The night before the 2009 Grammy Awards, Chris Brown brutally assaulted his then-girlfriend Rihanna, leaving her battered and bloodied. The world was outraged by Brown's actions and many people will never forgive him, but Rihanna is, surprisingly, not one of those people. The pop superstar and actress recently appeared on Oprah Winfrey's new show, Oprah's Next Chapter, where she tearfully revealed that she has "forgiven" Brown and that she is "still close" to him. Never one to shy away from controversial topics, Sam Rubin asked his latest Hollywood Uncensored celebrity guests whether Rihanna made a bad movie, PR-wise, publicly forgiving Brown. Click on the video above to hear Omari Hardwick (Sparkle) explain why Rihanna's appearance on Oprah was "smart to do" and to hear Jerry Springer give his final thought on celebrities mixing their personal and public lives.
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It has long been suspected, but People magazine has finally made it official: Beyoncé Knowles is the Most Beautiful Woman of 2012. The full list of 100 beauties will be available when the magazine hits newsstands on Friday, but so far People has revealed that the list will include Christina Hendricks, Madeline Stowe, Miranda Lambert, Kate Middleton, and Charlize Theron.
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Yesterday, the Kardashians signed a $40M deal with E! to extend their reality shows another three years. That deal only applies to existing shows; if new shows are created for the family, Kim, Khloe, Kourtney, Kris, Bruce, Kendall, Kylie, and/or Rob could be looking at even more money. In other news, mass layoffs affected over 100,000 Americans last month.***
Last night, President Barack Obama took on some new duties. The President appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to slow jam the news, discuss Secret Service "knuckleheads," and be declared the "POTUS with the most-est." Election season can be pretty fun sometimes.
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Supermodel and reality show host Heidi Klum went nude for a new Astor cosmetics ad. The beauty donned only head-to-toe body paint that took 12 hours to complete. That's longer than the time allotted to complete a whole outfit for most Project Runway challenges.
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Last weekend, Alfonso Ribeiro led a 'Carlton Dance' flash mob in LA. According to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air actor's Twitter page, it was the world's largest simultaneous flash mob, with the same moves being performed by participants in over 300 countries.
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And last, in we'd-rather-not-have-to-report-this news, Chris Brown has become an amateur pit bull breeder. What's next, a duet with Michael Vick?
Posted 04.25.12 by Mandy