Mychal Watts/WireImageFresh from being named to Forbes' annual list of the World's Most Powerful Women, Beyonce and Shakira are now being recognized for their love matches.  Both women and their significant others have been named to the publication's list of the "World's Most Powerful Couples."

The magazine looked at twosomes across politics, media, technology and music to find high-profile pairs who are doing big things individually and even bigger things together.  As two of the biggest names in music, Beyonce and hubby Jay-Z certainly qualify, while Shakira and her baby daddy, soccer player Gerard Pique, straddle the worlds of music and sports.

Talking about Bey and Jay's influence, Forbes notes that they're "tight with the first couple of the United States" -- who naturally are #1 on the list.  Forbes also points out the couple's headline-making trip to Cuba, and their ability to pull in the big bucks on the road, not to mention all their other business dealings.

As for Shakira and Pique, he gets points for being one of Spain's most popular athletes, who plays for FC Barcelona, one of the most valuable teams in soccer.  She scores for her warmly-received appearance on The Voice, of course, and her status as a global music superstar.

In addition to Barack and Michelle Obama, the list also includes the likes of Bill and Hillary Clinton, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen and Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi.

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Facebook.com/TaylorSwiftTaylor Swift's already proven that she can poke fun at herself: she told Billboard that she thought the "goat" version of her hit "I Knew You Were Trouble" was "brilliant."  Now, she's giving Katy Perry props for making fun of the song as well.

Katy randomly tweeted on Wednesday, "I knew you were truffle when you walked in," and added the hashtag "#dinnertime."  Taylor wasted no time in retweeting her comment, and then wrote to Katy, "Please never change."

It's odd, however, that Katy would tweet about consuming something as delicious and indulgent as truffles, considering that right before that, she tweeted a photo of herself holding up three enormous bags of pills, capsules and tablets, along with the caption,  "I'm all about that supplement & vitamin LYFE!"

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Angela Weiss/WireImageBackstreet Boy Nick Carter is the latest pop star to document his personal life in a reality show.  Deadline.com reports that the singer is executive-producing and starring in the series with his fiancee, Lauren Kitt. 

According to Deadline, the half-hour series will "chronicle [Nick's] life as he tries to make amends with his past and prepare for his upcoming nuptials." It's currently being shopped around; Deadline reports that several cable networks are showing interest.

This won't be Nick's first reality series: he and his siblings starred in the E! show House of Carters in 2006.  Leslie, one of his sisters who was featured on the show, died in 2012, reportedly from an overdose of prescription medication. Nick has publicly discussed his own struggles with drugs and alcohol.

Nick, the only remaining bachelor in the Backstreet Boys, got engaged to Lauren, an actress and fitness expert, back in February.  There's no word on when their wedding will take place, since the group is heading out on a massive tour in August.  Their new album, In a World Like This, is out July 30; the first single is the title track and that's coming June 25.

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Facebook.com/KeshaMr. Worldwide and K-Dolla are bringing the party to you this summer.  Pitbull and Ke$ha's joint tour kicks off Thursday night in Mansfield, Massachusetts, and it seems like quite a production: Ke$ha promises "glitter, beards, balls and laser beams," while Pitbull says he'll contribute some "crazy freaky fun."

So how did this odd couple end up as a double bill?  Pitbull tells ABC News Radio that fans have wanted them to collaborate for a long time.  "People have been asking us, when are we going to do something together? So, crazy thing is that we are actually doing a tour together before we do a record together," Pitbull laughs. 

As for why he thinks she's a great tour partner, Pit explains, "She has a great vibe, great music, and I think it's a great segue where we can both finish it off together with a lot of energy."  He suggests that fans who attend will really be able to, as his latest hit says, "feel the moment."

At this point, fans know what to expect from Pitbull's live performances: in the past two weeks, they've seen him perform on the American Idol finale, the Dancing with the Stars finale and the Billboard Music Awards. Asked if he feels he'll need to step up his production to compete with Ke$ha's clouds of glitter and lasers, Pit says he's not into that kind of one-upmanship. 

"I'm not here to compete. I'm not here to complicate. I'm here to compliment," he explains.  "Whatever she does on stage, I watch, I learn, I study. But that's not going to change what we bring to the stage. And what we bring is global music, a lot of fun, a lot of energy, and I just bring that old-school Miami bass -- crazy, freaky, fun!"

But will Ke$ha's fanatical fans, who she calls "animals," mix well with Pitbull's crowd?  He says there's no reason why they wouldn't, since they're all going to be at the concert for the same thing: good music.

"Music, at the end of the day connects everybody," he tells ABC News Radio. "So it's all about them having a good time and escaping, and Ke$ha's got great music, I think we have great music also. So...I may pick up some fans from Ke$ha, she may pick up some fans from us, and that's what it's all about."

So is an onstage collaboration in the cards for the tour, which runs through the end of June?  The rapper won't say.

"It's up in the air, you know? God knows what we're going to end up doing," he says. "She seems like a lot of fun, I've met her a couple of times, she has a great attitude, and also I'm hearing a great work ethic. So, looking forward to it, but there are definitely going to be some surprises!"

If you can't get enough Pitbull, he provides one of the voices in Epic, the animated family film that's opening this weekend.

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Facebook.com/WonderfulPistachiosFor two days, "Psy" took Cannes by storm, posing for pics with celebs, hitting hot parties, booking DJ gigs, and enjoying the life of an international music star -- except it wasn't really him.

The New York Post reports a lookalike for the "Gangnam Style" and "Gentleman" performer, bodyguards in tow, hoodwinked attendees at the French film festival. Even more strange, he really isn't much of a dead ringer for the star, at least according to a pic snapped at the festival by Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun.

The real Psy re-tweeted the pic, posting, "Here the picture of  #fakePSYinCannes spotted by @scooterbraun!!" and followed it with a hashtag revealing the star's real location: #realPSYinSINGAPORE.

A source who booked the fake star at one of the Cannes events finally realized his VIP wasn't the South Korean star only after getting in touch with Psy's record label. "We've been duped," the source admitted.

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Facebook.com/MariahCareyWhen Mariah Carey released her new hit "#Beautiful," many people wondered why she included the hashtag in the song title.  After all, she and duet partner Miguel don't sing "hashtag beautiful" in the song, so what purpose does it serve?  Well, turns out it's standing in for a naughty word.

The explicit version of "#Beautiful" is now on iTunes, and while linking to it on Twitter, Mariah wrote, "Find out what the hashtag means :)."  Fans who download the song will hear very clearly that Miguel is singing "f" word -- the adjective form, to be precise -- before he sings "beautiful."  So now you know.

Speaking of hashtags, Mariah is asking fans to use them to help name the puppies that her dog, Squeak E. Beans, just gave birth to, much to the singer's surprise. 

As Mariah wrote on Facebook, "I promise I was told she was spayed! Ugh!"  But she added that the pups are "irresistible," and invites fans to suggest names via Twitter using the hashtag #namedempuppies.  There are two males and a female pup just waiting for their names, dahhhling.

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Ray Mickshaw/FOXAmerican Idol loves to bring back its former contestants to perform on the show, but now, there's a possibility that the Fox show will bring back its alumni and sit them behind the judges' table.

New York magazine's Vulture column quotes people with "knowledge of the situation" as saying that serious consideration is being given to including former Idol contestants among the judges, or perhaps having an entire panel of former contestants.  The sources claim that Jennifer Hudson and Kelly Clarkson have already been approached, while Clay Aiken's and Adam Lambert's names are also being mentioned.

One person who thinks bringing back former contestants as judges is a great idea is third place finisher Angie Miller.  She tells ABC News Radio, "I've actually thought of that.  People ask, 'Who'd you like to see as a judge?' and I always say, 'Someone who's been on American Idol,' and in the back of my mind, I'm like, 'Adam Lambert! Adam Lambert!'"

As you'll recall, Angie performed with Adam on the finale, and she says the experience was a highlight. "He's great.  I loved singing with him and we just, like, clicked when we met.  He's awesome," she tells ABC News Radio.   In fact, Adam's has already served as a mentor for Angie's post-Idol career.

"He's helped me out so much, even with the business side of things...just telling me what he did," Angie tells ABC News Radio. "He's definitely helped me and I have a feeling we're gonna work together in the future."  

Of course, reports about contestant judges haven't been confirmed by Fox, but there's plenty of time for the network to decide what it wants to do to boost the show's sagging ratings.  As Vulture points out, this season's judging panel of Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Keith Urban and Randy Jackson wasn't officially announced until mid-September of last year.

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Ray Mickshaw / FOXEach year on American Idol, at least one contestant ends up with a nickname, usually bestowed upon them by Ryan Seacrest or, occasionally, one of the judges.  This year, it was runner-up Kree Harrison who hit the nickname jackpot: She'll now and forever be known as "Kreedom," thanks to judge Nicki Minaj.  Kree says she doesn't mind -- and she also likes all the other variations she's heard on her unusual name this season.

"I think all of the Kree nicknames are funny," she told ABC News Radio backstage at Live with Kelly & Michael. "There's, like,  'Kree-per,' that's my favorite.  'Kree-ture,' 'Kree-ation,' 'In-Kree-Dible,' there's so many.  But yeah, my family calls me Kree-dom now!  I'm like, 'What?'"

As for whether or not she felt honored that she was the only contestant who Nicki proposed to, and the only one the judge called her "wife," Kree laughed and said, "Of course!  Yeah, we've been engaged since Vegas!"

While Kree says that singing in front of the likes of Nicki, Mariah Carey and Keith Urban every week was great, she wasn't necessarily starstruck by them.  In fact, she says there's only one person who appeared on Idol all season who she truly couldn't believe she got to meet: Motown legend Smokey Robinson.

"I was geeking out," Kree said of meeting Smokey.  "I've never been starstruck in my life. I've lived in Nashville for 13 years; I've met a lot of people. I got to stand in front of Mariah Carey and she literally told me [she liked my singing]...I don't know, that was weird."  But meeting Smokey, Kree says, was different.

"I was just, I was floored by what was happening.  Yeah, I'm a huge fan," she says. 

While Kree was also a fan of all four judges, and is happy she was one of the last two people ever to be critiqued by the departing Randy Jackson, she says she has no clue who should join the panel next season.

"I don't know.  I mean, just the fact that, like, those four, this last season [were] so different, I feel like [the producers] know what they're doing.  I think it's going to be awesome to figure out who it's going to be." 

You can catch Kree on the upcoming American Idols Live tour, which kicks off at the end of next month.

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HarperCollinsOne Direction has got a new book on the way this summer. 

Titled Where We Are: Our Band, Our Story, the publisher's description calls it “the only official book from 1D, charting their journey over the past year-and-a-half -- from the places they’ve visited and fans they’ve met, to their thoughts and feelings, hopes and dreams, highs and lows. It has been a phenomenal year – and this is a phenomenal story.”

1D has released three previous official books through HarperCollins, the most recent being One Direction: Dare to Dream.

Where We Are: Our Band, Our Story goes on sale August 27, three days before the debut of the group's movie, This Is Us.

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