts for her own daughter, 23-month-old blue ivy. >> these areporter: before wishing everyone a happy holiday. >> merry, merry christmas from beyonce. [ cheers ] >> reporter: gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> must have been exciting. for up to 750 people in the store, i bet. >> whether you got the 50 bucks or not. >> see, i was working that day. she signed -- >> when she asked you for a hug, did you give her a hug? >> oh, big time. a couple of them. >> you are the greeter at wal-mart. >> that's me. my day job. >> i knew i knew you from somewhere. >> takes a lot of energy so why i work the night job. that's how i pay the bills. this is just for fun. >> makes all the sense in the world. >> we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades. but the truth is: there's so much in life we can't control. here's something we can: colorectal cancer. it's the second leading cancer killer in the u.s., but it is almost entirely preventable! most colon cancers start as polyps, and screening finds polyps, s

. >> reporter: she bought a few gifts for her own daughter, 23-month-old blue ivy. >> this will be cuteor her. my baby. >> reporter: before wishing everyone a happy holiday. >> merry, merry christmas from beyonce. >> reporter: wouldn't you love to be in that store? by the way, this comes just days after another retail giant, target, refused to carry beyonce's new album because it had been released online first, suggesting that could hurt sales. walmart clearly welcomed it with open arms. >> i don't get that reception when i go to walmart. >> start handing out $50 gift cards. and get a very good reception. >> yeah. >>> time, now, for a check of the weather. and back over to meteorologist damon lane of koco, channel 5 in oklahoma city. damon? >> good morning. great to be here. while they're dealing with an ice storm in the middle of america, dealing with quite a bit of heavy rainfall. as we look at indianapolis, louisville, down to little rock. we're talking about inches of rain for today. and that certainly will lead to a flooding risk. also dealing with, hey, winter begins today. it fel

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itunes at midnight on friday. 14 tracks, 17 videos, a little bit of everything, including a cameo by blue ivyrse. fans had to buy the full thing, though, if they wanted it. they're not complaining. >> $16. $15.99 to be exact. >> if you know. >> yeah. making fun of beyonce, you know, it's not easy on "saturday night live." why? because the cast has no black women, and "snl" has been slammed for it. >> yeah. >> it's been going on for a couple of months now, and the show even tried to make light of it when guest host kerry washington played a couple of roles in one sketch. watch. >> what a nice surprise. >> isn't it? >> why? >> so that oprah can come in. >> oh, because of the halls -- >> yes, exactly. >> and kenan won't? >> nope. >> well, in that case, i will leave, and in a few minutes, oprah will be here. [ laughter ] >> thank you, mrs. obama. >> i'm heeeeerrrr! >> pretty clever. "snl" is now looking for a new face to add to the cast, and she could be in this picture. it's held auditions for black women, and actually will add one next month, or they will. here with her own take, deborah wilson

." >>> 50 shades of beyonce exposed, from dominatrix to blue ivy to beauty queen, her diary from her secret album. how queen bee pulled it off and which celebrities nearly lost their minds when it came out? >>> julia roberts' all new "extra" a-list interview. >> congratulations. >> her christmas plans and the one scene with meryl that freaked her out. >> i don't want to injure her. >>> now trending, ryan o'neal exclusive, his mega millions fight over this farrah fawcett portrait.

. >> blue ivy turns up in one of the videos. to me >> hello. >> a little tweak for a minute there. >> this is just pure brillance. because everybody is talking about it. so who needed to promote it beforehand. drop it and then promote it. >> she is the queen. queen b. >> the power of beyonce. no marketing ands going to go to number one. there's no question about it. >> it certainly is. i have downloading to do. >> you have some downloading to do. lucy. >> put a little spin on that. >> in fact, maybe joe biden can get this for the president. because i know he has been shopping. >> he has been shopping. >> it's hard to find a gift for the president. >> yeah. it is. my favorite part of the story is tmz was hanging out on capitol hill. the reporter from tmz asking vice president biden as he walked the hallways there if he's hard at workshoping for president obama. >> have you gone christmas shopping for the president yet. >> are you kidding me? he's shopping for me. >> how hard is it to shop for the president? >> by the way, we exch

on itunes last night. 14 new songs with videos, featuring her husband, jay z, and their daughter, blue ivyr cory booker. sam murphy tweeted them, are they at least playing the new beyonce album in the chamber? to which booker replied, nope, but i'm told it's blasting in the republican cloakroom. >>> to "politics now" where conservative mike huckabee is thinking about a run for president in 2016. he passed in 2012, mainly he said because he didn't think anyone could beat president obama. but now he tells "the new york times" he's keeping the door open and his own internal polls show he's leading the republican field in iowa and south carolina. >>> no secret santa at the white house, at least no gift exchange between the president and vice president during the holidays. but vice president biden told tmz they do get each other birthday gifts. one year apparently obama got him a putting gadget. he got the president a golf bag. >>> and the group get covered is raising awareness for the health care law with this video that has an obama impersonator rapping snoop dogg lyrics. >> i'm commander in

in her cart, a copy of her new self-titled album and a baby doll for blue ivy, her daughter.omoting the sale of the album which was on sale at walmart. it first debuted in the itunes store last week. >> can you imagine being a shopper in walmart? forget the $50, she is in the store? i want to go meet her. target refused to sell the hard copy of the cd because she went right to itunes. >> i think she is all set. waitingwarner cable is on its best and final offer. we will take you where it might come from, next. then we are looking at wall street's brat pack. ♪ >> turning to time warner, here ceo has to incoming say about the recent takeover talks. he said i will sell if the price is right. good news for shareholders, right? not one, not two, but three titans all considering bids right now. time warner cable is the company wall street clearly loves. done,t what the stock has the company has bought back almost $7 million worth of shares and that sent the stock up more than 400% since the spinoff back in 2009. so who will win this deal? we want to ask the panel. alix, let me star

. >> she also bought a few gifts for her own daughter, 23-month-old blue ivy. >> these are for her.yone a happy holiday. >> merry christmas from beyonce. >> reporter: gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> must have been exciting. for up to 750 people in the store, i bet. >> whether you got the 50 bucks or not. >> see, i was working that day. she signed -- >> when she asked you for a hug, did you give her a hug? >> oh, big time. a couple of them. >> you are the greeter at wal-mart. >> that's me. my day job. >> i knew i knew you from somewhere. >> takes a lot of energy so why i work the night job. that's how i pay the bills. this is just for fun. >> makes all the sense in the world. >> we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades. world. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades.

as blue ivy gets in on the act. >>> we're with julia roberts as she opens up about those pesky pregnancy thought about adding more to the group? >> oh, sure. >> he's so smart, so funny. >> then paul walker cremated before his weekend funeral as we remember stars we've lost this year. >> bob newhart's marsha wallace. how she overcame a troubled past. >> i was going to kill myself, and then this little voice said, don't do it. >> "that 70's show" cast members on their co-star's death in rehab. >> i lost everything. >> they sent her to betty ford twice. >>> and "young & the restless" share memories of jeanne cooper. >> you're both having so much fun. >>> now where yahoo! and broadcast meet for 24/7 access to celebrity news, "omg! insider." >>> new details on paul walker's funeral as we remember the stars we lost in 2013 straight ahead. hi, everyone. i'm thea andrews. kevin frazier is off. keltie knight is here because it's all about the music right now. and beyonce, beyonce, beyonce breaking the mold and doing really what we expect of her. the totally unexpected. >> exactly. that's what hap

there's this video with 1-year-old blue ivy. ♪ hold on to me >> reporter: and drunk in love with hubbythat's redefined music and albums forever. upon release, the album is only available exclusively on itunes which is why you won't see it on store shelves. to be able to pull off something of this magnitude in the social media era makes it remarkable. we didn't know she was working on an album. she hinted about it. but signed contracts. code names? >> everything. little pieces like that. for it to come all together. she did it. >> producers didn't know when it was going to drop. >> queen b. >> paula, are we gets a christmas baby? >> this is going to be a secret as to when this is going to drop, too. code name. >> some clues. >> baby number three. they said any day now. yeah. so i'm excited. >> you did it the old-fashioned way. fell in love. got married. >> been together 13 years. >> how about that. >> we're going to move on to couples not doing it the old-fashioned way. >> code name love. how is that. >> they want to be parents. but they don't want the marriage, necessarily. they're fin

. >> blue ivy carter. >> that's right. >> nice work. nice work. >> who's ahead? bianna's ahead.w i have three right. >> this celebrity strong enough, hint, to be a queen of twitter. >> katy perry. >> cher. she has great emoji. >> write it down. what cat did not make the most important cats of 2013? true or false? >> false. >> got a chance. >> true. >> most important cat. >> amy robach is sharp. >> the most important cat of 2013, is cat dressed like a shark, riding a roomba chasing a duck. >> we have a tie. we have a tie. how often does that happen on "good morning america"? i can see -- >> it's tied between whom? >> drumroll, please. how about some bells? tied for first place, amy robach and bianna golodryga. the highlight reel tonight on "world news." thanks, ryan. thanks so much. happy new year and 2014. you can share the trophy with ginger and rachel. we'll be back as the party continues here on "good morning america." [ cheers and applause ] >>> we want to thank d.j. sugar ray for putting us in a mood to celebrate this morning. >> we want to thank d.j. sugar ray. also, happy

her daughter blue ivy also makes a cameo. everyone will be able to do this in the future but certainly there are probably a lot of artists, a lot of "a list" artists and their managers and record labels are looking to what beyonce did this week and seeing what they can learn from that. >> the other thing that's interesting about this norah and charlie, she released it as an album. you can't buy singles which cuts against the grain of the whole single market. yet she sold 829,000 copies in just three days $13 million in sales. it's worked. >> and around the world. >> and around the world. >> and the video is good. >> and the video is good. i'm not sure anybody else could do this but she could. >> is it a trend we'll see with other companies announcing new products, using social media to the utmost? >> certainly within the music industry they're asking that question a lot in the last couple days. i think -- there's no question it's really appealing to artists because they can go directly to their audience. they don't need to go

it's her fifth release and the first since she gave birth to blue ivy.nzy over the new music is not just about her new album. it's how she did it on her own terms in an exclusive deal with itunes. no pre a & r, no listening parties. she just dropped it on social media. is this a new model for doing business in the music industry? here to talk about it veteran entertainment pr strategist. beyonce surprised everyone by not doing the traditional thing. is this the new thing? >> it's the bey thing. beyonce and jay-z are the most potent music brand in the history of music. so no, we don't suspect other artists will follow the model, the carters' model, but beyonce can do this. this further differentiating beyonce's brand from everyone else. it showed that she's potent, relevant, and it showed she has the power and gravity to shock the music world by releasing a record with no advance notice. >> people are saying there's no middleman. still, there is some publicity. we're talking about it. is this the publicity, the shock of it, like wait a minute, what happen

. >> that baby there is blue ivy. the daughter with jay-z.istened to a couple tracks this morning preparing for the show. >>> "saturday night live" is hiring. the sketch comedy show hopes to add a black woman to the cast. here is a picture from the casting. one aspiring performer posted this online. "snl" has been hammered for the lack of adversity. keenan thompson is not going to play a black female until they hire a black female for the show. we will talk with a black comedianne who was a hit on sketch comedy television. we will talk to her about this and when it first started. >> we will do that later. >>> also this morning, we are bringing you the most viewed ads of the year on youtube. we showed you five of them already. here is number five according to adweek. >> so, how do you make the world believe your poop doesn't sting or the fact your poop doesn't smell at all? poo-pourri. >> wow! i have never seen this one. >> i haven't either. i heard it. >> poo-pourri. more than 20 million views. here to talk with us more is mike shields. digit