Five interpretations of Lady Gaga's meat dress

Pop star Lady Gaga has made the headlines again for wearing a dress made of slabs of meat to the MTV Video Music Awards in LA. So what is she trying to say with her latest creation?

It could be art, it could be fashion, it might even be just an attention-grabbing stunt.

When pop star Lady Gaga turned up to the MTV Music Video Awards ceremony wearing a dress apparently made of meat - with matching bag, fascinator and shoes - millions were left baffled and intrigued in equal measure.

The dress has invoked the fury of animal rights group Peta, as well as accusations that it could not surely have been made of real meat (Gaga insists it was).

But the garment has also provoked a flurry of head-scratching from pundits attempting to work out what it means. Is it a defiant feminist gesture? An artistic statement? A commentary on the fashion world? All of these, or none of them?

Speaking after the awards, Gaga said the dress was open to "many interpretations" - including, she said, a statement about the US military's attitude to homosexuals. Here, a range of experts offer their thoughts.

"It's anti-fashion," says Andrew Groves, course director of the BA in fashion design at the University of Westminster.

"What she's doing is quite subversive - it's a commentary on the fashion and the music industries and I think it's very clever. It's like when Bjork turned up to the Oscars in a swan dress designed by Marjan Pejoski. What Lady Gaga is really saying is: 'I'm above all this, but I'll accept your award.'"

She is also subverting the whole idea of wearing a red dress on a red carpet to get noticed, he says.

"Lady Gaga takes fashion very seriously, she has her own stylist and she understands that she has to keep evolving and updating her image.

"I think it's also a commentary on the music industry - no-one buys music anymore, everyone downloads these days, so the only thing about her that has any value is her appearance and what she's wearing.

"She's very, very smart. She understands that it's possible to be popular but not populist. Lots of people really, really, dislike her, but lots love her as well - the dress taps into that because she'll get lots of flak for it, but plenty of praise too."

And of course, it's about getting noticed, which is massively important for any pop star.

"It's Lady Gaga's dress we're talking about, not anyone else's," says Mr Grove.

O'Donnell's Tempest in a Tea Party Pot

There are primaries in seven states and Washington, D.C. today. But the one that everyone is watching is in Delaware because who wins there could very well determine whether Republicans have a shot at taking control of the Senate.

It was a $250,000 pledge from the Tea Party Express, that vaulted Republican Christine O'Donnell from dark horse to contender in the Delaware Senate primary, reports CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes.

"There's a tidal wave coming in Delaware and we're riding it and my opponent is drowning in it," she said.

Everyone thought her opponent would be a shoo-in; Mike Castle is a popular nine-term Congressman and former Delaware governor. But the newest polls show them neck-and-neck.

"I think she's too extreme for Delaware," Castle said. 

A former marketing consultant, O'Donnell has never held public office, although she has run for Senate twice before (and ran a write-in campaign after losing a primary).

She has crusaded for abstinence and against porn in an article that her opponents claim paints her as a fringe character.

In a November 1998 article for Cultural Dissident called "The Case for Chastity," O'Donnell wrote, "When a married person uses pornography, or is unfaithful, it compromises not just his (or her) purity, but also compromises the spouse's purity."

She has also faced media firestorms over her statements that she fears for her personal safety from political enemies hiding in the bushes, and a financial disclosure form which reveals she declared her earned income between March 2009 and June 2010 was a mere $5,800.

Freedom Works, a conservative group which backed a number of Tea Party candidates, has not given O'Donnell its support, saying that they see her as a weak candidate whom they don’t believe can win in a general election.

"If Christine O'Donnell wins the primary election, she's going to have a very difficult time winning in what is still a very blue, very Democratic state," said Reid Wilson, editor in chief of The Hotline.

The stakes are so high in Delaware because Republicans must win this special election for Vice President Biden's former seat if they want a real chance to reclaim the Senate (They need to win 10 Senate seats to do that). What's more, because of the special election rules, the winner in the general election will be sworn in immediately, rather than in January, so his or her vote will matter in the post-election lame duck session.

So Republican leaders are putting all their muscle behind Castle.

The state GOP's website (which refers to O'Donnell as a "perennial candidate") called on her to address an FEC complaint that O'Donnell, her campaign and the Tea Party Express broken campaign fundraising laws, and reposted an article from the Weekly Standard about a $6.9 million gender bias suit O'Donnell brought against her former employer, a conservative non-profit.

FEC Complaint Against Tea Party Express, O'Donnell, Friends of Christine O'Donnell

Ads have been run detailing O'Donnell's past financial problems: Didn't pay thousands in income taxes . . . had to be sued by a university for thousands in unpaid bills.

But some polls show the race between the two candidates to b4e extremely close. Politco reported one poll that has O'Donnell up by three percentage points.

Appearing this morning on CBS' "The Early Show," O'Donnell said, "You know, people didn't think that we would get this far in the primary, either. And I think that that's a lazy way out to say that we can't win.

"We have a winning message that after the primary we're going to take into the general election, a message that resonates with independents and Democrats, because the people who are struggling economically, it doesn't go by party lines.

"Our message is that we need real economic growth based on the private sector. We need to create jobs by getting the government out of the way of the small business owner and the entrepreneur. We can't afford more of these big spending bills that my Republican and Democratic opponents support. Common sense men and women here in Delaware know that that's not sustainable."

O'Donnell is hoping for help with a late endorsement from Sarah Palin, who's also recording robo-calls for her.

O'Donnell also described the attacks on her record as "fortunate."

"My opponent can't stand on his record, so he's resorted to character assassination, and it's backfired," she toldanchor Eric Hill. "It's really exciting that the voters are seeing right through that. They're tired of politics-as-usual, and they're rallying behind me, because they trust me to represent them in Washington, a much-needed real change in Washington." 

TV Reporter Says She's Not Too Sexy for Jets

"Everyone started to make jokes about me," said curvy TV reporter, Ines Sainz--a sports correspondent for Mexico's Azteca Television--as she recounted her embarrassing moments inside the New York Jets locker room this past Saturday, while waiting to interview star quarterback, Mark Sanchez. Sainz, who was wearing form-fitting jeans, told PIX 11 News "I read a lot of media say it's my fault. It's very common to dress like this for sports reporting."

Sainz' experience inside the locker room--which followed some antics with footballs thrown her way on the field--has spawned an NFL inquiry and forced the Jets to address workplace behavior with head coach, Rex Ryan, and his players.

Greg Aiello--Vice President of Communications for the NFL--told PIX 11 tonight outside the new Meadowlands Stadium, "Owner Woody Johnson and the Jets are doing a good job of addressing the situation and making sure players understand. The issue is conduct in the workplace--and respect for people in the workplace,."

Sainz--a former Miss Spain--sent a Twitter message out on Saturday that she was dying of embarassment, during the session at the Jets practice field in Florham Park, New Jersey. Defensive backs coach, Dennis Thurman, was said to have tossed footballs her way and some players blocked her as she walked. "I tried to minimize it," Sainz told PIX 11 tonight before the Jets- Ravens game. "What I try to do is not provocate.". She told PIX she thought the ball throwing was just a joke and not sexually motivated. But she got defensive about criticism turning up on blogs, that she was wearing jeans that are one size too small. "The jeans are my size," Sainz said. "My type of body, there could be a little more stretch on my jeans, but that's not my fault!".

Sainz has received support from other female sports reporters, including Terry Thompson, sports editor for the New York Daily News, who said this about the focus on Sainz' attire: "I don't think that's a valid excuse for not being able to do your job....I think women in sports face lots of harassment in locker rooms and on the field."

Mudcat Band

On Saturday, February 21, head to the patio at Harry Bissett’s to get ready forMardi Gras. The party gets underway at 8:30 p.m. with a performance by Mudcat blues band. There’s no cover charge, so stop by to catch some beads or try to get crowned “King & Queen of Mardi Gras.”

Saturday night’s specials include $5 hurricanes and 2-pound buckets of snow crab legs for $21.95. On Monday, you can save with buy one, get one entrees. Fat Tuesday features $9.95 crawfish boil, $2 Abita amber drafts, $2 hurricane shooters, and $5 peach hurricanes.

Harry Bissett’s is located at 360 Pharr Road in Buckhead. 404-425-5995.

–Jennifer Maciejewski

Here is the Susan Boyle My Heart Will Go On video and lyrics. It is the latest song the now internationally famous Britain’s Got Talent contestant sang on Larry King Live. See the video and lyrics here.

The 47-year-old Scottish singer, Susan Boyle, has seen a meteoric rise to worldwide stardom after her brilliant rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables on Britain’s Got Talent, creating a dramatic and triumphant scene as she won over disparaging and dismissive judges Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden as an audience that had laughed at her stated aspiration to emulate West End legend Elaine Paige turned to cheering and a well deserved standing ovation.

The video has since gone viral, and you can join the tens of millions who have seen the Susan Boyle YouTube video here.

The singer who lives in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, has made numerous appearances via satellite on television programs both the U.S. and the UK. Most recently, the Susan King Larry King Live appearance has struck particular interest as the singer sang a beautiful, a capella rendition of the theme song from Titanic, My Heart Will Go On, a song originally sung by Celine Dion.

Already the Susan Boyle My Heart Will Go On has gone viral. With each performance she proves she was not a fluke or a one hit wonder. In fact, the singer, who lives alone with her cat in the house she grew up in, has long had aspirations of a professional career and briefly attended Edinburgh Acting School. Though she continued to sing in talent competitions, in recent years her professional aspirations had been put aside to take care of her mother who died at 91 in 2007.

When asked how she could sing so confidently in facing an unreceptive audience and judges, she said in the Susan Boyle Larry King interview:

“That doesn’t bother me because I knew I had to get on with my act … I wasn’t sure how I would be received, so I just thought I’d give it a whirl.”

Also on the program that night was one of the Britain’s Got Talent judges Piers Morgan who, apologized to the singer, saying that he and fellow judges did not give her the respect they should have and acknowledged that he thought she would be ‘a bit of a joke.’ He went on to say.

“And then I can remember … that second when you had begun to sing, and I had never heard a more surprising, extraordinary voice coming out of somebody so unexpected.”

The interview proved fascinating, but nonetheless, the highlight was the chance to hear the Susan Boyle My Heart Will Go On live performance on the program.

Regarding the singer’s international stardom, Amanda Holden, another of the judges at Britain’s Got Talent, in a separate interview said that she looks at it this way.

“The world has already made (Boyle) a star. I really cannot believe the phenomenon she’s turned into. And I think, with our backing and with the show’s backing, and, of course, with God’s backing — that’s (fellow judge) Simon Cowell (of “American Idol” fame in the United States)(she said, kiddingly) — I don’t think she can possibly go wrong.”

As the Scottish star continues to make the rounds of television appearances, we can hope she will continue to offer us these a capella tidbits of her enormous talent.

The Susan Boyle My Heart Will Go On video, lyrics below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYd-gvQieOU&eurl=http://celebrity.rightpundits.com/%3Fp%3D5856&feature=player_embedded

Delfin-Sneg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlMJZ4mbLAc

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About woodoo ;

Switzerland born DJ Woodos HipHop career started out as a b-boy in the early nineties. He’s been dancing with several crews in all types of circles and has also been into various competitions as Battle of the Year Switzerland and others.

At some point in the mid-nineties he got his first pair of turntables and since then also got involved in deejaying. In the beginning he was deep into spinning rap tracks, but due to his dancing background got soon into editing his first practice tapes for himself and other b-boys. First, these tapes were full of the then popular big beats, but Woodo soon after, due to inspiration and help by long time friends and Switzerlands heavy funk diggers Ilarius and Pesa and then idol and good friend Break DJ Leacy, got into original breaks. His third official tape “Enter the b-boy breaks” introduced him to the worldwide dance scene and since its release he’s been delivering the soundscore for some of the largest and most established b-boy events in the world as various national eliminations and several international finals of Battle of the Year or the Mighty 4 Anniversary in San Francisco. His sophomore effort “B-boy breaks of death” got him more recognition all over planet HipHop and stands for even more obscure and rare breaks from the world of Funk, Rock and other musical genres always delivered in his very unique b-boy-style. With “Battle tactics”, his first release on cd, DJ Woodo came up with a new concept of heavy breaks and some of his favorite b-boys and b-girls from all over the globe, Monty, Storm, Karim, Poe One, Stuntman, AB Girl and Crazy just to mention a few, explaining their own personal battle tactics.

On his latests project DJ Woodo takes it back to the essence of b-boy music, back to the pure rhythm of raw drums. Together with Switzerlands top Funk drummer JJ Flueck aka J:Loop he’s been recording a full length album entitled “Together forever we’re #1”. The cd once again includes lots of unheard b-boy breaks from various genres sounding even more heavy by adding some funky kicks, snares and hi-hats by J:Loop. A future b-boy classic…

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