Perhaps it’s appropriate that, as the East Coast braces for Hurricane Irene this weekend, Rihanna releases her new music video for “Cheers (Drink To That),” a breezy, tribal party-rock song that samples Avril Lavigne’s “I’m With You” and serves up a nostalgic toast to summer. We see behind-the-scenes shots of sailing, drinking coconuts and clinking cups of what looks suspiciously like Kool Aid. Not that it’s keeping us from Cheering, and Drinking To That, though — especially not on this weekend.
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Rihanna Steps Out In String Bikini (PHOTO)
Rihanna was spotted showing off her curves on the beaches of Barbados Thursday. The singer was back in her home country giving a whole new meaning to a string bikini. The white swimsuit she was wearing seemed hardly the right choice for some water sports, but Rihanna managed to stay covered and jet ski in style.
The “S&M” singer is getting some R&R with friends and family during her visit home.
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Rihanna’s ‘Loud’ Tour Behind The Scenes Clip Released, Featuring Kanye West
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Rihanna’s ‘Loud’ tour seems nothing less than spectacular. She’s worn some memorable things and done some memorable things but the performance is what’s really special.
Of course, a lot of us haven’t had the opportunity to actually see Rihanna on tour.
The R&B star takes care of her fans–wherever they are. She has just released a behind the scenes clip featuring Kanye West performing ‘All the Lights’ from her New York Show.
Rihanna ‘S&M’ Lawsuit Moves Forward; David LaChapelle’s Claims Found Substantial
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Teeming with gag-balls, whips and a lot of leather, Rihanna’s video, ‘S&M,’ was bound to get our attention.
But perhaps not this much. When the salacious video was released, it received immediate backlash–some because of its controversial subject and others because of its artistic vision and execution.
Photographer David LaChapelle, whose work has appeared in various fashion and music magazines, sued the R&B star this February for allegedly copying his work in her video. LaChappelle said that this infraction occurred eight times throughout the course of the video.
Despite their similarities, pinning copy right infringement to the somewhat ineffable qualities of “composition, total concept, feel, tone, mood, theme, colors, props, settings, decors, wardrobe and lighting” of the video is no easy case.
Lucky for LaChapelle, he’s now made it passed the first round of legal bureaucracy. New York Judge Shira Scheindlin finds the photographer’s claims sufficient to support a charge of copying. Interestingly enough, the concrete similarities such as the use of leashed men, gag-balls and leather–the real meat and potatoes of the video–are not a basis for infringement.
Rather, it is the video’s use of “angles, poses and lighting” that’s protected under copyright, according to the judge.
The similarities between Rihanna’s ‘S&M’ and LaChapelle’s photographs no coincidence, he says. The video’s storyboards actually used his photographs for inspiration.
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