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'Friday' has had 100 million views to date, with Black currently working on her second single, 'LOL.'
By Gil Kaufman
Rebecca Black in her video for "Friday"
Photo: Ark Music Factory
There was a minute there when Rebecca Black's "Friday" video was, almost literally, inescapable. Whether the success of the viral hit was being covered on such unlikely outlets as CNN or NPR, getting parodied on late-night television, or just bouncing around from Twitter accounts to e-mail in-boxes and music blogs, the tune by the previously unknown 13-year-old had the kind of white-hot media buzz usually reserved for a Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber.
Well, guess what? The little $2,000 pay-to-play ditty-that-could can now claim to have surpassed such major label juggernauts as Bieber and Gaga. According to a Reuters report, the no-budget clip for Black's song has been viewed more than 100 million times on YouTube since it was released on February 10, surpassing the totals for Gaga's "Born This Way" and Bieber's "Pray" videos, based on numbers provided by Visible Measures, a company that tracks the performance of Web videos.
Scratch that. If you count spoofs, other versions and home-brewed takes on the song, it's actually been seen more than 200 million times. Crunching the same numbers for "Born This Way," it has generated 180 million online views, while "Pray" has racked up 65 million.
It doesn't seem as though Gaga minds the competition from the Ark Music Factory product, as she reportedly referred to "Friday" as "genius" recently. Black told us she "freaked out" when she heard the compliment from Mother Monster. "I'm 13 and I never thought Lady Gaga would even know my name. I'm the kind of girl that dances to Lady Gaga with a hairbrush in her room at night," Black told MTV News in late March before she notched her YouTube record.
Black is reportedly at work on her second single, "LOL," though a release date for that song has not yet been announced.
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UPDATE: Lady Gaga has issued a statement to PerezHilton.com to apologize for her casual use of the word "retarded."
"I consider it part of my life's work and music to push the boundaries of love and acceptance," she says. "My apologies for not speaking thoughtfully. To anyone that was hurt, please know that it was furiously unintentional. An honest mistake, requires honesty to make. Whether life's disabilities, left you outcast bullied or teased, rejoice and love yourself today."
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Lady Gaga is no stranger to controversy. The "Born This Way" singer is constantly raising eyebrows with her outspoken lyrics and eccentric style -- but in a recent interview with NME magazine, her colorful choice of words didn't exactly hit the right note.
While discussing the constant comparisons between her song "Born This Way" and Madonna's "Express Yourself," Gaga, 25, vehemently denied that she intentionally copied the Material Girl's tune.
"I swear to you. I am not stupid enough to put out a record and be that moronic," she says. "Listen to me. Why the f--k…? I'm a songwriter. I've written loads of music. Why would I try to put out a song and think I'm getting one over on everybody? That's retarded. What a completely ridiculous thing to even question me about."
Now Gaga's casual use of the word "retarded" has activists calling for action.
"The 'Spread the Word to End the Word' campaign is for everyone to learn more about the hurtful impact of the R-word on people with intellectual disabilities, their families and friends," Kirsten Seckler, a spokeswoman for the Special Olympics, tells E! News. "We invite Lady Gaga to join our campaign by visiting r-word.org and taking the pledge and hope that she will use her voice to help us eliminate harmful language toward our athletes -- as she has done for so many others."
Though sources at NME magazine say Lady Gaga was visibly upset during the interview due to the line of questioning and insinuation that she had plagiarized Madonna's song, that's not getting her off the hook.
A rep for the "R" Word Campaign says the word is just plain offensive.
"It's unfortunate whenever a celebrity uses the ‘r' word in careless expression," the group said in a statement. "The use of the ‘r' word offends millions of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, their families and their friends. We remind everyone who is offended by the use of this ugly word that it's okay to stand up and say that you are offended. It's not about freedom of speech, its simply about respect."
The singer has only herself to blame for this latest snafu -- but it turns out another recent piece of Lady Gaga drama wasn't her fault at all!
"Weird Al" Yankovic came forward this week saying that the pop star had banned him from releasing his parody of her song "Born This Way." But it turns out it was Gaga's manager who rejected the silly tune -- without even telling his client about it.
"Gaga's manager has now admitted that he never forwarded my parody to Gaga -- she had no idea at all," Weird Al blogged on April 20. "Even though we assumed that Gaga herself was the one making the decision (because, well, that's what we were TOLD), he apparently made the decision completely on his own. He's sorry. And Gaga loves the song."
Well that settles it: Lady Gaga can take a joke!
Source: http://www.ivillage.com/lady-gaga-calls-madonna-comparisons-retarded/1-a-342564
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Filed under: Lindsay Lohan, Shawn Holley, Celebrity Justice
Lindsay Lohan 's lawyer is now armed and potentially dangerous to the prosecution in her felony grand theft case -- after bringing an expert to the cop shop to appraise the necklace Lindsay allegedly stole. Shawn Holley just left Parker Center -- the… Read more
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It?s hard to believe, but tomorrow night (April 21) is Steve Carell's second-to-last episode of ?The Office.?
The show will be celebrating by bringing back one of the most coveted storylines of all time ? the Dundie Awards!
In the sneak peaks, you can see Michael Scott [Steve Carell] attempting to make a following for successor Deangelo Vickers [ Will Ferrell].
But, of course, there are hiccups which will certainly get the audience chuckling.
Be sure to tune in to NBC on Thursday at 9PM for the much-awaited, all-new "The Office".
Source: http://celebrity-gossip.net/office/office-dundie-awards-sneak-peek-498872
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They've been slammed with their ?Water For Elephants? promo duties as of late, and Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon sat down for yet another video interview.
Our friends at Movie Web asked the Edward Cullen hunk what he believes his fans will think of his name in the upcoming flick - which happens to be Jacob, the same as his nemesis in the ?Twilight? series.
To this, Rob replied, ?It?s funny. I keep forgetting that?s a big deal. And like, it?s kind of awkward when ever I have to talk about it.?
And, as for Reese, she delved into the topic of the movie being filmed in the depression era, as we are currently the closest we?ve ever been to another time like that.
The ?Legally Blonde? actress said, ?I think people understand that we are in a very similar time period to the depression. And I think that?s what sort of resignated with me about the movie. I mean, there are lines in there about people are starving in the United States of America. We find that so hard to believe.?
The highly-anticipated movie hits theaters this Friday, April 22.
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Rihanna leads the pack with nominations in 18 categories.
By Gil Kaufman
Rihanna
Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ WireImage
It was strictly A-list names at the top of the list when the lead finalists for the 2011 Billboard Music Awards were announced Wednesday (April 13).
In the lead among all nominees was Rihanna, a finalist in 18 categories, who was followed by fellow multiple-award finalists Eminem, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber.
Among the categories Rihanna is up for awards in are: Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Female Artist, Top R&B Artist and Top Dance/Electronic Artist, while her smash collaboration with Eminem, "Love the Way You Lie," racked up notices in six song categories. Right behind her was Slim Shady, a finalist in 16 categories, including Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Artist, Top Male Artist and Top Rap Artist.
Lady Gaga was next with nods in 12 categories, including Top Dance/Electronic Album, which included three of her releases, The Fame, The Fame Monster and The Remix
Mars and Bieber had 11 nominations each and will face each other in the Top New Artist and Top Male Artist categories. The other contenders in Top New Artist include Ke$ha, Nicki Minaj and Taio Cruz.
The Top Artist category will pit Bieber against, Eminem, Gaga, Rihanna and Taylor Swift, while the Top Rap Album category will be a showdown between Drake, Eminem, Minaj, Lil Wayne and Kanye West. The Top Alternative Artist race will feature Muse facing the Black Keys, Kings of Leon, Linkin Park and Mumford & Sons.
The event honors artists who have appeared on the Billboard charts during the period of February 28, 2010, through March 1, 2011. Winners are also determined by album, single and digital sales, touring, streaming and social interactions on MySpace, Facebook and other popular online destinations for music.
Winners will be announced at the Billboard Music Awards on May 22 at 5 p.m. PT. Among the announced performers are Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Cruz, Lady Antebellum, the Black Eyed Peas and Keith Urban.
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Ever since her track ?Till The World Ends? released, people have been loving it, and Britney Spears is even getting props by a pair of composers in India.
According to a report, the Culture Shock production team remixed the song and put their own spin on it.
Britney tweeted, ?Check out this incredible Desihits remix of Till the World Ends. I LOVE it!!!? on her Twitter page yesterday.
One of the guys involved told press, "Our goal was to take Britney's smash hit single and give fans a total Desi adrenaline rush. The result is a Culture Shock musical Desi roller coaster that hopefully everyone around the world will want to join."
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