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Lady Gaga Is Time’s Most Influential Artist

by admin on 29. Apr, 2010 in Celebrity Gossip

Lady GaGa

Lady Gaga has been named the world’s most influential artist in a new poll by America’s Time magazine.

The singer saw off competition from TV titan Oprah Winfrey and Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow to take the top spot in the list of 25 stars, which is part of the publication’s 2010 Time 100 compilation.

Gaga’s inclusion features a tribute from fellow pop star Cyndi Lauper, who calls the Poker Face hitmaker’s lyrics “incredibly literary” and “sophisticated”, and describes her “admiration” for the 24 year old.

Lauper writes, “When I see someone like Gaga, I sit back in admiration… She isn’t a pop act, she is a performance artist. She herself is the art.”

TV funnyman Conan O’Brien is second on the list, followed by Kathryn Bigelow in third place and Winfrey at four.

Twilight hunk Robert Pattinson makes an appearance at number six and young country star Taylor Swift is at nine, while Glee star Lea Michele is a surprise entry at number 13 – above music mogul Simon Cowell and Sir Elton John.



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Carrey’s Super Surprise

by admin on 26. Apr, 2010 in Celebrity Gossip

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey turned superhero on Saturday (24Apr10), dressing as Superman for a surprise appearance on funnyman Conan O’brien’s comedy show.

O’Brien is currently touring the country with his variety gig, The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television tour – and treated his Los Angeles crowd to a star guest.

Carrey appeared onstage in full costume, and the pair sang Superman by Five For Fighting – and the actor was delighted with his star turn.

In a post on his Twitter.com page, he writes, “Loved doin’ concert with Conan! So many faces wide open like kids! The world was new and worry forgotten by all of us! That’s was BOING!!!”



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Conan O’Brien Joins Twitter

by admin on 26. Feb, 2010 in Celebrity Gossip

Conan O’Brien

Conan O’Brien is keeping himself busy by interviewing animals.

That’s the word from the former “Tonight Show” host via his new Twitter account.

“Today I interviewed a squirrel in my backyard and then threw to commercial. Somebody help me,” O’Brien said in his first tweet. His account bio reads: “I had a show. Then I had a different show. Now I have a Twitter account.”

O’Brien hosted “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” for 16 years before taking over the “Tonight Show” in June 2009 for Jay Leno, who went on to host a quickly canceled program on NBC at 10 p.m. ET. After conceding that the Leno primetime experiment failed— because it made a poor lead-in for local news—NBC execs decided to move the “Tonight Show” to 12:05 a.m. ET to make room for a half-hour Jay Leno show at 11:35. O’Brien declined to accept the move because to do so would mean participating in the show’s “destruction,” he said, ending his “Tonight Show” gig after just seven months.

O’Brien’s final “Tonight Show” aired January 22. Guests Tom Hanks, Steve Carell, Will Ferrell and Neil Young stopped by to pay tribute to his run as the host of the late-night institution. The normally ebullient host grew serious as his final “Tonight Show” drew to a close. He’s been keeping a low-profile ever since.



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