Lady Gaga Angers Fans By Tweeting ‘Pop Singers Don’t Eat’

By Wendy Geller | Stop The Presses! – 7 hours ago

Lady Gaga is currently under fire for a food-related issue--but this time it's not anything like a dress made of meat. The superstar angered scores of fans earlier this week with a tweet many interpreted as dangerously supportive of eating disorders.

"Just killed back to back spin classes. Eating a salad dreaming of a cheeseburger #PopSingersDontEat #IWasBornThisWay," Gaga's Twitter account read on Tuesday.Lady Gaga

The Twittersphere response was swift and negative, with users taking particular offense to the "don't eat" hashtag. Many tweeted such comments as "disgusted," "lost respect," "stupid," and "so wrong" in regards to the remark.

Some fans were even more blunt: "You just blatantly endorsed anorexia to over 22 million followers," read one tweet.

Even the National Eating Disorders Association weighed in,tweeting "Huh? This is the same person who recently implored girls to stop dieting?"

The 26-year-old superstar admitted to Vanity Fair in 2010 that she herself battled bulimia, citing an incident in which she forced herself to throw up a meal of fried chicken before a meeting with a record-label executive.

Pop queen Whitney Houston dies on eve of Grammys

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY | Associated Press – 1 hour 20 minutes ago

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice was ravaged by drug use and her regal image was tarnished by erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died on the eve of the Grammy Awards she once reigned. She was 48.

Beverly Hills police Lt. Mark Rosen said Houston was pronounced dead Saturday afternoon in her room on the fourth floor of the Beverly Hilton. "There were no obvious signs of any criminal intent," Rosen said.

Pop Vocal Legend Whitney Houston Found Dead

By Billy Johnson, Jr. | Stop The Presses! – 10 hours ago

Whitney Houston WireImage/Tibrina HobsonToo many of us—myself included—are guilty of making insensitive jokes about the demise of Whitney Houston, her frail frame, loss of one of pop's purest voices, and battle with drugs.

But none of us are laughing now.

On Saturday, Houston's publicist confirmed to the Associated Press that the award-winning "I Will Always Love You" singer died. She was 48. The timing of her death, the eve of the Grammys, the biggest music event of the year, makes the horrible news even more tragic. According to CNN, Houston was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. PT at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

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International marriage: Herr and Madame, Señor and Mrs

Nov 12th 2011 | SEOUL | from the print edition

Research at last begins to cast some light on the extent, causes and consequences of cross-border marriages

IF SHAKIRA, a Colombian pop star, marries her boyfriend, the Spanish national footballer Gerard Piqué, the only unusual things about it would be that she is even more famous than he is and ten years older. Otherwise, theirs would be just a celebrity example of one of the world’s biggest social trends: the rise of international marriages—that is, involving couples of different nationalities.

03/07 Bahrain's "Bob Marley" dies

English.news.cn   2011-07-03 20:58:24

MANAMA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Bahrain's most popular musician and performer Ali Bahar died on Sunday at the Salmaniya Medical Complex.

State-run Bahrain news Agency confirmed the death of the singer, with several of his fans posting condolence messages and clips of his popular songs on social networking sites.

Hospital sources said the singer was on ventilator with severe lung infection and slipped in coma on Sunday morning.

Known as the "Bob Marley of Gulf", Bahar recently released his new album and was part of Al Ekhwa (Brothers) band.

A singer, guitarist with strong influence from pop and reggae, the band holds the highest album selling record in Bahrain's music history.

The band also made history by performing in front of over 100, 000 fans in Oman, creating a record of playing in front of the largest audience by any Arabic band. 

Editor: Deng Shasha

22/06 Lady Gaga greeted by fans in Japan

English.news.cn   2011-06-22 09:39:14

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Singer Lady Gaga signs autographs for fans upon her arrival at Narita International Airport near Tokyo June 21, 2011. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Singer Lady Gaga gestures upon her arrival at Narita International Airport near Tokyo June 21, 2011. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Singer Lady Gaga waves at the media upon her arrival at Narita International Airport near Tokyo June 21, 2011. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Singer Lady Gaga blows a kiss upon her arrival at Narita International Airport near Tokyo June 21, 2011. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)   Editor: Yang Lina

21/06 Lady Gaga wears sky-high heels at MuchMusic Video Awards

English.news.cn   2011-06-21 10:04:37

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Lady Gaga poses backstage at the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto June 19, 2011. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Lady Gaga shoes are seen as she poses backstage at the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto June 19, 2011. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Lady Gaga poses backstage at the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto June 19, 2011. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

 

Editor: Yang Lina

13/06 Lady Gaga performs at gay rights concert in Rome

English.news.cn   2011-06-13 09:31:20

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People watch U.S. singer Lady Gaga performs during the gay pride concert in downtown Rome June 11, 2011. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

U.S. singer Lady Gaga takes off her dress by the late fashion designer Gianni Versace as she performs during the worldwide gay rights concert in downtown Rome June 11, 2011. Pop queen Lady Gaga concluded a huge European gay rights in Rome on Saturday night with a rousing call to governments to defend gay rights. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

U.S. singer Lady Gaga performs during the worldwide gay rights concert in downtown Rome June 11, 2011. Pop queen Lady Gaga concluded a huge European gay rights in Rome on Saturday night with a rousing call to governments to defend gay rights. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

U.S. singer Lady Gaga arrives as she takes part at the worldwide gay rights concert in downtown Rome June 11, 2011. Pop queen Lady Gaga concluded a huge European gay rights in Rome on Saturday night with a rousing call to governments to defend gay rights. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

U.S. singer Lady Gaga performs during the worldwide gay rights concert in downtown Rome June 11, 2011. Pop queen Lady Gaga concluded a huge European gay rights in Rome on Saturday night with a rousing call to governments to defend gay rights. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

     

Editor: Deng Shasha

09/06 Lady Gaga: A thousand faces

01/06 Lady Gaga album sells 1.1 million copies in first week

English.news.cn   2011-06-01 11:50:30

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Singer Lady Gaga performs during a live concert in New York's Central Park televised on ABC's Good Morning America, May 27, 2011. (China Daily/Agencies)

BEIJING, June 1 (Xinhuanet) -- Flamboyant pop star Lady Gaga has sold more than one million copies of her new album to top the U.S. pop chart for the first time, according to sales data published on Tuesday by Billboard magazine.

Fans scooped up 1.11 million copies of her much-hyped release "Born This Way" during the week ended May 29, with a bit of help from a hugely popular 99-cent promotion by online retailer Amazon.com Inc.

It marks the biggest first-week sales total since rapper 50 Cent's "The Massacre" debuted to 1.14 million copies in March 2005. The last album to break the million mark was country starlet Taylor Swift's "Speak Now," which started with 1.01 million copies last November. Boy band 'N Sync holds the first-week record with 2.4 million copies for its 2000 album "No Strings Attached."

Billboard estimated that Amazon downloads accounted for upward of 440,000 downloads of "Born This Way." Overall digital downloads totaled a record-breaking 662,000 copies, Billboard said.

Lady Gaga records for Interscope Records, a unit of Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group. Her 2008 debut album "The Fame" peaked at No. 2 and has sold 4.2 million copies to date in the United States. An eight-track follow-up EP titled "The Fame Monster" reached No. 5 and has sold 1.5 million copies.

(Source: China Daily)

Editor: Wang Yan