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 Rihanna's 
 Rated R 
 a Dark Treat 

Singer channels tumultuous year into great music

4 hours, 10 minutes ago
(Newser) - Rihanna's been through a lot since she released her last album, and the excellent Rated R is all the better for it, writes Greg Kot. After the much-publicized Chris Brown incident, her music has become darker and more serious than the airy pop of "Umbrella" and "SOS."... More »

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WATCH THE APOLOGY

 Chris Brown: I'm 
 Paying for What I Did 

Singer apologizes to Rihanna on air, says he regrets assault

Nov 13, 09 12:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Chris Brown apologized to Rihanna on BET’s 106 & Park yesterday, adding that he’s “embarrassed” by the assault. The singer says he doesn’t agree with his ex-girlfriend's decision to discuss the incident on 20/20, but “I can only be a man and just accept the... More »

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 Rihanna: 'I Was 
 Battered, I Was 
 Bleeding' 

'I fended him off with my feet,' she says of Chris Brown attack

Nov 6, 09 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - As he hit her, Rihanna says, Chris Brown had “no soul in his eyes,” and he left her bleeding and swollen. The singer didn't hold back in the second part of her interview with Diane Sawyer on today’s Good Morning America , saying, "All I kept thinking... More »

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 I Went Back to 
 Chris Brown: 
 Rihanna 

Says it takes 'eight or nine' times for an abused woman to leave

Nov 5, 09 10:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Rihanna returned to Chris Brown after he assaulted her Feb. 8, telling Diane Sawyer, “I fell in love with that person. That’s embarrassing. So far in love, so unconditional, that I went back.” Responding to Sawyer’s estimate in an interview airing tonight and tomorrow on ABC... More »

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entertainment • domestic violence • celebrity • Rihanna • Diane Sawyer • physical abuse • Chris Brown • celebrity breakup

HYPE VS. REALITY

 Rihanna's ABC Interview a Bust 

Source says she gives no details on beating by Chris Brown

Nov 3, 09 12:19 AM CST
(Newser) - ABC is plugging its exclusive sitdown with Rihanna as her first in-depth account of February’s beating at the hands of then-boyfriend Chris Brown—but the Diane Sawyer interview is apparently a bust. A source tells Media Take Out that Rihanna, 21, says virtually nothing about the incident beyond the... More »

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entertainment • Rihanna • ABC News • Diane Sawyer • celebrity interview • Chris Brown • Jay-ZTV

 'Midwest Diva' 
 Aims to Be 
 Next Britney 

'I think I can take this all the way to Hollywood,' says Web sensation Leslie Hall

Sep 18, 09 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - She’s a size 16, loves plastic-jewel-encrusted sweaters, lives with her parents, and marries gay couples in her spare time—but Leslie Hall, a white rapper from Iowa, sees herself as a peer of  “Britney, Rihanna, Beyoncé, we’re all doing the same thing,” she tells CNN. Hall... More »

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Britney Spears • Iowa • gay marriage • HBO • rapper • Beyonce • rap music • Rihanna • Jay-ZTV • Leslie Hall

 Brown Begins 
 Community Service 

Singer cleans up in Va. as punishment for Rihanna beating

Sep 16, 09 7:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Singer Chris Brown today began the community labor that’s part of his sentence for beating girlfriend Rihanna, MTV reports, with the singer posting a photo from the work to his Twitter feed. His 6 months of labor will include picking up trash in his native Virginia; Brown, 20, also... More »

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entertainment • garbage • domestic violence • Virginia • probation • community service • Rihanna • Twitter • Chris Brown • R&B • Jay-ZTV • Twitpic

SLIDESHOW

 Jackson Tributes 
 Steal Video Awards 

If it weren't for a certain rapper, Michael would have stolen the show

Sep 14, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the exception of Kanye West's inebriated attack on Taylor Swift, last night’s MTV Video Music Awards were all about Michael Jackson, with longtime friend Madonna and sister Janet delivering moving tributes, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Material Girl introduced the tribute, while Janet performed her half... More »

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entertainment • Britney Spears • Janet Jackson • Eminem • celebrity • award show • Video Music Awards • Beyonce • Madonna • Michael Jackson • Rihanna • Beastie Boys • Green Day • Lady Gaga • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards

 Rihanna 
 Joins 
 Jay-Z 
 on Stage 

9/11 benefit marks her first live show since Chris Brown assault

Sep 12, 09 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna's comeback took another step forward last night when she joined Jay-Z on stage for her first live performance since the February assault. During Jay-Z's star-studded 9/11 benefit concert in New York—John Mayer, Mary J. Blige, and, of course, Beyoncé also performed—Rihanna took the stage with him and... More »

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Kanye West • concert • John Mayer • Beyonce • Rihanna • Mary J. Blige • Jay-Z • Chris Brown • Run This Town

 Two Cops 
 Targeted 
 in Rihanna 
 Probe 

LAPD officers sent home over potential photo link

Sep 11, 09 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of LAPD officers have been put on paid leave as part of the department’s investigation into who leaked a picture of Rihanna’s battered face to TMZ, the Los Angeles Times reports. One, Rebecca Reyes, is a 9-year veteran of the force; the other, Blanca Lopez,... More »

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 Chris Brown's Mom: 
 Rihanna 'Like a Daughter' 

Says pop star was part of the family

Sep 4, 09 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Brown's mom says Rihanna was "like a daughter" to her, and that made the domestic assault ordeal all the more difficult. "I love her," Joyce Hawkins tells People. "She became family to us." Brown was sentenced last month to 5 years of probation and... More »

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Oprah Urges Chris Brown
to Get Some Help

Media mogul has no regrets about domestic violence show 'inspired by Rihanna'

Sep 3, 09 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Brown was miffed that Oprah said a recent show on domestic abuse was “inspired by Rihanna.” The singer told People it was “a slap in my face. I did a lot of stuff for her, like going to Africa and performing for her school." When... More »

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 Rihanna Goes 
 Topless in 
 Italian Vogue 

Pop star covers up for the cover, though, in a Valentino dress

Sep 2, 09 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna appears in the September issue of Italian Vogue wearing edgy, elaborate outfits—except in the photo where she's sporting only pasties and underwear. The pictorial was shot by Steven Klein, who has worked with celebs like Britney Spears and Madonna, MTV reports. On the mag's cover, Rihanna wears a... More »

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Brown: I Do Remember Beating Rihanna

Clip 'not representative' of interview with CNN's King, R&B star claims

Aug 31, 09 8:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - A video clip making the gossip rounds, in which Chris Brown says he doesn’t remember beating then-girlfriend Rihanna, is “not representative of what I said” to CNN’s Larry King, the singer tells People today in a statement. “Of course I remember what happened,” Brown adds.... More »

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 Chris Brown: I Don't 
 Remember Assault 

Speaking out for first time since attacking Rihanna, singer says he's still shocked

Aug 31, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Brown spoke out for the first time since his assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna, but “spoke” is a relative term. “Wow” was the word he used most often to describe to CNN's Larry King the shock he still feels about the incident. “No, I don't” remember doing... More »

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 Chris Brown's Mom 
 Thanks Fans 

Joyce Hawkins says assault is a lesson from God

Aug 28, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Brown’s mother is speaking out for the first time since her son's assault on Rihanna, thanking fans for supporting him, E! reports. “I can now say this has been the most painful moment in my entire life,” Joyce Hawkins writes on his fan club website. “... More »

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(Newser) - Looks like Chris Brown's February attack on Rihanna wasn't the first time he had gotten physical with the singer, reports the LA Times. A court report filed yesterday highlighted two unreported incidents "related to domestic violence": a late-2008 fight in Europe, in which Brown shoved Rihanna into a wall... More »

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(AP) - A judge today sentenced Chris Brown to five years' probation and six months' community labor for the beating of Rihanna, then ordered the R&B singer to stay away from his former girlfriend for the next five years. The judge told Brown he could be sent to state prison if... More »

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singers • sentencing • hip-hop • assault • Rihanna • Chris Brown • R&B

 Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye 
 Take on the Apocalypse

Three of hip-hop's biggest team up in video for new single

Aug 20, 09 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye West romp around a post-apocalyptic New York in the much-anticipated video for “Run This Town” off Jay-Z's upcoming Blueprint 3, reports MTV.com. The clip portrays the three as "warlords in a 23rd-century turf war," writes James Montgomery, but that's beside the point.... More »

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music • Kanye West • hip-hop • music videos • Rihanna • Jay-Z • Blueprint 3 • Run This Town

 Rihanna Heads to Leno, 
 Brown to Hard Labor 

Singer faces community labor at sentencing

Aug 7, 09 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna will make her first public performance since the Chris Brown assault at a somewhat unlikely venue: the Jay Leno Show, E! reports. She will join Kanye West and Jay-Z for Leno’s primetime debut Sept. 14. Brown isn’t doing quite so well: Wrigley cut his sponsorship deal,... More »

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entertainment • Kanye West • celebrity • Jay Leno • assault • Rihanna • Jay-Z • Chris Brown • The Jay Leno Show

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