Rihanna brought a little Caribbean heat to the summer of 2005 with the smash hit “Pon de Replay.” She instantly caught the attention of the likes of Jay-Z and Sean Paul, and 2007. Rihanna’s sudden and meteoric rise made American Idol hopefuls look like seasoned crooners who had spent a decade on the road before hitting the big time. A native of the island of Barbados, Rihanna lived an average life and barely even dreamed of show business before she was discovered in late 2003.

Ready to strip off? Has the no-wheat, no-dairy crash diet finally turned you into a wobble-free Elle Macpherson? Probably not if, like most women, you’ve left it until five days before your holiday to actually do something. And, unfortunately, doing 100 ab crunches on the morning of your flight will not give you a washboard stomach. Since this is something of an annual ritual, you might as well try to get the swimwear conundrum right, and there other ways to tackle the problem. Read more…

Lopez, husband Marc Anthony, sister Lynda and the twins were seen relaxing poolside at their hotel.

Does J.Lo have a hot post-baby body?

Changing trends and styles are the stuff that the fashion industry is built on. But some of the biggest changes the multibillion-dollar global industry is undergoing have more to do with global warming than the usual shifts in season and taste.

In New York last month, international designers showed their resort - or cruise - collections. It’s an increasingly profitable avenue for the industry, promoted with expensive catwalk shows and celebrity-studded parties. The warm-weather designs, which arrive in the shops in the US in November, are sold alongside winter clothes which, fashion observers say, may no longer be very wintry anyway. Read more…

FWD128 Debra Messing arrives at The 2008 Crystal +Lucy Awards, “A Black and White Gala” in Los Angeles, Calif. on Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Actress Rachel Bilson and fashion designer Max Azria attend the Whitney Art Party and auction at Skylight on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 in New York.

A model displays a creation by U.S. fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg during a preview of her 2009 resort wear collection at the Pitti Immagine show in Florence June 18, 2008. The show, held in the Torrigiani gardens, was Von Furstenberg’s first to be held in Europe.

Sexy dress of Lindsay Lohan was among the stars on the gold carpet to see MTV hand out some golden popcorn at the celebrity-studded 2008 Movie Awards.

Is Elizabeth Hurley actually Susanna Mercer? An interesting look inside the life and times of “Rescue Me” actor Denis Leary and Elizabeth Hurley is provided by his wife Ann Leary in her new book “Outtakes From A Marriage,” and we get a bit of theory from the New York Daily news gossip column Rush and Molloy and it appears that they believe that the still very sexy Elizabeth is indeed Susanna.

The outtakes that have been provided make this sound like an interesting book, especially if you believe that the references to the characters are actually Liz, Denis and Ann. The News even tosses in an incident when Denis was enraged when the paparazzi snapped his photo wit the sexy Elizabeth in a London restaurant.

The state is investigating the charitable foundation of Anne Hathaway’s boyfriend, a spokesman for the attorney general said Monday.

Italian businessman Raffaello Follieri, 29, who dates the “Devil Wears Prada” star, heads the Follieri Foundation, a charity whose work includes vaccinating children in Third World countries.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is heading the probe, Cuomo spokesman Matt Glazer said. He said he could not comment further on the ongoing investigation.
The Foundation has not filed IRS tax disclosure forms required from charities, according to a review of records by the Associated Press.

The New York Post, which first reported the investigation, said Hathaway was previously on the foundation’s board of directors, but it was unclear when or for how long. Read more…