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Chris Brown has opened his heart about the “terrible” night he attacked girlfriend Rihanna – and insisted: “I still love her.”

Brown – who insists he will never hit a woman again – insists that he feels enduring love for the woman he left bloodied and battered after a jealous tiff.

“I never fell out of love with her,” he insisted. “That just wouldn’t go away.”

The R&B star sat next to his mother Joyce Hawkins – herself a victim of domestic abuse – to speak of his shame at his own violent behaviour.

He says he turned to his mother straight away after he attacked the Umbrella star in his car after they drove away from a pre-Grammy’s party in L.A..

“I was distraught,” he said. “I went to my mum on the same night and told [her] what happened and broke down.”

Despite his attack, however, he still believes he is different than abusers like the stepfather he grew up living in terror of. “I feel like he enjoyed it,” Chris said. “It was continuous.”

Brown, 20, has pleaded guilty to felony assault and was sentenced last week to five years’ probation for the attack.

Chris Brown’s February assault on Rihanna was apparently not an isolated incident, as the domestic abuser was involved in at least two unreported acts of violence toward his ex-girlfriend. According to a probation officer’s report, the first incident happened in Europe about three months prior to the publicized assault during a heated argument between the singers. Rihanna slapped Chris and he responded by shoving her into a wall. Then, during a trip to Barbados in January, the two got into a fight in their rented Range Rover. Chris exited the car and smashed both the driver’s and front passenger side windows. I’m surprised that Rihanna wasn’t injured and that she stayed with him for so long.

Legal documents were recently filed asking a judge to hold a reporter in the Chris Brown case in contempt of court. According to the documents, Russell Alan Wetanson runs a website that posted a video of interviews in the hallway outside the courtroom where the singer pled guilty to felony assault. Court rules prohibit that kind of taping. Wetanson, who also happens to be a lawyer, was notified by the public information officer of the court regarding the violation and the videos have since been removed from his website. However, a contempt hearing could now be set which makes it a possibility for Wetanson to be sent to jail. Why couldn’t they do that to Chris instead?

Chris Brown was enjoying himself during Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Orlando Magic. However, what really caught everyone’s attention was that he brought along a Rihanna lookalike to the game. Several media outlets actually reported that he was with Rihanna that night. The girl is actually rapper Teyana Taylor. She recently went on her Twitter talking about the mix up saying “If one more reporter says that I’m Rihanna, I’m gonna go crazy. I look nothin like Rihanna.” True, she doesn’t. However, having a Rihanna-like Mohawk, big hoop earrings and dress style just like the real thing doesn’t really help Teyana’s case either.

The singer, who was supposed to perform in the United Arab Emirates in May, has apparently cancelled the concert due to the fact that it is not appropriate timing for such an event. Yassin Matbouly, the concert’s organizer, explained the situation that led to Rihanna’s cancellation: “We want to share with you that Rihanna and her management will not hold a public concert at this time as it is not appropriate timing.” Still, Yassin Matbouly had this to add about Rihanna’s concert: “Rihanna’s management contacted us and explained she was unable to come to the UAE in May, but said she is keen to still perform in the region. It is very sad for us at this time knowing the concert will not happen, but we will not give up and we will continue to put our offer to Rihanna’s management for a future date.” You have to observe the irony here: Rihanna got cold feet about performing in Dubai. Still, it is commendable that she is interested in having a concert there… after all, there are so many other artists who state that they never want to go play somewhere where a show was cancelled. And we’ll also pretend that this has nothing to do with that nasty little Chris Brown incident.

The singer has apparently been keeping a low profile ever since that nasty even of hers with former boyfriend Chris Brown, but now Rihanna seems to be coming back to the stage and she’s doing it in Dubai where she will have a concert on May 28th. A spokesman for Dubai tourism had this to say about Rihanna’s upcoming concert: “There will be over 25,000 tickets available. They will be going on sale in the next couple of days.” Also, the spokesman added: “Normally they create a special stage in the desert for these events.” Interesting… what’s going to happen in Rihanna’s case? Are they just going to let her sing in the sand? Or better still, maybe trick her into getting into a pool of quicksand and then enjoying the show?

Barely a month after pleading not guilty to manhandling Rihanna and barely two months after the violent incident between him and Rihanna, Chris Brown is once again on the prowl for a new love—err punching bag– and it seems the un-lucky girl is singer Natalia Mejia. Chris Brown and Natalie Mejia were recently photographed at Tattoo Mania, a West Hollywood tattoo parlor. Report of a budding love affair between him and Natalie Mejia was however denied by Chris Brown.

Chris Brown is denying reports that he’s getting romantic with Girlicious singer Natalie Mejia. Chris Brown however admitted she was in the same tattoo parlor but Natalie Mejia was not with him but with a certain Dean. There is also no truth to reports that Chris Brown is dating a college student in Virginia named Erica Johnson, his representatives said. There are however reports that Chris Brown spent Easter weekend with Rihanna.

After the storm came the lull. This is the case with Rihanna who is, according to her father
Ronald Fenty, is back to her hometown Barbados and back to her old self. It is a different kind
of lull for the jet-setting Rihanna though as she is back in Barbados to help celebrate the 50th
wedding anniversary of her grandparents. Rihanna has proven that Hawaii, New York and
Barbados is not really far away from each other.

Rihanna seems to be getting back to her beat after spending almost a month in seclusion after
being attacked by boyfriend Chris Brown. Her family is happy to have her back despite rumors
that a reconciliation in under works between Rihanna and Chris Brown. Those could however
be just rumors since Rihanna partied in the big city sans Chris Brown.

The LA County District Attorney may have evidence even more powerful than the gruesome photos of Rihanna’s bruised face against Chris Brown. Multiple law enforcement sources say that the night of the attack, the Barbadian singer told cops that she was the victim of escalating violence dealt by Chris. LAPD cops interviewed Rihanna after the attack and she told them that Chris had been violent toward her in the past and that the attacks were getting more violent as time went on. The photo leaked to the public is also said to be mild compared to photos taken the day after the attack as the bruises and swelling were far more pronounced. The interview and the photos could be devastating in the case against Chris.

Jessica Simpson performed at Madison Square Garden as the opening act for Rascal Flatts last week in New York City. During the concert, the 28-year old wannabe country singer shared the inspiration for one of her songs saying “To any woman out there who is in an abusive relationship, let me tell you that each and every single woman, you can take your heart and run so far away and fall in love again, and that’s the reason I recorded this song called ‘Remember That’.” She might not have said Rihanna’s name but you can tell that Jessica was talking about the alleged assault on the Barbadian babe by Chris Brown.

Rihanna and boyfriend Chris Brown kept their romance going strong in Paris last week. Rihanna looked like she was freezing. I hope Chris was a gentleman and offered her his puff jacket. Earlier that day, the 20-year old Barbadian singer performed at French reality TV show ‘Star Academy’. She performed her hit song ‘Umbrella’ with one of the contestants. Rihanna also performed her latest single ‘Rehab’. In other Rihanna news, Rihanna’s participation at an inauguration charity ball on January 20, 2009 has been confirmed as Feeding America and Recording Industry Association of America announced her performance. All of the proceeds will go directly to Feeding America.

Some crazy stuff went down at the Fashion Rocks after party at New York’s Rainbow Bar last weekend. According to reports, Justin Timberlake had to dive for cover and dodge punches after his bodyguard tried to grab a mobile phone off a fan who sneaked into the VIP area to snap a picture of the singer. All hell broke loose when the girl’s friends stepped in to help her and glasses flew off tables and shattered everywhere. Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Rihanna and Chris Brown all had to duck for cover as well. The divas were supposedly shrieking in horror as their security teams protected them from the flying debris.