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Rihanna and Chris Brown's Date Night | Chris Brown, Rihanna

Rihanna and Chris Brown's Date Night

Originally posted 05/15/2008 01:35PM

The love fest rolls on for Rihanna and Chris Brown, who spent Wednesday night taking in a Kanye West show at Spotlight Live, a Times Square restaurant and karaoke bar.

A day after Rihanna helped Brown celebrate his 19th birthday at a Manhattan club, the pair got affectionate in plain view of other concertgoers.

Brown draped his arm around Rihanna, 20, as the two danced, clapped and sang along to the short concert. As West left the stage, Rihanna leaned over and planted a big kiss on Brown. The couple then retreated to the back of the restaurant, where they hung out with friends.

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Rihanna on Chris Brown: 'We're Very Close Now' | Rihanna

Rihanna on Chris Brown: 'We're Very Close Now'

Originally posted 05/06/2008 04:15PM

Rihanna is singing a new tune.

The Good Girl Gone Bad, 20, has played coy – except for minor PDA in a pool in Jamaica – when it comes to her "friendship" with fellow R&B stunner Chris Brown, 19. But the "Umbrella" singer unsealed her glossy lips in Elle's June issue.

"We've always been friends," she tells the magazine, "but we're very close now."

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Rihanna Takes Her Pup Jewelry Shopping in Florida | Rihanna

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Rihanna Takes Her Pup Jewelry Shopping in Florida

Originally posted 05/06/2008 06:00AM

Rihanna, browsing at a Kay Jewelers at upscale mall International Plaza in Tampa, Fla. with her dog, DJ, and a bodyguard in tow. Despite the bodyguard, the singer went unnoticed, a fellow shopper tells us – that is until her pooch (on a leash) started barking, giving her away. Rihanna is in the Sunshine State as her tour with Kanye West rolls on.

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Rihanna Takes Her Pup Jewelry Shopping in Florida | Rihanna

Caught in the Act

Caught in the Act!

Originally posted 05/06/2008 06:00AM

• Rihanna, browsing at a Kay Jewelers at upscale mall International Plaza in Tampa, Fla. with her dog, DJ, and a bodyguard in tow. Despite the bodyguard, the singer went unnoticed, a fellow shopper tells us – that is until her pooch (on a leash) started barking, giving her away. Rihanna is in the Sunshine State as her tour with Kanye West rolls on.

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Couples Flock to Kanye's Concert | Kanye West

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Couples Flock to Kanye's Concert

Originally posted 04/22/2008 08:10AM

Kanye West may be going it solo since his recent breakup, but love was still in the air at his concert Monday night – as Tinseltown twosomes turned out in force to cheer on the rapper's "Glow In the Dark" tour.

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Rihanna Surprised by Jay-Z & Beyoncé's Wedding | Rihanna

Rihanna Shocked (Shocked!) by Jay-Z & Beyoncé's Wedding

Originally posted 04/11/2008 06:00AM

Like many of Jay-Z and Beyoncé Knowles's friends and colleagues, Rihanna had no idea about the happy couple's hush-hush nuptials last week.

"I didn't know!" Rihanna told PEOPLE at the Escada Moon Sparkle/Island Def Jam benefit for her Believe Foundation and DKMS, the world's largest bone marrow donor center. "No one knew!"

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Rihanna & Chris Brown: 'Like Brother & Sister!'

Originally posted 03/31/2008 05:40PM



Still living down persistent rumors that she and Chris Brown are an item, Rihanna insists, "We are best friends, honestly, like brother and sister."

Speaking to MTV News at Saturday's Kids' Choice Awards, the Girls Gone Bad singer and philanthropist, 20, said, "I won't say that we're just friends – me and Chris are really best, best friends.

"We both started our careers around the same time. He is one of the only people in the industry ... I trust and hang out with all the time."

And just so there's no question, she added, "If he was a boyfriend, I would say that."

Brown joined in, too, saying: "They keep asking me, 'What's the deal?' I'm like, 'There's no deal. No deal.' We're just friends."

As it is, Brown doesn't seem ready to settle down with that special someone. Asked what he does to help thwart speculation about his personal life, the "Run It!" singer, 18, replied: "Be yourself – and see as many girls as possible!"
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Rihanna Dedicates Tour to Kids in Need | Rihanna

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Rihanna Touring for Kids in Need

Originally posted 03/27/2008 09:20AM

She could call it her good-works tour, but Rihanna is calling it "A Girl's Night Out."

"Girls always have more fun, so I thought it was a great cause for me," the Girls Gone Bad singer, 20 told PEOPLE after a performance Wednesday night at Chicago's Vision nightclub.

With her charity, The Believe Foundation, Rihanna and Island Def Jam, "got together with a local foundation in three cities and Escada and [the label's fragrance] Moon Sparkle" to sponsor the event, she said. "It was amazing."

The next "Girls Night Out" concerts are scheduled for March 28 at San Francisco's Ruby Skye and April 9 at New York City's HighLine Ballroom.

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Rihanna 'Honored' to Be Part of Leukemia Miracle | Rihanna

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Rihanna 'Honored' to Be Part of Leukemia Miracle

Originally posted 03/13/2008 10:30AM

Rihanna is thrilled – and grateful – that the leukemia-stricken New York City mother of two she came forward to help has found a bone marrow donor.

"There are no words to express how happy I am for Lisa [Gershowitz-Flynn] and her family," Rihanna tells PEOPLE exclusively. "I am so thankful she found a donor and I feel honored to be a part of such an amazing miracle."

Last month the Grammy-winning singer put out a plea for help, and Flynn, 41, who learned she has an aggressive form of cancer called Acute Myelogenous Leukemia the day after Thanksgiving, quickly found a donor.

"This blessing has continued to keep me aware of how precious life really is," says Rihanna. "I will be praying for Lisa and her family as they move into a hopeful future."

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Woman Finds Marrow Donor – with Rihanna's Aid | Rihanna

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Woman Finds Marrow Donor – with Rihanna's Aid

Originally posted 03/06/2008 07:00PM

After singer Rihanna put out a plea for help, a leukemia-stricken New York City woman has found a bone marrow donor.

"Today a 32-year-old guardian angel consented to be my donor, even though in all likelihood she has never met me and does not know who I am," Lisa Gershowitz-Flynn, 41, a lawyer, wrote in an email to supporters Thursday.

"While we cannot verify the source of the donor," Flynn adds, "this angel was most likely found through the efforts of my family and friends, as well as complete strangers who heard about my story and took it upon themselves to aid in the effort to find a donor."

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