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Rihanna has teased that the music video for her upcoming single ‘Where Have You Been’ will see the star going back to nature. RiRi wrapped shooting for the video back in March and has promised fans a lot of dancing in the promo, after describing the  track as “dance central”:

“‘Where Have You Been’ is the single that is going to start kicking in,” Rihanna told Capital FM. “We just shot the video with Dave Mars a couple of weeks ago. We wanted to use a lot of natural habitat. You know, we built a stage but everything went back to either a little bit of tribal or different cultures, and all mixed in to nature somehow, and it was fun. [There is] some dancing. We had to dance because that song is just dance central. You can’t stop moving when you hear it.’

‘Where Have You Been’ will be the fourth official single to be released from Rihanna’s sixth album after ‘We Found Love’, ‘You Da One’ and ‘Talk That Talk’.

Rihanna is the cover girl of the May issue of ELLE Magazine, on newsstands April 17!

The Barbadian beauty opens up about finding love, having children, and how the incident with Chris Brown was her “liberation”:

On having kids: “It could be tomorrow. It could be 20 years from now. I just feel like when the time is right, God will send me a little angel. But first, of course, I have to find a man. I mean, there’s a very important missing piece to the puzzle here!”

On finding that man: “I feel like it’s hard for everybody! I don’t think it has anything to do with being famous. There’s just a major drought out there. […] But I just need to find the person who balances me out, because then things like my schedule won’t matter. I’ve done it before, so I know I can do it again.”

On her breakup with Chris Brown: “It gave me guns. I was like, well, fuck. They know more about me than I want them to know. It’s embarrassing. But that was my opening. That was my liberation, my moment of bring it. […] Now you know that, so you can say what you want about it. I don’t have anything to hide.”

On the backlash over their reconciliation: “The bottom line is that everyone thinks differently. It’s very hard for me to accept, but I get it. People end up wasting their time on the blogs or whatever, ranting away, and that’s all right. Because tomorrow I’m still going to be the same person. I’m still going to do what I want to do.”

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Read the full interview and see more photos in the May issue on newsstands April 17!

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Rihanna and the “Battleship” cast attended a press conference in Yokosuka, Japan, today (April 2nd). Make sure to click the image above to see all the beautiful photos!

UPDATE: Watch two videos below:

Don’t forget that Rihanna will attend the film’s world premiere tomorrow, which will be live streamed from 5:30PM (Japanese time) here.

Special thanks to fans @RenRihanna and @rihanna_n_dtbd!

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Two brand new Rihanna pictures are featured on today’s (April 1st) Australian The Sunday Telegraph.

Read the article below:

Controversy is never very far from Rihanna these days. With the pop superstar in Sydney next week for the April 10 premiere of Battleship – her first Hollywood film – Rihanna is making headlines for her rumoured, romantic hook-up with newly single actor, Ashton Kutcher. On top of that, the Umbrella singer revealed last week in an interview that she feels “comfortable” being naked. But Rihanna, 24, denies courting attention – insisting she is simply living her life.

“I think the term rebellious is a term society has created for people being themselves,” she says. A lot of people just aren’t like the others and they understand that and they have accepted that, and they are not afraid to be that, and people don’t understand that and that’s why it comes off as rebellious. But to me, it’s just doing things my way, things that I believe in.”

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RiRi was photographed shopping in Harajuku, Tokyo. She’s in Japan for the world premiere of “Battleship”, on April 3rd.

She also posed for photos with fans, click here and here to see two of them.

Thanks for the tips, RenRihanna, Ellie and RihannaDreamBR!

Rihanna confirms 2013 World Tour: “It’s Bigger Than Anything We’ve Done”:

“Tour. We’re going to be going on tour next year. So this year we’re spending out time planning to make sure it’s bigger than anything we’ve done and something more impactful, maybe something different, so my fans can get excited about it. Too early to talk!” (Audio)

Rihanna on the Tube: “I Need To Max Out My Oyster Cards!”:

“Of course I am!” Rihanna told Capital’s showbiz reporter Kevin Hughes, about whether she will be back on the Tube again. “Even if I didn’t want to before I’ve got three Oyster Cards in the last 24 hours! So I don’t have a choice now! They’re all topped up. I need to, like, max them out!” (Audio)

Rihanna wants Katy Perry Duet on her new album:

“Who knows? I don’t know when she is making her album but hopefully when I’m making mine we can make something work – you never know. We’re going to make that happen. Even if we’re 60 years old – it has to happen.” (Audio)

Rihanna confirms new album work has started: “I Have A Rough Idea”:

“I’m definitely thinking about the next record. I’m a multi-tasker so,” Rihanna told Capital FM’s showbiz reporter Kevin Hughes last night (29th March). “Right now we’re working on collecting and creating the sound first before we even start working on the lyrical direction or melodies. I kind of have an idea though, and it’s very rough right now. So I’m eager to start that. Before that we’ll be getting into more fashion stuff and, I can’t really talk about it, but my fans will be very happy, especially my British fans.” (Audio)

Rihanna says Beyonce and Jay-Z’s daughter Blue Ivy is “beautiful” and “perfect”:

“Yes I have!” Rihanna told Capital FM’s showbiz reporter Kevin Hughes about meeting the new arrival. “She’s, it’s unreal. It’s unreal! You couldn’t get more perfect than that child, she’s beautiful. And she really is Jay-Z’s twin. It’s hilarious. She’s beautiful!” (Audio)

Rihanna on Drake’s ‘Take Care’ music video: “It’s Beautiful”:

 ”I can’t wait to see what all my fans think. I saw it a couple of days a go, I love it.It’s beautiful. It’s different from anything Drake has ever done.” Rihanna and Drake are expected to unveil the music video for ‘Take Care’ over the coming days. (Audio)

Rihanna went to BBC’s Radio 1 to talk to Scott Mills today (March 29). Click here, go to the 2:41:20 mark and listen to the interview.

RiRi talked about the experience of filming “Battleship”, doing more movies, confirmed that she will headline Radio 1′s Hackney Festival on June 24, “Umbrella”, her music, Katy Perry, relaxing in Mexico, fashion, putting a new tour together (“something pretty special is planned for next tour”) and much more!

As Rihanna is a big fan of London Transport, Scott decided to give her an Oyster card as a present, watch:

Also, more photos of Rihanna leaving her hotel and outside BBC’s studios are available:

BBC’s Breakfast aired a new interview with Rihanna this morning. Watch her talking about “Battleship”, fans, being an artist, doing more films and more! The video includes unseen “Battleship” scenes.

RiRi also talked to Showbiz411 about being friends with famous people. Watch above.

Check out Rihanna, Peter Berg and actor Taylor Kitsch talking about “Battleship”.

Peter Berg (Hancock) produces and directs Battleship, an epic-scaled action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. Inspired by Hasbro’s classic naval combat game, Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch as Lt. Alex Hopper, a Naval officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones; Brooklyn Decker as Sam Shane, a physical therapist and Hopper’s fiancee; Alexander Skarsgard as Hopper’s older brother, Stone, Commanding Officer of the USS Sampson; Rihanna as Petty Officer Raikes, Hopper’s crewmate and a weapons specialist on the USS John Paul Jones; and international superstar Liam Neeson as Hopper and Stone’s superior (and Sam’s father), Admiral Shane.

Beautiful RiRi was photographed leaving the Mandarin Hotel and arriving at Radio 1, where she was greeted by hundreds of fans, today (March 29) in London. Check back later to listen to the interview!

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RiRi was swarmed by photographers while arriving at the Mandarin Hotel in London earlier today (March 29).

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After the “Battleship” press conference yesterday, RiRi talked to Daybreak’s Kate Garraway about the film, growing up in Barbados, friendship and much more. The interview aired this morning on ITV. Make sure to watch the video above.