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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is encouraged by work in the Senate on immigration reform, and he will now use his bully pulpit during a speech in Las Vegas on Tuesday to push for concrete legislation, aides said on Monday.
Administration officials briefed reporters on the speech Monday evening, on the condition they not be quoted directly. Obama’s speech, which was announced on Friday, will come a day after a bipartisan group of eight senators — dubbed the “gang of eight” — released a framework for immigration reform.
The White House knew the Senate group was working toward an agreement, but they didn’t expect it to come so quickly, and did not think the president would have a concrete example of bipartisan agreement to point to in his speech, an official said.
Another official said the Senate group may have been sped along by the president’s announcement of his Las Vegas speech, but the White House does not suspect any ill will. Rather, it’s a good sign that lawmakers are jockeying for credit for immigration reform, the official said. Regardless of order, the president wants to see action, and he will acknowledge the senators’ announcement as a positive step.
There have been conflicting opinions about the president’s role in immigration reform, which Obama has made a top priority for his second term. Lawmakers have asked him to lead on the issue, but some want legislation and others want him to keep clear as bipartisan groups in both chambers find agreement.
The White House officials said they have worked on legislative language on immigration since 2009, but are unlikely to unveil it when progress is being made in Congress. Instead, Obama can push for reform in other ways, such as speaking to the public and meeting with lawmakers and interested parties, one official said.
The president’s speech on Tuesday will focus on his own framework for immigration reform, which largely aligns with the broad principles put forward by the gang of eight — although officials emphasized that Obama issued a blueprint with the same values in 2011. An aide said the president will go into more detail on Tuesday than he did then, but the speech will largely be about building momentum for reform in Congress.
Obama will press for immediate action, but not a specific timeline, according to one official. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), a member of the bipartisan senate group, said earlier on Monday that the senators hope for a bill in March or April, and then a vote by late spring or early summer.
A sale of “exceptional” surrealist art including a Joan Miro painting that has not been seen for more than half a century is set to raise millions of pounds next month.
The Barcelona-born painter’s 1939 work The Ladder of Escape is alone estimated to sell for around £8 million at the sale at Christie’s auction house in central London on 6 February.
It is the first time it has been offered for sale in almost 60 years and not seen in public for more than 50 years.
Other items in the sale including work by some of leading names of the Surrealist movement including Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte.
The entire auction has a pre-sale estimate of £30 million to £46.8 million.
Olivier Camu, Christie’s deputy chairman of Impressionist and Modern Art, said: “This pioneering movement of 20th century art now commands the attention of the global art market, with Christie’s auctions attracting new collectors each year from around the world and from other collecting areas, notably Contemporary art.
“We have witnessed a remarkable growth in demand since we held the inaugural standalone Dada and Surrealism sale in 1989 and established the first annual Art of the Surreal Sale in 2001.
“Surrealist and Dada art – and specifically the works in this sale – provide an unparalleled bridge for collectors. For those who love Impressionist and Modern Art, the works break new boundaries and look forcefully and creatively ahead; for collectors who love contemporary art they showcase the daring, challenging and innovative explorations of the artistic masterminds who set the foundations and context for many of the greatest contemporary and classic post-war artists.
“They sought, as Andre Breton its founder and chief spokesman stated, ‘to resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality’.”
With the Screen Actors Guild being the latest bash during awards season last night, the leading ladies were once again forced to turn on the glamour as the stars of the big and small screens turned out at the ceremony in LA.
Jessica Chastain led the pack as she went all Jessica Rabbit in a stunning floor-length red Alexander McQueen gown, with her hair styled the same as the cartoon temptress.
Jennifer Lawrence, Nicole Kidman and Lea Michele were also among those who hit the fashion high notes.
Meanwhile, the usually impeccably dressed Anne Hathaway had a rare red carpet fail with her Giambatissa Vialli dress, which looked as if it had her mother’s net curtains stuck to the bottom of it.
Other notable style blunders came from Glee’s Jane Lynch and Sigourney Weaver.
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Tiger Woods opened his 2013 PGA season with a victory in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Back on the course where he won the 2008 U.S. Open, Woods delivered a vintage 14-under performance amidst the fog that plagued the event, causing the fourth round to stretch into Monday. Although his struggles on the final holes brought him closer to the field on the leaderboard, Woods appeared in a class of his own throughout much of the tournament. Woods carried a six-shot lead into Monday with 11 holes to play.
Sporting his signature Sunday red shirt beneath a black vest as he played the South Course on Monday, Woods relegated Jimmy Walker, Nick Watney, Josh Teater and Brandt Snedeker to scrambling for second place. Although a double-bogey on the 15th hole and a bogey on 17 added a glimmer of drama to Woods’ final shots, Snedeker and Teater still finished four strokes back in a tie for second place.
Per PGA.com, Woods’ largest margin of victory was a 12-stroke triumph at the 1997 Masters. Before working through a bit of adversity toward the end of his last round, Woods had stretched his lead to eight strokes and looked like he could make a push for his fifth ever double-digit margin.
“It got a little ugly toward the end,” Woods said after the win. “I started losing patience a little bit with the slow play. I lost my concentration a little bit.”
Coming with far less drama than his Torrey Pines playoff win over Rocco Mediate at the ’08 Open, this was Woods’ eighth career win at Torrey Pines and his 75th PGA Tour win overall. The 37-year-old Woods began his 2013 campaign in Abu Dhabi last week but failed to make the cut after being penalized for incorrectly taking a drop during the second round.
“I think he wanted to send a message,” said Hunter Mahan, who finished at 6-under and tied for 15th place. “I think deep down he did. You play some games to try to motivate yourself. There’s been so much talk about Rory (McIlroy). Rory is now with Nike. That would be my guess.”
The Huffington Post | By Christopher Rosen
Each year, the SAG Awards honor the best actors on film and television, and the 2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony was no different.
Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence were among the movie stars nominated at the 19th annual SAG Awards. Once again, however, it was Ben Affleck who stole the show.
Affleck’s “Argo” took home the Outstanding Ensemble in a Motion Picture, upsetting “Lincoln” and “Silver Linings Playbook” to win the award. Following the film’s victory at the Producers Guild of America Awards on Saturday night, “Argo” is in prime position to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards on Feb. 24, this despite Affleck being snubbed in the Best Director category.
Lawrence solidified her status as Best Actress front-runner by grabbing the Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role for her performance in “Silver Linings Playbook”; Day-Lewis, also favored at the Oscars, won Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role for “Lincoln.”
Tommy Lee Jones won the first award of the night. The actor, who wasn’t at the ceremony, captured Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role for “Lincoln.” Anne Hathaway won the Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role trophy for “Les Miserables.” Accepting her award, Hathaway joked that she was happy to have dental insurance.
On the television side, Alec Baldwin won Outstanding Male Actor in a Lead Role for “30 Rock”; Tina Fey won the Outstanding Female Actor in a Lead Role for the same series. “Amy, I’ve known you since you were pregnant with Lena Dunham,” Fey joked during her acceptance to friend and fellow nominee Amy Poehler.
Despite those wins, “30 Rock” lost to “Modern Family” for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series. “Modern Family” star Jesse Tyler Ferguson thanked the casts of “30 Rock” and “The Office” for inspiration and general awesomeness, as both shows are going off the air after this season.
Julianne Moore won Outstanding Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries for playing Sarah Palin in “Game Change.” Kevin Costner was awarded with the Outstanding Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries for “Hatfields and McCoys.” Costner wasn’t at the SAG Awards ceremony.
After a flurry of early awards, Baldwin came back out on stage to announce Dick Van Dyke’s Screen Actors Guild lifetime achievement award.
Bryan Cranston kicked off the second half of the SAG Awards by winning Outstanding Male Actor in a Drama Series for “Breaking Bad.” He thanked his family, his cast and AMC.
Claire Danes won the Outstanding Female Actor in a Drama Series for “Homeland.”
“Downton Abbey” was an upset victor in the Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series, defeating “Mad Men,” “Breaking Bad,” “Homeland” and “Boardwalk Empire” for the honor.
The 2013 SAG Awards results could help clear up the very murky Oscar race. From previous HuffPost Entertainment coverage of the SAG Awards, via The Associated Press:
Honors from the actors union, next weekend’s Directors Guild of America Awards and Saturday night’s Producers Guild of America Awards – whose top honor went to “Argo” – typically help to establish clear favorites for the Oscars.But Oscar night on Feb. 24 looks more uncertain this time after some top directing prospects, including Ben Affleck for “Argo” and Kathryn Bigelow for “Zero Dark Thirty,” missed out on nominations. Both films were nominated for best picture, but a movie rarely wins the top Oscar if its director is not also in the running.
Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” would seem the Oscar favorite with 12 nominations. Yet “Argo” and Affleck were surprise best-drama and director winners at the Golden Globes, and then there’s Saturday’s Producers Guild win for “Argo,” leaving the Oscar race looking like anybody’s guess.
The Screen Actors Guild honors at least should help to establish solid front-runners for the stars. All four of the guild’s individual acting winners often go on to receive the same prizes at the Academy Awards.
Last year, “The Help” won Outstanding Ensemble in a Motion Picture, while Viola Davis, Jean Dujardin, Octavia Spencer and Christopher Plummer won the respective acting awards; all but Davis won on Oscar night (she lost to Meryl Streep for Best Actress).
Check out a full list of SAG Awards winners below, as the awards are announced:
Outstanding Ensemble in a Motion Picture: “Argo”
Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”
Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role: Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”
Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserables”
Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series: “Downton Abbey”
Outstanding Male Actor in a Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad”
Outstanding Female Actor in a Drama Series: Claire Danes, “Homeland”
Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series: “Modern Family”
Outstanding Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”
Outstanding Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
Outstanding Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries: Kevin Costner, “Hatfields & McCoys”
Outstanding Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries: Julianne Moore, “Game Change”
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture: “Skyfall”
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a TV Series: “Game of Thrones”
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art presents the third offering of its Director’s Discussion Series. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, director of the museum, will have a lively, engaging and thought-provoking discussion with Maya Angelou, world-renowned poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright and civil-rights activist. The discussion will be introduced by on-air personality Cortney Hicks of Washington, D.C.’s radio station Majic 102.3. The event will be held Friday, Feb. 1, at the Rasmuson Theater in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public. A full bio on Angelou is available here.
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Prince is speaking out about his new music, blasting Madonna and his former record label in the process.
Prince slams Madonna for taking all of the attention from their former record label, Warner Bros. Records. “It was always about Madonna,” he said to Billboard, explaining why he left Warner Bros. in 1999. “She was getting paid, but at the same time we were selling more records and selling out concerts on multiple nights.”
“Were” is really the key word, as Madonna has now sold roughly $300 million in records worldwide to Prince’s $100 million. Madonna has also had hits in the 21st century, so Prince’s comments sound like dated whining.
The two artists have a long-time feud that extends beyond Prince’s recent remark. Prince and Madonna briefly dated in the 1980s, and apparently it didn’t go well.
“[He] was a little troll,” she said during a 1994 interview, detailing one of their first dates. “He was just sipping tea, very daintily. I have this theory about people who don’t eat. They annoy me.”
Now, Prince continues to blame the Material Girl for the fizzle of his career in the 1990s, claiming she got most of the record label’s energy and superior marketing.
The comments follow on the heels of a leaked new Prince song, which made rounds on the Internet earlier this week. The track, called “Screwdriver,” was allegedly posted by his new background band, 3rdEyeGirl. Yet, Prince insists he knew nothing about the song. Perhaps the notoriously antisocial artist is finally learning how to market in the digital age – where an accidental leak is just another way to strum publicity.
Prince is also apparently “done” with labels entirely, scoffing “I don’t do albums anymore — I don’t have a deal. I do songs.”
Read more: Popular Critic
“Congratulations,” Bill Cosby told a roomful of jazz patrons on Wednesday, near the outset of the opening-night concert at the SFJazz Center here. “This is your place, you know.”
The crowd, which filled the 700-seat Robert N. Miner Auditorium, laughed appreciatively at Cosby’s line, which was no less welcome for being obvious.
The SFJazz Center, a $64 million performance space, proudly billed as the first stand-alone building designed for jazz in this country, was being consecrated in the presence of assorted board members, capital donors and series subscribers, who all had a stake in the project. But the concert, which was broadcast on radio by WBGO and WWOZ (and online by NPR Music), was also intended for a larger audience of the jazz faithful, a global audience. If all goes as planned, this is to be their place too.
SFJazz, the Bay Area nonprofit organization devoted to presenting this art form, is celebrating its 30th season this year, and Randall Kline, its founder and executive artistic director, wanted the evening’s festivities to showcase long-standing bonds. So the concert featured musicians who have a history with the organization, including tenor saxophonists Joshua Redman and Joe Lovano and pianists McCoy Tyner and Chick Corea. Each of this season’s five resident artistic directors — guitarist Bill Frisell, pianist Jason Moran, violinist Regina Carter, percussionist John Santos and alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón — had some integral part to play.
Several of the evening’s highlights were touched by serendipity. Corea and Frisell, who had never played together before, fashioned an exquisite duo improvisation on the standard “It Could Happen to You.” The bassist Esperanza Spalding played for the first time with Corea and drummer Jeff Ballard. Tyner led a heavyweight quartet — with Lovano, Spalding and drummer Eric Harland — in a version of his 1970s staple “Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit.” And Moran teamed up with Harland for a spikily abstracted take on Fats Waller’s “Yacht Club Swing.”
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January 23, 2013 | Posted by Kevin Webb
Rosa Parks will be honored with a commemorative stamp on what would have been her 100th birthday, Feb. 4. The U.S. Postal Service will host a pair of unveiling ceremonies for the stamp at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, and the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. The Wright Museum will be the first to sell the “Rosa Parks Forever” stamp to event-goers after a dedication ceremony starting at 7:30 a.m. Large crowds are expected to attend both events as a part of a celebration named The National Day of Courage.
The Henry Ford Museum is home to the bus that Rosa Parks made history on in December 1955. Her refusal to move to the back of the bus for a white customer violated Jim Crow laws in Montgomery, Ala., and sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, one of the most pivotal demonstrations of the civil rights movement. Parks moved to Detroit with her husband Raymond two years later, and lived in the city until she died in 2005 at the age of 92.
“Stamp collectors and other people travel to events like this because they want to be part of history,” Don Neal told USA Today. Neal is a editor of Reflections, a newsletter that focuses on stamp collections about black people. ”All of these things have value to collectors. It’s kind of a neat thing to go to.”
With President Barack Obama sworn in, it’s time to return to a more pressing matter: The bitter in-house dispute between Tavis Smiley, Cornel West and half of black America.
One would think those long-simmering tensions would begin subsiding now that the first black president’s final term is freshly secured. Yet the very public debate over Obama’s handling of his first term remains intense – vicious even – and for all the wrong reasons.
For some time now, Smiley and West have loudly complained that the president is insensitive to the plight of the poor. In fact, the condemnations continued right on up to Inauguration Day.
West, a scholar and activist, was quoted in The New York Times, as usual, spewing venom at Obama. This time, West objected to the president using Martin Luther King Jr.’s Bible during his swearing-in ceremony. King, he said, fought fiercely for the downtrodden while the president “has a compromising kind of temperament.”
Not to be outdone, black defenders of Obama continue firing attacks at West and Smiley, a radio talk show host and businessman. In a recent article, submitted to Atlanta Black Star, one blogger even sought to tie Smiley to a multimillion dollar settlement, which Wells Fargo Bank agreed to pay for discriminating against blacks and Hispanics.
Granted, Wells Fargo has sponsored some of his ventures, but Smiley has not been implicated in the discrimination case.
That didn’t seem to matter to Eric L. Wattree. He wrote: “What makes it particularly ironic that Tavis Smiley would be associated with this scheme to target poor and middle-class minorities is that Smiley is the primary promoter of what he calls “The Poverty Tour,” along with his friend and associate, former Princeton professor, Cornel West.”
All this bickering would be well worth ignoring except for this: It distracts from substantive issues that Smiley and West were trying to make in the first place. In addition to charging that Obama has routinely snubbed the poor, West and Smiley insist the president has been attentive to gays, women and Latinos, while discounting African-Americans, his most loyal constituency.
By my measure, those are valid points to be considered. So why have we not been engaging in substantive debate?
The explanation is at once simple and complicated.
One reason blacks are so protective of Obama relates to the power of race and symbolism. As the first black president, Obama serves as a living monument to African-American achievement and pride.
And then there is this: Since day one of his first term, the president and his entire family have been subjected to unrelenting attacks, even by white colleagues on Capitol Hill.
Why, then, the reasoning goes, should blacks toss more gasoline on that racist fire?
Timing is another factor that has led African-Americans to rebuff complaints leveled by Smiley and West. Understandably, blacks have been reluctant to give voice to frustration with the president, especially during election seasons when public criticism could cost him a race.
As it relates to Smiley and West, style has been an influence, too. No one can deny that they are committed to the welfare of African-Americans. At times, though, both men have appeared clumsy and mean-spirited in making the case that blacks – like every other interest group – should both assess and demand something of their president. In that sense, Smiley and West have undercut the substance of their own critiques by feeding the perception that they are petty and ego-driven.
For instance, Smiley first began criticizing Obama years ago, when he failed to attend Smiley’s State of Black Union event. For his part, West blasted Obama because he couldn’t get extra tickets for the 2009 inauguration.
Worst still, West in particular went over the top with his reference to Obama as a blackface caricature. That was needlessly disrespectful. It served as yet another lightning rod for discourse about anything but Obama’s job performance.
The most disturbing aspect of the whole family circus relates to blacks’ willful blindness. West and Smiley aside, some African-Americans won’t tolerate any critique of Obama, no matter the merit or source.
I happen to agree with West and Smiley’s point that Obama has practically ignored the poor. That’s not an endorsement of those two men. It is an acknowledgment of the need for blacks to be more politically astute.
The fact is, Obama is a politician, not a preacher or an activist. History has shown that any group that bestows blind trust on an elected official does so at its own peril.
Remember how cozy we got with saxophone-playing Bill Clinton? Even as blacks fondly referred to him as the first black president, “Slick Willie” did more back-room damage to African-Americans than most people will ever know.
With Obama’s final term underway, all of this in-house squabbling may soon be rendered moot. In remarks made during his inauguration speech, Obama seemed to signal a political shift. For the first time in his presidency, I actually heard him say it: He said the nation has an obligation to help the poor.
Moving forward, let’s hope he also feels free to take more assertive action regarding blacks and issues such as discrimination and the flawed criminal justice system.
Maybe then Smiley and West will settle down. And the rest of us can watch and – Lord knows – assess.
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What does art meaningful was ;
A lot of people had been enjoying how to draw and also people learn it by many ways that’s easy for them to do. People that are int rested in art they will had to learn in many schools or in many classes about art. People make enjoy art by their own immigrations or their own ideas about games, videos and also other thing that can attached the people from buying it. Art is a way that you can draw and don’t need to do anything and some thing that can be important for them to do. That’s how show how important that art can be to a person that loves art.
What people think about art?
Many people like to draw pictures and some people don’t like arts for some reasons.Some people like to go to school that might have art and also people can go to study for their majors. Also their feelings for art and any subjects can effect on other students as well.People say that if a person don’t like it will make a less people to join in a place that people that will join in. Also I’ll explain how people can make a group of people don’t like the name or the schools.
Some people use their talents for entering schools like for having better schools and also people can use it for their credits for any better schools. Another example was that is one of art that’s called Digital Art because it show some of the people that like art can use the digital technology and also they presentation process and also they use computer art and also they use multimedia art and also they use a larger umbrella term new media art. One of the article that’s Capt.Billy’s Whiz- Bang, that show about the songs that was mention about “Trouble” and that’s from “The Music Man.”
People can love arts and also people can use it as for many songs and also music can use it as talents are. Another example was by using technology can be use for painting, drawing and sculpture, and also while new their own form by net art and also people can use digital installation art and also people can use virtual reality and also they can become a great artistic practices was.
What does art means?
Art is the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; “an art exhibition,” or another ways is a fine collection of art that people can buy. People think say that art can be use as various form for the biggest source of the ability to have some connected to the world.People think it’s easy to feel alone about the narrow circle of daily life times was and people found out that it can be a easy way to know more about. Arts can be as a story like a child books that can be use for reading to children. Art can be mean to other people in many ways. People can use sites for open door policy and it means that it can be use for anything. Some people think about something like a dreams that might come true and something that important to them about their own experiences about something that they found out.
What kind of materials that people can use it on?
People can use art works for clothes,games video’s , most things that people can buy at like a stores that can make people come here to buy and get more money so they can sell to any places. People can use it online for magazines and also for artist portfolios, journals, interviews and also for many other forms of information to assist in their own decision making from. People can use art for anything and also people might like and also to make a blue prints for a buildings and also tools for little kids and adults might like to see about art. Many people spend their time to make art works and also people might to buy it for many costs and anything that they feel like buying and also people can think about that. That’s what type of materials that people can use for art and their works that they did and also it spend a lot of their times.
What do I think about art :
I think art is a way of relaxing way that people can use their mind as a piece of works in their own life. I think art is a way to show your talents to people and art is something that makes us more thoughtful and well-rounded humans. Also art can be a form and context and related to the elements of art and also you can actual have physical materials and also to see what artist has used. I think art is way that people can used to show your values and also people can use feeling and also people can learn by having good positions and stay force so you can understand about how do people draw so well.
The Conclusion :
Many people may not like art and people may wanted to designed their own games and their own ideas about some thing that can be in-resting to do over. Also people want to know more about what art is to them. Also people may or may not understand about art. That’s how people should learn more about art and also people should know why people like to draw art.
The Huffington Post | By Christina Anderson
All eyes were on the White House this Monday with the 2013 Inauguration. We were laser-focused on Michelle Obama’s style choices, and, as usual, FLOTUS didn’t disappoint. We don’t know which look we loved more, her Thom Browne coat dress or her Jason Wu gown. Beyoncé was equally dramatic in a black Emilio Pucci gown and Lorraine Schwartz emerald earrings that almost stole the show.
Elsewhere we saw celebrities take a more understated approach to fashion, wearing black fitted suits that play to a masculine-inspired style, while remaining totally feminine (who knew Kim Kardashian could look so great in a suit?). But above all, bold red lipstick was the best accessory of the week.
Check out our picks for the week’s best-dressed celebrities, and keep clicking to see previous weeks’ contenders. Also, don’t forget to head over to our roundup of the week’s worst-dressed.
We’re starting to think that Rihanna‘s nipple ring is her favorite accessory.
The 24-year-old singer and budding fashion designer brought her typical sexy outfit A-game to hot Hollywood spot Eden on Thursday night. (At the same time, presciently, Taylor Swift and Jennifer Lopez were wearing especially revealing dresses. Did they have a three-way call where they planned this?)
Rihanna’s long-sleeved frock may have had sub-elbow sleeves, but that’s about all that was modest about it, as the fabric revealed her skimpy black underwear and totally-not-even-there bra.
Not that we’re surprised to see a sheer dress from the person who posts topless photos on her Instagram on the regs and goes out in New York wearing only a lacy sheer bra. Hey, we suppose nipple rings DO go with everything.
