BOUT "TIME" RIHANNA GOES OUT TO AN INFLUENTIAL PARTY.

Rihanna leaves the Gansevoort Hotel in New York City above. The singer, who was headed to the 100 event, looked stunning in a hot pink dress below on the red carpet.

(April 24, 2012 - Photo by PacificCoastNews.com)

The TIME 100 gala party was held Tuesday nite at the Time Warner Center in New York, celebrated the magazine's annual "100 Most Influential People in the World" list. Rihanna, Matt Lauer, Stephen Colbert, Chelsea Handler, Walter Isaacson, Pete Cashmore and Maryam Durani were among the honorees. On Tuesday, they partied with the likes of Jeremy Lin, Hillary Clinton and Barbara Walters. Ann Curry, Diane Sawyer, Brian Williams, Ann Coulter, Arianna Huffington, Willie Geist, Jane Pauley, Lawrence O’Donnell, and Ayman Mohyeldin were also scheduled to attend.