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Rihanna is the latest addition to the great Madame Tussauds collection, with their latest wax model unveiled yesterday, just a short while before she is due to release fresh material from her new album later this month.
Adoring her fantastic wax work model with the infamous blonde quiff rendition , Rihanna kisses her twin which was unveiled at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Washington D.C, now sporting vibrant, longer, bright red locks.
What do you think of the new wax work and hair?
Rihanna is set to bring her risque live show to Australia in February and critics are warning the show has strong themes of sex and violence. Promoter Michael Coppel said the tour, which sold out in Europe and the US, pushes the envelope. “This is a phenomenal, edgy rock show,” Mr Coppel said. “But it is a PG show. It is not X-rated or R-rated.”
The show includes sexy costumes, dirty dancing, massive props, booming pyro and sci-fi screens and at one point, Rihanna provocatively straddles the giant barrel of a real-size pink tank. Rihanna says she wanted to create an event but she denies her show is too sexy or violent. “That’s an ignorant view,” she told the Sunday Herald Sun in an exclusive interview. “There are messages in my show. But everything isn’t so literal…..Some people can’t understand poetry. Sometimes you have to look at the underlying message,” Rihanna said. “It’s metaphorical.”
Rihanna said her new tour, titled Last Girl On Earth, shows an evolving artist. “It’s no more sexier than I’ve always been,” she said. “The last time I was in Australia, I had the time of my life. It was the best tour and the best audience….I can’t wait to come back and show everyone how much I’ve grown.”
Watch below as Rihanna speaks to ‘Access Hollywood’ about working wih Eminem and relating to their track ‘Love The Way You Lie’ on a very personal level.
Check out the picture courtesy of RapRadar of Eminem and Rihanna on set of the new Joseph Kahn directed video, ‘Love The Way You Lie’ which has made it to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
In related news, it has been confirmed that Rihanna stans can expect new material from her by the end of the summer! Her production team SRP records addressed fans, advising that no more singles are to be released from her last effort ‘Rated R’.
In related news, its rumored that Megan Fox is set to play the leading lady in the video – who’s envious right now??
Eminem and Rihanna are going to film visuals for their duet track ‘Love the Way You Lie’ this coming Tuesday, July 20. Confirming the news is director Joseph Kahn who shared it through his Twitter.
Got off a call. Emergency music video. Gonna write and turn in a treatment in three hours to shoot asap.”
He then followed it up with other posts,
“Video is gonna happen. Lots of work to do now. Video is awarded. Starts shooting Tuesday. Eminem & Rihanna. Off we go!
‘Love the Way You Lie’ is taken from Eminem’s chart topper ‘Recovery’. Beside prepping the Rihanna-featuring clip, Eminem also plans to shoot another music video, this time around to support Lil Wayne-assisted track ‘No Love’. He wrote on Twitter back in June:
We got Wayne’s verse filmed before he went away luckily. Gotta shoot the rest of a ‘No Love’ video real soon. Keep your head up Weezy!”
Source PunchBowlBlog
After receiving some backlash, Lloyd has taken to his blog to clarify some remarks he made about Chris Brown’s performance at Sunday’s BET Awards.
He’s back with a vengeance,” Lloyd told Rap-Up.com after the show, where he was nominated in the Viewer’s Choice category for his hook on Young Money’s Bed Rock…..I think that they’re gonna find a place in their heart for him again. … I told him, man, you gotta get up there. You gotta cry, you gotta really show your heart to the world.”
The statement above fuelled rumours that he told Brown to cry during his Michael Jackson tribute, so in response, Lloyd stated “I consider Chris a friend. He’s been through a lot in the past couple years,” Lloyd wrote.
“I never told him to go onstage and cry. We spoke recently, and I told him as a friend that people hadn’t really seen him be vulnerable about his situation last year (with Rihanna). I thought he was holding back and needed to let that emotion out. Him crying at the BET Awards was real, I could feel it.”
He also speculated about the possible source of those tears, saying Brown may have cried “about the fact that he thought people would hate him forever because of one mistake.
“Feeling that love on stage was probably overwhelming. Plus MJ being gone and him performing Man in the Mirror, that song is powerful, especially for his situation. It pushed him over the edge.”
Lloyd also lashed out at the “many blogs and fans” who saw his original statement as a negative comment on Brown. “To say that he was faking or that I’m hating on him, that’s some bullsh**t,” he said.
“Last week Essence.com asked me what artist most embodied MJ. I told them it was Chris. I never saw MJ perform live, but Chris is the closest thing I’ve witnessed. Chris is back, and I’m just as excited as his fans are.”
Source MTV, Essence, Rap-Up
Drake revealed he recently had a studio session with Rihanna’s ex boyfriend and R&B star, Chris Brown
Drake spoke to Extra: “I’ve been working all night. I’ve just been in the studio. I was actually in the studio with Chris Brown for a little bit. Then I was studio hopping, seeing where I can lend my hand since I’ve done mine.”
After his very emotional tribute to Michael Jackson at the BET Awards 2010 (to be aired THIS Saturday), a lot of stars have expressed their love for Chris, this including Cassie, Marios, Lloyd and Keri Hilson.
Katy Perry catches up with US radio station, Kiss FM, earlier this week to promote her latest single “California Girls”. The host talks about her friendship with Rihanna, Chris Brown and Katy revealed her plans on wanting her to strip at her bachelorette party!!
Did you like her version of “Te Amo” ?
Rihanna catches up with movie critic and GG Blogger Ben Lyons – can you guess what she talks about?
Rihanna talks Drake, Rockstar, Travis Barker, Rockcorps and the Last Girl On Earth USA Tour from The Good Friend Network on Vimeo.
Check out the improptu U Stream session with Drake as he plays Lil Wayne’s previously unheard ‘Light Up’ verse which he recorded via the phone in Rikers Island.
Drake has been kicking butt at his gigs here in the UK with Jay Z but also recently spoke to the NY Times about Rihanna, the material they worked on last year for her new album but didn’t get released; the two soon after began seeing each other regularly, though they never publicly confirmed their brief ‘relationship’. Drake said:
I was a pawn…You know what she was doing to me? She was doing exactly what I’ve done to so many women throughout my life, which is show them quality time, then disappear,” he said. “I was like, wow, this feels terrible.”
Ryan Seacrest gets the exclusive from Matt Kemp on his show, The Ryan Seacrest show as Matt speaks candidly about his girlfriend, Rihanna. He admitted he missed her voice and couldn’t wait to see her when her tour is over…
Have a listen…
Drake’s latest collaboration with Alicia Keys “Fireworks” made his album “Thank Me Later” but there is speculation that is Drake rapping about his ’fling’ with Rihanna? Gossip bloggers are going nuts trying to ‘decode’ messages in his lyrics to support this … Read below – what do you think?
Drake Raps “I’m just such a gentleman… I can tell it wasn’t love I just thought you f-ck with me who could of predicted lucky strike would have you stuck with me. I kept my wits about me luckily. What happened between us that night it always seems to trouble me? Now all of a sudden these gossip brags wanna cover me and you making it seem that it happened that way because of me.”
Just over a year ago, rumours were rife as both Rihanna and Drake where spotted at LUCKY STRIKE LANES & Lounge in NY, and spent most of the night locking lips and later heading off at the end of the night….apparently.
The next day this picture (above) circulating the internet, sparking all the gossip blogs to say Drake was Rihanna’s rebound. Are there any connections? Leave your thoughts!!
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Check out the full version of Rihanna’s latest video – RockStar 101 – what do you think?
Wtach Rihanna performed at Radio One Big Weekend tonight. What do you think?
‘Rude Boy’ & ‘Te Amo’
Russian Roulette’ & ‘Don’t Stop The Music’
‘Hard’ and ‘Disturbia’
