Jay Z Rihanna covers Vogue: Music and Politics Rihanna covers the November issue of Vogue, looking stunning, as expected. A lot of ground was covered in the accompanying article, including her politics, music, and fashion. Enough material to spawn several different Twitter arguments, even about her nationality. Jamaicans, you know, if we pretend like Rihanna is Jamaican, the By Prem • Oct 10, 2019 10:24 am
Music Intro for October 8, 2019 Dear Gossips, As we near the imminent end of another decade, which I am not ready to acknowledge goddamn it, Pitchfork released its list of the 200 Best Songs of the 2010s yesterday and naturally, people are fighting. Some people are happy and surprised but the whole drama of these By Lainey • Oct 08, 2019 09:08 am
Rihanna Intro for September 20, 2019 Dear Gossips, Between Two Ferns: The Movie just dropped on Netflix today. That’s probably what I’m doing tomorrow night. Ahead of the release of the movie, Vulture ranked all 22 episodes and I mostly agree with everything until the Top 3. To me, Brad Lee Cooper should be By Lainey • Sep 20, 2019 09:12 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Rihanna puts up a signal But first, stop it. I’m going to stop you right there because you’ve probably seen this trending on Twitter and everybody freaking out that Rihanna is pregnant. There are two reasons for this. Well, three. The first two reasons I will show you in a second. The third By Lainey • Sep 13, 2019 09:49 am
Top Reads Rihanna disrupts NY Fashion Week There is no such thing as hyperbole when it comes to Rihanna, the business. Her makeup line set a new standard. She has her own luxury fashion house. And she took over NY Fashion Week with her Savage x Fenty show last night that changed the game in how lingerie By Lainey • Sep 11, 2019 10:09 am
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Keanu & Rihanna Don’t (Seem to) Care. That’s the Key We are back for our final episode of this season, and our slight break made the episode even better. A few weeks ago Lainey decided to gang up on me, implying that I’d say there’s nothing to talk about where Keanu Reeves is concerned, because he’s such By Duana • Jun 26, 2019 02:10 pm
Music Mary J Blige: “a leader, a queen, a living legend” May J Blige was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards last night. As mentioned in the previous post, Rihanna presented it to her. Exactly. It’s Mary J Blige. To properly recognise Mary, you have to bring in someone who’s worthy of Mary. And someone By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 11:29 am
BFFs Seth Meyers: Rihanna’s biggest fanboy In case it wasn’t clear from their episode of Day Drinking that aired last week, Seth Meyers is obsessed with Rihanna. As I mentioned in my post about the segment, it was a perfect fit, both for his show and her brand. Turns out, as Seth tells Variety in By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 10:51 am
Amazingness Rihanna and Seth get drunk As promised, Rihanna did a Day Drinking segment with Seth Meyers that aired last night. If you are a Rihanna fan (who ISN’T?!), this is worth your time. Because they do, indeed, drink. A lot. And they do get drunk, very. But not sloppy – just fun. There are many By Lainey • Jun 21, 2019 10:35 am
Style Rihanna: Day Drinking and a New Drop Last month, Rihanna released the first drop from her own fashion house – HER OWN FASHION HOUSE – Fenty Maison. Exactly a month later, the second drop has arrived. As promised, Fenty’s operating on a non-traditional direct-to-consumer model that isn’t dependent on seasons, not unlike artists and singles. The new By Lainey • Jun 20, 2019 10:19 am
Relationship Assumption Rihanna’s two year anniversary If you’ve been reading this blog long enough, you know I’m obsessed with dates and marking milestones. It is almost exactly the two year anniversary of us finding out about Rihanna and “Handsome Hassan” Jameel as Kathleen first called him back in June 2017. They were photographed making By Lainey • Jun 07, 2019 01:16 pm
Style Intro for May 29, 2019 Dear Gossips, The first drop of pieces from Rihanna’s first Fenty Maison collection are now available online. She tells Vogue that the campaign “drew inspiration from the work of pioneering photographer Kwame Brathwaite, and the passion of a group of black female fashion activists known as the Grandassa Models” By Lainey • May 29, 2019 09:39 am
Rihanna Intro for May 21, 2019 Dear Gossips, I got back from Vegas last night and there’s been a lot to catch up on. Since catching up is part of the work too, the process of catching up requires editing and prioritising. Some sh-t I’ll leave until later to get to, maybe even the By Lainey • May 21, 2019 09:40 am
Style Rihanna breaks history We’ve been expecting this for months now but the confirmation came today – Rihanna is her own fashion house now. Her Instagram post said it best: View this post on Instagram A post shared by badgalriri (@badgalriri) on May 10, 2019 at 6:22am PDT Let’s take a closer By Lainey • May 10, 2019 12:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rihanna doing business and Handsome Hassan I half expected Rihanna to show up at Coachella this weekend. It’s not like she’s a stranger there. And when Rihanna goes to Coachella she turns it into a fashion moment. You remember her outfits from 2018? View this post on Instagram A post shared by badgalriri (@badgalriri) By Lainey • Apr 16, 2019 11:32 am
TV Updates Intro for April 12, 2019 Dear Gossips, There is so much to watch this weekend. Of course the big watch is the return of Game of Thrones, beginning its six-episode run to the end. But that’s not until Sunday night (9pm on Crave in Canada). Tonight Kathleen and I are seeing Little, starring Regina By Lainey • Apr 12, 2019 08:48 am
