The love fest rolls on for Rihanna and Chris Brown, who spent Wednesday night taking in a Kanye West show at Spotlight Live, a Times Square restaurant and karaoke bar.

A day after Rihanna helped Brown celebrate his 19th birthday at a Manhattan club, the pair got affectionate in plain view of other concertgoers.

Brown draped his arm around Rihanna, 20, as the two danced, clapped and sang along to the short concert. As West left the stage, Rihanna leaned over and planted a big kiss on Brown. The couple then retreated to the back of the restaurant, where they hung out with friends.

But officially, they’re still playing coy. An hour after the concert ended, the couple retreated out the back door, posing for pictures – separately. Brown and Rihanna both stopped when fans asked to take photos with them, but they declined to be photographed together.

Although they’ve been spotted getting cozy from Europe to the Caribbean – including during a romantic vacation in Jamaica in February – Brown and Rihanna have never publicly confirmed their relationship.

Earlier this month, Rihanna shared the most information yet when she told Elle Magazine that she and Brown had become “very close.”

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A photographer snapping Rihanna and Chris Brown at Brown’s 19th birthday party in Florida on Monday has accused the singer’s bodyguards of beating him up and stealing his camera.

Tampa Bay Times photographer Luis Santana, 25, claims he was chased and pinned down by bodyguards, who swiped his $3,000 camera, when he tried to take pictures of Brown arriving at St. Petersburg’s Vintage Ultra Lounge.

Santana alleges he was left with abrasions and bruises on his chest, back and arms.

He says, “I’ve shot many many celebrities and this was just another notch on my belt. Then it just turned sour.”

Police are investigating four unnamed male suspects, who left the scene in a limousine.

Rihanna is hoping to quash rumors she is dating fellow R&B star Chris Brown once and for all – by insisting their relationship is like “brother and sister”.

The pair has caused much speculation over the nature of their relationship since they were photographed frolicking in a Jamaican swimming pool together last month. They further fueled rumors last month after they were photographed leaving a London hotel together – but the Umbrella star insists Brown is more like a family member than a love interest.

She says, “I won’t say that we’re just friends – me and Chris are really best, best friends. We both started our careers around the same time. He is one of the only people in the industry … I trust and hang out with all the time. “We are best friends, honestly, like brother and sister. If he was a boyfriend, I would say that.”

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20th Annual Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2008 held at UCLA Pauley Pavilion in Westwood, California, yesterday. In attendance were Miley Cyrus, Emile Hirsch, Abigail Breslin, America Ferrera, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ross McCall, Cameron Diaz, Brendan Fraser, Jodie Foster, Chris Brown, Jesse McCartney, Shia LaBeouf, Lil Mama, Nia Long, Hayden Panettiere, Ashlee Simpson, Rihanna, and Jordin Sparks.

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R+B singer Chris Brown has dismissed reports he is dating Umbrella hitmaker Rihanna, insisting he is “definitely single”. Brown, 18, and the 20-year-old Bajan beauty have been linked for months, but both stars have continually denied rumours they are romantically involved, despite the couple being snapped frolicking in a swimming pool while on vacation in Jamaica last month.

And Brown claims he has even been receiving threats from his female fans accusing him of lying about his relationship with Rihanna. He tells MTV.co.uk, “(From) a relationship standpoint I am a single guy, I am definitely single. “I’ve been on my website and seeing how girls have been threatening me and saying I’m a liar and I’m like it’s not even that.” However, the Run It star does admit to having a “close” pal: “I have a close friend but it’s not like a relationship, I’m not trying to settle down, I’m only 18 so I’m just trying to live my life and have fun.”

Despite all of the rumors that she’s dating Chris Brown, Rihanna insists that she’s still single.

Sources say that she introduced Chris to her parents on a visit to Barbados to celebrate winning her first Grammy last month. She said, “I’m single. If a good guy comes along, we’ll make it work, but for now I’m having fun being a single woman.”

She said that what she’s looking for in a man is simple, she wants, “Someone who makes me happy, makes me laugh, and keeps me in good spirits.”

Only two weeks ago, Chris Brown and her were spotted getting close at a Grammys after-party, but he insisted that they are just friends: “We’re just friends. We hang out.”

I’m not buying it. And so what if they are dating? Why all the secrecy?

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R&B’s most secretive couple were sharing a romantic weekend in Jamaica and we can say for sure guys, the cat is out of the bag.

Rihanna, who was thrown a big birthday bash by Chris Brown for her 20th birthday last week, was all over her younger man. “They were smooching in the pool and were really lovely dovey,” the PageSix.com spy told us exclusively. “They were playfully making out and he was kissing her on the neck.”

The attractive pair, who got matching star tattoos on their necks in January, got in the pool after a leisurely lunch yesterday at the Hilton Kingston Hotel in Jamaica. They were hanging out with friends and at about 3 p.m., Chris, 18, jumped into the water and waited while Rihanna went to her room and changed into a bikini.

She came back and was very scared of getting her hair wet, said the spy. “They were floating together with him carrying her and she kept saying, ‘Don’t get my hair wet.’ She was very soft and feminine but he was a big kid and splashing around.”

The couple arrived in Jamaica together on Friday from Rihanna’s native Barbados for the Smile Jamaica Africa Unite Bob Marley celebration in St. Mary, where she performed.

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