ContactMusic — The director of Rihanna's controversial new Man Down music video has confirmed the singer deliberately set out to hit headlines to "shine a light on the very dark subject matter". Anthony Mandler teamed up with the pop star to make the hard-hitting p... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — • Ghosts, vampires, and superheroes propelled these TV/movie actors into stardom. (Celebuzz) • Gabrielle Union provides a uniquely personal response to Rihanna's violent music video: She supports self-defense in the moment, but not the victim t... more info

Perez Hilton — What can we say? Gurl doesn't discriminate! Rihanna has been hard at work FEROSHing it up on her Loud tour, and has apparently taken to inviting female fans on stage during her performance of Skin so she can dance all up on them! Check out this seks... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Shouts to Karla for sending this through. Last night was Rihanna‘s 2nd Toronto stop on her LOUD tour. She couldn’t end the night without surprising the city with an unexpected performance by none other than Drizzy Drake. Here’s some HD footage ... more info

ContactMusic — Arctic Monkeys claim Rihanna was used as "bait" to entice them to headline V Festival. The 'Brick by Brick' rockers were excited by the prospect of playing at the UK festival for the first time when they were told they'd be taking to the stage after ... more info

NME — Actress says she tried to shoot her attacker when she was raped herself more info

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Perez Hilton — Rihanna's been getting a lot of backlash from people since she released her Man Down video. Yeah, we get that it is controversial, but we still maintain that there is a larger message attached to the vid's graphic "murder" scene that a lot people are... more info

ContactMusic — British rockers Arctic Monkeys are unhappy with their billing at the upcoming V Festival in England - because they were hoping to perform alongside Rihanna. Instead, the band will play on the alternate day of the two-site festival - and that means th... more info

ContactMusic — Seventies rocker and Happy Days star Suzi Quatro is revamping her career with a little help from Rihanna and Goldfrapp. The Devil Gate Drive hitmaker's comeback album, In The Spotlight, features renditions of Rihanna's Breakin' Dishes and Strict MACh... more info