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Rihanna

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2013

    Rihanna - Staples Center - 4/8/13

    Rihanna Staples Center 4/8/13 It was a lot of sequins and gyrating last night as pop-star, media provocateur and good girl gone bad Rihanna hit the Staples Center as part of her Diamonds World Tour. RiRi was all hair, lips and hips as she brought an unabashedly sexual swagger. Although a lot of cri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2013

    The Worst Traffic Jam In The History Of The Man And Maybe Even The Universe

    Here's what this is: It takes EXACTLY 17 minutes for me to get from the entrance ramp of the freeway near my house to the machine at my work where employees swipe in. I know this because I have made the drive roughly 1,400 times during my seven years of employment. I also know this because I have, o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2013

    Top 10 "You Can't Tell Me Nothing" Rappers

    In Macklemore's forthcoming single, "Can't Hold Us," he raps, "Nah they can't tell me nothing," thus continuing a long line of rappers to whom one can not tell nothing. It makes one wonder: Why are people always trying to tell rappers something? Why do the rappers refuse to listen? Why all the doub ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2013

    This Is What It Feels Like In My Stomach Right Now

    There is an evil inside of me. It is brooding and malevolent and vicious. It is absolute darkness. It is rotting my body on a cellular level. And it is there because I thought a bad idea (getting a burrito at the mall right before it closed) was a good idea ("HEY, LET'S GET A BURRITO FROM THE MALL B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2012

    Rihanna 'Nude' Coming To Century City Mall Saturday; Hundreds Of Fans Expected

    Holiday shoppers, if you thought Black Friday was a spectacle, just wait until you see the teenyboppers and fans rushing to see ... Rihanna. The star with the allegedly off-and-on relationship with Chris Brown will be making an appearance at Macy's in Westfield Century City Mall Saturday. And orga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Glasses Malone Has A New, Highly-Objectionable Song With the Chorus: "Treat It Like Rihanna"

    See also: Pop Bottles: Glasses Malone's Debut Album Finally Drops A few months ago, Watts rapper Glasses Malone stopped by LA Weekly to chat about his oft-stalled debut album on Cash Money Records. When asked about the delay, his theory was, "I'm not willing to make a fool of myself to get attentio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    The-Dream Really, Really Wants to Be Monogamous

    If you were thinking of slipping backstage during The-Dream's show this Saturday night at the El Rey, you might get lucky. He's not a one-night-stand kinda man. Born Terius Nash, The-Dream really does love the ladies. The 34-year-old has been married twice, to singers Nivea and Christina Milian. H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    Why the Grammys Stink

    See also: *2012 Grammys: The Best, the Worst and the Weirdest *Deadmau5, Rihanna - House of Blues - 2/13/12 *Dan Wilson: From "Closing Time" to Adele's "Someone Like You" So, our Grammy credentials were fairly limited last night. In fact, we were trapped in a room for eight hours, with journalists ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    Deadmau5, Rihanna - House of Blues - 2/13/12

    Deadmau5, Rihanna House of Blues 1-13-12 See also: *Why The Grammys Stink *2012 Grammys: The Best, the Worst and the Weirdest Better than... The Grammy telecast's attempts to showcase EDM. Skrillex may have won three Grammys, but it was Deadmau5 who ultimately impacted the celebration, its red c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Coffee and Coconut Water: Yum?

    In interesting drink fusion news, a pair of Venice Beach roommates just launched Coco Cafe -- a coconut water-based coffee beverage. Elan Eifer and Brian McCaslin, who became roommates when they met on Craigslist, took Eifer's habit of mixing coconut water with his morning coffee to a new level and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Why This Song Sucks: Rihanna's "We Found Love"

    [Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Rihanna's "We Found Love," featuring Calvin Harris History: "We Found Love" is the first single from Rihanna's sixth album, Talk That Talk. It was bad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Live Review: Rihanna, J. Cole at Staples Center

    Timothy Norris Rihanna​ WHO: Rihanna, J. Cole WHERE: Staples Center WHEN: 6/28/11 Keytars. A giant bubblegum pink cannon and plastic guns. Dancers in Kriss Krossified fireman uniforms, and Rihanna in denim panties. The only discernable themes for Rihanna's "Loud Tour" are little clothing and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Nicki Minaj Wins an Award for Twirling Her Bubblegum

    ​OhmiGAH Barbs! Nicki Minaj just won! The Pink Barbie brought home an early award from the MTV O Music Awards. The inaugural awards, the remainder of which will be handed out in Las Vegas Thursday night, are billed as "online, open, ongoing." Categories include Fan Army FTW, Favorite F**k Ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Coachella Party Report 2: After Dark Desert Debauchery at Oasis Beach Club and Neon Carnival

    Lina Lecaro Sexy/shady at Oasis.​ Fun in the sun is one thing, but Coachella parties at night are an entirely different animal. For one, the people you will encounter are way more blitzed out of their minds (a combo of too much sun at the fest or parties all day, drinks, drugs(?) and general ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    It's About to Get Crazy Cold in L.A. -- With Snow Again Creeping on the Hollywood Sign

    The TelegraphHere we go again.​Just one week after the sexiest early-spring heat wave ever to hit L.A. (a record 92 degrees in March!), we're now looking at a two-day storm to rival that February 2011 killer. National Weather Service specialist Stuart Seto tells us to expect showers and thund ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Heat Wave in Los Angeles: 5 Ways to Revel in the Two-Day Hot Flash

    Halle-freaking-lujah​Update: L.A. temps are expected to brush record highs today: Downtown, the number to beat is 90 degrees. Eat it up, after the jump! Welcome back, Los Angeles. We missed you. After as painful a winter as ever there was -- enough for Governor Jerry Brown to declare the Cal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Are Rihanna's Booty Shorts Photoshopped on Her "Rolling Stone" Cover?

    ​Rihanna's Rolling Stone cover, which hits newsstands this Friday, got the internet gossiping today. No, not about the sidebar, which dubs her the "Queen of Pain," and promises dish on "sexting, bad boys, and her attraction to the dark side" (really, Rolling Stone?). Instead, the question w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Chris Brown's 'GMA' Rampage Gets Taiwanese Animation Treatment: It's Not Pretty

    YouTubeChris Brown, hunted down?​Chris Brown's rampage backstage at Good Morning America this week got the Taiwanese animation treatment, Tiger Woods-style. This one sent to us by Next Media Animation seems to display a little cultural insensitivity (but hey, they're Taiwanese), as Brown is s ... More >>

  • Music

    March 3, 2011

    Paz Lenchantin, Psychedelic Goddess

    The Entrance Band's bassist discusses her inspirations and their Satellite residency

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Best Music of the Year Lists: Do Pitchfork, Billboard, NME, Vibe Have A Certain Gender Bias?

    "Hey bro, we hear you like bros, so we put some bros in your End of the Year Best Music Lists so you can bro while you bro!"​Well, 'tis the time of year for lists and charts! Several mags and blogs attempted to answer the question you've been dying to ask: Who had the best album/"new music"? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Watch the Crowd Go Mental As Eminem Joins Rihanna at the Staples Center Last Night

    ​Eminem and Rihanna's duet "Love the Way You Lie" is pretty big right now, and by pretty big, we mean Number One Pop song in the nation, crushing Katy Perry's teenage dreams. Last night Rihanna played at the Staples Center and the Detroit rapper joined her for a surprise appearance. Wanna se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Tonight: The Dead Weather, the Gaslight Anthem, Rihanna, Keane, Gram Rabbit, Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants

    Floria SigismondiThe Dead Weather​What can we say about the Dead Weather that you don't already know? That they really really could have done better on the video for "Blue Blood Blues?" That Jack White covering "Creep" with Conan O'Brien was stranger than fiction? That Alison Mosshart has a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    Record Shopping with The Slits!

    The Slits, the legendary UK punk band who created in 1979 the groundbreaking dub-fusion masterpiece Cut (which you should own, or run and get if you don't), were recently in town promoting a comeback release. The band, still led by irrepressible frontwoman Ari Up and original bassist Tessa Pollitt ( ... More >>

  • Music

    January 7, 2010

    Nightranger Looks Back at '09 Fashion and Music

    The Slits, the legendary UK punk band who created in 1979 the groundbreaking dub-fusion masterpiece Cut (which you should own, or run and get if you don't), were recently in town promoting a comeback release. The band, still led by irrepressible frontwoman Ari Up and original bassist Tessa Pollitt ( ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    DJ Earworm Mashes The Hits of 2009 To Create A Sucky Masterpiece

    You'll either love this track or want to kill yourself. San Francisco-based DJ Earworm just posted his annual mashup of the year's biggest hits, which means you can get all the '09 pop music you need in one five minute burst. Featuring Drake, GaGa, Black Eyed Peas, Rihanna, Beyonce, and many one-hit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Top Entertainment Stories of 2009 Named; Jackson, L.A. Dominate List

    ​The death of Michael Jackson topped a list of top-ten entertainment stories for 2009, and headlines emanating from Los Angeles dominated the list. The survey of news editors was conducted by Associated Press. Its top stories: 1) The death of Michael Jackson; 2) the rise of singer Susan Boyle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2009

    Twitter Nation Unusually Fixated on Rihanna's Forehead

    www.rihannanow.com/Advertise Your Business Here (too soon?)​Ah, the Twitterati... What an interesting collection of people with varied interests. How varied, you ask? Well, today everyone's talking about one of the hottest Twitter trending topics for this week, which saw both Rihanna and Chris ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Did LAPD Officers Sell Rihanna Abuse Photos?

    The Enterprise Report claims that the Los Angeles Police Department is close to nabbing the officer or officers suspected of providing a police photo of the battered singer Rihanna to the gossip website TMZ.com.TMZ​According to the online blogsite, two officers have been "assigned to home" - in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Chris Brown Deal in the Works? R&B singer Chris Brown's attorney, Mark Geragos, may be close to making a plea deal with the District Attorney's office regarding the charges Brown faces in the alleged beating of singer-girlfriend Rihanna. Brown's arraignment has been scheduled for 3 p.m. Monday. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Chris Brown: Not Guilty, Not Guilty

    R&B singer Chris Brown, 19, had his arraignment downtown today and, despite earlier talk of his lawyer, Mark Geragos, massaging a plea deal with the D.A.'s office, Brown ended up pleaded not guilty to two felony charges: assault and making a criminal threat. Brown allegedly beat his girlfriend, ... More >>

  • Columns

    March 12, 2009

    Snoop Dogg After Dark: Interview Lite

    R&B singer Chris Brown, 19, had his arraignment downtown today and, despite earlier talk of his lawyer, Mark Geragos, massaging a plea deal with the D.A.'s office, Brown ended up pleaded not guilty to two felony charges: assault and making a criminal threat. Brown allegedly beat his girlfriend, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Chris Brown Remains Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Nominee

    Chris Brown, the R&B crooner, is facing jail time if convicted of two felonies arising from the alleged February beating, in Hancock Park, of his pop-star girlfriend, Rihanna. Still, Brown, who has already lost an endorsement deal with Wrigley gum because of his troubles, got some good news tod ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Candlelight for 200 Several hundred same-sex marriage supporters backing the overturn of Proposition 8 held a rainy vigil in downtown L.A. on the eve of state supreme court hearings on the measure's constitutionality. L.A. TimesD.A. to Decide on Chris Brown The District Attorney's office might decid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    Chris Brown Charged -- Arraignment Later Today

    The District Attorney filed a felony complaint against R&B star Chris Brown this morning, charging him with "willfully and unlawfully commit[ting] an assault on ROBYN F. by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury." Brown is also charged with making a criminal threat against Robyn F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    Filming Snoop's Dogg After Dark: Behind the Scenes at The Kress

    We members of the press are gathered on the roof of The Kress in Hollywood, four floors of elaborate clubby terrain beneath our feet, and menacing gray clouds above. It's cold and Snoop Dogg is late by almost an hour. Down on the sidewalk, the doormen are screening and waving through a slow line ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Sheriff Lowered Bar to Raise Ranks The L.A. County Sheriff's Department loosened hiring practices in order to meet recruiting goals, charges a report by the Office of Independent Review. L.A. TimesWorkers Protest Postal Ax About four dozen union postal workers rallied outside the Industry Processing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Cops Probe Rihanna Photo Leak to TMZ

    It was an image that immediately shocked the reader of TMZ.com and other Web sites: The beautiful, chiseled features of pop singer Rihanna had been replaced by a bruised and swollen mask, the result of a beating allegedly administered by Rihanna's  boyfriend, R&B crooner Chris Brown. Even m ... More >>

  • Music

    February 12, 2009

    Grammy Week: Magical Music Moments All Over Town

    It was an image that immediately shocked the reader of TMZ.com and other Web sites: The beautiful, chiseled features of pop singer Rihanna had been replaced by a bruised and swollen mask, the result of a beating allegedly administered by Rihanna's  boyfriend, R&B crooner Chris Brown. Even m ... More >>

  • Music

    February 12, 2009

    Katy Perry Unpeeled — and Other Signs of Life in the Dead of the Grammys PressRoom

    Including the buzz over Rihanna and Chris Brown, and revelations from Natalie Cole on heroin addiction

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Charter School Teachers Talk Union The L.A. Times reports that nearly 80 percent of teachers from a respected Los Angeles charter school have signed cards requesting union membership. Teachers at the Accelerated School say in the story that the school's administrative decisions have become "opaque a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Chris Brown & Rihanna: A Bruising Story

    L.A. Observed carries a roundup of dish from TMZ and RadarOnline on the beating R&B singer Chris Brown allegedly gave chanteuse girlfriend Rihanna in Hancock Park this past Saturday evening. The word is that Rihanna was treated and released at Cedars Sinai.Backseat driver: Chris Brown in attorne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2008

    2008's Top Ten Pop Songs

    By Annie Zaleski Pop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls, step right up!) But every year, a few irresistible bits of innovative ear candy rocket up the charts and seep into our subconscious. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers

    You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were dem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2008

    The Tao of Jim Jones' "Pop Champagne" Ft. Special Guest Ignorance from Juelz Santana & Ron Browz

    Thanks to O-Dub for putting me onto this gleeful bit of idiocy. If one cannot convince Rihanna to leave her Caribbean Chris Brown love nest to writhe in your video, one must do the next best thing: get her low-budget, Kool-Aid haired, tatted up, Trinidad & Tobagian equivalent. If ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2008

    American Music Awards Fashion Mini-Notes

    Just a couple of things that came to mind while alternately watching the 2008 American Music Awards and doing laundry last night. 1. Queen Latifah in Skinny JeansHere is proof that big women CAN wear skinny jeans and look hot, hot, hot. What makes it work are (1) the long sleek hair with a bit of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    WORN OUT: Bound Babes at the VMAs and Beyond

    Fetishistic frocks may have abounded at MTV’s VMAs (Christina Aguilera, Rihanna, Pink), but whip cracking wearables aren’t just for the stage. We've been seeing the look everywhere lately. We’re not even talking about all the gothic clubs, where black everything, corsetry, leather and vinyl ... More >>

  • Music

    April 17, 2008

    Rock Picks: Lucinda Williams, Fuck Buttons, The Sword

    Also, Kanye West, The Black Heart Procession and more

  • Music

    February 14, 2008

    Grammy Kisses

    Pre-awards parties; star spotting; survival of the hippest

  • Music

    August 30, 2007

    Summer Lovin', Happened So Fast

    Pre-awards parties; star spotting; survival of the hippest

  • Music

    September 1, 2005

    Foghat Does Quaaludes, Wille Does Reggae

    Pre-awards parties; star spotting; survival of the hippest

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