Beyonce sends look-a-like to museum event
Pop star Beyonce, and star of this week’s #1 box office opener Obsessed, has angered a high-brow art museum in Vienna by sending a look-a-like to her own special personal tour of the museum, while she went shopping, according to newspaper reports Wednesday. Tabloid dailies Oesterreich and Heute said the R&B diva had been due to visit the Albertina, one of the Austrian capital’s most famous museums which attracts around one million visitors each year.
Recent visitors include Hollywood stars such as Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Nicolas Cage.
But Beyonce, who gave a concert in Vienna on Tuesday, decided to skive off and do some shopping instead, sending a look-a-like to the museum and be photographed with Albertina director, Klaus Albrecht Schroeder, according to the reports.
The museum was understandably put out and said it would protest to the star’s management. “What a cheek,” Albertina spokeswoman Verena Dahlitz told the Austrian news agency APA.
“We were a little doubtful yesterday, but weren’t really sure. It could have been her,” Dahlitz said, adding that fans were apparently duped, too. Beyonce’s concert in Vienna met with very mixed reviews and was only half-full, according to Oesterreich.
Beyonce’s new thriller, Obsessed, did great business this weekend, taking in over $28 million dollars – approximately $10 million more than we’d estimated. Fighting came a tad lower than expected ($11.5 million), The Soloist right on target, with over $9 million. 17 again came in second with $11.7 million, but Fighting might top it when all the receipts are counted. Earth opened well with $8.5 million this weekend ($14 million since it opened on Wednesday). State of Play, Hannah Montana, Monsters vs Aliens and Fast & Furious all did solid business as well. Monsters vs Aliens will pass the $200 million mark before all is said and done. Jason Stathem’s Crank 2 fell to #10 and will be an afterthought by next Friday.
