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Circus Maximus
The Circus Maximus (Latin for great or large circus, in Italian Circo Massimo) is an ancient Roman chariot racing stadium and mass entertainment venue located in Rome, Italy. Situated in the valley between the Aventine and Palatine hills, it was the first and largest stadium in ancient Rome and its later Empire. It measured 621 m (2,037 ft) in length and 118 m (387 ft) in width, and could accommodate about 150,000 spectators. In its fully developed form, it became the model for circuses throughout the Roman Empire. The site is now a public park.
The Circus was Rome's largest venue for ludi, public games connected to Roman religious festivals. Ludi were sponsored by leading Romans or the Roman state for the benefit of the Roman people (populus Romanus) and gods. Most were held annually or at annual intervals on the Roman calendar. Others might be given to fulfill a religious vow, such as the games in celebration of a triumph. The earliest known triumphal ludi at the Circus were vowed by Tarquin the Proud to Jupiter in the late Regal era for his victory over Pometia.
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Deering Oaks
Deering Oaks is a 55 acres (22 ha) public park in Portland, Maine, which has a baseball diamond, tennis courts, a playground, and a pond. It is located west of downtown Portland and is bordered by Deering Avenue on the west, Forest Avenue on the east, Park Avenue to the south and Interstate 295 to the north. State Street bisects the park. Access is from State Street, Deering Avenue, or Park Avenue. The Portland Farmers Market is located on the Park Avenue side of the park.
The area was the site of a September 1689 battle between the British, French, and Native Americans.
The City of Portland largely acquired the land from the Deering, Preble, and Fessenden families in 1879 as part of the rebuilding following the devastating 1866 fire. Deering Oaks Pond at one time filled and drained with the ocean tides; it was naturally connected to Back Cove until altered to suit roadways in the late 19th century. Deering Oaks also hosts the city's monument to the Spanish-American War, a casting of The Hiker by Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson. During the winter, one can ice skate on the frozen pond, and until the late 1990s, paddle boats could be rented during the summer season to explore the confines of the pond and enjoy the scenery.
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Jakarta
Jakarta (
/dʒəˈkɑrtə/), officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta (Indonesian: Daerah Khusus Ibu Kota Jakarta), is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Located on the northwest coast of Java, Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre, and with a population of 10,187,595 as of November 2011, it is the most populous city in Indonesia and in Southeast Asia, and is the twelfth-largest city in the world. The official metropolitan area, known as Jabodetabekjur, is the second largest in the world, yet the city's suburbs still continue beyond it. Jakarta is listed as a global city in the 2008 Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network (GaWC) research. and has an area of 661 square kilometres (255 sq mi)
Based on Brooking Institute survey about growth, in 2011 Jakarta ranked 17th among the world's 200 largest cities, a significant jumps from 2007 when Jakarta ranked 171st. Jakarta has seen more rapid growth than Kuala Lumpur, Beijing and Bangkok.
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Manhattan (/mænˈhætən/) is the most densely populated and the oldest of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the U.S. state of New York. The borough and county consist of Manhattan Island and several small adjacent islands: Roosevelt Island, Randall's Island, Wards Island, Governors Island, Liberty Island, part of Ellis Island,Mill Rock, and U Thant Island; as well as Marble Hill, a very small area on the mainland bordering the Bronx. The original city of New York began at the southern end of Manhattan, expanded northward, and then between 1874 and 1898, annexed land from surrounding counties.
The New York County is the most densely populated county in the United States, and one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with a 2010 population of 1,585,873 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles (59.5 km2), or 69,464 residents per square mile (26,924/km²), more dense than any individual American city. It is also one of the wealthiest counties in the United States, with a 2005 per capita income above $100,000. Manhattan is the third-largest of New York's five boroughs in population, and its smallest borough in land area.
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New York University
Coordinates: 40°43′48″N 73°59′42″W / 40.73°N 73.995°W / 40.73; -73.995
New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City, USA. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. Founded in 1831, NYU is one of the largest private nonprofit institutions of American higher education.
NYU was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1950. The university counts 34 Nobel Prize winners, 3 Abel Prize winners, 10 National Medal of Science recipients, 16 Pulitzer Prize winners, 21 Academy Award winners, and Emmy,Grammy, and Tony Award winners among its faculty and alumni. NYU also has MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowship holders as well as National Academy of Sciences members among its past and present graduates and faculty.
NYU is organized into 18 schools, colleges, and institutes, located in six centers throughout Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn, as well as more than a dozen other sites across the world, with plans for further expansion.
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Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000. With a metro population of over 500,000, the Greater Portland area is home to more than one-third of Maine's total population.
Tourists visit Portland's historic Old Port district along Portland Harbor, at the mouth of the Fore River and part of Casco Bay, and the Arts District, which runs along Congress Street in the center of the city. Portland Head Light is located in nearby Cape Elizabeth and marks the entrance to Portland Harbor.
The city seal depicts a phoenix rising from ashes, which aligns with the city's motto, Resurgam, Latin for "I will rise again." The motto refers to Portland's recoveries from four devastating fires. The city of Portland, Oregon was named for Portland, Maine.
Portland Public Schools is the largest school system in Maine, serving approximately 7,000 students.
Native Americans originally named Portland Machigonne. The first European settler was Capt. Christopher Levett, an English naval captain granted 6,000 acres (24 km2) by King Charles I of England in 1623 to found a settlement in Casco Bay. A member of the Council for New England and agent for Ferdinando Gorges, Levett built a stone house where he left a company of ten men, then returned to England and wrote a book about his voyage to drum up support for the settlement. The settlement failed, and the fate of Levett's colonists is unknown. The explorer sailed from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony to meet John Winthrop in 1630, but never returned to Maine. Fort Levett in the harbor is named for him.
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Seoul
Seoul (Korean pronunciation: [sʌ.ul] (
listen), English /soʊl/), officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world. The Seoul National Capital Area is the world's second largest metropolitan area with over 25 million inhabitants, which includes the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province. Almost a quarter of South Koreans live in Seoul, half of South Koreans live in the metropolitan area, along with over 275,000 international residents.
Located in the Han River, Seoul has been a major settlement for over 2,000 years, with its foundation dating back to 18 B.C. when Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, established its capital in what is now south-east Seoul. It continued as the capital of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty and the Korean Empire. The Seoul National Capital Area is home to four UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Changdeokgung, Hwaseong Fortress, Jongmyo Shrine and the Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty.
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Sydney Town Hall
The Sydney Town Hall is a landmark sandstone building located in the heart of Sydney. It stands opposite the Queen Victoria Building and alongside St Andrew's Cathedral. Sitting above the busy Town Hall station and between the cinema strip on George Street and the Central Business District, the steps of the Town Hall are a popular meeting place.
The Town Hall was built in the 1880s -- on the site of an old cemetery -- from local Sydney sandstone in the grand Victorian Second Empire style, and has been described as having "lavishly ornamented composition with focal tower and fanciful roofs." It remains the only non-religious city building from the era to retain its original function and interior. The building houses the Sydney City Council Chamber, reception rooms, the Centennial Hall and offices for the Lord Mayor and elected councillors. The Centennial Hall (main hall) contains Sydney Town Hall Grand Organ, the world's largest pipe organ with tubular pneumatic action, built from 1886 to 1889 and installed in 1890 by the English firm of William Hill & Son. This organ possesses one of only two full-length 64′ organ stops in the world (the Contra-Trombone in the pedal). Before the opening of the Sydney Opera House and its Concert Hall, the Town Hall was Sydney's premier concert hall, and many notable performances took place there. The Town Hall steps are a popular meeting place.
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Upper East Side
The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, between Central Park and the East River. The Upper East Side lies within an area bounded by 59th Street to 96th Street, and the East River to Fifth Avenue-Central Park. The ZIP codes included in this neighborhood are 10021, 10022, 10028, 10075, 10128, 10029 and 10065.
Once known as the 'Silk Stocking District', it retains its position as one of the most affluent neighborhoods of New York City.
Before the arrival of Europeans, the mouths of streams that eroded gullies in the East River bluffs are conjectured to have been the sites of fishing camps used by the Lenape, whose controlled burns once a generation or so kept the dense canopy of oak-hickory forest open at ground level.
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Upper West Side
The Upper West Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River and between West 59th Street and West 110th Street. The Upper West Side is sometimes also considered to include the neighborhood of Morningside Heights.
Like the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side is an upscale, primarily residential, area, with many of its residents working in more commercial areas in Midtown and Lower Manhattan. While these distinctions were never hard-and-fast rules and now mean little, it has the reputation of being home to New York City's cultural and artistic workers, while the Upper East Side is traditionally perceived to be home to commercial and business types.
The Upper West Side is bounded on the south by 58th Street, Central Park to the east, and the Hudson River to the west. Its northern boundary is somewhat less obvious. Although it has historically been cited as 110th Street, which fixes the neighborhood alongside Central Park, it is now sometimes considered to be 125th Street, encompassing Morningside Heights. This reflects demographic shifts in Morningside Heights, as well as the tendency of real estate brokers to co-opt the tony Upper West Side name when listing Morningside Heights and Harlem apartments.[citation needed] The area north of West 96th Street and east of Broadway is also identified as Manhattan Valley. The overlapping area west of Amsterdam Avenue to Riverside Park was once known as the Bloomingdale District.
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Akon
Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam (born April 16, 1973), better known as simply Akon, is a Senegalese American R&B and hip hop recording artist, songwriter, record producer and businessman. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first single from his debut album Trouble.
He has since founded two successful record labels, Konvict Muzik and Kon Live Distribution. His second album, "Konvicted" received three nominations for the Grammy Awards in two categories, Best Contemporary R&B Album for "Konvicted" album and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Smack That" and "I Wanna Love You". He is the first solo artist to hold both the number one and two spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts 'twice'.
Akon often sings hooks for other artists and is currently credited with over 300 guest appearances and more than 35 Billboard Hot 100 songs. He has worked with numerous performers such as Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Eminem, Whitney Houston, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Gwen Stefani, Snoop Dogg and many more artists. He has had five Grammy Awards nominations and has produced many hits for artists such as Lady Gaga, Colby O'Donis, Kardinal Offishall and Leona Lewis. Lady Gaga and T-Pain are two artists who were given their chance at fame by Akon.
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Alexander McQueen
Lee Alexander McQueen, CBE (17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer and couturier best known for his in-depth knowledge of bespoke British tailoring, his tendency to juxtapose strength with fragility in his collections, as well as the emotional power and raw energy of his provocative fashion shows.[opinion] He is also known for having worked as chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001 and for founding his own Alexander McQueen label. His achievements in fashion earned him four British Designer of the Year awards (1996, 1997, 2001 and 2003), as well as the CFDA's International Designer of the Year award in 2003.
Born on 17 March 1969 in Lewisham, London, to Scottishtaxi driver Ronald and social science teacher Joyce, McQueen was the youngest of six children. He grew up in a council flat in a tower block in Stratford. He attended Carpenters Road Primary School, started making dresses for his three sisters at a young age, and announced his intention to become a fashion designer.
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Alexis Petridis
Alexis Petridis is a British journalist, head rock and pop critic for UK newspaper The Guardian, as well as a regular and contributor to the magazine GQ.. In addition to his music writing for the paper he has written a weekly column in the fashion section of The Guardian's Weekend section, as well as contributing to it's 'Lost in Showbiz' column.
Petridis began his career writing for Varsity whilst a student at the University of Cambridge. He was the final editor of now defunct music magazine Select.
He has won the "Record Reviews Writer of the Year" category at the Record of the Day awards seven times, from 2005 to 2011, as well as winning "Artist and Music Features: Writer of the year " in 2006.
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Amy Winehouse
Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter known for her powerful deep contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres including R&B, soul and jazz. Winehouse's 2003 debut album, Frank, was critically successful in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Her 2006 follow-up album, Back to Black, led to six Grammy Award nominations and five wins, tying the then record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night, and made Winehouse the first British female to win five Grammys, including three of the "Big Four": Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
In 2007 she won a Brit Award for Best British Female Artist; she had also been nominated for Best British Album. She won the Ivor Novello Award three times: once in 2004 for Best Contemporary Song (musically and lyrically) for "Stronger Than Me", once in 2007 for Best Contemporary Song for "Rehab", and once in 2008 for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Love Is a Losing Game".
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Andy Samberg
David Andrew "Andy" Samberg (born August 18, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, rapper, and writer best known as a member of the comedy group The Lonely Island and as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2012. On Saturday Night Live, he and The Lonely Island have been credited with popularizing the Emmy-winning SNL Digital Shorts, the comical short films and music videos starring Samberg and other members of the SNL cast. As a film actor, Samberg has appeared in Hot Rod; Space Chimps; Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist; I Love You, Man; Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs; Friends with Benefits; and What's Your Number?
Samberg was born in Mill Valley California, the son of Joe Samberg, a photographer, and Margi (née Marrow), an elementary school teacher who taught at Old Mill School. Samberg also has two sisters, Johanna and Darrow. He was raised in a Jewish household. His maternal grandfather, Alfred J. Marrow, served as the executive chair of the American Jewish Congress, although Samberg describes himself as "not particularly religious." Samberg discovered Saturday Night Live as a child while sneaking past his parents to watch professional wrestling on television. He became "obsessed" with the show, and his devotion to comedy became frustrating to teachers who felt he was unfocused on his schoolwork.
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Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a renowned and sometimes controversial artist. The Andy Warhol Museum in his native city, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archives. It is the largest museum in the United States of America dedicated to a single artist.
Andy Warhol's artwork ranged in many forms of media that include hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music. He was a pioneer in computer-generated art using Amiga computers that were introduced in 1985, just before his death in 1987. He founded Interview Magazine and was the author of numerous books, including The Philosophy of Andy Warhol and Popism: The Warhol Sixties. Andy Warhol is also notable as a gay man who lived openly as such before the gay liberation movement. His studio, The Factory, was a famous gathering place that brought together distinguished intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, Bohemian street people, Hollywood celebrities, and wealthy patrons. Warhol has been the subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions, books, and feature and documentary films. He coined the widely used expression "15 minutes of fame". Many of his creations are very collectible and highly valuable. The highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting is US$100 million for a 1963 canvas titled Eight Elvises. The private transaction was reported in a 2009 article in The Economist, which described Warhol as the "bellwether of the art market". Warhol's works include some of the most expensive paintings ever sold.
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Ann Powers
Ann Powers (born 4 February 1964) is an American writer and pop music critic. Powers has been writing about popular music and society since the early 1980s. The author of such books as Weird Like Us: My Bohemian America and coeditor of Rock She Wrote: Women Write About Rock, Pop, and Rap, she has written for various publications like the New York Times, Blender Magazine, and the Village Voice. She currently writes for NPR Music, and is a contributor for The Los Angeles Times.
A Seattle, Washington native, she has written for many music publications, and her work has been widely anthologized. While still a teenager, she began writing about music in the now-defunct Seattle music tabloid The Rocket. After a brief stint at the New York Times in 1992-93, she was an editor for the Village Voice from 1993 until 1996, then returned to the Times as a pop critic from 1997 until 2001. From 2001 until May 2005, she was senior curator at the Experience Music Project, an interactive music museum in Seattle. After a brief tenure as Blender magazine's senior critic, in March 2006 she accepted a position as chief pop-music critic at the Los Angeles Times, where she succeeded Robert Hilburn.
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Barbara Walters
Barbara Jill Walters (born September 25, 1929) is an American broadcast journalist, author, and television personality. She has hosted morning television shows (Today and The View), the television news magazine (20/20), former co-anchor of the ABC World News, and current contributor to ABC News.
Walters was first known as a popular TV morning news anchor for over 10 years on NBC's Today, where she worked with Hugh Downs and later hosts Frank McGee and Jim Hartz. Walters later spent 25 years as co-host of ABC's news magazine 20/20. She was the first female co-anchor of network evening news, working with Harry Reasoner on the ABC Evening News, and continuing as a contributor to the network news division and its flagship program, ABC World News.
In 1996, Walters was ranked #34 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.
Walters was born in 1929 in Boston, the daughter of Dena (née Seletsky) and Louis "Lou" Walters (born Louis Warmwater). Her parents were both Jewish and descendants of refugees from the former Russian Empire, now Eastern Europe. Walters' paternal grandfather, Abraham Isaac, was from what is now Łódź, Poland, and first immigrated to England, changing his name first to Warmwater and later to Abraham Walters (the original family surname was Waremwasser). Walters' father was born there c. 1894, and moved to the United States with his family in 1900. In 1937, her father opened the New York version of the Latin Quarter; he also worked as a Broadway producer (he produced the Ziegfeld Follies of 1943). He also was the Entertainment Director for the Tropicana Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he imported the "Folies Bergere" stage show from Paris to the resort's main showroom. Walters' brother, Burton, died in 1932 of pneumonia. Walters' elder sister, Jacqueline, was born mentally disabled and died of ovarian cancer in 1985. She has another half sister, Walda Walters Anderson, born to a different mother.[citation needed]
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Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (née Beyoncé Giselle Knowles; September 4, 1981), known mononymously as Beyoncé ( /biˈjɒnseɪ/ bee-YON-say), is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child. Knowles rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the R&B girl group Destiny's Child, one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time.
During the hiatus of Destiny's Child, Knowles released her debut solo album, Dangerously in Love, in 2003, which spawned two number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100—"Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy"—and became one of the most successful albums of that year, earning her a then record-tying five Grammy Awards. Following the disbandment of Destiny's Child in 2005, Knowles released her second solo album, B'Day, in 2006, which spawned the top 10 singles "Déjà Vu", "Irreplaceable" and "Beautiful Liar". Her third solo album I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008), spawned the hit singles "If I Were a Boy", "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", "Halo" and "Sweet Dreams". The album helped Knowles earn six Grammys in 2010, breaking the record for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in one night. Knowles' fourth solo album, 4 (2011), became her fourth consecutive number one album on the Billboard 200 as a solo artist. This made her the third artist in history to have her first four studio albums debut atop the chart.
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Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation. Clinton has been described as a New Democrat. Many of his policies have been attributed to a centrist Third Way philosophy of governance.
Born and raised in Arkansas, Clinton became both a student leader and a skilled musician. He is an alumnus of Georgetown University where he was Phi Beta Kappa and earned a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Oxford. He is married to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has served as the United States Secretary of State since 2009 and was a Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009. Both Clintons received law degrees from Yale Law School, where they met and began dating. As Governor of Arkansas, Clinton overhauled the state's education system, and served as Chair of the National Governors Association.
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Born This Way Ball
The Born This Way Ball is the third concert tour by American recording artist Lady Gaga, in support of her second studio album Born This Way (2011). The tour will consist of 110 shows in Asia, Australia, and later Europe in August 2012, followed by Latin America towards the end of the year, and then North America beginning in January 2013 and running into March.
During the launch of "Judas", the second single from Born This Way, Lady Gaga confirmed in an interview that she would embark on a concert tour in 2012, which would visit Latin American countries for the first time, like Brazil, and would return to Mexico. In November 2011, producer DJ White Shadow asserted that Gaga was "doing [preparations] for the next round of touring", adding that the singer's main objective in the following year was to continue preparing for the Born This Way Ball, as well as create new songs for her next studio album.Fernando Garibay, who began collaborating with Gaga in The Fame Monster (2009), felt that Born This Way was one of his most personal moments. He opined, "This album was the most personal [because of] the amount of detail that went into this record, the amount of passion [and] emotion from her and the team. Every song was a story towards the Born This Way theme. We're excited now, putting that into the tour and expressing that on a live performance level." In contrast to her previous tour, Garibay affirmed that the shows of the Born This Way Ball would be more exaggerated.
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Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album ...Baby One More Time in 1999, which became the best-selling album by a teenage solo artist. During her first decade in the music industry, she became a prominent figure in mainstream popular music and popular culture, followed by a much-publicized personal life. Her first two albums established her as a pop icon and broke sales records, while title tracks "...Baby One More Time" and "Oops!... I Did It Again" became international number-one hits. Spears was credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s, and became the 'best-selling teen aged artist of all time' before she turned 20, garnering her the honorific title of "Princess of Pop".
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Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949), nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter-performer who records and tours with the E Street Band. Springsteen is widely known for his brand of heartland rock, poetic lyrics, and Americana sentiments centered on his native New Jersey.
Springsteen's recordings have included both commercially accessible rock albums and more somber folk-oriented works. His most successful studio albums, Born in the U.S.A. and Born to Run, showcase a talent for finding grandeur in the struggles of daily American life; he has sold more than 65 million albums in the United States and more than 120 million worldwide and he has earned numerous awards for his work, including 21 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and an Academy Award. He is widely regarded by many as one of the most influential songwriters of the 20th century, and in 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him as the 23rd Greatest Artist of all time.
Springsteen was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and spent his childhood and high school years in Freehold Borough. He lived on South Street in Freehold Borough and attended Freehold Borough High School. His father, Douglas Frederick Springsteen, was of Dutch and Irish ancestry and worked, among other vocations, as a bus driver, although he was frequently unemployed; his surname is Dutch for jump stone. His mother, Adele Ann (née Zerilli), was a legal secretary and was of Italian ancestry. His maternal grandfather was born in Vico Equense, a city near Naples. He has two younger sisters, Virginia and Pamela. Pamela had a brief film career, but left acting to pursue still photography full time; she took photos for the Human Touch and Lucky Town albums.
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Caitlin Moran
Caitlin Moran (born 5 April 1975 as Catherine Elizabeth Moran) is a British broadcaster, TV critic and columnist at The Times, where she writes three columns a week: one for the Saturday Magazine, a TV review column, and the satirical Friday column "Celebrity Watch". Moran is British Press Awards (BPA) Columnist of the Year for 2010, and both BPA Critic of the Year 2011, and Interviewer of the Year 2011
Moran's father is a rock musician. She is the eldest of 8 children and has 4 sisters and 3 brothers. She was born in Brighton and then lived in a three bedroom council house in Wolverhampton with her parents and siblings. She attended Springdale Junior School and was then educated at home from the age of 11, having attended secondary school for only three weeks.
At the age of 13 in October 1988 she won a Dillons young readers' contest for an essay on Why I Like Books and was awarded £250 of book tokens. At the age of 15, she won The Observer's Young Reporter of the Year. She began her career as a journalist for Melody Maker, the weekly music publication, at the age of 16. Moran also wrote a novel called The Chronicles of Narmo at the age of 16, about being born into a family of five home-educated children in Wolverhampton. In 1992 she launched her television career, hosting the Channel 4 music show Naked City, which ran for two series and featured a number of then up-and-coming British bands such as Blur, Manic Street Preachers, and the Boo Radleys. Johnny Vaughan co-presented with her on Naked City.
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Camille Paglia
Camille Anna Paglia (English pronunciation: /ˈpɑːliə/), (born April 2, 1947) is an American author, teacher, and social critic. Paglia, a self-described dissident feminist, has been a Professor at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since 1984. She is the author of the best-selling 1990 work of literary criticism Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson, and four other books, including essay collections, a study of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, and Break, Blow, Burn on poetry. She writes articles on art, popular culture, feminism, and politics for mainstream newspapers and magazines. Paglia has celebrated Madonna and taken radical libertarian positions on controversial social issues such as abortion, homosexuality and drug use. She is known as a critic of American feminism, and is also strongly critical of the influence of French writers such as Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida, and Michel Foucault.
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Cher
Cher ( /ˈʃɛər/) (born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer, and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes, and a Cannes Film Festival Award for her work in film, music, and television. She is the only person in history to receive all five awards. She began her career as a backup singer and came to prominence in 1965 as one-half of the pop rock duo Sonny & Cher with the success of their song "I Got You Babe". She subsequently established herself as a solo recording artist and became a television star in 1971 with The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, a variety show for which she won a Golden Globe. A well-received performance in the film Silkwood earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress of 1983. In the following years, she starred in a string of hit films including Mask, The Witches of Eastwick, and Moonstruck, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress of 1987.
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Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera (born December 18, 1980) is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993 to 1994. Aguilera signed to RCA Records after recording "Reflection", the theme song for the animated film Mulan (1998).
In 1999, Aguilera came to prominence following her debut album Christina Aguilera, which was a commercial success spawning three number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100—"Genie in a Bottle", "What a Girl Wants", and "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)." Her sophomore and her debut Latin-pop album, Mi Reflejo (2000), a Christmas third studio album, My Kind of Christmas (2000), and several collaborations followed which garnered Aguilera worldwide success, though she was displeased with her lack of input in her music and image. After parting from her management, Aguilera took creative control over her fourth studio album, Stripped (2002). The album's second single, "Beautiful", was a commercial success and helped the album's commercial performance amidst controversy over Aguilera's image. Aguilera followed up Stripped with the soul, jazz and blues inspired, Back to Basics (2006), released to positive critical acclaim. The album produced three singles "Ain't No Other Man", "Hurt" and "Candyman". Four years later Aguilera released her sixth studio album, Bionic (2010), which incorporated aspects of R&B, electropop, and synthpop and was met with mixed reviews and low sales. Aguilera's seventh studio album is set to be released in 2012.
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Colby O'Donis
Colby O'Donis (born Colby O'Donis Colón; March 14, 1989) is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor. In 2008, he released his debut album Colby O, and his single "What You Got" featuring Akon reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100. He featured on "Just Dance" by Lady Gaga, which spent almost five months on the Billboard Hot 100.
O'Donis was born in New York City, USA to Puerto Rican parents. His mother, Olga, is a singer once crowned Miss Puerto Rico, and his father, Freddy Colón, is a New York disc jockey. He was named after Colby O'Donis, a firefighter who was killed while saving his father's life. O'Donis took first place at a talent show by singing a Michael Jackson song when he was only three and a half.
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Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953 in Queens, New York) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and LGBT rights activist.
She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the debut solo album She's So Unusual in 1983, which spawned four Billboard Hot 100 top-five songs—"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop" and "All Through the Night"—She's So Unusual was the first album in history to have four top five singles by a female. The album earned Lauper Best New Artist at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985.
Her success continued with the follow-up, True Colors in 1986, which spawned two Billboard Hot 100 top-ten songs—"True Colors" and "Change of Heart", and earned two nominations at the 29th Grammy Awards.
Since 1989 released from a nine studio albums acclaimed critical, A Night to Remember (1989), Hat Full of Stars (1993), Sisters of Avalon (1996), Merry Christmas... Have a Nice Life (1998),Shine (2001), At Last (2003), The Body Acoustic (2005), Bring Ya to the Brink (2008).
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Dale Bozzio
Dale Bozzio, born Dale Frances Consalvi in Medford, Massachusetts March 2, 1955, is an American progressive rock and new wave vocalist. She is best known as co-founder and lead singer of the 1980s pop/new wave band Missing Persons. She is also known for her work with Frank Zappa. In her solo career, Dale has released three albums and one EP.
While with Frank Zappa, Dale performed significant roles in two of his major works, Joe's Garage, and Thing-Fish.
In 1980, Dale co-founded the new wave band Missing Persons with former Zappa musicians Warren Cuccurullo and Terry Bozzio. She became known for colorful, self-designed stage attire incorporating various plastics and tubing, and for a vocal style that features a high pitched flourish or 'squeak'. In addition to being the band’s lead vocalist, she also contributed appreciably to song lyrics. Missing Persons has released one EP and six albums, including Spring Session M, which achieved gold record status.
After Missing Persons disbanded in 1986, Dale was signed to Prince’s Paisley Park label, which released her first solo album, Riot In English. Its first single, Simon Simon, successfully charted. Since that time, Dale established Missing Persons featuring Dale Bozzio, and continues to perform Missing Persons repertoire at venues across the United States. She has also participated periodically in reunions of the original Missing Persons band, and has continued her work as a solo artist.
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Damien Hirst
Damien Steven Hirst (born 7 June 1965) is an English artist, entrepreneur and art collector. He is the most prominent member of the group known as the Young British Artists (or YBAs), who dominated the art scene in Britain during the 1990s. He is internationally renowned, and is reportedly Britain's richest living artist, with his wealth valued at £215m in the 2010 Sunday Times Rich List. During the 1990s his career was closely linked with the collector Charles Saatchi, but increasing frictions came to a head in 2003 and the relationship ended.
Death is a central theme in Hirst's works. He became famous for a series of artworks in which dead animals (including a shark, a sheep and a cow) are preserved—sometimes having been dissected—in formaldehyde. The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, a 14-foot (4.3 m) tiger shark immersed in formaldehyde in a vitrine (clear display case) became the iconic work of British art in the 1990s, and the symbol of Britart worldwide. He has also made "spin paintings," created on a spinning circular surface, and "spot paintings", which are rows of randomly coloured circles created by his assistants.
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David Bowie
David Bowie ( /ˈboʊ.i/ BOH-ee; born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. He is known for his distinctive voice and the intellectual depth and eclecticism of his work.
Bowie first caught the eye and ear of the public in July 1969, when his song "Space Oddity" reached the top five of the UK Singles Chart. After a three-year period of experimentation he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with the flamboyant, androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust, spearheaded by the hit single "Starman" and the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Bowie's impact at that time, as described by biographer David Buckley, "challenged the core belief of the rock music of its day" and "created perhaps the biggest cult in popular culture." The relatively short-lived Ziggy persona proved merely one facet of a career marked by continual reinvention, musical innovation and striking visual presentation.
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Debbie Harry
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry (born July 1, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers. Her acting career spans over thirty film roles and numerous television appearances.
Harry was born in Miami, Florida, and adopted by Catherine Harry and Richard Smith, gift shop proprietors in Hawthorne, New Jersey. She attended Hawthorne High School, where she graduated in 1963. She graduated from Centenary College in Hackettstown, New Jersey, with an Associate of Arts degree in 1965.[citation needed] Before starting her singing career she moved to New York City in the late 1960s and worked as a secretary at BBC Radio's office there for one year. Later, she was a waitress at Max's Kansas City, a go-go dancer in Union City, New Jersey, discothèque,[citation needed] and a Playboy Bunny.
Deborah Harry began her musical career in the late '60s with the folk rock group The Wind in the Willows, that recorded one album for Capitol Records. Harry then joined The Stilettos, with Elda Gentile and Amanda Jones, in 1974. The Stilettos included her eventual boyfriend and Blondie guitarist Chris Stein. When Harry and Stein left the Stilettos, they formed Angel and the Snake, with Tish and Snooky Bellomo. Shortly thereafter, Harry and Stein formed Blondie, naming it for the term of address men often yelled at Harry when she bleached her hair. Blondie quickly became regulars at Max's Kansas City and CBGB in New York City. After a debut album in 1976, commercial success followed in the late 1970s to the early 1980s, first in Australia and Europe, then in the United States.
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Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra (Hindi: दीपक चोपड़ा; born October 22, 1946) is an Indian-born, American physician, public speaker, and writer. He is generally specialized in subjects such as spirituality, Ayurveda and mind-body medicine. Chopra began his career as an endocrinologist and later shifted his focus to alternative medicine. He now runs his own medical center with a focus on mind-body connections.[clarification needed] He is also a lecturer at the Update in Internal Medicine event.
Chopra was an assistant to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi before starting his own career in the late 1980s by publishing self-help books on New Age spirituality and alternative medicine. A friend of Michael Jackson for 20 years, Chopra criticized the "cult of drug-pushing doctors, with their co-dependent relationships with addicted celebrities", saying that he hoped Jackson's death, attributed to an overdose of a prescription drug, would be a call to action.
Chopra was born in New Delhi, India. His father, Krishan Chopra (1919–2001) was a prominent Indian cardiologist, and head of the department of medicine and cardiology at Mool Chand Khairati Ram Hospital, New Delhi, for over 25 years, He was also a lieutenant in the British army. His paternal grandfather was a sergeant in the British Army, who looked to Ayurveda for treatment for a heart condition when the condition did not improve with Western medicine.
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Derek Blasberg
Derek Blasberg (born April 22, 1982) is a fashion writer, editor and New York Times best selling author.
Blasberg was born in St. Louis, Missouri. After graduating the salutatorian of Affton High School’s class of 2000, he moved to New York City to attend New York University. He graduated with honors in two degrees, Dramatic Literature and Journalism, in 2004, and then began his first job as an assistant at Vogue magazine.
Blasberg is currently Editor at Large of Harper’s Bazaar, where he profiles the likes of Lady Gaga, Tom Ford and Daphne Guinness. In addition, he is the editor of VMAN and a senior editor at Vmagazine, the mens and women's publications, respectively, from the arts collective Visionaire.
In 2008, Blasberg edited “Influence,” the fashion and art tome conceived by Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen, and since he has contributed to several other books and "literary" projects.
In April 2010, Blasberg’s first book, “Classy: Exceptional Advice for the Extremely Modern Lady”, a collection of humorous essays and illustrations aimed at young women, was released by Penguin Books. In its second week, the book was certified a New York Times best seller. The etiquette guide was feted with a book tour around the United States and Europe hosted in various cities by Chloe Sevigny, Milla Jovovich, Nicole Richie, Kate Bosworth, Nate Berkus, Emma Watson, Dasha Zhukova, Lauren Santo Domingo, Karlie Kloss, Margherita Missoni, Alexa Chung and Barbara Pierce Bush.
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Donatella Versace
Donatella Versace (born 2 May 1955) is an Italian fashion designer and current Vice-President of the Versace Group, as well as chief designer. She owns 20 percent of the entire stock market assets of Versace. Her brother, Santo Versace, owns 30 percent. Donatella's daughter Allegra Versace inherited 50% of the company stock after the death of Gianni Versace, Donatella's brother and Versace's founder.
Versace was born in the Italian city of Reggio di Calabria, the youngest of four children in her family. Her father was a personal financier to the Italian aristocracy. An older sister, Tina, died at the age of twelve from an improperly treated tetanus infection. In the mid 1970s, Donatella followed her older brother, Giovanni ("Gianni"), to pursue knitwear design in Florence, Italy. Donatella had planned to work for her brother as Public Relations, but she was more valuable to Gianni as a "muse and critic," according to Donatella during an interview with Vogue. Through her closeness to her brother's enterprises, Donatella plunged into the fashion world. A decade later, during the 1980s, Gianni launched a perfume dedicated to her, Blonde, and gave her her own diffusion label, Versus, which remains a well-known Versace inner line.
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Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriter partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date.
In his four-decade career John has sold more than 250 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. His single "Candle in the Wind 1997" has sold over 33 million copies worldwide, and is the best selling single in Billboard history. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive No. 1 US albums, 56 Top 40 singles, 16 Top 10, four No. 2 hits, and nine No. 1 hits. He has won six Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him Number 49 on its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.
John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Having been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1996, John received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for "services to music and charitable services" in 1998.
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Fergie (singer)
Stacy Ann Ferguson (born March 27, 1975), better known by her stage name Fergie, is an American singer, songwriter, fashion designer, television host and actress. She was a member of the children's television series Kids Incorporated and the girl group Wild Orchid. She is the female vocalist for the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas with whom she has achieved chart success worldwide. Her debut solo album spawned five Billboard Hot 100 top five singles, three of which went to number one.
Having left Wild Orchid in 2001, Ferguson joined The Black Eyed Peas. With The Black Eyed Peas she enjoyed a series of hits and albums before releasing her debut album The Dutchess, in September 2006, to success. The Black Eyed Peas enjoyed further success with the release of their third album with Ferguson, The E.N.D.; they attained their first string of Billboard Hot 100 number one songs. She began touring in 2009/2010 with her group and she launched her debut fragrance, Outspoken, under Avon in May 2010.
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Fernando Garibay
Fernando Garibay is a Mexican music producer, DJ, and songwriter. He was the official musical director for musician Lady Gaga during the making of her third album Born This Way.
Garibay has been making records since the age of sixteen. He's had 4 Grammy nominations, five #1's and several top 10 Billboard Dance records, as well as numerous hit records internationally with such artists as Lady Gaga, U2,and Britney Spears.
Fernando Garibay is currently an executive at Interscope Records and is signed to Interscope as an artist and producer with his own imprint Paradise/Interscope.
Fernando is managed by Jimmy Iovine, Martin Kierszenbaum and Neil Jacobson.
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Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara (Gujarati: ફારોખ બલ્સારા), 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over a four-octave range. As a songwriter, Mercury composed many hits for Queen, including "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "We Are the Champions". In addition to his work with Queen, he led a solo career, and also occasionally served as a producer and guest musician (piano or vocals) for other artists. He died of bronchopneumonia brought on by AIDS on 24 November 1991, only one day after publicly acknowledging he had the disease.
Mercury was a Parsi born in Zanzibar and grew up there and in India until his mid-teens. He has been referred to as "Britain's first Asian rock star". In 2002, Mercury was placed at number 58 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons, in 2006, Time Asia named him one of the most influential Asian heroes of the past 60 years, and he continues to be voted one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music. In 2005, a poll organised by Blender and MTV2 saw Mercury voted the greatest male singer of all time. In 2008, Rolling Stone editors ranked him number 18 on their list of the 100 greatest singers of all time. In 2009, a Classic Rock poll saw him voted the greatest rock singer of all time.Allmusic has characterised Mercury as "one of rock's greatest all-time entertainers", who possessed "one of the greatest voices in all of music".
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French-Canadian
French Canadian or Francophone Canadian (also Canadien in Canadian English or in French) generally refers to the descendents of French colonists who arrived in New France (Canada) in the 17th and 18th centuries. Today, French Canadians constitute the main French-speaking population of Canada.
During the mid-18th century, Canadian colonists born in French Canada expanded across North America and colonized various regions, cities, and towns. Today, the majority of French Canadians live across North America, including the United States and Canada. The province of Quebec has the largest population of French Canadian descent, although smaller communities of French Canadians exist throughout Canada and in the American region of New England, where between 1840 and 1930, roughly 900,000 French Canadians emigrated to the United States and New England, in particular.
Other terms for French Canadians that continue to reside in the province of Quebec, are Quebeckers or Québécois. French Canadians constitute the second largest ethnic group in Canada, after English Canadians and before Scottish Canadians and Irish Canadians.
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Grace Jones
Grace Jones (born May 19, 1948) is a Jamaican singer, actress and model.
Jones started out as a model and became a muse to Andy Warhol, who photographed her extensively. During that era she regularly went to the New York City nightclub Studio 54. Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and angular, padded clothes. Many of her singles were hits on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Airplay charts, for example 1981 "Pull Up to the Bumper", which spent seven weeks at #2 on the U.S. dance chart. Jones was able to find mainstream success in Europe, particularly the United Kingdom, scoring a number of Top 40 entries on the UK Singles Chart. Her most notable albums are Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing and Slave to the Rhythm, while her biggest hits (other than "Pull Up to the Bumper") are "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)", "Private Life", "Slave to the Rhythm" and "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)".
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Haus of Gaga
The Haus of Gaga is pop singer Lady Gaga's personal creative team and is responsible for much of her distinctive and individual style. The Haus creates most of the clothing, props, stage sets, and makeup for Gaga's live performances and other visual representations of her work, as well as individual pieces that artistically represent the style and themes emphasized by Gaga. These creations are brought together in combination with other creations and sound to create a complete collection for music videos and other appearances. Some of the Haus's more famous pieces include the "Disco Stick" (a long chrome pole with a crushed acrylic dome that emits light) and the "iPod LCD Glasses" (a pair of glasses with two iPod Classic screens instead of lenses).
In interviews and through her art, Lady Gaga has revealed her respect for the work of pop artist Andy Warhol, specifically for his ability to elevate pop art. "Warhol said art should be meaningful in the most shallow way," Gaga explained in an interview. "He was able to make commercial art that was taken seriously as fine art ... [and] that's what I'm doing too."
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Isabella Blow
Isabella Blow (19 November 1958 – 7 May 2007) was an English magazine editor. The muse[clarification needed] of hat designer Philip Treacy, she is credited with discovering the models Stella Tennant and Sophie Dahl as well as the fashion designer Alexander McQueen.
Born Isabella Delves Broughton in Marylebone, London, England, she was the eldest child of Major Sir Evelyn Delves Broughton, a military officer, and his second wife, Helen Mary Shore, a barrister. Sir Evelyn was the only son of Jock Delves Broughton; his sister, Rosamond, married Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat in 1938.
Blow had two sisters, Julia and Lavinia, and a brother, John, who drowned in the family's swimming pool at the age of two. In 1972, when she was 14, her parents separated and her mother left the household, bidding each daughter farewell with a handshake. Her parents divorced two years later. Isabella did not get along with her father, who bequeathed her only £5,000 from his estate, which was worth more than one million pounds. Blow often said her fondest memory was trying on her mother's pink hat, a recollection that she explained led to her career in fashion.
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Italians
Italians (Italian: italiani) are an ethnic group native of Southern Europe that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence (though the principle of jus sanguinis is used extensively and arguably more favorably in the Italian nationality law), and are distinguished from people of Italian descent and, historically, from ethnic Italians living in the unredeemed territories adjacent to the Italian Peninsula.
In 2012, in addition to the 60 million Italians in Italy and 3,000 in San Marino, Italian-speaking, autonomous groups are found in neighboring countries: about 500,000 in Switzerland, a large, but undefined population in France (Nice, Corsica), and smaller groups in Slovenia and Croatia, primarily in Istria. If regarded as an ethnic group, they constitute one of the world's largest.
Because of wide-ranging and long-lasting diaspora, about 4 and half million Italian citizens and over 70 million people of full or part Italian ancestry live outside of Italy, most notably in South America, North America, Australia and parts of Europe.
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Jann Wenner
Jann Simon Wenner (born January 7, 1946) is the co-founder and publisher of the music and politics biweekly Rolling Stone, as well as the owner of Men's Journal and Us Weekly magazines.
Wenner was born in New York City and grew up in a secular Jewish family.[citation needed] His parents divorced in 1958, and he and his sisters, Kate and Merlyn, were sent to boarding schools to live. He graduated from high school at Chadwick School in 1963 and went on to attend the University of California, Berkeley. Before dropping out of Berkeley in 1966, Wenner was active in the Free Speech Movement and produced the column "Something's Happening" in the student-run newspaper, The Daily Californian. With the help of his mentor, San Francisco Chronicle jazz critic Ralph J. Gleason, Wenner landed a job at Ramparts, a high-circulation muckraker, where Gleason was a contributing editor and Wenner worked on the magazine's spinoff newspaper.
In 1967, Wenner and Gleason founded Rolling Stone in San Francisco. To get the magazine off the ground, Wenner borrowed $7,500 from family members and from the family of his soon-to-be wife, Jane Schindelheim. In the summer following the start of the magazine, Wenner and Schindelheim were married in a small Jewish ceremony.
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Jesus
Jesus ( /ˈdʒiːzəs/; Greek: Ἰησοῦς; 7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE), also referred to as Jesus Christ or simply Christ, is the central figure of Christianity and most Christian denominations venerate him as God the Son incarnated. In Islam, Jesus (in Arabic: عيسى in Islamic usage, commonly transliterated as Isa) is considered one of God's important prophets.
Most modern historians agree that Jesus existed and was a Jewish teacher from Galilee in Roman Judaea, who was baptized by John the Baptist, and was crucified in Jerusalem on the orders of the Roman Prefect, Pontius Pilate. Scholars have offered competing descriptions and portraits of Jesus, which at times share a number of overlapping attributes, such as a rabbi, a charismatic healer, the leader of an apocalyptic movement, a self-described Messiah, a sage and philosopher, or a social reformer who preached of the "Kingdom of God" as a means for personal and egalitarian social transformation. Scholars have correlated the New Testament accounts with non-Christian historical records to arrive at an estimated chronology of Jesus' life.
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Jimmy Iovine
James "Jimmy" Iovine (last name pronounced Eye-o-Veen; born March 11, 1953) is an American music producer, entrepreneur and chairman of Interscope-Geffen-A&M.
Born in Brooklyn, Iovine began his career as a recording engineer in the mid-1970s, working with Raspberries, John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen. He went on to produce albums for U2 (Rattle & Hum), Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Stevie Nicks, Golden Earring, Simple Minds, Dire Straits, Flame (featuring Marge Raymond, Jimmy Crespo, Bob Leone, and others), and Patti Smith. Iovine established Interscope Records in 1991 with the release of Gerardo's Mo' Ritmo. It went on to become Interscope-Geffen-A&M following Universal's acquisition of PolyGram when Iovine was named co-chairman; in 2001, he became chairman.
He is credited with having given Eminem's demo tape to Dr. Dre, who signed him to his Aftermath label. In 2002, Iovine co-produced the hit Eminem movie 8 Mile and in 2004, he and Paul Rosenberg signed a first look deal with Paramount Pictures and MTV Films for their Interscope/Shady/Aftermath banner. Iovine co-produced the first film under the deal, Get Rich or Die Tryin', starring 50 Cent. In 2003, he was co-executive producer of Enrique Iglesias's album Seven. In January 2008, Iovine, Dr. Dre and Monster Cable released Beats by Dr. Dre high-performance headphones. Iovine is also an executive producer with LeBron James and Maverick Carter of the documentary More Than A Game, which was released in the fall of 2009.
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John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy
pronunciation (help·info) (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
After military service as commander of the Motor Torpedo Boats PT-109 and PT-59 during World War II in the South Pacific, Kennedy represented Massachusetts's 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 as a Democrat. Thereafter, he served in the U.S. Senate from 1953 until 1960. Kennedy defeated then Vice President and Republican candidate Richard Nixon in the 1960 U.S. presidential election. He was the youngest elected to the office, at the age of 43, the second-youngest President (after Theodore Roosevelt), and the first person born in the 20th century to serve as president. Kennedy is the only Catholic president, and is the only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize. Events during his presidency included the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, the African American Civil Rights Movement, and early stages of the Vietnam War.
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John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founder members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Together with Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to raising his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release.
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Judas Iscariot
Judas Iscariot (Hebrew: יהודה איש־קריות, Yehuda, Yəhûḏāh ʾΚ-qrayyôṯ) was, according to the New Testament, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He is infamously known for his kiss and betrayal of Jesus to the hands of the chief Sanhedrin priests for a ransom of 30 pieces of silver.
In the Greek New Testament, Judas is called Ιούδας Ισκάριωθ and Ισκαριώτης . "Judas" (spelled "Ioudas" in ancient Greek and "Iudas" in Latin, pronounced yudas in both) is the Greek form of the common name Judah (יהודה, Yehûdâh, Hebrew for "God is praised"). The Greek spelling underlies other names in the New Testament that are traditionally rendered differently in English: Judah and Jude.
The significance of "Iscariot" is uncertain. There are several major theories on etymology:
Judas is mentioned in the synoptic gospels, the Gospel of John and at the beginning of Acts of the Apostles.
Mark states that the chief priests were looking for a sly way to arrest Jesus. They decided not to do so during the feast since they were afraid that people would riot; instead, they chose the night before the feast to arrest him. In the Gospel of Luke, Satan enters Judas at this time.
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Judy Garland
Judy Garland (June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American actress, singer and vaudevillian. Renowned for her contralto voice, she attained international stardom through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist and on the concert stage. Respected for her versatility, she received a Juvenile Academy Award and won a Golden Globe Award, as well as Grammy Awards and a Special Tony Award. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the remake of A Star is Born and for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1961 film, Judgment at Nuremberg. At 39 years of age, she remains the youngest recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in the motion picture industry.
After appearing in vaudeville with her two older sisters, Garland was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a teenager. There she made more than two dozen films, including nine with Mickey Rooney and the 1939 film with which she would be most identified, The Wizard of Oz. After 15 years, she was released from the studio but gained renewed success through record-breaking concert appearances, including a return to acting beginning with critically acclaimed performances.
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Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, actor, and businessman. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez. Timberlake became famous in the late 1990s as the lead singer and youngest member of the boy band 'N Sync, whose launch was financed by Lou Pearlman.
In 2002, he released his debut solo album, Justified, which sold more than seven million copies worldwide. The album was a commercial success, spawning the hits "Cry Me a River" and "Rock Your Body". Timberlake continued his success with his second solo album, FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006), debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, and produced the US number-one hit singles "SexyBack", "My Love", and "What Goes Around... Comes Around".
Timberlake has won six Grammy Awards and four Emmy Awards. His first two albums made him one of the most commercially successful singers in the world, each selling in excess of 7 million copies. He also has an acting career, having starred in films such as The Social Network, Bad Teacher and Friends with Benefits. His other ventures include record label Tennman Records, fashion label William Rast, and the restaurants Destino and Southern Hospitality.
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Kitty Empire
Kitty Empire is the pen name of a British writer and music critic.
Empire was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1970 and brought up in Canada, Italy and Egypt before arriving in Britain in 1988.
Empire studied at Wadham College, Oxford and Thames Valley University before working as a stage door-keeper for the Royal Shakespeare Company and London's Barbican Theatre. Empire began writing about music at the NME in 1995, continuing for seven years. In 2002 she became The Observer's pop critic. She has also contributed to a variety of publications and broadcasts such as Elle (US), GQ, Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Newsnight Review, Uncut and The Scotsman.
In 2007, she served as a judge for the Mercury Music Prize.
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Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE ( /ˈkaɪliː mɨˈnoʊɡ/; born 28 May 1968) — often known simply as Kylie — is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, showgirl, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987. Her first single, "Locomotion", spent seven weeks at number one on the Australian singles chart and became the highest selling single of the decade. This led to a contract with songwriters and producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman. Her debut album, Kylie (1988), and the single "I Should Be So Lucky", each reached number one in the United Kingdom, and over the next two years, her first 13 singles reached the British top ten. Her debut film, The Delinquents (1989) was a box-office hit in Australia and the UK, and received generally positive reviews.
Initially presented as a "girl next door", Minogue attempted to convey a more mature style in her music and public image. Her singles were well received, but after four albums her record sales were declining, and she left Stock, Aitken & Waterman in 1992 to establish herself as an independent performer. Her next single, "Confide in Me", reached number one in Australia and was a hit in several European countries in 1994, and a duet with Nick Cave, "Where the Wild Roses Grow", brought Minogue a greater degree of artistic credibility. Drawing inspiration from a range of musical styles and artists, Minogue took creative control over the songwriting for her next album, Impossible Princess (1997). It failed to attract strong reviews or sales in the UK, but was successful in Australia.
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L.A. Reid
Antonio "L.A." Reid (born June 7, 1956) is a US record executive, songwriter, and record producer. Best known as the co-founder of LaFace Records, he is responsible for signing and helping bring Avril Lavigne, Death Grips, Mariah Carey, Pink, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Kanye West, Toni Braxton, Kerli, Nicki Minaj, TLC, Usher, Ciara, OutKast, and Dido to multi-platinum album sales. He has won three Grammy Awards.
He is the President and chief executive of Hitco Music Publishing, based in Atlanta and was the chairman and chief executive officer of Island Def Jam Music Group until 2011, when he signed up to appear as a judge on the 2011 U.S. version of The X Factor. He is currently the Chairman and CEO of Epic Records.
Reid was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is one of four children of Emma Reid, a seamstress and interior decorator. His father was mostly absent. He was raised in the Mount Auburn and Madisonville neighborhoods in Cincinnati's east side. Antonio gained the nickname "L.A." as a young musician when a guitar player in his band called him "L.A." because he was wearing a T-shirt that said “L.A.” in reference to the Los Angeles Dodgers, who were competing against the Cincinnati Reds at the time. His first drum lessons were with his uncle, Albert Baldwens.
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Lady Gaga
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (/ˈstɛfəniː dʒʌrməˈnɑːtə/ STE-fə-nee jurr-mə-NAH-tə; born March 28, 1986), known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She began performing in the rock music scene of Manhattan's Lower East Side, and was signed with Streamline Records by the end of 2007. During her employment as a songwriter for the record company, her vocal abilities captured the attention of recording artist Akon, who signed her to his label Kon Live Distribution.
Lady Gaga came to prominence as a recording artist following the release of her debut album The Fame (2008), which was a critical and commercial success that topped charts around the world and included the international number-one singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". After embarking on the The Fame Ball Tour, she followed the album with The Fame Monster (2009), which spawned the worldwide hit singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone" and "Alejandro". The album's success allowed her to embark on the eighteen-month long Monster Ball Tour, which later became one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. Her most recent album Born This Way (2011) topped the charts of most major markets and generated more international chart-topping singles, including "Born This Way", "Judas" and "The Edge of Glory". Besides her musical career, she involves herself with humanitarian causes and LGBT activism.
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Larry King
Larry King (born November 19, 1933) is an American television and radio host whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys and ten Cable ACE Awards. He began as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer in the 1950s and 1960s and became prominent as an all-night national radio broadcaster starting in 1978. From 1985-2010, he hosted the nightly interview TV program Larry King Live on CNN.
King was born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger in Brooklyn, New York City, to an Austrian immigrant Edward Zeiger, a restaurant owner and defense plant worker, and his wife Jennie Gitlitz, a garment worker, who emigrated from Belarus. King grew up in a religiously observant Jewish home, but in adulthood became an agnostic.
King's father died at 44 of heart disease, and his mother had to go on welfare to support her two sons. His father's death greatly affected King, and he lost interest in school. After graduating from high school, he worked to help support his mother. From an early age, however, he had wanted to go into radio. King is a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Laurieann Gibson
Laurieann Gibson (born July 14, 1969 in Toronto, Canada) is a creative director, VMA-winning choreographer, and Emmy-nominated director best known for her work with Lady Gaga, Diddy and Katy Perry. She rose to public prominence as the star of MTV's Making the Band and P. Diddy and Mark Burnett’s Starmaker series. Gibson was also a "Fly Girl" on the popular TV series In Living Color.
Laurieann Gibson trained at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She went from theatre dance to hip hop as she was the director of choreography for Motown and Bad Boy Records. She has worked with Michael Jackson, Alicia Keys and Beyonce. She has also done choreography for the movies Alfie (2004 film) and Honey (2003 film). In the movie Honey she is also featured in the film as Honey’s dance nemesis. She also spends some time at the Broadway Dance Center to teach classes.
In November 2011, Lady Gaga ended her professional relationship with Gibson due to "creative differences".
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Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery (26 March 1961 – 31 December 1994) was an Australian performance artist, club promoter, actor, pop star, model and fashion designer, based in London. Bowery is considered one of the more influential figures in the 1980s and 1990s London and New York art and fashion circles influencing a generation of artists and designers. His influence reached through the fashion, club and art worlds to impact, amongst others, Meadham Kirchhoff, Alexander McQueen, Lucian Freud, Vivienne Westwood, Boy George, Antony and the Johnsons, John Galliano, the Scissor Sisters, David LaChapelle, Lady Bunny plus numerous Nu-Rave bands and nightclubs in London and New York which arguably perpetuated his avant garde ideas.
Leigh Bowery was born in 1961 in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine, Victoria. He often compared his early life there to a cultural wasteland in which he did not fit well. He was a sensitive and multi-gifted child in "macho" surroundings and as a teenager discovered a whole new world by reading about the London new romantic scene from British fashion magazines such as i-D. This inspired him to reinvent himself at the centre of the avant-garde art world in London. His family was conservative and he often reflected on his parents who were actively involved in the local Salvation Army. He was the older of two children, his sister Bronwyn being several years younger. He described his father as kind but macho and had a particularly close relationship with his mother from whom he inherited a love of dressmaking.
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Lynn Barber
Lynn Barber (born 22 May 1944, Bagshot, Surrey) is a British journalist, who writes for The Sunday Times.
Barber attended Lady Eleanor Holles School. While undertaking her A-levels, Barber had a two year relationship with a significantly older man, whom she knew as Simon Goldman, but who also called himself Simon Prewalski, an associate of Peter Rachman, who deceived both Barber and her parents: this affair was subsequently to provide the basis for a memoir by Barber and a movie (see Career below).
She read English Language and Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford. While at Oxford she was "briefly" the girlfriend of drug smuggler Howard Marks, but met David Maurice Cloudesley Cardiff, whom she married in 1971; they had two daughters. Cardiff died in August 2003.
In 2010, listeners to BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs heard Barber admit to sleeping with 'probably 50 men' during two terms at Oxford. 'It was quite good going - I was just jamming them in,' she said.
Barber worked for Penthouse magazine for seven years until 1974, being successively editorial assistant, literary editor, features editor and deputy editor; she left to have children. From 1982-89 she was a feature writer on the Sunday Express magazine and joined The Independent on Sunday in 1990. Barber has also written for Vanity Fair, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Observer from 1996 to 2009. Best known for her interviews, she was once quoted by Will Self as describing her method as "start[ing] ... from a position of really disliking people, and then compel[ling] them to win you over." An interview with the conceptual artists Jake and Dinos Chapman was not a success: the Chapman Brothers have threatened to kill her if they ever meet again.
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Marilyn Monroe
Norma Jeane Mortensen Baker (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), professionally recognized as Marilyn Monroe, was an American actress, model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and early 1960s.
After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946 with Twentieth Century-Fox. Her early film appearances were minor, but her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950) drew attention to her. By 1953, Monroe had progressed to a leading role in Niagara (1953), a melodramatic film noir that dwelt on her seductiveness. Her "dumb blonde" persona was used to comic effect in subsequent films such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). Limited by typecasting, Monroe studied at the Actors Studio to broaden her range. Her dramatic performance in Bus Stop (1956) was hailed by critics and garnered a Golden Globe nomination. Her production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, released The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination and won a David di Donatello award. She received a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Some Like It Hot (1959). Monroe's last completed film was The Misfits, co-starring Clark Gable with screenplay by her then-husband, Arthur Miller.
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Martin Kierszenbaum
Martin Kierszenbaum (also known by his pseudonym of Cherry Cherry Boom Boom, Kirschbaum being German for cherry tree) is a graduate of the University of Michigan and head of A&R at Interscope Records and president of Interscope's subsidiary imprint Cherrytree Records. He is a songwriter and producer as well as A&R for Lady Gaga, Sting, Keane, Tokio Hotel, Feist, Far East Movement, Colette Carr and Natalia Kills. He has co-written songs for Lady Gaga, t.A.T.u, Flipsyde, Tokio Hotel, Ai, Frankmusik, Colette Carr, Alexandra Burke and Colby O'Donis.
His pseudonym, Cherry Cherry Boom Boom, is referred to in the Lady Gaga songs "Christmas Tree", "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)", "The Fame", "I Like It Rough", and "Starstruck". Also in the song "I Wanna Touch You" by Colby O'Donis, and "White Flag" by Far East Movement featuring Kayla Kai, from their album Free Wired. It is also referenced in some of Space Cowboy's music such as his singles "Falling Down" and "I Came 2 Party" (that featured Cinema Bizarre).
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Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene (original Greek Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή), or Mary of Magdala, was one of Jesus' most celebrated disciples, and the most important female disciple in the movement of Jesus. Jesus cleansed her of "seven demons", [Lu 8:2] [Mk 16:9] sometimes interpreted as referring to complex illnesses. She became Jesus' close friend and most prominent during his last days, being present at the cross after the male disciples (excepting John the Beloved) had fled, and at his burial. She was the first person to see Jesus after his Resurrection, according to both John 20 and Mark 16:9.
Mary Magdalene is considered by the Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches to be a saint, with a feast day of July 22. The Eastern Orthodox churches also commemorate her on the Sunday of the Myrrhbearers.
Consistently in the four Gospels, Mary Magdalene seems to be distinguished from other women named Mary by adding "Magdalene" (η Μαγδαληνή) to her name. Traditionally, this has been interpreted to mean that she was from Magdala, a town thought to have been on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. Luke 8:2 says that she was actually "called Magdalene." In Hebrew מגדל Migdal means "tower", "fortress"; in Aramaic, "Magdala" means "tower" or "elevated, great, magnificent".
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Matthew Shepard
Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was a student at the University of Wyoming who was tortured and murdered near Laramie, Wyoming, US, in October 1998. He was attacked on the night of October 6–7, and died at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, on October 12 from severe head injuries.
During a pre-trial hearing, a Laramie police officer testified that the violence against Shepard was due to how the attacker "[felt] about gays," per an interview of the attacker's girlfriend who said she received that explanation. Shepard's murder brought national and international attention to the contention of hate crime legislation at the state and federal levels.
In 2009, his mother Judy Shepard authored a book The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed. On October 22, 2009, the United States Congress passed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Matthew Shepard Act for short), and on October 28, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the legislation into law.
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Melle Mel
Melle Mel ( /ˈmɛli ˈmɛl/; born Melvin Glover, May 15, 1961), also known as Grandmaster Melle Mel, is an American hip-hop musician — one of the pioneers of old school hip hop as lead rapper and main songwriter for Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
Melvin Glover was the first rapper to call himself "MC" (Master of Ceremony). Other Furious Five members included his brother The Kidd Creole (Nathaniel Glover), Scorpio (Eddie Morris), Rahiem (Guy Todd Williams) & Cowboy (Keith Wiggins). While a member of the group, Cowboy created the term "hip-hop" while teasing a friend who had just joined the US Army, by scat singing the words "hip/hop/hip/hop" in a way that mimicked the rhythmic cadence of marching soldiers.
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Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Often referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contribution to music, dance, and fashion, along with a much-publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971.
In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller", were credited with transforming the medium into an art form and a promotional tool, and the popularity of these videos helped to bring the relatively new television channel MTV to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made him a staple on MTV in the 1990s. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced numerous hip hop, post-disco, contemporary R&B, pop and rock artists.
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Nicola Formichetti
Nicola Formichetti (Italian pronunciation: [niˌkɔːla fɔɾmiˈketti]; born 31 May 1977) is an internationally prolific fashion director and fashion editor of mixed Italian and Japanese heritage. He is most widely known as the new creative director for the French fashion house MUGLER, and for being a frequent collaborator with singer-songwriter and performance artist Lady Gaga. Formichetti is also known as fashion director of Vogue Hommes Japan, is a contributing editor of several other fashion magazines, and is fashion director for the clothing company Uniqlo. In November 2010 he was named one of the "most influential creative forces working in fashion today." The following month he was awarded the Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator at the 2010 British Fashion Awards.
The son of a Japanese stewardess and an Italian pilot, Formichetti was born in Japan and grew up in Rome and Tokyo, attempting to assimilate in both cultures. As a child he trained as a classical pianist (and still plays for relaxation). But moving to London became his great desire and he used the excuse of attending an architecture school to which he was accepted in order to get there. Formichetti has explained that instead of attending he "literally walked in the front door of the architecture school and then ran out of the back one to go clubbing for three years." He became a student of the nightlife and street fashions, and began working at a fashionable boutique called 'The Pineal Eye' where he would become art director and head buyer for two years.
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Olympia Snowe
Olympia Jean Snowe (née Bouchles; born February 21, 1947) is the senior United States Senator from Maine and a member of the Republican Party. Snowe has become widely known for her ability to influence the outcome of close votes, including whether to end filibusters. She and her fellow Senator from Maine, Susan Collins, are regarded as leading moderates within their party. In 2006, she was named one of America's Best Senators by Time Magazine. On February 28, 2012, Snowe announced that she will not seek reelection in November 2012, and will retire when her third term ends on January 3, 2013.
Snowe was born Olympia Jean Bouchles in Augusta, Maine, the daughter of Georgia (née Goranites) and George John Bouchles. Her father immigrated to the United States from Sparta in Greece, and her maternal grandparents were also Greek. She is a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
Snowe's early life had its share of tragedies; when she was nine, her mother died of breast cancer, and her father died of heart disease barely a year later. Orphaned, she was moved to Auburn, Maine, to be raised by her aunt and uncle, a textile mill worker and a barber, respectively, along with their five other children. Her brother John was raised separately, by other family members. Within a few years, disease would also claim her uncle's life.
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Perez Hilton
Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. (born March 23, 1978), better known as Perez Hilton (a play on "Paris Hilton"), is an American blogger and television personality. His blog, Perezhilton.com (formerly PageSixSixSix.com), is known for posts covering gossip items about celebrities. He is also known for posting tabloid photographs over which he has added his own captions or "doodles." His blog has garnered negative attention for its attitude, its former "outing" of alleged closeted celebrities and its role in the increasing coverage of celebrities in all forms of media.
Hilton was born in Miami, Florida to parents from Cuba. He graduated in 1996 from Miami's Belen Jesuit Preparatory School and received his BFA in drama from New York University. In 2002, Hilton moved to Los Angeles, where he currently resides.
After graduation from New York University in 2000, and before beginning his blogging career, Hilton attempted a career as an actor. He briefly worked as a media relations assistant for LGBT rights organization GLAAD, was a freelance writer for gay publications, worked as a receptionist for NYC gay events club Urban Outings, and was briefly the managing editor of Instinct, a gay men's magazine. He says he started blogging "because it seemed easy."
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Prince (musician)
Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson; June 7, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of the instruments on his recordings. In addition, Prince has been a "talent promoter" for the careers of Sheila E., Carmen Electra, The Time and Vanity 6, and his songs have been recorded by these artists and others (including Chaka Khan, The Bangles, Sinéad O'Connor, and even Kim Basinger). He also has several hundred unreleased songs in his "vault".
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Prince developed an interest in music at an early age, writing his first song at age seven. After recording songs with his cousin's band 94 East, seventeen-year-old Prince recorded several unsuccessful demo tapes before releasing his debut album, For You, in 1978. His 1979 album, Prince, went platinum due to the success of the singles "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" and "I Wanna Be Your Lover". His next three records, Dirty Mind (1980), Controversy (1981), and 1999 (1982) continued his success, showcasing Prince's trademark of prominently sexual lyrics and incorporation of elements of funk, dance and rock music. In 1984, he began referring to his backup band as The Revolution and released the album Purple Rain, which served as the soundtrack to his film debut of the same name.
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Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms, and head of the 54-member Commonwealth of Nations. She is also head of state of the Crown Dependencies.
Elizabeth was born in London, and educated privately at home. Her father acceded to the throne as George VI in 1936 on the abdication of his brother Edward VIII. She began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, in which she served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. On the death of her father in 1952, she became Head of the Commonwealth and queen regnant of seven independent Commonwealth countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon. Her coronation service in 1953 was the first to be televised. Between 1956 and 1992, the number of her realms varied as territories gained independence and some realms became republics. Today, in addition to the first four aforementioned countries, Elizabeth is Queen of Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
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Rainer Maria Rilke
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (German pronunciation: [ˈʁaɪnɐ maˈʁiːa ˈʁɪlkə]; 4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian-Austrian poet. He is considered one of the most significant poets in the German language. His haunting images focus on the difficulty of communion with the ineffable in an age of disbelief, solitude, and profound anxiety: themes that tend to position him as a transitional figure between the traditional and the modernist poets.
He wrote in both verse and a highly lyrical prose. Among English-language readers, his best-known work is the Duino Elegies; his two most famous prose works are the Letters to a Young Poet and the semi-autobiographical Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. He also wrote more than 400 poems in French, dedicated to his homeland of choice, the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
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RedOne
Nadir Khayat (Arabic: نادر الخياط), professionally known by the stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan-born Swedish producer and songwriter. Renowned for co-producing hit singles such as "Just Dance" (with Akon), "Poker Face", "LoveGame" and many more, he is attributed as the key to Lady Gaga's success. He has worked with Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias, Nicole Scherzinger, Nicki Minaj, Alexandra Burke,, Porcelain Black, Nayer, and One Direction producing songs such as "On the Floor", "Papi","I Like It", "Poison", "Start Without You", "Starships", Mannequin Factory and "Save You Tonight", from the album "Up All Night". RedOne has established his own record label named 2101 Records as a joint venture with Universal International Music, an administrative unit of Universal Music Group.
He has been nominated for six Grammy awards, winning two. In 2009, he was the number one producer on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, ranking number three as songwriter.
RedOne penned many of the songs sung by Alexey Vorobyov, who represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest of 2011 and eventually recruited the singer to his record label. He is producing the Cher and Lady Gaga duet, "The Greatest Thing". Scheduled to be released at Christmas 2011, the single will appear on Cher's twenty-sixth studio album. He is also working on the debut albums for Porcelain Black and Ash Stymest.
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Rob Fusari
Rob Fusari is a record producer and songwriter, possibly best known for his work with American recording artist Lady Gaga.
Born and raised in Livingston, New Jersey, Fusari began studying classical piano at age eight, and became so skilled as a pianist, that he started performing in national competitions by age 10. "It was exciting to play in these piano competitions," recalled Fusari. "The top three finalists would get to play a recital at Carnegie Hall, and I had the opportunity to play at Carnegie for three years in a row." It was during his college years at William Paterson University in New Jersey that Fusari began writing songs. He started recording demos, and he subsequently met hit songwriter Irwin Levine, who was known for writing "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" and several other hits for Tony Orlando & Dawn. In the mid-90s, Fusari began collaborating with another songwriter, Josh Thompson, whose background was more R&B-influenced. "Josh and I worked together for two or three years, and I got into writing R&B with him," said Fusari. "I learned how to produce R&B vocals through working with Josh. We ended up writing about 300 songs together, and we would meet with labels to pitch our songs. One of the highlights, was when we got to record a song with George Benson.”
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Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds (born June 19, 1963 in London, England; raised in Hertfordshire) is an English music critic who is well known for his writings on electronic dance music. Besides electronic dance music, Reynolds has written about a wide range of artists and musical genres, and has written books on post-punk and rock. He has contributed to Melody Maker (where he first made his name), The New York Times, Village Voice, Spin, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, The Observer, Artforum, New Statesman, The Wire, Mojo, Uncut, and others. He currently resides in the East Village in New York City, USA with his wife, Joy Press, and their children, Kieran and Tasmine.
Reynolds' first experience writing about music was with Monitor, a fanzine he helped to found in 1984 while he was studying history at Oxford. The publication only lasted for six issues.[citation needed] When it was discontinued in 1986, Reynolds was already making his name writing for Melody Maker, one of the three major British music magazines of the time (the other two being the New Musical Express and Sounds). His early Melody Maker writings often contained strong criticisms of the concept of "soul" (then being heavily promoted by the NME), and of the somewhat earnest politicisation associated with the Red Wedge movement. He has since stated[citation needed] that his apparent de-politicisation at the time was mainly a result of his sheer despair at Thatcherism and desire to escape - into a parallel world which was, as in the title of his first book, "blissed out". He also wrote a number of articles analysing what has since become known as twee pop from a somewhat sociological perspective, seeing in it a desire to escape the dominant 1980s values of commercialism and Americanisation and to return to a perceived innocent past.
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Spencer Tunick
Spencer Tunick (born January 1, 1967) is an American photographer. Tunick is best known for organizing large-scale nude shoots. Since 1994 he has photographed over 75 human installations around the world.
Spencer Tunick was born in Middletown, Orange County, New York into a Jewish family. His father Earl owned a keychain photo-viewer franchise in the Catskills. In 1986, he visited London, where he took photographs of a nude at a bus stop and of scores of nudes in Alleyn's School's Lower School Hall in Dulwich, Southwark. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Emerson College in 1988.
In 1992, Tunick began documenting live nudes in public locations in New York through video and photographs. His early works from this period focus more on a single nude individual or small groups of nudes. Tunick cites 1994, when he posed and photograph 28 nude people in front of the United Nations building in midtown Manhattan, as a turning point in his career: "It all started there, moving my work from just photography into installation and performance photography," he says. Since then, he has organized and photographed over 65 temporary site-related installations in the United States and abroad.
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Stacey Q
Stacey Q (born Stacey Lynn Swain) is a pop singer, dancer and actress. She is best known for her 1986 hit single "Two of Hearts".
Stacey Swain was born on November 30, 1958 in Fullerton, California. She is the youngest of three children. Her mother, Joyce Swain, was a dog breeder whose Cardigan Welsh Corgis have appeared in various Hollywood films and television series. Swain once stated in a 1989 interview that she had asked for dance lessons as early as age three, but her mother "made me wait until I was five". By 1963, Swain was studying classical ballet and aspired to become a ballerina. In 1969, at age ten, Swain became the youngest member of the Dance Theater of Orange County, a local company that performed at benefit shows in Anaheim. She spent a total of eleven years studying ballet and flamenco dancing.
In 1970 Swain became an entertainer at Disneyland while completing dance training at the Wilshire Theater of Arts in Los Angeles. For three years, Swain participated in the Fantasy on Parade, an annual event scheduled every Christmas at the theme park. She performed in costume as the "Dutch Puppet", a name she used as a publishing alias during her early recording career. After graduating from Anaheim High School in 1976, Swain auditioned for and won a position in the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, where she performed her first year as a showgirl and her second year as an elephant rider. Her first singing project began on Los Angeles radio, where she would introduce and announce programs impersonating members of The Go-Go's.
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Steven Klein
Steven Klein (born on April 30, 1965) is an American photographer based in New York.
After studying painting at the Rhode Island School of Design, he moved into the field of photography. Klein shot high-profile advertising campaigns for various clients including Calvin Klein, D&G, Alexander McQueen and Nike and is a regular contributor to magazines including American and Paris Vogue, i-D, Numéro, W and Arena. His work has featured in numerous exhibitions, most recently at the Gagosian Gallery, California and the Brancolini Grimaldi Gallery in Florence. Klein is well known for his W Magazine editorials with Madonna,Tom Ford,Brad Pitt and numerous others. He often works with Lighting Director David Devlin. Klein is represented by Todd Shemarya Artists for photography and Station Film for commercials. He shot the promotional pictures -including the album cover- of Britney Spears' third studio album, Britney, and recently directed the music video for Lady Gaga's single, "Alejandro."
In 2003, Klein collaborated with Madonna, creating an exhibition installation named X-STaTIC PRO=CeSS. It included photography from the photoshoot in W Magazine and seven video segments. The installation ran from March 28 to May 3, 2003 in New York gallery, Deitch Projects, it then travelled the world in an edited form.
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Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris (born May 13, 1950 as Stevland Hardaway Judkins), known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, a child prodigy who developed into one of the most creative musical figures of the late 20th century. Blind since shortly after birth, Wonder signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for Motown to this day.
Among Wonder's best known works are singles such as "Superstition", "Sir Duke", "I Wish" and "I Just Called to Say I Love You". Well known albums also include Talking Book, Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life. He has recorded more than thirty U.S. top ten hits and received twenty-two Grammy Awards, the most ever awarded to a male solo artist. Wonder is also noted for his work as an activist for political causes, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a holiday in the United States. In 2009, Wonder was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. In 2008, Billboard magazine released a list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists to celebrate the US singles chart's fiftieth anniversary, with Wonder at number five.
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Susan Collins
Susan Margaret Collins (born December 7, 1952) is the junior United States Senator from Maine and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the Senate in 1996, she is the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
One of six children, Susan Collins was born in Caribou, Maine, where her family has operated a lumber business since 1844. Her parents, Patricia R. (née McGuigan) and Donald F. Collins, each served as mayor of Caribou; her father also served in both houses of the Maine Legislature. Her mother was born in Barranca-Bermeja, Colombia, to American parents. Her uncle, Samuel W. Collins, Jr., sat on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from 1988 to 1994. Collins attended Caribou High School, where she was president of the student council. During her senior year of high school in 1971, Collins was chosen to participate in the U.S. Senate Youth Program, through which she visited Washington, D.C. for the first time and engaged in a two-hour conversation with U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME). Collins is the first program delegate elected to the Senate and currently holds the seat once held by Smith.
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Thierry Mugler
Thierry Mugler (French pronunciation: [tjɛʁi myɡˈle]) is a French fashion designer and creator of several perfumes.
Mugler was born in Strasbourg, France on 21 December 1948. His passion led him to focus more on drawing than on school[citation needed] and at the age of 9, he began to study classical dance.[citation needed] By 14, he joined the ballet corps for the Rhin Opera (Opéra national du Rhin).
At the same time, Mugler began taking classes in interior design at the Strasbourg School of Decorative Art.[citation needed]
At the age of 24, Mugler decided to travel the world and left Strasbourg to go live in Paris. He began designing clothes for a small, trendy Parisian boutique by the name of "Gudule". At 26, Mugler, who was working as a freelance designer, began to work for a variety of large ready-to-wear fashion houses in Paris, Milan, London and Barcelona.[citation needed]
In 1973 Mugler created his first personal collection called "Café de Paris". The style of the collection was both sophisticated and urban. Melka Tréanton, a powerful fashion editor, helped launched his career. In 1976, she asked him to show his work in Tokyo, for an event organized by Shiseido. In 1978 he opened his first Paris boutique at the place des Victoires (in the 1st arrondissement). At the same time, Thierry Mugler launched a fashion collection for men. For this collection, he reworked classical masculinity giving it a definitively modern style. A clean, precise, structured cut which outlined a highly-recognizable silhouette: prominent shoulders, both "anatomical and classic", for a dynamic and slender look.
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Tony Bennett
Anthony Dominick Benedetto, better known as Tony Bennett (born August 3, 1926), is an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz. Bennett is also a serious and accomplished painter, having created works — under the name Benedetto — that are on permanent public display in several institutions. He is the founder of Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in New York City.
Raised in New York City, Bennett began singing at an early age. He fought in the final stages of World War II as an infantryman with the U.S. Army in the European Theatre. Afterwards, he developed his singing technique, signed with Columbia Records, and had his first number one popular song with "Because of You" in 1951. Several top hits such as "Rags to Riches" followed in the early 1950s. Bennett then further refined his approach to encompass jazz singing. He reached an artistic peak in the late 1950s with albums such as The Beat of My Heart and Basie Swings, Bennett Sings. In 1962, Bennett recorded his signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco". His career and his personal life then suffered an extended downturn during the height of the rock music era.
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Vanessa Grigoriadis
Vanessa Maia Grigoriadis (born 21 September 1973 in New York City, New York) is an American journalist.
A writer for Rolling Stone and for New York Magazine, she received the National Magazine Award in 2007 in profile writing. She was nominated in 2008 for feature writing, as well. The National Magazine Award is the industry's highest honor. She graduated from Wesleyan University in 1995.
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Wendy Starland
Wendy Starland (born February 9, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, music producer and musician.
Starland was discovered at a concert held by Maceo Parker who noticed her singing along with many of his numbers. Parker brought Starland onstage to perform; the performance received a standing ovation.[citation needed]
Since then, her music, videos and image have been used in musical genres and advertising media.[citation needed] As of 2008 she was a spokesperson and model for the print and television campaign for the US$300 million clothing line, Boy Meets Girl.
Major awards and recognition include her being named as "VH1's Best Emerging Artist" and "Best Emerging Songwriter" by the Songwriters Hall of Fame for her top 10 hit Dancing With The Sea. Her self-written & produced single was released in Europe on a Universal Music Group compilation alongside artists Norah Jones, Feist, and Edie Brickell. Her song landed at number eight on the charts, giving her the opportunity to tour Europe. She is a featured lead vocalist on Moby's Grammy nominated album, Last Night, which went to number one on the Billboard charts.[citation needed]
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Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American recording artist, actress, producer, and model. In 2009, the Guinness World Records cited her as the most-awarded female act of all-time. Houston was one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million albums, singles and videos worldwide. She released seven studio albums and three movie soundtrack albums, all of which have diamond, multi-platinum, platinum or gold certification. Houston's crossover appeal on the popular music charts, as well as her prominence on MTV, starting with her video for "How Will I Know", influenced several African American female artists to follow in her footsteps.
Houston is the only artist to chart seven consecutive No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits. She is the second artist behind Elton John and the only female artist to have two number-one Billboard 200 Album awards (formerly "Top Pop Album") on the Billboard magazine year-end charts. Houston's 1985 debut album Whitney Houston became the best-selling debut album by a female act at the time of its release. The album was named Rolling Stone's best album of 1986, and was ranked at number 254 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Her second studio album Whitney (1987) became the first album by a female artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
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Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono (オノ・ヨーコ（小野 洋子）, Ono Yōko?, born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese artist, author, and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon. Ono brought feminism to the forefront in her music which prefigured New Wave music and is known for her philanthropic contributions to the arts, peace and AIDS outreach programs.
Yoko Ono was born in Tokyo in 1933 to mother Isoko Ono, the great-granddaughter of Zenjiro Yasuda of the Yasuda banking family, and to father Yeisuke Ono, a banker and one-time classical pianist who was a descendant of an Emperor of Japan. The name "Yoko" means "ocean child". Two weeks before she was born, her father was transferred to San Francisco by his employer, the Yokohama Specie Bank. The rest of the family followed soon after and Yoko met her father when she was two. Her younger brother Keisuke was born in December 1936. In 1937, her father was transferred back to Japan and Ono was enrolled at Tokyo's Gakushuin (also known as the Peers School), one of the most exclusive schools in Japan.
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Gaga, Lady Filmography
- Paparazzi X-Posed (2013)
- Machete Kills (2013)
- Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)
- The Zen of Bennett (2012)
- Disconnect: Cell Phones & Cancer (2012)
- Tony Bennett: Duets II (2012)
- Bettie Page Reveals All (2012)
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2012 (2012)
- The 54th Annual Grammy Awards (2012)
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2012 (2012)
- Men in Black 3 (2012)
- How Embarrassing (2012)
- Illegal Love (2011)
- Lady Gaga Born This Way: On the Record with Fuse - Part 1 (2011)
- Lady Gaga Born This Way: On the Record with Fuse - Part 2 (2011)
- Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden (2011)
- Lady Gaga: Inside the Outside (2011)
- Marry the Night (2011)
- The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (2011)
- 2011 Do Something! Awards (2011)
- 2011 MuchMusic Awards (2011)
- 2011 New Now Next Awards (2011)
- A Decade of Difference: A Concert Celebrating 10 Years of the William J. Clinton Foundation (2011)
- A Very Gaga Thanksgiving (2011)
- Almost Famous IV (2011)
- Bambi Verleihung 2011 (2011)
- Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012 (2011)
- eTalk Primetime Special: Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
- Gaga by Gaultier (2011)
- Gaga's Monsters (2011)
- MTV Europe Music Awards 2011 (2011)
- MTV Video Music Awards 2011 (2011)
- MTV Video Music Awards 2011 (2011)
- MTV Video Music Awards 2011 (2011)
- MTV Video Music Brasil 2011 (2011)
- New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin (2011)
- Rip the Runway '11 (2011)
- TeenNick Halo Awards (2011)
- The 2011 Billboard Music Awards (2011)
- The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! - Countdown to Music's Biggest Night (2011)
- Pop Profiles (2011)
- A Very Gaga Thanksgiving (2011)
- Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden (2011)
- Marry the Night (2011)
- Marry the Night (2011)
- A Very Gaga Thanksgiving (2011)
- Marry the Night (2011)
- Premios Principales 2010 (2010)
- Top 20 Under 25 (2010)
- Telephone (2010)
- The 2010 World Music Awards (2010)
- The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards (2010)
- MTV Video Music Awards 2010 (2010)
- 2010 New Now Next Awards (2010)
- Lady Gaga: Revealed (2010)
- NRJ 12 Grammys Awards 2010 (2010)
- Brit Awards 2010 (2010)
- The BRITs 2009 Encore (2009)
- MTV Video Music Awards 2009 (2009)
- Glastonbury 2009 (2009)
- The Gospel of Mark for Little Children (2009)
- 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards (2009)
- Paparazzi (2009)
- 2009 American Music Awards (2009)
- Brit Awards 2009 (2009)
- MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 (2009)
- The Royal Variety Performance 2009 (2009)
- NewNowNext PopLab (2008)
- The Road to MSG: Z100's Jingle Ball 2008 (2008)
- New Now Next Awards (2008)
- Miss Universe Pageant (2008)
- Musicronik (2007)
- Paparazzi
- Americano
- Artpop
- Bad Kids
- Bad Romance
- Beautiful, Dirty, Rich
- Bloody Mary
- Born This Way
- Boys Boys Boys
- Cake Like Lady Gaga (ft. Kendrick Lamar)
- Calling You
- Dirty Ice Cream
- Disco Heaven
- Don't Give Up
- Fairy
- Fancy Pants
- Fashion
- Fashion Of His Love
- Fooled Me Again Honest Eyes
- Funny Man
- Hair
- Heavy Metal Lovers
- Here We Go Again
- I Like It Rough
- Judas
- Kaboom
- Let Love Down
- Marry The Night
- Ти си виновен (mega mix)
- No Floods
- Nothin' On (But The Radio)
- Orange Colored Sky
- Paper Gangsta
- Red And Blue
- Reel Cool
- Retro Physical
- Runaway
- Shake Your Kitty
- So Happy I Could Die
- Something Crazy
- Speechless
- Stuck On Fuckin' You
- Summerboy
- Super Lover
- The Fame
- There's Nothing Else I Can Say
- Vanity
- Wonderful
- Words
- Wunderland
RELEASE
ALBUMS
- Born This Way (Zedd Remix)
- Judas (Goldfrapp remix)
- The Edge of Glory (Foster the People Remix)
- Yoü and I (Wild Beasts Remix)
- Marry the Night (The Weeknd & Illangelo Remix)
- Black Jesus † Amen Fashion (Michael Woods Remix)
- Bloody Mary (The Horrors Remix)
- Scheiße (Guéna LG Remix)
- Americano (Gregori Klosman Remix)
- Electric Chapel (Two Door Cinema Club Remix)
- Yoü and I (Metronomy Remix)
- Judas (Hurts Remix)
- Born This Way (Twin Shadow Remix)
- The Edge of Glory (Sultan & Ned Shepard Remix)
- Judas (Röyksopp's 30 Pieces Mix)
- Marry the Night
- Born This Way
- Government Hooker
- Judas
- Americano
- Hair
- Scheiße
- Bloody Mary
- Bad Kids
- Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)
- Heavy Metal Lover
- Electric Chapel
- Yoü and I
- The Edge of Glory
- Born This Way (Jost & Naaf remix)
- Just Dance (Space Cowboy remix)
- Just Dance (RedOne remix)
- Poker Face (Space Cowboy remix)
- Poker Face (LLG vs. GLG radio mix)
- Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) (Electric Piano and Human Beat Box version) (The Cherrytree Sessions version)
- Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) (Pet Shop Boys radio mix)
- Love Game (Space Cowboy remix)
- Love Game (Chew Fu Ghettohouse Fix) (feat. Marilyn Manson)
- Paparazzi (Yuksek remix)
- Paparazzi (Stuart Price remix)
- Bad Romance (Skrillex radio remix)
- Bad Romance (Starsmith remix)
- Bad Romance (Kaskade main mix)
- Telephone (feat. Beyoncé) (Alphabeat remix)
- Telephone (feat. Beyoncé) (Passion Pit remix)
- Telephone (feat. Beyoncé) (Crookers vocal remix)
- Bad Romance
- Alejandro
- Monster
- Speechless
- Dance in the Dark
- Telephone
- So Happy I Could Die
- Teeth
- Bad Romance (Starsmith remix)
- Telephone (Passion Pit remix)
- Paparazzi (Demolition Crew remix radio edit)
- Just Dance (Deewaan remix)
- Lovegame (Robots to Mars remix)
- Eh Eh (Frankmuzik remix)
- Pokerface (live from the Cherrytree House)
- Bad Romance (Grum remix)
- Telephone (Alphabeat remix)
- Fashion
- Starstruck
- Disco Heaven
- No Floods
- Kaboom
- I Like It Rough
- Vanity
- Paper Gangsta
- Fancy Pants
- Wonderful
- Big Girl Now
- Rock Show
- Christmas Tree
- Shake Ure Kitty
- Fever
- Let Love Down
- Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) (electric piano & human beat box version)
- Pokerface (live at the Cherrytree House piano & voice version)
- Just Dance (remix)
- Just Dance
- LoveGame
- Paparazzi
- Poker Face
- I Like It Rough
- Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)
- Starstruck
- Beautiful, Dirty, Rich
- The Fame
- Money Honey
- Boys Boys Boys
- Paper Gangsta
- Brown Eyes
- Summerboy
- Disco Heaven
- Again Again
- Welcome to the Fame Kingdom
- Just Dance
- LoveGame
- Paparazzi
- Beautiful, Dirty, Rich
- Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)
- Poker Face
- The Fame
- Money Honey
- Again Again
- Boys Boys Boys
- Brown Eyes
- Summerboy
- I Like It Rough
- Retro Dance Freak
- Bad Romance
- Alejandro
- Monster
- Speechless
- Dance in the Dark
- Telephone
- So Happy I Could Die
- Teeth
- Dirty Ice Cream
- Disco Heaven
- Fashion
- No Floods
- No Way
- Paper Gangsta
- Retro Physical
- Rock Show
- Shake Ur Kitty
- Starstruck
- Vanity
- Wonderful
- Reloaded
- Filthy Pop
- Fancy Pants
- Christmas Tree
- Super Lover
- Kandy Life
- Let Love Down
- Second Time Around
- Fever
- Fooled Me Again (Honest Eyes)
- Something Crazy
- Out of Control
- Wish You Were Here
- Words
- Red and Blue
- Poker Face (piano version)
- Video Phone (extended remix)
- Quicksand
- Chillin'
- Let Them Hoes Fight
- Big Girl Now
- Don't Give Up
- Do Me Right
- Murder My Heart
- Viva la vida (acoustic)
- Bad Romance (demo version)
- Alejandro (demo version)
- The Fame (demo version)
- Boys Boys Boys (demo version)
- Beautiful, Dirty, Rich (demo version)
- Money Honey (demo version)
- Captivated (live version)
- Electric Kiss (live version)
- Glitter and Grease (live version)
- Future Love (live version)
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Lady Gaga - Marry The Night (Official Video)
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- Duration: 13:51
- Updated: 23 Dec 2012
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Marry The Night (Official Video). © 2011 Interscope
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Music video by Lady Gaga performing Marry The Night (Official Video). © 2011 Interscope
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
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- Duration: 5:08
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Bad Romance. (C) 2009 Interscope Records #VEVOCertified on January 31, 2010. www.vevo.com www.youtube.com
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Music video by Lady Gaga performing Bad Romance. (C) 2009 Interscope Records #VEVOCertified on January 31, 2010. www.vevo.com www.youtube.com
- published: 24 Nov 2009
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Lady Gaga - Yoü And I
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- Duration: 6:22
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Yoü And I (Official Video). Lady Gaga's "Yoü And I" video received 1054214 video views on YouTube prior to the official VEVO video release. © 2011 Interscope Records
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Music video by Lady Gaga performing Yoü And I (Official Video). Lady Gaga's "Yoü And I" video received 1054214 video views on YouTube prior to the official VEVO video release. © 2011 Interscope Records
- published: 17 Aug 2011
- views: 62254537
- author: LadyGagaVEVO
Lady GaGa - Poker Face [Official Music Video] HQ
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- Duration: 3:35
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
Official music video of Lady GaGa Poker Face i do not own this, i am just promoting the video.
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Official music video of Lady GaGa Poker Face i do not own this, i am just promoting the video.
- published: 26 Sep 2009
- views: 4713718
- author: NayNay Gallo
Lady Gaga - Paper Gangsta [Official Video]
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- Duration: 4:22
- Updated: 23 Dec 2012
Music video by Lady Gaga-Paper Gangsta from the new brand album The Fame Monster available everywere(C) 2009 Interscope Records Music by:Lady Gaga Director :lelletto95
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Music video by Lady Gaga-Paper Gangsta from the new brand album The Fame Monster available everywere(C) 2009 Interscope Records Music by:Lady Gaga Director :lelletto95
- published: 28 Dec 2009
- views: 999833
- author: lelletto95
Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
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- Duration: 7:11
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Paparazzi. (C) 2009 Interscope Records
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Music video by Lady Gaga performing Paparazzi. (C) 2009 Interscope Records
- published: 26 Nov 2009
- views: 92179239
- author: LadyGagaVEVO
Lady Gaga - Fame - Full Official Commercial (New Perfume Film)
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- Duration: 5:41
- Updated: 23 Dec 2012
The epic new film by Lady Gaga promoting her new fragrance Fame. This is the complete commercial. Some rumors suggested the video would be a music clip for Scheisse but that doesn't appear to be the case. Love you monster monster!
http://wn.com/Lady_Gaga_Fame_Full_Official_Commercial_New_Perfume_Film
The epic new film by Lady Gaga promoting her new fragrance Fame. This is the complete commercial. Some rumors suggested the video would be a music clip for Scheisse but that doesn't appear to be the case. Love you monster monster!
- published: 14 Sep 2012
- views: 436247
- author: littlemissybella99
Lady Gaga - Born This Way
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- Duration: 7:20
- Updated: 23 Dec 2012
WRITTEN BY LADY GAGA. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: VINCENT HERBERT. DIRECTED BY NICK KNIGHT. CHOREOGRAPHY BY LAURIE ANN GIBSON. #VEVOCertified on Oct. 3, 2012. youtube.com
http://wn.com/Lady_Gaga_Born_This_Way
WRITTEN BY LADY GAGA. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: VINCENT HERBERT. DIRECTED BY NICK KNIGHT. CHOREOGRAPHY BY LAURIE ANN GIBSON. #VEVOCertified on Oct. 3, 2012. youtube.com
- published: 28 Feb 2011
- views: 103039909
- author: LadyGagaVEVO
Lady Gaga - Poker Face
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- Duration: 3:36
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Poker Face. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 26232487. (C) 2008 Interscope Records
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Music video by Lady Gaga performing Poker Face. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 26232487. (C) 2008 Interscope Records
- published: 20 Dec 2009
- views: 144790047
- author: LadyGagaVEVO
Lady Gaga - Fashion (Official Video)
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- Duration: 3:03
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
Lady Gaga performing her unreleased song : Fashion! Video Credits : Mugler (Lady Gaga´s Runway Debut) Follow me on Twitter @ARTPOPprince littlemonsters.com
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Lady Gaga performing her unreleased song : Fashion! Video Credits : Mugler (Lady Gaga´s Runway Debut) Follow me on Twitter @ARTPOPprince littlemonsters.com
- published: 28 Feb 2012
- views: 49974
- author: marekladygaga
Born This Way - Lady Gaga - Official Music Video Parody
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- Duration: 3:43
- Updated: 23 Dec 2012
TWEET THE VIDEO TO PEREZ (We'll Tweet You Back!) clicktotweet.com BUY OUR "BORN THIS WAY" PARODY ON ITUNES! bit.ly Twitter: twitter.com Produced By: Ilana Cohn twitter.com www.youtube.com liamshow.com Director and Cinematographer Sean Finnegan www.seanryanfinnegan.com...
http://wn.com/Born_This_Way_Lady_Gaga_Official_Music_Video_Parody
TWEET THE VIDEO TO PEREZ (We'll Tweet You Back!) clicktotweet.com BUY OUR "BORN THIS WAY" PARODY ON ITUNES! bit.ly Twitter: twitter.com Produced By: Ilana Cohn twitter.com www.youtube.com liamshow.com Director and Cinematographer Sean Finnegan www.seanryanfinnegan.com...
- published: 26 Feb 2011
- views: 1492211
- author: WinterSpringPro
Official Video: Lady Gaga's Acceptance Speech at the 2011 CFDA Fashion Awards
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- Duration: 8:25
- Updated: 20 Dec 2012
Lady Gaga accepts her Fashion Icon Award at the 2011 CFDA Fashion Awards in NYC on June 6, 2011. Video includes complete acceptance speech and red carpet arrival.
http://wn.com/Official_Video_Lady_Gaga's_Acceptance_Speech_at_the_2011_CFDA_Fashion_Awards
Lady Gaga accepts her Fashion Icon Award at the 2011 CFDA Fashion Awards in NYC on June 6, 2011. Video includes complete acceptance speech and red carpet arrival.
- published: 07 Jun 2011
- views: 190298
- author: CFDATV
Lady Gaga - Alejandro
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- Duration: 8:44
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Alejandro. (C) 2010 Interscope Records
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Music video by Lady Gaga performing Alejandro. (C) 2010 Interscope Records
- published: 08 Jun 2010
- views: 181726042
- author: LadyGagaVEVO
Lady Gaga Telephone Parody (ft Beyonce): Key of Awesome #17
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- Duration: 2:42
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
Lady Gaga Telephone parody! Watch Behind the Scenes HERE! www.youtube.com Subscribe! www.youtube.com Beyonce is going to do this video whether she likes it or not: It's Lady Gaga's way or the highway. Featuring Lauren Francesca as Lady Gaga Echoe Malone as Beyonce also featuring and written by Mark Douglas Directed by Tom Small Music production by Jake Chudnow Gaga vocals by: Anastasia Douglas Beyonce vocals by: Carolyn Castiglia LYRICS GAGA First of all this song is not as good as Bad Romance And its not even close Poker face or Just Dance So I will distract them by getting half naked And throw everything at them but the kitchen sink sink The kitchen sink sink What do you think think? I will prove that I dont have a penis wink wink First Ill get stripped naked by some burly prison guards Then make out with a shemale in the prison yard yard BEYONCE This video seems goofy you should just do it alone Besides Im getting sick of all these songs about phones GAGA You bail me out of jail then we pause for some bad dialogue We poison everyone including a cute dog Then we start to dance and theres dead people everywhere As usual Ill have lots crazy crap in my hair PPPPPPPPProduct Placement Hide the ddead bodies in the bbbasement Blood and guts and boobs and buts And I just want to make your head explode Beep beep beep bbbeep beep beep That was Lady Gaga in Morse code BEYONCE If you think Im doing this Then youre a crazy bastard You musta blown a gasket Are you trippin on acid As ...
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Lady Gaga Telephone parody! Watch Behind the Scenes HERE! www.youtube.com Subscribe! www.youtube.com Beyonce is going to do this video whether she likes it or not: It's Lady Gaga's way or the highway. Featuring Lauren Francesca as Lady Gaga Echoe Malone as Beyonce also featuring and written by Mark Douglas Directed by Tom Small Music production by Jake Chudnow Gaga vocals by: Anastasia Douglas Beyonce vocals by: Carolyn Castiglia LYRICS GAGA First of all this song is not as good as Bad Romance And its not even close Poker face or Just Dance So I will distract them by getting half naked And throw everything at them but the kitchen sink sink The kitchen sink sink What do you think think? I will prove that I dont have a penis wink wink First Ill get stripped naked by some burly prison guards Then make out with a shemale in the prison yard yard BEYONCE This video seems goofy you should just do it alone Besides Im getting sick of all these songs about phones GAGA You bail me out of jail then we pause for some bad dialogue We poison everyone including a cute dog Then we start to dance and theres dead people everywhere As usual Ill have lots crazy crap in my hair PPPPPPPPProduct Placement Hide the ddead bodies in the bbbasement Blood and guts and boobs and buts And I just want to make your head explode Beep beep beep bbbeep beep beep That was Lady Gaga in Morse code BEYONCE If you think Im doing this Then youre a crazy bastard You musta blown a gasket Are you trippin on acid As ...
- published: 23 Mar 2010
- views: 28836968
- author: barelypolitical
Lady Gaga - Poker Face (Lyrics - Sub Español) Official Video
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- Duration: 3:46
- Updated: 23 Dec 2012
Lady Gaga - Poker Face. Lyrics - Subtitulado al Español. Video Oficial HD Lady Gaga - Poker Face Lyrics on screen - Traducido al Español. Music Video official. LadyGagaVEVO GagaYohon100
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Lady Gaga - Poker Face. Lyrics - Subtitulado al Español. Video Oficial HD Lady Gaga - Poker Face Lyrics on screen - Traducido al Español. Music Video official. LadyGagaVEVO GagaYohon100
- published: 06 Jul 2012
- views: 38601
- author: GagaYohon100
Lady GaGa - Government Hooker 2012 (HD) GV OFFICIAL VIDEO
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- Duration: 4:24
- Updated: 23 Dec 2012
Video Editing by GV PRODUCTION FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com
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Video Editing by GV PRODUCTION FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com
- published: 16 Jun 2011
- views: 95030
- author: JohnnyTiger88
![LADY GAGA-Fashion [Official video]](http://web.archive.org./web/20121224065651im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/OiUVY_LXgsA/default.jpg "LADY GAGA-Fashion [Official video]")
LADY GAGA-Fashion [Official video]
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- Duration: 2:51
- Updated: 22 Dec 2012
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![LADY GAGA - BLOODY MARY [MUSIC VIDEO]](http://web.archive.org./web/20121224065651im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/63zSjR_nhNI/default.jpg "LADY GAGA - BLOODY MARY [MUSIC VIDEO]")
LADY GAGA - BLOODY MARY [MUSIC VIDEO]
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- Duration: 4:49
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
READ A FULL INTERVIEW ABOUT THE VIDEO AT: gagaism.org LIKE MY FACEBOOK PAGE! www.facebook.com I am very proud to share with you guys my graduating film thesis project at The Los Angeles Film School. It was an amazing experience and I send a big thank you to everyone who took part in making this visual come true. I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I had enjoyed making it with my amazing team and crew! and of course this video would not be possible without Lady Gaga, thank you for redefining music videos and making music that fuels the creative mind. QUESTIONS? CONTACT THE CREW!!!!!! WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!! DIRECTOR AND EDITOR - RUBEN CORTEZ E- MAIL- ROOROOFOO@LIVE.COM TWITTER - www.twitter.com ALL FASHION DESIGNS CREATED BY BRYAN HEARNS www.bryanhearns.com CINEMATOGRAPHY BY ERWIN AVILES CONTACT AT ERWINAVILES@GMAIL.COM PRODUCTION DESIGN BY ERIKA ALCORAN CONTACT AT: E_ALCORAN@HOTMAIL.COM CHOREOGRAPHY BY: NICHOLAS KAYNER WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/MRNUKAPPA WWW.TWITTER.COM/NIKAYNER VISIT AMELIA JACKSON GRAY'S YOUTUBE PAGE! www.youtube.com
http://wn.com/LADY_GAGA_BLOODY_MARY_MUSIC_VIDEO_
READ A FULL INTERVIEW ABOUT THE VIDEO AT: gagaism.org LIKE MY FACEBOOK PAGE! www.facebook.com I am very proud to share with you guys my graduating film thesis project at The Los Angeles Film School. It was an amazing experience and I send a big thank you to everyone who took part in making this visual come true. I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I had enjoyed making it with my amazing team and crew! and of course this video would not be possible without Lady Gaga, thank you for redefining music videos and making music that fuels the creative mind. QUESTIONS? CONTACT THE CREW!!!!!! WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!! DIRECTOR AND EDITOR - RUBEN CORTEZ E- MAIL- ROOROOFOO@LIVE.COM TWITTER - www.twitter.com ALL FASHION DESIGNS CREATED BY BRYAN HEARNS www.bryanhearns.com CINEMATOGRAPHY BY ERWIN AVILES CONTACT AT ERWINAVILES@GMAIL.COM PRODUCTION DESIGN BY ERIKA ALCORAN CONTACT AT: E_ALCORAN@HOTMAIL.COM CHOREOGRAPHY BY: NICHOLAS KAYNER WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/MRNUKAPPA WWW.TWITTER.COM/NIKAYNER VISIT AMELIA JACKSON GRAY'S YOUTUBE PAGE! www.youtube.com
- published: 14 Aug 2011
- views: 7988984
- author: Ruben Cortez
Lady Gaga Judas Audio Lyrics Meaning - Official Video Review & Analysis
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- Duration: 8:14
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Thanks for Subscribing, Rating, Favoriting & Commenting! Welcome to another edition of 2 Live Poetry, hosted by Dudley Wordsworth, poet and scholar. In today's special edition episode, Mr. Wordsworth analyzes a poem written by Lady Gaga as opposed to a Miami Bass artist, which is the norm for him. Lady Gaga Judas Lyrics - Oh-oh-oh-ohoo I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as (2x) Judas Juda-aa, Judas Juda-aa, Judas Juda-aa, Judas GaGa (2x) [Verse 1] When he comes to me, I am ready I'll wash his feet with my hair if he needs Forgive him when his tongue lies through his brain Even after three times, he betrays me I'll bring him down, bring him down, down A king with no crown, king with no crown [Chorus] I'm just a holy fool, oh baby he's so cruel But I'm still in love with Judas, baby I'm just a horny fool, oh baby he's so cruel But I'm still in love with Judas, baby Oh-oh-oh-ohoo I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as (2x) Judas Juda-aa, Judas Juda-aa, Judas Juda-aa, Judas GaGa [Verse 2] I couldn't love a man so purely Even darkness forgave his crooked way I've learned love is like a brick, you can Build a house or sink a dead body I'll bring him down, bring him down, down A king with no crown, king with no crown [Chorus] Oh-oh-oh-ohoo I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as (2x) Ew [Bridge] In the most Biblical sense, I am beyond repentance Fame hooker, prostitute wench, vomits her mind But in the cultural sense I just speak in future tense Judas kiss me if offensed, Or wear ear condom ...
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Thanks for Subscribing, Rating, Favoriting & Commenting! Welcome to another edition of 2 Live Poetry, hosted by Dudley Wordsworth, poet and scholar. In today's special edition episode, Mr. Wordsworth analyzes a poem written by Lady Gaga as opposed to a Miami Bass artist, which is the norm for him. Lady Gaga Judas Lyrics - Oh-oh-oh-ohoo I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as (2x) Judas Juda-aa, Judas Juda-aa, Judas Juda-aa, Judas GaGa (2x) [Verse 1] When he comes to me, I am ready I'll wash his feet with my hair if he needs Forgive him when his tongue lies through his brain Even after three times, he betrays me I'll bring him down, bring him down, down A king with no crown, king with no crown [Chorus] I'm just a holy fool, oh baby he's so cruel But I'm still in love with Judas, baby I'm just a horny fool, oh baby he's so cruel But I'm still in love with Judas, baby Oh-oh-oh-ohoo I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as (2x) Judas Juda-aa, Judas Juda-aa, Judas Juda-aa, Judas GaGa [Verse 2] I couldn't love a man so purely Even darkness forgave his crooked way I've learned love is like a brick, you can Build a house or sink a dead body I'll bring him down, bring him down, down A king with no crown, king with no crown [Chorus] Oh-oh-oh-ohoo I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as (2x) Ew [Bridge] In the most Biblical sense, I am beyond repentance Fame hooker, prostitute wench, vomits her mind But in the cultural sense I just speak in future tense Judas kiss me if offensed, Or wear ear condom ...
- published: 18 Apr 2011
- views: 20164
- author: LaughWithLulu
Lady Gaga - The Edge of Glory Meaning Official Video Lyrics Review - Miami Analysis
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- Duration: 2:37
- Updated: 08 Dec 2012
Thanks for Subscribing!! Listen to the song here - www.youtube.com I ♥ Lady Gaga and her music, this is just for fun, no disrespect intended. Enjoy the comedy, jokes and sunglasses. This video review of Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory" new single, our dear friend Alvaro Fanfarron (self-proclaimed #1 Miami Heat fan) truly believes that Lady Gaga wrote this song about the Miami Heat and their quest for Glory. Watch as he explains the lyrics and translate the true hidden meaning according to him. There ain't a reason you and me should be alone - This is what Dwyane Wade said to Pat Riley, he didn't want them to be alone so he said go sign Chris Bosh and LeBron James. I got a reason that you-hoo should take me home tonight - This is talking about the championship trophy, they want to take it home. I need a man that thinks it's right when it's so wrong - The last couple of seasons the Heat have been playing bad and that's wrong, LeBron is the man who makes it right It's time to feel the rush, To push the dangerous - The playoffs are the rush, and the Heat are gonna push out the Boston Celtics (dangerous) Another shot, before we kiss the other side - After LeBron takes his shot, he gives the fans a kiss Put on your shades 'cause I'll be dancing in the flames - The best line for the Miami Heat , cuz in Miami everyone wears shades and they dance in the flames which signifies the Miami Heat mascot SECOND CHANNEL - youtube.com This video was shot with a Canon Vixia HF S200 and ...
http://wn.com/Lady_Gaga_The_Edge_of_Glory_Meaning_Official_Video_Lyrics_Review_Miami_Analysis
Thanks for Subscribing!! Listen to the song here - www.youtube.com I ♥ Lady Gaga and her music, this is just for fun, no disrespect intended. Enjoy the comedy, jokes and sunglasses. This video review of Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory" new single, our dear friend Alvaro Fanfarron (self-proclaimed #1 Miami Heat fan) truly believes that Lady Gaga wrote this song about the Miami Heat and their quest for Glory. Watch as he explains the lyrics and translate the true hidden meaning according to him. There ain't a reason you and me should be alone - This is what Dwyane Wade said to Pat Riley, he didn't want them to be alone so he said go sign Chris Bosh and LeBron James. I got a reason that you-hoo should take me home tonight - This is talking about the championship trophy, they want to take it home. I need a man that thinks it's right when it's so wrong - The last couple of seasons the Heat have been playing bad and that's wrong, LeBron is the man who makes it right It's time to feel the rush, To push the dangerous - The playoffs are the rush, and the Heat are gonna push out the Boston Celtics (dangerous) Another shot, before we kiss the other side - After LeBron takes his shot, he gives the fans a kiss Put on your shades 'cause I'll be dancing in the flames - The best line for the Miami Heat , cuz in Miami everyone wears shades and they dance in the flames which signifies the Miami Heat mascot SECOND CHANNEL - youtube.com This video was shot with a Canon Vixia HF S200 and ...
- published: 11 May 2011
- views: 17927
- author: LaughWithLulu
Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory
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- Duration: 5:28
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
Buy Now: glnk.it Music video by Lady Gaga performing The Edge Of Glory. © 2011 Streamline/Kon Live/Interscope
http://wn.com/Lady_Gaga_The_Edge_Of_Glory
Buy Now: glnk.it Music video by Lady Gaga performing The Edge Of Glory. © 2011 Streamline/Kon Live/Interscope
- published: 17 Jun 2011
- views: 66168781
- author: LadyGagaVEVO
Lady GaGa - Alejandro (Official Video)
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- Duration: 4:34
- Updated: 23 Dec 2012
http://wn.com/Lady_GaGa_Alejandro_Official_Video
Lady Gaga - Paparazzi (Live Acoustic)
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- Duration: 4:47
- Updated: 23 Dec 2012
Lady Gaga performing a piano version of Paparazzi on Capital FM. Lyrics: We are the crowd, We're c-coming out Got my flash on, it's true Need that picture of you It so magical We'd be so fantastico Leather and jeans Garage Glamorous Not sure what it means But this photo of us it don't have a price Ready for those flashing lights, Cause you know that baby I I'm your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me Papa-paparazzi, Baby there's no other superstar You know that I'll be Your Papa-paparazzi Promise I'll be kind, But I won't stop until that boy is mine Baby you'll be famous, chase you down until you love me, papa-paparazzi I'll be your girl Backstage at your show, Velvet ropes and guitars, Yeah, cause you're my rockstar In between the sets Eyeliner and cigarettes Shadow is burnt Yellow dance and we turn My lashes are dry Purple teardrops I cry It don't have a price Loving you is cherry pie 'Cause you know that baby I Im your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me Papa-paparazzi, Baby there's no other superstar You know that i'll be Your Papa-paparazzi Promise i'll be kind, But i won't stop until that boy is mine Baby you'll be famous Chase you down until you love me Papa-paparazzi Im your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me Papa-paparazzi, Baby there's no other superstar You know that i'll be Your Papa-paparazzi Promise i'll be kind, But i won't stop until that boy is mine Baby you'll be famous Chase you down until you love me Papa-paparazzi
http://wn.com/Lady_Gaga_Paparazzi_Live_Acoustic
Lady Gaga performing a piano version of Paparazzi on Capital FM. Lyrics: We are the crowd, We're c-coming out Got my flash on, it's true Need that picture of you It so magical We'd be so fantastico Leather and jeans Garage Glamorous Not sure what it means But this photo of us it don't have a price Ready for those flashing lights, Cause you know that baby I I'm your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me Papa-paparazzi, Baby there's no other superstar You know that I'll be Your Papa-paparazzi Promise I'll be kind, But I won't stop until that boy is mine Baby you'll be famous, chase you down until you love me, papa-paparazzi I'll be your girl Backstage at your show, Velvet ropes and guitars, Yeah, cause you're my rockstar In between the sets Eyeliner and cigarettes Shadow is burnt Yellow dance and we turn My lashes are dry Purple teardrops I cry It don't have a price Loving you is cherry pie 'Cause you know that baby I Im your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me Papa-paparazzi, Baby there's no other superstar You know that i'll be Your Papa-paparazzi Promise i'll be kind, But i won't stop until that boy is mine Baby you'll be famous Chase you down until you love me Papa-paparazzi Im your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me Papa-paparazzi, Baby there's no other superstar You know that i'll be Your Papa-paparazzi Promise i'll be kind, But i won't stop until that boy is mine Baby you'll be famous Chase you down until you love me Papa-paparazzi
- published: 25 Apr 2009
- views: 9529997
- author: GaGax4Ever
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Lady Gaga - Paparazzi (Live Acoustic)
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- Duration: 4:47
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Lady Gaga performing a piano version of Paparazzi on Capital FM. Lyrics: We are the crowd, We're c-coming out Got my flash on, it's true Need that picture of you It so magical We'd be so fantastico Leather and jeans Garage Glamorous Not sure what it means But this photo of us it don't have a price Ready for those flashing lights, Cause you know that baby I I'm your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me Papa-paparazzi, Baby there's no other superstar You know that I'll be Your Papa-paparazzi Promise I'll be kind, But I won't stop until that boy is mine Baby you'll be famous, chase you down until you love me, papa-paparazzi I'll be your girl Backstage at your show, Velvet ropes and guitars, Yeah, cause you're my rockstar In between the sets Eyeliner and cigarettes Shadow is burnt Yellow dance and we turn My lashes are dry Purple teardrops I cry It don't have a price Loving you is cherry pie 'Cause you know that baby I Im your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me Papa-paparazzi, Baby there's no other superstar You know that i'll be Your Papa-paparazzi Promise i'll be kind, But i won't stop until that boy is mine Baby you'll be famous Chase you down until you love me Papa-paparazzi Im your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me Papa-paparazzi, Baby there's no other superstar You know that i'll be Your Papa-paparazzi Promise i'll be kind, But i won't stop until that boy is mine Baby you'll be famous Chase you down until you love me Papa-paparazzi
http://wn.com/Lady_Gaga_Paparazzi_Live_Acoustic
Lady Gaga performing a piano version of Paparazzi on Capital FM. Lyrics: We are the crowd, We're c-coming out Got my flash on, it's true Need that picture of you It so magical We'd be so fantastico Leather and jeans Garage Glamorous Not sure what it means But this photo of us it don't have a price Ready for those flashing lights, Cause you know that baby I I'm your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me Papa-paparazzi, Baby there's no other superstar You know that I'll be Your Papa-paparazzi Promise I'll be kind, But I won't stop until that boy is mine Baby you'll be famous, chase you down until you love me, papa-paparazzi I'll be your girl Backstage at your show, Velvet ropes and guitars, Yeah, cause you're my rockstar In between the sets Eyeliner and cigarettes Shadow is burnt Yellow dance and we turn My lashes are dry Purple teardrops I cry It don't have a price Loving you is cherry pie 'Cause you know that baby I Im your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me Papa-paparazzi, Baby there's no other superstar You know that i'll be Your Papa-paparazzi Promise i'll be kind, But i won't stop until that boy is mine Baby you'll be famous Chase you down until you love me Papa-paparazzi Im your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me Papa-paparazzi, Baby there's no other superstar You know that i'll be Your Papa-paparazzi Promise i'll be kind, But i won't stop until that boy is mine Baby you'll be famous Chase you down until you love me Papa-paparazzi
- published: 25 Apr 2009
- views: 9473133
- author: GaGax4Ever
Lady Gaga "You And I" (Live at Amp Radio)
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- Duration: 7:17
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Lady performs an acoustic version of "You And I" for eight of her biggest Amp Radio-listening fans. For the full interview with Carson Daly, click here: tinyurl.com
http://wn.com/Lady_Gaga_You_And_I_Live_at_Amp_Radio
Lady performs an acoustic version of "You And I" for eight of her biggest Amp Radio-listening fans. For the full interview with Carson Daly, click here: tinyurl.com
- published: 26 Jul 2011
- views: 591417
- author: 971AMPRadio
Lady Gaga Live at the VMA awards
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- Duration: 4:27
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
I do not own anything. This is Lady gaga performing an unbelievable, surprising and fantastic paparazzi. The audience were all amazed! Enjoy!!
http://wn.com/Lady_Gaga_Live_at_the_VMA_awards
I do not own anything. This is Lady gaga performing an unbelievable, surprising and fantastic paparazzi. The audience were all amazed! Enjoy!!
- published: 30 Apr 2010
- views: 904528
- author: kedavra5
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (Gaga Live Sydney Monster Hall)
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- Duration: 4:45
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Bad Romance. (C) 2011 Interscope Records
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Music video by Lady Gaga performing Bad Romance. (C) 2011 Interscope Records
- published: 24 Aug 2011
- views: 1340166
- author: LadyGagaVEVO
Lady Gaga live on iHeartRadio Music Fest (full show)
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- Duration: 60:32
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
MP3 audio download: www.youtube2audio.net - Born This Way Ball Tour (full live audio) HD - Lady Gaga: www.youtube.com - Born This Way Ball Tour full audio (studio version) - Lady Gaga: www.youtube.com - Princess Die (live at The Born This Way Bal Tour) HD - Lady Gaga: www.youtube.com - Born This Way Megamix (HD) - Lady Gaga: www.youtube.com
http://wn.com/Lady_Gaga_live_on_iHeartRadio_Music_Fest_full_show
MP3 audio download: www.youtube2audio.net - Born This Way Ball Tour (full live audio) HD - Lady Gaga: www.youtube.com - Born This Way Ball Tour full audio (studio version) - Lady Gaga: www.youtube.com - Princess Die (live at The Born This Way Bal Tour) HD - Lady Gaga: www.youtube.com - Born This Way Megamix (HD) - Lady Gaga: www.youtube.com
- published: 29 Jul 2012
- views: 152088
- author: Santy Deco
Lady Gaga - Just Dance (Gaga Live Sydney Monster Hall)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:46
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Just Dance. (C) 2011 Interscope Records
http://wn.com/Lady_Gaga_Just_Dance_Gaga_Live_Sydney_Monster_Hall
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Just Dance. (C) 2011 Interscope Records
- published: 24 Aug 2011
- views: 1953446
- author: LadyGagaVEVO
Lady Gaga - Judas (Gaga Live Sydney Monster Hall)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:56
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Judas. (C) 2011 Interscope Records
http://wn.com/Lady_Gaga_Judas_Gaga_Live_Sydney_Monster_Hall
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Judas. (C) 2011 Interscope Records
- published: 24 Aug 2011
- views: 1207325
- author: LadyGagaVEVO
Lady Gaga - Scheiße - Twickenham Stadium - Live in London - September 8 2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:11
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Lady Gaga apologised for the show at Twickenham being cut short under threat of the plug being pulled, and promised music and dancing to the max. Then she performed "Scheiße," and delivered on her promise. :) Find Lady Gaga here: www.ladygaga.com (Artist reserves all rights, no copyright infringement intended).
http://wn.com/Lady_Gaga_Scheiße_Twickenham_Stadium_Live_in_London_September_8_2012
Lady Gaga apologised for the show at Twickenham being cut short under threat of the plug being pulled, and promised music and dancing to the max. Then she performed "Scheiße," and delivered on her promise. :) Find Lady Gaga here: www.ladygaga.com (Artist reserves all rights, no copyright infringement intended).
- published: 09 Sep 2012
- views: 67732
- author: steveatgigs
Lady Gaga Born This Way & Marry The Night (Children In Need) 2011 UK
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:00
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Lady Gaga performing her hit single Born This Way and her new single Marry The Night at Manchester MEN arena for children in need
http://wn.com/Lady_Gaga_Born_This_Way_Marry_The_Night_Children_In_Need_2011_UK
Lady Gaga performing her hit single Born This Way and her new single Marry The Night at Manchester MEN arena for children in need
- published: 17 Nov 2011
- views: 482031
- author: Monsterhookah
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (Gaga Live Sydney Monster Hall)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:23
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Born This Way. (C) 2011 Interscope Records
http://wn.com/Lady_Gaga_Born_This_Way_Gaga_Live_Sydney_Monster_Hall
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Born This Way. (C) 2011 Interscope Records
- published: 24 Aug 2011
- views: 1352365
- author: LadyGagaVEVO
Lady Gaga - Speechless
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:41
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Speechless. (C) 2009 Interscope Records
http://wn.com/Lady_Gaga_Speechless
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Speechless. (C) 2009 Interscope Records
- published: 25 Dec 2009
- views: 20841922
- author: LadyGagaVEVO
Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga) Live at the Cutting Room part 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:43
- Updated: 04 Dec 2012
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http://wn.com/Stefani_Germanotta_Lady_Gaga_Live_at_the_Cutting_Room_part_1
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- published: 28 Dec 2011
- views: 14433
- author: StefaniGermanottaCR
Born This Way - Lady Gaga duet with Maria Aragon LIVE Toronto
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:18
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Maria Aragon performs live with Lady Gaga in Toronto on the Monster Ball Tour.
http://wn.com/Born_This_Way_Lady_Gaga_duet_with_Maria_Aragon_LIVE_Toronto
Maria Aragon performs live with Lady Gaga in Toronto on the Monster Ball Tour.
- published: 04 Mar 2011
- views: 3392875
- author: AsphaltRegime
Lady Gaga (BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend) Live Full 2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 61:12
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
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Lady Gaga Live at Much Music Awards 2009
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:37
- Updated: 08 Dec 2012
Live at the MMA '09
http://wn.com/Lady_Gaga_Live_at_Much_Music_Awards_2009
Lady Gaga Live Roma Europride 2011 - VERY GOOD PERFORMANCE
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 11:27
- Updated: 09 Dec 2012
Born This Way The Edge Of Glory
http://wn.com/Lady_Gaga_Live_Roma_Europride_2011_VERY_GOOD_PERFORMANCE
Vintage Lady Gaga Live at NYU - Captivated & Electric Kiss
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:03
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Footage owned by NYU's IRHC, the Inter-Residence Hall Council. Originally posted by us, All Things Fangirl. We do not own the footage and are very grateful to IRHC for allowing us to keep the footage up. Stefani Germanotta, now known as Lady Gaga, performing at Ultraviolet Live, NYU's annual talent show. She ended up coming in 3rd place. 2nd place was Funky Butter. 1st place was Tom Costello & Stephan Magloire. She's AMAZING. Originally posted in Before There Was Gaga - Dave, Muse, Sarah & Steffi Correct Gossip Girl's NYU - allthingsfangirl.blogspot.com First song is Captivated, second one is Electric Kiss Make sure to stick around and hear which contemporary artist the final judge compares her to. Awesomeness. Lyrics to the first song, Captivated, courtesy of candacemarieflint One look and Im done One glance from your eyes and Im captivated The taste of your skin The warmth of your hungry lips has me so taken And I love the way you can make me dance from miles away When Im with you Im so sedated Im captivated by you. Youre just like the wind cause everything moves when youre around The sun is just like the sound of your voice in the morning when you light my world up And I love the way you can make me dance from miles away When Im with you Im never jaded Im captivated Ill never stop believing in this crazy love we're leading Sugar hold me close and make me sweeter I need you, I love you So please show me that smile make me laugh for just a little while Then breathe me ...
http://wn.com/Vintage_Lady_Gaga_Live_at_NYU_Captivated_Electric_Kiss
Footage owned by NYU's IRHC, the Inter-Residence Hall Council. Originally posted by us, All Things Fangirl. We do not own the footage and are very grateful to IRHC for allowing us to keep the footage up. Stefani Germanotta, now known as Lady Gaga, performing at Ultraviolet Live, NYU's annual talent show. She ended up coming in 3rd place. 2nd place was Funky Butter. 1st place was Tom Costello & Stephan Magloire. She's AMAZING. Originally posted in Before There Was Gaga - Dave, Muse, Sarah & Steffi Correct Gossip Girl's NYU - allthingsfangirl.blogspot.com First song is Captivated, second one is Electric Kiss Make sure to stick around and hear which contemporary artist the final judge compares her to. Awesomeness. Lyrics to the first song, Captivated, courtesy of candacemarieflint One look and Im done One glance from your eyes and Im captivated The taste of your skin The warmth of your hungry lips has me so taken And I love the way you can make me dance from miles away When Im with you Im so sedated Im captivated by you. Youre just like the wind cause everything moves when youre around The sun is just like the sound of your voice in the morning when you light my world up And I love the way you can make me dance from miles away When Im with you Im never jaded Im captivated Ill never stop believing in this crazy love we're leading Sugar hold me close and make me sweeter I need you, I love you So please show me that smile make me laugh for just a little while Then breathe me ...
- published: 17 Nov 2009
- views: 5788433
- author: allthingsfangirl
Lady Gaga Live The Edge Of Glory @ MMVA 2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:53
- Updated: 08 Dec 2012
http://wn.com/Lady_Gaga_Live_The_Edge_Of_Glory_@_MMVA_2011
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (Live on SNL)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:41
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Lady Gaga performing "Born This Way" on Saturday Night Live. Follow Lady Gaga, buy the album on iTunes, and more bit.ly © 2011 Interscope Records
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Lady Gaga performing "Born This Way" on Saturday Night Live. Follow Lady Gaga, buy the album on iTunes, and more bit.ly © 2011 Interscope Records
- published: 22 May 2011
- views: 3852308
- author: LadyGagaVEVO
![Lady GaGa - Paparazzi (Live at V Festival 2009) [23/08/09]](http://web.archive.org./web/20121224065651im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/xsXl6ZuxE9A/default.jpg "Lady GaGa - Paparazzi (Live at V Festival 2009) [23/08/09]")
Lady GaGa - Paparazzi (Live at V Festival 2009) [23/08/09]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:06
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Lady GaGa performs at V Fest '09. Apologies for the quality.
http://wn.com/Lady_GaGa_Paparazzi_Live_at_V_Festival_2009_23_08_09_
Lady GaGa performs at V Fest '09. Apologies for the quality.
- published: 23 Aug 2009
- views: 4137195
- author: vfest2009
Lady Gaga - Poker Face (Acoustic) LIVE at the Marc Jacobs After-Party
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:00
- Updated: 09 Dec 2012
Lady Gaga performs "Poker Face" LIVE at fashion designer, Marc Jacobs, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2010 after-party at Hiro Ballroom, NYC on Monday, September 14, 2009. (Sorry for some shakiness... there were a lot of drunks pushing and shoving). Unfortunately I do not have the full version of "Just Dance". My camera can only record 10 mins of vid and once it timed-out it took too long to process it =( But at least we've got this! =) www.Dougie.tv
http://wn.com/Lady_Gaga_Poker_Face_Acoustic_LIVE_at_the_Marc_Jacobs_After-Party
Lady Gaga performs "Poker Face" LIVE at fashion designer, Marc Jacobs, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2010 after-party at Hiro Ballroom, NYC on Monday, September 14, 2009. (Sorry for some shakiness... there were a lot of drunks pushing and shoving). Unfortunately I do not have the full version of "Just Dance". My camera can only record 10 mins of vid and once it timed-out it took too long to process it =( But at least we've got this! =) www.Dougie.tv
- published: 15 Sep 2009
- views: 1776370
- author: dougieNYCnightlife
Lady GaGa - The Edge Of Glory Live @ Radio 1's Big Weekend (R1BW)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:40
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Lady GaGa for the first time performs The Edge Of Glory Live from her new album Born This Way
http://wn.com/Lady_GaGa_The_Edge_Of_Glory_Live_@_Radio_1's_Big_Weekend_R1BW
Lady GaGa for the first time performs The Edge Of Glory Live from her new album Born This Way
- published: 15 May 2011
- views: 1624851
- author: TheBlade015
Lady GaGa Live at The Chapel Australia - Paparazzi Acoustic - Part 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:44
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Lady GaGa Live at The Chapel Australia - Paparazzi Acoustic
http://wn.com/Lady_GaGa_Live_at_The_Chapel_Australia_Paparazzi_Acoustic_Part_2
Lady GaGa Live at The Chapel Australia - Paparazzi Acoustic
- published: 22 Jun 2009
- views: 4499331
- author: OnAFridayx3
4:47
Lady Gaga - Paparazzi (Live Acoustic)
Lady Gaga performing a piano version of Paparazzi on Capital FM. Lyrics: We are the crowd,...
published: 25 Apr 2009
author: GaGax4Ever
Lady Gaga - Paparazzi (Live Acoustic)
Lady Gaga performing a piano version of Paparazzi on Capital FM. Lyrics: We are the crowd, We're c-coming out Got my flash on, it's true Need that picture of you It so magical We'd be so fantastico Leather and jeans Garage Glamorous Not sure what it means But this photo of us it don't have a price Ready for those flashing lights, Cause you know that baby I I'm your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me Papa-paparazzi, Baby there's no other superstar You know that I'll be Your Papa-paparazzi Promise I'll be kind, But I won't stop until that boy is mine Baby you'll be famous, chase you down until you love me, papa-paparazzi I'll be your girl Backstage at your show, Velvet ropes and guitars, Yeah, cause you're my rockstar In between the sets Eyeliner and cigarettes Shadow is burnt Yellow dance and we turn My lashes are dry Purple teardrops I cry It don't have a price Loving you is cherry pie 'Cause you know that baby I Im your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me Papa-paparazzi, Baby there's no other superstar You know that i'll be Your Papa-paparazzi Promise i'll be kind, But i won't stop until that boy is mine Baby you'll be famous Chase you down until you love me Papa-paparazzi Im your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me Papa-paparazzi, Baby there's no other superstar You know that i'll be Your Papa-paparazzi Promise i'll be kind, But i won't stop until that boy is mine Baby you'll be famous Chase you down until you love me Papa-paparazzi
- published: 25 Apr 2009
- views: 9473133
- author: GaGax4Ever
7:17
Lady Gaga "You And I" (Live at Amp Radio)
Lady performs an acoustic version of "You And I" for eight of her biggest Amp Radio-listen...
published: 26 Jul 2011
author: 971AMPRadio
Lady Gaga "You And I" (Live at Amp Radio)
Lady performs an acoustic version of "You And I" for eight of her biggest Amp Radio-listening fans. For the full interview with Carson Daly, click here: tinyurl.com
- published: 26 Jul 2011
- views: 591417
- author: 971AMPRadio
4:27
Lady Gaga Live at the VMA awards
I do not own anything. This is Lady gaga performing an unbelievable, surprising and fantas...
published: 30 Apr 2010
author: kedavra5
Lady Gaga Live at the VMA awards
I do not own anything. This is Lady gaga performing an unbelievable, surprising and fantastic paparazzi. The audience were all amazed! Enjoy!!
- published: 30 Apr 2010
- views: 904528
- author: kedavra5
4:45
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (Gaga Live Sydney Monster Hall)
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Bad Romance. (C) 2011 Interscope Records...
published: 24 Aug 2011
author: LadyGagaVEVO
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (Gaga Live Sydney Monster Hall)
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Bad Romance. (C) 2011 Interscope Records
- published: 24 Aug 2011
- views: 1340166
- author: LadyGagaVEVO
60:32
Lady Gaga live on iHeartRadio Music Fest (full show)
MP3 audio download: www.youtube2audio.net - Born This Way Ball Tour (full live audio) HD -...
published: 29 Jul 2012
author: Santy Deco
Lady Gaga live on iHeartRadio Music Fest (full show)
MP3 audio download: www.youtube2audio.net - Born This Way Ball Tour (full live audio) HD - Lady Gaga: www.youtube.com - Born This Way Ball Tour full audio (studio version) - Lady Gaga: www.youtube.com - Princess Die (live at The Born This Way Bal Tour) HD - Lady Gaga: www.youtube.com - Born This Way Megamix (HD) - Lady Gaga: www.youtube.com
- published: 29 Jul 2012
- views: 152088
- author: Santy Deco
3:46
Lady Gaga - Just Dance (Gaga Live Sydney Monster Hall)
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Just Dance. (C) 2011 Interscope Records...
published: 24 Aug 2011
author: LadyGagaVEVO
Lady Gaga - Just Dance (Gaga Live Sydney Monster Hall)
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Just Dance. (C) 2011 Interscope Records
- published: 24 Aug 2011
- views: 1953446
- author: LadyGagaVEVO
3:56
Lady Gaga - Judas (Gaga Live Sydney Monster Hall)
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Judas. (C) 2011 Interscope Records...
published: 24 Aug 2011
author: LadyGagaVEVO
Lady Gaga - Judas (Gaga Live Sydney Monster Hall)
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Judas. (C) 2011 Interscope Records
- published: 24 Aug 2011
- views: 1207325
- author: LadyGagaVEVO
5:11
Lady Gaga - Scheiße - Twickenham Stadium - Live in London - September 8 2012
Lady Gaga apologised for the show at Twickenham being cut short under threat of the plug b...
published: 09 Sep 2012
author: steveatgigs
Lady Gaga - Scheiße - Twickenham Stadium - Live in London - September 8 2012
Lady Gaga apologised for the show at Twickenham being cut short under threat of the plug being pulled, and promised music and dancing to the max. Then she performed "Scheiße," and delivered on her promise. :) Find Lady Gaga here: www.ladygaga.com (Artist reserves all rights, no copyright infringement intended).
- published: 09 Sep 2012
- views: 67732
- author: steveatgigs
10:00
Lady Gaga Born This Way & Marry The Night (Children In Need) 2011 UK
Lady Gaga performing her hit single Born This Way and her new single Marry The Night at Ma...
published: 17 Nov 2011
author: Monsterhookah
Lady Gaga Born This Way & Marry The Night (Children In Need) 2011 UK
Lady Gaga performing her hit single Born This Way and her new single Marry The Night at Manchester MEN arena for children in need
- published: 17 Nov 2011
- views: 482031
- author: Monsterhookah
4:23
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (Gaga Live Sydney Monster Hall)
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Born This Way. (C) 2011 Interscope Records...
published: 24 Aug 2011
author: LadyGagaVEVO
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (Gaga Live Sydney Monster Hall)
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Born This Way. (C) 2011 Interscope Records
- published: 24 Aug 2011
- views: 1352365
- author: LadyGagaVEVO
5:41
Lady Gaga - Speechless
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Speechless. (C) 2009 Interscope Records...
published: 25 Dec 2009
author: LadyGagaVEVO
Lady Gaga - Speechless
Music video by Lady Gaga performing Speechless. (C) 2009 Interscope Records
- published: 25 Dec 2009
- views: 20841922
- author: LadyGagaVEVO
9:43
Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga) Live at the Cutting Room part 1
Audio download: Master Heartbreaker www.filesonic.com Hollywood www.filesonic.com...
published: 28 Dec 2011
author: StefaniGermanottaCR
Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga) Live at the Cutting Room part 1
Audio download: Master Heartbreaker www.filesonic.com Hollywood www.filesonic.com
- published: 28 Dec 2011
- views: 14433
- author: StefaniGermanottaCR
8:18
Born This Way - Lady Gaga duet with Maria Aragon LIVE Toronto
Maria Aragon performs live with Lady Gaga in Toronto on the Monster Ball Tour....
published: 04 Mar 2011
author: AsphaltRegime
Born This Way - Lady Gaga duet with Maria Aragon LIVE Toronto
Maria Aragon performs live with Lady Gaga in Toronto on the Monster Ball Tour.
- published: 04 Mar 2011
- views: 3392875
- author: AsphaltRegime
61:12
Lady Gaga (BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend) Live Full 2011
Follow me on Twitter : twitter.com...
published: 03 Feb 2012
author: TheLadyGaGaUnicorn
Lady Gaga (BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend) Live Full 2011
Follow me on Twitter : twitter.com
- published: 03 Feb 2012
- views: 50336
- author: TheLadyGaGaUnicorn
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WOMP! (SUMMER 2011)
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WOMP
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published: 12 Aug 2011
author: JON ZOMBIE
WOMP! (SUMMER 2011)
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WOMP
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Soundtrack:
LMFAO feat. Natalia Kills - Champagne Showers (R3hab Remix)
David Guetta feat. Rihanna - Who's That Chick (Afrojack Dub Mix)
Skrillex - Died This Way (Lady Gaga)
Calvertron - Future Proof
Skeptics - Cobwebs
1:27
Lady Gaga Stage Dive
Lady Gaga Stage Dives Into Semi Precious Weapons Crowd...
published: 07 Aug 2010
author: LASTNIGHTSPARTY™
Lady Gaga Stage Dive
Lady Gaga Stage Dives Into Semi Precious Weapons Crowd
5:18
INFLUENCERS in-depth Series / STEVE STOUTE
INFLUENCERS In-depth Series features Steve Stoute, Founder and CEO of Translation, a brand...
published: 18 Jan 2011
author: R+I creative
INFLUENCERS in-depth Series / STEVE STOUTE
INFLUENCERS In-depth Series features Steve Stoute, Founder and CEO of Translation, a brand management firm that arranges strategic partnerships between Pop Culture icons (Jay-Z, Gwen Stefani, Lebron James, Justin Timberlake, etc.) and Fortune 500 companies.
In this episode, Steve Stoute discusses the concept of cool, how new cultural codes are redefining traditional corporation communication. He also talks about creating successful collaborations between Artists and Brands.
Named one of the Fortune's 40 under 40 list and inducted into the American Advertising Hall of Achievement (2009), Steve Stoute is one of today's most influential forces in entertainment marketing.
His client roster includes companies such as Samsung, State Farm, Mc Donald's, Target, Wrigley's, HP, P&G; and artists such as Lady Gaga and Rihanna (management).
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LADY GAGA FOR V71 THE ASIAN ISSUE
Watch Gaga come alive in a video by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin....
published: 12 May 2011
author: V Magazine
LADY GAGA FOR V71 THE ASIAN ISSUE
Watch Gaga come alive in a video by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.
Youtube results:
6:37
Lady Gaga Live at Much Music Awards 2009
Live at the MMA '09...
published: 11 Jul 2009
author: Twiinkleboo
Lady Gaga Live at Much Music Awards 2009
Live at the MMA '09
- published: 11 Jul 2009
- views: 471125
- author: Twiinkleboo
7:03
Vintage Lady Gaga Live at NYU - Captivated & Electric Kiss
Footage owned by NYU's IRHC, the Inter-Residence Hall Council. Originally posted by us, Al...
published: 17 Nov 2009
author: allthingsfangirl
Vintage Lady Gaga Live at NYU - Captivated & Electric Kiss
Footage owned by NYU's IRHC, the Inter-Residence Hall Council. Originally posted by us, All Things Fangirl. We do not own the footage and are very grateful to IRHC for allowing us to keep the footage up. Stefani Germanotta, now known as Lady Gaga, performing at Ultraviolet Live, NYU's annual talent show. She ended up coming in 3rd place. 2nd place was Funky Butter. 1st place was Tom Costello & Stephan Magloire. She's AMAZING. Originally posted in Before There Was Gaga - Dave, Muse, Sarah & Steffi Correct Gossip Girl's NYU - allthingsfangirl.blogspot.com First song is Captivated, second one is Electric Kiss Make sure to stick around and hear which contemporary artist the final judge compares her to. Awesomeness. Lyrics to the first song, Captivated, courtesy of candacemarieflint One look and Im done One glance from your eyes and Im captivated The taste of your skin The warmth of your hungry lips has me so taken And I love the way you can make me dance from miles away When Im with you Im so sedated Im captivated by you. Youre just like the wind cause everything moves when youre around The sun is just like the sound of your voice in the morning when you light my world up And I love the way you can make me dance from miles away When Im with you Im never jaded Im captivated Ill never stop believing in this crazy love we're leading Sugar hold me close and make me sweeter I need you, I love you So please show me that smile make me laugh for just a little while Then breathe me ...
- published: 17 Nov 2009
- views: 5788433
- author: allthingsfangirl
4:53
Lady Gaga Live The Edge Of Glory @ MMVA 2011
...
published: 02 Aug 2011
author: LTLMonsterJPN
Lady Gaga Live The Edge Of Glory @ MMVA 2011
- published: 02 Aug 2011
- views: 74261
- author: LTLMonsterJPN
photo: AP / Aijaz Rahi
22 Dec 2012
Tweet. 0 Email. Report. Photo 1 of 18. In 2009, ELLE Magazine named Mrs Assad the most stylish woman in world politics. She is an icon of fashion in her country. Credit. Aimee Kligman. In 2009, ELLE Magazine named Mrs Assad the most stylish woman in world politics. She is an icon of fashion in her country.In 2009, ELLE Magazine named Mrs Assad the most stylish woman in world politics ... Syrians detained by the Assad regime. 13 Photos ... 10 Photos ... ....(size: 6.3Kb)
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23 Dec 2012
North Korea's launching of a rocket into space last week amounted to the test of a ballistic missile capable of carrying a half-ton payload over 10,000km, the South Korean defence ministry says ... The container was recovered from the rocket's first-stage splashdown site ... The North says that the launch was meant to transport a satellite into space ... Share ... Life, love, food and film as seen through the eyes of one of India's leading ladies ... ....(size: 18.8Kb)
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23 Dec 2012
Tweet. Moscow, Dec 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Chemical weapons in Syria are under the control of the government, which has consolidated them in one or two locations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. "As of right now, the (Syrian) government is doing all it can to safeguard those weapons," he said. "We are following all leads concerning chemical weapons," Lavrov said ... "My answer is very simple. Why use us as a postman ... pm/ ... ) .. ). ... . ....(size: 3.2Kb)
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22 Dec 2012
Salman Khan's Dabangg 2 has broken the record for the biggest non-holiday opener ... "Biggest opener [holiday] #EkThaTiger 32.92 cr ... Biggest opener [non-holiday] #RowdyRathore 15.1 cr ... ....(size: 0.9Kb)
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23 Dec 2012
A commission will be set up to probe the gang-rape and torture of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi and measures to ensure such crimes do not recur while laws will be amended to enhance punishment for rape, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said . He also appealed the thousands of protesters on the capital’s streets, demanding justice for the victim, to withdraw ... “The government is serious on the issue. ... . . ....(size: 2.4Kb)
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24 Dec 2012
Lady GaGa's 'Fame' has been unveiled as the most popular perfume in the UK ... Photo gallery - Lady GaGa launches 'Fame' at Harrods.. Lady GaGa arrives for her 'Fame' perfume launch at Harrods, London ... > Rihanna, Helen Flanagan, Lady GaGa ... > Tulisa, Jessie J, Katie Price, Lady GaGa ... Lady GaGa, James Bond, Britney Spears, Madonna, Steps, Showbiz ... Lady GaGa's 'Fame' most popular UK scent ... Lady GaGa teams with mental health group 2....(size: 8.3Kb)
Digital Spy
24 Dec 2012
Ne-Yo has reportedly become embroiled in legal troubles with an ex-girlfriend, after breaking a confidentiality agreement ... Earlier this year, Ne-Yo spoke about the incident for an interview on VH1's Behind the Music ... More ... Previous. Lady GaGa's 'Fame' perfume named most popular UK scent ... Tulisa, moreFashion and Beauty Gift Guide 2012Lady GaGa and others in crazy headpieces ... Lady GaGa, Jessie J ... Lady GaGa's 'Fame' most popular UK scent ... 01 ... ....(size: 8.6Kb)
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24 Dec 2012
. Added At. 2012-12-24 9.24 AM. Last Updated At. 2012-12-24 9.24 AM. The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s) ... Close. Reuters ... LONDON ... @LadyGaga. Pop icon Lady Gaga's account ranks as Twitter's most followed, with her musings and inspirational messages reaching 32 million followers ... Obama rarely sends his own tweets, but when he does he signs them, as he did in one sent to the first lady on Valentine's Day ... ....(size: 5.0Kb)
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24 Dec 2012
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Digital Spy
24 Dec 2012
A man has been arrested after trespassing on singer Rihanna's property, it has been reported. Police were called earlier yesterday (December 23) to the 'Diamonds' singer's home in Barbados, after the man was spotted by house staff ... Rihanna is currently staying in Barbados with family to celebrate the Christmas holiday ... 1 ... More ... Tulisa, moreFashion and Beauty Gift Guide 2012Lady GaGa and others in crazy headpieces ... Lady GaGa, Jessie J ... 01 ... ....(size: 8.2Kb)
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24 Dec 2012
Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez have sparked rumours that they are back together after they were spotted kissing over the weekend. The pair were seen getting close in an airport in Salt Lake City, Utah following a holiday ski trip ... "They were very affectionate with each other ... Showbiz Christmas Gift Guide 2012 ... > Jenny McCarthy ... Tulisa, moreFashion and Beauty Gift Guide 2012Lady GaGa and others in crazy headpieces ... Lady GaGa, Jessie J ... ....(size: 8.4Kb)
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24 Dec 2012
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my SA
24 Dec 2012
Most Americans probably associate mariachi music with Mexican restaurants, not classrooms — but that's changing. Schools from Oregon to Iowa to Tennessee now teach it as an art form. San Antonio, a city that plays it at the drop of a sombrero for civic events, weddings or funerals, long has led the way ... Mariachi traces its roots to 19th-century Mexico ... Lady Gaga sang her hit “Born This Way” with mariachis in a viral video last year....(size: 7.8Kb)
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24 Dec 2012
- Lakeland beat Hills convincingly on Tuesday afternoon but the Lady Lancers rode a Dr ... Stoll and her Lady Lancer teammates prevailed 50-30 on the strength of a big final quarter ... The Lady Patriots didn't score their fourth point of the game until the five-minute mark of the second quarter ... The Lady Patriots opened the third quarter on a 9-2 run that cut Lakeland's lead to just four points....(size: 11.6Kb)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
24 Dec 2012
The Lady Lions (10-2), in their final game before starting Big Ten Conference play, raced to a 44-9 halftime lead against the Highlanders (6-7) of the Great West Conference. The nine first-half points were the fewest allowed by the Lady Lions in a half since giving up seven to Rider on Nov ... The Lady Lions, who won their 12th consecutive home game, closed the half with a 24-2 run....(size: 2.8Kb)
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24 Dec 2012
135 Relationship questions for new couples. Are you compatible?. Today's Kiss and Tell Report. This was an incredible weekend for women in New York City. On Saturday I was honored to be a speaker in Alycia Kaback's 2011 NYC Women's Empowerment Summit at Bennett Studios in Manhattan. My talk was entitled, "How to Love and Live Fearlessly." ... Great question! ... Or do you? ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... Dating a friend’s ex; Did Drita play Karen for Lee?Lady Gaga Vs ... ....(size: 10.2Kb)
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24 Dec 2012
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Peace FM Online
24 Dec 2012
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 Lady Gaga performing on The Monster Ball Tour in 2010 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta |
| Born | (1986-03-28) March 28, 1986 (age 26) New York, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Pop, dance, electronic |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, performance artist, record producer, dancer, businesswoman, activist |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano, keyboards |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Def Jam, Cherrytree, Streamline, Kon Live, Interscope |
| Website |
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Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (/ˈstɛfəniː dʒʌrməˈnɑːtə/ STE-fə-nee jurr-mə-NAH-tə; born March 28, 1986), known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She began performing in the rock music scene of Manhattan's Lower East Side, and was signed with Streamline Records by the end of 2007. During her employment as a songwriter for the record company, her vocal abilities captured the attention of recording artist Akon, who signed her to his label Kon Live Distribution.
Lady Gaga came to prominence as a recording artist following the release of her debut album The Fame (2008), which was a critical and commercial success that topped charts around the world and included the international number-one singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". After embarking on the The Fame Ball Tour, she followed the album with The Fame Monster (2009), which spawned the worldwide hit singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone" and "Alejandro". The album's success allowed her to embark on the eighteen-month long Monster Ball Tour, which later became one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. Her most recent album Born This Way (2011) topped the charts of most major markets and generated more international chart-topping singles, including "Born This Way", "Judas" and "The Edge of Glory". Besides her musical career, she involves herself with humanitarian causes and LGBT activism.
Influenced by David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Madonna and Queen, Lady Gaga is recognized for her flamboyant, diverse and outré contributions to the music industry through her fashion, performances and music videos. She has sold an estimated 23 million albums and 64 million singles worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time and her singles are some of the best selling worldwide.[1] Her achievements include five Grammy Awards and 13 MTV Video Music Awards. Lady Gaga has consecutively appeared on Billboard magazine's Artists of the Year (scoring the definitive title in 2010), ranked fourth in VH1's list of 100 Greatest Women in Music, is regularly placed on lists composed by Forbes magazine and was named one of the most influential people in the world by Time magazine.[2][3] In 2012, Gaga was ranked at number four on Billboard's list of top moneymakers of 2011, grossing more than $25 million.[4]
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Biography[link]
1986–2004: Early life[link]
Lady Gaga was born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta on March 28, 1986 in New York City to parents Cynthia (née Bissett) and Joseph Germanotta, an Internet entrepreneur.[5][6] Descending from Italian and more distant French-Canadian roots, Gaga is the elder of two children.[7][8] Her sister, Natali, a fashion student, was born in 1992.[9][10] Despite her seemingly affluent upbringing in the family home in Manhattan's Upper West Side, Gaga has stressed that she did not come from a wealthy background, stating that her parents "both came from lower-class families, so we've worked for everything—my mother worked eight to eight out of the house, in telecommunications, and so did my father."[11][12]
From the age of 11, Gaga – who was raised Roman Catholic – attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart, a private all-girls Roman Catholic school on Manhattan's Upper East Side.[13][14][15] She described her academic life in high school as "very dedicated, very studious, very disciplined" but also "a bit insecure": "I used to get made fun of for being either too provocative or too eccentric, so I started to tone it down. I didn't fit in, and I felt like a freak."[16][17] Acquaintances dispute that she did not fit in at school. "She had a core group of friends; she was a good student. She liked boys a lot, but singing was No. 1," recalled a former high school classmate.[18] Gaga began playing the piano at the age of 4, went on to write her first piano ballad at 13, and started to perform at open mike nights by the age of 14.[19][20] Her passion for musical theatre brought her lead roles in high school productions, including Adelaide in Guys and Dolls and Philia in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.[21] She also appeared in a very small role as a mischievous classmate in the television drama series The Sopranos in a 2001 episode titled "The Telltale Moozadell" in addition to unsuccessfully auditioning for parts in New York shows.[11][22]
When her time at the Convent of the Sacred Heart came to an end, her mother encouraged her to apply for the Collaborative Arts Project 21 (CAP21), a musical theatre training conservatory at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.[11] After becoming one of twenty students to gain early admission, she eventually lived in an NYU dorm on 11th Street by the age of 17.[21] CAP21 prepared her for her future career focus in "music, art, sex and celebrity" where, in addition to sharpening her songwriting skills, she composed essays and analytical papers on art, religion, social issues and politics, including a thesis on pop artists Spencer Tunick and Damien Hirst.[20][23][24] With CAP21, she also tried out for and won auditions, including the part of an unsuspecting diner customer for MTV's Boiling Points, a prank reality television show.[11][25] But Gaga felt more creative than some of her classmates. "Once you learn how to think about art, you can teach yourself," she said.
2005–07: Career beginnings[link]
Gaga withdrew from CAP21 at 19, in the second semester of her sophomore year, deciding to focus on her musical career.[26] Her father agreed to pay her rent for a year, on the condition that she re-enroll at Tisch if unsuccessful. "I left my entire family, got the cheapest apartment I could find, and ate shit until somebody would listen," she remembers.[21] Settled in a small apartment on Rivington Street towards the summer of 2005, Gaga recorded a couple of songs with hip-hop singer Grandmaster Melle Mel, for an audio book accompanying the children's book The Portal in the Park, by Cricket Casey.[11][27] She also began a band called the Stefani Germanotta Band (SGBand) with some friends from NYU – guitarist Calvin Pia, bassist Eli Silverman, drummer Alex Beckham and booking manager Frank Fredericks – in September of that year.[11][21] The band played a mixture of songs: some self-penned alongside classic rock numbers like Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Mak'er".[11] Playing in bars like the Greenwich Village's The Bitter End and the Lower East Side's the Mercury Lounge, the band developed a small fan base and caught the eye of music producer Joe Vulpis.[11] Soon after arranging time in Vulpis' studio in the months that followed, SGBand were selling their extended plays Words and Red and Blue (both 2005) at gigs around New York while becoming a local fixture of the downtown Lower East Side club scene.[21]
SGBand reached their career peak at the 2006 Songwriters Hall of Fame New Songwriters Showcase at The Cutting Room in June where Wendy Starland, a musician, appeared as a talent scout for music producer Rob Fusari. Starland informed Fusari – who was searching for a female singer to front a new band – of Gaga's ability and contacted her. With SGBand disbanded, Gaga traveled daily to New Jersey to work on songs she had written and compose new material with the music producer.[11] While in collaboration, Fusari compared some of her vocal harmonies to those of Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen.[28] It was Fusari who helped create the moniker Gaga after the Queen song "Radio Ga Ga". Gaga was in the process of trying to come up with a stage name when she received a text message from Fusari that read "Lady Gaga."[29] He explained, "Every day, when Stef came to the studio, instead of saying hello, I would start singing 'Radio Ga Ga'. That was her entrance song" and that the text message was the result of a predictive text glitch that changed "radio" to "lady". She texted back, "That's it," and declared, "Don't ever call me Stefani again."[29][30] The New York Post, however, has reported that this story is incorrect, and that the name resulted from a marketing meeting.[18]
Although the musical relationship between Fusari and Gaga was unsuccessful at first, the pair soon set up a company titled Team Lovechild in which they recorded and produced electropop tracks and sent them to music industry bosses.[11] Joshua Sarubin, the head of A&R at Def Jam Recordings, responded positively and vied for the record company to take a chance on her "unusual and provocative" performance. After having his boss Antonio "L.A." Reid in agreement, Gaga was signed to Def Jam in September 2006 with the intention of having an album ready in nine months.[11] However, she was dropped by the label after only three months – an unfortunate period of her life that would later inspire her treatment for the music video for her 2011 single "Marry the Night".[31][32] Devastated, Gaga returned to the solace of the family home for Christmas and the nightlife culture of the Lower East Side.[11]
She became increasingly experimental: fascinating herself with emerging neo-burlesque shows, go-go dancing at bars dressed in little more than a bikini in addition to experimenting with drugs.[11][14] Her father, however, did not understand the reason behind her drug intake and could not look at her for several months.[14][30] "I was onstage in a thong, with a fringe hanging over my ass thinking that had covered it, lighting hairsprays on fire, go-go dancing to Black Sabbath and singing songs about oral sex. The kids would scream and cheer and then we'd all go grab a beer. It represented freedom to me. I went to a Catholic school but it was on the New York underground that I found myself."[23] It was then when she became romantically involved with a heavy metal drummer in a relationship and break-up she likened to the musical film Grease: "I was his Sandy, and he was my Danny, and I just broke." He later became an inspiration behind some of her later songs.[33]
During this time, she met performance artist Lady Starlight, who helped mold her on-stage persona.[34] Starlight explained that, upon their first meeting, Gaga wanted to perform with her to songs she had recorded with Fusari. Like SGBand, the pair soon began performing at many of the downtown club venues like the Mercury Lounge, The Bitter End, and the Rockwood Music Hall. Their live performance art piece was known as "Lady Gaga and the Starlight Revue" and, billed as "The Ultimate Pop Burlesque Rockshow", was a low-fi tribute to 1970s variety acts.[35][36] Soon after, the two were invited to play at the 2007 Lollapalooza music festival in August that year.[37] The show was critically acclaimed, and their performance received positive reviews.[20][35] Having initially focused on avant-garde electronic dance music, Gaga had found her musical niche when she began to incorporate pop melodies and the glam rock of David Bowie and Queen into her music.[38]
While Gaga and Starlight were busy performing, producer Rob Fusari continued to work on the songs he had created with Gaga. Fusari sent these songs to his friend, producer and record executive Vincent Herbert.[39] Herbert was quick to sign her to his label Streamline Records, an imprint of Interscope Records, upon its establishment in 2007.[40] Gaga later credited Herbert as the man who discovered her, adding "I really feel like we made pop history, and we're gonna keep going."[39] Having served as an apprentice songwriter under an internship at Famous Music Publishing, which was later acquired by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Gaga subsequently struck a music publishing deal with Sony/ATV.[41] As a result, she was hired to write songs for Britney Spears and labelmates New Kids on the Block, Fergie, and the Pussycat Dolls.[41] At Interscope, singer-songwriter Akon recognized her vocal abilities when she sang a reference vocal for one of his tracks in studio.[42] Akon then convinced Interscope-Geffen-A&M Chairman and CEO Jimmy Iovine to form a joint deal by having her also sign with his own label Kon Live, making her his "franchise player."[31][43]
As 2007 came to a close, her former management company introduced her to songwriter and producer RedOne, whom they also managed.[44] The first song she produced with RedOne was "Boys Boys Boys", a mash-up inspired by Mötley Crüe's "Girls, Girls, Girls" and AC/DC's "T.N.T.".[30][44] Gaga continued her collaboration with RedOne in the recording studio for a week on her debut album and also joined the roster of Cherrytree Records, an Interscope imprint established by producer and songwriter Martin Kierszenbaum, after co-writing four songs with Kierszenbaum including the singles "Christmas Tree" and "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)".[41] Despite her secure record deal, she admitted that there was fear about her being too "racy", "dance-orientated" and "underground" for the mainstream market. Her response: "My name is Lady Gaga, I've been on the music scene for years, and I'm telling you, this is what's next."[15]
[edit] 2008–10: The Fame and The Fame Monster
By 2008, Gaga had relocated to Los Angeles in order to work extensively with her record label to complete her debut album and set up her own creative team Haus of Gaga, modeled on Andy Warhol's Factory.[30][45] The Fame was first released on August 19, 2008 to slow radio play. Gaga supported it by performing around Europe and in small gay clubs around the US in addition to being billed as a supporting artist on the North American leg of New Kids on the Block's reunion concert tour.[46][47] A sleeper hit, lead single "Just Dance" had preceded the album's release by four months but only hit the summit of the international charts in January 2009, provoking the instant success of the album, earning her first Grammy Award nomination (for Best Dance Recording) and becoming one of the best-selling singles worldwide.[46][48] Gaga achieved a greater unexpected success when "Poker Face", another sleeper hit, reached number one in most major music markets worldwide in early 2009, selling 9.8 million singles worldwide.[49][50] The follow-up single won the award for Best Dance Recording at the 52nd Grammy Awards over nominations for Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
The Fame itself was nominated for Album of the Year while winning Best Dance/Electronica Album at the same ceremony.[51] Contemporary critics lauded the album, describing it as an exploration of her obsession with fame and the intricacies of a rich and famous lifestyle, noting its combination of genres "from Def Leppard drums and hand claps to metal drums on urban tracks", the inspiration drawn from 1980s synthpop and incorporation of dance music with clear hooks.[31] The Fame went to number one in Austria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and the UK and appeared in the top five in Australia, the US and 15 other countries.[52][53] It also stayed atop the Dance/Electronic Albums chart for 106 non-consecutive weeks and, since its release, has sold over 12 million copies worldwide.[54] The album's success spawned many 2009 honors including Billboard magazine's Rising Star award and the accumulation of 3 of 9 MTV Video Music Awards nominations, winning Best New Artist with the video for her single "Paparazzi" gaining Best Art Direction and Best Special Effects.[55][56] In addition to being an opening act on the Pussycat Dolls' Doll Domination Tour during the first half of 2009 in Europe and Oceania, she also embarked on her own six-month critically appreciated worldwide concert tour The Fame Ball Tour which ran from March to September 2009.[57][58]
While she traveled the globe, she wrote The Fame Monster, an EP of eight songs released in November 2009. Each song, dealing with the darker side of fame from personal experience, is expressed through a monster metaphor. Making Gaga the first artist in digital history to have three singles (alongside "Just Dance" and "Poker Face") to pass the four million mark in digital sales, its lead single "Bad Romance" topped the charts in eighteen countries and reached the top two in the US, Australia and New Zealand while accruing the Grammy Awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Short Form Music Video.[59] The second single "Telephone", which features singer Beyoncé, was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals and became Gaga's fourth UK number one single; its accompanying music video, although controversial, received positive reception from contemporary critics who praised her for "the musicality and showmanship of Michael Jackson and the powerful sexuality and provocative instincts of Madonna."[60][61] Her following single "Alejandro" paired Gaga with fashion photographer Steven Klein for a music video similarly as controversial – critics complimented its ideas and dark nature but the Catholic League attacked Gaga for her alleged use of blasphemy.[62] Despite the controversy surrounding her music videos, they made Gaga the first artist to gain over one billion viral views on video-sharing website YouTube.[63] At the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, Gaga won 8 of her 13 nominations, including Video of the Year for "Bad Romance" (with "Telephone" also nominated), which made her the first female artist to be nominated twice for the award.[64][65] In addition, The Fame Monster garnered a total of six nominations at the 53rd Grammy Awards – equating to the amount of Grammy nominations her debut received – winning Best Pop Vocal Album and earning her a second-consecutive nomination for Album of the Year.[66][67]
The success of the album allowed Gaga to start her second worldwide concert tour, The Monster Ball Tour, just weeks after the release of The Fame Monster and months after having finished The Fame Ball Tour.[68] Upon finishing in May 2011, the critically acclaimed and commercially accomplished tour ran for over one and a half years and grossed $227.4 million, making it one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time and the highest-grossing for a debut headlining artist.[69] Concerts performed at Madison Square Garden in New York City were filmed for a HBO television special titled Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden. The special accrued one of its five Emmy Award nominations and has since been released on DVD and Blu-ray.[70] Gaga also performed songs from the album at international events such as the 2009 Royal Variety Performance where she sang "Speechless", a power ballad, in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II; the 52nd Grammy Awards where her opening performance consisted of the song "Poker Face" and a piano duet of "Speechless" in a medley of "Your Song" with Elton John; and the 2010 BRIT Awards where a performance of an acoustic rendition of "Telephone" followed by "Dance in the Dark" dedicated to the late fashion designer and close friend, Alexander McQueen, supplemented her hat-trick win at the awards ceremony.[71] Other performances may have included her participation in Michael Jackson's This Is It concert series at London's O2 Arena. "I was actually asked to open for Michael on his tour," she stated. "We were going to open for him at the O2 and we were working on making it happen. I believe there was some talk about us, lots of the openers, doing duets with Michael on stage."[72]
In 2009 she collaborated with consumer electronic company Monster Cable Products to create a pair of in-ear jewel-encrusted headphones titled Heartbeats. "They are designed to be the first ever fashion accessories that double as the absolute best sonically sounding headphones in the world," she commented.[73] Gaga also partnered with Polaroid in January 2010 as their Creative Director.[74] Excited about "blending the iconic history of Polaroid and instant film with the digital era," Gaga unveiled the first trio of new products called Grey Label: a pair of picture-taking sunglasses, a paperback-sized mobile printing unit and an updated version of the traditional Polaroid camera at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show.[75] But her collaboration with past producer Rob Fusari led to her production team, Mermaid Music LLC, being sued in March 2010 when he claimed that he was entitled to a 20% share of the company's earnings. Gaga's lawyer, Charles Ortner, described the agreement with Fusari as "unlawful" and declined to comment, but five months later, the New York Supreme Court dismissed both the lawsuit and a countersuit by Gaga.[76][77] In addition to such strife, Gaga was tested borderline positive for lupus, but claimed not to be affected by the symptoms. The revelations caused considerable dismay among fans, leading to Gaga addressing the matter in an interview with Larry King, saying she hopes to avoid symptoms by maintaining a healthy lifestyle.[78][79]
[edit] 2011–present: Born This Way
Gaga released her second studio album and third major release, Born This Way, on May 23, 2011. Described as a marriage of electronic music with metal, rock 'n' roll, pop and anthemic style melodies with sledge-hammering dance beats and referred to as an album "about what what keeps us up at night and what makes us afraid," Gaga characterized it as "something so much deeper than a wig or lipstick or a fucking meat dress" and, upon hearing it, Akon remarked that she is taking music to the "next level."[80][81] Upon release, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised its range of different styles and her vocals.[82][83] Born This Way sold 1.108 million copies in its first week in the US, debuted atop the Billboard 200, and topped the charts in more than 20 other countries.[84] In addition to exceeding 8 million copies in worldwide sales, Born This Way received 3 Grammy Award nominations, including her third consecutive for Album of the Year.[85]
In the months prior to its unveiling, Gaga released the singles "Born This Way", "Judas" and "The Edge of Glory" alongside promotional single "Hair". The eponymous lead single, first sung live at the 53rd Grammy Awards in a performance that saw Gaga emerge from an egg-like vessel, deals with self-acceptance regardless of race or sexual orientation. The single debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the 19th number-one debut and the 1,000th number-one single in the history of the charts.[86] It sold more than 3 million digital copies in the US by October 2011, becoming her eighth consecutive single to exceed sales of 2 million and, with worldwide sales of 8.2 million copies by November 2011, one of her five best-selling singles worldwide.[87] Critics noted artistic and cultural references and praised the concept of the song's accompanying music video, in which Gaga gives birth to a new race amidst surrealistic images.[88][89] The video for "Judas", in which Gaga portrays Mary Magdalene, and Biblical figures such as Jesus Christ and Judas Iscariot are also featured, was criticized for its religious references but received acclaim for its overall delivery and praise from others who claimed that there was nothing offensive about it.[90] "Judas" also peaked within the top ten in several major musical markets, while "The Edge of Glory", first a commercial success in digital outlets, was later released as a single to critical appreciation, accompanied by a video which was notably stripped down from her usually "extravagant" efforts.[91][92] She released "You and I" and "Marry the Night" as the following singles from Born This Way. Although their "crazy and ambitious" videos were praised for their audacity, both songs failed to match the similar international success that their predecessors achieved.[93]
Gaga continued her musical endeavors by pairing with veteran artists like Tony Bennett to record a jazz version of "The Lady Is a Tramp".[94] She also recorded a duet with Cher on a "massive" and "beautiful" track, which Gaga "wrote a long time ago, and I've never put it on one of my own albums for, really, no particular reason."[95] Gaga also lent her vocals to an original duet with Elton John for the animated feature film Gnomeo & Juliet. The song, "Hello, Hello", was released without Gaga's vocals but the duet version features in the film.[96][97] She also continued her live appearances throughout 2011, performing a one-of-a-kind concert at the Sydney Town Hall on July 13 in promotion of Born This Way and at the celebration of former US president Bill Clinton's 65th birthday, wearing a blond wig as a nod to the famous performance of Marilyn Monroe for John F. Kennedy and changing the lyrics to "You and I" specifically for the performance.[98] Televised appearances comprised her own Thanksgiving Day television special entitled A Very Gaga Thanksgiving which was critically lauded, attained 5.749 million American viewers, and spawned the release of her fourth extended play A Very Gaga Holiday.[99] Her second performance on Saturday Night Live saw her singing a selection of Born This Way songs alongside appearing in number of sketches with Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg.[100] In March 2012, Gaga was ranked at number four on Billboard's list of top moneymakers of 2011, grossing $25,353,039 dollars, which includes sales from Born This Way and her Monster Ball Tour.[4]
In early 2012, Gaga stated that songs for a new album were "beginning to flourish" as she worked with producer Fernando Garibay, while the accompanying tour for Born This Way was materializing.[101][102] Gaga's manager, Vincent Herbert, revealed that Gaga will is working on her upcoming album during the tour, stating that the material is "insane, great records."[103] The Born This Way Ball Tour began on April 27, 2012, at the Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea.[104] The tour was met with protests from several religious groups who denounced the tour as satanic and against religious values, resulting in protests mainly from the Islamic Defenders Front, causing a cancellation in the Indonesian city of Jakarta, where Gaga was denied a license to perform. The concert however was still in question as concert promoters were optimistic that the performance will in fact go on. However, due to threats of violence from Muslim hardliners, Gaga decided to cancel the concert although 52,000 tickets have sold out in just a few days.[105][106][107] On May 20, 2012, Gaga guest-starred on the 23rd season finale of The Simpsons entitled "Lisa Goes Gaga".[108]
Artistry[link]
Influences[link]
Gaga's parents, who exposed her to artists like The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Queen, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, The Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin and Elton John had significant influence on her childhood and, presently, still do.[109] "I am a real family girl. When it comes to love and loyalty, I am very old-fashioned. And I am quite down-to-earth for such an eccentric person," she insists.[110] "I'm quite traditional in the family sense. I've always been that way."[109] According to Gaga, Joanne Germanotta – her aunt who died of lupus aged 19 – lives on through her and inspires all of her music and art.[111] Joanne's date of death is tattooed on Gaga's body and, despite dying 12 years before her birth, Gaga commented, "I really believe I have two hearts. I think I actually carry two souls in my body, and that I'm living out the rest of her life and her goodness – she died a virgin, she died never having experienced all these things that we all get to love and experience in our lives."[112] Another spiritual influence on Gaga has been the Indian physician, public speaker and writer Deepak Chopra. Labeling him a "true inspiration", she stated that "he's always reminded me to work in a life of service to my fans and to fulfill my vision and my destiny" in addition to thinking about Chopra when it comes to her work as a musician: "I want so much for it to go beyond the music for my fans."[113]
Musically, Gaga takes influence from numerous musicians from dance-pop singers like Madonna and Michael Jackson to glam rock artists like David Bowie and Queen whilst employing the theatrics of artists like Andy Warhol and of her musical theatre roots in performance.[31][114][115] The Queen song "Radio Ga Ga" inspired her stage name: "I adored Freddie Mercury and Queen had a hit called 'Radio Gaga'. That's why I love the name [...] Freddie was unique—one of the biggest personalities in the whole of pop music," she commented.[18][114][116] Gaga receives regular comparisons to recording artist Madonna who admits that she sees herself reflected in Gaga.[117] In response to the comparisons, Gaga stated, "I don't want to sound presumptuous, but I've made it my goal to revolutionize pop music. The last revolution was launched by Madonna 25 years ago" in addition to commenting that "there is really no one that is a more adoring and loving Madonna fan than me. I am the hugest fan personally and professionally."[114][118] Like Madonna, Gaga has continued to reinvent herself and, over the years of her career, has drawn musical inspiration from a diverse mix of artists including Whitney Houston, Grace Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Blondie singer Debbie Harry, Scissor Sisters, Prince, Marilyn Manson, Yoko Ono, and Britney Spears.[119]
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Gaga has mentioned Spears in several interviews, and revealed, "Britney certainly doesn’t need any freakin’ tips from me! Britney Spears is the queen of pop. I was learning from her."[120] Gaga also paid tribute to Spears during the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards with the MTV Video Vanguard Award, adding that the pop singer "taught us all how to be fearless, and the industry wouldn't be the same without her."[121]
Gaga has identified fashion as a major influence and has been stylistically compared to English eccentrics Leigh Bowery and Isabella Blow and to American recording artist Cher.[14][26][110][122] She commented that "as a child, she somehow absorbed Cher's out-there fashion sense and made it her own."[122] She has considered Donatella Versace her muse and the late British fashion designer and close friend Alexander McQueen as an inspiration, admitting that "I miss Lee every time I get dressed" while channeling him in some of her work.[14][78] Modeled on Andy Warhol's Factory, Gaga has her own creative production team, which she handles personally, called the Haus of Gaga, who create many of her clothes, stage props, and hairdos.[123] Her adoration of fashion came from her mother, who she stated was "always very well kept and beautiful."[6] "When I'm writing music, I'm thinking about the clothes I want to wear on stage. It's all about everything altogether—performance art, pop performance art, fashion. For me, it's everything coming together and being a real story that will bring back the super-fan. I want to bring that back. I want the imagery to be so strong that fans will want to eat and taste and lick every part of us."[26] The Global Language Monitor named "Lady Gaga" as the Top Fashion Buzzword with her trademark "no pants" a close third.[124] Entertainment Weekly put her outfits on its end of the decade "best-of" list, saying, "Whether it's a dress made of Muppets or strategically placed bubbles, Gaga's outré ensembles brought performance art into the mainstream."[125] Gaga made her runway debut at Thierry Mugler's Paris fashion show in March 2011 where she wore items from Nicola Formichetti's debut women's wear collection.[126] In June of the same year, she won the Council of Fashion Designers of America Award for Fashion Icon.[127] Time Magazine placed Gaga on their "All-Time 100 Fashion Icons List" amongst some of Gaga's inspirations such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, and the The Beatles, stating: "Lady Gaga is just as notorious for her outrageous style as she is for her pop hits. After all, Gaga, born Stefani Germanotta, has sported outfits made from plastic bubbles, Kermit the Frog dolls, and raw meat."[128] She has since devoted her time as a fashion columnist for V magazine, where she has written about her creative process, her studying of the world of pop culture, and her ability to tune into the evolution of pop-culture meme.[129]
In August 2011 she sent to her 15 millions followers that she had at that time on Twitter, a quote about creativity from the book "Creativity"[130] by Osho,[131] which led journalists, on October 28, of the same year, on her arrival to India for the inauguration of a big Formula One motorsport event,[132] to ask her about her connection to him, to which Gaga said she was influenced by his work and that for her, "the creativity is the greatest way of rebellion": "Equality", she concluded, "is one of the most important things in my life".[133]
Musical style[link]
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Continually experimenting with new musical ideas and images, Gaga's musical and performance style is the subject of much analysis and scrutiny from critics. She professes that she is "liberating" herself by constantly reinventing her sound and image, insisting that she has been drawn to such a practice since her childhood.[134] Vocally, Gaga possesses the range of a contralto and exhibits "overwhelming expression, instinctive vocal phrasing, '80s rock reminiscent chest belts and animalistic vocal ticks" while being able to move through 2.4 octaves.[135][136] Refusing to lip sync, Gaga – whose range is frequently compared to those of Madonna and Gwen Stefani – has manipulated her vocal style over the course of her career yet considers Born This Way (2011) "much more vocally up to par with what I've always been capable of."[137][138] In summation of her voice, Entertainment Weekly wrote, "There's an immense emotional intelligence behind the way she uses her voice. Almost never does she overwhelm a song with her vocal ability, recognizing instead that artistry is to be found in nuance rather than lung power."[139]
Although her early lyrics have been criticized for lacking intellectual stimulation, "[Gaga] does manage to get you moving and grooving at an almost effortless pace."[140] She admits that her songwriting has been misinterpreted; her friend and blogger Perez Hilton articulated her message in a clearer way: "you write really deep intelligent lyrics with shallow concepts." Gaga opined, "Perez is very intelligent and clearly listened to my record from beginning to end, and he is correct."[141] "I love songwriting. It's so funny – I will just jam around in my underwear or I could be washing my dishes. I wrote several songs just at the piano," she confesses.[141] Gaga believes that "all good music can be played at a piano and still sound like a hit."[142] She has covered a wide variety of topics in her songs: while The Fame (2008) meditates on the lust for stardom, The Fame Monster (2009) expresses fame's dark side through monster metaphors. Born This Way (2011) is sung in English, French, German and Spanish and includes common themes in Gaga's controversial songwriting like love, sex, religion, money, drugs, identity, liberation, sexuality, freedom and individualism.[143][144]
The structure of her music is said to echo classic 1980s pop and 1990s Europop.[145] Her debut album The Fame (2008) provoked The Sunday Times to assert "in combining music, fashion, art and technology, [Gaga] evokes Madonna, Gwen Stefani circa 'Hollaback Girl', Kylie Minogue 2001 or Grace Jones right now" and a critic from The Boston Globe to comment that she draws "obvious inspirations from Madonna to Gwen Stefani... in [her] girlish but sturdy pipes and bubbly beats."[146][147] Music critic Simon Reynolds wrote that "Everything about Gaga came from electroclash, except the music, which wasn't particularly 1980s, just ruthlessly catchy naughties pop glazed with Auto-Tune and undergirded with R&B-ish beats."[148] The follow-up The Fame Monster (2009), saw Gaga's taste for pastiche, drawing on "Seventies arena glam, perky ABBA disco and sugary throwbacks like Stacey Q" while Born This Way (2011) also draws on the records of her childhood and still has the "electro-sleaze beats and Eurodisco chorus chants" of its predecessor but includes genres as diverse as opera, heavy metal, disco, and rock and roll.[143] "There isn't a subtle moment on the album, but even at its nuttiest, the music is full of wide-awake emotional details," wrote Rolling Stone, who concluded: "The more excessive Gaga gets, the more honest she sounds."[144]
Music videos and performances[link]
With constant costume changes, backup dancers, and provocative visuals, Gaga's music videos are often described as short films.[149] "Being provocative is not just about getting people's attention. It's about saying something that really affects people in a real way, in a positive way," she professes.[149] Exploring bondage and sadomasochism in addition to highlighting prevalent feminist themes, "the three central themes that shape Lady Gaga's music videos are sex, violence, and power."[150] "Vaudevillian and carnal, Lady Gaga has got the knack of sending rape-like fantasies—in songs and videos that double as catch club hits—to the top of the charts," wrote one critic.[151] "Whether it is physical violence or sexual exploitation, these videos offer vivid depictions of male power over women's bodies," wrote another.[150] While she labels herself "a little bit of a feminist" (she rejects man-hating feminism) and asserts that she is "sexually empowering women,"[151] Gaga strives to empower young women to stand up for what they believe in.[150] She also attempts to liberate her fans so they can feel "less alone."[152] "She not only reiterates her assertion of total originality," professed pop critic Ann Powers, "but also finesses it until it's both a philosophical stance about how constructing a persona from pop-cultural sources can be an expression of a person's truth—a la those drag queens Gaga sincerely admires—and a bit of a feminist act."[153] In summation of her videos, Rolling Stone used the rhetoric: "does anyone look to a Lady Gaga video for restraint?"[93]
Her performances are described as "highly entertaining and innovative"; the blood-spurting performance of "Paparazzi" at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards was described as "eye-popping" by MTV.[154] She continued the "blood soaked" theme during The Monster Ball Tour, in which she wore a revealing leather corset and was "attacked" by a performer dressed in black who gnaws on her throat, causing "blood" to spurt down her chest, after which she lies "dying" in a pool of blood. Her performances of that scene in England triggered protests from family groups and fans in the aftermath of a local tragedy, in which a taxi driver had murdered 12 people.[155] "What happened in Bradford is very fresh in people's minds and given all the violence which happened in Cumbria just hours earlier, it was insensitive," said Lynn Costello of Mothers Against Violence.[156] Her unconventionality continued at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards: performing in drag as her male alter ego, Jo Calderone, and delivering a lovesick monologue before a performance of her song "You and I".[157] Some have defended her flamboyant and provocative behavior. "Well, she's Lady Gaga," Chris Rock said. "She's not 'Lady Behave Yourself.' Do you want great behavior from a person named Gaga? Is this what you were expecting?"[158] As Gaga's choreographer and creative director, Laurieann Gibson provided material for her shows and videos for four years. However, the pair parted in November 2011; Gaga replacing her with Gibson's assistant Richard Jackson.[159] Gaga admits to being a perfectionist when it comes to her elaborate shows. "I'm very bossy. I can scream my head off if I see one light fixture out. I'm very detailed – every minute of the show has got to be perfect."[149]
Public image[link]
See also: Lady Gaga on Twitter
While Rolling Stone named Gaga the "Queen of Pop" in 2011, public reception of Gaga's music, fashion sense and persona are mixed.[160] Her status as a role model, self-esteem booster for her fans, trailblazer and fashion icon who breathes new life into the industry is by turns affirmed and denied.[161] Gaga's albums have received mostly positive reviews and critics have pointed out her unique place in pop music, the need for new movements in popular culture, the attention Gaga brings to modern social issues, and the inherently subjective nature of her art.[162] In view of her influence on modern culture and her rise to global fame, sociologist Mathieu Deflem of the University of South Carolina has organized a course titled "Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame" since spring 2011 with the objective of unravelling "some of the sociologically relevant dimensions of the fame of Lady Gaga."[163] When Gaga briefly met with US president Barack Obama at a Human Rights Campaign fundraiser, he described the interaction as "intimidating" as she was dressed in 16-inch heels making her undoubtedly the tallest woman in the room.[164]
Contrary to her outré style, the New York Post described her early look as like "a refugee from Jersey Shore" with "big black hair, heavy eye makeup and tight, revealing clothes."[18] Gaga is a natural brunette; she bleached her hair blonde because she was often mistaken for Amy Winehouse.[6] She has nine tattoos on the left side of her body (her father has banned etchings on her right): a unicorn head with a ribbon wrapped around its horn that says "Born This Way"; a small heart with "dad" written inside it; several white roses; a treble clef; three daises; "Tokyo Love" with a little heart; "Little Monsters" written in cursive; a peace symbol, which was inspired by John Lennon, whom she stated was her hero; and a curling German script on her left arm quoting the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, her favorite writer, commenting that his "philosophy of solitude" spoke to her.[116][165] In a question posed about the necessary procedure to attach the prosthetics to give the unconventional appearance of recent horn-like ridges on her cheekbones, temples, and shoulders, Gaga responded, "They're not prosthetics, they're my bones." She also clarified that they were not the result of plastic surgery, believing such surgery to only be the modern byproduct of fame-induced insecurity to which she does not subscribe. The interviewer's further probing brought Gaga to the conclusion that they are an artistic representation of her inner inspirational light and part of the "performance piece" that is her musical persona: an inevitability of her becoming who she now is.[166]
Towards the end of 2008, comparisons were made between the fashions of Gaga and recording artist Christina Aguilera that noted similarities in their styling, hair, and make-up.[14] Aguilera stated that she was "completely unaware of [Gaga]" and "didn't know if it [was] a man or a woman."[14] Gaga released a statement in which she welcomed the comparisons due to the attention providing useful publicity, saying, "She's such a huge star and if anything I should send her flowers, because a lot of people in America didn't know who I was until that whole thing happened. It really put me on the map in a way."[167][168] When interviewed by Barbara Walters for her annual ABC News special 10 Most Fascinating People in 2009, Gaga dismissed the claim that she is intersex as an urban legend. Responding to a question on this issue, she stated, "At first it was very strange and everyone sorta said, 'That's really quite a story!' But in a sense, I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny."[169] In addition to Aguilera's statement, comparisons continued into 2010, when Aguilera released the music video of her single "Not Myself Tonight". Critics noted similarities between the song and its accompanying music video with Gaga's video for "Bad Romance".[170] There have also been similar comparisons made between Gaga's style and that of fashion icon Dale Bozzio from the band Missing Persons. Some have considered their respective images to be strikingly parallel although fans of Missing Persons note that Bozzio had pioneered the look more than thirty years earlier.[171]
While devout followers call Gaga "Mother Monster", Gaga often refers to her fans as "Little Monsters" which has been tattooed on "the arm that holds my mic" in dedication.[172][173] Her treatment of her "Little Monsters" has inspired criticism, due to the highly commercial nature of her music and image.[174] To some, this dichotomy contravenes the concept of outsider culture. Camille Paglia in her 2010 cover story "Lady Gaga and the death of sex" in The Sunday Times asserts that Gaga "is more an identity thief than an erotic taboo breaker, a mainstream manufactured product who claims to be singing for the freaks, the rebellious and the dispossessed when she is none of those."[175][176] Writing for The Guardian, Kitty Empire opined that the dichotomy "...allows the viewer to have a 'transgressive' experience without being required to think. At [her performance's] core, though, is the idea that Gaga is at one with the freaks and outcasts. The Monster Ball is where we can all be free. This is arrant nonsense, as the scads of people buying Gaga's cunningly commercial music are not limited to the niche worlds of drag queens and hip night creatures from which she draws her inspiration. But Gaga seems sincere."[177]
Philanthropy[link]
Besides her career in music, Gaga has also contributed to various charities. For natural disasters, Gaga has helped various relief efforts. Although declining an invitation to appear on the single "We Are the World 25" to benefit victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, she donated the proceeds of her January 24, 2010 concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall to the country's reconstruction relief fund.[178] All profits from her official online store on that day were also donated. Gaga announced that an estimated total of US$500,000 was collected for the fund.[179] Hours after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11, 2011, Gaga tweeted a message and a link to Japan Prayer Bracelets. All revenue from a bracelet she designed in conjunction with the company was donated to relief efforts.[180] As of March 29, 2011, the bracelets raised $1.5 million.[181] However, attorney Alyson Oliver filed a lawsuit against Gaga in Detroit in June 2011, noting that the bracelet was subject to a sales tax and an extra $3.99 shipping charge was added to the price. She also believed that not all proceeds from the bracelets would go to the relief efforts, demanding a public accounting of the campaign and refunds for people who had bought the bracelet. Gaga's spokesperson called the lawsuit "meritless" and "misleading".[182] On June 25, 2011, Gaga performed at MTV Japan's charity show in Makuhari Messe, which benefited the Japanese Red Cross.[183]
HIV and AIDS[link]
Gaga also contributes in the fight against HIV and AIDS, focusing on educating young women about the risks of the disease. In collaboration with Cyndi Lauper, Gaga joined forces with MAC Cosmetics to launch a line of lipstick under their supplementary cosmetic line, Viva Glam. Titled Viva Glam Gaga and Viva Glam Cyndi for each contributor respectively, all net proceeds of the lipstick line were donated to the cosmetic company's campaign to prevent HIV and AIDS worldwide.[184] In a press release, Gaga declared, "I don't want Viva Glam to be just a lipstick you buy to help a cause. I want it to be a reminder when you go out at night to put a condom in your purse right next to your lipstick."[185] The sales of Gaga-endorsed Viva Glam lipstick and lipgloss have raised more than $202 million to fight HIV and AIDS.[3]
Born This Way Foundation[link]
Main article: Born This Way Foundation
As a humanitarian, she has launched her own non-profit organization, the Born This Way Foundation, which focuses on youth empowerment and issues like self-confidence, well-being, anti-bullying, mentoring, and career development. "My mother and I have initiated a passion project. We call it the Born This Way Foundation," Gaga said in a statement about the foundation, which takes its name from the 2011 single and album. "Together we hope to establish a standard of Bravery and Kindness, as well as a community worldwide that protects and nurtures others in the face of bullying and abandonment." The foundation will work with a number of partners, including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The California Endowment and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.[186] She also jumped into the debate surrounding SB 1070, Arizona's recently-enacted anti-immigration law, after premiering her Born This Way song "Americano" on the Guadalajara stop of The Monster Ball Tour in Mexico, telling the local press that she could not "stand by many of the unjust immigration laws" in the US.[187] A devoted advocate for the LGBT community, Gaga is also an outspoken activist for LGBT rights worldwide.[188] On February 29, 2012, Gaga and Oprah Winfrey visited Harvard University to launch her Born This Way Foundation.
LGBT advocacy[link]
Gaga attributes much of her early success as a mainstream artist to her gay fans and is considered to be a gay icon.[189] Early in her career she had difficulty getting radio airplay, and stated, "The turning point for me was the gay community. I've got so many gay fans and they're so loyal to me and they really lifted me up. They'll always stand by me and I'll always stand by them. It's not an easy thing to create a fanbase."[190] She thanked FlyLife, a Manhattan-based LGBT marketing company with whom her label Interscope works, in the liner notes of The Fame, saying, "I love you so much. You were the first heartbeat in this project, and your support and brilliance means the world to me. I will always fight for the gay community hand in hand with this incredible team."[191] One of her first televised performances was in May 2008 at the NewNowNext Awards, an awards show aired by the LGBT television network Logo, where she sang her song "Just Dance".[192] In June of the same year, she performed the song again at the San Francisco Pride event.[193]
After The Fame was released, she revealed that the song "Poker Face" was about her bisexuality. In an interview with Rolling Stone, she spoke about how her boyfriends tended to react to her bisexuality, saying "The fact that I'm into women, they're all intimidated by it. It makes them uncomfortable. They're like, 'I don't need to have a threesome. I'm happy with just you'."[33] When she appeared as a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in May 2009, she praised DeGeneres for being "an inspiration for women and for the gay community".[194] She proclaimed that the October 11, 2009 National Equality March rally on the National Mall was "the single most important event of her career." As she exited, she left with an exultant "Bless God and bless the gays,"[195] similar to her 2009 MTV Video Music Awards acceptance speech for Best New Artist a month earlier.[196] At the Human Rights Campaign Dinner, held the same weekend as the rally, she performed a cover of John Lennon's "Imagine" declaring that "I'm not going to [play] one of my songs tonight because tonight is not about me, it's about you." She changed the original lyrics of the song to reflect the death of Matthew Shepard, a college student murdered because of his sexuality.[197]
Gaga attended the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards accompanied by four service members of the United States Armed Forces (Mike Almy, David Hall, Katie Miller and Stacy Vasquez), all of whom, under the United States military's "Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) policy, had been prohibited from serving openly because of their sexuality.[198] In addition, Gaga wore a meat dress to the ceremony which was supplemented by boots, a purse and a hat that were all fabricated from the flesh of a dead animal.[199] Partly awarded in recognition of the dress, Vogue.com UK named her one of the Best Dressed people of 2010 while Time magazine's named the dress the Fashion Statement of 2010, it received divided opinions – evoking the attention of worldwide media but invoking the fury of animal rights organization PETA.[200][201][202] She denied any intention of causing disrespect to any person or organization and wished for the dress to be interpreted as a statement of human rights with focus upon those in the LGBT community, adding that "If we don't stand up for what we believe in and if we don't fight for our rights, pretty soon we're going to have as much rights as the meat on our own bones."[203]
She later released three videos on YouTube urging her fans to contact their Senators in an effort to overturn the policy. In late September 2010 she spoke at the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network's "4the14K" Rally in Deering Oaks Park in Portland, Maine. The name of the rally signified the number – an estimated 14,000 – of service members discharged under the DADT policy at the time. During her remarks, she urged members of the U.S. Senate (and in particular, moderate Republican Senators from Maine, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins) to vote in favor of legislation that would repeal the DADT policy. Following this event, editors of The Advocate commented that she had become "the real fierce advocate" for gays and lesbians, one that Barack Obama had promised to be.[204][205]
Gaga appeared at Europride, a pan-European international event dedicated to LGBT pride, held in Rome in June 2011. In a nearly twenty-minute speech, she criticized the intolerant state of gay rights in many European countries and described homosexuals as "revolutionaries of love" before performing acoustic renderings of "Born This Way" and "The Edge of Glory" in front of thousands at the Circus Maximus.[206][207] She stated that "Today and every day we fight for freedom. We fight for justice. We beckon for compassion, understanding and above all we want full equality now".[208] Gaga revealed that she is often questioned why she dedicates herself to "gayspeak" and "how gay" she is, to which, she told the audience: "Why is this question, why is this issue so important? My answer is: I am a child of diversity, I am one with my generation, I feel a moral obligation as a woman, or a man, to exercise my revolutionary potential and make the world a better place." She then joked: "On a gay scale from 1 to 10, I'm a Judy Garland fucking 42."[209]
Discography[link]
For the full list, see Lady Gaga discography.
- The Fame (2008)
- The Fame Monster (2009)
- Born This Way (2011)
Filmography[link]
- Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden (2011)
- A Very Gaga Thanksgiving (2011)
- "Lisa Goes Gaga" (The Simpsons episode) (2012)
- Men in Black 3 (Plays the role of an alien.) (2012)[210]
Concert tours[link]
- The Fame Ball Tour (2009)
- Fame Kills: Starring Kanye West and Lady Gaga (2009–10) (cancelled)
- The Monster Ball Tour (2009–11)
- The Born This Way Ball Tour (2012–13)
See also[link]
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- List of awards and nominations received by Lady Gaga
- Honorific nicknames in popular music
- List of best-selling music artists
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Further reading[link]
- Herbert, Emily (2010). Lady Gaga: Queen of Pop. John Blake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84454-963-4.
- Goodman, Elizabeth (2010). Lady Gaga: Critical Mass Fashion. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-66840-6.
- Morgan, Johnny (2010). Gaga. Sterling Publishing. ISBN 1-4027-8059-1.
- Parvis, Sarah (2010). Lady Gaga. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 0-7407-9795-6.
- Phoenix, Helia (2010). Lady Gaga: Just Dance—The Biography. Orion Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-4091-1567-0.
- Monster Anthems (2011) by Robert Christgau
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- Lady Gaga collected news and commentary at The Wall Street Journal
- Works by or about Lady Gaga in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Slide show Vanity Fair
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| Name | Germanotta, Stefani Joanne Angelina |
| Alternative names | Lady Gaga |
| Short description | American pop singer |
| Date of birth | March 28, 1986 |
| Place of birth | New York City, New York, U.S. |
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Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (/ˈstɛfəniː dʒʌrməˈnɑːtə/ STE-fə-nee jurr-mə-NAH-tə; born March 28, 1986), known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She began performing in the rock music scene of Manhattan's Lower East Side, and was signed with Streamline Records by the end of 2007. During her employment as a songwriter for the record company, her vocal abilities captured the attention of recording artist Akon, who signed her to his label Kon Live Distribution.
Lady Gaga came to prominence as a recording artist following the release of her debut album The Fame (2008), which was a critical and commercial success that topped charts around the world and included the international number-one singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". After embarking on the The Fame Ball Tour, she followed the album with The Fame Monster (2009), which spawned the worldwide hit singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone" and "Alejandro". The album's success allowed her to embark on the eighteen-month long Monster Ball Tour, which later became one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. Her most recent album Born This Way (2011) topped the charts of most major markets and generated more international chart-topping singles, including "Born This Way", "Judas" and "The Edge of Glory". Besides her musical career, she involves herself with humanitarian causes and LGBT activism.
