Continuing along on Kanye West’s Glow in the Dark tour, Rihanna entertained a packed house at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia last night (May 10).

And while she’s been tied up with touring as of late, you can expect a break in the Umbrella singer’s hectic schedule sometime in the near future.

“I already told everyone in my camp, ‘This year, I’m not going to work like a horse,’” Rihanna told press.

The 20-year-old Barbados beauty adds: “In 2007 I didn’t really get to enjoy anything that I achieved, because I was moving, moving, moving.”

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Exhausted from her busy schedule last year Barbadian singer Rihanna is now planning to relax in the rest of 2008. In an interview to Elle magazine, the 20-year-old singer revealed that she would not be working like a horse this year. “I already told everyone in my camp, ‘This year, I’m not going to work like a horse,’” Contactmusic quoted Rihanna, as saying.

The ‘Umbrella’ singer admits that she barely remembers picking up an award at the 10 February (08) ceremony, because she was so tired and couldn”t enjoy her success even when partner Jay-Z asked her how she felt. In 2007 I didn’t really get to enjoy anything that I achieved, because I was moving, moving, moving,” she said.

“Jay was asking me, ‘How does it feel? How does it feel? How does it feel?’ I was like, ‘When I get home and I lock my room and there’s silence, I’ll tell you how I feel then,’” she added.

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Multi-platinum MTV VMA, Grammy, and American Music Award winning artist – and CoverGirl spokesperson – Rihanna raises the curtain on the upcoming new CD+DVD U.S. re-release of her worldwide multi-platinum SRP/Def Jam album ‘Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded,’ arriving in stores on June 17th – the week after the album officially marks its historic 52nd week on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Rihanna christens the deluxe new ‘Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded’ two-disc package with a new single, “Take A Bow.” The number one most requested song on the internet, ia available on I-Tunes today.

“Take A Bow” was written by fellow Def Jam artist Ne-Yo and produced by Stargate, same team responsible for Rihanna’s “Unfaithful,” her #1 smash of 2006; and “Hate That I Love You,” her Top 10 duet with Ne-Yo released late last year. The video for “Take A Bow,” directed by Anthony Mandler, went into immediate large rotation on both MTV and VH-1.

The original 12-song CD configuration of ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’ - source of the non-stop string of hit singles that began with the MTV VMA and Grammy Award-winning global #1 hit “Umbrella” (featuring Jay-Z), then “Shut Up and Drive,” “Hate That I Love You” (featur­ing Ne-Yo), and the current “Don’t Stop the Music” – will now be augmented with four bonus tracks: 1) “Take A Bow”; 2) a cover version of Maroon 5’s “If I Never See Your Face Again” (featur­ing Maroon 5); 3) “Hatin’ On the Club”; and 4) “Disturbia.”

The newly-produced bonus DVD for ‘Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded’ will consist of three components: 1) 75 minutes of live concert footage from a show in Manchester, England last December 2007; 2) a 17-minute documentary feature; and 3) a four-minute home movie of “Umbrella” created by Rihanna’s band.

‘Good Girl Gone Bad’ (released June 5, 2007) was Rihanna’s third album release in less than two years. It followed-up 2006’s RIAA platinum ‘A Girl Like Me,’ with the back-to-back #1 hits, “S.O.S.” and “Unfaithful”; and her RIAA gold debut from 2005, Music Of the Sun, featuring the worldwide smash, “Pon De Replay.”

‘Good Girl Gone Bad’ boasts the production skills of Timabland, C. “Tricky” Stewart, Stargate, and the team of Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken (responsible for “S.O.S.” and “Pon De Replay”), as well as songwriting contributions from Justin Timberlake and Ne-Yo, among others.

In 2006, Rihanna created the Believe Foundation which assists and inspires children in need all over the world. Believe gives children a chance to not only survive but a chance to thrive. The foundation provides educational, financial, social and medical support whenever and wherever needed.

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Our very own paparazzo Luis Santana, 25, was beaten and robbed early Tuesday morning near Vintage Ultra Lounge in downtown St. Pete while trying to take pictures of Chris Brown celebrating his 19th birthday.

Luis got word that Brown and Rihanna (who may or may not be Brown’s girlfriend, since they refuse to confirm it to celebrity rags) were at a private party at the club, so he headed on over to help us provide your daily dose of dish. He talked to Vintage security and was told he could take photographs outside, Santana said.

After the club closed at 2 a.m., he waited outside for another half-hour or so, catching sight of Brown as he left. He said bodyguards told the hip-hopper to get in the black Excursion or Expedition limousine waiting outside the club, where Luis managed to take a couple pics of the performer.

Tbdrihanna050708_3 Bodyguards chased him into the street, ripping his shirt and forcing him to the ground, breaking his camera flash and lens, Santana said. One guard put his knee on Santana’s jaw and when he tried to push it away, the guards took the camera, worth about $3,000.

“I was yelling, ‘Call the police! Call the police!’ ” Santana said. “Then one of the guys said, ‘I am the police.’ “

Santana said he has abrasions and bruises on his chest, back and arms. Police said there could be four male suspects who are bodyguards, but their names are unknown. The suspects left the scene in the limousine.

“I’ve shot many many celebrities and this was just another notch on my belt,” Santana said. “Then it just turned sour.”

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James Guttridge, manager of Vintage Ultra Lounge, said the club instructs security personnel not to get involved in altercations that happen outside the club. Guttridge said guards do not have the authority to prohibit photographers from shooting pictures outside the club, on the public right-of-way.

“Our only concern is what happens inside here,” Guttridge said.

Guttridge called the incident “unfortunate” and said he hopes celebrities will feel welcome in St. Petersburg, but also doesn’t want residents to be turned off.

Santana says he believed the incident was retaliatory after he took photos of Rihanna at International Plaza on Monday afternoon (like this photo shown here). He said Rihanna’s bodyguard pushed him at the mall, and the same bodyguard attacked him outside Vintage. Rihanna opened for Kanye West at the Ford Amphitheatre earlier that night.

And as an aside, a lot of you know Luis from working the clubs eevry weekend to get you in tbt* and our online photo gallery at tbtpics.tampabay.com.

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Hot Hot Hot! The video came out great. Rihanna and lead singer Adam Levine have crazy chemistry!

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Here is another look behind the scenes on the set of Maroon 5’s new video featuring Rihanna “If I Never See Your Face Again.”

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This week’s mix is a mash up of Rihanna and Nelly Furtado. Great dance mix.

Rihanna - Please don’t stop the music (The Wideboys Club mix)
Rihanna - Umbrella (Seamus Haji & Paul Emmanuel Club mix)
Nelly Furtado - Say it Right (Club mix)
María José - Quien eres tu

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Check out a sneak peek of thenew videofrom Maroon 5 featuring Rihanna for “If I Never See Your Face Again.” The video looks crazy hot!

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New photos of Rihanna and Chris Brown kissing and cuddling in a Miami, Fla., KFC diner have ended reports the pair is just good friends. Dressed down and looking like any other KFC regulars, the couple went public with their much-hyped romance when the two young hitmakers realized they had been spotted by the paparazzi on Wednesday night. Rihanna immediately put her arms around Brown’s neck and planted a lingering kiss on his lips. The “Umbrella” singer, who was recently romantically linked to actor Josh Hartnett, recently confessed she and Brown were “very close” in a magazine article, but she stopped short on announcing they were lovers.

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Some rumors are so ludicrous, they don’t even warrant a comment – that’s exactly how Rihanna feels about the incessant talk of her so-called “relationship” with Jay-Z.

“Well, it’s crazy that you ask me that. People know that it’s not true,” the 20-year-old Grammy winner tells Elle. “I get asked about it all the time and I’m like, ‘You’re asking, but you know the answer.’ I don’t even like to address it anymore.”

The Barbados-born singer has been romantically linked to her mentor — whom she couldn’t believe was “sitting right in front of me” during her initial audition — since their love anthem “Umbrella” hit the airwaves last year, and Rihanna understands the curiosity is part of the equation.

“I think it’s kind of a cliché question, and people know it’s not true,” she says.

Since then, Jigga has tied the knot with longtime gal pal Beyonce and Rihanna has been seen carousing with Chris Brown. While she doesn’t outright call him her beau, the starlet doesn’t exactly debunk rumors either.

“We’ve always been friends, but we’re very close now.”

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