Idolator

Yeah, I don't know about Rihanna's performance of "Vogue" on Fashion Rocks, which was taped last week and aired on CBS last night. On the one hand, this is the sort of "looking back into the past" performance that one thought would have aired on the VMAs Sunday night, what with the run-up to the ceremony touting the whole 25th-anniversary aspect of the show. On the other hand, the pitching of the song is kind of weird, and Rihanna's charisma is, uh, sort of lacking when you compare it to Madge's—for further evidence of that, peep the clip I've placed after the jump—and I can't help but wonder whether or not she can identify more than, say, two or three of the fashion icons who are name-checked during the bridge. One thing's for sure, though: Ri-Ri sure likes playing the whole "illusion of wearing a really big dress" card. More »

Organizers of the Glastonbury Festival have told the BBC that Amy Winehouse will perform at next month's festival, which has so far been plagued by disappointing ticket sales and public bickering over whether or not Jay-Z is an "appropriate" headliner. Winehouse, who actually managed to get attention for being involved in the making of music this week, is only expected to deliver what one Glasto organizer Emily Eavis is calling "one of the biggest sets of the summer, supporting the most anticipated artist at Glastonbury in the past 38 years." Uh, no pressure there, right? Whether or not she'll be able to pull off a full set, as opposed to a single-sing TV appearance—or, heck, even show up—will probably be signaled by her scheduled appearance at the Rock in Rio next Friday. She'll be opening for Lenny Kravitz, which doesn't really seem to me like motivation to get back in the saddle, work-wise. [BBC]