Rihanna stepped out in New York in one of her most revealing daytime looks yet – as she continues to rebel against handlers who have been urging her to tone down her wild behavior. 
 
 The singer was seen shopping in SoHo in a revealing, and see-through, tiny pink strapless bra with a pleated skirt, showing off her flat stomach and toned arms. 
 
 The star, who matched her look with Converse sneakers, sunglasses and bright yellow talon nails, wandered around the SoHo shops with girlfriends before heading to Da Silvano for an early dinner. 
 
 She cancelled a trip to the UK last week insisting she needed to spend more time with her family and her grandmother, Dolly, who is suffering from cancer. She was spotted catching the Miami Heat game on Saturday at 40/40 with her family, including her grandfather, and her group was later joined by her ex Chris Brown. Rihanna and Brown later headed with their respective entourages to Meatpacking hotspot SL. 
 
 While sources told the UK’s Closer Magazine that Rihanna’s friend and manager Jay-Z has ordered her to “go to rehab,” sources tell Page Six that this is not the case, and the real issue is that Rihanna is at the center of a management struggle at Roc Nation about how to deal with her rebellious behavior, and refusal to stay away from Brown. 
 
 One source told Page Six, “Rihanna feels she has worked hard, and rightly deserves to enjoy her huge success. She has rebelled against her management and her record label execs who want her to tone her lifestyle down and work more. She has been taking more vacations, wearing more wild outfits, posting more on Twitter. Her message is that she’s an artist, and will live her life how she likes.” ||||| That's one way to dominate New York! Nude billboard of Rihanna is centre of attention in Times Square 
 
 
 
 She's no stranger to stripping off in an effort to promote herself. 
 
 But Rihanna's latest advert takes her sexy shots to the next level, with a naked image of the singer dominating Times Square as it appears on a billboard in the centre of New York. 
 
 The image shows a red-headed Rihanna covering her modesty with her arms as she promotes her latest fragrance, Rebelle. 
 
 Making a statement: A huge billboard showing a nude picture of Rihanna is on display in New York's bustling Times Square 
 
 Talking about the scent recently, Rihanna said it was all about girl power, explaining: 'My new fragrance is about taking control but still being a lady. 
 
 'There’s a feminine, romantic element to the fragrance — but there’s also a defiant quality in it. I love its duality.' 
 
 The billboard of Rihanna came as the singer hit out at claims she had used a body double for portions of her sexy commercial for Armani Jeans. 
 
 Naked ambition: The shot of the singer is to promote her latest fragrance, Rebelle 
 
 Sheer exhibitionism: Rihanna left little to the imagination as she teamed a see-through bra top with a matching skirt while stepping out in New York yesterday 
 
 Rihanna took exception to the article written by The Sun and launched a foul mouthed tirade against the newspaper yesterday afternoon. 
 
 
 
 She wrote on Twitter: 'Ok @thesunnewspaper, this is the only way I could say this to you!!! F*** YOU....'. 
 
 According to The Sun, Irish model Jahnassa Aicken is the other woman who bares her body in a pair of designer knickers. 
 
 Just me: Rihanna was fuming at the suggestion portions of her Armani advert showed someone else's figure 
 
 The other woman: Jahnassa Aicken is rumoured to be the body shown in parts of the sexy commercial ||||| Rihanna and Chris Brown are “seeing a lot of each other in private,” sources say, and Brown even joined her and her family to cheer on the Miami Heat over the weekend. 
 
 The two stars have partied at the same clubs twice in the past two weeks but kept a coy distance. But sources tell Page Six they’re very close in private. 
 
 And in a sign that Brown has been forgiven for his infamous 2009 attack on Rihanna, he joined her family, including her grandfather Lionel Brathwaite and various cousins, at Jay-Z’s 40/40 on Saturday to watch the Heat beat the Celtics. 
 
 A source told us, “Rihanna arrived first in a yellow cab, with her family and friends, and was escorted to a private room. Brown arrived a little later and joined her and her family. They sat on the same couch together rooting for the Heat. There was no sign of his girlfriend.” 
 
 The pair then left separately — with Brown exiting first with his pals — while Rihanna and her family remained behind to watch the Manny Pacquiao–Timothy Bradley fight. 
 
 As we reported yesterday, Rihanna and Brown reunited later at Meatpacking club SL — where they kept a cool distance. They partied in separate booths but kept a close eye on each other. He sent over two bottles of Ace of Spades Champagne. 
 
 Meanwhile, sources say Rihanna’s management is deeply divided on how to deal with the “Chris Brown issue.” One source said, “Everyone in the business assumes she and Chris are getting back together, and it is only a matter of time before they’ll be more public about it. 
 
 “It’s like she is testing the water — first they work on music together, then they hang out in a friendly way, so the public won’t be completely shocked when they step out together publicly. 
 
 “There is also a tug of war at Roc Nation over the final say on what she is doing. But everyone agrees they can’t control Rihanna and can’t stop her seeing Chris, no matter how much they fear the negative public reaction will be. It means she probably won’t release another album this year, for fear of a backlash.” ||||| Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) 
 
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 Rihanna was hospitalized following the Met Costume Institute Gala on Monday night. 
 
 The “Umbrella” singer herself confirmed the news on Twitter, after a fan noted that the star had been unusually absent from the site Tuesday. “You been quiet all day,” the fan commented. 
 
 RIHANNA WORKING ON A FASHION COLLECTION 
 
 RIHANNA TWEETS PHOTO OF HERSELF PARTYING WITH STRIPPERS 
 
 Rihanna responded with a photo of her arm, hooked into an IV. The photo revealed that the Barbadian pop star was in a hospital bed. 
 
 Soon after, the website Media Takeout reported that Rihanna had been rushed to a New York City hospital following a night of partying after the gala. The site claims that the star was treated for “exhaustion” and “dehydration,” often Hollywood code words for something more. The site reported that the star was released after a short stay and was cleared to fly back home to Los Angeles. 
 
 Rihanna tweeted at 4 a.m. this morning, “My ride home NY days LA nights #itwuzreal.” 
 
 Rihanna has complained of not feeling well ever since her appearance on “Saturday Night Live.” On Sunday she tweeted, “Seriously, I’m sick! Don’t wake me up for dumb [bleep] like that.” However, she stunned the next night at the Met Gala in a sleek, Tom Ford black leather gown embossed with an alligator print. 
 
 While Rihanna may just be suffering from a bout of sickness, some are worried that the star’s partying has gotten out of control. Last week, the Barbadian pop star posted photos of herself dancing with strippers and showering them with dollar bills. The star tweeted with the shocking images, “Best stress reliever= $tripper$.” 
 
 Star Magazine alleged today that Rihanna is on a “party binge.” 
 
 “Rihanna loves to party but this past month she’s gotten really out of control. She’s been drinking almost every day and talking about smoking weed a lot too,” a source tells the magazine. “Everyone is telling her to slow down and think about therapy, or even rehab.”
– The media is moving on from "zombie apocalypse" to "Rihannapocalypse." The gossip rags are teeming with stories about the singer's rebellious ways, and Newser rounds up the juicy tidbits: Sign No. 1 that she's nearing breakdown: The singer apparently spent yesterday shopping in SoHo ... wearing a strapless bra ... that was pretty darn see-through, reports the New York Post. (Click to see a photo.) She now appears naked on a billboard in Times Square, but that's not the falling-apart part. The Daily Mail notes that the ad promotes her perfume Rebelle, and it's the second fashion ad to create buzz this week. The Sun apparently claimed Rihanna used a body double in a sexy Armani Jeans ad, leading the singer to tweet, "Ok @thesunnewspaper, this is the only way I could say this to you!!! F*** YOU." (Click to read the whole tweet, which gets nastier.) She's hanging out with Chris Brown ... in the presence of her family. The Post reports that Brown watched a Miami Heat game with Rihanna's family over the weekend. The two later sat in separate booths at a Meatpacking District club; he sent her table two bottles of champagne. Still, the Post notes that they two have been careful to keep "a coy distance." She has, horrors, been taking more vacations. A source tells the Post that her management and record label execs want her to buckle down, but instead Rihanna is having fun and "posting more on Twitter."