Rihanna reminds me of a combo of Mr. T. and Prince. This look does one thing for sure… takes the focus off her hairstyle. Like seriously… who is this girl’s stylist? Here she is covered in necklaces adorned with silver crucifixes, keys, horseshoes and what looks like hands? while having a bite to eat at the Cafe Med at Sunset Plaza in West Hollywood.

She’s been in rehearsals getting ready for her performace at Sunday’s American Music Awards airing @ 8PM ET/PT on ABC.

Kanye West had this to say about her:

“Rihanna had a really breakout year and became the biggest artist. Like, Rihanna sells more records than me all together if you include her in national sales and she is arguably the biggest artist in the world right now.”

Here they are at the 30 million dollar grand opening party of the Atlantis resort in Dubai.

Page Six is claiming that the drama between Lindsay and her lover SaMan’s tiffs have gotten so intense, they are now going to couple’s therapy. I’m wondering if the reason may be because Lindsay is up to her old tricks. She seems to show up to so many openings of new places where alcohol and drugs are easily available.

She doesn’t seem to understand that her behavior is holding back her career. She needs to get a new agent who will help her find some decent work utilizing what’s left of her talents. Or… could it be
because she may not really know exactly what she wants yet, and now someone else’s feelings are involved and it’s not fair for them ? It’s not a good scenario as it always ends in tears.

Anyways…

A source said:

“They fight every day, screaming, crying and yelling at each other. Sam and Lindsay are still very much together and very much in love, but drama just seems to follow Lindsay, and Sam hates it. She deals with Lindsay every day. And every day for Sam means questioning, ‘Is this worth it?’ ”

Rihanna looks lovely as she poses for photographers at the 2008 UNICEF Snowflake Lighting at Grand Army Plaza in New York City today.

Rihanna has partnered with UNICEF’s fight to save children worldwide and reduce the number of children dying from preventable causes from 25,000 to zero. It’s an organization that has saved more children’s lives than any other humanitarian organization.

Says Caryl Stern, President and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF:

“We are thrilled to have Rihanna take part in the lighting ceremony in New York City. She has tremendous enthusiasm for helping those in need and is the ideal person for spreading the UNICEF Snowflake’s message of hope, peace, and compassion for children around the world.”

Rihanna flipped the switch to illuminate the magnificent UNICEF Snowflake, which acknowledges the beginning of the gift-giving season across the world. The celebration included treating the crowd to a live performance by Ne-Yo!

Lindsay Lohan sat down for a chat for the December issue of Harper’s Bazaar. She went through a very difficult (seemingly out of control period a couple of years ago) but seems to be on the right path today. She said to the magazine:

“I think that I’m happy.”

I find that an odd way to respond. She thinks? Doesn’t she know? You either are or you aren’t.

She didn’t really want to mention why or who may be the reason for her new found happiness because:

“The second I start talking about whomever I’m seeing, a month or two later it’s failed,” though it has been VERY obvious to everyone who reads any of the gossip blogs or tabloids who she’s been spending so much time with lately.

Lindsay and Samatha Ronson have been photographed together for months. They’ve been snapped by the paps at numerous clubs where Samantha works as a deejay, at Samantha’s sister’s fashion show in New York, and wearing bikinis on the beach in Los Cabos, Mexico.

“I think it’s pretty obvious who I’m seeing,” Lindsay says and she goes on to add: “She’s a wonderful person and I love her very much.”

When asked if Lindsay is a lesbian, she answers:

“No.”

When asked if she is a bisexual, she answers:

“Maybe. Yeah,” she allows. “”I don’t want to classify myself. First of all, you never know what’s going to happen — tomorrow, in a month, a year from now, five years from now. I appreciate people, and it doesn’t matter who they are, and I feel blessed to be able to feel comfortable enough with myself that I can say that.”

So she says.

Jessica Simpson and her boyfriend Tony Romo have been together for almost a year. He seems to have had quite an impact on her life and her feelings about love. She sat down for an interview with Cosmopolitan for the December issue which hits stands November 11th and talked about their relationship and what he means to her:

“I’d always fall for guys I wanted to save… for the first time, I fell in love with someone who saved me.” Saved her from ….? Why didn’t she explain herself? Why be so vague?!

I hadn’t realized Nick Lachey, Adam Levine from Maroon 5, or John Mayer wanted to be saved… and again I ask myself what she meant? Saved from what? This savior attitude she had going on is probably why those relationships ended.

She went on to say about her future with Tony: “I think any person who I’m gonna date for longer than six months, I definitely am investing in something long-term. If I get married again, then it will be the last time.”

Her marriage to Nick lasted only 3 years, from 2002 to 2005. Is that why she left him… because she couldn’t get the job done? She says Nick:

“will always be a part of my life, but next time, I’m marrying the right one.”

I don’t remember reading anything from Nick on their relationship and marriage breakdown. I wish she would have remained silent about him as well. She seems to have taken one too many digs at him, and it’s uncalled for since he’s been so respectful of her since things ended between them.

Here’s Mandy at the grand opening party for Australian fashion designer Peter Alexander’s new Robertson Boulevard store. She looks fabulous.

Us Weekly shares the exclusive scoop on Mandy Moore and Adam “DJ A.M.” Goldstein: “It’s back on.”

The pair has grown closer since Moore rushed to DJ A.M. hospital bedside during his recovery from the tragic September 19 plane crash that injured both him and Travis Barker as well as claimed the lives of four others.

An insider said: “Since the accident, it’s blossomed into something again. Mandy said, ‘I like this guy a lot and I want to see where it can go again. Life is too short to not be with someone you really care about.’”

The couple have gone public about their affection for each other. At the Friendly House event in Beverly Hills on October 18, a witness said: “He was holding her hand, and they were rubbing each other’s backs.”

A second DJ A.M. source shared with Us Weekly: “When you go through what Adam went through, you need people you love and people who love you. He will never stop loving her.”

Take a peek over at Usmagazine.com. for more on the romance.

Here is a sweet little picture just between friends… Justin Gaston spoon-feeding ice cream to Miley Cyrus at Hollywood’s Funkiest Milkshake bar, Millions of Milkshakes, yesterday in West Hollywood.

Lucky girl has her own shake flavor named after her. Miley who is just 15 and Justin, 20, were there with Miley’s new puppy maltipoo Sophie, her friend Lesley, momager Tish, country superstar dad Billy Ray and older sister Brandi.

In other news about Miley…

Miley has announced that she’s just finished her first autobiography, and she’s only 15:

“I’m not sure when it’s going to come out. It’s finished but you’ve got a long process of editing and all that kind of stuff, so it takes a while.”

Can’t wait to see if it makes the best seller list.

Avril Lavigne’s two year marriage to Deryck Whibley, may be going through a rough patch. While she is on tour Deryck has been out and about partying and was even seen looking kind of cozy with another chica. He supposedly was holding another woman’s hand at the famous happening celebrity hangout Villa. If they were just friends, or maybe relatives… was it necessary to hold hands inside the club? I doubt the paparazzi were getting too close inside the building!

Here is a tidbit from an article:

On Oct. 2 - the same night Avril was performing in Lijang, China - Deryck was spotted out with a statuesque brunette beauty.

The two have tried relying on long distance phone calls and e-mailing to hold their troubled relationship together. But while 24-year-old Avril has been touring the world, Deryck has back-burned his career in favor of partying, say sources.

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, October 20, 2008]

Selena Gomez talked with TV Guide for their upcoming issue recently and tried to dispel the rumours about her dating Nick Jonas.

She sort of dealt with it, but not really:
“I’ve gotten really close to the entire Jonas family this past year,” she tells the magazine. “Nick and I are getting to know each other, but we’re not confirming anything.”

She also insisted that “there’s no feud” between her and fellow Disney star Miley Cyrus. The YouTube clip that triggered the rumors: “was completely blown out of proportion. That video was ages ago, and it’s so irrelevant and not important to everything else going on.”

She left a not so subtle hint to all her Disney fans reminding them she has her faults just like other teens her age: “I’m going to do the best that I can do, but I am 16 and I am going to make mistakes – no one’s perfect.”

She also talked about Transformers star Shia LaBeouf:

“I’ve had a crush on him ever since he was on Even Stevens,” Gomez admits. “It’s very far-fetched, but I would love to have Shia on Wizards.”

Lovely…wonder what if anything Nick thinks of that?

Update:

Adnan Ghalib has told Star Magazine that there is no sex tape. He went on to say that Heat Magazine made up the quotes and that he never filmed himself and Britney: He said:

“I don’t know where these quotes I’m supposed to have said have come from. What I do know is they certainly didn’t come from me and they are completely false. I’m extremely upset and distressed and I’m taking legal action… This story has caused a lot of hurt to my family and people close to me.”

This guy has balls. He used to earn a living taking pics of celebs that were usually attached to a ridiculous story about the celeb which hurts that celeb and the celeb’s family as well.

Now he knows what it’s like being on the other side of the cam and says he’s going to sue??

Hypocrite!

Did Pappy Spears cut him a check?