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Pop star Rihanna debuted her latest look during Saturday night’s Jingle Bell Ball Concert in jolly old London, England.  The sultry songstress looked chic in her new cropped blonde locks and blunt bangs as she rang in the holiday season, rocking out in front of a sell-out crowd at the 02 Arena.

The 23-year-old ‘Make it Rain’ singer, closed out the show with a slammin’ performance (per usual) and eye-popping, ultra-modern fashion that featured fishnet stockings, a crop-top and a houndstooth sweater tied around her weight.  Not a combo you see everyday…or ever.

What do you think of Rihanna’s new look?

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year… Awards Season!!!

That’s right ladies and gentlemen, the 2012 Grammy nominations are in and we’ve got them for you, along with our predictions of who will be taking home the gilded gramophones!

Album Of The Year:

Adele, “21”

Foo Fighters, “Wasting Light”

Lady Gaga, “Born This Way”

Bruno Mars, “Doo-Wops and Hooligans”

Rihanna, “Loud”

GossipTeen Pick:  Adele should get the nod on this one, but I have a sneaking suspicion that Gaga will be walking away the winner of AOY.

Record Of The Year:

Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”

Bon Iver, “Holocene”

Bruno Mars, “Grenade”

Mumford & Sons, “The Cave”

Katy Perry, “Firework”

GossipTeen Pick:  SUCH a tough call.  For me, it’s a toss up between Bon Iver’s “Holocene” and Mumford & Sons’ ”The Cave”, but with “Rolling in the Deep’s” huge radio success, Adele  will most likely be the victor for ROY.

Song Of The Year:

“All Of The Lights” — Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters. (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)

“The Cave” — Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)

“Grenade” — Brody Brown, Claude Kelly, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Bruno Mars)

“Holocene” — Justin Vernon, songwriter (Bon Iver)

“Rolling In The Deep” — Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)

GossipTeen Pick: Again, a tough call here, but I think “All of the Lights” will emerge victorious.

Best New Artist:

The Band Perry

Bon Iver

J. Cole

Nicki Minaj

Skrillex

GossipTeen Pick: If we’re going on outright success, this award should go to Nicki Minaj.  The girl is everywhere and has created an incredible brand for herself.

Pop Vocal Album:

“21,” Adele

“The Lady Killer,” Cee Lo Green

“Born This Way,” Lady Gaga

“Doo-Wops & Hooligans,” Bruno Mars

“Loud,” Rihanna.

GossipTeen Pick:  Personally, I love ALL of these albums and if it were up to me, I’d give the award to Bruno Mars, just because I love, love, love his sound, BUT my prediction is that the gramophone will go to “Born This Way”.

Rock Album:

“Rock ‘n’ Roll Party Honoring Les Paul,” Jeff Beck

“Wasting Light,” Foo Fighters

“Come Around Sundown,” Kings of Leon

“I’m With You,” Red Hot Chili Peppers

“The Whole Love,” Wilco.

GossipTeen Pick:  I’m not overwhelmed by the rock category this year.  If I had to choose, which I do for the sake of this post, I’d go with Jeff Beck’s ”Rock ‘n’ Roll Party Honoring Les Paul”, just because he’s reDICULOUSLY talented – but truthfully, none of the nominees blew me away this go-around.

R&B Album:

“F.A.M.E.,” Chris Brown

“Second Chance,” El DeBarge

“Love Letter,” R. Kelly

“Pieces of Me,” Ledisi

“Kelly,” Kelly Price.

GossipTeen Pick:  All I can say, is that if Chris Brown wins, I quit life.  But seriously, the nod should go to Kelly Price for “Kelly”.

Rap Album:

“Watch the Throne,” Jay-Z and Kanye West

“Tha Carter IV,” Lil Wayne

“Lasers,” Lupe Fiasco

“Pink Friday,” Nicki Minaj

“My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” Kanye West.

GossipTeen Pick: It’s either going to be “Watch the Throne” or “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”.  Either way Kanye West comes out a winner, so his ego should be about the size of mainland China by the end of the night.

Country Album:

“My Kinda Party,” Jason Aldean

“Chief,” Eric Church

“Own the Night,” Lady Antebellum

“Red River Blue,” Blake Shelton

“Here for a Good Time,” George Strait

“Speak Now,” Taylor Swift.

GossipTeen Pick:  Again, totally underwhelmed by the nominees this year for Country Album of the Year.  The safe pick would be to go with Taylor Swift, but hopefully Lady Antebellum’s “Own the Night” will walk away a winner.

The 2012 Grammy Awards air on CBS on February 12, 2012.

Rihanna and her flaming red hair take the September issue of Glamour and turn up the volume on the color. Her bright crimson hair contrasting with the bold fuchsia pink typeface make for an unusual attention grabbing cover.

The singer gives the mag her take on style, perfection and drama and how her friendship with Katy Perry:

On style: “Getting dressed, I want to pick the most bizarre pair of shorts so I can figure out how to make it look right, or work an outfit that will make people go, “What the hell is she wearing?”

On hating drama . . . and perfection: “I hate drama. But at the same time, nothing bothers me more than when life’s perfect. And that’s the sick part. I just love a challenge, whether it’s a relationship, my career, clothing . . . ”

On her friendship with Katy Perry: “All my friends are guys, to be completely honest. But when I met her, it was such a breath of fresh air. I just couldn’t believe this chick had no edit button. . . . Katy and Lady Gaga came out of the gate exactly the way they think, the way they wanna dress, the way they wanna speak.”

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Justin Bieber has recorded a song with Chris Brown and Brown sent the word out on twitter that it’s about to drop:

“ME and @justinbieber got a BANGER/SMASH record for all the fans out there at the top of the NEW YEAR!!! 2011.”

Bieber had dropped the duet tip back in October on his twitter saying:

“Kinda hyped rt now. for a new single teamed up with one of my friends and an artist I used to sing covers of on youtube. BIG RECORD. SMASH!!” He then tweeted a video of himself covering Brown’s “With You.”

This could be some serious rehab for Brown’s very tarnished image but could it hurt Bieber’s?

Brown plead guilty to assaulting singer Rihanna in June of 2009. He has successfully completed his community service and the court-ordered domestic violence program but will be on probation for 3 1/2 more years.

Giving credit where credit is due, Brown did step up and took responsibility for his actions and has done everything he’s been asked by the court. He’s kept out of trouble, but what he did to Rihanna was awful.

So the questions remain: Is it time to let him off the hook? Are you OK with Justin choosing to record with Brown?

What do you think? Sound off and let us know!

Rihanna reveled in red lace on the red carpet of the 2010 American Music Awards held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles on Sunday night, November 21st.

Wearing her fire engine red hair in curls and a long Elie Saab lacy dress, Rihanna played in unusually understated as she headed inside to get to work on her performance of the night. Rihanna looked amazing in this dress!

RiRi did take home an award for the evening – Favorite Female Artist, Soul/R&B!

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Daniel Radcliffe gave a wonderful performance by singing the entire table of the periodic elements for his appearance on The Graham Norton Show. “The Elements” was written by lyrical satirist Tom Lehrer who Radcliffe called “kind of my hero.”

This makes me want to see him in the Broadway musical How To Succeed in Business (Without Really Trying) all the more.

Check out video with Norton’s other guests on the couch: Rihanna and Colin Farrell and how much they enjoyed Dan’s rendition of the crazy song many have used to help memorize the scientific table.

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Taylor Momsen has spent the past few days defending her comments to Spin magazine where she seemed to slam Rihanna. The Pretty Reckless singer was quoted as saying:

“People think pop is rock, and the lines are getting blurred. Now Rihanna‘s wearing f– leather jackets, and it’s really annoying.”

While claiming she was miss quoted (I think it would’ve been more accurate to say miss understood) Momsen and the band appeared on Radio 1′s Live Lounge and covered the Rihanna/Eminem song “Love The Way You Lie.”

I don’t think she was taking a shot at Rihanna – I think she just wanted to point out that it used to be pretty clear what a band or musician was about by looking at the way they presented or styled themselves. Say what you want about Taylor, her mouth, her style or her ability to get herself into trouble but this cover is great.

More pics of her leaving the BBC studio below and the song are below.

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Gossip Girl star/singer Taylor Momsen made some very nasty remarks about Rihanna’s personal style in a recent interview for Spin Magazine (check out photos/video here). Taylor is a naughty girl!

The 17 year-old described her personal style as a “high-class hooker” and confessed to hate all these pop stars wanting to dress like rock stars, saying, “People think pop is rock, and the lines are getting blurred. Now Rihanna‘s wearing f– leather jackets, and it’s really annoying.”

Taylor Momsen For Spin Magazine (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

We didn’t think these comments were strange or fake since The Pretty Reckless lead singer is very outspoken and she will say whatever crap comes to her mind. However, Taylor sort of denied slamming Rihanna on Twitter.

Taylor tweeted, “FYI, don’t fall prey to tabloid spinning, they have their own agenda to create drama, I have a policy not to respond to their bullsh*t.”

Taylor just loves to get into trouble! And she wants people to talk about her no matter what, so I wouldn’t be surprised if she really said something like that and then spark more controversy saying she didn’t. Whatever!

[image: Spin Magazine]

Rihanna rocks the August cover of Seventeen magazine! The Rated R singer talks about personal style:

“Don’t be afraid to be yourself just because you’re not like everybody else in class. If you want to dye your hair green and that’s what makes you happy, then dye your hair green — no matter what other people might say about it. Not everybody is going to like you — that’s the world we live in; that’s reality,”

Love Rihanna and her style! Can’t wait for her issue!

Check out her behind the scenes photo shoot below:
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Singer Rihanna looked absolutely radiant and gorgeous in a short dress and a new hairstyle on the orange carpet of the 23rd Annual Kids’ Choice Awards held at the UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles on Saturday (March 27).

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