Rihanna, the fiery Barbadian pop sensation, looks set to wow local fans with her new mullet mohawk hairstyle, and possibly a few catchy tunes, when she struts the stage at the Venetian Macao this week. In just nine years, RiRi has sold more than 100 million records, making her one of the bestselling artists of all time. In February, the singer appeared in a saucy fashion shoot for V magazine which ended in nudity and Rihanna wanting to “Take her top off and put that bitch in my lap.” That “bitch” was heroin-chic fashionista Kate Moss …
In a career spanning six decades, the late philanderer and grandson of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud would only paint people he liked, famously turning down Pope John Paul II. The artist also refused a request from Andrew Lloyd Webber to paint his wife, saying the composer had “threatened” him “with the offer of free tickets for his shows”. In 2008, his painting of a chubby civil servant became the most expensive work by a living artist when it sold for US$33 million, US$10 million more than the previous record holder, Hanging Heart, by American pop artist Jeff Koons …