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Rihanna's comeback is in full swing!
The singer made a surprise appearance at the Paramount Pictures presentation on Thursday at CinemaCon 2023 in Las Vegas where she announced her latest movie project.
Rihanna joked that her newly announced role in The Smurf Movie would earn her "cool points" with her children.
The Barbados-born artist will voice the role of Smurfette, as well as writing and singing original music and producing the film, out February 2025.
"I tried to get the Papa Smurf part but it didn't work out," she joked on stage at Caesars Palace.
Animation means "I get to show up in my pajamas in my third trimester and play a little boo badass," said Rihanna, who is pregnant with her second child.
"I hope this gives me a little bit of cool points with my kids one day. I'm just hoping."
The 35-year-old announced she was expecting her second child during the Super Bowl halftime show in February, her first live performance in seven years.
She gave birth to her first child — with rapper A$AP Rocky — in May 2022.
Rihanna's film credits include Battleship (2012), Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), Home (2015) and Ocean's 8 (2018).
