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"  For this month&amp;#039;s cover shoot, ELLE Creative Director Joe Zee imagined a romantic narrative starring Rihanna as the fiery heroine in a passionate affair with a salsa dancer. On an early February morning, the ELLE production team transformed the Veluzat Motion Picture Ranch northwest of Los Angeles into the ideal backdrop: a windswept town evocative of documentary photographer Robert Polidori&amp;#039;s shots of deserted, patina-rich Havana interiors. Photographer Tom Munro went full Hollywood, using a RED digital camera to film the entire shoot as a movie, with dialogue, extras\u2014the works! We couldn&amp;#039;t think of a better way for Rihanna to embrace her new persona as a blond bombshell\u2014a color she chose exclusively for our shoot\u2014than acting out in fabulous couture pieces from Atelier Versace and styles from Balmain and Jil Sander. Ur\u00ADsula Stephen, RiRi&amp;#039;s hairstylist and longtime friend, smoothed her bold new locks with a conditioning mask, and makeup artist Mylah Morales chose black eyeliner to give our cover girl a sultry look. Whether Rihanna was hamming it up during love scenes or defying gravity by running across the set&amp;#039;s dirt roads in sky-high Dior heels, her unstoppable energy was as infectious as the salsa music playing on set. Click here to see behind-the-scenes photos from the shoot\u2014and get the look!  Click here to see Rihanna&amp;#039;s cover shoot! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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