Rihanna is venturing into new waters with her first big-screen acting gig! The singer has signed on for Battleship, the film adaptation of the classic board game, except, you know, with Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, and aliens.
The premise makes this one sound like a risky project to use as your big debut, so here’s hoping it’s not yet another singer-to-actor sinker, like Glitter was for Mariah Carey.
What do you think — does Rihanna have what it takes for movies? Or should she stick to her music?

The average teenage girl loses her virginity at 17.3 (17.0 for boys), but the age at which it becomes a stigma can vary among subcultures, religions, and even schools.
Tina Fey famously held onto her virginity until she was 24, but one woman wrote about waiting until 32! …And not because of religion! Reasons ranged from fear it would hurt, anxiety about pregnancy and STDs, and a five-year illness until the reason was simply virginity itself. Why give it up if you’ve waited so long? Plus, sometimes the fear of revealing …

We’ve only got two words! STAY AWAY!!!!!
Dominique Fischer: This tattooist carved her name with a Stanley knife on her lover while he was sleeping!
And… she was only a one night stand! After meeting at a nightclub the pair had a “drink-and-drug fuelled four-day fling”. But when he woke in the morning he found she had carved “Dominique” on his right shoulder. He also had multiple slashes on his left shoulder and arm and a star design on his back. She claimed that he agreed to the “tattoos” but he said …

When you boil a guy down to his core essence, the desire to get laid drives everything. Without it, there is no motivation to excel, succeed or even be relevant. Whether or not he actually gets laid isn’t important.
Here are seven tell-tale signs that you’ve simply given up on impressing the opposite sex, and thus, given up on life. If any of these pertain to you, do something about it. Now!
The Presence of Velcro
Shoes that stay on with a couple strips of Velcro are highly recommended—for the elderly. If you’re …

Calling all men! Revlon Radar Red Alert is out and about on campus this July and August so be warned!
You may be swamped by a bevy of delicious babes, all because you are the one man who stands out as being alert and Ready. Revlon brings you the new male fragrance, Radar Red Alert.
Incredibly hot babes will be on your campus so check out the campus dates below. You could be one of 3 lucky fellas to be spoilt by these delicious babes.
All you have to do is be alert. …

New York’s intense street dancing underground comes alive in eye-popping Digital 3D in the third installment of the STEP UP franchise as the raw, passion-fueled culture goes global.
A tight-knit group of street dancers, including Luke (RICK MALAMBRI) and Natalie (SHARNI VINSON), team up with NYU freshman Moose (ADAM SEVANI), and find themselves pitted against the world’s best breakdancers in a high-stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.
Step Up 3D is the first 3D motion picture to shoot entirely in New York City. It is also the first ever 3D …

Hold onto your heels, ladies—there’s a new customer in town. Men. The newest trend to hit the fashion runways are meels (men + heels) coupled with meggings (man + leggings). Marjan Pejoski is the designer responsible for this fashion forward move. He’s now making meel-high strides in the area of gender equity.
It seems like as women’s shoes are getting higher, men’s shoes are also adding on a few inches. We’re of the camp that’s all about a little stacked heel on a classic-looking boot—anything strappier or skinnier, and man heels …

Join the BlackBerry community on the Student Village Website at www.studentvillage.co.za/blackberry, post a comment and you could win one of two fabulous BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphones!
Your post can be about anything, as long as it relates to BlackBerry. The more creative your post, the more likely you are to win, so do it in Spoken Word, poetry, verse or even write it as a song!
Spoken Word champ Nhlanhla Buthelezi and Slikour will judge your posts and the winner will be chosen and announced on the 6th of Septemeber.
While you’re on …

The popular SABC1 youth-oriented HIV/AIDS magazine programme! Siyayinqoba Beat It! has launched a competition for the best animated public service announcement (PSA) about HIV/AIDS.
The competition is open to all non-professional animators, who will be expected to create an innovative 30-second PSA to drive Siyayinqoba Beat It! viewers towards testing for HIV, being informed, and correctly and consistently using condoms. Entrants may use any form of animation.
The competition carries prize money of R10 000 for the winner, R5 000 for the runner-up and R2 500 for the third-placed entry. The best …

Financial services group, Old Mutual, is offering 17 complimentary scholarship tickets to the Tech4Africa Conference 2010 to students studying in the information technology, Web, technology or digital fields.
Tech4Africa, organised by Technovated, is the premier conference and workshop for anyone who wants to understand where technology in Africa is moving.
Students who are interested in attending the event in August will be able to apply for the sponsored tickets by email. The tickets will be allocated to those that provide the most convincing motivations for why they should attend Tech4Africa.
It’s a rare …