(Credit: Mari Kasurinen, World Of Wonder via Buzzfeed)
Finland; cold, stoic, home of the Whooper Swan. It's also the home of Mari Kasurinen, artist and visionary. What does this modern art master do? What is her mode of expression? Mari Karsurinen specializes in My Little Ponies, people.
Behold: the My Little Gaga (found on World Of Wonder via Buzzfeed). It's Lady Gaga... as a My Little Pony. Kasurinen has rendered several popular culture icons as My Little Ponies, including Princess Leia, Edward Scissorhands, and the alien from, well, Alien.
I doubt Lady Gaga would take any offense to being represented this way. If anything she's probably just annoyed that she can't throw one of these into the super deluxe version of The Fame: Monster. (Or can she?)
You know me (you don't know me, really, but you know me, you know), I always have the terms, "Mariah + Carey" and "Christmas" on my Google Alerts. So imagine the rush of blood to the head I felt when I was hipped to the existence of this revolution in holiday Mimi merchandising.
Introducing Mariah Carey A Traditional Christmas, Christmas Classics-Yule Edition. Now when I first glanced at this, I thought, "Hark, the herald angels REALLY DO sing!" Mariah went and trumped Lady Gaga's super deluxe edition of The Fame: Monster (lock of hair included), BY THROWING A DAMN YULE LOG IN A BOX WITH THE REISSUE OF HER HOLIDAY LP.
But, hark, I was wrong. But it's still awesome because Ms. Glitter is warming up your Christmas with a virtual yule log. The DVD fire burns while Mariah's holiday standards warm your soul.
Watch a preview of Mariah's yule log burning -- it's Mariah with extra fiyah -- and while you're at, visit the ghost of Christmas past with Mariah's take on "All I Want For Christmas Is You."
As Phil Collins is prone to say, I can feel it coming in the air tonight. The leaves are falling, the college football is being played, the hayrides are being taken; it's mtvU Woodie Awards season, pumpkins.
In honor of mtvU's annual award show, honoring the music the rocked college campuses the hardest, we thought we'd get some of these nominees used to the fierce competition they will face when the show will airs on MTV, MTV2, mtvU and Palladia on Friday, December 4, at 10 pm.
Today we're pitting the D.C. rapper (and this year's MTV Video Music Awards in-house entertainer) Wale against Brooklyn dream-poppers Passion Pit. Both acts are nominated for the Breaking Woodie Award.
Arbitrarily (and vaguely), let's say we're judging on the basis of dopeness. It's something you can't define, but you know it when you see it.
The Wale video has swagger. A swooping opening shot, a Lady Gaga feature, a dope beat, and it was most people's introduction to the lovable Chocolate City emcee.
Passion Pit is all indie innovation and art. And it's gorgeous. A beautiful, lush tune full of swelling keyboards with a unique video, givinng an impressionistic snapshot of a night in the life of a young lady; tearing that snapshot up in the process.
The winner? Well the nice part is, it's up to you! Let us know who you like in the comments, and go vote for your favorite at the mtvu Woodie site (where you can vote in any of the categories being awarded at the show!).
There have been many huge guests on It's On With Alexa Chung, but possibly no one as internationally massive, iconic, or sought-after as the inimitable Lady Gaga who appeared live on It's On With Alexa Chung on MTV today.
Missed the show? Watch Lady Gaga discuss her upcoming "Bad Romance" video, guesting on Beyonce's upcoming "Video Phone (Extended Remix)" video, her upcoming The Fame Monster release and all of its amazing collectible contents, and see why Lady Gaga doesn't think she's "made it." Seriously. Plus, see what Lady Gaga has to say about Miley Cyrus, what she thinks of the red no-pants outfit she wore on TRL, what she likes to eat late at night, the Hitchcock references in "Bad Romance," and how she's liberating her fans -- her "little monsters" -- though her music.
+ Check out even more photos of Lady Gaga on MTV's It's On With Alexa Chung after the jump!
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The Accessories Council Excellence (ACE) Awards are a celebration of those who raise awareness of the accessories industry. You know who raises awareness of the accessories industry? Lady Gaga. That's who. Which is why Gaga received a Stylemaker award at last night's awards.
Gaga's basically a walking accessory display, when you think about it. It's just what she chooses to call an accessory -- blood? -- that makes people do double and triple-takes.
Check out Gaga's juxtaposition of wig and lace veil (as well has her patented underwear-as-outerwear move -- those undies are Marc Jacobs, bty the way) in these photos from the ACE Awards. The girl can't help it.
Pop legend Cyndi Lauper and instant icon Lady Gaga were named the newest faces of MAC's AIDS Fund. The "From Our Lips," which launches February 25, will feature two lipsticks -- MAC Viva Glam Gaga Lipstick and Viva Glam Cyndi Lipstick, both of will be available on March 18 in North America and globally by the end of March. Lady Gaga and Cyndi Lauper's MAC Viva Glam lipsticks are $14 each, and 100 percent of the will be donated to the MAC AIDS Fund.
Watch Lady Gaga's now-classic performance of "Paparazzi" from the 2009 VMAs, and watch Cyndi Lauper's landmark MTV video, "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." And don't miss the exclusive premiere of Beyonce and Lady Gaga's "Video Phone" video on MTV and and MTV.com on Thursday, November 5 at 5:30 pm ET.
You were probably too busy gaping at the legion of Lady Gaga lookalikes -- including bloody VMA Gaga! to notice, but here's what Alexa Chung wore on today's episode of It's On With Alexa Chung.
Monday, November 2
+ Top: 3.1 Phillip Lim
+ Skirt: Veda
+ Shoes: Chanel
If your look's more Alexa than Gaga, check out this gorgeous 3.1 Phillip Lim scarf-tie-front blouse with delicate embellishment. I'm pretty sure this is how you spell de-lovely. It's $274 at Yoox.com.
Bold, bright makeup looks -- like Lady Gaga's baby pink lipstick, the spring green eyeshadow Adam Lambert rocks on the cover of his For Your Entertainment album cover or the statement-making dramatic deep-dark makeup choices Rihanna makes -- are a fun way to play with color, especially as winter rolls in. But neon looks aren't always easy to achieve. So I called on Doe Deere (that's her above), who's a model, musician, and owner of makeup line Lime Crime.
Doe Deere's constructed an entire modern-day Rainbow Brite universe of unicorns, cupcakes, candy, and cats (not to mention science!) So she's just the perfect person to show you how to properly apply crazy-bright, highly pigmented fluorescent lipsticks and shadows to get the perfect Gaga/ Lambert/ Rihanna/ pick your popstar look.
In this MTV News interview with Demi Lovato, Demi recounts the moment in history when the now-solo but not-broken-up Nick Jonas first told her that his rhymes were so fly and his jeans were so tight and that he wanted her to sing the hook on the Jonas Brothers' rap parody "Bounce." (Not to be confused with The Cab's "Bounce.")
But there's something far more urgent that needs to be discussed here: it looks like Demi's copped the super deluxe version of The Fame: Monster! No, Demi is not rocking one of Lady Gaga's blond locks (yet), but Lovato is GOING HARD in one of those sparkling hoodie things (a staple of Gaga's look). And Demi went ultra metallic at the 2009 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and at the UK premiere of Hannah Montana: The Movie. And this past week, Demi Lovato showed up to Disney's 2nd Annual Concert For Hope in a gold-and-black metallic top that hearkened back to Lady Gaga's VMA red carpet dress. (Minus the neck brace.)
The Demi interview took place on the set of her "Remember December" video. I'll be rather curious to see if that clip features any walker and crutches-aided choreography.
From the annals of absurdity in consumerism, let us know turn our attention to the forthcoming super deluxe edition of Lady Gaga's The Fame: Monster.
What's super about it? Well, there are eight new jams included, including the new single, "Bad Romance." That would go under the definition of super, I suppose. But what's deluxe?
Oh Gaga -- who just tapped Semi Precious Weapons to open for her Monster Ball Tour, handed Adam Lambert a song for his new album, For Your Entertainment, and who'll appear on an upcoming episode of Gossip Girl -- Gaga's got deluxe. Included in the $100 package is a book (of Gaga), a Gaga paper doll, some photos, 3D glasses, and a lock of Lady Gaga's hair. Hmm. I will be super-deluxe interested to know how that works out. Gaga's got a lot of fans who are probably willing to shell out $100 for her hair. (Though it is cheaper than jewelry made out of hair.) If there are enough Gaga fans out there unscathed by the credit crunch, Lady could find herself going all Cassie/ Britney soon. The Fame: Monster drops November 23rd.
