Rihanna steals the show at ‘Queen & Slim’ Los Angeles premiere
By Reuters
16 November 2019 |
9:00 am
Singer Rihanna was among the stars who descended on Los Angeles' fabled Hollywood Boulevard on Thursday night for the world premiere of "Queen & Slim," a thriller about a black couple on the run after they kill a white policeman in self-defense.
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