This week Rihanna spoke at length for the first time about the night in February when ex-boyfriend Chris Brown beat her so severely she had to cancel her performance at the Grammy Awards the next day. In interviews with Diane Sawyer and Glamour magazine, the pop star spoke about overcoming the shame of being in an abusive relationship, the humiliation of having a police photo of her injuries leaked to TMZ.com, channeling her anger into her new album, and being a role model to other women suffering at the hands of a loved one. Here, … Read More

For those ladies out there still buying the "it was just an accident" excuse from heavy-handed boyfriends or husbands, this new study serves as a another wake-up call.

According to a Science Daily report, researchers at the University of Haifa in Israel concluded that domestic violence between couples typically occurs as a calculated decision from the inflicting partner. He or she generally knows beforehand what sort of consequences there will be and weighs it before acting out.

"The violent partner might conceive his or her behavior as a 'loss of control', but the same individual, unsurprisingly, would not lose control … Read More

We know a handful of very important things. 1) It would be really great if everyone were nice to each other. And 2) you can't choke all of your problems away. Per the New York Post, Paris Hilton and her dude, Doug Reinhardt, involved themselves in a bit of fisticuffs after a Halloween party over the weekend. It should be noted that it was Seal and Heidi Klum's party, so it was likely quite awesome. Read: Man's Fascination With Paris Hilton Explained

The pair wore matching Tooth Fairy outfits (America's favorite dental person) and likely got … Read More

A former participant on ABC's Wife Swap is out on bail after an arrest for stabbing her husband. According to Snarkfood.com, New Jersey resident Jamie Czerniawski cut husband Charles Czerniawski with a kitchen knife after an argument. The former Miss Teen New Jersey claims that she used the weapon in self-defense as her husband attacked her over some flirty text messages were seen on her phone. Read: Are Apologies Enough After Domestic Abuse?

If you're a fan of the show Wife Swap, you'll recognize the Czerniawskis from the 2006 season. As you may recall, she traded places with heavily … Read More

Chris Brown is still groveling.

Celebitchy has reported that on Tuesday Chris Brown used Twitter to get Rihanna's attention. Chris's interview on Larry King Live two weeks ago proved that he's still in love with her (he told Larry King that was "definitely" the case), and it sounds like the two may even be dodging the court's junction to stay apart by planning an October holiday together. Celebrity Love: Chris Brown And Rihanna Meeting In Mexico

Clearly Chris is not coping well with the court orders. Recently he deleted the Twitter post everyone's talking about, … Read More

Whitney Houston's Oprah interview on Monday was a candid, graceful look inside the heart of a woman the Los Angeles Times once referred to as "a national treasure." Celebrity Love: Recalling Whitney Houston's Bruised Romantic Past

Whitney plunged from the heights of success to the depths of an abusive marriage and a co-dependent drug addiction with now ex-husband Bobby Brown. Her new album I Look to You lays the carpet for her first comeback—professionally and personally—in almost a decade. YourTango's Celebrity Love has recapped part one of Oprah's interview with the the … Read More

"Nobody stays married anymore. Everybody just takes the easy way out. Divorce isn't an option for me."

Becky heavily accented the "d" word as we made our way through the park on that beautiful summer day. I was stunned by her tone. I wanted to cry. It was bad enough that my pastor had urged me to stay in my marriage. Breaking my marriage vows had been the most difficult decision I had ever made. No one could really know what I had been through. I had been certain Becky would understand. She had seen me struggle and agonize over … Read More

We'd heard that last Sunday morning Tila Tequila called the cops on her boyfriend, San Diego Charger Shawne Merriman. The two were at Shawne's house in San Diego when Tila claimed he choked her and tried to physically restrain her.

We hadn't seen the evidence until now, and it's actually not pretty. Some sites are accusing Tila of pursuing Rihanna-scale publicity, but Tila's allegations look legit. YourTango: A Domestic Violence Survivor's Advice For Rihanna

Here's how the fight and arrest appear to have gone down: Shawne and Tila had been out at the … Read More

Just last week we heard Chris Brown tell Larry King that he was "definitely" still in love with Rihanna. Celebrity Love: Highlights Of Chris Brown On Larry King Live

That shocker came weeks after a California court sentenced Chris to hard community labor, domestic violence counseling, five years of probation and a restraint from coming into contact with his ex whom he was found guilty of beating last February.

Rihanna must have seen the Larry King interview too. According to MSNBC via the UK's Star, the two … Read More

There are a lot of theories behind Playboy model Jasmine Fiore's murder last month, and all of them seem to center around her husband of only a few months, Ryan Jenkins.

Theory number one has it that Jenkins went from cocky and carefree to violent and unstable after Megan Hauserman rejected him from her VH1 gold-digger celebration series, Megan Wants a Millionaire. Fiore, who just happened to be the first woman Jenkins dated after his rejection, became the inevitable victim of his rage. VH1 Contestant Accused Of Murder Found Dead

Theory number two suggests that Jenkins may have snapped when … Read More