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Chris Brown speaks out: 'I ain't a monster' (+video)

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Shamed singer Chris Brown has spoken out for the first time since his alleged attack on ex girlfriend Rihanna, assuring fans that he's 'not a monster'. Photo / AP

Shamed singer Chris Brown has spoken out for the first time since his alleged attack on ex girlfriend Rihanna, assuring fans that he's 'not a monster'. Photo / AP

Shamed singer

Chris Brown

has spoken out for the first time since his alleged attack on ex-girlfriend

Rihanna

, assuring fans that he's "not a monster".

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In a grainy online video posted on YouTube, the R&B singer accused of beating pop princess Rihanna in February, breaks his three-month silence and insists he's not the bad guy he's portrayed to be.

"I just wanna say 'what's up?' because I ain't (sic) been out there in a minute," Brown says in a short clip reportedly shot at NBA star

Shaquille O'Neal

's house with

Bow Wow

.

"But the new album is gonna be coming soon," he says. "We working on it right now. It's called

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Graffiti

. It's got everything on it, so y'all be ready for that. I'm about to drop a single this summer for y'all. We ain't going nowhere."

Brown, who is fighting to clear his name after pleading not guilty to charges of felony assault and making criminal threats in relation to the alleged assault, adds, "Everybody that's haters, they just been haters. All my real fans, I love you.

"

I ain't a monster

."

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Adds Bow Wow, who pops his head into view and flashes a peace sign: "Believe that!"

Video: Chris 'I'm not a monster' Brown, P.S. buy my album

The

Run It

singer also took a swipe at celebrity news bloggers and shot down claims that

Jay-Z

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- Rihanna's mentor - gave him a black eye.

"

All the blog sites are liars. You guys lie. No black eye,

" he says wagging his finger disapprovingly. Pffft. Don't you wag that thing at us, Mister Man, we're not the ones in the brown stuff (punn intended) with the law.

Video: Chris 'no Black eye' Brown

Brown, 20, is due back in a Los Angeles courtroom on Thursday (Friday NZT) following last month's hearing when his lawyer,

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Mark Geragos

, attempted to have the case dismissed.

Geragos filed motions asking for internal police records on the

leaked photo

of Rihanna's battered face, and to determine if there was any police misconduct in the investigation.

If convicted, Brown could be facing a five-year prison sentence.

The YouTube broadcast is Brown's first public outporing since that

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fateful night in February

. A week following the alleged attack on Rihanna, Brown issued a statement saying "words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired".

No comment as yet from Rihanna's camp.

And now for this

We interrupt this malarkey to bring you a very important message...

Nineties pop tarts

Aqua

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are making a comeback.

Yes, boys and girls, those Ivor-Novello-chasing batten carriers of sacharrine-coated cheesy pop (we're talking gorgonzola) are back with a brand new groove.

Get your laughing gear around this gem:

Video: Aqua, Back To The 80s

"To

Iron Maiden

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and 7Up,

Bananarama

and

Breakfast Club

..."

Sneak peek

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Hollywood palms off yet another

Halloween

re-make, or rather a "re-imagining" as the piffy euphemism goes.

Bottom line: Director

Rob Zombie

resurrects the grandaddy of all boogeymen with

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Halloween 2: H2

Warning: Contains scenes of horror

Blogger's briefs:

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There's a potential stink brewing over the results of this year's

American Idol

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. Did AT&T sway Idol votes towards the eventual winner

Kris Allen

? Discuss

here

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Together at last. Two of Hollywood's hottest chiselled blokes,

Daniel Craig

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and

Hugh Jackman

are set to star together as hot cops on Broadway. We know, it all sounds very

Batman

and Robin

. Details

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here


*

Hairy Angel

SuBo

reportedly lets tip with two four-letter outbursts, no longer an angel - halo slips. Potty words

here

*

Peter Andre

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laments: '

Kate never loved me

'. And the penny drops. Cheer up, mate, think of the pennies you'll save on those

fake tan

bills.

Blogger Bites Back

Fast gossip

We saw this lot and thought of you...

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Angelina Jolie

enjoys cake in handcuffs:

SL

Lindsay Lohan

's newest movie role is a

Katie Holmes

cast-off:

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GB

Random

Ryan Phillppe

appearance:

CW

Johnny Depp

wants a "beer belly":

RO

Mariah Carey

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Twitters about new album name:

GB


Katie Holmes

moving to Australia:

HR

Beyonce Knowles

knows her nightclubs:

JJ

You know someone is a big

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Hello Kitty

fan when...

SOMGWTF

Rihanna

and Canadian rapper 'just friends':

NOW

Brooke Shields

was a virgin until 22:

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HBW

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Pictured: Chris Brown. Photo / AP

Two ticks, two clicks...

Coming soon...the

2009 Web Awards

. You voted for us last year, please vote for this blog again in the

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Best Blog category

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