NEW INTERVIEW WITH CNN “TALK ASIA”

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Rihanna talks to CNN’s “Talk Asia” about her “glam squad” and most meaningful songs. She mentions “Fire Bomb” as one of her favourite songs from the latest album! The song is also winning our poll for the best song from “Rated R”.

Watch below a sneak peak from the interview which will air on February 24th. Click here to watch one more great interview that Rihanna did durning her stay in Australia.

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VIDEO: RIHANNA GETS A LAP DANCE ON HER BIRTHDAY

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RiRi celebrated her 22nd birthday on Saturday night in Phoenix, Arizona, and not in Los Angeles as we thought. Watch a video of Rihanna getting a lap dance from a stripper below:

E! Online reports:

Los Angeles Dodgers star Matt Kemp surprised the sexy singer on Saturday with a 22nd birthday party in Phoenix, E! News has learned. Rihanna was “shocked” by the ballplayer’s gesture, apparently expecting a small get-together with a few friends, a source says. She had no clue what was really in store for her.

So how did it go? Pretty great. Kemp had been planning the event for at least a month to make sure Rihanna’s birthday was special, according to an insider. There were flowers, Sprinkles cupcakes, tiki torches in the pool, engraved bottles of Ace of Spades champagne and Johnny Walker Blue, as well as a Jamaican chef who whipped up lots of appetizers for the crowd. Around 40 people showed up, including both Rihanna’s friends and some of Kemp’s baseball pals.

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FUNNY VIDEO: RIHANNA ROLLS WITH NICK CANNON

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Make sure to watch the video below! Nick Cannon, Mariah Carey’s husband, thanks Rihanna for being his friend… and she doesn’t even know him! LOL

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RIHANNA SAYS NEXT ALBUM WILL BE ‘MORE ENERGETIC’

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Rihanna has had a difficult past 12 months in the aftermath of her assault by her ex-boyfriend. But the “Hard” superstar has endured, by being both outspoken about her experience in hopes of helping others and by channeling her experience into Rated R, her most rounded effort to date. She told MTV News last year that she “vented” on the project. Don’t expect her next album to be as dark as Rated R, though.

Rihanna said the follow-up, which has no timetable set yet, will be less intense. “Rated R, I love the sound of it, in terms of the bass,” Rihanna explained. “I really like the bottom, the grime of it. But if I were to combine that with more energetic, up-tempo pop records, then I think that will be a happy marriage. And that’s where we’ll probably go next.”


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NEW TOUR INFO

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• Rihanna’s upcoming tour dance auditions started today in Los Angeles. We don’t know if she’s there or not, however, part of her band is already in the UK.
• The tour director is Jamie King and the choreographers are rumoured to be Tina Landon (who works with Rihanna since 2005) and Tanisha Scott.
• After the UK promo and the ECHO Awards in Germany, Rihanna, her band and the dancers have lots of rehearsals for the tour, which means she will probably be back to Los Angeles next week.
• The tour name hasn’t been revealed yet, however, it’s rumoured to be Rated R Tour.
• Two new tour dates in Germany have been added to our calendar, be sure to check it.

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RIHANNA TALKS ABOUT ‘RUDE BOY’ MUSIC VIDEO

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“It’s really colorful; it’s a pop art video,” Rihanna told MTV Korea. “We shot it all on green screen. Everything was done in post-production. It’s really colorful, really energetic. It was really inspired by my Caribbean roots. I love reggae music. ["Rude Boy"] is a Jamaican term, so our costumes are dancehall-queen-like. It’s a fun video. Probably the most fun video we’ve done so far.”

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‘BEHIND THE SESSIONS’ WITH RIHANNA

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PopEater.com: Rihanna recently filmed her live AOL Sessions performance, which will be launching today, Feb. 23.

The Barbadian beauty allowed our Sessions crew to follow her throughout the day, catching some exclusive behind-the scenes action as the pop superstar prepared for her shoot. Check out the ‘Behind the Sessions’ video below or here. The performances should be out already. Keep checking AOL Sessions website.

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AOL Recording Sessions

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Rihanna’s AOL Session is finally online (however, videos are unavailable in some countries). Below you will find videos of the recording and Q&A.

• Watch Rude Boy on YouTube
•  Watch Take A Bow on YouTube
•  Watch Hard on YouTube
•  Watch Russian Roulette on YouTube
•  Watch Disturbia on YouTube

It’s not readily apparent in her television interviews or music videos, but Rihanna’s got a funny side. “I’m a prankster,” she told AOL when she and her band took over our studio for a Sessions taping.

Throughout the performance and interview, Rihanna was delightfully giggling and showing a lighter side that had all but disappeared recently. Of course, two days earlier she’d snagged a pair of Grammys, a feat that would make anyone smile. Check out her thoughts on the awards, fashion, possible collaborations and more below.


AOL: Congratulations on winning two Grammys for ‘Run This Town Tonight.’ How did you celebrate? Were you surprised to win?

Rihanna: After the Grammys, we went out to [label executive] L.A. Reid and Jay-Z’s dinner. They hosted a dinner together and then we went to drinks [at an] after party at a club. We had a blast. It was very much a surprise to win because the Grammys are really tricky. It’s difficult to win one, so you have to go into it not expecting to win so it’s always a pleasant surprise. And we were definitely pleasantly surprised.

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RIHANNA TO PERFORM AT KIDS’ CHOICE AWARDS

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Rihanna is set to perform at 2010 Kids’ Choice Awards according to People Magazine. The superstar is set to be one of the performers along with the 15-year-old pop sensation, and a huge Rihanna fan, Justin Bieber.

Kevin James will host 23rd Annual Kids’ Choice Awards in Los Angeles on March 27. Well, lets hope she’ll perform “Rude Boy” then! Don’t forget to watch her AOL Sessions performance cause she sounds amazing!

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MELINA MATSOUKAS WASN’T TRYING TO RIP ANYBODY OFF

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As soon at Rihanna’s new colorful, sassy video for “Rude Boy” hit the Internet, fans and music lovers (haters) couldn’t help but compare it to M.I.A.’s video for “Boyz.” However, that reaction isn’t one that the star or the video’s director, Melina Matsoukas, had even considered while they were shooting the clip.

“I mean, you know that the video lends from a lot of Rasta culture and ’80s Atari vibe and that’s what we went with too,” Matsoukas said. “And then afterward I was like, ‘Oh, this sucks. They tore down my video.’ And her video’s great too. It definitely wasn’t trying to rip anybody off at all — it was just our approach and the animation stuff, it had a similar vibe. We’ve seen that before with Grace Jones and Andy Warhol, so I don’t know if anybody can lay claim to anything. We’re all inspired by similar elements and it came together in that way.”

With nods to Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol, the pop-art inspired video is a far cry from the pair’s work on “Hard” — but as soon as they wrapped the latter, they knew they had to work together again.

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Rihanna animations

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Animations from Rihanna's music videos [russian roulette,hard, wait your turn&rude boy]

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FULL INTERVIEW TO TALK ASIA (CNN)

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Rihanna opens up to CNN about her career, her future and the relationship with her ex-boyfriend. Be sure to watch the whole interview, it’s one of the best Rihanna interviews ever.

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RIHANNA MODELS FOR GIO-GOI

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Clothes label Gio-Goi’s stable of famous fans is starting to look like a dream festival line-up. Rihanna is the latest star to wear the rock’n'roll clobber, following fellow singers Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen and more.

Rihanna modelled for brothers Anthony and Chris Donnelly as part of a plan to take the brand to America. A New York shop is already on the cards. The singer had the lads round to her London hotel last week, posing in nothing but a cap and puffa. To view more of the range go to giogoi.com.

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RIHANNA TO PERFORM IN ISRAEL

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Following months of negotiations, it’s now official: Rihanna will arrive in Israel for one concert, which will take place on May 30 at the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv-Jaffa.

The details of the performance are expected to be revealed in a press conference next Wednesday, March 10, including the ticket prices and the singer’s itinerary in the Holy Land. The concert will be sponsored by the Orange cellular company, which will provide its customers with tickets for a reduced price.

Rihanna will be joining many famous artists scheduled to visit Tel Aviv this summer, including Metallica, The Pixies, Elton John, Rod Stewart and Elvis Costello.

Source: YNETnews.com

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US CHARTS UPDATE – “RUDE BOY”: #8

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RIHANNA IS NOW THE FEMALE ARTIST WITH MOST TOP 10s SINCE 2000!

Rude Boy has jumped from #23 to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100! This is Rihanna’s 14th top 10 single in the US! Congratulations, RiRi! Hard has fallen from #27 to #34. On the Billboard 200, Rated R remains at #14, selling around 24,000 copies last week and 688,000 only in the US since its release in November.

Keep requesting and buying Rude Boy on iTunes.

Right now, Rude Boy is at #3 on US iTunes.
Let’s try to make it at least #2, so keep buying!

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