Rihanna Performs Live On Good Morning America
Umbrella
Rihanna gave her fans what they wanted this morning on GMA. She performed her breakout hit “Umbrella” and new tracks off her fourth album ‘Rated R’.
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Anti-Obama, Anti-Muslim Billboard Stirs Controversy
Only in America will you see a billboard condemning not only the president of the United States, but also an entire religion. The billboard sits just off the roadway at 4855 Miller Road in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. It shows two cartoonish images of Obama wearing a Muslim turban and reads “PRESIDENT or JIHAD?”
There’s also some nonsense about that birth certificate issue that just won’t go away even though the premise of it has been disproved.
The billboard belongs to a car dealership owned by Phil West, who told FOX 31 News Friday:
“Since Fort Hood, I’ve had it. You can’t suggest things. You can’t profile. You gotta call a spade a spade. Everything I have read about Mr. Obama points right to the fact that he is a Muslim. And that is the agenda of what Muslim is all about. It’s about anti-American, it’s about anti-Christianity.”
Other Wheat Ridge residents don’t agree with the billboard’s message.
“It’s out of control,” said AM760 radio host David Sirota, who interviewed West on his radio program Friday morning:
“This conservative hatred of Barack Obama is out of contol, and this brings together all those strands of it: the racism, the anti-Muslim fervor. It’s one thing to criticise the president on health care, or Wall Street reform, or immigration. But this is outrageous.”
Other residents didn’t put much thought into the sign either. “I’m not concerned with that at all,” said Linda Alexander, of Golden, in regard to the dispute over President Obama’s American citizenship. “He was elected, he’s the president — that’s it, as far as I’m concerned. Some people just can’t accept that, obviously.”
Celebs Out & About
So I spoke on the phone with Amber Rose’s brother/manager Antonio Hewlett yesterday. After we got off the phone, we continued our little chat online and DM’d each other for about an hour. He’s a cool guy. Very smart and knowledgeable about the business and a great asset to his sister, who would definitely be floundering without him.
We talked about why Amber Rose suddenly deleted her verified Twitter page. And while I won’t go into the specifics of what he said, here’s my take on the whole social networking thing: Twitter is killing the game for celebrities — and not in a good way. Celebrities who are natural born narcissists LOVE social networking sites like Twitter because it gives them a public forum for their fans to laud over them, worship them and make them feel superior by rejecting those they feel aren’t worthy of a tweet. The problem comes in when celebrities make themselves too accessible to the public. There has to be a barrier of mystique placed between the celebrity and the regular public or that celebrity becomes just another regular Joe with nothing much to celebrate. I think Amber understood that concept – and because she’s obviously not a narcissist, she was able to walk away from her Twitter account and her 50,000+ followers. Kudos to her.
Gorgeous actress Gabby Sidibe stepped out last night wearing one of her fabulous lacefront wigs and her favorite plaid jacket over a flirty lace top and jeans. You can’t hate on a big woman with confidence even if you tried.
Rihanna Loves the Kids!
Thousands of Rihanna fans turned out to meet & greet the singer who signed copies of her 4th studio CD ‘Rated R’ at a Best Buy in NYC yesterday.
One of Rihanna’s adoring fans received extra special attention from the Barbadian beauty. Little Jasmena Anema has a rare form of leukemia (blood cancer) that’s ravaging her tiny body. But she found the strength to wait for hours in a long line for the chance to meet her idol Rihanna.
Jasmena’s leukemia has weakened her immune system to the point where she must wear a mask to protect her from deadly germs. So it might not have been a good idea for Rihanna to put her face in such close proximity to Jasmena’s, possibly exposing the child to millions of opportunistic microbes.
But we’re just going to assume that Rihanna didn’t know any better and that she didn’t mean any harm. Still, this is something you would expect Beyonce to do.
Amber Rose is coming to Atlanta, and she’s bringing her girlfriend
As you know by now, Kanye West’s beard girlfriend Amber Rose is coming to Atlanta this weekend to host a party. This will be Amber’s first time in Atlanta. As I told you in an earlier post, she was supposed to host parties here before but her modeling agency nixed those appearances. I’m not sure why.
On Friday, Amber will host a star-studded bash at Primal nightclub. We know she’ll be there because the promoters have already paid a sizable down payment on her reported $20,000 appearance fee(!)
And, yes, she’s bringing her girlfriend (I forget the chick’s name) as well as a large entourage (weed carrier, stylist, manager, etc.)
I’ll be at the club on Friday as well getting my drink on. I was promised a teeny section in the VIP, as well as a few free shots of Patron (no bottle service, unfortunately). So me and my date will be good and wasted by the time Amber and her girlfriend get there.
Speaking of which, these two were all hugged up on the streets of New York on Friday (11/20).
I don’t know what kind of man Kanye is allowing his girlfriend to shamelessly parade around the streets with her side piece. If I’m buying a chick Louis Vuitton, MCM bags, Prada shoes and jetting her around the world on my dime, she’d better not ever let me catch her with another woman.
But then why should Knaye care? He’s probably hugged up with a man as I type this.
So Jay Z and Polow Are BFFs Now?
I’m not sure what to make of this odd pairing
Not trying to start any baseless rumors here. But, has anyone else noticed how close producer Polow da Don and music mogul Jay Z have grown lately? Did Polow move to L.A. to be closer to Hov?
Last night, after the AMAs, the two walked across the street to the Staples Center to take in a Lakers game at courtside with friends, baseball star A-Rod, recording exec Jimmy Iovine, and Fergie and Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas.
Polow and Jay Z sat together (as they always do) and shared private jokes between each other. Meanwhile, Jay Z’s wife Beyonce was nowhere in sight. Hmmm… Interesting.
FanMAIL: One Big Happy Family
Another beautiful picture from Sean “Diddy” Combs’ 40th birthday bash at the Plaza Hotel in NYC.
Here are the women in Diddy’s life, his mom Janice (center), the love of his life Sarah, left, and Misa, the mother of his son Justin.
All I see in this picture is mutual love and respect. Of course, most of you will see something else. But it doesn’t matter. What matters most is who is not in this picture (Kim Porter and Cassie).
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