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Hey, Made in America, this Bey's for you

Also in Tattle: PBS pulls out “Roots,” Rick Ross arrested and a Cooter raises his flag

SEPTEMBER in Philadelphia just got a little

crazier.

Three weeks before Pope Francis, we're

getting the queen.

Queen Bey that is.

Beyonce is returning to her hubby, Jay Z's (and Budweiser's), Made in America festival Sept. 5 and 6 on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Gosh, it helps to marry well when you need to book talent.

Last year Kanye West played Philadelphia, when the festival had a second stage in Los Angeles. This year the L.A. component is gone, so it's all Philly.

MiA also will include Axwell & Ingrosso, J. Cole, Bassnectar, Modest Mouse, Big Sean, Death Cab for Cutie and Meek Mill.

Tickets go on sale Monday.

From Jay Z to 'Roots'

A "Finding Your Roots" episode that omitted references to Ben Affleck's ancestor as a slave owner violated PBS standards, PBS said yesterday.

PBS said that it's postponing the show's third season and delaying a commitment to a fourth year until it's satisfied with improvement in the show's editorial standards.

(If they're postponing the third season, wouldn't the fourth season actually be the third season?)

PBS launched an investigation after it was reported that Affleck requested the program, in a 2014 episode, to not reveal that his ancestor was a slaveholder. The Associated Press examined historical documents and found that Affleck's great-great-great grandfather owned 24 slaves.

Yeah, but he didn't make "Gigli."

The review found that co-producers violated PBS standards by allowing improper influence on the show's editorial process and failed to inform PBS or producing station WNET of Affleck's efforts to affect the program's content.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wealthy, powerful people influencing the editorial process is frowned upon? From what sick part of un-America does this PBS operate?

TATTBITS

* Rapper Rick Ross (a/k/a William Roberts) faces kidnapping and assault charges after he and a man described as his bodyguard were arrested early yesterday at Ross' mansion south of Atlanta by U.S. marshals and local sheriff's deputies, authorities said.

Ross was being held in the Fayette County Jail on charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault and aggravated battery, said Jim Joyner, a supervisor with the Marshals' Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force. The bodyguard, whose name wasn't released, faces the same charges.

Ross was denied bail yesterday morning.

Authorities said the arrest stemmed from an assault, but would not provide further details.

Officers showed up at the mansion, once owned by Evander Holyfield, but someone inside wouldn't open up, authorities said. "They refused to open the gate, so we opened the gate for them," Joyner said.

Once officers got inside, someone opened the front door so they didn't have to break it down, Joyner said. Ross and the bodyguard were then taken into custody without incident, Joyner said.

"They didn't put up a struggle or anything," he said.

Bobbi Kristina Brown was moved to hospice care yesterday after months in the hospital.

In a statement, her aunt Pat Houston said that Whitney Houston's daughter's "condition has continued to deteriorate."

The statement added that the Houston family thanks "everyone for their support and prayers. She is in God's hands now."

Ben Jones, the actor who played Cooter on the TV series "Dukes of Hazzard," is defending the Confederate flag as a symbol of the spirit of independence. Jones, a former congressman, said that Confederate items will never be removed from his three Cooter's Place stores.

Jones posted on Facebook that fans of the show know that the flag represents values of the rural South, including courage, family and good times.

And fans of "Hogan's Heroes" know that the swastika represents dopey Nazi prison guards and comical POW hijinks.

And fans of the Urban Dictionary know a Cooter when they see one.

- Daily News wire services

contributed to this report.

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