Rihanna to Receive Major Honor at MTV Video Music Awards

Forget that bitch having to give Rihanna her money.

MTV is about to give Rihanna a significant honor.

The cable network announced today that Rihanna will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards.

She will also perform during the ceremony, which airs live from Madison Square Garden on August 28 at 8/7c.

A two-time VMA Video of the Year recipient, along with the youngest solo artist to score earn 14 number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, Rihanna was an obvious choice for this prestigious trophy.

Past Vanguard honorees have included Michael Jackson, Madonna, Peter Gabriel, Guns N’ Roses, Beastie Boys, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce and Kanye West.

As she has for a significant portion of her 11 years in the business, Rihanna has been atop the music charts of late.

She dropped her eighth studio album, ANTI, in January.

From there, her latest string of hits include “Needed Me,” “Love on the Brain” and “Kiss It Better.”

Last month, meanwhile, Rihann released a collaboration with Calvin Harris, “This Is What You Came For,” which led to a feud between Harris and Taylor Swift after the latter took credit for writing it.

But Rihanna remained above the fray.

She never commented on that awkward argument between exes.

On her own personal front, Rihanna has been linked romantically to Drake.

Yes, again. But insiders say these two really are dating this time around. For serious.

Aside from her Twerking ability, meanwhile, Rihanna has built up quite a following since hitting the music scene in 2005.

She has sold more than 61 million albums and 215 million tracks.

Additionally, she’s taken home eight Grammy awards and 14 Billboard Music Awards.

Do you think she’s worthy of this lifetime achievement award?

Or are you happy as long as it goes to anyone not named Taylor Swift?

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Luke Pell: The Next Bachelor?!

Bachelorette star Luke Pell is the front-runner to be the next Bachelor, besting Robby Hayes and Chase McNary, according to a new report.

A source quoted by celebrity news magazine Us Weekly claims:

“It’s looking like Luke right now as the next Bachelor, but there are a couple others on the back burner in case he doesn’t work out.”

So it’s a done deal? Not quite, but Pell sounds like the favorite.

While there has been talk of Mike Fleiss and ABC making Chase McNary The Bachelor or Robby Hayes The Bachelor, it’s all speculation.

If Luke Pell gets the nod … fans most likely would not complain.

Pell, 31, instantly became a fan favorite in the journey for JoJo Fletcher’s heart, as The Bachelorette beauty often gushed about Luke.

“Luke and I have a very emotional relationship, but we have, like, that physical connection down. Like, we have it down!” JoJo said.

“Every time we kiss, I get the feeling where I have to, like, take a breath. I have to take a moment because that spark is just … it’s crazy.”

No wonder he lasted as long as he did … albeit not to the finale against an unusually strong (and at times, controversial) group of contenders.

Ultimately, even that electric intimacy didn’t quite cut it for her.

The war veteran made it to the final four, but was sent home following the hometown dates in favor of McNary, Hayes and Jordan Rodgers.

Jordan, as we know, took home the final rose on the finale.

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While Fletcher and Rodgers are engaged and plan to reside together in Dallas, Pell (like Hayes) was left heartbroken following the split.

JoJo dispatched Luke just minutes after he dropped those three magic words – I love you – that further endeared him to Bachelor Nation.

“I still do love her,” he said during the show’s Men Tell All episode.

The handsome contestant didn’t hurt his own cause in terms of earning a promotion when he added: “[She’ll] always have a piece of my heart.”

Despite the way things ended in painstaking, emotional fashion, Luke and JoJo seemed to be on good terms at the After the Final Rose taping.

Even more, the bride-to-be seemed to offer her endorsement.

“If you ask me personally, I think both Luke and Chase are great options,” JoJo said on ABC’s Good Morning America on August 2.

“I think Robby is a great choice, too,” Fletcher adds, however:

“When I sent Luke home, America just died. There was an overwhelming amount of support and love for him and I totally get it.”

What do you think? Should Pell get the nod, or would McNary or Hayes be better options to dole out the roses come January?

Or would Wells (above, right) be a dark horse pick that fans would fall in love with, having formed less of an impression beforehand? 

And where would Luke rank among these dudes? Discuss!

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Big Brother Spoilers: Major Shift In Power Alert!

Big Brother Season 18 has been snooze inducing the last few weeks. 

With Paulie Calafiore and his all-male alliance running things, the events have been very predictable. 

The silliest thing Paulie did was orchestrating a plan to have Zakiyah and Michelle on the block next to one another. 

Michelle is an emotional player, so it was pretty obvious she would start making plans in order to blow the house up. 

Not literally, of course. What Paulie seems to forget is that Michelle has a good social game. 

She goes round everyone in the house and covertly gathers information she can use to benefit her down the line. 

With James having the ability to stop two people from voting this week, Michelle tried to let James know that he and Natalie would be out of the game soon if Paulie continued to run the house. 

Bridgette and Michelle joined forces to try and shake things up. There’s no way Bridgette would make a plan to help Michelle unless she was sure it would work. 

They hate one another! 

A plan came together on Tuesday night, while Paulie was sound asleep in the room next door. 

James, Natalie, Bridgette and Michelle opened up to Paul and Victor about the possibility of flipping the house on Paulie. 

Initially, the two of them were very against it, but by the time the morning rolled around there was a plan in place to send Zakiyah home and target Paulie in the double eviction. 

Their plan was to have Nicole look like the one who flipped and have a target thrown on her back.

James quickly started to go back on his plan when Corey got suspicious. Corey pulled James aside and told him that Paulie was taking the two of them to final three. 

This gave James some food for thought, but then Natalie informed James that Paulie has tried to flirt with her multiple times throughout the season. 

Add in the fact that Natalie even told Zakiyah about it, then you have Paulie’s game literally combusting. 

On Wednesday night, there was a house meeting in which Paulie tried to blame everything on Natalie. This didn’t sit well with Michelle, who told Paulie she planned to blow up his game, but he’s done the work for her. 

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Paulie then went nuclear on Michelle about her going home. Michelle couldn’t say anything about the plan to evict Zakiyah instead because then Paulie would get wind of the plan and change things. 

For now, the chances of the house flipping on Paulie are very good. The plan is for Paul to nominate both Corey and Nicole, before evicting Paulie through the back door. 

It’s an elaborate plan, and it would be great if they succeeded. The power really needs to shift before the season slips into mediocrity. 

What do you think of the plan to send Paulie out?

Is it time?

Hit the comments!

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