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After a long wait, it was finally announced that Nicki Minaj’s “Fly” music video will get its first look unleashed soon. The Sanaa Hamri-directed clip which features Rihanna will get an official teaser during pre-show of the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards on August 28.

The video was filmed in January, and a sneak peek has been available in a form of on-set picture that shows Minaj and RiRi making sassy faces. “We’re going to save the world in more ways than one with the video and that’s all I can say about that,” the femcee said. “I love Ri-Ri! I mean, when she’s not grabbing my ass she’s a sweet girl.”

Premiere date for the video was, however, put on hold to give the Young Money MC a room to release “Super Bass” and its accompanying clip first. She actually had no plan to drop the single, but changed her mind after it got endorsement from Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez.

Everybody put your glasses up and drink to the fact that Rihanna has released yet another infectious single titled “Cheers (Drink to that).” To help celebrate this most joyous occasion, GetGlue has launched yet another exclusive Rihanna sticker. You can earn this one by checking-in to Rihanna on GetGlue via their app or website.

And get this, if you check-in between 8/10 and 8/24and mention your favorite cheer, or toast, you enter for the chance to win an exclusive prize pack courtesy of Roc Nation. Whoever checks-in with the best cheer will win Rihanna’s Limited Edition Vita Coco Tropical Fruit Gift pack. So you better start brainstorming and checking-in.

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• Click here to watch behind the scenes footage of Rihanna during the filming for the Co-Star with Rihanna facebook application.

• J. Cole was asked what was it like shooting in Rihanna’s hometown: “I don’t know if the Rihanna shots are going to make the final cut. But she came out to show love. The intention wasn’t for her to be in it. But yeah, everyone knew she was there and she’s a hometown hero, so it was crazy.”

• Rihanna tweeted: “#CHEERS Longest video shoot EVERRRRR!!!!……”

• Rihanna’s trainer, Ary Nunez, said: ”Rihanna trains as much as she can, whenever she can. This could be every day or three times a week. Her work schedule is extremely demanding, so thank goodness she’s naturally a hard-working person. We make time and find time – whether it is at 4am or 9am.” According to the trainer, RiRi is even willing to work out while having her hair and make-up done. Ary added: ”We always squeeze it in.” She told the new issue of Britain’s Star magazine: ”Rihanna has a gifted physique. She can become lean, get ‘baby guns’ [biceps] and firm up her core quickly. Her physique is the epitome of classic beauty, it’s feminine, strong, agile, poetic and versatile.”

Click “read more” to read an interview with Ursula Stephen, Rihanna’s hair stylist.

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Today, Vita Coco, the nation’s best-selling coconut water and one of the fastest-growing beverage brands in the U.S., launched Vita Coco Tropical Fruit, in collaboration with Rihanna. The seventh flavor in the Vita Coco portfolio, Tropical Fruit is an all-natural, luscious blend of coconut water, pink guava, orange, red dragon fruit and pineapple.

“I grew up in Barbados – so when Vita Coco approached me to help develop a new flavor, I thought we should combine the natural coconut water with fresh tropical fruits – two of my favorite things,” says Rihanna. “It tastes so delicious and reminds me of home!”

Vita Coco Tropical Fruit comes in a bright magenta TetraPak featuring Rihanna’s signature to mark the collaboration. The pop star is also the face of Vita Coco’s national advertising campaign, which was released this past June.

Vita Coco, which is Never from Concentrate and contains the five essential electrolytes, 15 times the potassium of a traditional sports drink, and 100 percent of the daily requirement of vitamin C, delivers super-hydration functionality with every sip. Vita Coco contains no fat, no cholesterol and less sugar than an apple – ideal for consumers living healthy and active lifestyles.

Vita Coco Tropical Fruit is available on Amazon.com and at retailers nationwide in a 17 fl. oz./500 ml serving size at $2.79 SRP. For more information on where to find the new flavor, visit www.vitacoco.com.

Live Nation just announced that Calvin Harris will appear as Special Guest on Rihanna’s record breaking Loud Tour this coming autumn.

Rihanna says - “Calvin is the perfect fit for the Loud tour. He is going to bring something unique and fun for the fans.”

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Via Roc4Life: With a robust social media presence, a photogenic face and a drama-free career, Rihanna is not a girl whose popularity—online or offline—should come as a surprise. Just to be sure, PeekYou, a site which specializes in the ranking of celebrity popularity, among other things, has gone ahead and compiled a list of the web’s most frequently searched women. Rihanna, it turns out, is the undisputed queen of the Internet.

“For a ‘celebrity,’ this method of measuring an individual’s digital footprint is an easy way to quantify their media success and coverage (no doubt extremely important to a celebrity’s livelihood); ” explains Raj Ajrawat, General Manager of PeekYou.

Top 10 Most Searched Female Celebrities

1. Rihanna

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“Cheers (Drink To That)”, which already became Rihanna Navy’s weekend anthem, has been recently added to some radio stations in the States. The song was well received so far and Rihanna has decided it should be released as another single. She just confirmed it on her Twitter page.

You can text “REQUEST Cheers” to 55100 for Z100 & text “Cheers” to 41027 for KIIS FM to support this song. You can purchase it on iTunes here.

“Cheers” was produced by The Runners and features samples from Avril Lavigne’s song “I’m With You”.

• “Battleship” preview is rumoured to premiere at this years Comic-Con which has started yesterday in San Diego. Today (July 22nd) during discussion panel “The Military in Film” U.S. Navy Lt. Michael Smith who took part in “Battleship” movie filming, will discuss along with other members of US Army advising in the film industry how does the real military support the entertainment industry.
• Rihanna tops Billboard’s “Social 50 Music Chart” again jumping from #6 to #1. Rihanna is still the most Liked Female on Facebook.
• Rihanna is bringing her Loud Tour to Barbados on August 5th. She is also expected to appear at a special press conference held before the event.
• “California King Bed” Remixes were released on iTunes! Make sure to purchase them here.

Rihanna was chosen as “Woman of The Year” by Vogue Italia! The famous magazine paid a tribute to the singer for her amazing fashion sense, musical success and charity work.

Beside arousing curiosity among the readers (mostly interested in finding out who ranks last rather than first), charts also have the unarguably aseptic quality of numbers and figures. Everything and everybody is quantified, categorized and eventually measured up against a scale of values. At Vogue.it, we have decided to leave this sterile pastime to the guys at Forbes and went straight to the core of the matter by voting her woman of the year. Who is the lucky one? There is no point in beating about the bush: it’s her, Rihanna, once a rising star of the r’n’b scene, she is currently the undisputed best contender to the role of queen of pop. You might wonder – wasn’t that supposed to be Lady Gaga’s title? Not, quite

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Rihanna is teaming with Emporio Armani to model for the brand’s underwear and jeans collection. She recently shot images in New York for a forthcoming campaign and the first billboards featuring RiRi are expected to be launched worldwide in September.

Other celebrities who’ve previously endorsed the brand include Megan fox, Cristiano Ronaldo, Rafael Nadal, as well as David and Victoria Beckham.