Rihanna craving the taste of home

We had to smile at these pics of Rihanna clutching her Tiger Malt as she prepared to get her Caribbean grub on when she was in London this weekend to perform on X-Factor.




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Two nights in a row, she left out the fancy restaurants for the chance to get some curry chicken and plain rice from Ochi Caribbean take-away in Shepherd's Bush - washed down each time with a Tiger Malt from Barbados' own Banks Holdings.


 


Girl, we know how yuh feel... islandistas, who hasn't been 'over in away' and craved the taste of home? Not to mention if you're from any Caribbean country besides Jamaica (and to a lesser extent Trinidad), getting products from your specific country is difficult so you get super-excited when you do manage to find something... I certainly remember avidly stocking up on Ju-C and Ovaltine biscuits when I found someone in the city I lived who actually sold it.

Oh, p.s to Ri-ri... you can also check out the Humming Bird in North London - they sell greeeat food from all over the Caribbean - even cou-cou! And Jerk City in Central London is an islandista fave too...

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Caribbean quartet performs at NFL half-time show

Feeling so proud to be from the Caribbean today.

The Caribbean quartet of Hal Linton, Melanie Fiona, Shontelle and Vita Chambers performed as part of the half-time show today at the NFL game between the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers at the Ford Field in Detroit. The four were part of a six-artiste set from Universal/Motown performing a tribute to Motown on its 50th anniversary.

Just to put it in perspective, previous performers at the half-time shows at NFL Thanksgiving Day games in Detroit (which has the oldest Thanksgiving Day Classic tradition - going all the way back to 1934) have included Mariah Carey and Toni Braxton. And now that list includes our Caribbean quartet.

And they rocked it out - every one of them. Check out the vid below.

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Islandistas turn out for Rihanna's Rated R album launch party

The launch party for Rihanna's Rated R album was held last night at the Juliette Superclub in the Big Apple and pure hotness ensued from the islandistas in attendance.

They were led of course by Ri-ri herself in a spiky gold dress and gold Louboutins that aren't even being sold to the public yet - ye, a so de girl hot.

Check it.




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She was accompanid by BFF Melissa and changed into a red look later that night which we're not quite as enamoured of... though she is working the sheer black stockings trend that is making some waves right now.






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Cayman's own Selita Ebanks was also working this look at the event in sheer tights, a big, luxurious fur and long leather gloves.





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Trini-descended 'socialite' islandista aka the chick people love to hate, Ms Genevieve Jones in a dress that looks like something a slutty pixie would wear - with the sheer bodice and kerchief-hemmed skirt. Only Genevieve could get away with it.





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Island folk top the World Athletic Awards!

It was a Caribbean sweep at the IAAF World Athlete of the Year Awards in Monaco on Sunday.

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None other than Usain 'Lightning' Bolt won the Male Athlete of the Year Award - naturally. Who can argue with 9.58 and 19.19?

No-one - ever?

Exactly. And we bet the big man is going to fulljoy himself next week at his 9:58 Super Party in Kingston - this is just icing on the cake of his superlative year.


The Female Athlete of the year was Jamaican-born US Athlete Sanya Richards, who finally snagged her first individual gold medal at the World Championships this year, fulfilling the promise expected of a woman who has the most sub-5o second 400 metres of any female in history.

Sanya said that seeing how her countrymen (the Jamaican ones, not the US ones) like Usain enjoyed their running, helped inspire and lift her to that first gold this year in Berlin.

"These athletes were just having so much fun. I was so focused on winning, the medals and the money and everything that came with being a champion that I forgot the simple enjoyment and fun of track and field. ...I just felt like I was running a lot lighter, the races became a lot easier," she told the AP.

I know nuff yaardies have up Sanya for running for the US of A when she lived in Jamaica half her life (she migrated to Florida when she was 12 years old and she's 24 now) but she doesn't leave out JA, neither in word or deed.

Actually, just this month she was in the island for her third Fun 4 Kidz Fast Track programme event, which provides literacy training and extra-curricular activities for children in downtown Kingston high schools.

So big up yuself Sanya and congrats to all our island athletes both here and in the diaspora who continue to make us proud.
Caribbean to the worrrrld!

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Islandistas at the AMAs

So the American Music Awards hit the air last night and everyone is still buzzing about it.

Adam Lambert's performance? Just... wow.

But would people have been so shocked if a raunchy female performer - say a Janet or even a Rihanna, did the same thing? Food for thought, eh?


Speaking of Rihanna, her performance outfit was... pretty risque. We're getting to expect that from Ri-ri, so really the question should be - where does this rank among her more out-there outfits?






Her red carpet outfit - a black and white Marchesa from their spring 2010 line and her red-eyed makeup was pushing the fashion envelope too, which is to be expected. Not sure if we like it as much as her triumphant Glamour awards couture dress but we appreciate the effort.






Islandista Alicia Keys kept it sparkly and sexy in a blue patterned mini from Giorgio Armani's spring 2010 line. Our only quibble - Alicia got some big, old volleyball/hockey player girl legs! We observed this from as far back as last year's BET awards and Alicia just seems to be getting thicker and thicker so maybe a short dress with a split might not have been the best choice - she juuussst about gets away with it.






J. Lo looked hot outfit wise both on the red carpet and after her... dramatic (poor t'ing) performance.






We especially loved her feather-skirted dress but what was up with her wet, dragged back hair? It looked like she came out the shower with it - not very award show worthy.






And Leona Lewis is sticking with queen of punk Vivienne Westwood and her black pleather creations for the foreseeable future, debuting a short version of the dress that wowed us a while back. I think we can let it rest now Le-le...

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Rihanna - Russian Roulette [Video]

Rihanna - Sucker Free - MTV Shows

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Islandistas on the fashion scene

As the holidays approach, islandistas have been making some moves on the modelling scene - both the professional catwalkers and the celebs.

Selita, Selina and Shena have all been visible recently.

Teenaged newcomers, Martinique's Selina Khan and Jamaica's Shena Moulton, both scored holiday campaigns for Gap. Selina is featured in the American Gap posters, getting skippy with other models in a red flannel look, while Shena is part of the crew backing up rapper Pharrell in the Japanese Gap promo. Check out the pics below.








Estelle is also featured in the Japanese Gap holiday print campaign, on her own, in a menswear inspired look that we really like.






Meanwhile, Selita walked the runway last night with the rest of the Victoria's Secret Angels in their big annual holiday showcase - and looked fabulous both on the runway, rocking out with the Black Eyed Peas and on the red carpet after the event, as you can see below.

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Beyoncé [ft. Lady Gaga] - Video Phone [Extended Remix] (Offical Video)

Finally, the video is out I Love this Video...... A music video for the extended remix was directed by Hype Williams. On October 15, 2009, a spokesperson for Williams confirmed to MTV News that reports of Lady Gaga and Beyoncé working on the music video together were true. The video was initially set to premiere on November 5, 2009. but ended up premiering on November 17th instead.
The video begins with Knowles walking down an alley accompanied by several men in suits, an homage to Quentin Tarantino's film Reservoir Dogs. As the main section of the song begins, cameras zoom in on Knowles as she dances in a black and white latex leotard while holding sunglasses with hand signals on them. When the first verse begins, Knowles seductively dances for two men who have cameras as heads. She is also seen teasing men with futuristic toy guns while wearing a skin-colored latex top. During Lady Gaga's verse, they both sing to the camera while shooting more toy guns in open fire. Knowles next brandishes a bow and fires arrows at a cameraman who is being rotated on a dart board. She and Gaga, now in white leotards in front of a white backdrop, perform a synchronized seductive dance together. Knowles then appears dressed as an homage to Bettie Page while handling several different firearms. Throughout the video, the two singers fire their guns and arrows at men. The video ends with Knowles shooting a gun while perched upon a stationary motorcycle and surrounded by images from the start of the video.Video Credit goes to: Beyoncé Online

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New Update: Beyoncé [ft.Lady Gaga] - Video Phone

Beyoncé, & Lady Gaga. The video was directed by Hype Williams. On October 15, 2009, a spokesperson for Williams confirmed to MTV News that reports of Lady Gaga and Beyoncé working on the music video together were true.
Although details are still scarce about just what Beyoncé and Lady Gaga will be doing in the video, Gaga did talk about the clip in a new interview: "When I was doing her video with her, she called me and she said, 'What do you want to do?'" Gaga explained in an interview with New York's Z100 radio station on Tuesday morning (October 27): "And I'm like, 'I don't want to show up in some frickin' hair bow and be Fashion Gaga in your video.' I said, 'I want to do you.'" In a photo that emerged from the video shoot, Gaga was seen wearing a white strapless leotard with matching opera gloves, and her long hair is loose and flowing. "I want to do my version of Beyoncé", she said. "So the whole time I was learning the choreography they were calling me Gee-yoncé."
"Video Phone" was set to premiere in the United States on MTV and MTV.com on November 5, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. EST and in 162 other countries after the MTV Europe Music Awards; however, due to unknown reasons the video did not premiere as scheduled. The video will premiere on November 17, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. EST.


MTV Jams, Beyoncé’s new music video for “Video Phone” will premiere this TUESDAY. It will be their new Jam of the Week. There will also be 30 second clips released every hour on Monday. Man! this Video is gonna be World Wide I Promise Ya!!! the song is also going to be on the re-release I Am... Sasha Fierce [Deluxe Edition] this is blogging all around the world. I Can't wait I know this video is gonna be sexy!!!! Credit goes to: Beyoncé Daily, Luv_DC, Wikipedia.........

















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Anya Ayoung-Chee sex tape leaked

From the 'daaammmmmmn!' files - a sex video or rather videos (it's about up to part 7 or so now) apparently featuring Miss Trinidad & Tobago Universe 2008, Anya Ayoung-Chee and her reputed boyfriend, photographer Wyatt Gallery, has been leaked.

Some of the parts also apparently feature them getting busy with Miss Japan Universe 2008, Hiroko Mima, in some threesome action.

Damn!

It seems that Anya has gone underground - the Trinidad Express felt the need to point out that she was "not on hand" to hand over the crown to Miss Trinidad & Tobago 2009, Latoya Woods last week at the 2009 edition of the pageant.

You know what? We here at Islandista are no prudes. Whenever one of these sex vids pop up, the first thing the self-righteous and sanctimonious (who got the same video pon de replay non-stop) like to say is 'oh, she (always she eh? men does get off scott-free) ent had no right to do something so because dem videos does always get out. Is she fault for being foolish and hence I have the right to rewind and rewatch it constantly and stand in judgement.

Well, they don't say that last part cos who the hell admits they're a hypocrite? But you get our drift.

Look, adults have sex. And at 28, Anya is more than old enough to have sex with two other consenting adults and to push the envelope and get freaky if she wants to.

For our part, we're not going to judge her for that. Sex happens. Sex videos do, too.

So keep your chin up, Anya.

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Sammy Sosa & black denial in the DR

A friend and fellow islandista brought our attention to this article from the Miami Herald from back in 2007.

And ... wow!

It certainly gives a lot of perspective on Sammy Sosa's little 'skin rejuvenation' exercise.

We had heard that 'shadeism' was bad in the DR but we did not know it was as bad as all this.

Some excerpts from the piece:


And to many in the Dominican Republic, to look pretty is to look less black.

Dominican hairdressers are internationally known for the best hair-straightening techniques. Store shelves are lined with rows of skin whiteners, hair relaxers and extensions.

Racial identification here is thorny and complex, defined not so much by skin color but by the texture of your hair, the width of your nose and even the depth of your pocket. The richer, the "whiter." And, experts say, it is fueled by a rejection of anything black.

"I always associated black with ugly. I was too dark and didn't have nice hair," said Catherine de la Rosa, a dark-skinned Dominican-American college student spending a semester here. "With time passing, I see I'm not black. I'm Latina.





Apparently, part of this goes back to the period that the Dominican Republic was colonised by Haiti.



The only country in the Americas to be freed from black colonial rule -- neighboring Haiti -- the Dominican Republic still shows signs of racial wounds more than 200 years later. Presidents historically encouraged Dominicans to embrace Spanish Catholic roots rather than African ancestry.

Here, as in much of Latin America -- the "one drop rule'' works in reverse: One drop of white blood allows even very dark-skinned people to be considered white.


Because of that, few Dominicans actually identify as black, even though their blackness is plain to see.



A walk down city streets shows a country where blacks and dark-skinned people vastly outnumber whites, and most estimates say that 90 percent of Dominicans are black or of mixed race. Yet census figures say only 11 percent of the country's nine million people are black.

To many Dominicans, to be black is to be Haitian. So dark-skinned Dominicans tend to describe themselves as any of the dozen or so racial categories that date back hundreds of years -- Indian, burned Indian, dirty Indian, washed Indian, dark Indian, cinnamon, moreno or mulatto, but rarely negro.

The Dominican Republic is not the only nation with so many words to describe skin color. Asked in a 1976 census survey to describe their own complexions, Brazilians came up with 136 different terms, including café au lait, sunburned, morena, Malaysian woman, singed and "toasted."




Several women said the cultural rejection of African looking hair is so strong that people often shout insults at women with natural curls.

"I cannot take the bus because people pull my hair and stick combs in it," said wavy haired performance artist Xiomara Fortuna. "They ask me if I just got out of prison. People just don't want that image to be seen."

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More islandistas at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards

So, we were pretty caught up over Rihanna's gorgeous Stephane Rolland couture dress at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards.

That dress deserved a post all for itself.

Now, onto the other islandistas that were at the event.

Another islandista honouree, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice was also on hand to collect her award in a sleek strapless black dress with a sharp angled v-neck bodice.




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Stylist June Ambrose rocked out a sparkly Sonia Rykiel short dress with minimal accessories and natural looking makeup - nice look.




And Estelle performed in a black suit that we're not quite sure about. We like the androgynous look, but we find it should be cut a bit closer and more feminine to really work. As it is, it  just looks like she put on a small fella's suit.




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Sammy Sosa admits to bleaching

Wow, Sammy Sosa is sounding more and more confused by the day.

He has finally admitted to what we all knew - that he is bleaching his skin.

In an interview on Primer Impacto, a programme on the Spanish-language network Univision, Sammy said:

"It's a bleaching cream that I apply before going to bed and whitens my skin some.

It's a cream that I have, that I use to soften [my skin], but has bleached me some. I'm not a racist, I live my life happily.I want people to calm down and realize that I didn't do any of this with mal intentions."

Asked about the obvious Michael Jackson comparison, Sammy somehow doesn't see the connection, saying:

"What happened was that I had been using the cream for a long time and that, combined with the bright TV lights, made my face look whiter than it really is. I don't think I look like Michael Jackson."

He says that his skin bleaching is a completely different kettle of fish.


"I respect him very much and may God keep him in his glory, but this is not the case with me.

I'm truly shocked that this has gotten so big. This has resonated more than the actual [Latin] Grammys."

Oh, and if that was not enough for you, he has said that he plans to market the "miracle cream" which can only be bought in Europe.

"I'm going to market it, I'm a businessman."

Lawd help us.

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Rihanna frills us at Glamour Awards

So the Glamour Women of the Year Awards ceremony was on Monday night.

We could (and probably will in a later post) go on and on about the star power at the event - three Beatles wives, President Obama shouting out via video, Maya Angelou, Bill Clinton and Serena Williams.


But for now, we have just this to say.










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DRESS!!!




Dammit man! Ri-ri hit it for six with this dress... if you're a regular Islandista reader, you know the sharp folds and angles on the bodice and skirt would have us dotish.





Oh, origami folds, why do you have us in your thrall?

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Now Sammy Sosa's bleaching too?

Well a whaddis fadda?!

Just yesterday we blasted the eediat gal Lisa Hype over her song Proud a mi Bleaching.

At least she owned up to it openly.

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However, Major League batter Sammy Sosa wants us to believe that he is undergoing a "rejuvenation process for his skin" and that is why he was photographed at two different events last week looking like a duppy.

After the pictures came out of Dominican Republic-born Sammy last week and people (naturally) asked what in the Little Kim, bleach face, Nadinola-rubbing hell is going on, a former Cubs employee, Rebecca Polihronis, the former Cubs Care/Community relations manager, jumped to his defence... and of course, promptly made the whole situation more absurd.

From the Chicago Tribune:

He is going through a rejuvenation process for his skin (read: bleaching)," Polihronis said. "Women have it all of the time. He was surprised he came out looking so white. I thought it was a body double. Part of (the photo appearance) is just the lighting.

"He is in the middle of doing a cleansing process to his skin (as in cleansing it of melanin?). The picture is deceiving. He said, 'If you saw me in person, you would be surprised. When you see me in person, it is not going to seem like the picture.'

"People who saw him in person did not react the same way. He can't believe it is such a big deal."

Polihronis, the former Cubs Care/Community Relations manager for the team, said Sosa told her he has used moisturizing treatment (like Ambi or Fair & White?) at night on his face.

"He has always been concerned with the way he looks (you mean black?)," she said. "Probably just bad timing going to an awards show."

"He was doing a dermatological skin process after years and years (of playing baseball) in the sun," Polihronis said. "It did come out looking weird (in the picture)."

You know what we at islandista have to say to this - EH! Especially when you take a look at the photo below of how he looked back in 2005.

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Not that we need to point out the flipping obvious but - if he is just undergoing something as innocuous sounding (to white people like Polihronis who ent know nuh better or pretending she don't) as skin rejuvenation, how does that explain the obviously straightened, slicked back hair and the creepy green contacts? Creepy contacts, which by the way, he started with several months ago, as seen in the pic below of him from May.




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And if it was just a 'lighting' problem at the event, why was he pictured at two events on two subsequent nights - November 4th and 5th - looking like Casper the Dominican ghost?

I mean, come onnnn Sammy. If you're bleaching, just do like Lisa Hype and be "proud a yu bleaching cos yu cream dear". These flimsy arguments just insulting, man and we will not play along and pretend your self hatred is other than what it is.

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Alicia John-Powell facing down cancer

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We spent quite some time mulling over the headline for this post.

We really wanted to get across how we feel about how 'Ms. Basia' , tv host and magazine publisher Alicia John-Powell has dealt with her breast cancer diagnosis and battle - with fierceness and grace and can-do spirit.

This is the way I choose to do my fight and anyone who wants to join me is free to do so,” she told the Trinidad Guardian about her all guns blazing approach to the disease.

John-Powell, who is the wife of former WI cricketer Ricardo Powell, found out she had breast cancer earlier this year, on a family trip to Disney Land.

Since then, she has undegone chemo and a bilateral mastectomy (removing tissue from both breasts - done for patients considered to have a high risk of reoccurence).

She has also used her high profile and media outlets to push a message of hope for others with cancer.

Her mastectomy is set to be shown on the Basia TV show at a later date. She explained to the Guardian that she wanted to demystify the disease and educate people.

“I had sad moments, I cried, I had different people hold my hand at different stages. I want to expose things people don’t tell you about, like the early menopause. I know I will save lives and people will discover lumps and go to the doctor.”

She has also formed the Basia Support Network, which was launched last Monday in Trinidad. The theme of the network is 'Maintaining Happiness'  and the network will seek to do that for cancer patients and survivors, through a  different means, including medical sponsorship, therapeutic yoga, inspirational lectures and diet consultations.

 





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John-Powell explained the thinking behind the theme at the launch:

"I am living proof that it’s not always that bad, with support and love you can win the battle and that is what the network is about."


We at Islandista say 'fight on!'


 

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Susan Rice is one of Glamour's Women of the Year!

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 In all the fuss over Rihanna's interview in Glamour's year-end edition, we nearly overlooked Susan Rice,  the United States' U.N Ambassador of Jamaican heritage, who was also named one of Glamour's Women Of The Year.

No less than President Obama bigs her up, telling Glamour she deserves to be a WOTY because:

"She understands the complex threats we face in the twenty-first century, and when those challenges demand action from the international community, Susan gets it done through a combination of skilled diplomacy and sheer determination.”

We love, love, love positive, progressive islandistas and Susan Rice always rises to the occasion as an ambassador not just for the U.S. but for women of Caribbean descent the world over.

Kudos, Ms. Rice.

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Lisa Hype's proud of her bleaching... no, really.

Well, just listen to this mess.

We wish she was being tongue in cheek, but no, Lisa Hype, the 'first lady' of Vybz Kartel's Portmore/Gaza Empire is dead serious about being proud of bleaching out her skin.

She told the Jamaica Star earlier this week:

"A bleaching a run the place and it all right because dat fi show yuh seh yuh a tek care of yourself."

EH? I cannot even follow that logic... so destroying your skin is taking care of yourself now? Since when and how come nobody ent tell us here at islandista?

Lisa's well proud of the track too, telling the Star that it running tings:

"Di girl dem seh mi a lock it fi dem this year. A me alone a talk fi dem. Mi nuh know which girl nowadays nah bleach, even fi use likkle Nadinola and rub on fi mek dem face cool.

People a bun it (bleaching). Nuff a dem a bun it and dem gal a do it. Mi nuh hear nobody lash out against the song. Everybody see mi and seh it gone."

She also admitted (as if we couldn't tell from her duppy face) that she has been bleaching for about two years because she likes the look.

Ordinarily you know, we would want to just throw up our hands in despair but trust, this got we vex.

What de hell is wrong with Kartel and Gaza? A so dem mus dark and anti-progressive?

Everything that is wrong and despicable in society them must tek up and glorify, from sexing underage teenagers (Virginity) to dissing up university students to pushing this destructive Gaza/Gully rivalry to bleaching?

Blasted idiots.

Gaza we seh? Am, NO.

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Red carpet islandistas - Soul Train, EMAs and Latin Grammys

Islandistas have been spotted on red carpets all over the place in the last week or so - from the Soul Train Awards to the Latin Grammys and the MTV European Music Awards.

Check them out below.

Estelle has been showing up on red carpets galore in recent weeks. We saw her down south in Brazil at the Fashion Rocks event in a Manish Arora dress that thrilled some and turned off others.

We're sure opinions will be less divided on her look at Sir Richard Branson's Rock the Kasbah gala in Los Angeles. It's beautiful and on trend in every way - colour, cut, fabric and shoes. A +!



 She also was in form at the Soul Train Awards earlier this week, in this gold and black number.






 Melanie Fiona also brought some shine to the red carpet - in pewter instead of gold, with this gorgeous one-shouldered dress with a peplum skirt. See even more red carpet looks when you read more.



 

Guyanese-Canadian songbird Deborah Cox (at right above with Kelly Price and Tamia) wore a somewhat more casual look  - not really feeling it that much. Love the shoes though - they are mad!



 

At-ti-tude gyal! Leona Lewis went bold on the red carpet for the MTV European Music Awards in an eye-catching pleather and tulle dress by the queen of punk, Vivienne Westwood. This dress is so flashy that it's definitely an opinion divider - it treads the line between daring and ridiculous. We're going to come down on the side of daring though - we especially love that it's 'good girl' Leona that's wearing this risky look.



And Alicia Keys was gorgeous in green, wearing this Kaufman Franco dress at the Latin Grammy awards recently in Las Vegas.

So, whose look did you like best?

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'When is it going to stop?' Rihanna gives details on assault

Really graphic and honestly... just sad details are coming out today from Rihanna's extensive interview on ABC with Diane Sawyer, which has ABC has been leaking in bits and pieces over the last two days.

She told Sawyer:

"It wasn't the same person that says I love you. It was not those... eyes. He had ... no soul in his eyes. Just blank. ...He was clearly blacked out. There was no person when I looked at him."

"All I kept thinking all the time: When is it going to stop? When it is going to stop?"

She also shot down the loose talk that it was anything like a fight in the Lamborghini that night - it was a beatdown.


"I fended him off with my feet from one ... side of the car, but ... it was not like, it was not like a fight with each other. I just ... I really just wanted it to stop," she said.

What we find really compelling and tragic are her comments on how their relationship became and why she went back to him. It's that first love tabanca...

"To fall in love with your best friend it ... can be scary because the ... the emotions get really, they get the best of you. Like it takes over. The more in love we became, the more dangerous we became for each other, equally as dangerous."

She said that in the aftermath of the incident, her celebrity (notoriety?) meant that she was cut off and lonely and that was when thoughts started to creep in that she needed to 'protect' Brown.

"You start lying to yourself. ... This is a memory you don't want to have ever again. ... the physical wounds go away, you put it in the back of your head and you start lying to yourself subconsciously. "I felt very lonely. ...I couldn't even go back to my own house because there were 200 people outside with cameras, paparazzi, journalists, fans, neighbors."

"This is why I made my decision. ...I felt really lonely. ...There were times when I cried. There were times when I just sat there all day and watched TV.

If I feel this depressed, then what is he going through? I had to protect him. I thought that I had to let him know, don't do anything crazy. Like just hang in there...The whole world hates him now. His fans, his career. He just, he lost me, I just need to let him know; don't do anything stupid ...I'm not saying that's an excuse for me to go back, but this is what I was thinking about."

She also revealed that even when they got back together, she tried to spare his feelings.

"I just said to him, 'I can't do this.' I resented him. I resented him so much. And I always put the tough face on and try to, I can do anything face, and just try to play it off. But he knew. He knew it. He kept asking me, 'You hate me, don't you? You hate me. And I would lie and I would say, 'No, no. And ... I did hate him. ... Everything about him annoyed me. So finally ... I just said, we can't ... we can't do this. I cannot continue to do this."

Which makes perfect sense ... in the dysfunctional world of abusive relationships and is what we said the other day when we commented on her Glamour mag interview. As upside down and backward as it seems, often the abuser ends up seeming like the vulnerable one because they are often so torn up with remorse and self-loathing after the incident, that they seem like the weaker one, the one who needs to be comforted and held up.

Shoot, even we feel sorry for Chris reading the excerpts from his interview with MTV's Sway.

'Why did it happen?' Like, 'What was I thinking? What is wrong with you?' That's what I'm thinking with myself," he told Sway.

It gets you even more when you read about how panic-stricken he was leading up to his highly anticipated and then widely panned interview with Larry King.

"I was so nervous. I was super nervous. I didn't know what to think [going in].  'Man, I'm going to get on here, and they're going to chew me up and everybody is just going to go in on me.' So I was more scared than anything.

"[There's] really not too much preparing you can do. I did a lot of media training and a lot of stuff like that, and it kind of wasn't genuine to me. Everything I was saying was from my heart, but it was kind of controlled. 'Well, don't say it like this, because it will look like that.' "

Poor kids. This is just not a straightforward situation, though many stans on both sides would like it to be. I will never condone what Chris did and I will always defend my islandistas but I do feel bad for both of them.

First love... it ent nothing easy. I don't know anyone that let go of their first love easily. Because you have never loved like that before, you think you are never going to love like that again. So you hold on even when you shouldn't.

Moreover, to go through your first love and the breakdown of your first love in public has to be incredibly difficult, particularly (and we think this is key) when neither of them came from particularly stable family backgrounds. Chris' mother was abused and Rihanna's father was on drugs. You put together the children of two such dysfunctional upbringings together with little adult supervision, in front of the whole world and with lots of money... and it's their first love and they ent really know how this true love thing does work?

Sigh...

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Rihanna - Russian Roulette [HQ]

Rihanna, "Russian Roulette" is a song performed by singer Rihanna. Written by herself and Ne-Yo and also produced by himself and Chuck Harmony, the song serves as the lead single from Rihanna's fourth studio album Rated R. It premiered on radio October 20, 2009.                                                      Download: 
• Russian Roulette [Instrumental]
 
• Russian Roulette [Album Version]
 

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Rihanna - Wait Your Turn [Main]

Rihanna, "Wait Your Turn", was released as a promotional single on November 3, 2009. The song was originally confirmed by a writer that worked with Rihanna to be the second single, due for a release before the album, but when released on November 3, 2009, the song was confirmed as a promo single. Although the song is only a promo single, Rihanna filmed the music video with the "Russian Roulette" video, in mid-October, and the video was released on Rihanna's website on November 3, 2009, even before the "Russian Roulette" video premiere. The song's original title was "The Wait is Ova" and the song was thought to be the lead single from the album after it was heard on Rihanna's website, but "Russian Roulette" was released instead. Download: Wait Your Turn ( Main Version ) - Rihanna

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Rihanna [ft. Young Jeezy] - Hard

Rihanna, "Hard", the second single, will be released on November 10, 2009 and sent to Urban and Rhythmic radio. The video has yet to be shot. The song features Young Jeezy, and was sent to Hot 97 by Def Jam on November 2, 2009. Download: Hard - Rihanna ft. Young Jeezy

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Rachel Christie gives up Miss England crown after bar fight

Lawd. have. mercy.

De Christies could well sing the old calypso:

"Woe is me... shame and scandal in de family!"

This time, it's Rachel Christie, reigning Miss England and niece of former Olympic gold medallist Linford Christie, who's in scandal and passa passa, after being arrested for a nightclub brawl with Miss Manchester.

And apparently over this joker.




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I'll let that marinate for a minute.

Yeah... I know... me too.

Ok, so the story such as it is right now is that Rachel, who was crowned the first black Miss England a few months back and was set to head to South Africa next month for the Miss World contest, has today 'given up' her crown.

The Miss England website had a statement from the organisers which read in part:

Due to the media attention following the allegations against her, Rachel Christie has now decided to withdraw from the Miss World competition and relinquish her Miss England crown. Rachel will concentrate on clearing her name and focus on training for the 2012 Olympics until this case is resolved."

According to media reports, Miss Manchester, Sara Jones, is the former girlfriend of Christie's boyfriend, David Mcintosh, aka Tornado, a fighter/personality on Sky1's Gladiators programme. Reports are that she flaunted a text message on her phone that was supposed to be from this Tornado fella (it sounds like a good kaiso name though doesn't it? He might need to add Mighty in front of it though).

Rachel then allegedly punched Jones in the face - nuff times.

Sigh.

I could bawl.

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Beyoncé [ft. Lady Gaga] - Video Phone [Extended Remix] [Worldwide]

Although details are still scarce about just what Beyoncé and Lady Gaga will be doing to in the clip for B's song "Video Phone," Gaga did talk about the clip in a new interview.
"When I was doing her video with her, she called me and she said, 'What do you want to do?' " Gaga explained in an interview with New York's Z100 radio station on Tuesday morning (October 27). "And I'm like, 'I don't want to show up in some frickin' hair bow and be fashion Gaga in your video.' I said, 'I want to do you.' "
In a photo that emerged from the video shoot, Gaga was seen wearing a white strapless leotard with matching opera gloves, and her long hair is loose and flowing — the look is definitely more Beyoncé than Gaga. In fact, Gaga even scored a new nickname while on set. "I want to do my version of Beyoncé," she said. "So the whole time I was learning the choreography they were calling me Gee-yoncé."
As if fans weren't psyched enough about the video, Gaga did say that she and Beyoncé are working on music together. No additional details were given, however.
"We did collaborate recently," she said, referencing the "Video Phone" video, adding, "And we are collaborating on my album, as well." It was unclear whether Gaga was referring to the forthcoming expanded edition of her debut LP, The Fame: Monster, or her still-in-the-works second album.
Beyoncĩ | Lady Gaga

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Beyoncé - I'm Yours..../I Am Sasha Fierce [Deluxe Edition]

My girl Beyoncé has two new albums Deluxe Edition and Platium I'm Yours CD/DVD on the Cd I heard that it has alot of Bonus tracks And Unrealeashed tracks and the Video Phone (Remix) featuring Lady Gaga. man!!! this is gonna be really hot!!! I'm a huge fan of Beyoncé and don't forget to pick up the copies release date is November 24, 2009. this is World Wide...... Beyoncé has made the best seller in music industry and the Label is sony all Beyoncé fans go get these albums and video dvd albums/peformances....... I love You so much Beyoncé.



Disc: 1
1. Hello
2. Halo
3. Irreplaceable
4. Sweet Dreams Medley; Sweet Dreams\ Dangerously In Love\ Sweet Love
5. If I Were A Boy; If I Were A Boy\ California Love\ You Oughta Know
6. Scared Of Lonely
7. That's Why You're Beautiful Medley; That's Why You're Beautiful\ Beautiful Ones
8. Satellites
9. Resentment
10. Deja Vu Jazz Medley; It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\ Ornithology
11. Deja Vu
Disc: 2
1. I Wanna Be Where You Are; I Wanna Be Where You Are\ Welcome To Hollywood
2. Destiny's Child Medley; No, No, No Part 1\ No, No, No Part 2 (featuring Wyclef Jean)\ Bug A Boo (H-town Screwed Mix)\ Bills, Bills, Bills\ Say My Name\ Jumpin', Jumpin'\ Independent Women Part I\ Bootylicious\ Survivor
3. Work It Out; Work It Out Sax Intro\ Work It Out
4. '03 Bonnie & Clyde
5. Crazy In Love
6. Naughty Girl
7. Get Me Bodied
8. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) Medley; Electric Feel\ Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)\ Hey Hey Heys
9. Finale
Disc: 3
1. Scene One: Hello Introduction (LPCM Stereo)
2. Scene Two: Halo (LPCM Stereo)
3. Scene Three: Irreplaceable (LPCM Stereo)
4. Scene Four: Sweet Dreams Medley; Sweet Dreams\ Dangerously In Love\ Sweet Love (LPCM Stereo)
5. Scene Five: If I Were A Boy; If I Were A Boy\ California Love\ You Oughta Know (LPCM Stereo)
6. Scene Six: Scared Of Lonely (LPCM Stereo)
7. Scene Seven: That's Why You're Beautiful (LPCM Stereo) 8. Scene Eight: Satellites (LPCM Stereo)
8. Scene Nine: Resentment (LPCM Stereo)
9. Deja Vu Jazz Medley; It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\ Ornithology (LPCM Stereo)
10. Deja Vu (LPCM Stereo)
11. Tap Sequence (LPCM Stereo)
12. Scene One: I Wanna Be Where You Are; I Wanna Be Where You Are\ Welcome To Hollywood (LPCM Stereo)
13. Scene Two: Destiny's Child; No, No, No Part 1\ No, No, No Part 2 (featuring Wyclef Jean)\ Bug A Boo (H-town Screwed Mix)\ Bills, Bills, Bills\ Say My Name\ Jumpin', Jumpin'\ Independent Women Part I\ Bootylicious\ Survivor (LPCM Stereo)
14. Scene Three: Beyoncé (LPCM Stereo)
15. Untitled Chapter 16 (LPCM Stereo)
16. Untitled Chapter 17 (LPCM Stereo)
17. Untitled Chapter 18 (LPCM Stereo)
18. Untitled Chapter 19 (LPCM Stereo)
19. Scene Four: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It); Electric Feel\ Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)\ Hey Hey Heys (LPCM Stereo)
20. Finale & End Credits (LPCM Stereo)
21. Scene One: Hello Introduction (5.1 Surround Sound)
22. Scene Two: Halo (5.1 Surround Sound)
23. Scene Three: Irreplaceable (5.1 Surround Sound)
24. Scene Four: Sweet Dreams Medley; Sweet Dreams\ Dangerously In Love\ Sweet Love (5.1 Surround Sound)
25. Scene Five: If I Were A Boy; If I Were A Boy\ California Love\ You Oughta Know (5.1 Surround Sound)
26. Scene Six: Scared Of Lonely (5.1 Surround Sound)
27. Scene Seven: That's Why You're Beautiful (5.1 Surround Sound)
28. Scene Eight: Satellites (5.1 Surround Sound)
29. Scene Nine: Resentment (5.1 Surround Sound)
30. Deja Vu Jazz Medley; It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\ Ornithology (5.1 Surround Sound)
31. Deja Vu (5.1 Surround Sound)
32. Tap Sequence (5.1 Surround Sound)
33. Scene One: I Wanna Be Where You Are; I Wanna Be Where You Are\ Welcome To Hollywood (5.1 Surround Sound)
34. Scene Two: Destiny's Child; No, No, No Part 1\ No, No, No Part 2 (featuring Wyclef Jean)\ Bug A Boo (H-town Screwed Mix)\ Bills, Bills, Bills\ Say My Name\ Jumpin', Jumpin'\ Independent Women Part I\ Bootylicious\ Survivor (5.1 Surround Sound)
35. Scene Three: Beyoncé (5.1 Surround Sound)
36. Untitled Chapter 16 (5.1 Surround Sound)
37. Untitled Chapter 17 (5.1 Surround Sound)
38. Untitled Chapter 18 (5.1 Surround Sound)
39. Untitled Chapter 19 (5.1 Surround Sound)
40. Scene Four: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It); Electric Feel\ Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)\ Hey Hey Heys (5.1 Surround Sound)
41. Finale & End Credits (5.1 Surround Sound)
42. MENU
43. What Happens In Vegas... (LPCM Stereo)

Track Listings:

1. If I Were A Boy
2. Halo
3. Disappear
4. Broken-Hearted Girl
5. Ave Maria
6. Smash Into You
7. Satellites
8. That's Why You're Beautiful
9. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
10. Radio
11. Diva
12. Sweet Dreams
13. Video Phone
14. Hello
15. Ego
16. Scared Of Lonely
17. Poison
Editorial Reviews: Audio CD!
Product Description:
I AM...SASHA FIERCE DELUXE - Includes five #1 hits "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)," "If I Were A Boy," "Halo," "Ego," and "Sweet Dreams." Also includes bonus tracks "Video Phone" featuring Lady GaGa and "Poison."

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It's all over for Jamelia and Darren

More bad news on the Brit-islandista front.

After four years together, singer Jamelia and her footballer husband Darren Byfield are divorcing.

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Her rep announced it in a statement this week which read:

It is with regret that Jamelia and Darren Byfield today confirm they are splitting up and getting a divorce.
"No one else is involved. Their priority is naturally their two children."

Very short and to the point. Wonder if more will come out later on.

Interestingly enough, just two weeks ago, Jamelia was posing on the red carpet with 50 Cent at a movie premiere. (check pic at right)

We didn't think anything of it then... but now... well, clearly she was sending out a signal.

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