Beyoncé will take the stage at New York's famed Roseland Ballroom for four nights of special performances this month. The set on each night of the 4 Intimate Nights With Beyoncé concerts will be the entire collection of her critically acclaimed album, 4

For these four special nights, August 14, 16, 18 and 19, Beyoncé will perform her new songs to a standing room only audience.

Described by music critics as her most accomplished work yet, genre busting, bold and vibrant, 4 is a platform for the star to stretch her musical tastes and showcase her pitch-perfect voice. "What matters to Beyoncé is actually the music," states NPR. And The New York Times calls her "relentlessly perfect."

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- A longtime Haitian human rights activist, scholar and former culture minister has died.

A relative says the 79-year-old Jean-Claude Bajeux died Friday of lung cancer at his home in the hills above Port-au-Prince.

Bajeux fought against the 29-year rule of the father-and-son Duvalier dynasty and went on to serve as culture minister during the first term of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Bajeux later became a vocal critic of Aristide during the leader's second term.

Bajeux received a PhD from Princeton University in literature and taught Caribbean literature at the University of Puerto Rico. He also wrote a book of poetry and an anthology of literature in Haitian Creole.

Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.

There is nothing like enjoying carnival and Rihanna can tell you.  On Monday, August 1st Ms. Bajan Princess played mas in Barbados for Crop over at its annual Kadooment Day and from the looks of it she had a blast. 

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