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Edge of Drama: What Happened With Lady Gaga’s ‘The Edge Of Glory’ Video?

Posted 6/17/11 12:12 pm EST by in Lady Gaga


Lady Gaga premiered the much-anticipated video for her latest hit single, “The Edge of Glory,” last night on So You Think You Can Dance. In the clip, Gaga dances on fire escapes and down a foggy city street while Clarence Clemons wails on his saxophone, but the minimalist-for-Gaga video – and the Twitter storm that followed its premiere – has left fans wondering if some behind-the-scene drama resulted in a different clip than Gaga and her creative team originally intended.

Following the premiere, Joseph Kahn, who was widely reported to be the video’s director, took to Twitter to deny he helmed the video, saying, “I did NOT direct Lady Gaga’s ‘Edge of Glory’ video. Lady Gaga did.” He even clarified that he did not co-direct the clip with her, adding, “No, I don’t co-direct. One canvas, one paintbrush.” Note: Gaga and Kahn did not respond to MTV News for comment.

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Lady Gaga Wishes Clarence Clemons Well With Fan-Made Videos

Posted 6/15/11 10:25 am EST by in Lady Gaga, youtube


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E Street Band saxophonist Clarence “The Big Man” Clemons is said to be in “responsive and stable condition” after suffering a stroke earlier this week. Now, one of his most recent collaborators, Lady Gaga, has posted a 13-minute compilation of well wishes to her official YouTube channel.

Gaga has been tweeting her love for the acclaimed musician since news of his health problems first surfaced. On Monday, she asked her legion of fans to “make some get well videos” for Clemons, who she calls “my very close friend.”

Later that same day, she tweeted, “In bed with Mommy thinking about Clarence, I can't wait for you to see the beautiful video we made together. He's a really special person.”

Clemons lent his talents to two tracks – “Hair” and the current Billboard top 10 hit “Edge of Glory” – on Gaga’s mega-selling album Born This Way. Of working with Gaga, Clemons told Rolling Stone, "It was a day I'll never forget. When I left the studio, it took me a few days to come down. What she does, man, it just blows my mind.”

It seems she feels the same way.

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Lady Gaga Reunites With A Familiar Face For 'Edge Of Glory' Video

Posted 6/7/11 3:21 pm EST by in Lady Gaga, Music


After Laurieann Gibson co-directed her last two videos, Lady Gaga is reuniting with one of the busiest music-video directors in the game for her "Edge of Glory" clip. According to fan site GagaDaily.com, she will be working again with Joseph Kahn.

The two have worked together in the past on the sunny, candy-coated clip for "Eh Eh" and then on the darker-themed "LoveGame." So really, anything's possible when these two hook up for the '80's-sounding pop smash "Edge."

For those unfamiliar with Kahn's impressive résumé, it includes shooting for everyone from Gaga (obviously) and Eminem to Chris Brown and the Backstreet Boys. He also loves to shoot other pop princesses, including Britney Spears and Katy Perry. Kahn knows a thing or two about taking a big pop record and making a big pop video.

Kahn kicked off his career back in 1990, but found his niche during the "TRL" days on MTV, directing '90s fan favorites like the Backstreet Boys (three videos), Korn, Brandy and Monica for their sing-along hit "The Boy Is Mine" as well as Brian Setzer Orchestra (in case you're too young to know it, swing music had its moment, let's not forget).

Moving into the new millennium, the work hardly slowed down for the director. He became the go-to guy for Destiny's Child (two clips), Spears (three videos), Brown (four clips), Ke$ha, Perry and Eminem (four videos).

Side note: He actually just directed the video for Em's soon-to-be-released "Space Bound." However, we're sure the "Edge" and "Space" videos are insanely different.

What are you expecting from another Kahn/Gaga collabo? Let us know in the comments!

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Lady Gaga's Musical Tastes Have Always Been Beyond Her Years

Posted 5/23/11 3:16 pm EST by in Lady Gaga, Music, Television


Lady Gaga, creator of pop music and lover of rock and roll, is ready to tell some of the stories of her life and go deep about the musical influences that have shaped her as an artist. In the MTV special "Lady Gaga: Inside the Outside," an hour-long exclusive and intimate chat airing Thursday at 9 p.m. ET/PT and 11 p.m. ET/PT on MTV, Gaga opens up about the first albums she had as a kid.

"It was Green Day Dookie with my own money, but my parents got me Stevie Wonder 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered' and the Beatles when I was younger, A Hard Day's Night," she says in the special. "Yeah, they were two CDs, and they were given to me with a boom box, a little boom box for Christmas when I was young. They could have chose anything, but Stevie Wonder and the Beatles? It's totally their fault. It's their fault. Don't spoon-feed me the Beatles and Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen and Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin and Elton John and expect me not to turn out this way."

Gaga has said she takes in pop culture and catalogs it like a librarian, and her early days of listening to all forms of music certainly play into that. To put it into context, Gaga was 8 when the Green Day album dropped, Stevie declared he was ours 16 years before she was born and Gaga was -22 when the Beatles released their iconic album.

When you listen to Gaga's music, do you hear her references? Tell us in the comments!

Don't miss MTV News' hour-long exclusive interview, "Lady Gaga: Inside the Outside," airing Thursday, May 26, at 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.

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Lady Gaga Inspires Search For More Infamous Celebrity Biker Babes

Posted 4/18/11 7:58 pm EST by in Celebrity, Lady Gaga


By Jessica Hyndman

There's nothing quite as timeless, or bad-ass, as the classic "hot chick on a motorcycle" photo. It's become a quintessential ploy in not only selling bikes, but solidifying any woman's hardcore reputation. Lady Gaga has dutifully spun this time-honored masterpiece modern by turning herself into a motorcycle for the cover of her highly-anticipated "Born This Way" album. In honor of her immortalization as a chopper, we've dug through the past to present some great females on bikes. From Jessica Alba to Megan Fox, motorcycles are an integral part of the tough-chick status.

Angelina Jolie has forever ingrained her position at the top of the list of bike riding bad-ass women. Few can forget her moves in the "Tomb Raider" series or self-performed stunts in "Salt," and she actually rides outside of the big screen with-or-without husband Brad Pitt.


(Click here for more great photos of celebrity biker babes!)

Megan Fox became the new-age ultimate biker babe when "Transformers 2" hit theaters. Carrying over the rugged image of Mikaela Banes working under the hood of a car, Fox hops on the back of an orange Aprili toting co-star Shia LaBeouf. Read More...

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Lady Gaga Explains: What's Up With The Bubble Dress?

Posted 5/7/09 7:00 am EST by in Lady Gaga


For anyone who is familiar with the Lady Gaga aesthetic, it usually involves no pants, platinum-blond wigs with blunt bangs, lots of sparkles and — during one costume change on her Fame Ball tour — a dress made entirely of bubbles. It's the segment of the show she appropriately calls "the bubble installation."

They're not actual bubbles, but rather plastic balls formed into one of Gaga's now-famous leotards. But Gaga didn't think of the bubble leotard herself; it's a knockoff. The similar look was originally seen on Hussein Chalayan's spring 2007 runway show and later re-created by Gaga because she liked the look but couldn't afford it.


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Sorry, Lady Gaga, The Jonas Brothers Are Not The New Beatles

Posted 5/6/09 1:42 pm EST by in Jonas Brothers, Lady Gaga


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Hey, Lady Gaga — you're confusing me! MTV News loves you. You're on the top of the world right now, with two #1 Billboard singles this year. Madonna just boogied down at your show on Monday. And then you go ahead and say something that leaves me scratching my head: The Jonas Brothers are the new Beatles.

How can I put this gently? No! Hells to the no!

In an interview with British tabloid the Daily Star, Gaga revealed that the inspiration for her album, The Fame, was the Fab Four. Read More...

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Lady Gaga Turns Tim Kash Into A Fan At NYC Concert

Posted 5/4/09 6:30 pm EST by in Lady Gaga


Lady GagaOver the weekend, MTV News' Steven Roberts and I stopped by the Lady Gaga concert at New York's Terminal 5 to catch the hottest name in pop perform in front of a packed audience of die-hard and new Gaga fans alike — oh yeah, Madonna was there as well!

Yes, the Queen of Pop had come to see (and possibly take notes about) the new pop princess, who hit the stage in a number of outfits starting with her bubble-inspired costume and closing out with a strange yellow Jetsons-inspired dress.

It was the first time I had seen the mystical Lady Gaga perform live, and I must say I was impressed from the get-go. The girl knows how to put on a show.
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Lady Gaga Brings Out Madonna, Cyndi Lauper For NYC Show

Posted 5/4/09 6:06 pm EST by in Concerts, Lady Gaga, Madonna


By Nicole Guanlao and Whitney Benta

Lady Gaga's concert at Terminal 5 in New York on Saturday was quite a spectacle. The "Poker Face" singer went through six costume changes, but three ensembles really stood out in our minds: She donned an outfit made entirely of plastic bubbles while playing on a piano filled with bubble-like balls; she also wore a yellow futuristic dress with pointy shoulder pads, and a Britney Spears "Toxic"-inspired flesh-tone leotard with a police hat.

During the show, Gaga gave a shout-out to her good friend Marc Jacobs. Marc wasn't in the building, but his presence was definitely felt: For Gaga's fifth outfit change, Jacobs created custom Louis Vuitton Graffiti leggings for her dancers, and Gaga rocked a pair of Louis Vuitton stilettos to match. One day we only hope to have friends that design for Louis Vuitton — clearly Lady Gaga is having the time of her life!

Not only can she pull off the craziest styles, but she's quite the performer too. Read More...

Michael Scott Joins The Lady Gaga Bandwagon On 'The Office'

Posted 4/10/09 1:16 pm EST by in Lady Gaga


Lady GagaWhy isn't it surprising that "The Office" boss Michael Scott listens to Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" while cruising around in his car with the top down? Michael (Steve Carell) likes to pretend he knows what's hip, even as he makes you feel uncomfortable with how incredibly uncool he really is.

Dundler Mifflin's Scranton branch manager has always entertained us with his musical taste. Take his ringtones, for instance: It's been everything from Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps" to the supremely annoying "Mambo No. 5."

Michael also enjoys the occasional mixtape, or as he likes to call it a "CD mixtape," which actually sort of makes sense. There was the time Michael held a charity auction, and in order to hype the Bruce Springsteen tickets he didn't really have, he asked warehouse guy Darryl to make a mixtape, listing songs by Huey Lewis and the News instead of the Boss. Read More...

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