- With tough 'Rated R,' Rihanna looks back in anger
- Rihanna goes all out in her new album to prove the 'hell hath no fury' stuff was no joke. It's payback time for Rihanna . On her first album since she became our premier poster girl for battered women, the singer goes all out to prove the…
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New York Daily News- Good Girl Gone Badass: Rihanna, 'Rated R'
- But on "Rated R," she's trying so hard to be badass — with hyper-self-centered songs about being a "gangsta for life" and "the hottest bitch in heels right here" — that the whole thing comes off phenomenally forced and far less compelling…
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- Halle Berry 'Proud' Of Rihanna
- Halle Berry, the 'X-Men' actress - who has previously spoken about the abuse she and her mother suffered at the hands of their partners - is relieved the 'Umbrella' hitmaker ended her relationship with Chris Brown after he assaulted her in…
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- Out of her hurt, anger, Rihanna creates art
- "To those of you who think you can take it, we say welcome to the Mad House." The opening monologue, intoned by a sinister-sounding voice, sounds a little ridiculous, the introduction to a low-rent slasher movie. But the trauma Rihanna…
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WREG- Rihanna's fighting words
- For all the talk of an edgier, angrier and more mature new Rihanna, it's hard to buy the re-emergent dance-pop singer as a towering pillar of feminine strength akin to Patti Smith, Courtney Love, Queen Latifah or Mary J. Blige. It will take…
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- Rihanna, happy to be back, hits AMA stage
- (CNN) -- Rihanna took the red carpet and stage by storm Sunday night, nine months after she was beaten by boyfriend Chris Brown on the eve of the Grammys. "I'm really happy right now," Rihanna told CNN as she arrived at Los Angeles' Nokia…
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- AMA Fashion Face-Off: Rihanna vs. Kristen Bell
- Compared to what she normally wears - including on stage this very night - Rihanna 's red carpet fashion at the American Music Awards was downright tame. Still, the singer's origami-like black, white and gold dress drew raves from fashion…
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- Album Review: Rihanna 'Rated R'
- Rihanna returns with her fourth studio album Rated R . Rihanna’s Rated R shows the singer tapping in to her inner rock star. With songs like “Russian Roulette” and “Cold Case Love” it becomes painfully obvious that art imitates life in this…
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Examiner- Is Rihanna a fashion victim?
- Bandages are big. Eyptian mummies love them; so do the extras in all those hospital dramas. Was Rihanna really auditioning for a bit-part in Holby City? Or has she just earned herself a starring role as a style casualty? Maybe the designer…
- Daily Telegraph
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Daily Telegraph- Rihanna's Rated R for all audiences
- Rated R sees her reclaiming the limelight as an ultra-glamorous pop star, following press reports of her relationship with abusive ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. It's definitely impressive that this young Barbadian is already on to her fourth LP…
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