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James Franco recently made headlines when he posted a video of himself singing Rihanna’s “You Da One” on the Internet. The clip was short, sweet and a bit out of nowhere. But if you think that Franco was in one of his performance-art moments when he created the viral video, think again. It turns out he’s just a fan of the colorful singer.

“[It] didn’t take a lot of work [to lip-synch to her song],” he confessed to MTV News at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Tuesday. “But I do like Rihanna.”

In fact, his biggest confession about his connection to the singer came next. It seems the two were thisclose to working together on her 2011 “We Found Love” video. As the story goes, before male model Dudley O’Shaughnessy landed the role as Ri’s troubled leading man, Franco had the opportunity to be cast as one-half of that rocky romance.

“She actually asked me to be in that video, the one with the relationship that gets crazy,” he dished. “I couldn’t do it. But, I guess, I hope that that means there’s mutual love between us.”

Well, apparently these two are getting a second chance to work together, and this time it’s on the big screen. Franco teased that Rihanna may appear in pal Seth Rogen’s flick “The Apocalypse,” which follows a slew of celebs playing themselves. They’re partying at Franco’s house when they learn the apocalypse is coming.

“I think she’s gonna be in the new movie that I’m doing, Seth Rogen’s directorial debut,” he shared. “I think she has a little part in that.”

• Rihanna “We Found Love” music video is nominated for 2 MTV Video Music Awards 2012: Best Female Video & Best Pop Video. Vote here! Japanese Navy, don’t forget that Rihanna will be there in April and August!

• Katy Perry has recently mentioned a possible collaboration with Rihanna: “We’ve collaborated on a lot of things, but just not songs yet. It’s one of those things that’s got so much build up that we have to deliver. I want it to be like that Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin song ‘Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves,’ not ‘Beautiful Liar.’ But I definitely want to do something that is so iconic. [Rihanna's] kind of busy too. We’re both busy but we planted the seed two years ago. How disappointed would you be if that song came out and it’s no good? Sometimes you have to wait for greatness.” Katy has also talked about Battleship and “We Found Love” — read here. She was also asked to sing a little bit of “We Found Love”, click here to watch.

• To ready for her role as Raikes in Battleship, Rihanna had to go through some tough military training. Check out the video below and look for the movie in theaters near you this spring 2012:

Actor Danny Trejo was in the LA tattoo parlor when Rihanna came in to get her “Thug Life” tattoo — and tells TMZ she “didn’t stop saying thug life the whole time she was getting it done.”

Danny says he has no problem with Rihanna’s Tupac tribute because she is “one of the downest female thugs in the world.” Danny says he just kept thinking, “If I was 40 years younger she would be in a lot of trouble.”

Melina Matsoukas has never needed to stand in front of a camera to gain the world’s attention. VIBE caught up with the 29-year-old visionary mainly known for her provocative music video directing gigs with Rihanna to talk inspiration vs. plagiarism, Rihanna vs. Beyonce and that wild derriere tattoo.

VIBE: I think many people can join me in honestly saying they watched your “We Found Love” video 20+ times [laughs].
Melina: I did it too. I usually hate most of my work, probably at least more than half of it. When things are done I kind of want it to be done and never see it again, but this is one that I was really proud of and I’m extremely happy others are too. It’s the best feeling ever as an artist to be happy with your own work.

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Thanks to Rihanna, 22-year-old model and actor Dudley O’Shaughnessy is the blue-eyed, sharp-cheekboned boy everybody is talking about. Not least because Rihanna herself commented, “I met him and I was like, let’s f***ing kiss.”

As the pair are reported to have met up since filming for supper and a shopping spree, and were photographed leaving Mahiki in London together, the world wants to know more about the person behind the undeniably beautiful face.

“Everyone has been surprised and shocked, but everybody is happy for me,” says O’Shaughnessy, snacking on chocolate croissants in a meeting room at his agency, Next Model Management – his watery eyes still giving shy downward glances, despite his new heartthrob status.

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Via NeonLimelight: Rapper Royce Da 5’9″ made the Twitterverse go absolutely crazy when he dropped the now infamous line “Hi Rihanna” (it’s a trending topic on Twitter for over 2 days now) during the Shady 2.0 cypher at the 2011 BET Hip Hop awards.

“Hi Rihanna, is Nicki living with you? Let me know so I can buy binoculars and telescopes. Hi Rihanna, I don’t need to know you better. You tell me you love my music again, we go together. Bye Rihanna.”

With the verse becoming larger than life, an explanation on why he decided to name-drop the pop princess was needed. During an interview on BET’s 106 & Park, the Detroit-bred rapper talked about how the line came to be.

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Earlier today it was reported that Rihanna will be featured on Coldplay’s new album “Mylo Xyloto” to be released on October 24th. The news was confirmed by Coldplay’s official website. Rihanna is said to be featured in a track called “Princess of China”. Sounds interesting!

Band’s leader, Chris Martin, revealed to The Sun:

“The album is designed as a whole piece. It has boy and girl lead characters and top of our list for the girl part was Rihanna… but it took a while to pluck up the courage to ask her.”

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Usher wants to do a duet with Rihanna. The ‘OMG’ singer said he has been close to the ‘Only Girl (In The World)’ hitmaker for some time and would love for them to make a track together.

He told UK TV’s ‘Loose Women’ program:

‘Of course I’d do a track with her – hold on! We’ve been friends and our teams work together and we’ve talked about working together in the past, but it could potentially happen. ‘I would love to work with her – I think she’s an incredible artist.’

Rihanna has caused a stir with her sexy video for single ‘S&M’, and her raunchy performances at the BRIT awards and at last weekend’s NBA All-Star game in Los Angeles. The singer wore a crystal-covered basque, fringed hotpants and fishnet stockings to perform a medley of her hits, reportedly shocking some of the crowd (like usual).

Usher has defended her, saying: ‘Artistic direction is just that, you know, and obviously subjective. Everyone has their opinion and it’s a family show. I think she is a responsible young lady and maybe the song represented the attitude of, you know, think about it like this – how long have guys been grabbing their crotches?’ That told them!

Yeah man!

• Rihanna has revealed some unknown info to Vanity Fair’s My Stuff. She talked about home, inspirations, clothes and beauty products. Click here or here to read it.

• If you’re a Rihanna Navy member, we’re sure you know Ashleigh Haney, Rihanna’s backing singer. Make sure watch her latest music video for “Rainbow Killer“!

• Nicki Minaj has mentioned Rihanna in a recent interview. She joked: “We’re not getting cozy—yet. There is a possibility ’cause she’s just a bad bitch. You never know. That’d be like a freakin’ crazy power couple right now in the world of females.” (Read more)
  

Nicki Minaj and Rihanna have collaborated on a song called “Fly” (which will be on Nicki’s first album). She wrote:

“FLY is one of my absolute faves. I wanted to work with Rihanna for a long time. I’m very proud of her accomplishments ; especially since she was born on an island like me. This song is a female empowerment song. But then again, its not specific to just women. It speaks about flying, soaring high… in the face of every single solitary adversity that comes your way. I speak about how the media has attempted to box me in and how that has made me feel suffocated. After years of being dragged thru the mud, I’ve mustered up the courage to re-define myself. I believe that I represent an entire generation. My fans have become my family ; and together we have become a movement. Get ready for it. We came to win.”

Jon Bon Jovi told Daily Star and PEOPLE:

“Rihanna was amazing. We didn’t rehearse, she just came in for the soundcheck and nailed the song first time. I hear she’s learning the guitar but who needs to play the guitar when you can sing like that? It was so beautiful. She sang great, she’s a sweetheart of a girl. She’s a big fan too. It was great.”

Rihanna told MTV:

“My highlight of the year was actually last night, getting on stage with Bon Jovi. I mean, I love those guys — me and all my friends, we love them — so I had the opportunity to get onstage and not only [with] Bon Jovi, but [to sing] one of my favorite songs, too.”

Click here to watch their amazing performance again.

The average American girl might spend summer camp trying to accessorize her lame crewneck tee or crushing on the boy two cabins down, but it didn’t go down like that for Rihanna and childhood friend-turned-singer Shontelle. Far from deconstructing T-shirts or penning gushy love notes, the Barbados-born singers were busy working up a sweat.

“Just picture Rihanna’s ‘Hard’ video,” Shontelle joked to MTV News, comparing their camp experience to the combat-inspired clip. “Picture both of us being that G.”

While Rihanna is currently prepping Loud and Shontelle dropped her sophomore LP last month, the future stars were once enrolled in a boot-camp-style cadets program on the lush island — though apparently the two didn’t share equal rank.

“I was the drill sergeant,” the 25-year-old informed us. “And yes, I did give [Rihanna] push-ups. I have given her push-ups.”

The Caribbean crooners can “laugh about it now,” and as if to offer further proof that there aren’t any lingering hard feelings, Shontelle said she recently caught a show on Rihanna’s Last Girl on Earth Tour “and we got in the studio. So there’s actually a track that we worked on together that’s gonna be on Loud.”

The “Impossible” singer confirmed widely circulated rumors that her fellow Bajan’s fifth album will revive pre-”Russian Roulette” Rihanna.

“Loud is a real contrast from the last album, from Rated R. It’s a lot brighter. … This album is gonna be so much fun, as you can tell just from the first single. It’s just like, ‘Unh, unh la la la,’ “ she explained, letting out the first bar of “Only Girl (In the World).” “That’s pretty much how the whole album sounds. It’s a lot of fun.”

Source: MTV

On the new track “Man Down”:

“When I was writing my part, we were in the studio together, she really works hard. We were at one of her concerts and she literally got straight off the stage, walked right onto the studio bus, and went straight to work.”

The “Impossible” songstress revealed that “Man Down,” which she describes as “very dramatic,” was easy to write based on the duo’s comfort level that came with growing up together.

“It was good because it was like, ‘I know you, I know what you need, I know what you want.’”

Source: ShontelleOnline