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Check Out Rihanna’s New ‘Thug Life’ Tattoo

Jamie Peck — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:30:20 +0000

Freshly relaxed from her bikinis n’ blunts holiday in Hawaii, Rihanna has decided to go and get herself some new ink from famed tattoo artist Mark Mahoney back in LA. Look how much she loves him!

The decorated singer selected a “Thug Life” tattoo for her knuckles, which, according to the Meek Mill quote she posted to twitter, is a tribute to the late Tupac Shakur, who had “Thug Life” written across his chest in script. It’s possible the words are just drawn on, but judging by the redness and swelling that’s visible in the photo, I’d say it’s probably real.

That wasn’t the only tattoo she got, either. She posted another photo of Mahoney working on her back, alongside the Drake lyric “Tat my fuckin name on u girl so I know its real!!!” Alas, she has yet to show us the finished product.

And what visit to an LA tattoo parlor would be complete without a random celebrity cameo from actor Danny Trejo, of Grindhouse fame? No visit.

What do you think of Rihanna’s new ink?

(Via Rap-Up)

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Chris Brown’s Rep Says He And Rihanna Are Not Together

Natalie Zutter — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:37:18 +0000

In the past month, there’s been some disturbing evidence to suggest that Rihanna is considering getting back together with her abusive ex Chris Brown—namely, tweets supposedly posted for their followers but so lovey-dovey that they have to be directed at each other. Right? We sincerely hope not, because Rihanna taking Chris back would a) likely put her in danger of getting smacked around again, and b) sends a bad message to her fans to not stand up for yourself.

That’s why we’re glad for this news from Chris’ rep, via TMZ: Chris and Rihanna are just friends (gag for the overused phrase, extra gag since we can’t imagine being friends with your abuser) and are not looking to get back together. Fans were sure that a reunion was in the works when Chris and RiRi were spotted at the same West Hollywood nightclub last night; their followers ignored the fact that they left separately.

However, the rep points out, Chris arrived and left with his actual girlfriend Karrueche Tran. (We’re guessing that Karrueche’s tattoo “The past is practice” is part of why she’s forgiving of Chris’ abusive ways.) It might be that the attraction still exists, albeit as a one-sided thing: Media Take Out claims that Karrueche got all up in Rihanna’s grill at the club because Rihanna’s been telling people that she does still want to get back together with Chris. Rihanna’s also allegedly pissed because Karrueche and her friends made a video mocking RiRi’s accent:

However, this is probably another case of creating drama where there is none. Commenters point out that Karrueche and her friends spend the first half of the video quoting lines from an Anjelah Johnson skit about nail salons. It isn’t until halfway through that she asks, “What song is this?” and her friend says that it’s Rihanna’s.

So, what we should take away from this is—Chris and Rihanna aren’t in each other’s lives, which is nothing but good news.

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Celebrities Tweeting Sweet Nothings To Their Significant Others: True Love Or Slick PR Move?

Amanda Chatel — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:35:24 +0000

When Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore stopped tweeting each other excessively lovey-dovey nonsense, the world wondered what was going on with them. It wasn’t like Mr. and Mrs. Kutcher to not dominate the Twittersphere with “proof” that they were not only deeply in love, but a happily married couple. But alas, not long after the tweets fizzled so did their six-year-long marriage.

It’s no secret that Hollywood marriages fail a lot of the time and for different reasons. Sometimes it’s the stress of being in the public eye, occasionally it’s all those almost-real love scenes with a co-star or it’s just Kim Kardashian trying to make a buck and stay relevant. In most cases when rumors start to spread that a couple is on the fritz, their public relations team jumps in and tells them to do something “romantic” in the public eye so all that chitter-chatter about the status of their relationship will come to an end. Sometimes these PDA moments work, other times they fail and the relationship in question follows suit.

With the Internet being the go-to place for everyone to get their news and celebrity fix, it makes sense that famous people have taken their PDA to places like Twitter. However, who’s to know if it’s real or a perfectly concocted scheme to prove to fans that “yes, we’re in love so look at these tweets as proof.”

Here are some celebrities who have taken their love to the Twittersphere. You decide who’s for real and who’s a straight up liar.

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Rihanna Tweets A Sexy Swimsuit Photo At A Fan

Jamie Peck — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:25:44 +0000

Looks like AnnaLynne McCord isn’t the only celebrity who likes to tweet sexy photos of herself at individual fans. Yesterday evening, as she continued to enjoy her sexy reefer vacation in Hawaii, Rihanna saw fit to tweet a picture of herself in one very improbable bathing suit (above) to follower/fan MzCprettyFly, alongside the caption “just for u.” This is obviously not true, as her other 12 million followers were able to see it too, but maybe it’s the thought that counts?

She tweeted a photo of the back of the swimsuit earlier, not just to one follower but to everyone:

To round things out she tweeted a photo of her chef there in HI, who appears to be trying to make gang signs but really just looks like he has frog hands:

“How hot is my chef?” she asked, to which many people replied that they’d need to see his arms and abs to be sure. Or at least his face. Silly fans. You do not go to Rihanna’s twitter page to see pictures of some random chef bro. You go there in the hopes Ri Ri will tweet a nip slip accidentally on purpose.

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Glee Report Card: Yes But No But Yes

Natalie Zutter — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:10:42 +0000

If this lovey-dovey episode is Glee‘s idea of a winter premiere, then we’re excited to see what they actually come up with for Valentine’s Day next month! In “Yes/No,” Will and Emma decide that they both want to get married, but it’s not as easy as that. He enlists the glee club to come up with different musical performances for the perfect proposal… only to realize, after talking to Emma’s parents, that he may not want to spend the rest of his life with an “incomplete” person.

Meanwhile, Finn, Rachel, and Kurt struggle with feeling like they’ll never get out of Lima, Ohio, with Kurt and Rachel obsessing over college and Finn wanting to enlist. Becky Jackson (who has an awesome British inner monologue) sets her sights on Artie to be her boyfriend. While this episode was really sweet, the songs were kind of lackluster.

“Summer Nights”
Performed by Sam and Mercedes
Originally performed by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John in Grease

This is the kind of number that I would’ve expected to see earlier in the series, so it seems a little shallow compared to the emotional development of the last few years. It was more of a quick “let’s recap the Sam/Mercedes romance” while cementing that she’s with her current guy, Shane. Much more effective was a moment later in the episode when Sam, newly a member of the synchronized-swimming team, gets slushied and Mercedes tenderly wipes him off. But back to the song: It’s great to see Mercedes in the solo role, but all the Grease comparisons got to be a bit much.

Grade: B+

“Wedding Bell Blues”
Performed by Emma, with backup by Sue and Beiste
Originally performed by Laura Nyro

Even though it fits Emma’s character to be singing old-timey songs, I think that Jayma Mays is better served on newer — or at least peppier — stuff. I would’ve liked to see her express her desire to marry Will with more than breathy sighs and passive lyrics. Sure, Glee‘s already done “Put A Ring on It,” but that’s more what I think could’ve worked for Emma. Still, it was lovely to see Sue and Beiste provide the backup; can this trio sing together more often?

Grade: B-

“Moves Like Jagger/Jumpin’ Jack Flash”
Performed by Artie
Originally performed by Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera

Artie’s proposed proposal song (hee) is of course the best of the bunch: Upbeat, sexy, and sure, ripped from the top of the charts. But as you can see in the video, it gives Will a chance to document his dance moves without being a creepy white guy. For what it was, it was great: Our weekly dose of confident, cool guys putting new spins on chart-toppers.

Grade: B+

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Photos: Rihanna Smokes A Blunt In Front Of The Paparazzi

Jamie Peck — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:05:21 +0000

Some photos of Rihanna smoking what appears to be a big, fat blunt while on vacation in Hawaii hit the Internet today, and they’re so stoney I think I got a little high just from looking at them. Seriously, I need to get some snacks now. Okay, that’s better.

The photos show a sleepy-eyed Rihanna enjoying a post-workout smoke, and even multitasking a bit by doing some leg stretches at the same time. And in case there was any doubt in anyone’s mind about precisely what she was doing, she tweeted the following yesterday morning:

Well then. Good to know? Check out the photos below.

She never said she was a role model, okay haters?

(Via Rihanna Daily)

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Are Chris Brown And Rihanna Getting Back Together?

Jamie Peck — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:04:13 +0000

Some suggestive tweets from Rihanna‘s twitter account have touched off a gossip investigation on the part of The Sun to find out if the 23-year-old singer is back together with her abusive ex Chris Brown. I’m not sure it’s gone that far, but at the very least, there’s some inappropriate shit going on.

“How can you lie to her, while u lay with me???” Rihanna tweeted the other night, supposedly after seeing Chris Brown out with model Karrueche Tran at a Las Vegas party. Since then, she’s sent out a couple more amorous tweets that could be about anyone, but which gossip cops are taking to obviously be about Chris Brown. “Despite everything that has happened RiRi has not stopped loving Chris,” a “source” told The Sun. “They have been in constant contact for some time and things seemed to be stepping up a gear in recent weeks. Many thought these public declarations of love on Twitter were paving the way for an official reconciliation.”

	Check Out Rihanna’s New ‘Thug Life’ Tattoo
	Chris Brown’s Rep Says He And Rihanna Are Not Together
	Celebrities Tweeting Sweet Nothings To Their Significant Others: True Love Or Slick PR Move?
	Rihanna Tweets A Sexy Swimsuit Photo At A Fan
	Glee Report Card: Yes But No But Yes

Perhaps even more distressing than the possibility that Rihanna is reconciling with the guy who beat the shit out of her is that fact that few of Brown’s young fans seem to care about the incident anymore. A recent story on NPR revealed that a good 50% of urban youth surveyed in Boston believe that Rihanna was at least partly to blame for the abuse. Quotes gathered from young fans outside a Chris Brown concert in Baltimore modeled some disturbing thinking, as well. “Obviously she played a part in getting beat, or whatever,” one fan told NPR. “However you want to put it.”

This is especially problematic in light of the fact that many Chris Brown and Rihanna fans fall into a demographic that suffers from domestic violence at elevated rates: young black women. I’m not saying it’s Rihanna’s job to teach better lessons, but this should be a wake up call to those actually charged with teaching health classes and the like. Rather than count on celebrities to model healthy behavior, educators should take this as a sign that they need to do a better job teaching kids about abusive relationships, misogynistic culture, and victim-blaming.

(Via The Sun, Slate)

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Rihanna and Chris Brown Might Be Expressing Their Love Through Twitter, Improperly

Molly Horan — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:41:41 +0000

As all Twitter users know, the proper way to call and answer through tweets is direct them @ the recipient. So Chris Brown’s tweet, “Love U more than you know,” must be directed at his six million plus followers. And Rihanna’s tweet posted not long after, “”I’ll always love u #1LOVE,” has to also be coincidental and generic. Or is it?

Let’s look at the facts. Rihanna and Chris follow each other on Twitter, which we all know is the first step to rekindling a love affair. Rihanna has flouted the laws of Twitter communication before by apparently talking with Chris’ mother without the use of @.

So obviously, we are witnessing the beginning of their official social media courtship. Next, tiny black hearts exchanged on Facebook and heart-hand photos swapped on DailyBooth.

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Video: Drake Crashes A Fan’s Karaoke Performance, Adorableness Ensues

Jamie Peck — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:24:43 +0000

Whilst giving it your all at karaoke night, have you ever thought, “wow, I really wish Madonna was here to see what a great job I’m doing with ‘Two Of Hearts.’ I bet she’d even be inspired to jump up and join me on the chorus, and then we would become the best of friends”? Of course you have. And yet it hasn’t happened yet, because cool things never happen to you.

Be jealous, then, of international student Dalal (a.k.a. “Dee“), originally of Kuwait, currently of California and Drake‘s loving arms. The karaoke regular was having dinner with some friends in LA yesterday when a buddy texted her to say that someone famous was at her favorite local karaoke bar, Saddle Ranch. Despite not knowing which celebrity it was, she went, because yay celebrities. She settled on a Rihanna song, and the rest is history. Via E! Online:

“I was up there with the mike and the first beats of ‘Only Girl in the World’ started playing and I said, ‘Stop the song! Does anyone here know how to do the Drake part of “What’s My Name”?’ So I was like, anyone? Anyone? Hello? And decided to just sing it by myself and then boom! Drake jumps up with his bodyguard behind him and was like ‘Wait, I thought I was going to do the song with you’”

“I was like, ‘Oh my god, Drake!” Dee tells E! News that, “I just got lost in the moment and thought, ‘Whatever happens I don’t care.’ It was a total Hollywood moment.”

Here’s the video:

Drake gave Dee a hug afterwards, as that’s kind of his thing, and she told him he’d made her day. Delightful.

(Via E! Online)

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Check Out Rihanna’s Trippy New Video For ‘You Da One’

Jamie Peck — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:00:50 +0000

So Rihanna‘s music video for “You Da One” dropped today, and it’s a tall, sweet drink of nothing but 100% Rihanna. Unlike her cinematic video for “We Found Love,” this video does not tell a story, instead focusing on Rihanna’s ability to wear lots of cool clothes and writhe around while trippy projections play across her seemingly naked body. (Various sources say she was wearing a flesh colored body suit.)

As Rihanna songs go, it’s less repetitive and annoying than “We Found Love,” but this video also has less to distract from the music, which has always been the thinnest part of the Rihanna package. It was directed by Melina Matsoukas, who also directed the Barbadian pop princess’ sumptuous videos for “We Found Love” and “S&M,” making for a trilogy of sorts. Like all Rihanna videos, it showcases her ability to rock various kinds of off-the-runway fashions and make them look distinctly her own. Does this type of (relatively) stripped down approach work for her? What do you think?

(Via Entertainment Weekly)

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