Rihanna says that her recent work with Chris Brown is only due to him being one of the hottest singers in R&B. During her appearance on Ryan Seacrest's show, she noted that Brown was the only one who made sense to help her with "Birthday Cake". »»
Amidst all his other personal issues, Chris Brown is now accused of stealing a phone. Brown allegedly snatched the phone from a fan who was trying to take his picture with it. If he's convicted, he faces jail time for violating his original proba »»
Despite months of good behavior and not beating a single girlfriend since his initial arrest, Chris Brown must still be supervised by a probation officer. The judge noted that despite making good strides towards being a better human being and compl »»
And who wouldn't want her on top? Rihanna's new release We Found Love has reached the number one spot on the Billboard chart for the third week. This was the first release off of her new album Talk That Talk, her second release You Da One came up 73 »»
This years American Music Awards are set to air November 20th on ABC. The list of artists added to the performance lineup is growing quickly. So far the list includes Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, LMFAO, Pitbull, Chris Brown, and Marc An »»
Chris Brown and Beyonce lead the nomination list for the upcoming Soul Train Awards. Each artist has five nominations, as does Kanye West. The awards will be taped on November 17 and shown on BET 10 days later. »»
Last Wednesday, Chris Brown and Bow Wow took their entourage to the King of Diamonds strip club in Miami. They gave several women working $5000 a piece for entertaining them. They also spent a ton of cash on booze for their friends, and stayed for ho »»
In a recent interview with Esquire magazine, Rihanna said that hating Chris Brown was "taking up too much of her time" and she has moved past it, and now listens to his music again. Brown was sentenced to five years' probation after beating Rihanna »»
Rihanna's new single will be called "We Found Love", reports Billboard.com. Her sixth album, still untitled, will be released before the end of the year, and the single will drop on October 11. Rihanna made the announcement on Twitter in response »»
WENN reports that "Chris Brown has won the approval of a Los Angeles judge after working hard to complete his required domestic violence classes stemming from his brutal attack on ex-girlfriend Rihanna." Read the full story here. »»
Being the music fan that I am, I’ve compiled a list of artists that I expect to see albums from this year. For some of them, I’m just being greedy. For others, I think that something new is due. And for still others, albums have been announced, so I’m well within my rights to have expectations. ... »»
As much as I want to remember Roc-A-Fella in its prime, anytime I hear the name I just think about how ugly things got over the years. I think about Kanye planting that knife in Dame's back. I think about Dame being petty and not giving Jay what he wanted. I think about Jay letting nonsense overshadow friendship. ... »»
While ex-flame Chris Brown is busy pretending to break a sweat while serving his community service sentence, Rihanna is wasting no time getting out on the town to show off that pierced nipple that was such a hit last year. ... »»
...or, RIHANNA GIVES HER BOOBS INDEPENDENCE FOR THE 4TH OF JULY. (credit: ... »»
I can't imagine that Cassie was particularly happy when her nude photos (leaked last week, quite possibly by her) ended up getting overshadowed by a subsequent crop of nude photos, allegedly of fellow R&B/pop singer and Chris Brown punching bag Rihanna. ... »»
Lily Allen's latest scuffle with paparazzi has prompted her to file a court injunction barring them from following her, while Radiohead's Thom Yorke fights back against a couple of the music industry's spoiled brats... »»
Apparently not happy with only spending 90 days in prison, rapper DMX is still bringing the shenanigans, and is now being charged with assault after throwing a tantrum, and a tray of food, at a corrections officer, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. ... »»
Although police have not officially confirmed the identity of woman who was involved in an altercation after which singer Chris Brown was arrested on domestic violence felony battery charges, all signs would point to it being girlfriend Rihanna, and an inside source with the LAPD has allegedly told the Los Angeles Times that this is indeed the case. ... »»
It's almost Christmas time again and that means you will start to see Christmas-themed films creep into your local theater or movie rental store. Released around Christmas 2007, This Christmas finally arrives on home video a year later. For any hardcore movie-watcher, upon viewing the trailer for this film, or even cover of the DVD, you would immediately think that this has to be a Tyler Perry film. All of the trademark Perry things seems to be in This Christmas including a mostly all African-American cast with strong family values and plenty of secrets and drama to be revealed. All that seems to be missing is Madea herself, but surprise, This Christmas is not a Tyler Perry film. »»
Screen Gems has set Michael Ealy, Steve Harris, Jay Hernandez, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Zoe Saldana and Johnathon Schaech to join the ensemble cast of the crime drama Bone Deep. Shooting began this week, reports Variety. »»
These aren't really the clearest images, but they're definitely clear enough to show us all something that Rihanna's been hiding from everyone except probably Chris Brown. ... »»
After an extended bout of label drama, including one shelved release and another inexplicably entitled Country Boy, Richardson is going independent in an attempt to cash in on the kiddie R&B sound made popular by acts like Chris Brown. ... He definitely has a future—perhaps a long one—but, the hope here is that his music evolves with him and targets an audience that can really appreciate his all-around talent. ... »»
Well, party people, I'm getting old. A few weekends ago I found myself writhing in pain due to an inflamed knee that I had aggravated while playing basketball. And it's been a tough few months for me—I've found myself being angry, sad and frustrated and the only thing that seems to move me along out of my somber moods is music. Part of my frustration comes from not being able to play basketball the way I want to. Stupid aging... Anyway, family crises have also been the cause of my melancholy but music still makes it through to my core and settles me somewhat. For that, I stay thankful.
In the meantime, there are two things I'd like to discuss: why in my absence from this column I cannot seem to escape the bubbly digital voice of performers on the radio (Lil Wayne, Akon, Wyclef, Chris Brown, the infamous T-Pain, The Dream, Rihanna, Madonna and others). In fact, the number of people and songs that have that voice effect has grown exponentially.
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Hellfire and bustification, it's about damn time I came back. For those who didn't read 411, I'm Ryan T. Murphy; I used to write this column over there in 2003, as well as the Murphy Mondays news column. I'd like to thank good ol' J.R. Fernandez and Johnny 'Dro for bringin' me back. For the noobs, I like to call Short Attention Span Theater an e-zine rather than a column. As the name suggests, I jump all over the place, with short opinion pieces on music (and possibly a sliver of movie opinions; not to step on the collective toes of Popcorn Junkies, it won't be a main focus). I cover all genres of music although I have a healthy bias toward punk, reggae and Southern rock. And I'm an unbelievably opinionated prick, so if I say something that offends you or that you disagree with, good.
Oh and don't expect pictures, I'm still in the fetal stage of these fancy computer writin's.
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