Singer Rihanna has work on the brain, not retirement

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Rihanna would like to clear a few things up.
As the superstar singer and entrepreneur promotes her new Fenty hair line, she’s also been speaking out about some of the things floating around in the air of pop culture.
For example, she caused a bit of a frenzy recently after she was spotted wearing a t-shirt dress which read, “I’m Retired.”
“That was just me looking into the future. I’m not retired. I just like that dress,” Rihanna told “Extra.” “I got it as a gift and I loved it… They didn’t read the second line, I’m not retired, I’m just retired from dressing up — it’s a lot of effort.”
“Wait for the ‘I Quit’ t-shirt,” she joked.
Rihanna last released an album in 2016 with “AntI.” She’s been plenty busy growing both her Fenty empire and her family with rapper A$AP Rocky.
The longtime couple have two sons, RZA, who was born in May 2022, and Riot, who was born in August 2023.
Rihanna told Extra she would love to have a daughter.
“A spicy little girl would be so fun,” she said.
That doesn’t mean immediately, however.
“Can I get my six-pack back first?” she joked to “E! News.”
She was even more specific when talking to “Entertainment Tonight.”
“I’m not pregnant, if that’s what you’re asking,” she told the outlet.
She also said she’s working on new music and beseeched fans to “give me a second!”
– CNN

McCartney to play first UK tour dates since 2018

Sir Paul McCartney, pictured below, has announced his first UK tour dates since 2018, with shows in Manchester and London this December.
They will be the first British shows of his long-running Got Back Tour, which sees the star playing hits from across his career – from the Beatles’ debut single Love Me Do, to Wings’ Band On The Run, and solo hits like Coming Up and Dance Tonight.
The tour kicked off in April 2022 and has so far made more than $200m (£158m) at the box office. Sir Paul said he was “excited to be ending my year” back at home.
“It’s always such a special feeling to play shows on our home soil,” he said in a statement. “Let’s get set to party. I can’t wait to see you.”
The 81-year-old will play at Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena on 14 and 15 December, and at London’s O2 Arena on 18 and 19 December.
Sir Paul simultaneously announced dates in Paris and Madrid.
The UK dates will be his first since headlining Glastonbury in 2022, when he was joined on stage by Bruce Springsteen and Dave Grohl.
During an emotional three-hour set, he brought new life to the classic hits that established him as the planet’s most successful and influential living songwriter.
He also sang a virtual duet with John Lennon, played Something on George Harrison’s own ukulele, and blew the fireworks budget for a thrilling Live And Let Die.
Watched by 100,000 fans at Worthy Farm and 2.7 million people on BBC One, the show was hailed as “one of the greatest gigs of all time” by the Times and “about as thrilling as pop music gets” by the Guardian. – BBC

Costner’s surprising Yellowstone confession

Kevin Costner, pictured, has revealed the likelihood of him returning to Yellowstone following the drama surrounding his exit. The Hollywood star told CBS that he was willing to return to the hit Paramount series, which recently started production on the second half of its fifth and final season.
“Yeah, if I liked the story, where it was going, I would go back,” Costner admitted.
He further clarified that he didn’t have to leave the show to complete his new movie, Horizon, despite previous claims.
“I did everything that I was contracted to do with Yellowstone,” he explained.
Costner played rancher John Dutton for four and a half seasons before he exited the series and started working on his western movie Horizon: an American Saga.
His latest remarks come after the 69-year-old actor said last month that he “lived up” to his contract despite ongoing speculation to the contrary.
He also opened up about the series of events that led to the demise of his time on the series.
– news.com.au

Joe says breakup with Taylor Swift was ‘a hard thing to navigate’

Joe Alwyn is speaking publicly for the first time about the end of his years-long relationship with Taylor Swift.
In a new interview with the Sunday Times, Alwyn said that he understands “people’s curiosity” about his life but hopes that “anyone and everyone can (empathize) and understand the difficulties that come with the end of a long, loving, fully committed relationship of over six and a half years.”
“That is a hard thing to navigate,” he added. “What is unusual and abnormal in this situation is that, one week later, it’s suddenly in the public domain and the outside world is able to weigh  in.”
Swift and Alwyn were first linked romantically in 2016 and broke up in April 2023.
Swift has been dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce since September.
In April, Swift released “The Tortured Poets Department,” an album that includes a number of songs that listeners suspect reference her relationship with Alwyn.
The “Kinds of Kindess” actor did not say in the interview whether he has listened to the album, but said, “There is always going to be a gap between what is known and what is said. I have made my peace with that.” – CNN

JLo posts Father’s Day tribute to Ben Affleck: ‘Our hero’

Jennifer Lopez is celebrating the dad heroes in her life. The Atlas star paid tribute on social media to her husband Ben Affleck, pictured, and her own dad, David Lopez.
“Our hero. Happy Father’s Day,” Lopez wrote on a black-and-white photo of Affleck in a fighter plane, which appeared to be from his 2001 movie Pearl Harbor.
The image was followed by a black-and-white photo of her father in a truck, on which she wrote, “Happy Father’s Day, Daddy.”
The post follows reports Affleck and Lopez, who have been married almost two years, are currently living in separate homes. Lopez recently canceled her plans for a summer concert tour, citing a need to spend time with her “children, family and close friends.”
“I am completely heartsick and devastated about letting you down.
– CNN