Read more Rihanna stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/18408/rihanna.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:58:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74508/rihannas-rated-r-a-dark-treat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRihanna's been through a lot since she released her last album, and the excellent Rated R is all the better for it, writes Greg Kot. After the much-publicized Chris Brown incident, her music has become darker and more serious than the airy pop of "Umbrella" and "SOS." Most of the...http://www.newser.com/story/74508/rihannas-rated-r-a-dark-treat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 17:41:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73999/chris-brown-im-paying-for-what-i-did.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChris Brown apologized to Rihanna on BET’s 106 & Park yesterday, adding that he’s “embarrassed” by the assault. The singer says he doesn’t agree with his ex-girlfriend's decision to discuss the incident on 20/20 , but “I can only be a man and just accept the fact that I was wrong...http://www.newser.com/story/73999/chris-brown-im-paying-for-what-i-did.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 12:54:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73488/rihanna-i-was-battered-i-was-bleeding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs he hit her, Rihanna says, Chris Brown had “no soul in his eyes,” and he left her bleeding and swollen. The singer didn't hold back in the second part of her interview with Diane Sawyer on today’s Good Morning America , saying, "All I kept thinking all the time: When...http://www.newser.com/story/73488/rihanna-i-was-battered-i-was-bleeding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 10:27:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73399/i-went-back-to-chris-brown-rihanna.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRihanna returned to Chris Brown after he assaulted her Feb. 8, telling Diane Sawyer, “I fell in love with that person. That’s embarrassing. So far in love, so unconditional, that I went back.” Responding to Sawyer’s estimate in an interview airing tonight and tomorrow on ABC that, “on average, I...http://www.newser.com/story/73399/i-went-back-to-chris-brown-rihanna.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 10:25:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73155/rihannas-abc-interview-a-bust.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagABC is plugging its exclusive sitdown with Rihanna as her first in-depth account of February’s beating at the hands of then-boyfriend Chris Brown—but the Diane Sawyer interview is apparently a bust. A source tells Media Take Out that Rihanna, 21, says virtually nothing about the incident beyond the teaser...http://www.newser.com/story/73155/rihannas-abc-interview-a-bust.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 0:19:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69748/midwest-diva-aims-to-be-next-britney.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagShe’s a size 16, loves plastic-jewel-encrusted sweaters, lives with her parents, and marries gay couples in her spare time—but Leslie Hall, a white rapper from Iowa, sees herself as a peer of “Britney, Rihanna, Beyoncé, we’re all doing the same thing,” she tells CNN. Hall became a self-proclaimed “ce-Web-rity”...http://www.newser.com/story/69748/midwest-diva-aims-to-be-next-britney.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 11:34:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69585/brown-begins-community-service.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSinger Chris Brown today began the community labor that’s part of his sentence for beating girlfriend Rihanna, MTV reports, with the singer posting a photo from the work to his Twitter feed. His 6 months of labor will include picking up trash in his native Virginia; Brown, 20, also faces...http://www.newser.com/story/69585/brown-begins-community-service.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 19:10:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69320/jackson-tributes-steal-video-awards.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the exception of Kanye West's inebriated attack on Taylor Swift, last night’s MTV Video Music Awards were all about Michael Jackson, with longtime friend Madonna and sister Janet delivering moving tributes, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Material Girl introduced the tribute, while Janet performed her half of the...http://www.newser.com/story/69320/jackson-tributes-steal-video-awards.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 7:32:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69238/rihanna-joins-jay-z-on-stage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRihanna's comeback took another step forward last night when she joined Jay-Z on stage for her first live performance since the February assault. During Jay-Z's star-studded 9/11 benefit concert in New York—John Mayer, Mary J. Blige, and, of course, Beyoncé also performed—Rihanna took the stage with him and...http://www.newser.com/story/69238/rihanna-joins-jay-z-on-stage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 8:33:22 CDT