Found 11 posts tagged as "Lady Gaga"
Lady Gaga may be a revolutionary, but that doesn’t mean she wants her name gracing the labels of a controversial new food product.  Maybe you were breastfed as a baby and miss the flavour of mother’s milk. Or perhaps you were given formula and want to discover the taste of human lactation. Or maybe you’re just curious. Either way, an ice cream parlour in London, England is offering adventurous foodies the chance to try a novel product: breast milk ice cream. Just don’t expect Lady Gaga to approve.
Lady Gaga is rumoured to be Zachary Furnish-John’s godmother. 
I used to think that being a Jolie-Pitt would be cool, but little Zachary Furnish-John, son of Elton John and David Furnish, may have just one-upped the Brangie kids.
Madonna may be aging, but that hasn’t stopped her from raiding daughter Lourdes’ closet for the latest fashions.  When she started singing, everyone was sure Madonna was a just a lucky star, a flash in the pan who would soon be eclipsed by the much more talented Cyndi Lauper. We all know how that turned out.
But with each passing decade, Madonna’s very longevity becomes an increasing burden. The Material Girl’s cultural relevancy is no longer a question. Now we just want to know what’s happening to her face.
Justin Bieber fans go on internet tirade against Esperanza Spalding, whom they believe stole his Grammy. 
If we ever doubted the power of the internet as a champion for the people’s will, the past month has proved it. In Egypt, strategic use of Facebook and Twitter helped bring demonstrators together to usher in a new era of democracy, while in established democracies, citizens use the internet for even nobler causes, like razzing that beeyotch who stole Justin Bieber’s Grammy.
 Oh, Jon Stewart. You already do so much to make American politics palatable to your moderation-inclined neighbours that we Canadians don’t really expect you to do more. But hey, if you want to stage a rally for “The Busy Majority”, a political event designed to counteract Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck’s right-wing nut-fests, then we’ve got nothing to say but Y(eh)!
After spending years as a target of ridicule, Lindsay Lohan
has finally gotten in on the joke. This weekend’s Video Music Awards saw the
normally belligerent actress (There’s
nothing wrong with me, I’m just exercising my right to twinkle!) changing
tactics and joining host Chelsea Handler in a self-deprecating skit. In the
pre-taped segment, LiLo was seen deriding Handler for wearing an alcohol
monitoring bracelet. “You think anyone wants to work with a drunk?” she
screamed. “Take it from me—they don’t.”
Poking fun at herself is perhaps the most significant effort
Miss Lohan has made towards real public recovery—or at least, it’s the most
convincing one. Yes, Vanity Fair just ran a glowing article on the feisty starlet's changed ways, but c’mon. Are we really supposed to believe that 37 days of
court-imposed reflection is enough to turn a life around completely? I for one,
don’t buy it.
Miley Cyrus didn't always
have her cute name. The pop star, who reportedly spent the weekend enjoying Paris’s
laxer teen drinking laws, was actually born Destiny Hope Cyrus. Surprisingly,
Cyrus did not want to spend her life sounding like a bad soap opera, so she
legally changed her name to Miley. According to TMZ, now her mom, Leticia is
following suit, and has filed to become “Tish” instead.
Hollywood, of course, is
full of discarded names, from Michael Douglas (Michael Keaton’s birth name,
which he had to give up because it was already taken by, uh, Michael Douglas) to Stefani Germonatta
(now Lady Gaga).
But my favourite name change
had nothing to do with fixing bad parental choices (seriously, Destiny Hope?),
sounding cooler, or avoiding confusion with similarly named actors. Those of
you who sent their little ones back to school this morning may wish your
children were as excited about education as pop chanteuse Shakira (yes, that’s
her real name) is. The Latin sensation has been known to go by her middle name, Isabel, so that she can enjoy university classes incognito,
something she likes to do when she’s on break from tour. A few years ago she
told UK’s The Guardian, “The universe is so broad, I cannot be at the centre of
it. So I decided to go to the university and study history for a summer course,
just to kind of switch gears, taste the student life.”
If only all of Hollywood’s
starlets would choose education, instead of say, clubbing, as their relaxation
of choice, then I could run headlines like “LiLo and Paris Just Can’t Agree
on the Best Postmodern Novel” instead of “Paris Hilton/Lindsay Lohan Gets
Arrested Again." Wouldn’t that be nice?
Somebody get John Cusack his
own channel, stat! The High Fidelity actor’s off-the-cuff tweets this week have
incited a mini-media war, one that has the Fox News Channel crying foul.
When asked what he thought
about the controversial construction of a mosque near Ground Zero, Cusack
responded with: "I am for a satanic death cult centre at FoxNews HQ
and outside the offices of (former U.S. Representatives) Dick Armey and Newt
Gingrich - and all the GOP (Grand Old Party/Republican Party) welfare
freaks."
Full disclosure: I don’t
really follow Twitter stats the way I follow, say, Dramarama’s daily Photo Opp,
or random Facebook updates. Until this morning, I thought Ashton Kutcher was still the world’s biggest Twit (er, Twitterer).
So, thank you, ContactMusic.com for setting me straight. As of last week, Lady Gaga has amassed more followers
than anyone else on Twitter. With over 5.7 million little
monsters receiving her updates, she has overtaken Britney Spears for the
title of Twitter Queen. In true Gaga style, she made a creative announcement
about her latest achievement. Wearing a glittery crown emblazoned with a sparkly Twitter
logo and brandishing a wand, Gaga spoke to fans in an “inaugural address” as internet
monarch.
I’ve had a lot of nasty jobs
in my life. I’ve cleaned grease traps at an off-road diner, sold scratch
tickets to disgruntled gamblers, burned my hands in bakery ovens and had my
teenage boobs perved by old men willfully ordering hard-to-reach cigarettes in
a small town convenience store. But for all my troubles, I never made more than
$7 an hour (in the 90s). I like to think I was a pretty smokin’ hot teen, but
in reality I was just a small town girl waiting to hit the big time. I had no
idea about real depravity, or real payoff either.
Things are different for
Hollywood youth. The lows can get a lot lower than hours of Jesus-talk from a
geriatric who just praised your ass, and the highs can climb much, much higher
than $7 an hour. Take Lindsay Lohan.
Reports are out that OK will be paying her $1 million for her first post-prison
interview, which means that even if she serves all 90 days of her jail/rehab
sentence (and she won’t), she’ll be earning $462 an hour, including sleep time,
art therapy sessions, and visits with mom.
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