Rihanna - Kiss It Better

Rihanna - Kiss It Better

The accompanying music video for "Kiss It Better" was directed by British fashion photographer Craig McDean and premiered on March 31, 2016. It was shot in Los Angeles over a "very long night".^[A teaser for the video was released day earlier on March 30 via Rihanna's Vevo account on YouTube.Keeley Gould and Ciara Pardo served producers for the visual which was shot entirely in black-and-white.^[9] In an interview with The Fader, McDean explained that the inspiration for the video was based on ideas which were inspired by dadaism and surrealism, "It all comes from you as a person, your inner inspiration and ideas you've had inside for a lifetime."

Jessie Katz of Billboard described the storyline of the video, it "features the singer intermittently standing, writhing on the ground and floating through space through various stages of undress while she sings to thePrince-esque synth and electric guitar track. In fact, Rihanna is the entire video -- there's no backdrop at all." Cosmopolitan's Eliza Thompson wrote that "the clip shows Rihanna rolling around under sheets whiledice roll up and down her body, writhing on the floor in sheer lingerie, and stripping off her oversize business-lady suit." According to McDean the idea to include dice in the video came from him and his creative partner Masha, "Sometimes it's all about combining things that might not make any sense, [like] subconsciousness and dreams. Dice is such a graphic and surrealistic object so it came into play." The video ends with Rihanna walking away slowly into a dark background.

Natalie Weiner of Billboard thought that the video for the song was one of the 11 best videos ever done by Rihanna and described it as a "fitting flex" for the singer and represents that the sexiness she presented in the visual for her 2013 single, "Pour It Up" "was just the beginning of her pulse-quickening powers. Laura Bradley of Slate magazine described the video as a departure for the both videos for "Work" with regards to her decision to star alone and shot the video only in black-and-white, reasons which ultimately gave the video a different vibe according to her.^[ Maeve McDermott of USA Todaydescribed the video as "somewhat" NSFW regarding the language and the partial nudity and concluded by asking, "but would you expect anything less from a Rihanna video?"Vogue's Mackenzie Wagoner wrote, " In every instance, however free her nipple, she manages to look empowered, not vulgar—speaking to an obvious body confidence that, especially in the spotlight, can be hard-won." Further, she called Rihanna "evolved rule-breaking" and wrote that she is not a "factory-bred" sex symbol, but a woman who is fully comfortable with her body i...

Paul Ryan rules out 2016 presidential bid

Mr Ryan's name was floated as a late contender if there is a contested convention in July, as doubts persist over the strength of the candidates.

If Donald Trump, John Kasich nor Ted Cruz is able to win 1,237 delegates, the convention will be contested.

The state-by-state primary contests, which come to New York next week, determine the number of delegates pledged to a particular candidate.

In 1886 former civil war general William Sherman set the gold standard for disavowing interest in serving as US president. "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected," he bluntly stated.

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan may not reach Shermanesque levels of certainty with Tuesday's statement, but the move should put the latest round of rampant speculation and rumour-mongering to rest.

The Ryan presidential boomlet was largely a result of growing desperation among Republicans who see a presidential ticket headed by the epically unpopular Donald Trump as an unmitigated disaster and by absolutist Ted Cruz as only a slightly mitigated disaster.

Mr Ryan won't be their establishment-friendly "white knight", however, and there are few others out there with the stature to pull off such an unlikely convention coup.

Former candidate Mitt Romney? Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker? At this point, anyone other than Mr Cruz or Mr Trump - the two men who have slogged through the presidential season and won the votes and delegates - appears to be pure fantasy.

X Factor - Nina Yifshidze

X Factor - Nina Yifshidze

Nina Yifshidze

Erdogan, unamused, files complaint against German comedian over joke

Perhaps it seemed funny at the time. But just how funny is it to have the President of Turkey lodge a criminal complaint against you? And looking at the possibility of three years in prison might not be all that hilarious.

But that is life these days for a German comedian named Jan Boehmermann.

Boehmermann, host of the show "Neo Magazin Royale" on the German public TV station ZDF, read on the air a sexually crude poem that referred, jokingly, to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The Turkish Embassy, unamused, initiated legal action last week against the comedian, saying he had violated Germany's law prohibiting insulting representatives of foreign countries.

Obama starts 2016 with a fight over gun control

At a meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI Director James Comey and other top law enforcement officials Obama is expected to sign off on a package of proposals aimed at curbing gun violence and cracking down on unregulated gun sales.

At the top of the list is an effort to expand background checks on gun sales by forcing more sellers to register as federally licensed gun dealers. The changes would be aimed at some unregistered sellers who skirt the background check laws by selling at gun shows, online or informal settings. Other moves being considered include improving reporting of lost and stolen weapons and beefing up inspections of licensed dealers, according to a person familiar with the plans who would not be named discussing proposals before they are finalized.

Siria, per la prima volta l'Isis decapita due donne

È la prima volta che donne sono giustiziate in questo modo dallo Stato Islamico. Lo rende noto l’Osservatorio siriano per i diritti umani, organizzazione con sede a Beirut. L’episodio è avvenuto nella provincia di Deir Ezzor, ha riferito il capo dell’Osservatorio, Rami Abdel Rahman.

Sempre in Siria, i miliziani dello Stato Islamico hanno crocifisso cinque uomini accusati di non aver rispettato il digiuno previsto durante il mese sacro all’Islam del Ramadan. Lo rendono noto gli attivisti dell’Osservatorio siriano per i diritti umani, spiegando che la crocifissione dei cinque è avvenuta nella città siriana di Al-Mayadeen, in provincia di Deir Ezzor, nel nord est del Paese. I jihadisti hanno inoltre appeso un cartello al collo delle cinque vittime con la scritta "per essere crocifissi tutto il giorno e per aver preso settanta frustate per aver mangiato durante il Ramadan". L’Isis ha fatto entrare poi dei bambini nella zona della "crocifissione" invitandoli a prendere in giro le vittime e a molestarle

ISIS Biggest Mass Massacre in Palmyra

ISIS Biggest Mass Massacre in Palmyra

ISIS terrorist have executed at least 400 mostly women and children in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra.

Eye-witnesses have reported the streets are strewn with bodies on the same day photographs of captured Syrian soldiers have emerged.

It follows the killing of nearly 300 pro-government troops two days after they captured the city, now symbolized by a black ISIS flag flying above an ancient citadel.

ISIS has also strengthened its position in neighboring Iraq with terrorist fighters killing more than 500 people when they captured the city of Ramadi, last week, Daily Mail reports.

Syrian state television announced the most recent massacre, quoting residents inside the city, which is known as Tadmur in Arabic.

'The terrorists have killed more than 400 people... and mutilated their bodies, under the pretext that they cooperated with the government and did not follow orders,' Syria's state news agency said.

Governor Talal Barazi of the central province of Homs, which includes Palmyra, said that ISIS members have 'committed mass massacres in the city of Palmyra' since its capture.

He said ISIS fighters took civilians, including women, to unknown destinations.

But he said retaliation was imminent, adding: 'there is planning, God willing, for a military action in the surroundings of Palmyra