The paparazzi spotted entertainer Rihanna leaving her hotel in London Tuesday night (Nov 17). That mystery bump still appears to be sitting right above her left eye. What the hell is going on with that? We wish she used her Twitter more like Chris Brown. We probably would have found out by now.

Anyway, she premiered songs from her new album Rated R Monday night (Nov 16) in London and brought out Jay-Z for “Run This Town” and invited Young Jeezy on the stage to debut her new single, “Hard.”

Rated R drops next Monday (Nov 23).

Following her big Nokia-sponsored live concert, Rihanna and her people, including Beyonce, Jay-Z and her assistant/best friend Melissa Ford, partied the night away Monday (Nov 16) at Mahiki nightclub, Mayfair in London. Actor Idris Elba was also spotted enjoying himself at the nightclub.

Last night at London’s Brixton Academy, pop singer Rihanna performed her very first live concert since her February 8th altercation with Chris Brown. Performing a 45-minute set of hits and new songs from her forthcoming album Rated R, Rihanna was joined by Jay-Z and Young Jeezy as she helped Nokia launch their new X6 cell phone. The concert was streamed live worldwide via the Internet.

She emerged on stage in an eye mask and studded leotard to perform a selection of new songs and hits like Take A Bow. Jay-Z made his surprise appearance for the finale, performing his recent hit, Run This Town, and Rihanna’s Umbrella. Several members of the audience, made up of competition winners, held aloft umbrellas during the song in an unorthodox moment of crowd participation.

The 45-minute show kicked off with two songs from Rihanna’s new album – Wait Your Turn and Russian Roulette. Slow-burning and dramatic, they set the tone for a concert where many of the star’s hits were reinvented with distorted guitars and dark, pulsing synths.
The set-list included fan favourites such as Don’t Stop The Music and Disturbia, while Rihanna was also joined by rapper Young Jeezy for Hard, a track which is set to be the second single from her new album.

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Who busted Rihanna in her eye?!

Wearing a furry grey hat (must be hella cold over the pond!) and dark sunglasses, pop Rihanna was spotted arriving at her hotel in London Sunday night (Nov 15). But eff what she has on and where she was going … where’d that knot above her eye come from?! We’re so glad she’s not allowed to be within 300 yards of Chris Brown for the next 5 years. Why? Because it would be damn hard to convince people that he’s not behind that big ol’ knot. She probably ran into something anyway, but still…

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Rihanna is currently in London, England making her promotional rounds for her new album Rated R. And here are a few pics of the pop singer as she leaves BBC Radio One Friday (Nov 13).

In related news, the “Russian Roulette” singer is set to host a special concert today sponsored by Nokia at the Brixton Academy. This will mark Rihanna’s first show since the February assault incident and the concert will be streamed live on the internet, beginning at 3 PM Eastern (right now!!)

Sources say Jay-Z and Kanye West will join her for their hit single, “Run This Town.” A source told UK newspaper The Sun: “Rihanna seems to be orchestrating a star-studded event.”

Click here to watch the concert!

Here’s Rihanna’s new music video for her “Russian Roulette” single.

This one here is much better than “Wait Your Turn.” It’s pretty dark but it’s different for Rihanna. The cinematography and editing alone is amazing! But we can already see the Illuminati theorists getting their stuff together and coming HARD after this video. Anyway, be on the look out for Rihanna’s new album Rated R, due in stores next week! And check out the new Anthony Mandler directed clip when you continue reading…

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A new song from Rihanna’s upcoming Rated R album leaked not too long ago. The track is called “Cold Case Love” and it was written by Justin Timberlake and produced by his team.

In the song, she’s obviously taking shots at ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. The track is not bad but it isn’t anything to write home about. We got a bit bored listening to it but it finally heats up about 3 and a half minutes in. Unfortunately, she doesn’t sing for too much longer after that and the ending is a bit too long. Definitely not a bad track but we’re lad it’s not a single…for now.

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Singer Rihanna, pictured above with her boss, Island Def Jam record exec Antonio “L.A.” Reid, made a public appearance Monday night (Nov 9) in New York City at the Glamour Magazine 2009 Women of the Year Awards at Carnegie Hall.

Wearing an ivory gown by designer Stephane Rolland, here she can be seen hitting the red carpet of the event, designed to honor the biggest women of the year 2009. Read her acceptance speech below:

“It was a real honor to be named Glamour’s Woman of the Year, especially because I think of myself as just becoming a woman. I just turned 21 this year. Just to be mentioned in this group of women is overwhelming. I love being a part of a night where we’re celebrating women and such strong women.”

She thanked a host of people, including her record label, her mentor Jay-Z and her mother and grandmother.

“They are my two women of the year. I love you very much, Granny. I love you very much, mom. They’ve shown me what strong women can accomplish and achieve. Without their unconditional love and guidance, I wouldn’t be here, and I hope I can be an example for young girls and women today. Thank you so much.”

Other celebrities at the event were Estelle (who performed), actress Gabourey Sidibe, Serena Williams and more. Continue reading for the rest of the pictures!

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According to our homie BlogXilla, ABC got a whopping 8.1 million people to tune in last Friday night (Nov 6) for that big Rihanna 20/20 interview with Diane Sawyer. He also posted an excerpt from a Complex Magazine interview where Rihanna talked about how she made her mom “pretty upset” when she smashed a glass bottle in her younger brother’s face.

Complex: Did you see 300?
Rihanna: [Deadly serious.] 300 is one of the best movies I have ever seen. The choreography, the fighting, the costumes, the production—phenomenal. I make everybody watch it.

Complex: So you didn’t think it was too violent.
Rihanna: Oh, not at all. That was the good part. I’m the oldest child with two brothers. We talk all the time now, but we used to fight—and when I say “fight,” I don’t mean arguments, I mean physically fight.

Complex: Who won?
Rihanna: I hit the older one in his face with a glass bottle.

Complex: Bokkle dem! Whoa. Remind me not to piss you off.
Rihanna: Yeah, my mom was pretty upset.

We’re just going to leave it at that and let you draw your own conclusions…

Also, Chris Brown released a statement following the 20/20 interview, maintaining his stance on keeping the details of the incident private. Too bad Rihanna didn’t get the memo beforehand.

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It seems that Rihanna has stirred up a feud with Chris Brown’s people. It is being reported that Breezy will drop his music video for his second single “Crawl” this Friday on the Wendy Williams Show. Coincidentally, this is the same day that Rihanna’s video for “Russian Roulette” is set to be released. Also, an interview Chris did with Good Morning America will air sometime next month. Unfortunately, this isn’t a response to Rihanna’s interview as this was filmed months ago.

We’re hoping Wendy grills Chris and gets a reaction out of him on Rihanna’s “20/20″ interview. As for the interview with GMA, we’re kind of tired of this whole thing. Chris Brown has been interviewed about this one too many times. We hope he just sticks to promoting the album. As for the videos, which are you looking forward to the most? Watching Chris as he finds his way back to love, or watching as Rihanna shoots herself?

I will start this by saying this very clearly: I do NOT condone domestic violence. The views below are of mine and not of Gossip On This as a whole. Domestic violence is never okay under any circumstance and I do not believe it is right for a man to hit a woman, or in retrospect for a woman to hit a man. In addition, I am neither a Chris Brown nor a Rihanna fan. I do listen to their music and I enjoy some of it but I do not consider myself a fan of either artists. Now that that’s out of the way…

On the night of Friday November 6th, Rihanna’s very first post-assault interview aired on ABC’s 20/20 and naturally, the Internet was buzzing before the interview, through the interview, and even after the interview. Many finally saw Rihanna as a human as she told her story of what happened the night she and her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown got into an altercation. But on the other side, many others saw her as untruthful and selfish for using this as an opportunity to promote her upcoming album. Going into the interview, I expected Rihanna to tell her side of the story. I expected her to leave information out and to make Chris Brown seem like the bad guy. I expected her to throw him under the bus, run him over, reverse, and do it all over again. Unfortunately, after the interview, I realized that all my expectations came true.

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In an exclusive one-on-one with ABC’s Diane Sawyer, pop singer Rihanna was very open about her and Chris Brown’s big February 2009 assault incident. Among other things she talked about why she went back to him originally, what she thought about his public apology and talked about what really happened in the car that night. She said as he was biting and punching her, he “had no soul in his eyes.”

“There was no person when I looked at him,” the 21-year-old singer recalled during the interview. “He had no soul in his eyes. Just blank.”

But does she want to give him a second chance? It would have to be in the future of course because for the next 5 years it would be illegal for her to even speak to him.

“I don’t have a desire at all to be with him. I can’t see how we could get back together but I’m also not God and I can not predict the future. It’s actually rather annoying that there is still some sort of emotion there. … I am strong. This happened to me. I didn’t cause this. I didn’t do it. This happened to me and it can happen to anyone. I’m glad it happened to me because now I can help young girls when they go through it. I will say that to any young girl that’s going through domestic violence. Don’t react off of love. Eff love. Come out of the situation and look at it third person for what it really is and then make your decision because love is so blind. It’s so blind.”

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We guess Chris Brown is taking his turn to speak on the incident, even after he and his label put out that all further appearances/interviews would only relate to his new album and not the assault between him and Rihanna.

In a sit down with MTV News correspondent Sway, which aired on TV Friday (Nov 6), Chris talked about his September 2009 interview with CNN’s Larry King and how he was afraid how he would come off to the public when all was said and done:

“I was so nervous. I was super nervous. I didn’t know what to think [going in],” Brown said. “[There's] really not too much preparing you can do,” he continued. “I did a lot of media training and a lot of stuff like that, and it kind of wasn’t genuine to me. Everything I was saying was from my heart, but it was kind of controlled. ‘Well, don’t say it like this, because it will look like that.’”

Brown said he wanted to “just be personable,” but the setting was uncomfortable for him. “It wasn’t that kind of situation where I could be me,” he said. “So I was just: ‘I don’t wanna say anything wrong.’ ”

“The point of how I felt and what I wanted to get across came out [in the CNN interview], but I think at the end of the day, with any interview, even with this interview, I’m going to get public scrutiny or criticism regardless of what I say,” Brown said. “So I just didn’t know what was going to be said. I just wanted to let people know how I felt, at the end of the day.”

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Rihanna’s record label Island Def Jam has joined forces with cell phone pioneers Nokia for a special promotional concert in the UK for her new album Rated R, set to hit stores later this month on November 23rd. The pop superstar will perform at an undisclosed location in London on November 16th, which will be filmed for a free concert streaming live on the Internet. Rihanna fans can sign up at www.nokia.com/rihanna to download a web widget counting down to the performance and the day of the concert they’ll be able to watch the performance LIVE as if they were there!

“I am so excited to partner up with Nokia,” Rihanna said via press release. “They are doing really revolutionary things with this album, enabling me to reach more fans than ever before.”

This will only be the first of many installments Nokia will have with connecting fans all around the world with some the music industry’s biggest names.

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Good Morning America aired a snippet of the interview with Rihanna that will air tomorrow at tomorrow at 10pm EST on “20/20″. And it looks like she is going to go in on Chris Brown and possibly “the situation.” We’re kind of sad that this is what it’s resulted to to sell an album. We’re not condoning violence but to throw Chris under the bus simply to promote your own album…something about that doesn’t seem right.

Through all of Chris’ interviews, he held a sense of respect for Rihanna and what happened and said it was between both of them. Unfortunately, it looks like Rihanna will not be doing the same. We’re just hoping she doesn’t blame everything on Chris because even though we weren’t there, we know it takes two to tango and Chris didn’t tango alone. We wonder what his reaction is going to be after this airs.

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Wearing a gray hooded jacket, a dark blue pair of jeans and a pair of black boots, pop singer Rihanna was spotted making her way through the airport terminals at John F. Kennedy International Airport Tuesday afternoon (Nov 3) to catch a flight out of New York City.

She and Chris Brown have never really spoken about what really happened between them the night of that February 2009 incident following the Clive Davids Grammy event, but it seems like slowly but surely they’re opening up more and more in these exclusive interviews.

Rihanna’s ABC News interview with Diane Sawyer is set to air Thursday on ABC’s Good Morning America and Friday on 20/20, and Rihanna says she and Chris became “dangeros” for each other the more in love they became.

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Wearing dark jeans, leopard print heels and a cut sweatshirt exposing her flat belly, pop singer Rihanna was spotted out and about after making her rounds in Manhattan, NYC Monday night (Nov 2).

Rihanna has had a pretty busy week so far and Thursday morning she will be appearing on Good Morning America. And her new music video for her second single “Wait Your Turn” premiered earlier today. Click here to check it out if you haven’t gotten the chance to yet.

Rihanna just premiered her brand new music video for her second single, “Wait Your Turn (The Wait Is Ova).”

We’ve watched it a couple times and we aren’t really too impressed. It’s cool and the shots are pretty cool and the cinematography is sick but it’s nothing special. She’s singing “the wait is ova…” but seriously, is there anyone really waiting anymore? We hate to say it, but Chris has our vote for best project so far. It’s time for Rihanna to step her game up. Peep the video after the break.

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In an effort to promote her new album, Rihanna recently sat down to do an interview with Glamour Magazine for their “Women of the Year 2009″ issue. In the issue, Ri talks about her new sound and style, auditioning for Jay-Z, and of course, the big fight she had with Chris Brown in February. She even touched a bit on how she felt after that picture of her battered face.

But like all the interviews with Chris, don’t expect to hear something you haven’t already, which is good because we’d hate to see either one of them throwing each other under the bus.

Glamour: Let’s talk about this past year—you’ve obviously been through some difficult things. How did the people around you help you cope?

Rihanna: My friends and family have been extremely supportive, and everyone has been there for me. But at some point you are there alone. It’s a lonely place to be—no one can understand. That’s when you get close to God.

Glamour: Are you referring to the [Chris Brown] incident?

Rihanna: I am talking about starting with the night [before] the Grammys and then on. That was not the only thing that occurred this year. The picture leaking…it was one thing after another.

Glamour: You’re talking about the photo [reportedly of Rihanna’s injured face taken by police after Brown assaulted her] that was allegedly leaked by cops. You handled that so well; you kept silent in the press.

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Another track from Rihanna’s soon-to-be-released album Rated R has surfaced. The song is called “Hard” and it features Young Jeezy.

This is definitely the best track we’ve heard from the Rated R recording sessions. The beat goes hard and has a lot of swag but unfortunately, Jeezy’s verse is the standout of the song and Rihanna’s voice starts to get irritating after a bit. And it’s her damn song, SMH… There are a couple R&B chicks we could name that’d fit better on this track. But it is what it is. Peep the download link below.

D/L: RIHANNA & YOUNG JEEZY – HARD

Rihanna is getting ready to get on her promotional grind for her new album Rated R. She has unveiled the official track listing for the album, which hits stores November 23rd.

Also, the video for her second single “Wait Your Turn (The Wait is Ova)” is rumored to premiere today on her official website RihannaNow.com while the video for her first single “Russian Roulette” is also rumored to premiere on ABC on November 13th on ABC’s 20/20.

And this is the part where we all take a deeeep breath! (Whew!) … Is it just us or does anyone else feel like this project is a bit rushed? Since when has an artist debuted the video to her second single first and only a few days after the track has leaked?

Anyway, peep the track listing for Rated R after the break!

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Here are some more snapshots of celebrities dressed up for Halloween…

Ice T’s wife Coco and singer Rihanna posed for this pic together at a party at M2 Ultralounge in NYC.

Bow Wow, Jermaine Dupri, B Cox and Nelly took this picture before they hit up JD and Dallas Austin’s mansion party in Atlanta Saturday night (Oct 31).

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Rihanna’s second single from her upcoming album Rated R has leaked and we hate to say this, but … this one here isn’t much better than “Russian Roulette.”

The underwhelming track, called “Wait Your Turn (The Wait Is Ova),” was produced by Chase ‘N’ Status and is nothing compared to the singles she had during her Good Girl Gone Bad era. Good thing she’s got that big interview with ABC because at this rate she’ll need all the promotion and sales she can get. Download the new song below:

D/L: RIHANNA – THE WAIT IS OVA

Rihanna will appear on ABC’s Good Morning America next Thursday (Nov 5) at 7 am 20/20 Friday (Nov 6) at 10/9c to tell her side of “the story” for the very first time. All of this within the same month her new Rated R album drops. How convenient…

ABC News posted a promotional snippet for both of the big television exclusives Friday (Oct 30). Check it out after the cut!

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Above is the official album cover to Rihanna’s upcoming album Rated R. The album will hit stores November 23rd and the video for the lead single “Russian Roulette” should premiere soon.

It seems she is seriously going all the way with this “dark” image. Oh and does anyone else find it just a coincidence that she unveils this the same day Chris premieres his new video? The people behind these two sure do know how to market a product!

Shout out to Coverlandia for the pic!

Your boy Chris Brown just can’t let well enough be can he? The 20-year-old musician posted this YouTube video to his Twitter account earlier today along with the message, “IM SORRY YALL. JUST HAD TO POST IT.” The video features a sad melodic backing track along with a montage of different pictures and video clips of Chris and his ex girlfriend Rihanna before their big fight back in February 2009 (almost a year ago).

Dude can’t legally speak to Rihanna (or even be in her presence) for 5 years so it’s high time he chills out or this half-decade is going to feel like half a century! We think he needs to just let this go and move on with his life. You don’t see Rihanna pouring her heart out all on her Twitter do you?

Check out this shot of him, Swizz Beatz and Lil Wayne on the set of Chris’ new music video, “I Can Transform Ya.”

And continue reading for a clip of the new video, set to premiere tomorrow on MTV!

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“We were just told that they go for ‘The Wait Is Ova’  as next single and that it will launch in a few weeks before the album release. It means a lot to us to be a part of a single-release in this format. … Our song is pretty a typical Rihanna and has a much harder sound than ‘Russian Roulette.’”

It also seems like Rihanna is starting the promo train already! She has been added to the performance line up for the 2009 American Music Awards on November 22nd, a day before her album release. Also slated to perform are Alicia Keys, Black Eyed Peas, Jennifer Lopez and Adam Lambert, whose debut CD also debuts on November 23rd.

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Here are a couple of new promo pics from Rihanna’s new album!

Ri is about a month away from releasing Rated R, her most anticipated album ever … and the industry is buzzing like crazy! Even though Rihanna chose to release a “dark” ballad instead of an upbeat club track, which surprised a lot of people, the song’s co-producer Chuck Harmony says that both the album and the song “Russian Roulette” are a reflection of Rihanna growing up and coming into her own.

Harmony told MTV News that no matter how you feel about the track, the album will prove that Rihanna is the Madonna of her generation. “I sat through mix sessions and I heard some of the songs on the record. It fits in well,” he said of “Russian Roulette.”

The song is a bit darker than some of Rihanna’s past singles, but Harmony said that isn’t indicative of the rest of the album. “I think Rihanna has captured what her old fans are used to, as well as the growth of an artist. ‘Russian Roulette,’ to me, is a shining example of her growth and her artistic expression,” he said. ” ‘Russian Roulette’ is definitely taking her to another level. I think she’s a pop icon, so her music should reflect that.”

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After weeks and weeks of building up suspense, Rihanna has finally released her new single, “Russian Roulette.” And it’s definitely not what we expected.

We’re not going to say it’s a bad song because it’s actually pretty good, but for a “comeback” single we expected something a bit more upbeat. But anyway, take a listen to the song for yourself above and continue reading to download it!

Be on the look-out for her new album, which drops on November 23rd.

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Rihanna was seen on the set of her new music video Friday (Oct 16) in the Washington Heights neighborhood in New York City. The song is a mystery but we hear it will be released tomorrow morning, and we’ll have it up for your listening pleasure as soon as it drops.

In the meantime, check out these new pics of Rihanna shooting the music video in NYC, and make sure continue reading for more!

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The paparazzi caught Rihanna rocking a new hairstyle as she arrived at a recording studio in New York City Tuesday (Oct 13). The pop singer made a big announcement the same day on her newly launched Twitter page:

The Wait Is Ova. Nov 23 09

According to inudstry insiders, her new album, which is currently untitled, is set to drop on November 23rd. On that same day she is also scheduled to perform on Good Morning America. No word on when the debut single for the album is set to drop, but with the album’s release nearly a month away, it could be any day now!

Take a listen to “So Cold,” a new song from Chris Brown. Brown confirmed via his Twitter page that the track, produced by Polow Da Don and co-written by Ester Dean and Teyana Taylor, will indeed be featured on his upcoming third studio album, Graffiti. He just hopes his album doesn’t leak:

OMG as you all know a song leaked today from my album called so cold.. im a lil upset but i pray my album doesnt leak..

im still putting it on the album though. i dont care if its leaked

Within the first 30 – 60 seconds of the song, you already know what it’s about … and who it’s about, without question:

Tell her I’m sorry, I’m really sorry / Can you forgive me? / Please forgive me / And come back home / Keep me safe and warm / Damn my baby’s really gone / I don’t know if she’s coming home / My luck’s up, I f**ked up…

Damn Chris, if this is how you really feel about Rihanna then this is gonna be a loooongg azz 5 years! Brown’s Graffiti is set to drop early next year.

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It must suck having the paparazzi follow your every move just about every single day of the week. But it doesn’t look like it bothers Rihanna too much. We just hope she pays her PR staff well because she hasn’t released an album or gone on any tours or anything like that in a while and she’s still as relevant as ever.

Of course that little bout she had with Chris Brown assisted in this boost of relevancy, but never-the-less homegirl stays on the front of just about every blog online, whether it’s a story about her screwing Justin Timberlake or pictures of her “going to meetings” (and people gawking at a green notebook).

Anyway, she and her BFF Katy Perry were seen in the front row enjoying the Karl Lagerfeld Pret a Porter Spring/Summer 2010 Fashion Show Sunday (Oct 4) at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris. Ri spent her entire weekend going from show to show enjoying the festivities of Paris Womenswear Fashion Week 2009 over the pond in Paris, France.

Continue reading for lots of pictures and a full account of her busy weekend!

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Rihanna is currently over the pond in Paris, France enjoying the Paris Fashion Week festivities. In these pictures, she can be seen making her way to the Spring/Summer 2010 Balmain Ready To Wear Fashion Show in Thursday (Oct 1).9

As a doorman protected her from the rain by holding an umbrella over her head, singer Rihanna posed for pics with fans and signed a few autographs outside the Hotel de Rome in Berlin, Germany Tuesday afternoon (Sep 29).

Rihanna was recently denied entry by a Catholic Church over in Venice due to her choice of attire. After taking a trip on a gondola, the “Umbrella” singer showed up to St. Mark’s Basilica in the Piazza San Marco wearing a skimpy outfit (see pictures here) and they turned her way due to their strict dress code, which states that shoulders and legs must be covered. So she made do by throwing together a makeshift outfit, which looked like two red table cloths from a restaurant. She was in the city for her manager’s wedding over the weekend.

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Singer Rihanna was spotted making her rounds in New York City Tuesday afternoon (Sep 22). Here she can be seen, wearing dark lipstick, thigh high boots and a gray sweatshirt styled skirt, arriving at a building in the Soho district of the city.

In related news, the team behind her new project says you should expect nothing short of greatness when she drops her fourth studio album early next year. She’s been working with Justin Timberlake, along with some other famous names to make sure she hits the industry right with this new LP.

“In my opinion, she’s got the world in the palm of her hand right now, based on her success with her last record,” Justin Timberlake told Access Hollywood before the Emmys. “The stuff we’ve come up with in the studio, it’s the next step for her. It’s a little more grown up. It’s got some edge to it.”

Chase & Status’ Saul Milton and Will Kennard have had a pair of sessions with Rihanna and describe the “Umbrella” singer as very professional and a “really cool girl, down to earth.” They also label her as someone who knows what she wants, musically. “When she doesn’t like something she’ll let you know. When she likes something she’ll let you know as well,” Milton told the BBC. “On one track she came up with some cool melodies and cool ideas, the kind of vibe she wanted. This album for her is just about what she likes and what she’s into and what she wants. If she’s not into the vibe she’ll be like, ‘Nope, I don’t think it’s for me.’” The pair also promise their “trademark big beats and big bass” on their Rihanna cuts.

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Funny man Affion Crockett recently posted this hilarious video spoof to his YouTube page. The video is a parody of Jay-Z’s “Run This Town,” featuring Rihanna and Kanye West, but has a big twist. Instead of the words, “Who’s gonna run this town tonight,” the female portraying Rihanna in the song/video is saying “Who’s gonna hunt Chris Brown tonight?” and the whole video has Rihanna, along with Jay and Kanye (both played by Affion) leading a manhunt to hunt down Chris, also played by Affion. The beginning of the video is completely hilarious as it shows Affion dressed up in a blue sweater and a bow tie mocking Chris’ Larry King interview. You’ve just gotta watch the whole thing… Continue reading to check it out!

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Fresh from her performance with Jay-Z and Kanye West the night before at the Jay Leno Show in Los Angeles, a very cheerful Rihanna was spotted making her way through the terminals at LAX airport Tuesday (Sep 15) to catch a flight out of the city so that she could soak up the events of NY Fashion Week this week.

It seems as though her ex boyfriend Chris Brown still has feelings for her. He posted this to his Twitter early this morning:

MY HEART IS INCOMPLETE… the part that is complete is my love for fans, career, friends, family.. god. but im missing someone or somthing.

He then linked to a fan-made YouTube video featuring old pictures of him and Rihanna with “Changed Man” playing in the background. Of course, he later deleted the tweet and replaced it with this message:

I AINT POSTIN S*** ELSE ABOUT ME(PERSONALLY)…. IM SO OVER ALL THIS BULLS***..

Following his much publicized outburst at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, rapper Kanye West sat down with famous TV personality Jay Leno for a short interview aired on the live premiere of Leno’s new primetime show, “The Jay Leno Show” Monday night. In the interview, a very somber Kanye West apologized (for the third time) and explained his side of the situation while making sure he wasn’t trying to justify his own actions.

When Leno recalled meeting West’s late mother Dr. Donda West (who passed away in November 2007) and asked Kanye what she would have thought about his actions Sunday night (Sep 13) at the VMAs, the Chicago bred rapper sat silent for more than 20 seconds to try and compose himself. The live audience was also dead silent as they wanted to hear what Kanye had to say.

“Obviously, I deal with hurt, and so many celebrities, they never take the time off, and I never took the time off, really,” West explained. “I’ve really never taken the time off. It’s been music after music and tour after tour. And I’m just ashamed my hurt caused someone else hurt.”

Leno said West asked to speak prior to the Jay-Z-led performance and thanked the superstar for honoring the commitment to perform. West said the past 24 hours had been extremely difficult for him. He said he immediately knew his behavior was inappropriate and apologized for stepping on Swift’s emotion, as the young starlet was jittery onstage celebrating her big VMA win. “It was just very rude, period,” West said. “I’d like to apologize to her in person.”

Leno tried to lighten the mood at times, asking West when he knew his protest crossed the line. “As soon as I gave the mic back to her and she didn’t keep going,” he said to a small laugh from the audience. West, however, was anything but humorous throughout his three minutes with Leno. He teared up when the talk-show host brought up his late mother, whom he lost in November 2007 due to complications following cosmetic surgery. The rapper addressed his broken engagement and mother’s passing in his last album, 808s & Heartbreak, but he’s attempted to deal with his emotions onstage rather than behind closed doors.

Now, he appears to be ready to confront some buried pains in private. “I have to analyze how I’m gonna make it through the rest of this life and improve,” he said.

SOURCE: MTV

Continue reading for the video of the interview and the performance of “Run This Town!”

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Here are the videos of some of the performances from Jay-Z’s 9/11 “Answer the Call” benefit concert in New York City! If you missed the original airing and Sunday night’s 2 encore showings, Fuse announced that they will be re-airing the show Tuesday night at 10p, Thursday night at 6p and Saturday at 9p. Continue reading to check out the videos!

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Rapper Jay-Z brought out the big guns when he performed Friday night (Sep 11) in New York City’s famed arena, Madison Square Garden for the “Answer the Call” 9/11 benefit concert. The Brooklyn, NYC born and raised hip-hop icon performed some of his biggest hits from his old albums and some new songs from his most recent album, The Blueprint 3. Rihanna, Kanye West, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Diddy, Pharrell, Swizz Beatz, John Mayer, Kid Cudi and Santigold joined Jay-Z on stage during the sold-out concert. All proceeds from the show went to the New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund.

Mama Tina was even in the crowd showing her son-in-law some love and throwing up the Roc sign!

More pics when you continue reading!

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Rihanna was on the scene Thursday night (Sep 10) as she hit up various fashion events celebrating Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York City. First up, she attended a celebration for Fashion’s Night Out at Intermix Soho. Then she headed to another Fashion’s Night Out event hosted by fashion designer Giuseppe Zanotti at his store, the Giuseppe Boutique.

That Rihanna’s fashion game is always on point! But can she even see through those crazy looking shades???

Singer Rihanna was spotted keeping her head low as she made her way to a Santa Monica restaurant located in Los Angeles, CA Wednesday evening (Sep 2).

Do you think she TiVo’d Chris Brown’s Larry King Live interview?

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Troubled star Chris Brown appeared on CNN’s Larry King Live Wednesday night (Sep 2) and partook in his first interview since his February 2009 altercation with his then girlfriend Rihanna. If you’re a regular celebrity gossip blog reader and enjoy keeping up with celebrities in the news and tabloids, you probably didn’t learn too much from the interview. In fact, the main topic of discussion from viewers had nothing to do with the incident at all! Most people were fascinated with Chris Brown’s blue bowtie and cared nothing about what was going on in the interview. Someone even created a website for it (ROFL!)

But anyway, continue reading for the full interview where Chris admits to still loving Rihanna and all that good stuff…

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Singer Rihanna hung out with Tweety Bird and enjoyed the thrill rides at Six Flags Magic Mountain Monday (Aug 31) in Valencia, CA.

The ride you see her getting on is called the “Tatsu,” and apparently it’s one of the world’s longest, fastest AND tallest flying roller coasters, boasting 3,602 feet of track and speeds up to 62 miles per hour. It also reaches heights of up to 17 stories high.

Singer Chris Brown has slammed reports alleging that he “forgot” what happened the night he beat Rihanna. The internet went crazy yesterday when a 30 second clip of his hour-long interview with CNN’s “Larry King Live” was released and posted all over blogs, social sites and other websites. In the short clip, Brown tells Larry King he doesn’t remember all of the details from that February night, but according to Chris, that 30 second clip doesn’t represent the entire interview and was totally taken out of context:

“There have been reports on the internet that I didn’t remember what happened that night with Rihanna. I want to try and set things straight. That 30 seconds of the interview they used of me was taken from a one hour interview during which that same question was asked something like 4 or 5 times — and when you look at the entire interview you will see it is not representative of what I said.

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Check out the first video from Chris Brown’s exclusive new interview with Larry King Live airing this Wednesday, September 2nd at 9pm ET on CNN. Brown, along with his mother Joyce Hawkins and his lawyer Mark Geragos, will be discussing the assault on his ex girlfriend Rihanna in his first interview since his February 2009 arrest. Continue reading to watch the clip!

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Rihanna was very shocked to hear about DJ AM’s passing after a paparazzo asked her how she felt about it as she and her younger brothers Rorrey and Rajad were leaving a Broadway Theater production of “The Lion King” Friday night (Aug 28) in New York City.

Continue reading for the video where she does a double take and asks “Who?! … Are you serious?!” when the photographer asks her the question about DJ AM.

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The February 8th incident after the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy party wasn’t the first time Chris Brown and then-girlfriend Rihanna had gotten into a physical altercation. Court documents reveal that the two young stars had gotten into two fights prior to that night; one occured just three weeks before the Feb. 8 incident.

The “Umbrella” singer allegedly slapped Brown in a heated argument three months prior to the February incident, according to Brown’s probation review released Tuesday.

In that previous fight, which occurred in Europe, Brown responded by pushing Rihanna into a wall, the documents say. The couple “were involved in a verbal dispute and [she] slapped [him].” Brown “responded by shoving her into a wall.”

A second fight occurred about three weeks prior to the Feb. 8 incident.

Brown and Rihanna “were visiting Barbados and were driving a Range Rover loaned to them,” according to the documents. “They had an argument inside the car. [Brown] exited and broke the front driver and passenger side windows of the car. No one was injured during the incident.”

SOURCE: PEOPLE

Wow … these two were a 21st century version of Ike and Tina for real! Who knows what else went down behind closed doors. Regardless, if they couldn’t keep their hands to themselves, we’re glad their relationship was over. It sucks that it ended the way it did, but it appears to have been for the best. Now they have 5 years to sit back and think about everything so that they can grow up and move on.

Fefe Dobson’s fans have been saying it for a while now. The Rihanna we know as the “Good Girl Gone Bad” is actually what Fefe Dobson was supposed to be, had her label Def Jam (also Rihanna’s label) focused their attention on her instead of turning Rihanna into a punk rocker with a hint of pop and R&B. And now, Fefe herself is speaking out via an exclusive interview with Honey Magazine. And surprisingly she’s not even mad. She actually takes it as a compliment…

HoneyMag: You were already on Def Jam when Rihanna signed, right?
Fefe: I was first I was signed to Def Jam in 2003. I think she was signed in 2005

HoneyMag: First of all, what happened when you left the label?
Fefe: It was just musical difference. It was a mutual breakup. Things weren’t working out the way we had wanted and it was time to part ways and let me create some things. Is Rihanna rock and roll? I don’t know. I mean I think that term is used really loosely.

HoneyMag: Basically, her career did not affect yours whatsoever?
Fefe: I wasn’t associated with it anymore, but do I get comparison… all over the place. To me, again, we are different. It’s like Avril-syndrome. You ask me now, and yes, we are both black but it’s not the same music. She might have some guitars on her thing but what is that? It doesn’t make it the same music.

HoneyMag: That’s my point. The image thing — to go so extreme, from dancehall reggae queen girl to cool, punky, rocker-chick. People say Rihanna bit your style.
Fefe: I mean, for sure I question that, but who wouldn’t. She is supposedly a fan of mine. I try to take it as a compliment. It gets a little much when she starts getting the same tattoos as me but overall I just want people to separate the image and listen to the music. It’s about the music. Its like Prince and Michael Jackson, totally different artists. Or its like Kanye West and Jay-Z. So what? They are both black men, they sound different. So they both wear jeans, they are different. And why would you want the same type of artist?

HoneyMag: People are definitely do an image comparison.
Fefe: To me, dressing is like an expression. You don’t have to be crazy or whatever. Just wear whatever you want to wear.

HoneyMag: I think you can tell when it’s contrived and when it’s authentic.
Fefe: I agree. I do have to say one thing though, her songs are well written. I know Ne-Yo writes some stuff and he is an amazing writer but we’re just different.

HoneyMag: Have you guys met?
Fefe: Yeah, I met her when she was the dance hall queen with the long hair. She was a nice girl but very quiet.

Hit up HoneyMag.com for more!