*Opening photo courtesy of alltheparties.com. So, its the first of the month of February and you know what means dont you? Its Black History Month! Say it loud: Im black and Im proud! Black is beautiful! You get it. People who know me know that I love this month, love giving out daily black history facts and watching documentaries on black people; Everyone has their own way of celebrating the month, whether loud or subtly, and it always makes me smile. So after putting a post up on my social media about the fabulous Phylicia Rashads achievements at 12 a.m. on the dot, I was kind of confused to learn through the gossip mill 15 minutes later that Rihanna spent $160,000 on a Swarovski crystal-adorned portrait of Marilyn Monroe. Oh..thats coolI guess. But Im saying, my niece could have drawn one for her and bedecked it in macaroni for the low low. But anyway Then, this morning while looking through my e-mail, I was asked to view a new music video by new FemmeC (female lyricist) Brianna Pe...

February 1, 2012 8:36 AM In a 1955 "Person to Person" interview, the actress is at her most seductive recalling her modeling career and her one regret: that for all the magazine covers she has graced, she never made it on the cover of "Ladies Home Journal." CBS News is bringing back an icon - "Person to Person" with Charlie Rose and Lara Logan airs Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

February 01, 2012, 1:15 AM EST NFL Lawsuits Over Head Injuries Consolidated in Philadelphia U.S. Cable Television Ratings for the Week Ended Jan. 29 Viacom CEO Dauman Says Hes Open to Unbundling Cable Channels Ticketmaster Says Scalpers System as Springsteen Goes on Sale DirecTV Ends Blackout of Sunbeams Stations in Boston, Miami By Alex Sherman and Andy Fixmer Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Comcast Corp.s NBC, the last-place network for seven straight years, will use this weekends Super Bowl broadcast to promote a prime-time lineup being remade by entertainment chief Bob Greenblatt. The NFL championship match between the New York Giants and New England Patriots will draw as many as 115 million viewers on Feb. 5 -- potentially the largest U.S. television audience in history, according to Brad Adgate, head of research at New York- based Horizon Media Inc. The game, and the Summer Olympics in July, give NBC the chance to promote shows like the returning talent competition The Voice and Smash, a n...

Artist Claire Milner's Swarovski Marilyn Monroe portrait commissioned by Rihanna. Photo: Splash News If you haven't been clued into the style world of Rihanna lately, let's just say you have a LOT of catching up to do. First of all, our multi-faceted gal just landed a fashion reality show that will air in the UK this summer (no word on whether we'll get it stateside), and she also acquired a new "Thug Life" tattoo . It seems like she's truly enjoying her adopted hometown of Los Angeles, too, as she's taken to attending Lakers games and Cirque du Soliel shows wearing American flag t-shirts and head-to-toe leather . It's also been reported that she's currently zhuzing up her LA pad and recently commissioned a $160,000 Marilyn Monroe portrait made entirely of Swarovski crystals. Created by UK artist Claire Milner especially for Ri-Ri, the art piece took four months to finish, measures 5 feet x 5 feet, is covered in 65,000 crystals, and weigh...

Michelle Williams s Oscar nomination means one more month of my least favorite activity: thinking about Marilyn Monroe . Are we done yet? The whole point of My Week With Marilyn was to validate your great aunts boring perception of Norma Jean that she took great photos, was sometimes a screen gem, and confused pills for meals. I get it. Here are five screen legends with lesser-explored stories worthier of a biopic. 5. Montgomery Clift Nearly a decade ago, Colin Farrell was in talks to star in a biopic of the gifted and visibly tragic actor who made A Place in the Sun s insane melodrama sort of believable, From Here to Eternity a classic, and Judgment at Nuremberg the slightest bit awkward. (Was that slurring at the witness stand part of his role or everyday life?) Clift is captivating as a screen presence and as a subject, and Id pay $16 alone to see the debilitating car accident scene where Clifts heroic pal Elizabeth Taylor manually pulls a broken tooth out of his tongue. Cast...

By Nadine DeNinno | Jan 30, 2012 12:08 PM EDT Rihanna recently dropped $160,000 for new artwork, a Swarovskicrystal bedazzled Marilyn Monroe portrait that glistens in the light because she reportedly identifies with the fallen star. British artist Claire Milner was commissioned through Gemstone Creative to construct the five square-foot mural of Monroe for 23-year-old Rihanna's Beverly Hills mansion. The artwork, which took four months to complete, is comprised of more than 65,000 Swarovski crystals weighing in at a total of nearly 120 pounds. "Because of who Rihanna is, everything had to be done through her interior decorators," Milner explained to The Sun , "But they told me afterwards that she loved it." The Sun reported that Rihanna spent extra to have the Marilyn portrait shipped to her home. A source told The Sun that Rihanna wanted the artwork of Monroe because she identifies with the late-movie star, experiencing "the same pressures of fame,"...

13:05, Monday, 30 January 2012 Rihanna has allegedly spent a cool 100,000 on a giant portrait of screen icon Marilyn Monroe , made out of 65,000 crystals. According to The Sun , the Barbadian beauty commissioned British artist Claire Milner - who has done similar portraits of David Beckham and Elvis - to make the 5 sq ft picture of Monroe, which constantly changes colour. Milner spent four months making the portrait for RiRi, with the artist telling the tabloid: "I tried to show the glitter of the public life and then the sadness in Marilyn's eyes. "Because of who Rihanna is, everything had to be done through her interior decorators. But they told me afterwards that she loved it. "A 100 per cent Swarovski crystal portrait is very luxurious people stand and stare because it constantly changes colour, sending rainbows round the room." As well as the We Found Love singer splashing out 100k on the piece, The Sun claims she has also shed out thousands more to h...