Rihanna wants to record a “feminist anthem” for her next album with fellow chart-toppers Amy Winehouse and Duffy.

She has drawn up a wishlist of musicians and producers she wants to work with when she next hits the studio, with Winehouse, Duffy, and Winehouse-collaborator Mark Ronson right at the top.

She tells the BBC, “I love Mark Ronson. We’ve talked about doing something together on my next album”.

Rihanna adds of a ‘dream team’ with Brits Winehouse and Duffy: “How amazing would that be? We’ve all got three different voices, it would be brilliant. Now that would be a feminist anthem.

“I love Amy. I think she’s great, so unique. I love her album. And I also love what Duffy is doing, she’s brilliant, as well.”

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Rihanna has hit out at fake people who want to befriend her because she’s famous - warning them she will uncover their true motives.

The Bajan beauty has had to fend of hoards of wannabe pals since the launch of her career in 2005, and is sick of fame-hungry lingerers trying to get close to her.

But the star has a secret weapon to discover if someone is a true pal - her “bull detector”.

She says, “I have a good bull detector, so I’m good at figuring out who is real and which people want to be my friend because of what I am versus who I am.”

And the star doesn’t believe in girls longing for a man to make their lives perfect - insisting women should control their own destinies.

She adds, “You shouldn’t depend on a guy to make your life better or good at all.”

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Rihanna is planning an unusual product launch to follow her line of umbrellas - she wants to create her own underwear collection.

The 20-year-old singer launched her own collection of the colorful totes this year following the success of the summer anthem Umbrella - but she admits she feels under pressure to follow in the steps of other Hollywood stars and build her own brand.

However, the Barbados-born star wants to opt for a more seductive line of apparel from her fellow stars.

She says, “There might be a clothing line on the horizon, maybe underwear.”

The singer has leant her name to brands in deals with cosmetics giant Clinique, retailer H&M and Secret deodorant.

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Rihanna is usually mum about her relationship with Chris Brown, but during a recent radio interview the songstress coyly hinted at her connection with the “Take You Down” singer.

When asked directly how her relationship with Brown, 19, is going during a recent visit to New York’s Power 105.1’s The Ed Lover Show, Rihanna, 20, replied: “We are great actually. We have been friends for three years now.”

Not satisfied with the friendship remark, Lover further pressed Rihanna who is touring with Kanye West, on the topic. “Friends? But there are pictures of you kissy kiss,” he said, which prompted Rihanna to respond: “We are very good friends.”

Lover then asked the Barbados-born chanteuse about photos of the two songbirds canoodling in a pool in Jamaica earlier this year. Trying to deflect the questions, Rihanna was at a loss for words when she started “fiddling with the cord and blushing,” said Lover’s producer, Lady O, who described the singer’s behavior while on air.

The pair, who recently spent time together in New York City, have made headlines with their intimate European and Caribbean outings. But Rihanna understands privacy is hard to come by.

“People always want to know what it is and what it isn’t. People think they know. They try to guess,” Rihanna said. “Sometimes you just need your privacy. But it comes with the territory. There’s no privacy when you are out in the public.”

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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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Rihanna is all set to make pop chart history in America on Thursday when she becomes the female artist with the biggest jump to number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

Her Take a Bow is expected to rocket to the top of the singles chart from a lowly 53, thanks to a whopping 267,000 digital download sales.

The song’s jump is the second-best leap to the top, trailing only Rihanna’s duet partners Maroon 5 who scored a number one with Makes Me Wonder a year ago after a 63-position hike from 64.

Rihanna’s collaboration with Maroon 5 on If I Never See Your Face Again is expected to be one of the new charts highest debuts when the official countdown is released.

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Rihanna plans to take it easy for the rest of 2008, so she doesn’t feel like the exhausted zombie she was at the 2008 Grammy Awards.

The 20-year-old singer admits she barely remembers picking up an award at the February 10th ceremony, because she was so tired.

And she’s determined to enjoy some of her success this year, telling Elle magazine, “I already told everyone in my camp, ‘This year, I’m not going to work like a horse.’ In 2007 I didn’t really get to enjoy anything that I achieved, because I was moving, moving, moving.”

She admits she couldn’t even take in her Grammy night success for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - even when partner Jay-Z asked her how she felt.

She adds, “Jay was asking me, `How does it feel? How does it feel? How does it feel?’ I was like, ‘When I get home and I lock my room and there’s silence, I’ll tell you how I feel then.’”

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