Jasmina with Rihanna, courtesy of the Anema family

The mother of Jasmina Anema, the 6-year-old who lost her battle to Leukemia last month, has a question for Rihanna:

Rihanna campaigned for bone marrow transplants and spent a lot of time with Jasmina, who often said she was one of Rihanna’s biggest fans.

Following Jasmina’s death on January 27, Rihanna released this statement: “I am incredibly heartbroken that Jasmina has passed away. She was such a brave and special child. She showed me more strength and spirit than many adults I have met. I feel blessed that I was able to have her in my life and know that through her example, she has saved many lives. She was truly an angel on earth.”

But apparently, she never reached out directly to Jasmina’s family.

This story confuses me. Surely after becoming so close with Jasmina, Rihanna didn’t just send out a press release after her death and call it a day. There’s got to be some kind of a miscommunication or misunderstanding going on here.

Or was it really all just a publicity stunt?

Here is the video for Timbaland’s single “Carry Out” featuring Justin Timberlake, which has been performing very well on digital and radio charts since January. I love the song, but the lyrics in the chorus confuse me:

So is comparing a woman’s body to a big paper sack with grease spots on it a compliment these days?

Earlier today Tiger Woods spoke publicly for the first time since the mysterious November 27th crash outside his Florida home that somehow turned into a major sex scandal. In his prepared speech apology, he acknowledged his affairs and admitted that he spent a month and a half in sex addiction therapy.

Noticeably absent here is his wife Elin Nordegren, which has caused many people to speculate that the two are pursuing a divorce.

So now that Tiger has apologized, can he please be removed from the news headlines? In my opinion, he does not owe the public an apology. He and his hoe s**t should not be breaking news. If you ask me, he owes the apologies to his wife, his family, his friends and no one else.

You can find a full transcript of his statement after the jump.

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Gary Coleman was a guest on the trainwreck of a show known as “The Insider” Wednesday to answer questions about his recent domestic violence charges. Gary was calm at first, but all hell broke loose when guest panelist Lisa Bloom kept pressing him to flat out admit that he never abused his wife. He told her to go “f**k yourself” and that she can go “fall into the ocean!” Gary eventually got up and walked off the set before things got too out of control. Smart move. Watch the madness above!

This video leaves me with so many questions… What’s up with his hands? Why did she keep asking him the same question — he clearly answered it like 3 times? Who came up with this idea for a show? He’s right — she doesn’t know him, so why the hell is she all up in his grill? Did they really have a behavioral analyst readily available on set? So many questions yet so few answers.

Lisa Bloom was far too aggressive with the questioning. But Gary, those hands… those fingers… that ash! I can’t!!

The highly-anticipated “We Are The World 25 for Haiti” remake debuted last night during the Vancouver Olympics opening ceremonies, complete with rap, creole, and autotune.

While I can’t criticize all these artists for coming together for such a great cause (even though many of them were CLEARLY there just for camera time), the whole thing was a huge mess. It was very lackluster, especially compared to the original. After I watched, I was basically looking at the screen like this:

Yes, a complete and utter blank stare. But there were some great moments — Jennifer Hudson, the lady from Sugarland (she’s an AMAZING singer!), P!nk, and Mary J. Blige all sounded great. I also loved when Michael Jackson and Janet sang together.

The moments that made me go WTF!? included Lil Wayne’s verse — it just came out of nowhere — Wyclef’s Creole shouting match, and don’t get me started on the rapping from various artists at the end… O_O

Like I said at the beginning, bravo to these artists for coming together for an important cause. I hope they are able to raise a lot of money to help the people of Haiti.

The Super Bowl is all about the commercials, especially for people like me who aren’t big football fans. By far, tonight’s most epic commercial was for CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman. Somehow, Oprah got Jay Leno to not only sit on a couch with his huge rival David Letterman, but also in an advertisement for Dave’s show. This is the type of s**t that only Oprah can pull off. I’m telling you, she’s related to Jesus.

Doritos definitely brought the LOLs tonight. This commercial featuring a walking dog and an electric collar had me ROTFLMAO! No one likes a guy with douchey tendencies, and clearly dogs don’t either. Electrocute that douchebag, bitch!

More Super Bowl commercials are after the jump, including my pick for one of tonight’s absolute worst commercials.

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Just in case you missed it, here’s a video of Jay-Z and Rihanna’s (Kanye’s verse was somehow left out) “Run This Town” collaboration with E.S. Posthumus, which served as an opening piece for tonight’s Super Bowl.

Here’s a thought: why not let Jay-Z, Rihanna, or someone else current perform during the halftime show, instead of these acts from before our lifetimes, like the appropriately-titled band The Who (I don’t know who the hell they are)? CBS has really played it too safe since Janet and Nipplegate, which really wasn’t that big of a deal in the first place.

Anyway, huge congratulations to the Saints for their big win! I know the city of New Orleans is super wild right now!

(Video spotted @ Nah Right)