Fresh off her Glamour Woman of the Year honor, Rihanna has a new man friend. The 21-year-old singer entertained friends at her L.A. home over the weekend before heading to London for the next leg of her Rated R tour, and one of her guests was 90210 actor Tristan Wilds. "They were openly affectionate for everyone to see," a source told the New York Daily News. "He's a real gentleman. She likes him a lot, and it shows. From the moment he walked into her party, Rihanna lit up."

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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

Well, of course he does. D'uh.

Even though he had told MTV that "there is nothing that could come out that's like, 'OK, this is something totally different than what we know," in regards to Rihanna's interview, now, after the fact, he has issued a statement asking for privacy:

While I respect Rihanna's right to discuss the specific events of February 8, I maintain my position that all of the details should remain a private matter between us," he said in the statement. "I do appreciate her support and wish her the best. I am extremely sorry for what … Read More

"It can happen to anyone..." said the 21-year-old singer on Good Morning America in her first TV interview addressing last February's beating at the hands of her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown.

Skeptics who suggested that her speaking out was but for mere publicity and promotion of her new album should be silenced after watching. Heartbreakingly vulnerable, the pop star said that she waited until now to speak because she was ashamed:

It was embarrassing that I fell in love with that kind of person. So far in love."

There are a lot of women who experienced what I did, but not in the … Read More

As one of Glamour's Women of the Year, Rihanna is finally breaking her ten-month silence to discuss the abuse she suffered at the hands of former boyfriend Chris Brown. Are Apologies Enough After Domestic Abuse?

In a revealing interview, the pop star explains how the aftermath of the ugly incident radically changed her life: 

It was humiliating...I felt like people were making it into a fun topic on the Internet, and it’s my life...I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears. That was the level of media chaos that happened … Read More

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Chick lit trend: Curvy heroines who are happy with their bodies. [TresSugar]

Chris Brown spoke with Larry King, now Rihanna will speak with Diane Sawyer. The singer's first interview since Brown assaulted her to air on Good Morning America this week. [HuffPo]

Would you move across the country for someone after a first date? Read what happened when this woman did! [Smitten]

Michael Lohan would really like his daughter, Lindsay Lohan, to start dating his friend, Jon Gosselin. [LimeLife]

The big question while living in the digital age: To text or call? [Nerve]

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Chris Brown has confessed he still has strong feelings for the woman he has been told to stay at least 100 yards away from for the next five years, Rihanna.

The disgraced singer pleaded guilty to assaulting the "Umbrella" hitmaker during a row in February, and he has been told to keep his distance as part … Read More

Usher's divorce from his wife of two years, Tameka Foster Raymond, has been pretty nasty for a while now, and now it seems the 31-year-old R&B singer is salving his wounds in the arms of everyone's arm candy of the moment, Rihanna. Last we heard, Usher had released a new single, "Papers," that sounds like it's all about his divorce, but he's refusing to sign the papers and finalize the split. Now sources tell the ever-reliable National Enquirer that he's been calling and texting 21-year-old Rihanna nonstop for the past month.

"Usher has been making moves on Rihanna … Read More

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel's two-and-a-half-year romance has been under scrutiny lately, with the tiny-hat-wearing singer rumored to be dating Rihanna in New York and living it up in Vegas while his erstwhile girlfriend works in Vancouver (noted hotbed of downlow movie-star shagging). Even Justin's grandma weighed in to throw cold water on the relationship. But now sources say Justin paid a visit to Jessica in British Columbia, and at a showing of Where the Wild Things Are, they seemed happy and together. What's the real story?

Hollyscoop reports that Justin flew to Vancouver … Read More

We haven't attended a whole lot of famous people's weddings, but we imagine they are fantastic affairs with peacocks wandering around and ice sculptures of the happy couple and passed hors d'oeuvres that are never too small or too messy. And of course, given that the famous people are often trained performers, we expect a lot out of their reception dancing. Surely they can do better than that couple from Minnesota! But not every famous couple can be Khlodom, slow-dancing their way into a lifetime of bliss to the dulcet strains of Lionel Richie and Diana Ross … Read More