Despite an album drought and the message her clothes are projecting, Rihanna insists that she is not retired from music. Nor is she pregnant, for that matter.

The “Diamonds” and “Umbrella” singer set the internet abuzz recently after stepping out in a graphic T-shirt dress that was emblazoned with “I’m Retired — This Is as Dressed Up as I Get.” The wardrobe choice led her fan base — desperate for new music from the hitmaker and frantically trying to decode the message on the frock — to believe that she had closed out her recording career.

Alas, new music is still on the horizon, and Rihanna has said the only retirement she has planned at the moment is from dressing to the nines.

“That was just me looking into the future. I’m not retired. I just like that dress,” the 36-year-old told “Extra” on Monday. “I got it as a gift, and I loved it. ... They didn’t read the second line, I’m not retired, I’m just retired from dressing up — it’s a lot of effort.”

Further teasing her fans, the singer quipped: “Wait for the ‘I Quit’ T-shirt.”

Klein, Ganeshananthan win book prizes: On Thursday, author-activist Naomi Klein won the inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction with “Doppelganger,” a personal account of her plunge into the world of online misinformation.

Its sister award, the Women’s Prize for Fiction, went to U.S. writer V. V. Ganeshananthan for her novel “Brotherless Night,” about a family torn apart by Sri Lanka’s long civil war. Both awards carry $38,000 in prize money.

Part memoir and part reportage, “Doppelganger” investigates how online life has distorted reality.

Ganeshananthan’s victorious second novel, which traces an aspiring medic’s journey through the brutality and moral uncertainties of war, took almost two decades to complete.

Producer Simons dies: Ron Simons — an actor who turned into a formidable screen and stage producer, winning four Tony Awards and having several films selected at the Sundance festival — has died. He was 63. SimonSays Entertainment, his production company said Simons died Wednesday but gave no cause.

Simons won Tonys for producing “Porgy and Bess,” with Norm Lewis and Audra McDonald, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” starring Jefferson Mays, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” with Sigourney Weaver, and “Jitney,” with John Douglas Thompson.

Musician Canales dies: Tejano singer and longtime television music show host Johnny Canales has died. He was 77.

Canales’ family confirmed his death in a post Thursday on the Johnny and Nora Canales Show Facebook page. The post did not provide a cause of death.

Canales was known by the catchphrase “Take it away” as he hosted the syndicated show. He is credited with launching the career of superstar Selena on his long-running show.

June 17 birthdays: Singer Barry Manilow is 81. Comedian Joe Piscopo is 73. Singer Jello Biafra is 66. Director Bobby Farrelly is 66. Actor Greg Kinnear is 61. Singer Paulina Rubio is 53. Actor Jodie Whittaker is 42. Actor Manish Dayal is 41. Singer Mickey Guyton is 41. Rapper Kendrick Lamar is 37. Actor KJ Apa is 27.