Rihanna has recorded a TV interview in which she discusses last February's assault which led to ex-boyfriend Chris Brown being sentenced to probation and community labour.
The interview, with presenter Diane Sawyer, will air on ABC shows 'Good Morning America' - on Thursday (November 5) at 7am (EST) - and on '20/20' on Friday (6) at 10pm.
R&B star Rihanna insists the press have got it wrong about her romance with Chris Brown, because they are "just good friends."
R&B star Rihanna insists the press have got it wrong about her romance with Chris Brown, because they are "just good friends."
The pair has been inseparable for months, vacationing together, being photographed smooching and even exchanging expensive jewelery and getting matching tattoos etched - seemingly confirming they are romantically involved.
But the "Umbrella" hitmaker insists they are only friends, and are definitely not sleeping together.
During an appearance on The View on Monday, Rihanna said, "We hang out a lot. We are very close. He's an amazing person. But we are not dating. We are very close, very, very close."
When grilled on the difference between their friendship and 'dating,' Rihanna replied, "There's a big difference and I think you know what."
RIHANNA has said she's not in love, despite her rumoured romance with rapper Chris Brown.
The lovebirds have only recently gone public with their affections, but it's nothing serious - at least for Rihanna.
"No, I'm not in love," the Grammy winner said when grilled about her deep affections.
Trying to deflect the attention, the 20-year-old asserts that she loves life because "life is beautiful."
The couple have been denying their romance for almost a year after being spotted looking cosy on various occasions.
She said: "I won't say that we're just friends - me and Chris are really best, best friends"
"We are best friends, honestly, like brother and sister. If he was a boyfriend, I would say that."
Siegfried and Roy might want to move the good furniture into storage for a while. The illusionists have welcomed five new tiger cubs to their exotic habitat on the Las Vegas Strip, a move Siegfried Fischbacher said would be therapeutic for Roy Horn , who was critically injured when he was mauled by a 380-pound, or 170-kilogram, white Bengal tiger onstage in 2003. The new cubs give Roy "a reason to get up in the morning," Fischbacher said. Horn did not answer questions from reporters but played with the small tigers, holding them for the cameras, kissing them and nibbling on one's small ear. The playful, 15-pound, 6-week-old cubs were brought to Las Vegas three weeks ago to be part of the longtime duo's animal breeding program. (AP)
The queen of soul, Aretha Franklin , will headline the 2008 JVC Jazz Festival in Rhode Island. Festival organizers say the Grammy winner, whose hits include "Respect," "Chain of Fools" and "I Say a Little Prayer," will perform her gospel-charged soul Aug. 9 at Fort Adams State Park. Other performers include the jazz saxophonists Sonny Rollins and Wayne Shorter , the trumpeter Chris Botti , and the pianist and composer Herbie Hancock . (AP)
The Beirut-born writer Rawi Hage has been awarded one of the world's most lucrative literary prizes for his debut novel "De Niro's Game," about two childhood friends who take different paths to survive amid civil war in the Lebanese capital. Judges from Ireland, Britain, Spain and the United States selected Hage for the $155,000 Impac Dublin Literary Award. His work beat 136 other books from 45 countries, all works published in English in 2006. All the books had been nominated by libraries worldwide.
Rihanna returns with her first ever DVD release from the tour Good Girl Gone Bad. The DVD which was filmed at the MEN Arena in Manchester, December 2007 also includes a behind the scenes documentary and an alternative never seen before video for the enormous hit Umbrella.
Good Girl Gone Bad Live comprises the finest of Rihanna musical talent and her astonishing live performances. Opening the show with her debut smash hit Pon de Replay, wowing the crowd with a brilliant soulful rendition of Bob Marley’s Is This Love?, the girl powered Shut up and Drive and the scorching disco grind of Please Don't Stop The Music. As well as performing number of hit singles and even throwing in an enchanting acoustic session to mix up the flavour. Rihanna ends on a high note, with the hit summer anthem, Umbrella. Rihanna definitely gets ten out of ten for crowd pleasing.
Hate her or love her it seems like pop starlet Rihanna will not be going anywhere in a hurry. Born Robyn Rihanna Fenty in Barbados, the young vocalist got her big break back in 2003 when she met music producer Evan Rogers, who has worked with the likes of Christina Aguilera and Kelly Clarkson. Rogers who was holidaying in Barbados at the time heard Rihanna's voice and soon after she was asked to record a demo. Things begun to launch after hip-hop mogul Jay-Z showed an interest in the young upcoming star. Since then she has collaborated with some of the finest in the game including Ne-Yo, The Dream and even the prince of R 'n' B Chris Brown.
Rihanna, who is always on the top of world music charts, recently declared:
"I'd love to sing with Amy Winehouse and Duffy".
Their voices are very different and that's why she thinks that it would be wonderful to listen to them together and sing with them! It would also mean a trio composed of 3 outstanding female artists!
"I love Amy. I think she’s great, so unique. I love her album. And I also love what Duffy is doing, she’s brilliant, as well."
Rihanna isn't new to music collaborations, so we'll probably get a new surprise from her soon!
From the start of her musical career, she has participated in about 8 duets with worldwide pop stars.
Among the most famous: "Rihanna feat Jay-Z - Umbrella", that was on top of worlds music charts for some months; "Rihanna feat Ne-Yo - Hate that I love you", an unforgettable love song; and "Rihanna feat Zedstar.
R&B star Rihanna wants to record a "feminist anthem" for her next album with fellow chart-toppers Amy Winehouse and Duffy.
The 'Umbrella' hitmaker has drawn up a wishlist of musicians and producers she wants to work with when she next hits the studio, with Winehouse, Duffy, and Winehouse-collaborator Mark Ronson right at the top.
She tells the BBC: "I love Mark Ronson. We've talked about doing something together on my next album".
Rihanna adds of a 'dream team' with Winehouse and Duffy: "How amazing would that be? We've all got three different voices, it would be brilliant. Now that would be a feminist anthem.
"I love Amy. I think she's great, so unique. I love her album. And I also love what Duffy is doing, she's brilliant as well."
Rihanna has a "good bull detector." The 'Umbrella' singer is plagued by people trying to befriend her because she is famous, but finds it easy to distinguish between the fakes and her real friends.
She said: "I have a good bull detector so I'm very good at figuring out who is real and which people want to be my friend because of what I am versus who I am." The 20-year-old singer said she copes with her hectic lifestyle by surrounding herself with her best friends.
She said: "I keep good people around me. My best friends are always there for me. They're honest and they keep me in check." Rihanna also revealed she thinks women should not get too obsessed with finding love, and thinks it's more important to find happiness alone. She added to Top of the Pops magazine: "You shouldn't depend on a guy to make your life better or good at all."
Rihanna says her shorter hairdo allowed her to discover herself,
She says: "I felt like the whole world had long, curly, flowy blonde hair. Ciara, Beyonce, Mariah, Christina Milian. Everybody wanted to be like everybody else. So I cut my hair and they (Def Jam) made me put my long hair back in (as extensions).
"The second time, I didn't have any discussions, nothing. I just cut it, I dyed it black, I went into the studio making music my way. I found myself all at once. I like things strong, edgy, a little to the left. I don't like things that are expected - nothing cliched."
There's been a decent amount of movement in the iTunes charts over the past few weeks, but nothing like what happened this morning, when all the post-finale American Idol tracks went up on sale and the top ten pretty much exploded. As I write this, we've got three David Cook songs and two David Archuleta one in the top ten, and poor Duffy, who only skimmed the top ten earlier this week, is already plummeting out of the top twenty. I'm never going to get to stop writing about these tools, am I?
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David Cook: "Time of My Life." This is the song that won the annual American Idol songwriters' contest, and it's exactly the sort of overblown treacly silliness that always wins that thing. None of these songs are ever any good, and "Time of My Life" abuses nonsensical Hallmark-card cliches particularly vigorously. Cook actually has to sell a line about "looking for that magic rainbow on the horizon." Seriously, who, in 2008, sits down with a piece of paper and a pen and comes up with "magic rainbow"? And how does that song then go on to win a contest of any kind? The assembly line exists for a reason. The song is concerns the nebulous concept of living life to the fullest or whatever, just like all the rest of them, and so Cook gets to promise us that he'll "taste every moment and live it out loud," which is, at best, a mixed metaphor. The good news is that Cook's elegantly grizzled growl is uniquely suited toward making a mess like this work. He's shameless enough to treat a nothing like this like it was "Everybody Hurts," and the way he builds from the gurgley snarls on the intro to a big drawn-out lung-busting note at the end shows that he's already a pro. And the song's construction is time-tested big-payoff power-ballad; I especially like the backing-vocal ahh-ahhs on the chorus. That Cook can make anything of this song is a minor miracle, and it bodes well for what might happen if Clive Davis starts throwing actual good songs his way. This mess immediately shot to #1 on iTunes pretty much the minute it was released, but it's not for sale there anymore, which doesn't make any sense at all. 5.7
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