In between touring with Kanye and spending QT with her puppy Oliver, Rihanna made time to chat with Elle magazine for its June issue. On top of looking typically fabulous in her photoshoot, Rihanna opened up about her family, her career, and — finally! — Chris Brown. Here's more:

• On Chris Brown: “We’ve always been friends, but we’re very close now.”
• On the rumors about Jay-Z: "Well, it’s crazy that you ask me that. People know that it’s not true. I think it’s kinda a cliché question, and people know it’s not true, so I don’t even know why it’s still addressed to this day. I get asked about it all the time and I’m like, You’re asking, but you know the answer. I don’t even like to address it anymore.”
• On her hair: "I kept telling my managers, I’m cutting my hair. I’m cutting my hair. And they’re like, ‘How short? Not too short. Cut it how short?’ And I’m like, ‘Up to here.’ [Rihanna raises her hand up to her ear] They never believed me. So when it was time to do the album cover [for Good Girl], the night before I cut it, I dyed it black. We went straight to the photo shoot, and no one at the record label knew what I looked like. When we sent the pictures over, they saw the hair and they all loved it. They loved it.”

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Olive Cohen's cheeks are just too much to handle. The baby looked positively precious in her mom Isla Fisher's arms on the set of Confessions of a Shopaholic in Miami yesterday. After a long Winter of bundled up baby filming in NYC, the girls deserve a break in some warmer weather. Olive's got her hat and only slightly pre-Memorial Day white outfit all ready for a day in the sun; now all they need is daddy (hopefully without his famous bathing suit) to join them for a little family vacation.

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Shia was a rising star last year with breakout hits like Transformers and Disturbia. In fact, those movies earned him multiple MTV Movie Award nominations, which were announced today. As flattering as this may be, he's about to step it up with Indy 4. A new trailer was released, and the anticipation is growing steadily. Shia is laying low now in NYC all scruffy in flannel, but in a few weeks he'll be dolled up (hopefully without the slicked back hair) for premieres galore and then maybe to accept his Best Kiss award on June 1.

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While the East Coast partiers were fancied up for the Gala, the LA folk were getting down and dirty at the Hornitos Cinco de Mayo party at Crown Bar. Lindsay Lohan looked like she had a thing or two to say to an, um, exhausted (hey, he's got a new baby! It's tiring!) Joel Madden. LL, who was called out in the NY Post this morning for supposedly stealing some girl's fur coat from a party in January and then returning it, of course also had Samantha Ronson by her side. Paris and Benji happily mugged for the camera and gushed about each other as usual. Meanwhile LC and Lo — no Audrina? Not so surprising anymore — partied the night away instead of watching themselves on the The Hills. Margaritas all around!

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• After recently reconciling with the actor, Sumner Redstone fueled speculation about Mission: Impossible 4 by giving his stamp of approval for Tom Cruise to reprise his role as Ethan Hunt. — Reuters
• As expected, Pete Doherty was granted an early release from jail this morning after serving 29 days of his 14-week sentence. — PopSugarUK
• It was Hillary Clinton's turn last night for the Top 10 on Letterman, following Barack Obama's reading of the list last week. — CitizenSugar
• Uma Thurman's stalker was found guilty this morning on multiple charges, including fourth-degree stalking and one count of second-degree aggravated harassment. — TMZ
• Vanessa Williams will graduate from Syracuse University this weekend, 25 years after leaving the school to compete for Miss America and pursue her career. — AP
• Although Project Runway is moving to Lifetime, the show's producers, Magical Elves, will stay on at NBC. —BuzzSugar
• After his arrest last week for assault, Dennis Rodman entered an outpatient rehabilitation facility yesterday. — TMZ

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As expected — but you never know with her — Britney Spears arrived at court shortly after 8 AM this morning for a hearing regarding custody of Sean Preston and Jayden James. She showed up with both her parents and her lawyer, Blair Berk. Kevin Federline is also there for the hearing. Considering the days when Britney was hours late for the hearings if she even went inside at all, this should be a good sign for the judges that she's making progress. We'll keep you updated with photos and news as the hearing goes down, but hopefully this is a step in the right direction towards more visitation rights and future custody for Britney.

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