Mar 6

Rihanna, singer Kelly Rowland and NBA star Paul Pierce are helping get the word out to help a 6-year-old New York City girl Jasmina Anema who has a rare and deadly form of leukemia. The organized help campaign is called One For Jasmina.

Jasmina Anema’s best chances for beating the disease is a bone-marrow transplant. Jasmina is adopted so the option of family members as donors is not there. People can help to spread the world with One For Jasmina campaign.

This Saturday a bone marrow drive is being held for Jasmina in hopes of finding a match.

Jasmina’s mother, Theodora Anema, is hoping thousands of people show up.

The One for Jasmina Web site (oneforjasmina.com) has information about the donor drive, as well as how to become a donor by requesting a simple kit.

Source: EmaxHealth

Mar 6

Chris Brown has been charged with two felonies stemming from the argument with Rihanna, court documents show.

Brown was expected to be arraigned Thursday afternoon on charges of assault likely to cause great bodily injury and making criminal threats. The 19-year-old R&B singer remains free on $50,000 bail.

The felony complaint in court Thursday morning identifies Brown’s alleged victim only as “Robyn F.” Rihanna’s full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty.

If convicted, the possible sentence ranges anywhere from probation to four years and eight months in state prison, said district attorney spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons.

Source: AP

Mar 3

Celebrity photographers are jostling for proof of the apparent reconciliation of Chris Brown and Rihanna, whose stormy relationship has fascinated and stunned fans and feminists.

Photo agencies said on Monday that the first picture of the couple together again, three weeks after Brown’s alleged assault on his girlfriend, would fetch at least $100,000.

Francois Navarre, owner of photo agency X17, said a shot of Rihanna and her 19 year-old boyfriend is one of the most sought after in the celebrity news world — right behind an elusive, idyllic family photo of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie with their six children.

People and Us Weekly have reported that Brown, whose hits include “Run It!” and “Kiss Kiss”, and Barbados-born Rihanna, 21, spent the past weekend in Miami. E! Online reported that paparazzi in helicopters buzzed over the private estate where they were reported to be staying, trying to get photos.

“Dysfunction sells, crazy sells and the more people’s relationships seems to be out of whack, everyone is just fascinated to watch them to see how it unravels,” said Elayne Rapping, a professor and pop culture expert with University at Buffalo of the State University of New York.

Los Angeles prosecutors have yet to decide whether to formally charge Brown over the February 8 incident, which forced both stars to cancel their Grammy appearances the next day.

California law allows prosecutors to charge an individual with domestic violence, even if the couple reunites.

Source: Reuters

Mar 2

Mar 2

Rihanna and Chris B. are competing against each other in the best song category at the upcoming Kids’ Choice Awards. Chris Brown is nominated for his No. 1 single “Kiss Kiss,” while Rihanna contends with “Don’t Stop the Music.” The other nominees are Beyonce (”Single Ladies”) and Katy Perry (”I Kissed a Girl”). Voting begins at the official website on Today, March 2.

Source: TheEnvelope

Mar 1

The pair have reunited almost three weeks after Brown allegedly battered Rihanna on Feb. 8, a source tells PEOPLE.

“They’re together again. They care for each other,” says the source. The on-again couple are currently spending time together at one of Sean “Diddy” Combs’s homes, on Miami Beach’s Star Island.

Adds the source: “While Chris is reflective and saddened about what happened, he is really happy to be with the woman he loves.”

In its latest issue, PEOPLE reports that Brown called Rihanna on her 21st birthday one week ago. “He called to wish her happy birthday,” a source told the magazine. “They’ve reached out to each other. It’s been mutual.”

Brown was booked by LAPD for making criminal threats but the case has not yet been presented to the District Attorney, who will ultimately determine which charges, if any, will be prosecuted.

Source: people