Smoking (really)

Pop star Rihanna has been criticised by anti-smoking campaigners for lighting up a cigarette in her latest music video. Rihanna recently filmed the promo for her single We Found Love in Ireland and she is seen smoking in the footage. She has also released a series of publicity shots for her new album, Talk
That That, and the provocative pictures show her sitting on a sidewalk and smoking, reports contactmusic.com.

Officials at the Ulster Cancer Foundation of Ireland have now taken aim at the singer and accused her of promoting the bad habit to her young fans.
Doreen Reegan, a spokesperson for the organisation, said, "Three-quarters of adult smokers start the habit as teenagers, which is why it is so irresponsible of Rihanna to influence her young fan base in this way... After so much hype around the filming of the video it was very disappointing to see Rihanna so blatantly smoking throughout it.

"Artists such as Rihanna are held in high esteem and regarded as role models by millions of young people."

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Japan

Justin Bieber will be joining stars like Rihanna and Nicki Minaj in a digital-only compilation album to raise funds for those affected by the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan.

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Mishap

Chris Brown raised eyebrows - shocker there, we know - with a recent interview in which he said he was done apologizing for attacking Rihanna.

While the point was that he can't just keep saying sorry every minute of every day for life, it was the word "mishap" that the media seized upon.

He put himself in this position with his own actions, but this was somewhat unfair to Brown, who was trying to make a broader point about fame

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man of god

RIHANNA has been labelled "filthy" and her fans "swine" by a controversial American preacher.
Nation of Islam Minister LOUIS FARRAKHAN lashed out on the Bajan magnificence during a recent speech.

The outspoken 77-12 months-outdated made the feedback at a conference in Illinois final Sunday the Chicago Sun-Times has reported.

However the songbird has struck again on the veteran who had previously fostered a very good relationship with members of the hip-hop community including WYCLEF JEAN and PUBLIC ENEMY.

Controversial ... Farrakhan
Getty She Tweeted: "A minister says I perform filthy, sat and watched the filth, then referred to as you SWINE for doin the same. Haa, is that judgment in ur tone?"

She then added: "I certainly don't think you might be swine. However a holy man of God does. swineNavy."

I bet he wasn't anticipating that.

Rihanna's raunchy video S&M hit t'web last month and brought about quite a stir .

The promo has since been yanked from YouTube and banned in several nations according to reports.

That is not the one fight the chart-topper has on her fingers on the moment.

She's additionally fighting a lawsuit from photographer DAVID LACHAPELLE who claims that Rihanna's lengthy-time director MELINA MATSOUKAS borrowed too closely from his photos and elegance, alleging that the set for S&M was 'immediately derived' from the his original work.

Matsoukas has since admitted partly that she was inspired by among the themes found in LaChapelle's work.

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Hook up

Rihanna is rumoured to be secretly dating actor Ryan Phillipe after the pair were seen at several events together over the past few weeks, but now sources have claimed that the pair have actually been sleeping together for a while.

It has been reported that Rihanna first met the 'Cruel Intentions' star in December when her relationship with Matt Kemp was crumbling.

A source told Us Weekly: "She thinks he's hot. . And it wasn't even for the first time!"

They also revealed that they "hooked up" last year: "They initially hooked up when things were strained with [Rihanna's ex] Matt Kemp back in early December."

An eye witnesses previously said that Rihanna turned down Phillipe's advances while at the pre-Grammys party hosted by Roc Nation and Gucci but they were reunited at the Bing's Two Kings charity party last week.

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