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FeedOn the Hunt for Lady Gaga
This weekend was a good one for the ladies. Ladies dominated the box office (the top two movies were the female-led New Moon and The Blind Side). And, now that the weekend is over, a new lady is taking the spotlight: Lady Gaga.
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This weekend was a good one for the ladies. Ladies dominated the box office, with the top two movies being the female-led New Moon and The Blind Side. And, now that the weekend is over, a new lady is taking the spotlight: Lady Gaga.
Her songs are everywhere. (When was the last time you went out without hearing “Poker Face?”) So is she, putting in appearances everywhere from Saturday Night Live to the VMAs to Sunday’s American Music Awards — always in her trademark costume-party-couture outfits. And people are only going to devote more attention to her this week, now that she’s released a new EP, The Fame Monster.
Yet while she’s no stranger to press, few articles mention that Lady Gaga is actually a local. She’s from Yonkers. She was accepted to Julliard, but instead went to the Convent of the Sacred Heart and later NYU, and while she was there she was Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. And that’s pretty much all you’ll find out about her experiences in the Hudson Valley. If anyone has an insight as to what her Westchester life was like, I’d love to hear it. Did she ride the Metro-North in her bubble dress? Did she ever record demos at the Galleria like Mary J. Blige did? Did she ever perform burlesque in Westchester? (And if so — where?!) Inquiring minds want to know.
In the meantime, you can see her American Music Awards performance here, in which she wears a nude-looking leotard, breaks bottles and glass walls, and plays a flaming piano.
You can also read reviews of The Fame Monster at:
They all seem pretty positive. What do you think of Lady Gaga? Did you have any local run-ins with her? Let me know in the comments.
Reader Comments:
Oops! An eagle-eyed reader sent in this video of Lady Gaga on Jay Leno’s show:
http://jezebel.com/5411786/lady-gaga-addresses-her-worst-rumor?autoplay=true
In it, Leno asks, “What’s the worst rumor you’ve ever heard about yourself?“ Gaga replies, “That I’m from Yonkers.”
Ouch. Honestly, we’ve heard FAR worse rumors about her.
In any case, I believe her denial, because she follows up by saying, “I love the Bronx but I’m just not from Yonkers.” Yonkers is not part of the Bronx, Gaga, and if you were from here you’d know that!
Oh no! Sarcasm? Was there sarcasm?
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