Katy Perry Found Lady Gaga’s ‘Alejandro’ Video Offensive

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Katy Perry Found Lady Gaga’s ‘Alejandro’ Video Offensive
Thursday, August 5, 2010

••• Katy Perry found Lady Gaga’s ‘Alejandro’ video offensive … Oh, My God!!!

The ‘I Kissed A Girl’ hitmaker is ‘sensitive’ about the Christianity referencing promo – which features Gaga putting rosary beads in her mouth while dressed as a nun – and insists even her fiancé Russell Brand cannot get away with blasphemy.

Katy – whose parents are both Christian pastors – said: ‘I am sensitive to Russell taking the Lord’s name in vain and to Lady Gaga putting a rosary in her mouth. I think when you put sex and spirituality in the same bottle and shake it up, bad things happen.
‘Yes, I said I kissed a girl. But I didn’t say I kissed a girl while f◦◦◦ing a crucifix.’

Just as religion bashing makes her mad, the 25-year-old pop star is also infuriated by celebrities who claim they don’t read gossip about themselves on the internet.

She added to Rolling Stone magazine: ‘Any artist who says they don’t Google their name is a big fat liar. It’s a little gross when you look at other celebrities’ twitter feeds and see them posting about something they read about themselves on a Google Alert, it’s like, ‘Uh, maybe you should stop Googling yourself every day, the world does not spin around you.
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Global tribute marks year since Michael Jackson’s death

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Global tribute marks year since Michael Jackson’s death
Saturday, June 26, 2010

••• Michael Jackson fans across the world have paused to remember the man they called the King of Pop today on the first anniversary of his death.
Thousands have filed silently through the gates of Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles, where Jackson’s body is entombed in the mausoleum.
In Jackson’s hometown of Gary in Indiana Jackson’s mother Katherine has unveiled a monument in the front yard of the modest home where her children grew up, while in Japan hundreds of people have lit candles in Jackson’s memory.
Jackson died on June 25 2009 at age 50 just before he was to begin a comeback tour.

Dr Conrad Murray who allegedly provided Jackson with a powerful mix of sedatives has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in relation to the death.
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Michael Jackson’s boyhood hometown plans anniversary vigil

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Michael Jackson’s boyhood hometown plans anniversary vigil
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

••• The childhood hometown of Michael Jackson is planning a tribute on Friday at his former house to mark the one-year anniversary of his death, and the mayor says his mother is among the people expected to attend.

Gary Mayor Rudy Clay says Katherine Jackson will attend the event along with her granddaughter, Genevieve Jackson, the daughter of Randy Jackson. The event will include speeches, performances and a candlelight vigil.

“We expect thousands to show up,” said city spokeswoman LaLosa Burns.

Workers at the house on Tuesday said Katherine Jackson wanted the house spruced up for the event. She was in the city 48km southeast of Chicago for several days recently and planned the renovation, Clay said.

The flowers, balloons, stuffed animals and signs that covered the front lawn for weeks after Jackson’s death from an overdose of sedatives are gone.

The tiny house already has a new roof, a fresh coat of white paint, newly poured concrete along the walkway and driveway and is surrounded by a black wrought iron fence.

New sod was being installed and some bushes were awaiting planting.

“She wanted all of this done,” worker Nathaniel Donald said. “People from all over the world come here and she wanted it fixed up.”

“It looks nice,” said Arthur Houser, an 81-year-old retired trucker who lives several blocks away.
The house – and its address – are widely known because The Jacksons released the album 2300 Jackson Street in 1989.

The family moved to the West Coast after the Jackson 5 struck it big with the release of their first album. The Jackson 5 played two concerts at West Side High School in Gary in 1971.

The only other time Jackson returned to his hometown was in 2003, when plans for a Michael Jackson Performing Arts Centre in the city’s downtown were announced.

It was never built.

Jackson’s father and city officials announced plans earlier this month to move ahead with plans to build the performing arts centre and a museum, but many in the city have their doubts whether it will ever be built.

Chuck Hughes, executive director of the Gary Chamber of Commerce was a member of City Council in 1995 when talk about the performing arts centre was first discussed with the Jackson family.

“It was politics that squashed it,” he said.

Clay said the city hopes to make the memorial an annual event.

“This is where it all started,” he said. “Our love for the Jackson family and Michael began before they were famous and it is still entrenched.”
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Lady Gaga ‘Alejandro’ Music Video Premiere

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Lady Gaga ‘Alejandro’ Music Video Premiere
Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Lady Gaga – “Alejandro”
Album: The Fame Mons†er
Label: Interscope, Streamline, Cherrytree, KonLive
Director: Steven Klein

••• Music Video ‘Alejandro’ is the 3rd single from Lady GaGa’s 2nd studio album: ‘The Fame Mons†er’. It was written by Lady GaGa and RedOne (Nadir Khayat). Every song in the album represents a ‘fear’ of some ‘mons†er’. This song, in the words of GaGa represents ‘The fear of men mons†er’.

Lady Gaga’s latest video, for her single ‘Alejandro,’ is posted on the singer’s website.

The ‘Alejandro’ video is directed by American fashion photographer Steven Klein (Stephan Lee Klein), known especially for his work with Madonna.

‘Alejandro,’ the Latin love affair-themed third single from Lady Gaga’s The Fame Mons†er, went to U.S. radio on April 20 and was released internationally as a digital download in May. It has since made the top ten on charts in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and several European countries.
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Pop singer Pink’s tour bus catches fire during Germany tour

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Pop singer Pink’s tour bus catches fire during Germany tour
Funhouse Summer Carnival Tour
Monday, June 7, 2010

••• A tour bus being used by P!nk caught fire on its way from Munich to Berlin, but police said there were no injuries.

The pop star was not on the bus at the time.

Bavarian police said a particle filter in the exhaust system caught fire at about 05:00 am on Monday due to a technical defect. They said the driver reacted quickly and got the bus to the side of the highway and put the fire out with an extinguisher before authorities arrived at the scene.

Eight musicians were on board the bus.

The band played a concert in Munich on Saturday and was on its way to Berlin for a show Tuesday night. The musicians were able to continue on their journey on a replacement bus.
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Eminem’s ‘Not Afraid’ Video Debuts

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Eminem’s ‘Not Afraid’ Video Debuts
Saturday, June 5, 2010

Eminem – Not Afraid
Album: Recovery
Label: Interscope, Aftermath, Shady
Director: Rich Lee

Rapper Eminem is back. To overseas his new album “Recovery” Eminem and Marshall Bruce Mathers III has been working hard. This album will be debuts on June 22. First video from Eminem’s Recovery, ‘Not Afraid’ is debuts on VEVO.

On VEVO.com music video of “Not Afraid” can be viewed. “Not Afraid” entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart and placed number 1. In this music video Lil Wayne, Pink and Rihanna features guest appearances.

Rich Lee directed “Not Afraid.”
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Michael Jackson Museum Plans Announced in Singer’s Hometown

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Michael Jackson Museum Plans Announced in Singer’s Hometown
Thursday, June 3, 2010

••• Michael Jackson’s hometown is moving ahead with plans for a museum and arts centre dedicated to its famous resident.

Mayor Rudy Clay says the Jackson Family Museum and Hotel and the Michael Jackson Performing Arts and Cultural Center and Theaters in Gary, Indiana, will cost about $300 million.

The mayor says the money will come from investors and donations but the city is donating 120 hectares of land for the project.
Michael Jackson’s father, Joe Jackson, attended a Wednesday news conference in Gary. He says he’s carrying on his son’s legacy by making sure the project comes to fruition.

Michael Jackson was last in Gary in 2003 to talk about the project but nothing had happened since then.

12 Year Old Web Sensation Greyson Chance Performs!

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12 Year Old Web Sensation Greyson Chance Performs!
Friday, May 14, 2010

••• A 12 year old Boy has become the latest YouTube pop sensation after posting a video of himself performing the Lady Gaga hit Paparazzi.

The primary school boy from Oklahoma was booked to appear on the Ellen DeGeneres show to talk about his experience.

He’s being compared to teen Canadian popstar Justin Bieber who was also discovered through the internet site.

In just the past few days, the video of Greyson Michael Chance’s ‘Paparazzi’ performance received over 2 million views! Everyone wants to know more about the new web sensation.
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Greyson Chance has had more than 10m hits on YouTube for his piano rendition of the hit single.

He was appearing on Ellen DeGeneres’ U.S. chat show when Lady Gaga phoned in to wish him luck.

“Keep following your dreams and work really hard and stay away from girls and be focused!” she advised.

Chance’s video was recorded at a talent show in Edmond, a suburb of Oklahoma City, on 12 April.

The youngster uploaded it to Facebook and, a couple of weeks later, YouTube, where it garnered several thousand views.

Its popularity suddenly exploded this week after being featured on Perez Hilton’s website.

His performance also caught the attention of DeGeneres’ producers, who flew him to Los Angeles to take part in the chat show.

Chance said he had been learning piano for three years, but had never received vocal coaching.

And he admitted his popularity had increased since becoming an internet phenomenon. “I’ve gotten a couple of numbers and made some new friends,” he grinned.

“I was so excited that you covered Paparazzi,” she added.

Lady Gaga told Chance he was “so sweet and so talented. I was so excited that you covered ‘Paparazzi’. Everyone loves you so much.”

Just keep following your dreams and work really hard and stay away from girls and be focused!
Lady Gaga

• Source(s): The Ellen DeGeneres Show / WAD Productions, Inc.

Lady Gaga ft. Beyoncé – ‘Telephone’

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Lady Gaga ft. Beyoncé – ‘Telephone’
Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Lady Gaga ft. Beyoncé – ‘Telephone’
Album: The Fame Mons†er
Label: Interscope, Streamline, Cherrytree, KonLive
Director: Jonas Åkerlund

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