Rihanna was spotted stepping out with her bff Melissa for dinner at an Italian restaurant out in Santa Monica. She is currently out there with Cold Play filming the music video for the track “Princess Of China”.

Rihanna got inked up in NYC by tattoo artist, Bang Bang, and his soon-to-be-opened tattoo parlor on the Lower East Side. While there on Thursday, Rihann aked for a tiny cross on the left side of her collarbone.

“We cut the color with water, so it’ll end up being light — like the “rebelle” tattoo on her neck,” Bang Bang, 26, describes to Us Weekly about the star’s new ink. He adds that she decided to place her tattoo on her collarbone because it’s easy for her to hide with a necklace but also can be in plain sight. “She loved it,” Bang Bang, who has done around 12 of her various tattoos including the “Shhh” one on her finger, tells Us. “She always flips out [when it's done] and jumps up and down like a 16-year-old girl getting her first car.”

Bang Bang, who is the man behind the ink on Katy Perry, Russell Brand, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and other stars, has been tattooing since he was 19 years old and celebrates the opening of “the largest tattoo shop in NYC” this spring.

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… And that is because she needs protection from Rihanna stans. It seems like things are getting that serious where Karreuche is afraid to leave her house  because she has been receiving death threats from her Rihanna fans. According to TMZ, they reported that close friends of Karreuche said “Karreuche will only venture out with some of Brown’s bodyguards in tow after  several fans bombarded her with hateful messages, telling her to “watch yo back”  and threatening to kill her”.

This is a little to drastic for me but I guess everyone on both ends Karreuche and Rihanna need to chill out and someone needs to speaks to the loyal fans as well because these little back and forth kiddie games fighting over Chris is retarded and now the fans are getting involved so things need to end.

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Assuming a video will be released within the next week or so, yesterday video stills of Drake’s upcoming video “Take Care” shows him and Rihanna also featured on the track in the video hugging. The video was actually shot during the superbowl which now seems ages ago, and Drake spoke on how he wants this video to be the best he ever done to date.

The latest commercial under Armani features Rihanna in a black and white video waking up out of bed to get dressed and prepare to hit the airport. The commerical is for the latest advertisement for Armani Jeans. And just when you think we would’ve gotten a “Cake” remix video with Chris Brown, her staff has said other wise as she tweeted this pic of herself back to black (hair that is) for her latest video shoot for the track “Where have you been”.

Rihanna was swagged out in her “BOY” clothing on the Jonathan Ross show. Rihanna sat down with Jonathan and talked about her music, her life, and much more, she then performed her next single off the album “Talk That Talk”.

The rumors about Chris Brown and Rihanna canoodling at her private birthday party may or may not be true, but one thing for sure is that they are in contact with each other again. Chris Brown made sure he got Rihanna on his latest single “Turn Up The Music”, and at the end Rihanna does a little gigle, saying “you make me laugh”. Wonder what CB’s girl thinks about this hmmm? Either way I’m happy they can be adults and make good music, because I actually like this collab !!

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Also Rihanna finally finished the whole Cake and made it a remix featuring Chris Brown….This I have to say is a amazing collab!!! Just listen to it !!

Rihanna dressed in army fatigue was spotted leaving the recording studio out in LA. I am assuming she will be making an appearance at the Grammy’s on tomorrow.

Also out in LA with a new look was Ciara as she was spotted with her doggies headed to the Salon. Later on that evening she was spotted with a new hair look at Tricky Stewart’s Pre-Grammy Party.

Rihanna was seen with a new look, blonde hair do as she was all smiles with her bff Melissa as she sat courtside of the Denver Nuggets vs. LA Clippers game the other night. She was wearing an oversized off the shoulder sweater with some black thigh high leather boots. And I highly doubted she wore any bottoms as she probably used the sweater as a dress.