News Ticker: Rihanna, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, Metallica, U2

Photo: Le Segretain Sources tell the Rap-Up that Rihanna will perform at the American Music Awards on November 22nd, the day before her new album, Rated R, is released. Rihanna’s mentor Jay-Z is already booked to take the stage, along with Taylor Swift and Alicia Keys. Ashlee Simpson-Wentz’s gig as an actress on the remake of Melrose Place is over already. The show’s executive producers tell EW that Simpson’s murder-mystery storyline was only supposed to stretch 12 episodes. Police are accelerat
	Published: 2009-10-23 Provider: Rolling Stone
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