By Drew Grant 6/14/12 1:50pm

Hip hop feuds

Chris Brown shows chin-gash on Twitter

Chris Brown Vs. Drake in Bottle-Bashing Battle Over Rihanna at W.i.P.

Despite the rumors that Chris Brown and Rihanna are back together (they have been partying next to each other an awful lot lately), the rapper is still technically dating Karrueche Tran. Meanwhile, Rihanna has been romantically linked to the most emo hip hop star of all time, Aubrey “Drake” Graham.

Eventually, we knew, this would turn ugly. We just didn’t expect Chris Brown to be the one who walked away with the boo-boos. Read More

By Rex Reed 5/16/12 5:45pm

movies

Film Title: Battleship

You Sunk My Blockbuster: Battleship‘s Bombs-Away Mentality Stays Bouyant

In the dementedly overproduced and underwhelming action epic Battleship, what promises to be another brainless summer of so-called “blockbusters” takes another giant step backward. The wags already labeling this one “Terminator with water” are on the mark—I have to admit it has moments of noisy glory I couldn’t ignore. As another cookie-cutter ripoff inspired by comic books and video games (this time, Hasbro’s naval-combat pencil and paper-cum-board-turned-video game), you’re better here than with the idiotic Marvel’s The Avengers. To paraphrase a lyric from Guys and Dolls by the great Frank Loesser, “More than that I cannot wish you.” Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 9:01am

pop music

Rihanna Releases Two Singles With Chris Brown [Listen]

Last night–the evening of pop singer Rihanna’s birthday–she released two remixes of existing album tracks. From her album Talk That Talk came a remix of “Birthday Cake” featuring Chris Brown’s vocals; from Mr. Brown’s upcoming Fortune came “Turn Up the Music” featuring Rihanna’s vocals. The star-crossed, or something, musicians had been hinting through Twitter about Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 2/15/12 2:30pm

television

Mr. Brown (Getty Images)

Chris Brown Tweets To His Critics: “F— Off”

Chris Brown continues to showcase how much he’s learned from the all-too-brief public shaming after physically assaulting Rihanna–and Twitter continues to serve as a convenient conduit for celebrity embarrassment. Mr. Brown, who went on a Twitter jag after criticism of the Grammys’ allowing him to perform just three years after his attack, wrote a series Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 2/12/12 7:53pm

the grammys

Adele at tonight's Grammys (Getty Images)

The Observer Liveblogs the Grammys

Tonight’s Grammys are to feature a tribute to Whitney Houston and a comeback-from-surgery performance by heavily-favored multiple nominee Adele. We’ll be watching closely to see if the British chanteuse can claim Record, Song, and Album of the Year–or if other big nominees like Bon Iver (for the song “Holocene”) and Foo Fighters (for the album Read More

2/11/12 3:26pm

Fashion Week Observed

Julie Ragolia and Carlos Campos at his autumn 2011 presentation.

Stylist and Fashion Consultant Julie Ragolia Goes Giddy for Barney’s and Hates on Bloggers

 

 

Julie Ragolia has seen more stars in their skivvies than you could dream of! After sinking her teeth at MTV and a slew of glossies eons ago, she moved up the nasty and competitive ladder of fashion editorial… These days, she serves as the fashion editor of 7th Man Magazine and styles mega-stars, such as Rihanna and Sean Combs. Despite his Napoleon complex, street photo Scott Schuman even made her the cover girl of his treasured tome, The Satorialist. The Observer tried to find out if she gets to sleep with any celebs and what exactly stylists do aside from playing with clothes and acting bitchy in the Prada showroom… Read More