Rihanna showed off a new hairstyle last night (Wed May 23) when she hit the stage during the “American Idol” finale.

After emerging from a laser-light pyramid in a box, Rihanna — rocking what looks like long dreadlock extensions — led a team of dancers through a highly energetic performance of her latest single “Where Have You Been.”

Earlier this week, Rihanna shared a few pictures of her new look with her Twitter followers, telling them she has wanted dreads since she was a teenager, but her mom wouldn’t let her get them. One fan asked her if her hair was heavy, and she said “as Goliath’s balls.”

“@DanielaEvans23: What made u want dreads babe? :) @rihanna their HOT! ;)” since I was 14, but mama Fent’z wasn’t havin it! Hehe

— Rihanna (@rihanna) May 24, 2012

“@g4lbaby: @Rihanna is your hair heavy??” as Goliath’s balls

— Rihanna (@rihanna) May 24, 2012

Watch Rihanna’s “American Idol” performance (and check out the pics) below:

Considering that they’re meant to be arch chart rival enemies … Rihanna and “new girl on the Roc” Rita Ora seem to be getting along just fine.

Following Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “Watch the Throne” concert Saturday night (May 19) at London’s O2 Arena … Rita and Rihanna hit up London Town’s Dstrkt restaurant where a birthday party for Roc Nation executive (and Jay-Z’s BFF) Tyran “Ty-Ty” Smith was being thrown.

In between mingling with celebrities like Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin … Rihanna planted a kiss right on Rita Ora’s cheek.

Later on in the evening, 21-year-old Ora shared a picture of the kiss with her Twitter followers, and jokingly tweeted:

“@rihanna hatin a$$ biatch!!!! Mwah!!!!!!”

Hopefully this will put the rumored rivalry to rest!

Russell Simmons wants everyone to stop hating on Rihanna.

Just days after the singer’s ex Chris Brown released a song ALLEGEDLY dissing her, the Hip-Hop mogul penned an opened letter defending Rih-Rih and her bad girl lifestyle.

Check out the blog post — which he chose to title “Get Off Rihanna’s D**k” — below:

There have been a lot of artists recently talking about “good girl gone bad,” Rihanna. As far as I’m concerned, I don’t see why everyone has their panties up in a bunch.  It’s just that she is out there allegedly fuckin’ the rockstars of her dreams and you out there fuckin’ groupies.  You can’t be mad that she was seen walking out of Ashton Kutcher’s house late one night, cause you know if you were seen walking out of Adriana Lima’s house late one night, you would be in the studio the next day rapping about it.  I mean, you all got like 50 girls in your videos drooling over you and you dissing Rihanna?  I can’t blame a girl for being independent, having fun and living her life the way she wants to.  I am certainly not condoning indiscriminate sex, but don’t get mad cause the girl…

Remember, I was a manager once and I have seen these types of young men on the road. I was with Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Whoodini and saw all of the girls after the show line up outside the dressing rooms.  I mean, Whoodini even wrote a song about, “I Am A Hoe” and went on to rap, “I rock three different girls after every show.” So, I know how this shit works.  You all got 10 times as many girls as Rihanna has men, and you know that.  I love you guys, and this certainly ain’t a diss, but I gotta keep it real.

~Russell Simmons

Your thoughts? Do you agree (or disagree) with Uncle Rush?

After a short stint in the hospital, Rihanna looked to be in really good spirits Thursday night (May 10) as she stepped out in Los Angeles for the premiere of her new movie “Battleship.”

Wearing a sexy all-white halter gown with a SERIOUS slit down the side that showed off her flawless legs (and a little bit of everything else too!), the Pop singer was all smiles as she posed for pictures on the red carpet outside the Nokia Theater, and inside with her co-stars Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgard and Brooklyn Decker.

Rihanna, after being rushed to the hospital and treated for flu-like symptoms earlier this week, told Access Hollywood on the red carpet:

“I’m a lot better now … I had a couple days to rest and re-hydrate. I just had the flu and I kept working and I wasn’t getting better so I took a couple days off to sleep and I feel great.”

Check out the pics of Rihanna at the L.A. premiere of “Battleship” below:

Chris Brown and Rihanna just collaborated on two songs together not too long ago … but it now looks like the two might be beefing over an ALLEGED diss track.

Chris just released a new freestyle over Kanye West‘s “Way Too Cold (Theraflu)” track that has a few lines that may (or may not) be directed towards his former flame Rihanna.

In the freestyle verse, Brown raps:

“Don’t f**k with my old bitches … like a bad fur … every industry n**ga done had her … trick or treat like a pumpkin … just to smash her … bitch is breaking codes … but I’m the password”

Rihanna must have caught wind of the new track, and was pretty quick too, because shortly after the song hit the Internet, Rihanna unfollowed Chris on Twitter and tweetgrammed a photo that read, “Take that thumb out of your ass.” (Sidenote: She deleted that tweet before we were able to get a screengrab)

Responding to the perceived, though not confirmed, offense Rihanna took to the ALLEGED “diss” … Chris Brown tweeted this morning:

Assumptions! I didn’t say any names so if u took offense to it then its something you feel guilty about.

— Chris Brown(@chrisbrown) May 10, 2012

Chris has since unfollowed Rihanna on Twitter … and so far, there has been no comment from neither Chris nor Rihanna’s reps.

The timing of the alleged diss is ironic too, considering Rihanna just wished Chris Brown a Happy Birthday last Saturday (May 5):

Happy Birthday @chrisbrown

— Rihanna (@rihanna) May 5, 2012

Do you think Chris Brown really dissed Rihanna … or is Rihanna just reading too much into an “innocent” freestyle verse?

Lots of celebrities gathered in New York City on Monday night (May 7) at the 2012 MET Costume Institute Gala.

Some of the celebs who were spotted showing off their fashion sense on the red carpet of the big event — dubbed the “Oscars of Fashion” — included singers Beyonce, Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz, Rihanna, Solange; actress Paula Patton; Hip-Hop newcomer (and sh*t starter) Azealia Banks and more.

Check out the pics below:

Rihanna made her third appearance on “Saturday Night Live” over the weekend, performing three different singles from her latest album “Talk That Talk.”

With lasers and a giant spiderweb in the background, the 24 year-old singer performed a medley of her latest singles, including “Birthday Cake” and “Talk That Talk.”

RiRi then finished off her set with her latest single “Where Have You Been,” and was joined by her dancers dressed in Egyptian attire.

Watch both performances below:

“Birthday Cake” and “Talk That Talk”

“Where Have You Been”

[Yardie]

Smoking weed and cussing isn’t the only thing Rihanna likes to do in her free time, or when she’s stressed.

According to Rihanna … the best way to relieve stress is to hit up the strip club! And the Pop singer did just that last night/this morning in New York.

“Best stress reliever = $tripper$,” the 24-year-old singer tweeted in the wee hours of the morning as she posted some photos to Twitter.

The liquor must have been flowing too, because she also tweeted, “My n***a I’m faded…And I don’t give a ph**k!”

In one of the photos, Rihanna can be seen making it rain on two strippers, and in another, she can be seen grinding on a stripper from behind, while jugging a drink (in her mouth) and holding a wad of cash.

In another tweet, the singer wrote, “#ROCstarshit my daddy would be proud … #RoleModelShit.”

Rihanna is most definitely a “Good Girl Gone Bad” … and we kinda like it!

What do you think about Rihanna’s “bad girl” image?

Rihanna goes tribal and shows off some sexy dance moves in her new music video for “Where Have You Been,” the latest single from her “Talk That Talk” album.

Check it out below:

Rihanna channels a Chinese Geisha girl in a video clip for Coldplay‘s new “Princess of China” single.

The clip should not be confused with the song’s official music video, as it is simply a video played in the backdrop during Coldplay’s live shows.

A spokesperson for the group told MTV News, “It isn’t the official video. It is, in fact, a clip that the band are using during their performance of the song on tour.”

Without revealing a specific release date, the rep also said the video is still being edited and won’t be completed until the end of May.

For now, check out the Rihanna only version below:

Rihanna showed up in a hot pink dress at the 2012 Time 100 Gala in New York City Tuesday night (Apr 24).

The singer — who brought along her mother Monica Fenty and grandfather Lionel Brathwaite — also performed a few select songs at the event, where she was honored for making Time Magazine’s annual list of the “100 Most Influential People in the World.”

Take a look at the pictures below:

Rihanna sure does know how to party, and the Pop singer looked like she was having the time of her life while enjoying (and partaking in) the 2012 Coachella Festival in California this past weekend.

During Day 3 of the weekend-long concert festival in Indio, CA, Rihanna surprised fans when she hit the stage with DJ Calvin Harris and the two performed their “We Found Love” single.

Rihanna also performed her latest single “Where Have You Been,” and she spotted her BFF Katy Perry in the crowd and went crazy with her and a group of fans in the audience.

Right before that, a purple-haired Katy Perry stag dived into the crowd and crowd-surfed across the audience as Rihanna and Calvin Harris were performing.

Later in the night, Rihanna was spotted rolling up a blunt in the crowd before hopping on top of her bodyguard’s shoulders to take in the rest of Calvin Harris’ concert set as she puffed on her “cigarette.”

Check out Rihanna partying, performing and smoking weed in the gallery below:

Drake and Rihanna cuddle up in the video for “Take Care,” the title track from Drizzy’s latest album.

Check it out below:

Rihanna sizzles in Versace on the cover of the May 2012 issue of Elle Magazine.

Inside the issue, the Barbadian beauty opens up about topics like breaking up with Chris Brown, her decision to reconcile with the singer and the criticism she received from it.

Rihanna also talks about finding the right man and having kids someday.

Check out the highlights from her interview below:

On her breakup with Chris Brown: “It gave me guns. I was like, well, fuck. They know more about me than I want them to know. It’s embarrassing. But that was my opening. That was my liberation, my moment of bring it. […] Now you know that, so you can say what you want about it. I don’t have anything to hide.”

On the backlash over their reconciliation: “The bottom line is that everyone thinks differently. It’s very hard for me to accept, but I get it. People end up wasting their time on the blogs or whatever, ranting away, and that’s all right. Because tomorrow I’m still going to be the same person. I’m still going to do what I want to do.”

On having kids: “It could be tomorrow. It could be 20 years from now. I just feel like when the time is right, God will send me a little angel. But first, of course, I have to find a man. I mean, there’s a very important missing piece to the puzzle here!”

On finding that man: “I feel like it’s hard for everybody! I don’t think it has anything to do with being famous. There’s just a major drought out there. […] But I just need to find the person who balances me out, because then things like my schedule won’t matter. I’ve done it before, so I know I can do it again.”

For more on Rihanna, check out Elle.com!

Only Rihanna could pull off wearing what looked like a gold and blue metallic PJ ensemble to a big movie premiere event … and that’s exactly what the Pop princess did at the Tokyo, Japan premiere of her new movie “Battleship.”

Even though Rihanna looks like she literally rolled out of bed and threw on a pair of high heels, she’s actually wearing a pant suit from Emilio Pucci’s Fall 2012 collection. The “You Da One” singer continued the gold theme by accessorizing her outfit with a long gold necklace and hooped earrings.

Take a look at the pictures below:

Rihanna has gone over to the dark side. (Hair-wise, that is!)

The Barbadian beauty stepped out in an all jet black long hair-do with a section of her hair shaved off on one side while attending a promotional event in Yokosuka, Japan for her new movie “Battleship.”

“I was missing she, but I aint ready to chop ha,” she tweeted in response to a fans comment that she had had a similar style once before.

Rihanna has been experimenting with different looks over the past week or so. Last week the ‘Talk That Talk’ singer was sporting a “gangsta gothic geisha” look for her upcoming music video with Coldplay, and days later she was spotted wearing a blonde wig at a “Battleship” promo event in London,

Take a look at the pictures of Rihanna in Tokyo below:

Rihanna raised a lot of eyebrows last week after she was spotted leaving Ashton Kutcher‘s L.A. mansion after arriving there at midnight. But apparently that’s not the first time they’ve spent time together.

PHOTOS: Rihanna Spotted Leaving Ashton Kutcher’s House at 4 AM?

According to new reports from London tabloid The Sun, Rihanna and Ashton Kutcher have been seeing each other since last December.

The 24-year-old singer hit if off with Two and a Half Men hunk Ashton at a mutual pal’s house party in Los Angeles last December.

The Umbrella singer is so besotted with Ashton, 34, that she has asked about joining his Kabbalah group.

Rihanna and Ashton, who subscribes to the mystical religion, have been meeting up for a series of late-night trysts after the singer returned to LA to record her latest album.

One source said: “The flirting began as soon as Rihanna and Ashton met and swapped numbers. That moved on to texts and arranging to meet. They snuck off to a Santa Monica hotel a few weeks ago.

“They are two single people having a fling, so thought it would be best to meet in secret.

“Rihanna has told friends he’s funny and cute. Both of them love a good time and think they’re too busy for anything serious just yet. She’s starting to enquire about Kabbalah sessions with his rabbi.”

Ashton Kutcher has been “single” since last November when his wife, actress Demi Moore, filed for divorce from him following reports that the actor had cheated on her with party girl Sara Leal on their sixth month wedding anniversary.

With the exception of a few rumored flings here and there with guys like Drake and Colin Farrell, and a public relationship with baseball player Matt Kemp, Rihanna has pretty much remained single since splitting with Chris Brown back in 2009.

Rihanna recently filmed the video for “Princess of China,” her collaboration single with Coldplay, and she shared some pictures of her playing dress-up as what she calls a “Gangsta Goth Geisha” on the set.

Check out the photos below:

No word on when the video will be released, but we can’t wait to see what Rihanna’s gonna look like in it!

Your thoughts?

Is Rihanna getting late night booty calls from Ashton Kutcher?

Last night, the Barbados singer was spotted at the “Two and a Half Men” star’s Los Angeles mansion in the wee hours of the morning.

According to sources, RiRi pulled up at Ashton’s home in a black SUV around midnight, and didn’t leave until 4 a.m. (Ooooweeeee! Wonder what they were doing that late at night?)

Earlier that night,  Rihanna was spotted having dinner at Giorgio Baldi Restaurant in Malibu.

Wearing a pair of short shorts, polka dot heels, and a matching scarf, the pop diva looked stunning as usual.

If RiRi and Ashton did hook-up, it wouldn’t be a big surprise. They’re both single and ready to mingle!

Check out more photos of Rihanna out in California last night below:

[Pics: CG]

Rihanna took some time off her hectic schedule and threw a birthday party for her grandmother at her grandparents’ apartment in Brooklyn, New York City last weekend.

The Bajan Pop star tweeted a series of pictures from the party, showing her cooking up a West Indian dish, playing dress-up with her “Grandma Dolly” and getting kisses from both of her grandparents, who will celebrate their 53rd anniversary later this year.

Check out the pictures below:

Rihanna has finally opened up about recently collaborating with her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown.

The pop singer called into Ryan Seacrest‘s radio show Thursday morning (Mar 15) and explained how everything came about.

“The first song that came about was ‘Birthday Cake’ … we ended up recording [the two songs] at the same time and executing them together. But I reached out to [Chris] about doing ‘Birthday Cake’ because that’s the only person that, really, it made sense to do the record.”

The fact that CB also is the hottest R&B artist out right now also motivated RiRi to choose him for the track.

“Just as a musician, despite everything else, that was going to be the person. You know, I thought about rappers, and I’ve done that so many times, and the hottest R&B artist out right now is Chris Brown. So I wanted him on the track and then in turn he was like, ‘Why don’t you do the remix to my track?’ and it was a trade-off.”

In the end, the former couple decided to do not just one … but TWO records for both of their fans.

“We did two records — one for my fans, one for his fans — and that way our fans can come together,” Rihanna explained. “There shouldn’t be a divide, you know? It’s music and it’s innocent.”

It’s always nice to see two people move on from the past and make great music! Let the haters hate…

Your thoughts?

Drake and Rihanna look rather cozy and intimate with each other in these newly released screenshots for the upcoming music video for Drake’s next single “Take Care.”

After first appearing together in the fun and flirty video for Rihanna’s “What’s My Name” single, the former lovebirds are teaming up once again, but this time in a much more simpler form.

Artistically directed by Yoann Lemoine, the black-and-white “Take Care” video will also feature infused tribal dance scenes with male dancers dancing up a storm to the Jamie xx produced track along with shots of various animals moving to the beat.

When speaking with MTV News, Lemoine said, “They seemed to be super close and that’s what I wanted for the video. Visually, it’s a very humble video. … It’s not crazy. It’s actually the most indie video I’ve done my whole life. It’s probably the most famous artists, and they were so open to a project that was so minimal.”

Drake said of the video, “I want to make it perfect — the best video I’ve done to date — so I’m just taking my time.”

No release date has been announced, but expect for the full video to hit the web pretty soon. For now, check out a few still images below:

Rihanna‘s beef with Chris Brown‘s girlfriend Karrueche Tran is starting to get more serious than ever … to the point that Karreuche is now afraid to leave her house without security because RiRi’s crazy a** stans “fans” have been threatening to kill her!

After RiRi (allegedly) poked fun at Karrueche last week by tweeting a pic of a bag of rice cakes with sunglasses and earrings, along with the caption “Ima make u my bitch,” the ‘Rihanna Navy’ took the joke even further and unleashed a number of violent threats against Karrueche, tweeting mean things like: “I hope Rihanna beat the dog sh*t outa yo a**!” … “Watch yo back” … and “I will kill you.”

According to TMZ, Karrueche now refuses to leave her house without Chris Brown’s hired muscle by her side.

Brown, however, has been urging his gal to not worry about the threats, but that doesn’t seem to be cutting it.

We don’t know who to point the finger at in this situation. Either way, both ladies need to just play nice and keep it movin!

What do you think?

Rihanna was spotted out in New York City Sunday night (Mar 11) on her way to dinner at the upscale restaurant Da Silvano wearing a see-through mesh top with no bra on underneath.

You know, the usual. Just another day in the life of Rihanna “the exhibitionist.”

More (slightly NSFW) photos of Rihanna giving us a free peepshow are below:

Fresh off a recent performance in New Orleans, Rihanna was all smiles as she arrived in New York City via LaGuardia Airport Sunday morning (Mar 11).

Wearing a new blonde hairstyle with dark shades, and dressed down in a simple all black outfit, the 24-year-old Pop star kept a huge grin on her face as she walked through the airport terminals, signing autographs for fans along the way.

Rihanna performed in New Orleans, Louisiana last night at Brad Pitt’s “A Night to Make It Right” benefit concert. She’s been tweeting all day about how NYC is her favorite city.

“On my way to my fav city!” she tweeted this morning. She followed up a little later, tweeting, “Concrete, cabs, fly bitches, Caribbean food” … “Soooo damn pretty here today! #LilMissSunshine”

More photos of Rihanna arriving in NYC below:

What's so funny Chris and Karrueche?

Chris Brown and his girlfriend Karrueche Tran were spotted laughing it up as they sat in Chris’ custom lambo after leaving Tru Hollywood Nightclub in California Thursday night (Mar 9).

Karrueche has been at the center of a lot of gossip lately after reports of her and Brown’s ex girlfriend Rihanna taking shots at each other emerged on the web this week.

The tension apparently started when Rihanna posted a picture of a bag of rice cakes wearing sunglasses and a pair of gold earrings to her Twitter page with the caption “I’ma make you my bitch,” which was said to be diss to Karrueche, who is Vietnamese. (FYI: “Rice cake” is an offensive term towards people of Vietnamese descent, much like the “n-word.”)

In response, Kae reportedly posted a subliminal dig to Rihanna to her alleged Facebook account:

“I’m Angelina, you’re Jennifer. C’mon you see where Brad at” — a line from Nicki Minaj’s “Stupid Hoe” song

A status message reading, “I got him … you got pictures” was also posted to the account, however Karrueche later clarified on Twitter page that she doesn’t even use Facebook, meaning that the account posting all of those messages is a total fake.

Either way … it’s totally understandable if Karrueche and Rihanna are at odds with each other, considering all those stories about Rihanna and Chris “hooking up” on the low.

According to recent reports, Chris Brown and Rihanna have been “seeing each other in secret.”

“Rihanna loves to live dangerously, and talking to and hooking up with Chris is all part of that,” a friend told US Weekly about the pair.

Rihanna and Chris are persistently denying any and all rumors that they are back together, considering their recent hook-ups as “friendly” only.

“He and Rihanna are just friends,” reps for Brown claim. “He’s not cheating [on Karrueche].”

Rihanna, on the other hand, wouldn’t mind a little side action. She recently told UK personality Jonathan Ross on his TV show that she misses being in a relationship and hates being single.

“Single life is so overrated,” she said. “It sucks. I have such incredible experiences in my life. You don’t want to live your life and then meet someone. You want to share your life with someone. That’s what I’m missing right now.”

[Pics: DM]

Do you think Chris Brown and Rihanna truly miss each other?

Shock jock radio personality turned TV host Wendy Williams recently sat down with our friends over at ThatGrapeJuice.TV, where she dished on a number of “hot topics” (in her words), including her come-up in the industry, the criticism she faces constantly and more.

Wendy even gave her opinion on Chris Brown and Rihanna‘s recent musical reunion, and talked about Rihanna’s “devilish” ways.

On Chris Brown & Rihanna Reuniting…Musically:

[Rihanna's] no angel; he’s definitely no angel. I like Rihanna, but there’s something very devilish about Rihanna. Like, if I had a daughter I wouldn’t want her to be a fan of Rihanna – the person. The music is cool, but I’m able to separate the two. Chris Brown, the kid’s got a great voice he’s very very talented but very weird and very toxic to himself. So the two of them together is the perfect match (laughs). It’s a dangerous match but it’s perfect

On Her Critics:

TGJ TV: Since launching the show you’ve garnered a lot of praise and the ratings have been great. That said, there are still some who critique how you got to that position. What’s your response to people like that?

Wendy: Well why would they critique me? I certainly didn’t have to lie on my back or get with anybody. If they are critiquing me on how I got to my position, it’s because they don’t know who I am. Whether you love me or hate me, there is one thing I will not allow people to do: critique the way I got here.

You know when girls sleep around to get to where they want, nowhere in my career have I slept with anybody. Nowhere have I taken what I have not deserved. I am a college graduate. I am a 47 year old woman. I have a body of work in radio that can stand up to any man or woman on the planet in radio. And I certainly have made strides enough to qualify for a daytime talk show.

So for the critics who criticize me, criticizing is one thing, you can criticize the way I do my show, you can criticize the way I talk or my hair, my big behind or whatever. But you cannot criticize how I got here, because I got here on merit. My momma and daddy know nobody in this business. I never knew anybody in this business; I got here from sleeping in my car, from walking through tunnels when that car would break down. I got here quietly listening and quietly observing my community and doing it. I know nobody, I didn’t get here through brown-nosing, I didn’t get here through screwing, I didn’t get here through an uncle who had connections. Nothing. So, to those critics… try somebody else to criticize.

[That Grape Juice TV]

For more from Wendy check out the full interview here!

Rihanna with her father Ronald Fenty at the 2012 Grammy Awards

Chris Brown may have more people in his corner than against him. (Take that, Miranda Lambert!)

Rihanna’s father Ronald Fenty recently sat down with Heat Magazine and during his interview called Brown a “nice guy.” He also seemed to approve if Rihanna and Chris decided to get back together.

“Chris is a nice guy, and everybody’s entitled to make mistakes in their life,” Ronald Fenty told the magazine. “God knows how many I’ve made. She’s her own woman now.”

However, one thing he didn’t approve of was the singer’s weight the last time he saw her.

“I actually thought she was a little fat the last time I saw her,” Fenty told the magazine of the singer’s enviable curves, adding that “she’s dieting, she’s working out.”

However after seeing RiRi at the Grammy’s, she appeared to be back to her normal size.

“When I saw her this time, I thought she was back to her normal size,” he said of Rihanna’s slender appearance at this year’s Grammys. “I used to joke with her, ‘Robyn, you’re getting too fat!’ but I think she’s fine. I think she looked excellent, as everyone saw, at the Grammys.”

We feel where he was trying to go with this … but the whole weight thing comment left us a tad bit lost.

Your thoughts?

Rihanna — entertainer and proud exhibitionist — showed off her smokin’ hot body in a topless photo she shared with her followers on Twitter from the set of her new “Where Have You Been” music video.

She captioned the risque photo with, “Where have you been all my life?!” in reference to the video shoot.

Video shoot goin MAJAH!!! Longest day everrrrr tho!!! #WHEREhaveUbeen #stillgoin

— Rihanna (@rihanna) March 8, 2012

Your thoughts on the photo?

TMZ captured video footage of Chris Brown singing and dancing away to Rihanna‘s “We Found Love” single Sunday night (Feb 26) at Club Vain in Orlando, FL during an NBA All-Star weekend finale party.

Chris was hanging on the main stage … with everybody looking at him … when Rihanna’s “We Found Love” began to pump through the speakers … and Chris made sure everyone knew he’s a HUGE fan of the song. [TMZ]

Watch below:

Karrueche Tran isn’t bothered at all by her boyfriend Chris Brown‘s rumored fling with his ex girlfriend Rihanna.

Why? Because Chris and Karrueche have what is known as an “open relationship.”

As we’ve been reporting all week, Chris and Rihanna recently spent some serious studio time together, which resulted in not just one, but two collaboration tracks: the remix to Chris’ “Turn Up the Music” single and the remix to Rihanna’s “Birthday Cake” song.

“Girl I wanna f**k you right now. Been a long time, I’ve been missing your body,” Brown sings in the first line of the song, which makes you wonder who he’s talking about … though you could probably just take a wild guess.

Lyrics like that should be a cause of concern for Brown’s current girlfriend Karrueche, however, a source close to the couple says she isn’t worried about that.

“Karrueche isn’t stupid, and she has told friends that they have an open relationship,” the source told Radar Online. “She never asks him about Rihanna, ever. Chris will take several days to call her back at times, and that is OK with Karreuche.”

The anonymous source continued, “She doesn’t pressure or hound Chris, it’s just not what she is about. She recognizes that they are both young, and she isn’t going to let the fact Chris is spending time with his ex-girlfriend come between what they have.”

Karrueche and Chris were recently spotted together in Miami, and the source tells Radar that Karrueche “is clearly enjoying the attention and notoriety she is getting being [Chris Brown's] girlfriend.”

Your thoughts?

Chris Brown and Rihanna did a lot more than just raise a few eyebrows this week when they released two songs together: the remixes to Rihanna’s “Birthday Cake” and Chris’ “Turn Up the Music.”

Many have questioned Rihanna and Chris’ decision to reunite on wax just three years after “the incident,” but songwriter The Dream, who wrote and produced “Birthday Cake,” says you shouldn’t judge the collaboration against what went down between them in 2009.

“For me, it’s just music — two talented people doing a record together, doing two records together, and that’s what it was,” The-Dream (real name: Terius Nash) told Billboard.com in a recent interview. “It wasn’t about an incident that happened. The true thing really is to forgive, and… you want to believe in people.”

He continued, “It was Rih’s idea. Not only do we work together, but [Rihanna] is a friend of mine. And it’s like, ‘You wanna do something? Then cool, let’s do it.’ I don’t know how she got the logistics and how it happened — maybe she’ll talk about it one day. I showed up at the studio, and it was like, ‘All right, cool, let’s finish this record,’ which we probably should have finished the first time we did it.”

The Dream also discussed the whole process of adding Chris Brown to “Birthday Cake” with MTV‘s Sway Calloway this week, recalling the first time Rihanna told him what she wanted to do with th song.

“I think I’m gonna put Chris on it,” The Dream said he remembers Rihanna saying nonchalantly to him over the phone. “I don’t know which Chris you talkin’ about, [but] OK, cool, whatever you say,” he remembers responding.

And the rest, as they say, is history.

Watch The Dream’s interview with MTV below:

What do you think about Chris Brown and Rihanna doing music together now?

Friends of Chris Brown and Rihanna are said to be “terrified” that the singers will get back together soon, and according to TMZ, they are doing everything they can to stop them from re-uniting.

Sources close to the ex couple tell the website that despite everything that went on in the past, Rihanna is still “head over heels” for Chris … and she would have already taken him back if it weren’t for the media and her fans.

Chris is no different, and he too has “strong feelings” for Rihanna, despite him being in a relationship with aspiring model Karrueche Tran.

TMZ reports:

According to sources, friends on BOTH sides have expressed extremely strong reservations to Ri and CB about spending so much time together … warning it’s a terrible idea … personally AND professionally.

Chris and Rihanna shocked the world this week when they released not just one, but TWO songs together: the remix to Rihanna’s “Birthday Cake” single, as well as the remix to Chris’ new “Turn Up the Music” single.

Now it’s beginning to sound like doing music together was just the beginning.

Guess we’ll have to wait and see where this new “thing” between the two of them goes from here…

Your thoughts?

Oh, you thought “Birthday Cake” was it?

Chris Brown and Rihanna have teamed up on not just one … but two songs!

Chris shows up on Rihanna’s “Birthday Cake” (Remix) single, and now, Rihanna has returned the favor and is featured on the remix to Chris’ new “Turn Up the Music” single from his next album “Fortune.”

No word on whether or not a video will be done for either song, but at this point … why not?

Check out “Turn Up the Music” (Remix) below:

Former lovers Rihanna and Chris Brown have re-united in a major way!

The pair appear together on the remix to Rihanna’s new “Birthday Cake” single, in probably one of the most unexpected musical collaborations to ever take place in the history of music. (Seriously. This is crazy!)

And the song is actually good!

Check it out below:

The producers of Rihanna‘s next single “Birthday Cake” weren’t kidding when they told MTV that the featured artist on the track would “shock the world.”

The word on the curb is that Chris Brown is that featured artist, and popular NYC radio personality Miss Info has confirmed with not just one, but two sources that “Rihanna has Chris featured on the song.”

Recently, the song’s co-producers, Da Internz, hinted to MTV News, that “the feature on [the remix] is gonna shock the world.” They didn’t exaggerate.

Your girl Info confirmed with two independent sources that Rihanna has Chris Brown featured on the song. He recorded both a singing verse, and a rap verse. (We’ll see if both of those verses make the final song.)

Earlier this week producers Da Interns revealed to MTV News that the single will be released in about a week or so.

“We got the Rihanna ‘Birthday Cake’ coming out in a week,” a Kosine, one of the producers, told MTV. “It’s gonna be crazy,” his production partner, Tuo, said shaking his head.

“And the feature on there is gonna shock the world,” Kosine chimed.

Chris Brown and Rihanna. On a song. Together? (And not just any song … a SINGLE!)

“Shock the world” sounds like an understatement, don’t you think?

Looks like Chris Brown and Rihanna are officially back on good terms.

Rihanna recently threw a lavish birthday party for herself at the famous Hearst Mansion in Beverly Hills, and reportedly invited a number of celebrity friends, including her former flame Chris Brown.

Sources who attended the party claim Chris and Rihanna spent a part of the evening sitting next to each other, talking, and holding hands, which is perfectly legal now, after a restraining order preventing the singers from being within yards of each other was lifted around this time last year.

In addition to Brown, the star-studded guest list for Rihanna’s 24th birthday celebration also included Kelly Rowland, Chris Martin, Bruno Mars, and Katy Perry.

Guests were served champagne and feasted from a Caribbean banquet at the lavish event, which was decorated with mermaid vodka ice sculptures and other fancy trimmings.

A source told the UK’s Daily Mirror, “Rihanna and Katy had everyone going crazy. By the end of the night they started a cake fight and were dancing together while Bruno and Chris looked on open-mouthed, cheering. Ri made sure Chris was having a good time but then he kept a low profile, spending most of the night in a corner with a few pals.”

Rihanna cops a feel of Katy Perry‘s leg in the front row, Lady Gaga plants a kiss on Paul McCartney‘s cheek, Chris Brown hangs out with Stevie Wonder backstage, and Lil Wayne — dressed in pajamas — sits in the audience with his daughter Reginae, while Drake kicks back with his father.

Those are just some of the candid moments that weren’t shown during the 2012 Grammy Awards‘ live telecast from the Staples Center in Los Angeles Sunday night (Feb 12)!

Check out 25+ candid shots from the 2012 Grammys below, with appearances from Diana Ross, LL Cool J, Amber Rose & Wiz Khalifa, Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz, Adele, Jennifer Hudson, Bruno Mars and others:

Rihanna turned the Grammys stage into a big party last night with a highly energetic performance of her “We Found Love” single.

“Grammys, make some noise for Whitney!” Rihanna — dressed in all black — said to the crowd as she danced up a storm.

The tempo soon slowed, and the dancers took off, leaving Rihanna on-stage with just Chris Martin from Coldplay, who provided acoustic guitar accompaniment as the duo performed their collaboration song “Prince of China.”

Coldplay then finished the performance off by bringing the tempo back up and singing their hit song “Paradise.”

Watch below:

Some of the other celebs who walked the red carpet of the 54th Annual Grammy Awards — hosted by Hip-Hop veteran LL Cool J — included Adele, Katy Perry, Carrie Underwood, Diana Ross, Taraji P. Henson, Adam Levine, Flo Rida, Miranda Lambert, John Legend, Birdman, Tyga, Nicki Minaj and more.

Check out 50+ pictures from the red carpet of the 2012 Grammy Awards below:

Chris Brown hasn’t attended a Grammy Awards show since 2008, but Breezy is reportedly set to make a big comeback at this year’s show, and the word on the street is that he may be performing!

Though Brown’s performance has yet to be formally announced, an anonymous source told the Associated Press Monday that the singer — up for 3 Grammys — will take the stage at the show on Sunday night.

Rihanna — who is up for four awards — is also scheduled to perform at the show, which is known as the biggest music event of the year.

Chris and Rihanna were both supposed to perform at the 2009 Grammys, however both performances were immediately canceled after news broke that Chris had assaulted Rihanna the night before following a pre-Grammy event.

As a result of the incident, Brown was charged and placed probation, and was put on a restraining order that said he had to stay at least 10 yards away from Rihanna at special events.

Since then, Brown has decided against attending the Grammys, even though he was nominated for three awards last year.

Last February, just in time for the 2010 Grammys, a judge finally eased the restraining order after Rihanna’s lawyers accepted a request from Chris’ lawyers to lift it, however a previous engagement prevented the 22-year-old singer from attending the ceremony.

Chris Brown has been nominated for Grammys in five of the past six years, but he has never taken home a trophy. His hit single “Look At Me Now,” which features rappers Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes, is up for two Grammys: “Best Rap Song” and “Best Rap Performance.”

Rihanna, on the other hand, has won  a total four Grammys, three with Jay-Z and one alone, which she won last year for her smash single “Only Girl (in the World).”

The 2012 Grammys are set to air live on CBS this coming Sunday (Feb 12) from the Staples Center in Los Angeles!

Will you be watching? And are you looking forward to seeing Chris Brown and Rihanna perform?

Showing off her new blonde hairstyle, Rihanna flaunted that perfectly sexy body of hers in a sheer bodysuit as she was spotted leaving a Super Bowl party at Greystone Manor nightclub in West Hollywood Sunday night (Feb 5).

Her ex boyfriend Chris Brown and former rumored love interest (and 2-time collaborator) Drake were also in the building partying it up, which makes the second time in the past 2 weeks that Rihanna and Chris Brown have publicly breathed the same air at the exact same place.

On January 22nd, the pair were spotted leaving Greystone Manor after a night of partying, but they didn’t leave together, nor were they spotted even acknowledging each other’s presence inside the venue.

Brown, who was with his girlfriend Karrueche, left the club through the front door, while Rihanna exited through a side door and hopped into her own SUV.

The week before, Chris’ reps had put out a statement insisting that he and Rihanna are “just friends” following a tabloid report stating that the former lovers would “meet up very casually” and Rihanna “comes to see Brown anytime she’s in L.A.”

“He and Rihanna are just friends,” Chris’ reps noted. “He is with his girlfriend, Karrueche, and is not cheating.”

Chris and Rihanna are both set to perform Sunday night at the Grammys, and they are both up for multiple awards. Do you think they’ll take any pictures or do anything together?

Check out more pics from their West Hollywood outing below, and let us know what you think in the comments!

Rihanna has gone blonde!

The 23-year-old Pop star tweeted a photo of herself today rocking a new bleach blonde hairdo, which we hear is for an upcoming photoshoot for Elle Magazine, her first magazine cover of the year 2012.

Rihanna was also spotted rocking her new look as she and some friends were leaving the Roxbury nightclub in Hollywood, California last night (Thu. Feb 2).

More photos of Rihanna rocking her new blonde hairstyle are below:

What do you think about Rihanna’s new look?

Rihanna wants a piece of Evelyn Lozada….and doesn’t care about asking!

Yesterday, RiRi tweeted the “Basketball Wives” star asking her if her fiance Chad Ochocinco would mind sharing the goodies.

@EvelynLozada hey Evz, wud Chad share??? #thatisall

— Rihanna (@rihanna) February 1, 2012

But unfortunately for Chad…when it comes to Rihanna, Evelyn has no problem kicking HIM to the curb.

Bitch, 3 is a crowd! #KicksOchoToTheCurb #CAKE RT @rihanna: @EvelynLozada hey Evz, wud Chad share??? #thatisall

— Evelyn Lozada (@EvelynLozada) February 1, 2012

We know one damn thing…any man who wouldn’t want to see these two going at it has some serious issues.

 What do you think?

Adding to her already extensive tattoo collection, Rihanna recently got the words “Thug Life” tattooed in pink to her fist, paying tribute to late rapper Tupac who famously got those same words tattooed across his lower stomach.

? All these bitches screaming that 2pac back ? #THUGLIFE lockerz.com/s/177609408

— Rihanna (@rihanna) January 25, 2012

Rihanna, who celebrates her 24th birthday next month, got the ink-work done at a Los Angeles tattoo parlor, where she also got a couple of other new tattoos (courtesy of artist Mark Mahoney) that she hasn’t shown off yet.

I #LOVE my new tattoo!!! Can’t wait for yall to see it!!! I got it in “Tibetan” this time!!! #approved

— Rihanna (@rihanna) January 25, 2012

“‘My boo Mark Mahoney!!!! #RockstarS*** #TATnight,” she tweeted to her Twitter followers as she showed off her new tattoo.

Including her new tattoos, Rihanna has around 13-15 total, including:
– A music note on her ankle
– A Pisces sign behind her right ear
– The word “love” on her left middle finger
– “Shhh” on her right index finger
– A prayer on her hip written in Sanskrit
– A trail of stars on the back of her neck
– “Rebelle Fluer” (French for ‘rebel flower’) on the side of her kneck
– The words “Never A Failure, Always A Lesson” on her inner shoulder
– A handgun on her rib
– Her best friend’s birthday written in Roman Numerals on her upper shoulder/neck
– A skull & bones with a pink hair bow on her ankle

Rihanna is tat tat tatted up!

It was just a few weeks ago that Chris Brown and Rihanna were subliminally tweeting each other about love, and now the pair have fueled speculation that they are getting back together even more after being spotted leaving the EXACT SAME L.A. nightclub Sunday night (Jan 22) after a night of partying.

But they didn’t leave together, nor were they spotted even acknowledging each other’s presence inside the venue.

TMZ reported that several people who were at the club (Greystone Manor in West Hollywood) tweeted that as far as they could see, Rihanna and Chris had ZERO contact with each other.

Breezy, who was with his girlfriend Karrueche, left the club through the front door, while Rihanna exited through a side door and hopped into her own SUV.

Just last week, reps for Chris put out a statement insisting that he and his ex girlfriend Rihanna are “just friends” after several insiders said that the pair would “meet up very casually” and Rihanna “comes to see Brown anytime she’s in L.A.”

“He and Rihanna are just friends,” noted Chris’ reps. “He is with his girlfriend, Karrueche, and is not cheating.”

However, a source recently revealed to Radar Online that while Chris and Rihanna have indeed been “hooking up,” they will never get back together.

“They have probably hooked up no more than half a dozen times in the past year. It’s very unlikely that Rihanna and Chris would ever get back together though. Rihanna doesn’t care if she were to get public backlash if they were to reconcile, she is the one calling the shots now, which she likes. Rihanna knows that if they were to get back together, she wouldn’t be able to maintain that strong role, and Chris would lose interest. They are both very young, and Rihanna would never be able to trust Chris because he has problems staying faithful.”

Yeah … Sounds like Chris Brown and Rihanna are “friends” alright. “Friends with Benefits!”

Your thoughts?

Rihanna the exhibitionist decided to show off her hot bod in a series of photos on Twitter from her recent Hawaiian getaway.

In some of the photos, RiRi is wearing a teeny tiny white string bikini while striking various poses and exercising on a tread climber.

In other shots the Pop diva is rocking a metallic-colored Norma Kamali bathing suit that showed off her perfectly sexy physique.

Check out all the photos below:

Chris Brown has denied reports claiming that he and Rihanna have been hooking up over the past year.

According to US Weekly, the former couple had allegedly been spending a lot of time together in L.A. and were rekindling their old flame.

A source tells the magazine, “They can’t get enough of each other. I don’t see it ending well.”

“Rihanna loves to live dangerously, and talking to and hooking up with Chris is all part of that,” Adds another insider.

However Chris’ rep is saying otherwise….and insists that the two are only friends.

“He and Rihanna are just friends. He’s not cheating.”

What do you think?? Are Chris and RiRi getting back together….or is all of this made to look this way just to keep us taking about something?

Your thoughts?

Rihanna jetted to Hawaii for another vacation this past weekend, where the “We Found Love” singer was spotted getting some much needed rest and relaxation as she lounged around at her hotel in Hawaii while smoking a blunt.

What was inside that blunt, no one (but Rihanna) really knows for sure, however, she tweeted the following, in reference to Drake and Nicki Minaj’s “Up All Night,” around the time these pictures were supposedly taken:

Kush rolled, glass full…I prefer the better things!

— Rihanna (@rihanna) January 15, 2012

Sounds like Rihanna was smoking on some of that LOUD!

But apparently that one blunt wasn’t enough, because paparazzi snapped more pics of the singer puffing on a blunt of possibly some more “loud” (a slang term for marijuana with a higher potency) Monday afternoon (Jan 16).

Check out over 15+ pics below:

Rihanna didn’t attend this year’s People’s Choice Awards in Los Angeles Wednesday night (Jan 11) in favor of a Clippers Game, which was held literally across the street!

Rihanna was nominated for a couple of PCAs, and actually won in the category for “Favorite R&B Artist,” but she was obviously not in the building to accept her award since she was right across the street at the Staples Center watching the game, which resulted in the L.A. Clippers winning over the Miami Heat, 95 to 89.

More photos of Rihanna watching the Clippers vs. Heat game in L.A. are below: