Tag: Rihanna

  • Oscar-winning Hollywood star enjoys at Karachi’s beach, dances at wedding in traditional wear

    Oscar-winning Hollywood star enjoys at Karachi’s beach, dances at wedding in traditional wear

    Clad in a traditional lehenga choli at a local wedding in Karachi, Hollywood actress Lupita Amondi Nyong’o has been making waves online. The Oscar winning star attended the wedding of her friend, artist Misha Japanwala.

    The tweet reads, “At the wedding of an amazingly talented friend’s daughter in Karachi- Misha Fisher and their friends from New York, Lupita. Their dance performances rocked!”

    The Kenyan-Mexican actor Lupita Nyong’o, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her film12 Years a Slave can be seen enjoying with her friends at the wedding and later at a beach in Karachi.

    Lupita Nyong'o arrives in Karachi - All About Pakistan

    Nyong’o also danced at Japanwala’s wedding to ‘Pony’ by Ginuwine, along with other wedding guests. Those videos have not been made public and will not be shared on this platform in order to respect the privacy of everyone involved.

    Hollywood star Lupita Nyong'o is in Pakistan!

    American rapper Cardi B recently donned Misha’s collection. The acclaimed artist has also previously collaborated with Halsey and Gigi Hadid.

    In a post made last night by journalist Sadiq Saleem, Lupita is pictured at a Karachi beach in a black and white playsuit along with choreographer Zahid Hussain. The post reads. “Just before you hit the bed, let me tell you that Lupita is in Karachi dancing the night away at a beach wedding. Misha Japanwala tied the knot today! Seen with her is the go-to wedding choreographer Zahid Hussain. Hope the beach was clean!

  • Met Gala 2021: Twelve celebrities who nailed their look on the red carpet

    Met Gala 2021: Twelve celebrities who nailed their look on the red carpet

    After a year off due to Covid-19, fashion’s biggest event, Met Gala kicked off on September 13th.

    With its dazzling return, this year’s theme was “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.” Some outfits were hailed as old Hollywood glamour. From Kim Kardashian’s full-face covering look to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s bold debut.

    Here are the MUST-SEE looks from the red carpet this year:

    Kristen Stewart in Chanel

    The Spencer star graced the Met Gala with a very feminine look. She channeled her inner Barbie.

    Kendall Jenner in Givenchy

    Jenner attended the event in a stunning gown, inspired by Audrey Hepburn’s dress in My Fair Lady. The dress also included the same jewel-embellished sleeves 

    Lil Nas X in Versace

    Grammy-winning rapper Lil Nas X turned plenty of heads on the red carpet as he showed off three stunning looks.

    Rihanna in Balenciaga

    The singer is known for her memorable appearances. She closed out the night with a stunning overcoat and matching hat.

    Kim Kardashian in Balenciaga

    One of the most talked-about looks of the night. Television personality Kim Kardashian is not new to weird and jaw-dropping outfits and this time she did it again. She opted for a full black look and wore her hair in a ponytail.

    Cara Delevingne in Dior

    The English model flaunted a powerful feminist statement.  

    Gigi Hadid in Prada

    Former Victoria Secret Angel chose for simple and regal, took inspiration from the 60’s American Vogue.

    Serena Williams in Gucci

    The 39-year-old athlete hit the red carpet in a very unique ensemble, alongside her husband.

    Frank Ocean in Prada

    The singer’s date to the Met Gala was a green robot baby.

    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Brother Vellies

    Democratic-congresswoman wore a white gown with the political slogan: ‘TAX THE RICH’ across the back for her first appearance at the Met Gala.

    Dan Levy in J.W. Anderson

    The Schitt’s Creek star made his debut at the fashion event of the year. He collaborated with Anderson to create a powerful ensemble that celebrates “the resilience and the love and the joy” of the LGBTQIA+ community.

    Carolyn B. Maloney

    Rep. Carolyn Maloney, showed up to the 2021 Met Gala on Monday demanding the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment while wearing a gown adorned with purple, white and gold colors.

    The ball was co-hosted by pop star Billie Eilish, tennis player Naomi Osaka, actor Timothée Chalamet and poet Amanda Gorman.

    The Met Gala was established back in 1948 as a way to raise money for social causes.

  • Indians lose it after an old picture of Rihanna with Zulfi Bukhari surfaces

    Indians lose it after an old picture of Rihanna with Zulfi Bukhari surfaces

    Rihanna on Tuesday created a flutter in India by wading into months-long farmer protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s agricultural reforms. Tens of thousands of young and old farmers have blocked roads leading into New Delhi for more than two months, sheltering in tractors from the cold.

    A tractor rally by farmers last week in New Delhi turned violent. Police responded by shutting down the internet, digging ditches, driving nails into roads and topping barricades with razor wire to prevent farmers from entering the capital again.

    “Why aren’t we talking about this?!” Rihanna said in a Twitter post, sharing a CNN article on the demonstrations with her 101 million followers on the platform, using the hashtag #FarmersProtest.

    Rihanna’s tweets triggered an online storm in India, with Indians claiming that Rihanna is an ‘ISI agent’. To make matters worse, an old picture of Zulfi and Rihanna surfaced on social media further convincing Indians that the star is backed by Pakistan.

    https://twitter.com/pushpendra__kul/status/1356742818811637762?s=20

    https://twitter.com/razaikvillan/status/1356691985713795075?s=20

    What’s interesting is that most of the tweets have the same text indicating that they are part of a online campaign against the singer.

    While it is not clear when the picture of Zulfi and Rihanna was taken, reports indicate that it was taken in September 2018.

    Later, Zulfi also lauded Rihanna for raising her voice, saying: “Well said and well done.”

    Meanwhile, India’s government has bristled at international remarks on the protests, calling them an “internal matter”.

    In an official statement, the foreign ministry said that the celebrities needed “a proper understanding of the issues”.

    “The temptation of sensationalist social media hashtags and comments, especially when resorted to by celebrities and others, is neither accurate nor responsible,” read the statement, with the hashtags #IndiaTogether and #IndiaAgainstPropaganda.

    “We would like to emphasise that these protests must be seen in the context of India’s democratic ethos and polity, and the efforts of the Government and the concerned farmer groups to resolve the impasse,” it added.

    The Indian government has also activated its PR machinery with several Bollywood bigwigs including Karan Johar, Ajay Devgn and Suniel Shetty and cricketers urging their Indian followers not to let anyone divide the country or fall for “false propaganda”.

    https://twitter.com/karanjohar/status/1356897467850059780?s=20

  • India slams Rihanna, Greta Thunberg, Mia Khalifa for supporting farmers protest

    Rihanna on Tuesday created a flutter in India by wading into months-long farmer protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s agricultural reforms. Tens of thousands of young and old farmers have blocked roads leading into New Delhi for more than two months, sheltering in tractors from the cold.

    A tractor rally by farmers last week in New Delhi turned violent. Police responded by shutting down the internet, digging ditches, driving nails into roads and topping barricades with razor wire to prevent farmers from entering the capital again.

    “Why aren’t we talking about this?!” Rihanna said in a Twitter post, sharing a CNN article on the demonstrations with her 100.9 million followers on the platform, using the hashtag #FarmersProtest.

    The same article was shared by teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, who also expressed solidarity with the farmers.

    US Vice President Kamala Harris’ niece Meena Harris also extended her support to the protest, writing: “We ALL should be outraged by India’s internet shutdowns and paramilitary violence against farmer protesters.”

    https://twitter.com/meenaharris/status/1356747965713371138?s=20

    Similarly, Mia Khalifa and John Cusack also extended their support to the protesting farmers.

    The international celebrity tweets triggered an online storm in India, where the farmers’ protests have become one of the biggest challenges to Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he took power in 2014. Modi has asserted the laws are necessary to modernise India’s agriculture sector, but farmers fear they would be placed at the mercy of big corporations.

    India’s government has bristled at international remarks on the protests, calling them an “internal matter”.

    In an official statement, the foreign ministry said that the celebrities needed “a proper understanding of the issues”.

    “The temptation of sensationalist social media hashtags and comments, especially when resorted to by celebrities and others, is neither accurate nor responsible,” read the statement, with the hashtags #IndiaTogether and #IndiaAgainstPropaganda.

    “We would like to emphasise that these protests must be seen in the context of India’s democratic ethos and polity, and the efforts of the Government and the concerned farmer groups to resolve the impasse,” it added.

    Meanwhile, Kangana Ranaut, a vocal Modi supporter, responded to Rihanna by calling the protesting farmers “terrorists” and Rihanna a “fool” and an “American porn stars”. She also called Thunberg a “dumb and spoilt brat.”

    Similarly, Akshay Kumar offered traction to MEA’s statement by sharing it and writing: “Let’s support an amicable resolution, rather than paying attention to anyone creating differences.”

    India — the world’s biggest democracy — regularly uses internet shutdowns to limit information sharing during disturbances.

  • All you need to know about Indian farmers’ protests as world shames Modi govt

    With international celebrities, including Rihanna and Greta Thunberg, voicing concerns over the law and order situation in India as farmers continue to give the Narendra Modi-government a tough time while seeking fulfillment of their demands, ‘#FarmersProtest’ has become the top trend on Twitter even beyond Indian borders — in Pakistan.

    But what do the protesters, who have now been on roads for two months, really want?

    The ongoing demonstrations caught most attention when Indian law enforcement resorted to violence against the farmers who had converged on New Delhi on the country’s Republic Day.

    According to Associated Press (AP), farmers hailing from northern Punjab and Haryana states, the two biggest agricultural producers, are demanding the repeal of laws passed by the parliament in September that they say will favor large corporate farms, devastate the earnings of many farmers and leave those who hold small plots behind as big corporations win out.

    Modi has billed the laws as necessary to modernise Indian farming.

    In recent weeks, people who are not farmers have also joined in, and the protests gained momentum in November when the farmers tried to march into New Delhi but were stopped by police. Since then, they have promised to hunker down at the edge of the city until the laws are repealed.

    At the heart of these protests are Indian farmers’ fears that the government’s moves to introduce market reforms to the farming sector will leave them poorer — at a time when they are already frustrated over their declining clout as the government aims to turn India into a hub for global corporations.

    The new legislation is not clear on whether the government will continue to guarantee prices for certain essential crops — a system that was introduced in the 1960s to help India shore up its food reserves and prevent shortages.

    While the government has said it is willing to pledge the guaranteed prices will continue, the farmers are skeptical and want new legislation that says such prices are their legal right.

    Farmers also fear that the legislation signals the government is moving away from a system in which an overwhelming majority of farmers sell only to government-sanctioned marketplaces. They worry this will leave them at the mercy of corporations that will have no legal obligation to pay them the guaranteed price anymore.

    The Modi government argues that this is designed to give farmers more choice in who to sell their produce to. It also says the legislation will benefit farmers by boosting production through private investment.

    The government has offered to amend the laws and suspend their implementation for 18 months — but that has not satisfied farmers who want a full repeal.

    Clauses in the legislation also prevent farmers from taking contract disputes to courts, leaving them with no independent means of redress apart from government-appointed bureaucrats.

    These perceived threats to their income terrify India’s farmers, who are mostly smallholders as around 70% of them own less than 1 hectare of land.

  • Kangana Ranaut has a meltdown after Rihanna tweets about Indian farmers

    Just as expected, Kangana Ranaut had a meltdown after Rihanna extended her support for the ongoing farmers’ protest in India. Sharing an article which reported on the internet shut down in several districts of Haryana amid violent clashes between police and farmers over the weekend, the multi-Grammy award-winning singer said: “Why aren’t we talking about this?”

    Soon after Rihanna’s tweet, Kangana, who has been actively slamming those participating in the protests, reacted to the singer’s tweet calling her a “fool” and referring to the farmers as “terrorists”.

    “No one is talking about it because they are not farmers they are terrorists who are trying to divide India so that China can take over our vulnerable broken nation and make it a Chinese colony much like the USA,” wrote an agitated Kangana.

    “Sit down you fool, we are not selling our nation like you dummies,” she added.

    https://twitter.com/KanganaTeam/status/1356640083546406913

    When Twitter user brought up an old tweet of Kangana’s in which she had said: “Alexa play Diamonds by Rihanna”, the actor lashed out saying: “I took over my account in August last year. Before that, it was a team fan page.”

    “Mujhe na pop music samajh aata hai, na hee main English gaane zyaada sunti hoon,” she added.

    Kangana then launched into a full blown attack against Rihanna, calling her a porn star and saying that there is nothing special about her.

    Meanwhile, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has appreciated Rihanna’s gesture of support for the farmers.

    “You have earned the respect of every farmer of the world and particularly of Punjabis all around the world,” said Chaudhry in a tweet. “You have shown your heart is in the right place.”

    “Loads of respect,” he added.

    Farmer’s Protest

    Thousands of farmers have gathered at Delhi’s gateways to demand a repeal of the Centre’s three new farm laws. The protesting farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana as well as Uttar Pradesh, are worried the new laws will eliminate the safety cushion of a Minimum Support Price and procurement system while rendering ineffective the mandi system that ensures earnings for various stakeholders in the farm sector.

  • Rihanna apologises for including Islamic Hadith in fashion show

    Rihanna apologises for including Islamic Hadith in fashion show

    Rihanna has apologised for including a recording of an Islamic verse in a song played during a fashion show for her lingerie brand Savage x Fenty. According to details, the song Doom by producer Coucou Chloe included a remix of a Hadith narration when played during a segment of the show. The singer received immense backlash from the Muslim community for her irresponsible act.

    Sharing her apology to her Instagram stories, the 32-year-old thanked the Muslim community for highlighting the issue and apologised for hurting their sentiments.

    “I’d like to thank the Muslim community for pointing out a huge oversight that was unintentionally offensive in our Savage x Fenty show, I would more importantly like to apologise to you for this honest, yet careless mistake.”

    “We understand that we have hurt many of our Muslim brothers and sisters and I’m incredibly disheartened by this! I do not play with any kind of disrespect toward God or any religion and therefore the use of the song in our project was completely irresponsible!,” she continued.

    “Moving forward we will make sure nothing like this ever happens again. Thank you for your forgiveness and understanding,” she wrote.

    The song’s music producer also Chloe apologised for the “offence caused by the vocal samples used” in her song and said that they are in process of removing the song from all streaming platforms.

    https://twitter.com/coucou_chloe/status/1313137644226908162?s=20

    Rihanna had ignited backlash after she used a song that included sacred Islamic verses during her second Savage x Fenty lingerie fashion show. During the show, which streamed on Amazon Prime on Friday, lingerie models had danced to the song Doom. The song, released in 2017, includes a remix of a hadith narration about the end of times and judgment day.

    After the news came to light, Feroze Khan expressed his outrage over the matter and tweeted: “You are filth Rihanna.”

    Read more – Feroze Khan invites Kangana Ranaut to Pakistan for tea

    However, after the singer apologised. Feroze deleted his tweet and accepted her apology.

  • Rihanna proves, yet again, that she is the ultimate queen

    Rihanna proves, yet again, that she is the ultimate queen

    When Rihanna posted her first selfie of the decade, the responses from her fans just wouldn’t stop. And the selfie garnered 5.4 million likes.

    To mark the beginning of the new decade, the singer chose a makeup-free photo. Rihanna posted a pic with a red pimple near her jawline (Yeah, she keeps it real).

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B6_ngxfHaLH/

    The pimple didn’t go unnoticed of course. One fan requested: “Let me pop your pimple.”

    Rihanna just had to respond with amazing humour: “let her have her shine, PLEASE.”

    This comment led to many pro-pimple comments from the singer’s fans.

    One fan wrote: “WE STAN YOUR PIMPLE” and “even riri’s pimple has unmatched power.”

    Another follower shared, “love that you posted this pic! Natural Beauty pimples n all ❤❤”

    Apparently, Rihanna’s skin care routine is very simple.

    “When I feel like my skin has had it, I overdo the water. Mix moisturizer and a drop of foundation. That, some mascara, lipstick, and you’re good. And fix those brows,” she told Elle in an interview.

  • Rihanna launches her new fashion brand in Paris with LVMH

    Rihanna launches her new fashion brand in Paris with LVMH

    Rihanna is followed almost as much for her style as her music in the West. Rihanna has partnered with the luxury multinational brand LVMH (Louis Vuitton and Moët Hennessy) to launch Fenty Maison, a ready-to-wear, shoes, and accessories. The brand is called Fenty after the singer’s full name – Robyn Rihanna Fenty

     The pop star will become the first black woman in charge of a major luxury fashion house in Paris. “My fashion will be different and non-traditional because I do not come from this industry,” says the singer and hopes to bring a “new vision of fashion”.

    Rihanna’s
    Fenty line has a luxury price point, with pieces going for Rs 31,000 to  166,485. The lower priced pieces are in there
    too minimum for Rs 9400.

    The brand will first be available in 14 countries, in Europe and the United States, and will open in Asia by the end of the year.