Lady Gaga

Perez Hilton Fronts Another Fashion Disaster - Posted April 2, 2012
Mario Lavandeira, who makes a good part of his Perez Hilton living ridiculing celebrities, is often caught in the s... [FishbowlLA]

Find Out How Much Your Twitter Account Is Worth - Posted February 9, 2012
Want to find out just how much all that tweeting and retweeting has paid off? Try out this cute, simple app that tells you just how much money your Twitter account would get you if you sold it. ... [10,000 Words]

Vanity Fair's Naked Lady Gaga Drawing Fetches $30,000 - Posted December 23, 2011
Remember that Lady Gaga Vanity Fair auction we told you about earlier this month? Well it's over, and the grand prize -- a draw... [FishbowlNY]

Your Dream to Own a Drawing of Lady Gaga Naked Can Come True - Posted December 13, 2011
(Via Vanity Fair) If you're a bit obsessive about your Lady Gaga fand... [FishbowlNY]

Tweet Your Wishes At Barneys NYC, And They'll End Up In A "Gaga Constellation" On Display - Posted December 6, 2011
Well, this is just about as creative as it gets with Twitter. Holiday shoppers who walk by Barneys Madison Avenue this season will see an interactive window display that combines the best of Twitter, Lady Gaga and...stardust. The Science Project has put together a... [AllTwitter]

Perez Hilton Talks to The Guardian - Posted December 5, 2011
With Lady Gaga set to kick off the four-part ITV2 series Perez Hilton: Superf... [FishbowlLA]

Lady Gaga Graces Cover of Latest Vanity Fair - Posted December 2, 2011
Anyone sick of Lady Gaga yet? Yes? Well, too bad. She's not going anywhere. Her latest stop is on the cover of the January Vanity Fair, and inside the magazine she talks about a variety of things. ... [FishbowlNY]

Lady Gaga Goes to Barney's for the Holidays - Posted November 22, 2011
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Weird Al Ready to Show Harold Camping How It's Done - Posted November 11, 2011
The Rapture never came May 21. Nor on Harold Camping's revised date of October 21. But switch around those numerals and swap out on... [FishbowlLA]

FishbowlLA Contest Winners Hang with A-List Immortals - Posted November 9, 2011
Exactly a week after celebrating the third-year anniversary of a wedding arranged just days before the passing of Prop 8, LA residents Travis and Ian-Mathew attended the November 7 Nokia Theatre premiere and rooftop after-party for the new historical action drama Immortals. They were there as winners of a conte... [FishbowlLA]

Lady Gaga Launches Anti-Bullying Foundation - Posted November 2, 2011
[caption id="attachment_29627" align="alignleft" width="314" caption="AP Photo / Wally Santana"][/caption] Lady Gaga has launched the Born This Way Foundation, which her mother, Cynthia Germanotta,will help to run. The foundation will focus on youth empowerment through support for organizations that address issues like self-confidence... [PRNewser]

Justin Bieber Beats Lady Gaga To 2 Billion YouTube Views - Posted October 31, 2011
Justin Bieber has become the world's first musician to achieve 2 billion YouTube views. The total upload views on the JustinBieberVEVO YouTube channel currently clock in at 2,004,941,318. LadyGagaVEVO trails Bieber with just under 1.9 bi... [SocialTimes.com]

WIVB Anchors and Reporters Tape 'It Gets Better' Videos Following Suicide of Buffalo Teen - Posted September 22, 2011
WIVB anchors and reporters, including morning anchor Melissa Holmes (above), recorded "It Gets Better" videos this week, following the ... [SocialTimes.com]

Simplistic Lady Gaga Featured on Harper's Bazaar - Posted September 7, 2011
This is the October cover of Harper's Bazaar, featuring Lady Gaga. She looks so different, right? No crazy hats, no ugly dress and no egg. And from first glance, it seems like she's not even wearing any makeup! But because you come to us for hard hitting investigative rep... [FishbowlNY]

KIIS-FM Still Tops in Southern California - Posted September 7, 2011
When it comes to the Los Angeles radio industry, a good guy to have in the Rolodex is definitely Greg Ashlock. Per an item t... [FishbowlLA]

China Bars Six Lady Gaga Hits to Preserve "National Cultural Security" - Posted August 28, 2011
China's Ministry of Culture has thrown its red book at music download sites in its country. They are ordering music sites to delete songs by Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, the Backstreet Boys and other pop stars within two weeks or face some sort of punishment. The ministry declared a list of 100... [SocialTimes.com]

MTV Adds Social Activism to VMAs Mix - Posted August 9, 2011
[caption id="attachment_25562" align="alignleft" width="238" caption="Katy Perry and a Moonman in 2010. She's among the nominees for this year's 'Best Video with a Message' award. Photo: PA"][/caption] MTV's annual Video Music Awards... [PRNewser]

Kanye and Gaga Invest in Turntable.fm - Posted August 8, 2011
Turntable.fm, you beautiful creature. So many of us thought that you had disappeared but here you are again, getting back to business and, reportedly, being funded by two of the biggest names in contemporary pop music: Lady Gaga and Kanye West. Although the news is still only ... [SocialTimes.com]

East Coast Media Starts Catching Up to 'Way Too Inconvenient a Truth' - Posted July 29, 2011
This particular LA Times opinion piece was published July 21. Under the headline "The World's Biggest Problem: Too Many People," biologists ... [FishbowlLA]

Lady Gaga & Terry Richardson Team Up for New Book - Posted July 28, 2011
Grand Central Publishing will publish a "remarkable collaboration" between photographer Terry Richardson and Lady Gaga. Coming out November 22, Lady Gaga will feature 350 photographs by Richardson and an introduction by Lady Gaga (pictured, ... [GalleyCat]

Guinness World Records Marks Social Media Day from Gaga, Bieber to Sheen - Posted June 30, 2011
Guinness World Records announced the latest social media world records to coincide with global Social Media Day. Of course, there are no surprises this time around, next year may prove different. Guinness World Records includes the Most likes on a Facebook page which is 47,194,601, achieved by Facebook for its own... [SocialTimes.com]

Weird Al Has New Album, Disconcertingly Nice Breasts - Posted June 20, 2011
Never thought we'd live to write this sentence, but Weird Al Yankovic somehow had us questioning our sexuality after watching the early moments of his new music video. And apparently we weren't the only ones. The YouTube ... [FishbowlLA]

Weekly Dose Of Cute - Kissing Seals, Jack And The Beanstalk & A Puppy FAIL - Posted June 13, 2011
It's the beginning of another week, but don't let the fact that it's Monday get you down. We've got just the thing to brighten up your day and start your week out on the right foot--our Weekly Dose Of Cute. This week we've got a great collection of adorable... [SocialTimes.com]

Twitter News Galore! - Posted May 31, 2011
For Twitter, this definitely isn't a slow news week. Just a week after announcing that it had purchased TweetDeck, the social site has announced that it has acquired AdGrok... [PRNewser]

Lady Gaga Shares the PR Love - Posted May 27, 2011
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HP's New Campaign Starring Russell Brand? - Posted May 27, 2011
Here's your hot rumor for the prelude to the long weekend. Looks like the "Hands" campaign is but a distant memory. WeThanks to the tiperati for this one: "HP is shooting a new TV campaign today in LA with Russell Brand... [TVNewser]

Apple Patent Suggests their Cloud Will be the Fluffiest of All - Posted May 25, 2011
In a recent article on the status of the could music battle between Amazon, Google and Apple, I tendered my opinion that victory wouldn't be based on chronological order, but on a litany of factors. I also touched on the fact that Apple has a storied history of entering the market... [SocialTimes.com]

'5 Things You Need to Know This Week': A Very Special Audience Giveaway - Posted May 24, 2011
Here's the second episode of what many consider to be the internet's best list-based weekly news show, "5 Things You Need to Know This Week." This week's episode includes a very special audience giveaway, gratuitous Gaga, and an update on the biggest loser in the history of "American Idol." Be sure to check... [TVNewser]

Move Over, Billboard: YouTube 100 Chart Debuts - Posted May 12, 2011
"On the Floor" by Jennifer Lopez finished atop the inaugural YouTube 100, a new weekly chart on the YouTube Music page that tracks the popularity of both professional and user-generated music videos, as well as viral videos. Music product manager C... [SocialTimes.com]

Lady Gaga's First Column for V is Better Than You - Posted May 12, 2011
At the end of March, FishbowlNY told you how Lady Gaga was going to start contributing to V Magazine because no one reads it and the magazine was desperate for attention. Er, because Gaga has a lot to s... [FishbowlNY]

Are Zynga Partnerships the New Hot Thing? - Posted May 11, 2011
[caption id="attachment_20741" align="alignleft" width="296" caption="Photo: Reuters"][/caption] Lady Gaga is creating her own town -- "Gagaville" -- through a partnership with Zynga, the ma... [PRNewser]

Gagaville: Zynga Launches Virtual Farm with Lady Gaga - Posted May 11, 2011
Lady Gaga never ceases to amaze her public, which she calls her "little monsters" and in seven days, her latest surprise will be to become a new neighbor to Zynga's Farmville. "Gagaville" will be added as the new playable world, allowing players to listen to new songs from Gaga's album... [SocialTimes.com]

Billboard's Bill Werde: 'If You're Gonna Write About Music, You Better Love It' - Posted May 9, 2011
Think you've got it bad as a writer? Try being a music journalist when not one, but two of the industries you rely on are struggling. "If you want a career writing about music, my advice to you would probably be medical school, maybe law," joked Billboard editorial director Bill Werde in... [FishbowlNY]

Adam Lambert Wins "Best F**k Yeah! Tumblr" MTV Award - Posted May 2, 2011
Adam Lambert thrilled fans by winning "Best F**k Yeah Tumblr" award Thursday night. Lambert received the award from MTV O Music Awards, which was the first annual show honoring the music industry on the Internet. The award celebrated the Adam Lambert fan site for its extensive coverage of the former... [SocialTimes.com]

Update: Lady Gaga Approves Weird Al 'Born This Way' Parody - Posted April 22, 2011
Yesterday morning Weird Al Yankovic's latest parody, of Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way', hit YouTube with an interesting text intro: "The following song was supposed to be the first single from my upcoming album. Unfortunately, it did not receive Lady Gaga's approval." The song pokes fun at Lady Gaga's fashion s... [SocialTimes.com]

Lady Gaga: At the Cutting Edge of Social Media ... Yet Again - Posted April 18, 2011
For those of you out there who still think that Lady Gaga is all brawn and no brains--listen up! I'm not going to argue with you--there's a lot of hype attached to the twenty-five-year-old pop sensation (meat dresses, sh... [SocialTimes.com]

Lady Gaga Puts Her Own Unique Spin on LA-New York Debate - Posted April 15, 2011
For the May issue of Harper's Bazaar, contributor Derek Blasberg recently sat down with ... [FishbowlLA]

New Media Index: No Dominant Stories on Blogs, Twitter - Posted April 8, 2011
A former death row inmate who won a $14 million from the Supreme Court was the subject of the most shared news links by bloggers, while the new Google +1 service topped the Twitter list, and the most-watched news and politics video on YouTube was a ... [SocialTimes.com]

Lady Gaga is Now a News Editor - Posted April 8, 2011
First Lady Gaga got a monthly column gig with V magazine. But that wasn't enough for the fame monster! Now she will ... [FishbowlNY]

How New Media Is Transforming The Upcoming Canadian Election - Posted April 4, 2011
They're calling it Canada's first social media election. A recent article in The Globe and Mail reports that Canadians are about t... [SocialTimes.com]

Google Goes Gaga - Posted April 3, 2011
Now here's a celebrity who's with social media. Or, I suppose I should write, "here's a celebrity who's with social media BUT is using it for positive rather than negative purposes (ahem, Charlie Sheen). Since her rise to fame, Lady Gaga has been on the cutting edge of music,... [SocialTimes.com]

Ask Lady Gaga Your Burning Questions on Twitter - Posted March 17, 2011
If you're curious about just what type of meat made its way onto Lady Gaga's infamous meat dress, you now have a chance to ask the pop sensation yourself. She will be answering questions submitted via Twitter on a YouTube video this week. You have until midn... [AllTwitter]

YouTube Goes Gaga - Posted March 16, 2011
YouTube wants to offer something for everyone: If Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu isn't your cup of tea, perhaps ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

How Many Twitter Accounts Have Over 1 Million Followers? - Posted March 14, 2011
If you've been on Twitter for any length of time, you'll likely know that Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber are among the most-followed Twitter users, each with a follower count in the millions. But just how hard is it to reach one million followers? And... [AllTwitter]

Find Out How Much Your Twitter Account is Worth - Posted March 4, 2011
Want to find out just how much all that tweeting and retweeting has paid off? Try out this cute, simple app that tells you just how much money your Twitter account would get you if you sold it. ... [AllTwitter]

Lindsay Lohan & James Franco Reportedly Will Pose for Racy Photography Book - Posted February 28, 2011
Lindsay Lohan has reportedly signed a 2.1million deal to pose for a nude photography book. According to The Daily Mirror, Academy Award host James Franco will be her part... [GalleyCat]

Eminem: The Most Popular Living Person on Facebook - Posted February 24, 2011
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Robert Pattinson Takes a Bite of Second Annual iVillage Entertainment Awards - Posted February 22, 2011
iVillage revealed the winners of its ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

We Can't Escape the Gaga! - Posted February 17, 2011
Lady Gaga hatched from her egg and now she has a record to promote, so she is everywhere and anywhere all at once. Chill Miss Lady! You're topping the charts. Our colleagues at ... [PRNewser]

Amidst Burgeoning Media Firestorm, 10-Year-Old Prodigy Headed for LA - Posted February 17, 2011
It started today with an article in London's The Daily Mail. Under the blaring headline "Cowell Signs YouTube Girl, 10" came the news of how a Toronto youngster, Heather Russell, has been signed to a recording contract by The X Factor... [FishbowlLA]

Vogue Launches Its First iPad App - Posted February 17, 2011
Did you hear about what Lady Gaga did? Of course you did! She does things all the time! Things that Madonna did throughout the 80s, but who cares? She ma... [FishbowlNY]

The Music That Ruled Social Media in 2010 - Posted February 9, 2011
Online music chart website We Are Hunted has released their research for the last half of 2010, showing which artists won the year's social media battle. Their findings, which measure artists' "buzzworthiness" ov... [AgencySpy]

Luc Carl Lands Book Deal for The Drunk Diet - Posted February 7, 2011
Musician, party promoter, and bar manager L c Carl has inked a book deal with St. Martin's Press for a book about how he lost weight while drinking heavily. Executive editor Kathy Huck acquired the boo... [semanticweb.com]

Play it Again Slick Willie | Protecting Words | The People Love The Lady - Posted January 31, 2011
TVNewser: MSNBC's Chris Matthews is going to be hosting a President's Day special focusing on Bill Clinton. Here's hopin... [FishbowlLA]

Lady Gaga Will Reach Twitter Milestone This Week: 8 Million Followers - Posted January 31, 2011
Lady Gaga is poised to become the first Twitter user to reach 8 million followers this week. Her popularity is unmatched on social media - she is the #1 Twitter user, has one of the top five most popular Facebook pages, and is the fourth most-watch YouTube personality. ... [AllTwitter]

LA Has More Than a Few 'Loathsome Americans' - Posted January 24, 2011
The Buffalo Beast has published its annual Matt Taibbi-inspired (he founded the paper) list of the "50 Most... [FishbowlLA]

Designer's Muse Mugs for Thierry Mugler - Posted January 24, 2011
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Lady Gaga Doesn't Have to Say, Wear Much to Make an Announcement - Posted January 3, 2011
We know that Lady Gaga ... [PRNewser]

Lady Gaga Doesn't Have to Say, Wear Much to Make an Announcement - Posted January 3, 2011
We know that Lady Gaga ... [AgencySpy]

Perez Hilton Launches UnratedPerez.com, But Why? - Posted January 3, 2011
Gossip monger Perez Hilton created a home for his more seedy content, UnratedPerez.com, which seeming... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Lady Gaga Moves Magazines - Posted January 3, 2011
Score one for the bad girls. Women's Wear Daily notes that the outrageous and overtly sexual Lady Gaga as cover girl made for great magazine sales in 2010, while decidedly vanilla co... [FishbowlLA]

Lady Gaga: 2010's Top Cover Girl - Posted January 3, 2011
With five Grammy award nominations, a spot on Time's 100 most influential people of the year list, and eight MTV Video Music Awards in the past 12 months, ... [FishbowlNY]

Lady Gaga: 2010's Top Cover Girl - Posted January 3, 2011
With five Grammy award nominations, a spot on Time's 100 most influential people of the year list, and eight MTV Video Music Awards in the past 12 months, ... [FishbowlLA]

Experian Hitwise Search Data Lists for 2010 - Posted December 29, 2010
'Tis the season for year-end lists, so Experian Hitwise chimed in with some of its own, revealing its 10 most searched terms for 2010, as well as most visited Web... [AppNewser]

Would You Rather Buy Twitter Stock in Lady Gaga or WikiLeaks? - Posted December 21, 2010
It's time to play the stock market game - with Tweeple instead of commodities. Empireavenue lets you buy and sell people on Twitter based on their stock price, get dividends, and make your way up to the millionaire status by buying the right people and selling them at the... [TVSpy]

Twitter Spelling Report Card: Grading Obama, Palin and Kanye - Posted December 20, 2010
What grade do you think Barack Obama would get for his Twitter spelling? How about Sarah Palin? You'd probably guess pretty close to those two, but how about the other seven celebrities on this Twitter spelling report card? While we know that 140-characters can sometimes restri... [10,000 Words]

The Year's Most Retweeted Tweets: Stephen Colbert to Receive First-Ever Golden Tweet Award - Posted December 15, 2010
Twitter's year-end wrap-up continued in full force, as the microblogging service followed up ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg an Upset Winner of TIME 2010 Person of the Year - Posted December 15, 2010
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has more important things to worry about, lik... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

TIME Readers Choose WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange as Person of the Year; Will Editors Follow Suit? - Posted December 14, 2010
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appears to be one s... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Still in First Place in TIME Person of the Year Voting - Posted December 8, 2010
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may be cooling his heels in a London jail, bu... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

The Local Merits of Madame Tussaud's - Posted December 6, 2010
Madame Tussaud's Hollywood is the kind of attraction few LA locals would ever think of visiting, other than when the in-laws or other relatives are in town. But having stopped by over the weekend, FishbowlLA has some important holiday season news: if you're struggling to come up with a kitschy photo... [FishbowlLA]

German Hackers Engineer Some LA Trickery - Posted December 3, 2010
One is a 17-year-old high school student in Duisberg; the other, a 23-year-old unemployed male in Wesel. Both still live with their German parents. Nevertheless, this unlikely pair was able to victimize from afar ... [FishbowlLA]

Rihanna Tops Inaugural Billboard Social 50 - Posted December 2, 2010
Billboard is known for its charts, and the 116-year-old music publication added to its arsenal with Social 50, which tracks the popularity of artists based on social media, ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Chinese Designer Weighs Down Lady Gaga - Posted December 1, 2010
New York Times fashion writer Cathy Horyn shares a fascinating look at 43-year-old Chin... [FishbowlLA]

A Hush Will Fall on News Feeds Everywhere - Posted November 29, 2010
Celebrities will "die" on Twitter and Facebook starting Wednesday for the "Buy Life" campaign, which seeks to raise $1 million for Keep A Child Alive, a charitable organization that provides medical care and other services for families affected by H.I... [PRNewser]

Celebrity Social Media Deaths: Would You Pay to Bring Lady Gaga Back? - Posted November 29, 2010
Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys, Usher, Serena Williams and Ryan Seacrest are going to die - or so the media buzz goes. In a high-profile charity campaign, these and other celebrities have pledged to log-off Twitter and other social media p... [AllTwitter]

Cookie Monster Campaigns to Host 'SNL' - Posted November 23, 2010
Sesame Street resident Cookie Monster is so eager to host "Saturday Night Live" that he's created an audition video to show his chops. From an opening monologue to parodies of MacGruber and ... [FishbowlLA]

Sarah Palin Sequel Comic Coming - Posted November 17, 2010
After the company's first Sarah Palin biographical comic sold out, Blue Water Productions will release a sequel entitled Female Force: Sarah Palin, Act 2. The comic will follow Palin's life after the 2008 election and "the threat that ... [GalleyCat]

Who Will Rescue the Chilean Miners from Super Junior? - Posted October 15, 2010
The rescued Chilean miners may have prompted huge usage upticks for media outlets like ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Lady Gaga Takes on Don't Ask, Don't Tell - Posted September 17, 2010
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NBC's Today Connects With Foursquare - Posted May 14, 2010
Yet another media company is partnering with the hot location-based start-up Foursquare. NBC's "Today" is using the social media company's platform to promote its annual summer concert series. Foursquare users are being encouraged to come to Rockefeller Plaza and watch the Toyota Concert Series live. When they "check-in" there, they can earn... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

The First Decent 'Telephone' Parody - Posted March 26, 2010
Genius. This one hits it out of the park. "I just wa... [FishbowlLA]

The Diner in the Lady Gaga Telephone Video - Posted March 15, 2010
Our crack research team here at FBLA has found the website of the set that appears in the latest Lady Gaga ... [FishbowlLA]

Harriet the Spy, Random House, Lady Gaga, and Zach Galifianakis: Weekend Reading - Posted February 26, 2010
It was a wild week for publishing, from the Tools of Change conference to celebrity book trailers to bloggy-updates of classic children's books. For your weekend reading pleasure, here are the biggest stories from the week. If you are interested in reading more, check the Weekend Reading... [GalleyCat]

St. Martin's Press Buys Lady Gaga Fashion Book - Posted February 24, 2010
Lady Gaga will get a literary close up this year. In an auction, St. Martin's Press bought Lady Gaga: Critical Mass Fashion from the book producer becker&mayer!. The company will rush the title for a Fall 2010 release. The book will join a crowded slat... [GalleyCat]

John Mayer Is So Over "F***ing Lots of Girls" - Posted February 10, 2010
Wanna save traditional media? Just talk to a crazy musician for your next feature. Seriously, the more Kanye stages an impromptu award show protest or Lady Gaga tells ... [FishbowlNY]

Atomic PR Wins Intuit and Polaroid Business - Posted January 11, 2010
Did you hear about Lady Gaga's new gig as Creative Director with Polaroid? The multi-platinum artist made waves at last week's Consumer Electronics Show... [PRNewser]

John Byrne BusinessWeek Departure Rumors Turn True - Posted November 24, 2009
When false reports of the deaths of Lady Gaga or Jeff Goldblum get blasted all over Twitter, it becomes a trend piece in ... [FishbowlNY]