rihanna

Like clockwork, Rihanna releases an album every year, usually in the fourth quarter, which is when most major releases arrive in stores, due to the holiday shopping season. Is she gearing up for album eight this November?

You can keep your Da Vincis and your Van Goghs...  In MY apartment, album covers are fine art.  I have posters or displays of many artists in my apartment.  These aren't necessarily my favorites, but here are five random album covers that adorn the walls of my apartment and the stories about how they got there:

Warning! Video contains language NSFW Rihanna makes no secret that she's not a role model -- she says so herself all the time. But the hard-partying singer may be partying with hard substances as well. A new video surfaced that led many members of the Bajan beauty's beloved Navy to worry that she's actually using cocaine.

Hey, Rihanna, we never thought we'd have to say this, but it's not nice to hit your fans!

Rihanna is shining bright like platinum! Last week her album 'Unapologetic' sold another 9,000 copies to surpass a million sales and has therefore been certified platinum. Go girl!

Rihanna is in the midst of a lawsuit with UK clothing retail giant Topshop, which has been using RiRi's face on its shirts without her consent -- and she wants $5 million for the breach.

You may have heard of Rihanna's not-so-well-received fashion line River Island, but what you may not know is that RiRi herself designed everything -- because apparently retail clothing isn't sexy enough, and sometimes you just want something comfy to wear on fat days.

Apparently when she's not singing about the days of the week, she is pretty good.

Swatters strike again, costing L.A. taxpayers a pretty penny. Pranksters, if you can call 'em that, believed to be part of a hacker group, called 911, claiming that two armed men broke into Rihanna's Pacific Palisades mansion yesterday (April 4) and that someone was shot in the melee.

Rihanna has been blessed with a mom who says what the rest of us are thinking: Honey, you don't need to get naked all the time.

Next week, 'Law & Order: SVU' will air an episode inspired by Rihanna and Chris Brown's domestic abuse case, in which Brown assaulted Rihanna before the 2009 Grammys.

Cute or creepy?