Lady Gaga, in an interview with Elle Magazine last December, spoke openly about looking forward to having kids -- Baby Gagas! -- one day. Then we saw these photos of Lady Gaga carrying a baby while she was out shopping, showing off her maternal/ Angelina Jolie instincts. The thought of Mama Gaga got us to thinking that she'd make a most excellent mom. And here are five reasons why we wanna see Lady Gaga rockin' the Baby Bjorn.
+ You could borrow her clothes. Yeah, the Latex reindeer ensemble might be a bit much for eighth grade. But once you hit your couture phase, Mama's closet is gonna look like a treasure chest!
+ She would nurture your creativity. I highly doubt that Lady Gaga would be the kind of mom who would insist you run off and become a lawyer, thus casting your dreams of becoming an interpretive dancer or video installation artist into the dustbin of what-could-have-been, while you slave away in Advanced Studies In Buying And Selling Stuff And Accounting For It 202. Gaga feels more like the nurturing, feel-free-to-finger-paint type of gal.
+ Auntie Beyonce and Uncle Elton! After making two videos together (Bey's "Videophone" and Gaga's upcoming "Telephone") Beyonce and Gaga are practically sisters. Or at least cousins. Can you imagine being babysat by Beyonce? Be still my beating heart. And, ever since their GRAMMY-opening duet, Elton John and Gaga have been like two peas in a pod. How cool would it be to be sitting around the lunch table in third grade, "Oh yeah? You like The Lion King? THAT'S MY UNCLE ELTON! WHACHOO KNOW ABOUT THE CIRCLE OF LIFE?!"
+ You'd never have to wonder what your mom was like when she was younger! This might actually go against you. You can't really yell at her about how she doesn't understand, how she was never different. Because she probably does understand and she was different. Any fight about your mom being a square who doesn't get you will probably end with her saying, "Mommy, once made a music video where she had alien eyes and sat in a bathtub nekkid." That's when you will have lost the argument.
+ You'd be well-fed. Not to be stereotypical, but Gaga, like many Italian women, is a whiz in the kitchen. ""I come from an Italian family -- what more can I say? I love to cook. I am really good at Italian food. So I make great meatballs, pasta and all sorts. I love it," she told England's Daily Star. So you know you'd be all set in the home-cooked meal department.
All hail another amazing mosaic by artist Jason Mecier, who gathered up armfuls of trash and created Lady Gaga's likeness -- right down the hair bow made of hair -- out of a dismembered Kermit doll, Hello Kitty scraps, poker chips (get it?!), broken sunglasses, playing cards, spare pens and pencils, straws, and lots of other crap that may be taking up space in the bottom of your purse.
The result is a visual wonder (and a tribute to recycling!) that pays tribute to Lady Gaga and makes a valid argument for hoarding.
Jason Derulo's rise to notoriety is a pretty interesting story. How do I know? Well, I just watched the first episode of The Walk To Fame, a web series being shown on the pop/R&B singer's MySpace page.
We know and love Derulo's club-banger, "In My Head," and his Imogen-Heap-sampling, "Whatcha Say." These two jams are real Buzzworthy clubhouse favorites.
What we didn't know is how Derulo got to where he is today (namely making hits and touring with Lady Gaga). Like for instance, did you know Jason recorded his earliest demos in his mom's car?
Walk To Fame starts with Derulo, stuck in traffic, late to a show. His friend/driver asks him about a song playing on the car stereo and we are treated to a cool flashback of when Derulo recorded said jam in his mom's compact automobile. This is how stars are born, people!
The web series is actually pretty compelling viewing, with high production values and some funny moments. Check out Episode 1 of Walk To Fame below.
Lady Gaga's Twitpic account is just the gift that keeps on giving. Yesterday we went spelunking in there and found all number of Gaga GRAMMY night treasures. And today the hits just keep on coming.
Seems Gaga wanted to share her love for her "little monsters" so much that she shouted out her fans by getting her pet name for her fans tattooed on her arm. (No word on whether she had another "sexual-torture" experience with this tat.
One could speculate (and, real talk, I am speculating) that the tat is an apology of sorts for Gaga having to cancel a few shows a couple of weeks ago, due to exhaustion. Or maybe she just wanted to get a tattoo!
The caption that goes with the Twitpic says, "look what i did last night. little monsters forever, on the arm that holds my mic. xx." Little monsters forever, y'all.
+ Fall Out Boyis really done. So much drama in the F.O.B.. Yesterday we told you about Pete Wentz's none-too-cryptic Twitter kiss-off. Today, we have Patrick Stump declaring, "I'm not in Fall Out Boy right now." Well, at least he said, "right now," right? Fingers crossed, kids. (Spin)
+ We speculated a while back that, given his newly declared interest in acting, Joe Jonas would make a good Ferris Bueller (if and when the '80s high school classic gets remade). Well, we'll have to wait to see him driving Cameron's dad's Ferrari, but we can see him on the ABC melodrama Brothers & Sisters. He will play a younger version of Balthazar Getty's troubled Tommy Walker in a series of flashbacks. (MTV News)
+ In other Jonas Brothers news, it seems Nick Jonas got rather inspired by the GRAMMY Awards on Sunday night. So inspired that he went right home and wrote some songs. Only problem is those songs are Beyonce's "Halo," and Lady Gaga's "Poker Face." Jordin Sparks and brother Joe have to deliver the hard truth in this funny viral vid. (Idolator).
+ Guys, did you know that sometimes Lady Gaga does things just to get a reaction from people. I know! Also, I heard that water is wet. Jokes. Apparently Gaga knew exactly how flabbergasted, offended and flummoxed folks would be upon viewing her open-front Armani "hoop" dress. (E! Online)
+ Two things that were keeping me up at night last night: 1. What is going on with Lost and 2. What does Rihanna think of Ke$ha. As someone who has had the same sort of breakneck rise to the top, who has been the "it" girl, for lack of a better term, what does Ri-Ri think of the new kid in town? Well she told DJ Skee at Kiss100 all about it. I'm still in the dark about Lost, FYI. (That Grape Juice)
+ Whoa, Usher's ex, Tameka Foster, really didn't like his E! True Hollywood Story. And what do we do when we don't like something, class? That's right! We Tweet about it! (Crunk + Disorderly)
But let's go back a few years, to the winter of 2008, when Lady Gaga wasn't quite at the top of the world... she was on top of Miami.
Below, we have some vintage video of Gaga performing live for Armani Exchange at Miami's Winter Music Conference. (Just before we first met and interviewed Gaga, back in July of 2008.) With only two dancers and a DJ, a decidedly more tame looking (though still glam) Gaga makes her way through The Fame's album cut, "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich."
Even with the minimal "stage" show, Gaga still has a flair for the dramatic; performing as the waves break in the background with her biker-gang dancers in tow.
Watch Gaga as her incredible ascension to super-stardom began. And then watch Lady Gaga perform "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich" live on MTV UK's Live Sessions.
You can read all the reports and blogs you want, but it's always nice to experience something like the GRAMMYs through the eyes of one of the participants (and winners).
With that in mind let's raid Lady Gaga's Twitpic account! Proving that she can do like 188338 things at once, in addition to performing and winning at the GRAMMYs (and life), Gaga posted a bunch of GRAMMYs photos of herself with pithy, short commentary. So let's revisit GRAMMY night with Gaga.
Here's Gaga, post-performance, with Elton John, who did the dueling pianos thing with Lady to open the show. Gaga refers to Elton as her, "angel."
Always the lady, Gaga has some tea, wearing a Philip Treacy hat and an Armani suit.
Armani was her designer of choice for the evening. Gaga thanked Armani for making her "beautiful fashion."
Gaga's Terrence Koh-designed piano was a tribute to her "little monsters."
The cool thing going on here, and you can tell from her Twitpic captions, is how intertwined Gaga's career is with both fashion and fans. She obviously feels both a deep connection with "little monsters," as she sent Twitter dispatches from the GRAMMY trenches out to her army of admirers. Viva la GAGA!
+ The Simon Cowell-assembled Haitian benefit single, "Everybody Hurts" has begun to appear online and on the radio. The cover of the R.E.M. classic features Susan Boyle, Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey, Jon Bon Jovi and contestants from Cowell's U.K. talent shows, X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent. The track will be available to download on Sunday, February 7th. (Rolling Stone)
+ The other major Haiti benefit single is, as you probably know, a remake of the 1985 song "We Are The World." A new version of the track was recorded yesterday, overseen by Lionel Richie, Quincy Jones and Lady Gaga's producer, RedOne. Participants included Kanye West, Justin Bieber, The Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus (again!), Barbra Streisand, Jennifer Hudson, Lil' Wayne, Wyclef and dozens more. (MTV News)
+ Does Taylor Swift need to grow up? The New York Times wonders whether, in the wake of her Grammy night triumph, if it's time for Taylor to abandon wide-eyed innocence for the realities of adulthood. (New York Times)
+ Speaking of Taylor, some fans in Liverpool, England were probably a bit chuffed off when a local radio station announced that Swift would be playing a junior high school in the area. Chuffed turned into being cheesed off when they arrived to find the actual night's entertainment was up and coming singer, Taylor Bright. Blimey. (Pop Eater)
+ Rihanna did the post-Grammy chat show run yesterday, hanging out with Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show. Some folks (we're looking at you, Idolator), did not care for her sedated-'80s fashion. (Idolator)
+ Fall Out Boy is kinda done? At least as far as Pete Wentz is concerned? Basically? (PeteWentz.com)
It's the most anticipated sequel since Empire Strikes Back or Star Trek II: Wrath Of Khan or when the McRib returned in 2007. It's Lady Gaga and Beyonce, back again, with the video for Gaga's "Telephone."
The last time these two shared a music video, with Bey's "Video Phone," the result was a Hype Williams-helmed monster full of Tarantino references and style for days.
This time around, Gaga's go-to director Jonas Akerlund (who directed "Paparazzi" as well as videos for Madonna, Metallica and blink-182) will be behind the camera, as the heavyweight champs of pop reunite for round two.
According to MTV News, Gaga purposely tried to take a backseat in "Video Phone," deferring to Beyonce and Williams and playing the supporting role as Bey rocked a Bettie Page 'do and played with guns. For "Telephone," Gaga will likely be front and center, "rocking frilly leotards" and "destroyed denim," from designers Franc Fernandez and Oscar Olima.
More tidbits about Gaga and Beyonce's "Telephone" video: "Telephone" will apparently continue the Tarantino-homage, as Beyonce and Gaga have been snapped filming the video in a yellow truck not unlike Uma Thurman's whip in Kill Bill. Also, Tyrese is rumored to be making an appearance.
You can check out photos of Gaga and Beyonce on the video set at PopShelter. And in the meantime, take another look at the "Video Phone" video below.
Last night's GRAMMY Awards were full of so many shocking, textworthy, OMG moments, I thought my thumbs were gonna fall off: Lady Gaga going down the bad egg chute, Willy Wonka style, Pink's water shower strip tease, Beyonce getting suh-eeeriously nasty, and whatever was happening there with Jamie Foxx.
From the moments you need to see again -- Katy Perry's side boob! -- to the ones you may have missed -- Britney's see-through dress! Justin Bieber and Beyonce -- here are the 10 most shocking GRAMMY moments in photos!
1.) KATY PERRY SIDE BOOB! Repeat... KATY PERRY! SIDEBOOB! Thanks to Zac Posen, the miracles of double-sided tape, and a sliding scale of modesty, Katy Perry gave her fans a little peekaboo surprise. She probably also made some new fans. You're welcome.
2.) BRITNEY'S RELATIVELY PANTS-FREE OUTFIT! Britney Spears DID attend the GRAMMYs. Though she made an understated entrance on the red carpet, her outfit was anything but. Perhaps in an homage to "Pants On The Ground," Britney's black see-through Dolce & Gabbana looked like it was missing a bottom half but ACTUALLY had a quite "demure" knee-length skirt, thank you very much. (Still, any outfit that demands a bikini wax means you're basically not wearing pants.)
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