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Lady Gaga prerecorded her VMAs performance, where she won artist of the year

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As previously discussed, the VMAs were held on Sunday in New York. Elmont, NY, that is. For those not familiar with the outer edges of NYC’s boroughs, Elmont sits right in the gray area of “Is it Queens or Long Island?” (Answer: originally Queens, then Long Island upon the formation of Nassau County in the late 19th/early 20th centuries.) For perspective, Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens — where one former son was being mercilessly booed at the US Open men’s final — is about halfway between Elmont and NYC. This is all relevant, I swear! Because Our Lady of Gaga was walking into the VMAs as 2025’s most-nominated artist with 12 nods, and she had a Mayhem Ball concert that night at Madison Square Garden. What’s a Gaga to do?! She came up with a nifty solution, imo, which is that she prerecorded live performances of “Abracadabra” and new tune “The Dead Dance” from her Saturday show at MSG, which was then played for the VMAs ceremony. But Mother Monster didn’t stop there! She still trekked out to Elmont for the beginning of the show, where she won Best Artist of the Year.

The 14-time Grammy winner, who is up for 12 VMAs Sunday night, taped her songs for the star-studded awards show during her Saturday, Sept. 6, show at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

Gaga, 39, pre-taped her theatrical production for the VMAs because she is performing at the Garden in Manhattan at the same time the awards show is taking place at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York.

Gaga did make an appearance at the awards show, however, to accept the Moon Person for Artist of the Year at the top of the show before heading back to Madison Square Garden to begin her show on a slight delay. She gave a passionate speech, describing her commitment to being an artist and dedicating her award to the audience.

“Being an artist is a discipline, a craft meant for reaching into someone’s heart, where it grows its roots, and reminding them to dream. Being an artist is a responsibility to make the audience smile, dance, cry, and release at any turn,” she said in part.

“It is a method of building understanding and celebrating community. I hope as you navigate through the mayhem of daily life, you are reminded of the importance of the art of your life, that you can count on yourself and your simple skills to keep you whole, your rehearsal, your discipline, your craft deserves to be rewarded for its passion. The way you move through your life is iconic and rare. It is entirely yours.”

Added Gaga: “I dedicate this award to the audience. You very much deserve a stage to shine on, and I give you all my applause. Thank you, little monsters, my fans, for always supporting me and always supporting the monster in me.”

“I wish I could stay and watch all these amazing performances, but I have to go back to Madison Square Garden.” Gaga concluded her speech.

[From People]

As a resident of Queens myself (the part much closer to Manhattan), I feel qualified in declaring that it was bonkers to schlep out to Elmont the same evening she had a gig at MSG! Plus on the night of the US Open final, plus with the US-certified worst president in history in town messing up traffic by land and air! But I guess Gaga creates her own winning mojo, cause not only did she haul her platform heels out there for just the beginning of the show, she also won in that early category! How insanely lucky is that?! (Or something other than luck, I leave you to your deductions…)

Anyway, the speech was beautiful and heartfelt, and I can’t help it, I love that she had it printed on black paper to match the whole ensemble. Gaga ended up winning four awards in total: Artist of the Year, Best Collaboration for “Die With a Smile” with Bruno Mars, and Best Direction and Art Direction for her “Abracadabra” video. By the time she took the MSG stage, she had her new statuettes with her. OK, even if they were technically old ones it’s still a diva flex! And speaking of, Gaga also became the third most-awarded artist in VMA history on Sunday, officially surpassing Madonna. And more good news: when Gaga stepped out in NYC the next day the Labubu was GONE from her Hermès Kelly bag!

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Who was the best-dressed of the 2025 MTV VMAs?

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The MTV VMAs were held last night in NYC. One of the weird things about the music industry is that MTV’s importance and relevance has vastly decreased over the course of the past fifteen years, I would say. I can’t even really pinpoint it, but I would say it started happening when MTV became more of a reality-show and gameshow network and there were like no music videos on the channel, ever. As such, I wonder why they even bother with the VMAs at this point – it’s not like MTV even shows the videos they’re awarding. Anyway, you can see the list of this year’s VMA winners here – Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter and Ariana Grande were the biggest winners of the night.

Sabrina Carpenter wore Valentino on the red carpet. The dress makes her waist look especially snatched, but the mismatched boa is so dumb. I “get” Sabrina’s styling and the look she’s going for, and it’s fine. It’s nothing new.

Ariana Grande wore Fendi – this is awful??

Doja Cat in Balmain – sure, whatever.

Ciara in Schiaparelli – this is weirdly my favorite look of the event.

Lola Young in Chanel. I like Lola!

FKA twigs wore custom Matières Fécales. This is awful as well.

I did not even recognize Ashlee Simpson.

Lady Gaga wore Marc Jacobs. Well, it’s a look!

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Gavin Rossdale and his girlfriend Xhoana X walked the red carpet at the MTV EMAs

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Earlier this year, 59-year-old Gavin Rossdale went Instagram official with his (then) new girlfriend, an Albanian pop singer named Xhoana Xheneti, whose stage name is simply “Xhoana X.” The couple’s social media debut showed them celebrating Xhoana’s (pronounced Zo-ha-na) 35th birthday. At the time, everyone made a note of the physical similarities between Xhoana and Gavin’s ex-wife, Gwen Stefani. Both are bleach blondes with high cheekbones and an impeccable eyebrow game.

Since then, Gavin and Xhoana have flown fairly under the radar as a couple. While Gavin still pops up on her Insta page fairly regularly, he’s been touring with Bush this year, so most of his social media posts are pictures and videos promoting the band. On Sunday night, however, they made a “rare” appearance together on the red carpet for the 2024 MTV EMAs (European Music Awards), where Gavin served as a presenter. They even wore matching sheer black outfits.

Gavin Rossdale and his girlfriend, Xhoana Xheneti, made a rare public appearance at the 2024 MTV EMAs. The musicians — who have been dating since 2023 — walked the red carpet together in Manchester, England, on Sunday donning all-black ensembles.

Rossdale, 59, rocked a sheer T-shirt, sparkly jeans and sneakers with a white sole, while Xheneti, 35, opted for a scantily clad look comprised of a barely-there cutout dress, leather gloves and platform booties.

While the Bush frontman wore his shaggy dark hair slicked back, the Albanian singer — who bears an uncanny resemblance to Rossdale’s ex-wife, Gwen Stefani — wore her bleached tresses down and straight.

She also sported exaggerated makeup featuring a silver smokey eye and a bold red lip.

Rossdale and Xheneti posed for pictures together, taking turns looking lovingly at each other, before they made their way into the event, where the rocker presented an award.

The couple made their relationship public in March — when Rossdale posted a photo of Xheneti on Instagram in honor of her birthday.

“Hey finally got to have a birthday dinner with my girl @xhoana_x here’s to a year filled with magic for you ????,” he captioned a selfie from their celebratory dinner date.

The pair went on to make their red carpet debut at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards the following month. For the outing, Rossdale paired black pants with a matching jacket, which he wore atop a bright yellow T-shirt, while Xheneti dazzled in a light blue wrap-around gown.

“Fun night in hollywood for the @iheartradio awards!,” he captioned a series of snaps from the evening. “Saw some good friends. Watched some Excellent Performances. Lots of good music. @justintimberlake!!! Go @greenday.”

The father of four — who became a first-time grandfather last year — and his leading lady were photographed packing on the PDA while vacationing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in May.

[From Page Six]

Okay, we need to talk about Xhoana’s outfit and overall look of their matching sheer clothing. Something nice: they both look like they’re in great shape. Gavin, who was one of my middle school celeb crushes, doesn’t look a day over 49, and Xhoana’s body is bangin’. If she wants to flaunt it, then have at it. I get that they’re going for that rock ‘n roll look, but I’m kinda over the cut-out dresses like this. Is this trend going to end anytime soon? I love a good red lipstick look but I’m not sure how I feel about it as a part of this overall ensemble.

Oh, and for the record, when they went IG official back in March and everyone was pointing out how much Xhoana looked like Gwen, I was under the impression that she looked more like a young Angelina Jolie. After seeing these pictures of Gavin and Xhoana on the red carpet, I maintain that she is definitely embracing more of the Angie resemblance than the Gwen one. Just saying.

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Rolling Stone names Beyonce’s ‘Formation’ the best video of all time

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MTV turned 40 this past weekend. In honor of MTV’s birthday, Rolling Stone dropped their top 100 videos of all time. “Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson was number ten, Childish Gambino’s “This is America” came in at number four and Madonna’s “Vogue” was at number three. (Here’s a link to just the list.) Beyoncé’s “Formation” video won the number one spot and is the best video of all time according to Rolling Stone. I have so many thoughts but lets discuss them after these few details about the list from Revolt:

The Melina Matsoukas-directed “Formation” video came as a surprise the day before Queen Bey was set to headline the Super Bowl 50 halftime show. With its powerful messages about Black culture, its debut during Black History Month was not only strategic, but fitting. In the music video, Beyoncé addressed issues of police brutality, remembered Hurricane Katrina and danced over lyrics that flaunted her Black pride, her country roots and her Creole background.

The song and music video sparked backlash from conservatives and politicians, who called the Houston native out for allegedly spreading anti-police messages.

Despite the negative reactions, the visual helped Bey bring home a few awards, including six wins at the MTV Video Music Awards and the Best Music Video award at the 2017 Grammys. Billboard named “Formation” the best music video of the 2010s, and now, Rolling Stone is praising the visual as well.

“In under five minutes, Beyoncé moves from a plantation-style house where the Black denizens are the masters not the slaves to the top of a sinking police car,” the magazine wrote. “If Beyoncé’s self-titled visual album established her as one of the greatest artists of all time, her surprise-released ‘Formation’ video (and ensuing album Lemonade) marked her as one of the most important.”

[From Revolt]

I am not a card carrying member of the Beyhive, but I admit that I have been loving Beyoncé’s art these last few years and her evolution as a person and an artist. So of course, I had to have a discussion with a group of friends about this announcement. We all agreed that there are better videos that should have been number one and definitely in the top ten. In fact, we agreed that there are better Beyoncé videos than “Formation.” Honestly, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” “Remember the Time,” and “Scream” videos alone should have been number one, two, and three. And “Hold Up,” “Sorry,” and a few from Black is King are better than “Formation.” Missy Elliot also had several amazingly creative videos (“The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” was number 16) and few 80s rockers did too. I agree “Formation” was a Black cultural reset but the entire Lemonade album produced a few video bops. I am not sure what the criteria was for Rolling Stone but they definitely missed the mark on some of these. With all of that being said, I am celebrating the fact that one of Houston’s hometown sheroes is being recognized for her work and art.

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Taylor Swift vs Kim Kardashian and Kanye West: Selena Gomez Weighs In!

Everyone has something to say about it, especially Taylor Swift’s best friend.


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Selena Gomez posted a few tweets in response to Kim Kardashian’s decision to release audio between Swift and Kanye West regarding “Famous” lyrics.

“There are more important things to talk about…” she tweeted.

“Why can’t people use their voice for something that fucking matters?”

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“Truth is last thing we need right now is [sic] hate, in any form,” she added.

“This industry is so disappointing yet the most influential smh”

According to the Daily Mirror, a fan asked Gomez why she wasn’t using the hashtag, #blacklivesmatter.

“oh lol so that means if I hashtag something I save lives?” she responded.

“No -I could give two f***s about ‘sides’. You don’t know what I do.”

The audio reveals West running controversial lyrics about Swift by the singer herself.

“I mean it’s like a compliment,” West says over the phone.

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“What I give a f*** about is just you as a person and as a friend, I want things that make you feel good I don’t want to do rap that makes people feel bad.”

Swift then gave her approval.

“Go with whatever line you think is better,” she said.

“It’s obviously very tongue in cheek either way. And I really appreciate you telling me about it, that’s really nice!”

“I’m really glad you had the respect to call me that and tell me that as a friend, about the song.”

After the audio was released, Swift released response via Instagram stating that West left out the lyric, “I made that bitch famous.”

“Where is the video of Kanye telling me he was going to call me ‘that bitch’ in his song?” Swift asked.

“It doesn’t exist because it never happened. You don’t get to control someone’s emotional response to being called ‘that bitch’ in front of the entire world.

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Swift wrapped up the statement by referencing the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, where West crashed Swift’s acceptance speech for Best Female Video.

“I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative, one that I have never asked to be a part of, since 2009.”

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Matt Baier: I’m Not Evil! My Son is a Liar!

It’s been a particularly bad week for Matt Baier’s public image, which is surprising, as his reputation has been about on par with that of Chris Brown mixed with a leaking bag of garbage for as long as he’s been in the spotlight.

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Still, Amber Portwood’s fiance found a way to sink lower this week.

You almost have to admire him, but then you remember that no one should ever admire him for any reason.

It all started when Baier’s estranged son called him “the ultimate con artist” in a scathing interview with Radar Online.

Chris Baier, 26, says that Amber and the average Teen Mom viewer are clueless as to the depths of his father’s shadiness, and to prove it, he offered up a seriously disturbing example.

Chris says that he’s struggled with drug addiction throughout his adult life, and that his father co-opted his story in order to help him win over Amber Portwood (a recovering addict herself) and appear more sympathetic to MTV audiences:

“He asked me to tell him all about my problems with drugs. When I saw him on MTV, he was talking about all of my drug problems that I told him about, and made believe they were his problems,”

“The truth of the matter is, he’s an evil, evil man, and when he did evil things, he was stone cold sober.” Chris says.

“All he does is use people and hurt them. He’s a horrible, nasty person, the ultimate con artist.”

Harsh words to say the least.

Not surprisingly, Matt says his son’s story is utter nonsense.

“What actually happened is he was contacted by the press numerous times in the last six moths or so and offered money to say bad things about me,” Matt says.

“It’s important to note my son has a bad drug addiction, and he was completely strung out when he started talking about six months ago.

“He was in trouble with the law and in between places to live. When you’re offered an amount of money by anybody when you’re in that situation it’s really tough to turn down.”

But as the saying goes, there are three sides to every story: Matt Baier’s version, and the versions of the two people who say he’s lying.

The Ashley’s Reality Roundup spoke with the journalist who interviewed Chris Baier, and she claims that Matt’s explanation for his son’s comments makes zero sense:

“Chris hasn’t used in years!” Radar Online’s Donna Thomas says of Matt’s allegations.

“He wasn’t paid a dime, and wasn’t looking for money, he’s a really nice kid…He’s had some issues with drugs, but it’s the past, he has a good job, and a girlfriend and he’s on the right track, he doesn’t want Matt to destroy anyone else, that’s all!”

So yes, yet again Matt comes off looking incredibly shady.

The situation has left many wondering if Amber and Matt will still get married, and the answer is yes.

Yes they will, because Amber has learned to turn a blind eye to her fiance’s true nature.

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Rihanna’s street style: are you feeling her ’70s-style Dolce & Gabbana caftan?

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Here are some street-style photos of Rihanna out and about in NYC on Sunday. She was apparently running some errands or doing some shopping. This is how Rihanna “runs errands.” She wears a bright Dolce & Gabbana caftan, Stella McCartney platform shoes and no Dior sunglasses! Incidentally, that sunglasses-story last Friday has made me review my previous opinions on cheap sunglasses. Maybe I will try an expensive pair of sunglasses one day, just to see what they’re like.

As for Rihanna’s D&G caftan… it’s summery, it’s beachy, it’s glam and like most of what Rihanna wears, it probably only looks good on Rihanna and no one else. Don’t get me wrong, I long for the day when “caftans-as-outerwear” makes a triumphant return. People always roll their eyes at ‘70s style, but I love the ‘70s look of caftans and prints. What I hate here is Rihanna’s shoe choice. Those Stella McCartney shoes are just THE WORST.

Speaking of shoes, Rihanna’s collaboration with Puma is still going strong. Puma released their third collection with Rihanna a few days ago and the sneakers sold out in just 35 minutes online. I’m telling you, Rihanna has the Midas touch when it comes to style/accessories and more designers should pursue her for collaborations. I’ve already convinced myself to start pricing caftans, because surely I’ll look the same as Rihanna when I wear a caftan, right?

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