Check out Rihanna's latest music video for her single “Rude Boy” from her latest album Rated R.

RiRi is an island girl, Barbados to be exact, she couldn't have done this video better, she's fun, she's dancing (as opposed to the sexualized, walking fashion show/billboard she's been doing in her few music videos with little dancing, no inspiration or uniqueness), the island vibrant colors and 90s effects of the video work perfectly with the gist of, and, sound of the song yet stays sexy and inviting.

Someone I know twitted this about Rihanna's new video

LeeZett K.Haring + Grace Jones as a stripper vampire doing performance art. Yep, it all inspired RudeBoy

Will this video help Rated R's sales figures?

Jay-Z & Rihanna‘s “Run This Town” pre-game mash-up was an epic win. Jay in a suit, how far he’s come from drug dealer to great business man to not looking bad in suit! The clips spliced to make the 2–3minute video got you in the mood for the game, what makes this special however is the addition of the Rutgers University’s orchestra and the drum sequence. Very Well Done.

Now if only Canada/Vancouver and the Olympics crew could have come up with something similar this instead of their gratingly boring “Do You Believe?” campaign… every time we see those ads we scream at the TV...... No I don't &#! believe..!

Now the commercials:

David Letterman, Jau Leno & Oprah – didn't they do this ad last year?

Stevie Wonder punch bug ad

Dorito's Dog Collar commercial

Google's “Parisian Love” commercial. (my fav) For an ad that's been out for 3 months now, Google managed to still make it seem so new, and easily the best for the night.

Budlight “Auto Tune”

E Trade Babies

Which one was your fav? We'll add more commercials as they become available online.

Blame Janet Jackson's exposed titay for these old people at the superbowl

The Who Superbowl Half-time Show Part 1

The Who Superbowl Half-time Show Part 2

say something nice? ummm nice stage…

Maxwell performed “Fistful of Tears”, he can never do wrong can he?

I was surprised I actually didn't dislike Rihanna‘s voice singing live… I was pleasantly surprised but her “Redemption Song” rendition, I wonder if we’ll start regarding it as Rihanna's unique voice as opposed to a “not good vocal artist live” king of of voice?

Have you donated to Haiti yet?

Before there were the many imitations (read Rihanna, Keri Hilson etc) you see waltzing around, there was Kelis; She was the original, she owned and commanded fully the “edgy” fashionista artist… She was and is bold, fearless and generally doesn't give a sh*t what anyone says or thinks of her.  Most of the new faces and their fashion choices  or “edginess” is a direct copy of what Kelis has already done… nothing new, its not even a reinvention, its a direct copy of what Kelis has done in the past and still does today.
 

Anyfashionistawho…Kelis was papped in NY recently clad in far, as always PETA sprung into action with their “scare and embarrass and guilt” tactics, writing a letter to Kelis lecturing her about her wearing fur. Upon receiving that letter Kelis decided to stand up for herself and clap right back writing this letter back to PETA

Good morning all!

Ok, so you’re gonna love this. The other day I got a personalized letter from PETA! Lol so after some thought I've decided to write one back. Goes a little something like this:

There is no humane way to kill anything, let me start there. It’s unfortunate but it’s part of life. With that being said, I would eat pterodactyl if you found some and you told me it was meaty and delicious. And after doing a very minimal amount of research....... I found out that the founder Ingrid Newkirk is completely batty. I had a feeling but she far exceeded my expectations. I mean certifiably insane! Lol this chicks will is nuts, google it – it’s a riot! Beyond the fact that I think she's a diabetic, which means she needs insulin, which is taken from lab pigs (I know this because my sister happens to be in veterinary school), which would be completely hypocritical. It’s like don't abuse animals unless it can help me.

I feel very strongly about a lot of things such as the sweatshops that spin cotton and the blood on their hands. Btw it’s not just the look of fur. It’s warm as hell and feels glorious, ever rubbed faux fur on your body? Nothing luxurious about that. Then the letter proceeded to name artist and designers who don't wear real fur. Great! More for me! I don't judge them, don't judge me.

If I started wearing endangered animals like polar bear or orangutan then talk to me. (Which btw for the record I would not – I do believe in the preservation of endangered species) But the minks and chinchilla that quite honestly are rodents and if weren't in the form of a coat I would demand they be put to death anyway are not an issue to me.

The death of high fashion. Ugh.

I eat meat, and in fact my mouth salivates as I type the word meat! And the paint throwing that's just ridiculous! What if I was hurling Loubitons and Pierre Hardy's at every sad poorly dressed person on the street? As right as I may be it’s just fanatical and crazy. And people have the right to feel as they please. What about art? Survival of the fittest. Natural selection? No let's just let all the rodents run free and over take our cities. Oh wait they have, NY and LA in particular are infested! Why don't u save them all from scavenging on the streets and ruining my evening strolls, take them home. Make them pets! Get off my back! Pun intended!

Underpaid minorities picking your vegetables, now that's fine for you right? Please, fight for their rights. How about the poverty in the communities of brown people around the world. She had the nerve to say (and I quote) “get over it” talking of the issue of black people and slavery in this country verses cows being slaughtered. Is she kidding me? Lol yes she must be. Actually, she's lucky most black people have real issues to worry about in the U.S and don't give a crap what her delusional privileged opinions are. But she should try saying that again just for kicks n giggles on the corner of Adam Clayton Powell Blvd in Harlem n see how well people “get over it” lol.

If u want to preach do it about something worthwhile don't waste my time trying to save the dang chipmunk.

Find a worthwhile cause like the women being maimed in these Middle Eastern countries. Or female circumcision. Or women's rights here in America, we still get paid less for doing the same jobs as men. Quite honestly if you hate the world so much go live in the forest where no one else has to hear you complain about the perfectly good food chain the good Lord created. Everyone has the right to an opinion, and that's mine on that! xoxo

Girl has some good points here, and bravo to her for standing up for herself and her opinions and doing that in a decent manner. On the basic, I ache to understand the need to protect rodents and vermins, endangered species, and wildlife yes but rodents? I'm a firm believer that everyone is entitled to their opinion, but no one has the right to impose those opinions on others, whether it's about religion, politics, the wearing of fur or eating meat. PETA to me has become one of those organizations that exists only to exit but has ceased being effective in their cause.

That said, I didn't mind PETA that much until until they pulled that most unimaginable and just vile stunt comparing the murder and beheading of a Canadian guy on the greyhound bus to butchering cows. They went as far as trying to get their silly comparison in the local paper where his family lived. Click below to see PETA's stupidity

Here's Rihanna's new cover for her next single “Rude Boy” clad in combat boots, cigarette and a hat ready for her true Rude Boy men and boys all over will be rejoicing and “enjoying” this cover, they will “get it up” indeed, as she so well asks them in the lyrics for this song…

thoughts on the cover and song?

Rihanna rocked a 2 Million dollar New Year’s Eve Concert In Abu Dhabi

RiRi sang performed for over 10,000 fans who had paid $110 each to crowd onto the lawns outside Abu Dhabi's Emirates Palace to watch the two hour gig.

During the concert, RiRi sang all her big hits, including SOS, Don't Stop The Music and Hate That I Love You, she closed the show with her mega-hit Umbrella.

You can watch some fan taken videos of RiRi's performance here

It also seems RiRi's Rated R is doing quite alright sales wise; the album sold 209k worldwide this past week bringing the album sales to the 1 million mark, having been out for only five weeks thats quite the accomplishment given that the singles she's released so far didn't do as well as her ealier album singles did. Her next single is rumored to be “Rude Boy”.

Lady Gaga's had a New Year's party in Miami that outsold all other celeb bashes according to the NYpost.com. Well Duh, LG is currently THE HOTTEST act in town so that's to be expected for now until someone else emerges in a few months? a year?

Anywho, LG's party had all the usual young Hollywood in attendance that don't warrant mentioning here..... Gaga sang 4 of her mega hits that included Bad Romance from her Fame Monster album

She is special. Quite EXTRA.

Beyonce also had her own 2 million dollar(?) performance at Nikki Beach Restaurant on St Barts for the Roman Abramovich's party which apparently for the Son of Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi. 

Among the crowd watching Bey's show were her husband Jay-Z, Usher, and Jon Bon Jovi.

 Back in NY Black Eyed Peas with Fergie, Keri Hilson, Robin Thicke performed at Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Years Eve party 

Keri Hilson sang her new single “I Like” as well as performing her two hit singles “Turnin’ Me On” and “Knock You Down”,

Black Eyed Peas performed their hit “Meet Me Half Way” and Robin Thicke sung “Sex Therapy”.

Click below to see all their performances (video) 

 Here's Rihanna's new music video “Hard” featuring Young Jeezy

Basically a “high fashion” in a “war” concept with no chronological or really any narative to it. Minimal dancing with Rihanna trying out different types of touching thyself…being ahem… “hard” and extra sexy…

What happened to videos that used to be really entertaining and perhaps with some meaning? I guess the days of Michael Jacksons videos of substance are really gone… sigh..

thoughts? did you like it?

I guess if you are an entertainer but with no real singing talent, nakedness is all you have left to sell albums? Rihanna and her management are determined for you to see EVERYTHING she's got, first it was the pantyless shot on her “HARD” CD cover now its her boobs and even more sexual suggestions for magazine covers. Reminds me of Britney's pantyless ass picture on the cover of Rolling Stone a while back.

RiRi can not carry a tune or sing in tune live for the life of her, in studio with all the machinery she sounds ok and her songs can be catchy, outside of there she's just an entertaining moving billboard for pushing products and basically a “machine” like Britney Spears was and is…

With all the nakedness promoting this album what will she do for the next album? Playboy? She'll turn out like Janet Jackson…  who's used “sex” for her much of her music/albums since decades ago and now she's outdone all the “sexness” out of her that's why her last 2 albums didn't do so well… At least Janet has real talent, not the strongest of voices however a real star and a legend. Will Rihanna say that in 10yrs from now?

See Beyonce wins because she does have REAL talent, puts on an incredible show and can SING in addition to being beautiful.. she does have something to support her relevancy that will last a while… Rihanna on the other hand has a long ways to go, that doesn't mean she won't get better and have real longevity she just might… lets hope it won't all be about “sex” and "sexuality, we've seen her completely naked, nothing new or more to see…

That said she has a HOT body and is beautiful of course and I like her interviews, she's blunt and articulate, if she goes on to act, model and spread here entertainment chops across the board she'll do ok.

Pop below to see more GQ shots and a preview of her Hard video