Rihanna ignored Chris Brown at Thursday night’s NBA finals game — but she may have been distracted by another guy. Though Chris repeatedly tried to catch her eye, the “Umbrella” singer — who has been subpoenaed to testify in court against her allegedly abusive ex — was more interested in the action on the basketball court, reports the New York Daily News.
“Rihanna is trying to get to know [Orlando Magic player] Rashard [Lewis],” a source dishes. “She’s digging on him, and she hopes the feeling is mutual.”
What about the rumors she’s seeing a guy on the opposite team, Lakers baller Andrew Bynum? “Ri and Andrew are just friends, and they have been for a while,” the source clarifies.
Frankly, we don’t really care who RiRi’s interested in … as long as he’s keeping her from paying any attention to Chris.
Ushered Away
The news that Usher filed for divorce from wife Tameka Foster Raymond, mother of his two sons, was shocking to … absolutely nobody, it seems. Insiders say the romance had fizzled even before the two tied the knot.
“No one I’ve spoken to is surprised,” one source declares to People magazine. “As bad as this is gonna sound, it was never a matter of ‘I wonder if they’ll divorce,’ but more like ‘I wonder when they’ll divorce.’”
“They peaked before they even got married,” explains one of Tameka’s pals. “Right after it was over, they started to drift apart. [Usher] just wasn’t ready to settle down, at least not with her.”
We can’t help but wonder why he had two kids with her, then.
Madonna Has Mercy
After a long battle to adopt Malawi toddler Chifundo “Mercy” James, Madonna has finally gotten her way. (Surprised?) After court appeals overturned an earlier decision to block the adoption, the Material Mom issued a statement through her rep saying she’s “extremely grateful for the Supreme Court’s ruling.”
An earlier judge had decreed that Her Madgesty couldn’t welcome the tot into her family because of a Malawi requirement that adoptive parents be residents of the country for at least a year and a half. But at a Friday hearing, a judge deemed that stipulation “an old law.”
The pop icon, now a mother of four, added in her statement, “I am ecstatic. My family and I look forward to sharing our lives with her.”
And Malawi officials may be showing Madonna some Mercy as soon as Wednesday, an insider tells Us magazine: “Her passport is already being prepared.”
Talk about a life-changing event. We’d probably be overwhelmed if we set foot in Madonna’s apartment — imagine how that little girl is going to feel.
Angelina 2.0?
Megan Fox is sick and tired of being compared to Angelina Jolie. The “Transformers” star, rumored to be taking on Angie’s Lara Croft role in the next “Tomb Raider” film, says the brunette beauties don’t actually have that much in common.
“It’s a lack of creativity on the media’s part,” the sultry actress complains to Entertainment Weekly magazine. “Because I have tattoos and dark hair and I was in an action movie?”
Sorry, Megan, but we don’t feel the least bit sorry for you. If anyone ever likened us to Angelina, we’d be ecstatic.
Kitty Raymond is an entertainment writer and astrologer. She welcomes feedback at [email protected].
