If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Rihanna’s legendary maternity wardrobe is a gift that does not. stop. giving. The singer who recently graced the internet with previously unreleased releasing maternity photos with her first …
Read More »Meet Your New Smurfette: Rihanna
The artist behind beloved smash hits like “Don’t Smurf the Music,” “Rude Smurf,” “Smurf Better Have My Money,” and “Only Smurf (in the World)” will finally step into the role she was destined to play: Smurfette. The producers of what’s still being called Untitled Smurfs Animated Film (officially italicized as …
Read More »Rihanna Honors Chadwick Boseman With 'Lift Me Up' Performance at 2023 Oscars
Rihanna took the stage at the Oscars on Sunday for a rousing rendition of her Black Panther: Wakanda Forever song, “Lift Me Up.” The performance was straightforward but powerful, as Rihanna belted the moving ballad while backed by a full orchestra. The performance received a touching introduction from Wakanda Forever‘s …
Read More »How Jimmy Kimmel, 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' and a Donkey Saved the Oscars
Now this was a damn good Oscar Night. The 95th Academy Awards show sure helped dispel the bad odor of the past few years. Watching the In Memoriam interlude last year, as a cheerleader squad honored dead people by singing “Spirit in the Sky,” I said aloud, “This show can’t …
Read More »SNL's Trump Rants About Rihanna and 'Gay' Buttigieg in East Palestine
Tonight’s Saturday Night Live cold open centered on C-SPAN coverage of former president Trump’s visit to the people of East Palestine, Ohio, following a train derailment that unleashed toxic waste on the town. James Austin Johnson’s Trump, flanked by actual firemen from East Palestine, announced, “You know, earlier today, a …
Read More »'Twerking Should Rank Up There With the F Bomb': The Rihanna Super Bowl FCC Complaints Are Here
Gather ‘round everyone! It’s that special time of year once again: The FCC complaints over the Super Bowl Halftime Show have arrived! Rolling Stone obtained the complaints to the proverbial television manager via a Freedom of Information Act request, and you better believe people were mad about Rihanna’s performance. In …
Read More »Rihanna to Perform 'Lift Me Up' at the 2023 Oscars
After being lifted up on some wild platforms during her Super Bowl halftime show earlier this month, Rihanna is ready to lift up the Oscars audience at next month’s awards show. On Thursday, the Academy Awards announced that Rihanna will perform her song “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda …
Read More »Was Rihanna's Halftime Performance Classic or Low-Energy?
With no superstar guests or costume changes, Rihanna‘s long-awaited, hit-packed comeback at last week’s Super Bowl Halftime Show relied entirely on her own music —and her singular stage presence and swagger. And as always, the performance, complete with an understated pregnancy reveal, prompted endless online discourse. In the new episode …
Read More »Rihanna's Halftime Show Dancers Didn't Know She Was Pregnant, Either
Rihanna‘s marshmallow dancers at the Super Bowl halftime show found out about her pregnancy in the same way that everyone else did – and some didn’t catch on until they watched the performance back on YouTube. The singer hired 280 dancers for her career-spanning performance, most of which were not …
Read More »Rihanna on New Album: 'I Want It to Be This Year'
Rihanna briefly talked about her much-anticipated new album — but did not reveal any concrete plans to release her ninth LP — in the singer’s new interview for her Vogue UK cover story, which hits stands days after Rihanna’s career-spanning (and pregnancy-revealing) Super Bowl halftime show. In the interview, seemingly …
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