Official name	Salem
Settlement type	City
Nickname	The Cherry City
Map caption	Location in Marion and Polk Counties, state of Oregon.
Pushpin map	USA Oregon
Pushpin map caption	Location in Oregon
Subdivision type	Country
Subdivision name	United States
Subdivision type1	State
Subdivision name1	Oregon
Subdivision type2	Counties
Subdivision name2	Marion, Polk
Government type	City Council – City Manager
Leader title	Mayor
Leader name	Anna M. Peterson
Established title	Founded
Established date	1842
Area total sq mi	46.4
Area magnitude	34.4
Area total km2	120.1
Area land sq mi	44.8
Area land km2	118.4
Area water sq mi	0.6
Area water km2	1.6
Population as of	2008 making it the third largest city in the state after Portland and Eugene. Salem is less than an hour driving distance away from Portland. Salem is the principal city of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan area that covers Marion and Polk counties

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Name	Tobe Hooper
Birth date	January 25, 1943
Birth place	Austin, Texas
Nationality	American
Occupateion	Director
Known for	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Salem's Lot Poltergeist

Tobe Hooper (born January 25, 1943) is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for his work in the horror film genre. His works include the cult classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), along with its first sequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986); the three-time Emmy-nominated Stephen King film adaptation Salem's Lot (1979); and the three-time Academy Award-nominated, Steven Spielberg-produced Poltergeist (1982).

Early life and work

Hooper was born in Austin, Texas, the son of Lois Belle (née Crosby) and Norman William Ray Hooper, In 1969, Hooper co-wrote and directed Eggshells, a film about a group of hippies in a commune house having to deal with the presence of a possible supernatural force. Eggshells did not receive a theatrical release, but did win Hooper several awards, including the Atlanta Film Festival Award, when the film played around different colleges. Hooper had shot over 60 documentaries, commercials, and short films before making The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. His intention was to go to Hollywood to become a feature film director.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Hollywood

In 1974, he organized a small cast composed of college teachers and students, and with Kim Henkel, on a budget of $60,000 (which eventually rose to $70,000, though some reports say up to $120,000) made The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Hooper claims to have come up with the idea for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre while standing in the hardware section of a crowded store. While thinking of a way to get through the crowd, he spotted chainsaws for sale. The highly successful film changed the horror film industry and landed Hooper in Hollywood. Media reports of audiences throwing up and storming out of theaters showing the film swept the nation. Hooper wanted an MPAA PG rating for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, as there was no PG-13 at the time. Despite having no sex or sexual situations, no drug use, no hard profanity, and a low level of violence, the film received an R rating. The MPAA cited the film's intense tone as reason enough to issue the R rating.

Hooper then received a call from Marty Rustam to direct his first Hollywood film, Eaten Alive (1977). Hooper and Henkel re-wrote most of Rustam and Alvin Fast's script to fit their own desires. Eaten Alive starred Mel Ferrer, Carolyn Jones, William Finley, and Marilyn Burns, who played the lead role in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Some critics noted that Hooper tried to recreate Chainsaw, but did not succeed in terms of intensity. The main reason for this was that Hooper felt the producers were compromising his vision by exerting control over the film. As a result of this, Hooper left the set with three weeks of principal photography remaining. After Hooper's departure, Carolyn Jones, and the editor, Michael Brown, reportedly finished directing the final weeks of the film.

Richard Kobritz, producer of the suspenseful and acclaimed John Carpenter telefilm, Someone's Watching Me! (1978), handpicked Hooper to direct an adaptation of Stephen King's vampire novel 'Salem's Lot. The novel had been a bestseller and had been in development for some time, with Hooper briefly attached under producer William Friedkin's supervision in 1977. Salem's Lot (1979) became Hooper's most polished and mainstream film to date. The telefilm was well-received by critics and fans alike, and is generally thought of as a genre classic.

In 1981, Hooper directed the film, The Funhouse. The story involved four teenage friends who decide to spend the night in the funhouse of a sleazy traveling carnival. The film opened to modest box office receipts and received mainly positive reviews. Hooper had a shooting schedule similar in length to Salem's Lot, but nowhere near the same budget. One of the most praised aspects of the film was its visually stylish cinematography.

Poltergeist controversy

In 1981, Steven Spielberg suggested Tobe Hooper direct an alien invasion film entitled Night Skies. Skies would feature hostile aliens attacking a farmhouse with a family inside. However, Hooper had no interest in directing an alien invasion film after being fired from the production of another science fiction film, The Dark (1979). Night Skies would later be softened and turned into Spielberg's blockbuster E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). While overseeing the final stages of The Funhouse at Universal Studios, Hooper moved into Robert Wise's old office. Wise had left behind a book on the supernatural and ghosts. Hooper, already interested in ghost stories and a huge fan of Wise's classic film The Haunting (1963), asked Spielberg about his interest in the supernatural. Spielberg, also a fan of the topic, decided to write a script for Hooper to direct. In 1982, Hooper directed Poltergeist for MGM, with Spielberg serving as co-writer with Michael Grais and Mark Victor, and co-producer with Frank Marshall. It quickly became one of the top ten highest grossing films of the year. In addition to this, Hooper was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Director. As a result of the film's critical and commercial success, it seemed that Hooper would be propelled into Hollywood's A-list of directors. However, some industry insiders in Hollywood viewed the film as more of a Spielberg-directed film than a Hooper-directed film, despite Hooper's claims that he directed the film and did "half the storyboards himself".

Some comments from the film's cast and crew implied that both Hooper and Spielberg directed the film:

Steven Spielberg, Los Angeles, 1982:

TIME has made E.T. and me very happy. However, a comment slipped in that is unfair to Tobe Hooper, the director of Poltergeist. I am quoted as indicating that I took over the project. While I was creatively involved in the entire production, Tobe Hooper alone was the director.

Tobe Hooper, 1982 (said he did everything his contract as director required of him):

I don't understand why any of these questions have to be raised. I always saw this film as a collaborative situation between my producer, my writer, and myself. Two of those people were Steven Spielberg, but I directed the film and I did fully half of the story boards. I'm quite proud of what I did.

JoBeth Williams:

It was a collaboration with Steven having the final say. Tobe had his own input, but I think we knew that Steven had the final say. Steven is a strong-minded person and knew what he wanted. We were lucky because we got input from two very imaginative people.

Craig T. Nelson:

Tobe gave me a lot of direction. It's not fair to eliminate what Tobe did--he gave me a tremendous amount of support because he's a warm, sensitive, caring human being. Tobe was simply pushed out of the picture after turning in his cut.

Bill Varney (Sound Mixer), said he had no contact with Tobe while mixing the sound:

He [Tobe] dropped by one or two times, but he had no input whatsoever as far as our (sound) work was concerned. Basically, Tobe didn't participate at all.

Jerry Goldsmith (Composer), said he worked exclusively with Spielberg:

It was unusual, because 99% of the time I work with the director.

Willie Hunt (Production executive who was working with United Artists, but had supervised "Poltergeist" when she was with MGM):

Both people were on the set all the time, and Tobe was very much involved, as far as I could tell. But Steven was the creative force in my opinion; his stamp is on the film, even though there was a good, solid, competent director there.

Frank Marshall (Producer):

It all depends on your definition of director. The job of the producer is to get the film finished, and that's what we did. The creative force on this movie was Steven. Tobe was the director and was on the set every day. But Steven did the design for every storyboard and he was on the set every day except for three days when he was in Hawaii with [George] Lucas.

Cannon films

Hooper was then offered a contract by Cannon Films to direct three films. The first was a science fiction thriller called Lifeforce (1985) about humanoid creatures from outer space who eventually cause the destruction of London. The film was based on the lengthy and complex 1976 novel, The Space Vampires by Colin Wilson, Lifeforce was produced on a then huge budget of $25 million. Hooper was unhappy about the producers' decision to change the title of the film from the "fun sounding" Space Vampires to the more serious Lifeforce. He was even more troubled over the producers' decision to cut about 15 minutes of the film from the US release. Lifeforce failed to gross more than $12 million at the United States box office, but did well in overseas territories.

In 1986, Hooper remade the 1950s classic Invaders from Mars and directed the much-anticipated sequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Due to the failure of Lifeforce, the budget for Invaders from Mars was repeatedly slashed by the studio, and the film eventually failed at the box office, opening to mixed reviews from critics. Hooper's next film, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, starred Dennis Hopper and had a budget of $4 million. The extra funding provided "Hollywood" production values in comparison to the microbudgeted original. However, the film failed to impress fans as it focused on black comedy and over the top gore instead of attempting to be genuinely scary. Nevertheless, the film now has a wide cult following. An uncut DVD version called "The Gruesome Edition" was released in October 2006 by MGM. It contains deleted scenes, a "making of" documentary, and commentary by Hooper and others. From the three Cannon films made by Hooper, Chainsaw 2 was the only one to make back its budget at the box office.

After Cannon

Hooper's film career stalled after the troubled productions at Cannon. In the late 1980s, and much of the 1990s, Hooper's reputation as a bankable director was questioned due to the failure of the three films he made at Cannon. When combined, Hooper budgets came to a little more than $40 million, with a total box office income of $25 million. In 1989, Hooper had written a script treatment for a third Texas Chainsaw film, but never developed it further. Instead, he chose to focus on Spontaneous Combustion (1990), a thriller starring Brad Dourif. The film was shot on a budget of around $5 million, but was not successful. Hooper blamed this on constant rewrites and producer restraints. Hooper's next film, Night Terrors (1993) was released straight to video. Hooper would end the decade with two other poorly received films, The Mangler (1995) and Crocodile (2000).

Hooper's notable TV projects include the telefilms I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990) and The Apartment Complex (1999). He also directed pilot episodes for Freddy's Nightmares (1988), Nowhere Man (1995) and Dark Skies (1996), and an episode of Tales from the Crypt; as well as the segment "Eye" from the TV trilogy film, John Carpenter's Body Bags (1993).

Recent work

In 2002, Hooper directed the pilot for the miniseries Taken. The same year, it was announced that New Line Cinema and Michael Bay would be remaking Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Hooper served as producer on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), which became a box office success, grossing $120 million worldwide. In early 2003, Hooper himself remade a 1970s film entitled The Toolbox Murders (1978). Toolbox Murders (2004) received some of Hooper's best critical reviews in years.

From 2005-2006, Showtime aired the Mick Garris-produced series, Masters of Horror. Hooper directed two episodes, Dance of the Dead (2005) and The Damned Thing (2006). The series allowed Hooper and other directors "final cut" approval, which meant freedom from interference by producers.

In 2004, Hooper started his own film production company, called T.H. Nightmares. So far, no films have emerged under this banner. In late 2006, Hooper talked about possibly producing a TV series, Texas Chainsaw Chronicles. No further details about the series have emerged. In 2007, Hooper was attached to two films, Training Ground and Tequila Joe. Similarly, no details have emerged on these two films since late 2007.

During the summer of 2008, Kim Henkel (co-writer of the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and writer-director of the fourth installment, (1994)), announced he would write and direct a new Chainsaw film set in the present day, however, nothing is yet known regarding Hooper's involvement in this possible remake. However, in October 2009, Twisted Pictures, the company behind the Saw films, bought the rights to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and plan on making a new Chainsaw film in 3D. Stephen Susco, writer of The Grudge 1 and 2, will serve as screenwriter, while rumors have circulated that Hooper has expressed interest in directing the new reboot.

Hooper had also planned on adapting Stephen King's 2002 novel From A Buick 8. Mick Garris, executive producer of Masters of Horror, was attached as a producer on the film. However, funding could not be produced, so the film has been put on hold.

In June 2009, it was revealed that Hooper would be writing a horror novel, due to be released in October 2010.

Legacy

In 2010, writer and actor Mark Gatiss interviewed Hooper for his BBC documentary series A History of Horror, in which he appears in the third episode.

Filmography

Eggshells (1969)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Eaten Alive (1977)

Salem's Lot (1979)

The Funhouse (1981)

Poltergeist (1982)

Lifeforce (1985)

Invaders from Mars (1986)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

Spontaneous Combustion (1990)

I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990)

Night Terrors (1993)

Body Bags (1993)

The Mangler (1995)

Nowhere Man (1995)

Dark Skies (1997)

The Apartment Complex (1999)

Crocodile (2000)

Toolbox Murders (2004)

Dance of the Dead (Masters of Horror) (2005)

Mortuary (2006)

The Damned Thing (Masters of Horror) (2006)

References

External links

Tobe Hooper Movie Trailers

Category:1943 births Category:American film directors Category:Horror film directors Category:Living people Category:People from Austin, Texas

Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Robert Bartleh Cummings
Also known as	Mr. Zombie
Born	January 12, 1965Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States
Instrument	Vocals
Genre	Heavy metal, alternative metal, groove metal, industrial metal, horror punk
Occupation	Musician, songwriter, screenwriter, film director, film producer
Years active	1985–present
Spouse	Sheri Moon
Label	Roadrunner Records/Loud & Proud
Associated acts	White ZombieScum of the EarthPowerman 5000Slipknot
Url	www.robzombie.com

Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings;" Meanwhile, also in December 2008, Zombie's new single "War Zone" was featured in the soundtrack to .

Rob Zombie appeared on "The Howard Stern Show" on August 18, 2009, saying the new album is complete, although he has not yet set a title, and scheduled for release on November 10. That release date would later change to November 17, according to his MySpace blog. Eventually, the release date would be pushed back to February 2010.

On October 3, Zombie posted a link to preview the track, "Sick Bubble-Gum" on his Twitter page. The first new single "What?" was released on October 13. Zombie released the next new song, "Burn" for Rock Band, as well as two old tracks, "Dragula" and "Superbeast" on October 27. They are available via Xbox Live and PlayStation Network as well as the Rock Band Store.

On October 29, 2009, Zombie began the Hellbilly Deluxe 2 World Tour in support of the (despite the fact it was not to be released until over 3 months later).

Zombie has commented that Hellbilly Deluxe 2 may be his last physical record release due to the growing popularity of iTunes and other methods of music downloading, but stated he will continue to make music. Hellbilly Deluxe 2 was set to be his last album released through Geffen Records, but in late October, Zombie announced that he had signed on to Roadrunner Records and will be instead releasing Hellbilly Deluxe 2 under that label in early 2010.

On January 22, he announced that he would be touring with Alice Cooper for the "Gruesome Twosome" tour.

Tommy Clufetos recently left the band to perform with Ozzy Osbourne on drums. He replaced drummer Mike Bordin who is on tour with his current band Faith No More. Joey Jordison has since replaced Clufetos and was announced to be drumming with Zombie for his upcoming summer tour dates. Rob Zombie was bothered that Clufetos was the second member to leave his solo band and join Osbourne after bassist Rob "Blasko" Nicholson left in 2006. Zombie commented, "if my guys that I have wanna go play with other people, that's fine; I don't own them. But I think there's ways to do things in a respectful way and there's ways to just be shitty, and I feel that the way things have gone down lately has been pretty shitty."

Rob Zombie performed at Edgefest in Little Rock, Arkansas as the co-headliner along with Godsmack on May 8, 2010. He also played on the main stage on the second day of the Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, Ohio on May 23. It was widely reported that much of the crowd left after his performance, despite the fact that Limp Bizkit was still scheduled to take the stage.

Rob Zombie finished recording four new songs in July 2010 with John 5, Piggy D., and Joey Jordison. The new music, expected to be released in September 2010, was described by Zombie as "some of the fastest and heaviest tracks we have recorded in a long, long time." Former White Zombie member, and drummer for Rob Zombie's first two studio albums, John Tempesta was rumored to have recorded at least one song titled "Loving the Freaks" for this release. While Rob Zombie did confirm that this collaboration was planned, his schedule was too busy and these recording sessions never took place. Working with Tempesta again in the future was not ruled out. These newly recorded tracks were incorporated into a special edition reissue of Hellbilly Deluxe 2 which was released on September 28, 2010.

For the first time in 12 years, Zombie will return to the United Kingdom to play a string of six dates in support of the album Hellbilly Deluxe 2.

Other projects

Zombie is featured as a backing vocalist on the Lynyrd Skynyrd album God & Guns for the song "Floyd".

Zombie supplied the vocals for Drowning Pool's song "Man Without Fear" for the soundtrack to the 2003 film "Daredevil" starring Ben Affleck.

Rob Zombie also lent his vocals to the Powerman 5000 song "Blast Off to Nowhere" on their 1999 breakthrough album Tonight the Stars Revolt!, singing along side his brother Spider One (who is the front man of Powerman 5000).

On May 23, 2010 Rob released part 1 of a comic book series about a fictitious Horror Host titled "Whatever Happened To Baron Von Shock?", the first print sold out in less than a week's time.

Film and television

Film career

to promote ''Halloween.]] House of 1000 Corpses was Rob Zombie's directorial debut and his first horror film. Zombie wrote the screenplay as well as directing the film. It took four years to make (1999–2003), and was finally released by Lion's Gate Films in 2003, after Stacy Snider, then-head of Universal Pictures, sold the film to them. It featured a great deal of violence and gore. The movie told the tale of a group of unlucky teenagers who stumble upon the Firefly Family, a family of sadistic and vicious murderers. The film was shot in a surreal and over-the-top style that alternated between dark and campy humor. The film was mostly panned by critics but has gained a cult following.

The House of 1000 Corpses' sequel, The Devil's Rejects, which Zombie also wrote and directed, showcased a much different style. Whereas House aimed at being more gory and bizarre , Rejects was darkly comedic and gritty. Released in 2005, Rejects had the Firefly Family on the run from the law and a particularly vengeful sheriff whose brother had been murdered by them in the first film. It had a better critical reception than Corpses. Zombie contributed to the 2007 exploitation film Grindhouse, by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino by directing a faux trailer, called Werewolf Women of the S.S., starring his wife, exploitation veterans Udo Kier and Sybil Danning, and Nicolas Cage, who appeared free for fun.

Zombie next wrote and directed Halloween, a reimagining of the 1978 classic that was released August 31, 2007. Although it was a success and opened at number #1 at the box office with $26 million, it registered only 26% at Rotten Tomatoes. It would go on to gross over $78 million, his biggest hit yet and the highest grossing "Halloween" film of all time (when not adjusted for inflation).

Zombie is the executive producer of the animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, based upon his comic book series, The Adventures of El Superbeasto (which appeared in his Spookshow International comic book). The film was released directly to DVD on September 22, 2009. It features Tom Papa, Paul Giamatti, Zombie's wife Sheri Moon, and Rosario Dawson.

Zombie directed a sequel to Halloween entitled Halloween II, which was released on August 28, 2009. Filming began on February 23, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia with Tyler Mane returning as Michael Myers. Zombie will next be directing a new movie for Dimension Films known as Rob Zombie's Tyrannosaurus Rex. In an interview at Comic Con 2009 with his younger brother Spider One of Powerman 5000, Zombie stated that his album would be released in October with a tour following.

Variety Magazine announced the weekend before the release of 'Halloween II' that Zombie will be directing a remake of the 1950s/1980s films "The Blob". Zombie will also create a new comic called 'Whatever Happened to Baron Von Shock?', which will be released over Image Comics in late 2010.

On October 3, 2009 received the Filmmaker of the Year title of the Chiller-Eyegore Awards.

In December 2009 he announced an interest to direct an episode of CSI.

On January 13, 2010, Associated Press reported, Rob Zombie's "CSI: Miami" episode will air March 1. He shot the part of the series with the full cast of the series and casted for minor roles Michael Madsen, Malcolm McDowell, William Forsythe, ZZ Top's leader Billy Gibbons and his wife, Sheri Moon Zombie.

Rob Zombie and Universal Studios presents the Halloween Horror Nights – Rob Zombie Film Competition as part of the Halloween Horror Nights 2010.

Rob Zombie Also Was A Guest Host on WWE Raw.

On September 22, 2010, it was announced that Rob Zombie's next film project would be entitled "Lords of Salem."

Music video direction

Rob has directed all of his own music videos as well as all White Zombie music videos except for "Welcome to Planet Motherfucker", "Black Sunshine" and "Thunderkiss '65". Zombie has contributed to other artists directing music videos such as Ozzy Osbourne's "Dreamer", Powerman 5000's "Tokyo Vigilante #1" and Black Label Society's "Stillborn" among others.

As a guest

Rob Zombie's been a guest on several talk shows including Late Night with David Letterman (several times), Jimmy Kimmel Live! (twice), Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Howard Stern Show, The Opie and Anthony Show, That Metal Show, (Buried Alive episode) and even Space Ghost Coast to Coast (while he was in White Zombie).

Zombie also made a few guest appearances in movies: such as Airheads (with White Zombie on stage playing Feed the Gods) and the voice of Dr. Karl (on the phone) in the movie Slither. He did a few voiceovers for cartoons such as the voice of Ichthultu, a creature from an alternate universe in Justice League Unlimited. He also voices Dr. Curt Connors a.k.a. the Lizard in . Rob Zombie appeared as the guest host for the June 28th edition of WWE Monday Night RAW.

Zombie supplied music for the soundtracks of Twisted Metal III and Twisted Metal 4, and even appeared as a playable character in Twisted Metal 4. Dragula was used in Jet Grind Radio soundtrack.

Rob Zombie was the celebrity guest on the Oct 31, 2010 (Halloween Special) episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

Collaborations

Rob Zombie had casted certain actors in more than one of his films.

Filmography

;Feature-length films

House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

The Devil's Rejects (2005)

Halloween (2007)

Halloween II (2009)

Lords of Salem (2011)

Tyrannosaurus Rex (TBA)

;Animated films

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009)

;TV work

Pee-wee's Playhouse (production assistant, unknown episodes)

Headbangers Ball (guest, numerous episodes)

Space Ghost Coast to Coast (guest, 1 episode, 1997)

(director, 1 episode, 2010)

Monday Night Raw (Raw Guest Host, 1 episode, 2010)

Extreme Makeover Home Edition (Guest, Season 8 - Episode 6, 2010)

;Other

as himself (interview)

Discography

with White Zombie

Soul-Crusher (1987)

Make Them Die Slowly (1989)

(1992)

(1995)

Solo

Hellbilly Deluxe (1998)

The Sinister Urge (2001)

Educated Horses (2006)

Hellbilly Deluxe 2 (2010)

Solo band members

;Current

Rob Zombie – vocals (1997–current)

John 5 – guitar, vocals (2005–current)

Piggy D. – bass guitar, vocals (2006–current)

Joey Jordison – drums, percussion (2010–current)

;Former

Mike Riggs – guitars, vocals (1997–2003)

John Tempesta – drums, percussion, vocals (1997–2004)

Blasko – bass guitar, vocals (1997–2006)

Tommy Clufetos – drums, percussion (2005–2010)

References

External links

interview with X103 (pt. 1)

Zombie FAQ, a Rob Zombie/White Zombie FAQ site

Piggy D on Maximum Threshold Radio Show

Rob Zombie at FEARnet

Rob Zombie Icons of Fright interview

Rob Zombie interview for Bakotopia magazine

Rob Zombie interview for MarsDust.com

Rob Zombie talks about new album set for Nov 2009

Rob Zombie and Sheri Moon Zombie interview on RadioPlanet.tv, Sept '09

Rob Zombie Interview in Real Detroit Weekly

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Name	Lady Gaga
Img alt	Portrait of a young, pale-skinned Caucasian female with blond hair
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Born	March 28, 1986New York City, U.S.
Instrument	Vocals, piano, synthesizer, keytar
Genre	Pop, dance
Occupation	Singer-songwriter, performance artist,

External links

Year in Gaga: A Provocative 2010 — slideshow by Life magazine

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