Melody Plant

Rihanna and ex-boyfriend Chris Brown attended Game Four of the 2009 NBA Finals separately last week at Amway Arena in Orlando, Florida. People reported that the former couple surrounded by a felony assault drama requested to sit together but wound up getting seats nowhere near each other. During half time, the camera panned to every celebrity who was there to watch the game except for Chris. I wish they would have showed him. It would have been the best indication as to how the jury would react to their case which will have its preliminary hearing on June 22. Rihanna is set to testify.

Lil’ Wayne and Beyonce lead with 5 nominations each.

THE NOMINEES

Video of the Year
Beyoncé – “If I Were a Boy”
Beyoncé – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”
Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain – “Blame It”
T.I. feat. Rihanna – “Live Your Life”
Kanye West – “Heartless”

Best Male R&B Artist
The-Dream
Jamie Foxx
Ryan Leslie
Ne-Yo
T-Pain

Best Female R&B Artist
Beyoncé
Keyshia Cole
Keri Hilson
Jennifer Hudson
Jazmine Sullivan

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
T.I.
Kanye West
Young Jeezy

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Lil Mama
M.I.A.
Trina

Best Group
Day26
GS Boyz
N.E.R.D.
The Roots
Three 6 Mafia

Best New Artist
Keri Hilson
Kid Cudi
Ryan Leslie
M.I.A.
Jazmine Sullivan

Viewer’s Choice
Beyoncé – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”
Keri Hilson feat. Lil Wayne – “Turnin’ Me On”
Lil Wayne – “A Milli”
Soulja Boy Tell’em feat. Sammie – “Kiss Me Thru the Phone”
T.I. feat. Rihanna – “Live Your Life”
T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne – “Can’t Believe It”
Kanye West – “Love Lockdown”

Best Collaboration
Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain – “Blame It”
Keri Hilson feat. Lil Wayne – “Turnin’ Me On”
Jim Jones feat. Ron Browz and Juelz Santana – “Pop Champagne”
T.I. feat. Rihanna – “Live Your Life”
Yung L.A. feat. Young Dro and T.I. – “Ain’t I”

Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Rik Cordero
Gil Green
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams

BET J Award
Musiq Soulchild
Raphael Saadiq
Seal
Solange
Jazmine Sullivan

Best Gospel Artist
Regina Belle
Shirley Caesar
Mary Mary
Smokie Norfu
Trin-I-Tee 5:7

At the Met’s annual Costume Institute Gala, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour approached Rihanna about doing a front cover and inside spread for the legendary fashion magazine. However, Star magazine is reporting that as soon as the Barbadian singer’s less than royal naked photographs hit the internet earlier this month, the Vogue offer was reportedly nixed. Sorry girl. Better luck next time. That next time may have to be when Anna decides to retire – which may be never. The magazine is going to die with her. Word to the wise: nude photos always come out so best be safe and not take them at all.
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Lady Gaga has just made history as her first single, ‘Just Dance’ has become only the fifth song ever to reach the 4 million mark in paid downloads! Her follow up to that single, ‘Poker Face’ is gearing up towards that direction too as it recently hit the 3 million mark last week. Only two other female solo artists have had two songs top the 3 million mark and those two are Rihanna and Katy Perry. Lady Gaga’s album ‘The Fame’ is also on the top 10 of The Billboard 200 for the 14th week last week. It’s been a huge week for her. Congratulations!

2009 Urban Music Awards nominees:

Here is a Full list:

Artist of the Year 2009 (USA & UK)
Rihanna
The Dream
Rick Ross
Akon
Neyo
J. Holiday
Lil Wayne

Best Music Video 2009 (USA & UK)
Rihanna “Rehab”
Bobby V feat Lil Wayne “Ms Officer”
Day 26 ft. Young Joc & Diddy ‘Imma put it on her’
Akon ‘Beautiful’
Lady Gaga ‘Poker Face’
Ne-Yo ‘Ms Independent’

Best Album 2009 (USA & UK)
John Legend ‘Evolver’ (G.O.O.D/Columbia)
The Dream ‘Love VIS Money’ (RadioKilla /DefJam)
Kanye West ‘808’s & Heartbreak’ (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
Akon ‘Freedom’ (Konvict/Upfront/SRC/Universal Motown)
Seal ‘Soul’ (Warner Bros.)
Musiq Soulchild ‘On my Radio’ (Atlantic)
Keri Hilson ‘In a perfect world’ (Mosley/Zone4/Interscope)
JadaKiss ‘Last Kiss’ (Ruff Ryders/D-Block/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
India Arie ‘Testimony: Vol2, Love & Politics’ (Soulbird/Universal Republic)

Best R&B Act 2009 (USA & UK)
Rihanna
Jazmine Sullivan
Robin Thicke
Bobby V
Keyshia Cole
J Holiday

Best DJ 2009 (USA & UK)
Green Lattern (USA)
Khaled (USA)
Tim Westwood (UK)
Fatman Scoop (USA)
Funkmaster Flex (USA)

Best TV Show (US only)
Making the Band – MTV
Bet 106 & Park – BET
American Idol – FOX
Rip the Runway – BET
Harlem Heights – BET

Best HipHop Act 2009 (USA & UK)
Lil Wayne
Giggs
Kanye West
Jay-Z
Lupe Fiasco
Kardinal Offishall

Best Magazine (Print & Online)
Yo Raps
Source
HipHop Weekly
Vibe
XXL

Best Male Act 2009 (UK & USA)
Flo’rida
Dizzee Rascal
Giggs
Kid Cudi
Ghetts
Bobby V
Day 26

Best Collaboration 2009 (USA & UK)
Kanye West ft Estelle ‘American Boy’
Taoi Cruz ft Sugababes & Busta Rhymes ‘Like a Star’
Jay Z ft Santagold ‘Brooklyn Go Hard’
T-Pain feat. Ludacris ‘Chopped & Screwed’
Sway feat. Akon ‘Silver & Gold’
Jim Jones & Ron Browz ft. Juelz Santana ‘Pop Champagne’
Musiq Soulchild ft. Mary J Blige ‘If U Leave’

Best Female Act 2009 (UK & USA)
Amy Winehouse
Estelle
Jazmine Sullivan
M.I.A
Chrisette Michelle
Rihanna
Keri Hilson

Best Producer 2009
Mark Ronson
Swiss Beatz
Timberland
Scott Storch
Ryan Leslie
Stargate

Best Single 2009 (USA & UK)
Tinchy Stryder feat Dappy ‘Number 1’
Busta Rhymes ft Diddy, T-Pain & more ‘Arab Money’
Ghetts ‘Sing for me’
T-Pain ‘Chopped & Screwed’
Eminem ft Dr. Dre & 50 Cent ‘Crack a bottle’
Kid Cudi ‘Day and Night’
Beyonce ‘Halo’

It’s been two months since the controversial incident between Rihanna and Chris Brown which was responsible for the filing of felony charges against Chris Brown. However, all seems to have been forgotten between Rihanna and Chris Brown as the two singers are reportedly back in each other’s arms and dwelling place. Chris Brown is reportedly living in again with girlfriend Rihanna.

Sources however said that while Chris Brown and Rihanna have spent a few nights together Chris Brown has not yet officially moved in with the Umbrella singer. Rihanna is not at all afraid of the possible public backlash resulting from her reconciliation with Chris Brown but the couple is definitely not going public with their reconciliation. Rihanna has asked her staff and close friends to live with the fact that she is with Chris Brown.

As expected, Chris Brown pleaded not guilty to the threat and assault charges hurled against him by girlfriend Rihanna. Chris Brown however entered his innocent plea in a soft voice while standing beside his lawyer Mark Geragos and with the support of his red-eyed mother in the first row. Despite speculations about Rihanna’s presence in today’s arraignment finally came to an end as the “Umbrella” singer was a no-show.

Rihanna’s lawyer Donald Etra said Rihanna’s camp was in favor of entering into a plea deal before the case is tried. Rihanna just wants to get the case over with as quickly as possible he said and that she would testify if required to do so. Chris Brown was arrested last February after figuring in domestic abuse with a woman who was identified in the court records as Robyn F. The name of the victim was not indicated in the police blotter and it is only now that the victim’s name has surfaced. Rihanna is Robyn Rihanna Fenty in real life.

It seems that the whole Rihanna & Chris Brown saga will ultimately turn out to be a damp squib after all since there are growing reports that singer Rihanna who is at the center of the controversy does not intend to help prosecutors & district attorney in preparing the case against Chris Brown.

It is being said that Rihanna’s non-cooperation is partly because she is annoyed that her bruised face picture was leaked and it was established that she was Brown’s victim. But prosecutors have said they are no longer in need of Rihanna providing testimony has they have enough evidence and a statement to charge Chris Brown.

Man this is becoming one soap opera that has more twists and turns than one could have ever imagined. Every one thought that Rihanna would do everything to implicate her torturer but she done a complete u-turn and gone as far as recording a song with Chris Brown and riding on a private plane with him.

All that’s left is for her to announce she is the ‘would be’ mother of his child. That would be like the final nail in the coffin, sorry but couldn’t find a better way to put this across.

The singer has apparently been at the tattoo parlor again and has returned with a new “piece” for her collection… and I use the term lightly since the item in question is a handgun. The tattooist who helped Rihanna defile her skin once more commented the following on the singer’s choice: “I’m a big advocate of guns. So I said, ‘How about a gun?’ I printed out a picture of a gun that I thought would look good, and she loved it. It’s powerful. It’s protection. At least that’s my interpretation of it.” Oh yeah, that’s power for you, quoting from a play on the matter: “A gun in your hand is a PhD.” I’m sure Rihanna feels the same way about her new tattoo. Chris Brown probably won’t dare mess with her now that she has a picture of a gun on her skin.

After much criticism from the general public, Chris Brown is withdrawing his name from consideration for the 2009 Kids’ Choice Awards. A spokesman for the 19-year old alleged woman beater said “Chris very much appreciates the support of his fans and the honor they have paid him in the way of nominations for Favorite Male Singer and Favorite Song. Unfortunately, the controversy surrounding the incident last month has shifted the focus from the music to whether he should be allowed to be among those nominated. While Chris would like to speak to his fans directly about this and other issues, pending legal proceedings preclude his doing so at this time. Once the matter before him has been resolved, he intends to do so.”

Law enforcement sources are saying that the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office has requested more evidence to help prove the felony charges brought against alleged woman beater Chris Brown as a result of the February 8th domestic violence incident involving him and Rihanna. Chris is currently being investigated for domestic violence, assault resulting in great bodily injury and attempted murder based on his supposed threat to kill the Barbadian beauty and then strangling her until she passed out. However, since only Rihanna and Chris know exactly what happened, it will be difficult to slap him with the attempted murder charge and the DA does not want to move forward with such a high profile case if the evidence is faulty.

Rihanna’s father, Ronald Fenty, was shocked when he first heard news that his daughter had been attacked by Chris Brown. The 55-year old salesman and freelance clothing designer was interviewed by People where he said “I didn’t believe it. They seemed pretty happy [when I saw them together in July]. I don’t know what went wrong… You think you know somebody, but you really don’t.” Rihanna is currently in Barbados while she heals. Her father says “There is some bruising. She will be alright. At some point, she will speak out. I hope she will stand up for women all over the world… If it were me, I’d move on.”

Last Sunday’s Grammy Awards was supposed to be a showcase not only of their talent but also their successful relationship but something went wrong preventing Chris Brown and Rihanna also known as Robyn Fenty from performing, even appearing at the Grammy. Couple Brown and Rihanna, were not only nominated for a Grammy but were also slated to perform during the show. However, Brown turned up at 6:30 pm not on stage but at the Wilshire station of the LAPD where he was questioned and detained for surprisingly, allegedly roughing up and threatening Rihanna.

The 19-year Brown, who was booked for allegedly making criminal threat, was released after a $50,000 bailbond was posted. The case will now be forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office. Police said Brown was unscathed but it seems the 20-year old Rihanna suffered bruises on her face. The Grammy people had no inkling at first about the reason behind the couple’s last minute absence or whether one’s absence was related to the other. Brown’s lawyer Mark Geragos did not issue any statement but Rihanna’s publicist, Amanda Silverman thanked those concerned and said the singer is well.

Rihanna showed off her legs that went on for days as she enjoyed some time out with friends at The Grove in Los Angeles this past Wednesday. The Barbadian babe got in early to LA as she has a performance on Sunday at the Grammys to prepare for. Apart from Rihanna, also set to perform are Chris Brown, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Kayne West, Estelle, Adele, Sugarland, Kenny Chesney, Coldplay, Jennifer Hudson, the Jonas Brothers, Kid Rock, Lil Wayne, Paul McCartney (with special guest drummer Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters), Katy Perry, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Radiohead, T.I., Justin Timberlake, U2, Carrie Underwood, Jay-Z, and Kanye West.

No, Rihanna and Chris Brown didn’t break up. A report came out that even if the two are always together, they still book two different hotel rooms. It’s not because they’re trying to keep their romance under wraps. According to a source close to the couple “They use one room to put their things in, mostly because Rihanna travels with a lot of stuff. She’s a real girlie girl, and she brings along lots of clothes, makeup, accessories.… It’s like her whole closet travels with her.” After a round of shopping, Rihanna parts ways with Chris to drop her things off at one room then joins back with him to sleep.

Rihanna is certainly known for her music abilities but is she ready to show off her acting chops? Sure, she had a cameo on the direct to DVD film ‘Bring it On 3’ but she just played herself for about 5 minutes. With ‘Gossip Girl’ creator Josh Schwartz about to create a younger version with its newest ‘X-Men’ installment, MTV believes that the 20-year old Barbadian beauty could follow in Halle Berry’s footsteps and be the next Storm. Rihanna is definitely that far off from Halle in terms of beauty and sexiness.

After seeing steamy pictures of Rihanna and Justin Timberlake shooting the video for the Barbadian babe’s song ‘Rehab’, I can’t help but say ‘finally!’. The music video was just recently released. The video was shot last month in Vasquez Rocks Park, just outside of Los Angeles. JT and producer pal Timbaland wrote the song and also contributed backing vocals in the bridge. Anthony Mandler directed this Rihanna video. He has done so for the tenth time! And as usual, it is amazing! Hey, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. And his partnership with Rihanna as her director is working pretty damn well.

Singer Rihanna is just back from completing her world and she performed in Australia and other place is South East Asia where her gigs where sold out.

But any amount of success cannot change your style; if you don’t have it in you then you won’t have it at all. Rihanna was at the 2008 UNICEF Snowflake Lighting at Grand Army Plaza in New York City. And though I do not have any thing against this wonder ‘Umbrella’ singer but her hair do made you think it would have been better if she had covered her hair, may be with an umbrella if that would have helped.

Rather she should really come out and say as to where the hell did she go to get a grandeur hair do like that one. Her hair resembles something from Scary Movie II, it like a bad toupee, falling onto one side and her hair dresser has manage to add a sticky glue for the night so that it won’t fall off right there at that party.

Gee Man she could have done much better and could have picked it while traveling is some absurd South East Asian City.

Rihanna seems to be a great traveler and an even better crowd puller, just last night (November 13) she descended on Singapore where a sell out crowd gathered to sway to her numbers.

Rihanna is currently on a world tour and the ‘Take A Bow’ singer is just coming after completing the Australian leg of her world tour and during the Aussie leg she was joined by her R&B stud beau Chris Brown.

In other related news to Rihanna’s on going world tour, she was scheduled to make a stop over in Indonesia the very next day but has abruptly cancelled the show due to security concerns.

“They said Indonesia’s security is not supportive,” Troy Waroka the promoter of the event told the local press. “The concert will be postponed until January or February.”

I really feel for the Indonesian crowd who have recently been deprived of such international events in the recent past but its somewhat the same case with Pakistan where in the last one year many international sports teams have refused to tour because of the heightened security concerns.

Some crazy stuff went down at the Fashion Rocks after party at New York’s Rainbow Bar last weekend. According to reports, Justin Timberlake had to dive for cover and dodge punches after his bodyguard tried to grab a mobile phone off a fan who sneaked into the VIP area to snap a picture of the singer. All hell broke loose when the girl’s friends stepped in to help her and glasses flew off tables and shattered everywhere. Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Rihanna and Chris Brown all had to duck for cover as well. The divas were supposedly shrieking in horror as their security teams protected them from the flying debris.