Superstar Beyonce did two astonishing things Thursday night: Release a complete album without any promotion or advance notice, and sample Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Adichie, who lives part of the year in the U.S., is the author of the acclaimed 2013 novel "Americanah," a smart and surprisingly funny take on race and gender in contemporary society. In 2008, she was awarded a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, after the publication of "Half a Yellow Sun," a historical novel set during Nigeria's bloody Biafran war.

Adichie appears on Beyonce's track "Flawless." She isn't in the short video sample of the song that's online; according to Rap Genius, the video is of the third verse, while Adichie's sample makes up most of the second.

The sample is from a talk Adichie gave at TEDxEuston in London earlier this year titled, "We Should All Be Feminists." What appears in "Flawless" pulls from different parts of her speech:

We teach girls to shrink themselves

To make themselves smaller

We say to girls

"You can have ambition

But not too much

You should aim to be successful

But not too successful

Otherwise you will threaten the man"

Because I am female

I am expected to aspire to marriage

I am expected to make my life choices

Always keeping in mind that

Marriage is the most important

Now marriage can be a source of

Joy and love and mutual support

But why do we teach to aspire to marriage

And we don't teach boys the same?

We raise girls to each other as competitors

Not for jobs or for accomplishments

Which I think can be a good thing

But for the attention of men

We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings

In the way that boys are

Feminist: the person who believes in the social

Political, and economic equality of the sexes

Songs:

1. Pretty Hurts

2. Haunted

3. Drunk in Love (Featuring JAY Z)

4. Blow/Cherry

5. Angel

6. Yoncé/Partition

7. Jealous

8. Rocket

9. Mine (Featuring Drake)

10. XO

11. Flawless (Featuring Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie) 

12. Superpower (Featuring Frank Ocean)

13. Heaven 

14. Blue (Featuring Blue Ivy)

Videos:

1. Pretty Hurts - directed by Melina Matsoukas

2. Ghost - directed by Pierre Debusschere

3. Haunted - directed by Jonas Åkerlund

4. Drunk in Love - directed by Hype Williams

5. Blow - directed by Hype Williams

6. Angel - directed by @lilinternet

7. Yoncé - directed by Ricky Saiz

8. Partition - directed by Jake Nava

9. Jealous - directed by Beyoncé, Francesco Carrozzini & Todd Tourso

10. Rocket - directed by Beyoncé, Ed Burke & Bill Kirstein

11 .Mine - directed by Pierre Debusschere

12. XO - directed by Terry Richardson

13. ***Flawless - directed by Jake Nava

14. Superpower - directed by Jonas Åkerlund

15. Heaven -directed by Beyoncé & Todd Tourso

16. Blue - directed by Beyoncé, Ed Burke & Bill Kirstein

17. **BONUS VIDEO – Grown Woman - directed by Jake Nava

Source: lattimes

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In The Amazing Spider-Man™ 2, for Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield), life is busy – between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen (Emma Stone), high school graduation can’t come quickly enough. Peter hasn’t forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away – but that’s a promise he just can’t keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro (Jamie Foxx), emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past.

Director: Marc Webb

Writers: Alex Kurtzman (screenplay), Roberto Orci (screenplay)

Stars: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx 

Opening 2 May 2014 (USA)

The First Trailer of the sequel of the rebooted Spiderman franchise is out.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is directed by Marc Webb and written by Jeff Pinker, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) finds, life is busy between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen (Emma Stone), high school graduation can't come quickly enough. Peter hasn't forgotten the promise he made to Gwen's father to protect her by staying away, but that's a promise he just can't keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro (Jamie Foxx), emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past. Sony will release Amazing Spider-Man 2 in theaters next summer on May 2nd