LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop singer Rihanna was named Woman of the Year by Glamour magazine on Tuesday after an attack at the hands of boyfriend Chris Brown that she said changed her life overnight. “I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears. That was the level of media chaos that happened the next day,” the 21- year-old singer said in her first interview since the assault in February.

Martin, Baldwin to ‘ratchet up the funny’ at Oscars

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were chosen as co-hosts of next year’s Oscars to inject a fresh comedic twist into the ceremony while building on decades of tradition, new co-producer Adam Shankman said. Actors Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. and comedian Tina Fey were among names “thrown around” as possible hosts, Shankman told Entertainment Weekly magazine in an interview published on Wednesday, one day after the choice of Martin and Baldwin was revealed.

Stephen Colbert, fans sponsor US speedskaters

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – In a move that puts him at the cutting edge of sport sponsorships, comedian Stephen Colbert and his fans will back the US Speedskating team at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the talk show host said. US Speedskating, the governing body for the sport in the United States, needed a backer after this month’s collapse of DSB Bank, a Dutch company that had sponsored the athletes.