(Photo by Rich Polk/WireImage), (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Robert Townsend saw something special in Beyoncé during her very first audition. “I didn’t know Beyoncé ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robert Townsend wanted to blindly hire Beyoncé to star as Carmen Brown in the MTV film, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, and watched Queen ...

Beyoncé was allegedly 'shaking' with nerves when she auditioned for 'Carmen: A Hip Hopera' in 2001, according to the director. Here's what he shared. Carmen: A Hip Hopera, directed by Robert Townsend, ...

Before she became a global superstar, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter was just 19 years old and nervously auditioning for her very first acting role. That role turned out to be the lead in MTV's 2001 film ...

Robert Townsend recently opened up about witnessing Beyoncé’s undeniable spark during her very first audition for the MTV movie Carmen: A Hip Hopera. Speaking with Lena Waithe on Legacy Talk, the ...

To all who suffered through the 88 minutes of torture that was Beyoncé’s 2001 flop, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, and to all who endured — chapter by merciless chapter — all twelve segments of R. Kelly’s ...

Beyoncé and Dolly Parton’s “Tyrant” debuts at No. 83 on the U.K. Official Singles chart and earns Parton her first placement on the Hip-Hop and R&B ranking. HOUSTON, TEXAS - OCTOBER 25: Beyoncé looks ...

Robert Townsend saw something special in Beyoncé during her very first audition. The acclaimed director recently opened up to Lena Waithe on Legacy Talk about casting the then-19-year-old singer in ...