On Monday,January 21st President Obama celebrated his 2013 Inauguration for second term presidency.
The world watched Obama and his wife Michelle waving to the people in a formal government parade.
The ceremony drew record cable ratings claims the Huffington Post.
CNN was the top-rated cable news network during President Obama’s inauguration on Monday.
The network came in first place during the oath and inaugural address (11:45am -12:15pm) among total viewers, drawing 3.136 million viewers in all. MSNBC came in second with 2.273 million total viewers, while Fox News had 1.316 million total viewers.
Beyonce got the honor of performing “The Star Spangled Banner” live at President Obama’s Inauguration.
To rain on the parade.A member of the marine band called it in and claimed Beyonce was lip-syncing to a prerecorded track.
When other celebrities got wind of the controversy,there were mixed reactions.
Aretha Franklin said she laughed when she heard Beyonce hadn’t sung live.
“I thought it was funny because the weather down there was about 46 or 44 degrees and for most singers that is just not good singing weather…” she told ABC News. “When I heard that I just really cracked up. I thought it was really funny, but she did a beautiful job with the prerecord.”
While Jennifer Lopez said she understood situations in which singers opt to lip-sync,when asked about it on “The Daily Show.”
“Sometimes it happens when you are in certain stadiums and certain venues and things, they do prerecord stuff because you’re going to have that terrible slap-back,” JLo told Jon Stewart.
Former “American Idol” judge Steven Tyler told TMZ whether or not she sang live really didn’t matter because, well, it’s Beyonce.
“Beyonce’s so hot she can do anything,” he said. “Let’s just get real.”
Capt. Gregory A. Wolf defended Beyonce in a statement to fox411 “However, there was no opportunity for Ms. Knowles-Carter to rehearse with the Marine Band before the Inauguration so it was determined that a live performance by the band was ill-advised for such a high-profile event.”
Beyonce will be in the spotlight again on Superbowl Sunday.She is slated to perform again during half-time.
And well,President Obama will be in the spotlight for the next four years…Congratulations!
Do you think it matters if Beyonce sang live or if it was prerecorded?What do you think the President thought?
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