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Rihanna plans highly anticipated return to stage with Super Bowl halftime show
from 11 Feb 2023
Nine-time Grammy Award winner Rihanna makes her highly anticipated return to live performance at Super Bowl 57 on Sunday, headlining a halftime show that will highlight her Caribbean culture.
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The Barbados-born singer has not released a solo album since January 2016 and fans will be clamouring to see the 34-yearold chart-topper when she takes the stage for a global audience of millions at State Farm Stadium, where the Philadelphia Eagles will take on the Kansas City Chiefs.
The international superstar said she was inspired to take on the challenge after giving birth to her first child in May.
“When you become a mom there’s something that just happens (and) you feel like you can take on the world, you can do anything,” she told reporters in Phoenix on Thursday. “So as scary as that was because I haven’t been on stage in seven years, there’s something exhilarating about the challenge of it all. And it’s important for me to do this, this year. It’s important for representation, it’s important for my son to see that.”
Rihanna’s only solo music in the last seven years came in October when she released “Lift Me Up” in tribute to late actor Chadwick Boseman for the Marvel film “Black Panther:
It is the second time Rihanna has been asked to perform at the Super Bowl after she reportedly turned down an offer in 2018 out of solidarity for quarterback Colin Kaepernick and his protest against racial injustice.
While the details of the annual halftime show are as closely guarded as the teams’ playbooks, Rihanna indicated that she would incorporate elements of her Caribbean culture in the performance.
“That’s a big part of why this is important for me to do this show: representation, representing for immigrants, representing for my country, Barbados, representing for Black women everywhere,” she said. (Reuters)
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Elba explained why h e has stopped describing himself as a black actor. London-born star Idris Elba explained why he has stopped describing himself as a black actor.
KL Pamei has released his first single music video “Gailiangmei” from his upcoming debut album. The music video features Maniwood actress Soma Laishram (Manipur) and Imkong Chuba (Nagaland) from Dreamz Unlimited.
The video was di - by KL Pamei, cinematography and editing by Kohdi Jings film and audio recorded, mixed and mastered at Element Indie Studio by Kevi Pucho. The video and audio is out on YouTube, Spotify, iTunes and all the major digital stores and streaming platforms.
The 50-year-old who has starred in a host of big-budget films and TV shows during his career, has revealed that he’s reluctant to be put “in a box”, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
The London-born star explained: “As humans, we are obsessed with race. And that obsession can really