Music Rihanna: reluctant “role model” In the previous post, Kathleen mentioned the Black Girls Rock event that aired last night. Rihanna was presented with the Rock Star Award. During her acceptance speech, she made a sassy comment about how “You know, role model is not the… title they like to give me, you know”. And, By Lainey • Apr 06, 2016 11:06 am
Media Manipulation Beyoncé Park: Perfectionism and Purpose ELLE Magazine has released more images from the Beyoncé ELLE worldwide takeover to promote Ivy Park. Excerpts from the “interview” have also been published, with the full piece going digital tomorrow. The magazine is calling it a “rare in-depth interview”. And we know this is remarkable because Beyoncé doesn’ By Lainey • Apr 04, 2016 04:27 pm
Music I’ll Kiss It Better And if I’m not good enough, at this point I’m prepared to offer up my husband to help her out… Because I love him. And I want great experiences for him. So, as promised, Rihanna’s Kiss It Better video dropped today. This is four minutes of Rihanna By Lainey • Mar 31, 2016 04:02 pm
Music Intro for March 30, 2016 Dear Gossips, Man f-ck yo pride… Rihanna announced yesterday on Instagram that the video for Kiss It Better, maybe my favourite song (and probably yours too) on ANTI, will be released tomorrow, Thursday, at noon. She also posted a few visuals. Amazingly Instagram hasn’t actually pulled down her By Lainey • Mar 30, 2016 09:06 am
Music Rihanna’s green tracksuit A certain person in a certain outfit… Picture my ma, for instance, a Chinese lady wearing a visor, like this: In this green Gucci tracksuit. That’s one way of doing it. But that also means I would probably never do it. I couldn’t do it. Rihanna though… She By Lainey • Mar 29, 2016 01:04 pm
Music Rihanna’s fourth VOGUE Rihanna covers the new issue of VOGUE. It’s her fourth time. She’s in Tom Ford. Tom Ford loves Rihanna. Anna Wintour loves Rihanna. Because, as we’ve seen over the years, if it’s any one celebrity superstar who understands style, who feels style, it’s Rihanna. The By Lainey • Mar 17, 2016 04:32 pm
Maple Leaf Rihanna’s Miami grind Rihanna’s ANTI tour played Miami last night. And Drake joined her on stage for Work. And by joined her on stage I mean his groin had a meeting with her ass resulting in a song-long rub, just like they did in the Work video. So. Now we’re By Lainey • Mar 16, 2016 01:21 pm
Music Rihanna’s good start Rihanna got sick at the Grammys and cancelled her performance. And then she postponed her tour by two weeks. So people were like, OMG, she’s a mess, she’s having a meltdown. As I wrote at the time – click here and here for refreshers – it never seemed like a By Lainey • Mar 15, 2016 11:48 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Rihanna Blahnik As mentioned in today’s open – click here for a refresher – Rihanna has collaborated with Manolo Blahnik on a shoe collection. According to British VOGUE there are 6 designs in total. Here’s a look at 4 of those pieces. It’s a denim thing. I wouldn’t wear any By Lainey • Mar 04, 2016 12:16 pm
Rihanna Intro for March 4, 2016 Dear Gossips, Rihanna covers the new issue of British VOGUE, not only to promote her new album and the tour, but also to announce that she’s collaborating with Manolo Blahnik on a six design collection featured in the magazine. These are her favourite: Which explains why the whole vibe By Lainey • Mar 04, 2016 09:30 am
Music The best/worst gossip dilemma Rihanna’s been quiet since the BRIT Awards last week. Which is good. Because the tour starts in 10 days. And they had to build in an extra two weeks for her to be able to have enough time to rehearse. Presumably, then, that’s what she’s doing. But By Lainey • Mar 02, 2016 09:59 am
Maple Leaf Rihanna & Drake at the BRITs There was a Page Six report earlier this week speculating that the real reason Rihanna bailed on the Grammys is because she saw the quality of the other performances and decided hers was sh-t and she was too embarrassed. Another Page Six source insists she really did have bronchitis. By Lainey • Feb 25, 2016 09:41 am
Music Rihanna & Drake in London Rihanna and Drake celebrated the release of the Work videos yesterday in London. Work trended for much of the day at #1 on Twitter and the song now occupies the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. And it’s not even close to being the best song on the By Lainey • Feb 23, 2016 11:50 am
Maple Leaf Rihanna + Drake v3.0 Or is it 4.0? I can’t remember. But let’s come back to that in a minute. First, the videos. Two videos for Rihanna’s Work were released today. And I say this with full bias – because she came to Toronto to shoot at The Real Jerk, where By Lainey • Feb 22, 2016 03:50 pm
Rihanna Rihanna delays tour How’s ANTI working out for you? I posted about Rihanna’s new album a couple of weeks ago – click here for a refresher – and my opinion hasn’t changed: I loved it on first listen and I think I might love it even more now. ANTI is what I By Lainey • Feb 19, 2016 11:29 am
Music Intro for February 16, 2016 Dear Gossips, The New Yorker finally published that long-awaited exposé on TMZ yesterday, have you read it yet? The piece confirms what you probably already know if you live online – that many of TMZ’s sources are celebrities themselves, or at least the people who represent them. Also Ellen By Lainey • Feb 16, 2016 09:31 am
