Rihanna covers W magazine

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Rihanna is on the Feb. cover of W magazine and discusses her career, fashion sense and Chris Brown.
 
“I’ve been paying my own bills since I was 17, living in a foreign country,” she says out of expertly shellacked fuchsia lips that are almost always perched in a half smile. “And I’ve always been a little older than my real age. People always said that to me, and I always felt that in my head.”
 
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Wyclef Jean aids Haitian earthquake survivors

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Haitian-born Wyclef Jean is calling for international help for the survivors of a 7.0 magnitude quake Tuesday night centered 10 miles from the nation’s capital,Port-au-Prince.

 

“The over 2 million people in Port-au-Prince tonight face catastrophe alone,” said Jean, 40. “We must act now.  “I cannot stress enough what a human disaster this is, and idle hands will only make this tragedy worse.”

 
Jean encourages people to help by donating  to his Yele Haiti Foundation, either by texting “Yele” to 501501, which will automatically donate $5, or by going to the yele.org.

Destiny’s Child Michelle Williams leaves Matthew Knowles’ management

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A second member of Destiny’s Child has parted ways with Music World Management — Beyonce’s father Matthew Knowles’ management company.  Kelly Rowland ended her professional relationship about a year ago and now group member Michelle Williams is following suit.
 

“From my time in Destiny’s Child to my solo career, I am grateful for everything Mathew and his team has done for me,”  Williams said in a statement. “We’ve shared great success together. However, as I move in a new direction in my career, I felt it was time.  I wish Mathew Knowles and the Music World Entertainment family all the best.”

Williams is returning to Broadway Feb. 8 as Roxie Hart in the play Chicago.

Fantasia’s series premiere episode

In case you missed the premiere episode of the VH1 reality series, “Fantasia For Real,” check it out here.  The episode starts around the 3:16 mark.

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Beyonce to take break in 2010

Beyonce-Standard-007Plan to see a little less of Beyonce this year.  The “Single Ladies” singer wants to take a little time to relax.

“It’s definitely time to take a break, to recharge my batteries,” the 28-year-old singer told USA Today. “I’d like to take about six months and not go into the studio. I need to just live life, to be inspired by things again.”

Beyonce will still stay busy with her performance at the Grammy Awards Jan. 31 where she is up for 10 nominations for her album, “I Am…Sasha Fierce.”  There are also two weeks worth of concerts in South America and the Caribbean in February.  Not to mention the release of her new Coty fragrance, “Beyonce Heat.”

But she insists she is going to take a breather:

“It will be the hardest thing in the world for me to make myself not do an album and shoot a video and turn it in and say, ‘I’m ready!’ I already have all these melodies and ideas in my head. I have to tell myself, ‘Sit down! Sit down!’ “

Blagojevich apologizes for ‘I’m blacker than Barack Obama’ comment

BlagojevichObamaFormer Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich apologized Monday for comments that he made in a Feb. issue of Esquire magazine where he said:

“I’m blacker than Barack Obama.  I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little Laundromat in a black community not far from where he lived. I saw it all growing up.”

Blagojevich later said:

“It was a very stupid thing to say.  Obviously, I’m not blacker than President Obama.  I was speaking metaphorically, and it was, again, a stupid way of saying it.”

Sade ‘Soldier of Love’ video

Here is the music video for Sade’s new single, “Soldier of Love.”  Her first album in ten years will be released Feb. 9.

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Alicia Keys performs on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Alicia Keys was the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live” this week.  Charles Barkley was the host.  Here is her solo performance of “Empire State of Mind.”

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She also performed her single, “Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart.”

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Lil’ Kim remixes Rihanna’s ‘Hard’

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Lil’ Kim hosted “The Return of the Queen of Hip-Hop” event Friday night at M2 Ultra Lounge in New York City.  Funkmaster Flex partied with the Queen Bee who also performed.

Listen to the Lil’ Kim’s remix of Rihanna’s “Hard.”

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