2019 Will Be Gifted With New Rihanna Album โ€” Morning Brief

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Singer/actress Rihanna attends the World Premiere of OCEANS 8 June 5, 2018 in New York. - OCEANS 8 will be released nationwide on June 8, 2018. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Whoโ€™s ready for some new Rihanna music? The singer revealed that her ninth studio album will drop in 2019.

In the comments under a promotional photo for Rihannaโ€™s Fenty beauty line posted on the singerโ€™s Instagram account, a fan wrote: โ€œBut when is the album dropping Robyn? Can we have a release date for that?โ€ Riri simply replied: โ€œ2019.โ€ Check out that post below.

Her vocal producer, Kuk Harrell, teased in a live Instagram video that the upcoming album, referred to as R9, โ€œis amazing. Itโ€™s incredible.โ€


Congrats are in order for Mike โ€œThe Situationโ€ Sorrentino on marking three years of sobriety!

โ€œ2019 will be your year of advancement,โ€ Mike shared in his Instagram Story. As it was previously reported, Mike is gearing up for his 8-month prison sentence for tax evasion.

โ€œ[Being sober] really taught me how to just be at peace. It taught me to be more accepting,โ€ he told E! News in 2017. โ€œI live my life today at peace. I try not to have any arguments. I mean, everything in my life has changed. I donโ€™t speed. I donโ€™t get into fights.โ€


Newlyweds Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin have a new addition to their family โ€” a puppy! Say hello to Oscar.


Drew Barrymore updated her social media followers on her health and fitness journey, explaining that thanks to a lot of hard work, sheโ€™d lost 25 lbs. over the course of three months.

โ€œWhen I look at Instagram, I am made to think I should be at my best self,โ€ Barrymore captioned a side-by-side photo, displaying her incredible progress. โ€œBut most days, I lack consistency due to real life. Solution: with the right people (@marniealton) we can make our goals a realityโ€ฆโ€

โ€œHere is me in a before pose and then 25 pounds later in the same place,โ€ she said.

โ€œYou can tell my face is so much thinner! This takes me so much work. Diet and exercise and fighting like a lion for it! Damn you genetics! And yet thank you for all the good stuff. I love where I come from (JOHN ETHEL LIONEL) and whatever package it comes in. I just know that I have the control to be what I want. Even if it is hard AF!โ€ Drew wrote.


The Morning Brief features some of the top celebrity and pop culture news stories making news this a.m.


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