Here is an excerpt from Rihanna’s interview for Elle Magazine

Rihanna on her hair:
“I kept telling my managers, I’m cutting my hair. I’m cutting my hair. And they’re like, ‘How short? Not too short. Cut it how short?’ And I’m like, ‘Up to here,’ ” Rihanna says, raising her hand up to her ear. “They never believed me. So when it was time to do the album cover [for Good Girl], the night before I cut it, I dyed it black. We went straight to the photo shoot, and no one at the record label knew what I looked like. When we sent the pictures over, they saw the hair and they all loved it. They loved it.”

On the success of “Umbrella:”
“That song is very, very magical,” says the singer, nodding her heart-shape face. “Because even when I travel, I can’t believe the kind of people that know that record. Their age, their nationality, they don’t speak English, but they all know that song.”

On her formerly alcoholic father:
“That was way, way, way back,” she says, shaking her head and staring at her dish of pasta. “We’re friends now. Now my dad is like the coolest person on the planet. He doesn’t smother me. He lets me live my life. And he’s been like that a lot, even when I was younger. He would watch me making a mistake and he wouldn’t stop me. My dad, he lets me make it and then I learn.”

On singing in front of Jay-Z for the first time:
“I remember staring into everybody’s eyes in the room while I was singing, and at that point, I was fearless,” she says about the audition. “But the minute I stopped singing, I was like, Oh my God, Jay-Z is sitting right in front of me.”

Check out the rest of the interview & more pics below…
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Who knew Lenny Kravitz was a Madonna fan? Here is at an exclusive, private showcase of her new album “Hard Candy.”

Where is Zoe? Maybe thats who he is looking for in the picture below…

Ladies, what do you think of busty Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon red number?
Well here she is at the Race to Erase MS Event along with Keisha Whitaker.

Also take a looksie at Julissa. She is cute as a button. But its too bad she cant keep a steady job. BET dropped her as the co-host of 106th & Park, and The Center.

We think it is amazing that Barbara Walters is revealing so much in her new memoir, Audition.

Barb was on Oprah yesterday afternoon and she shared that she had an affair with US Senator, Edward Brooke, (his picture is below)who was the first African-American senator. He was also married at the time.

Barbara justified the affair by saying he was in an estranged from his wife and he only went home on holidays. He had two children with this woman and he only went home on holidays.

Barbara never admitted she was in love with Brooke but claims she was enamored by him, it was an exciting time in their lives and they had a lot in common.

Walters stated that she still blames herself for Brooke not winning the candidacy for Vice President. Brooke wanted a divorce and his wife hired a Private Detective, causing bad press for his campaign.

Barbara and Edward ultimately decided to end the relationship for the sake of their careers.

Audition is currently in books stores.

Do we smell a new romance? Well lets not jump to conclusions. Ne-Yo is a writer extraordinaire and he has been falsely linked to other young vixens.

None the less, check out their “passionate” embrace below!

Nicole Scherzinger, lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls solo album was reportedly revamped before it was released because it got terrible reviews.

Do you think Ne-Yo can turn this girls career around?

BTW loving the Gucci loafers Ne-Yo!

Watch out now! Look at Whitley! We mean Jasmine Guy! She is looking good after her divorce just over a month ago. She should give Star some tips.

All she needs is a little bit of color on her face and she would have been cool!

Check out the pictures below of Pam Tichina and Diahanna Carroll were also in attendence.