Justin Bieber’s ‘Boyfriend’ breaks YouTube record for single-day views
Justin Bieber has broken but an additional YouTube record.
The popstar’s new video for the single ‘Boyfriend’ attracted more than eight million views in 24 hours on Vevo.
The previous record, which was held by Rihanna’s ‘Where Have You Been’ video, was set just final week.
As of nowadays (Sunday, Could 6), the video for ‘Boyfriend’ had racked up above 12m views.
Bieber has set a quantity of YouTube records, such as turning into the initial individual to best 2 billion YouTube views.
The 18-year-old will release his new album Think on June 19.
Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber co-star as aliens in upcoming movie
In a current interview with Collider, Men in Black III director Barry Sonnenfeld revealed some of the famous faces that will make an physical appearance in the film.
“In this [installment] there are a handful of people that you are going to see up on the surveillance board, which includes Lady Gaga, Tim Burton, who probably knows more about aliens than I do, and let’s see who else… Justin Bieber,” Sonnenfeld said.
Stars like Michael Jackson graced the set in earlier Guys In Black trilogy. Other stars, this kind of as Danny DeVito and Steven Spielberg, have also produced cameo appearances.
The procedure of deciding on celebrities, according to Sonnenfeld’s interview, isn’t an easy a single. Making positive the celebrities will even now be recognizabl is crucial.
“We’ve constantly had in Men in Black headquarters, alien surveillance, so a single of the joys is deciding who you would put up on the board, who you would tell the planet are aliens,” Sonnenfeld said. “And A) is you have to get permission from these celebrities and B) you never want to go with people that are either a flash in the pan, or political, or folks that then in 10 years no 1 will know who you are speaking about.”
Will Smith has also played a portion in acquiring some of the stars for the Males in Black series. Sonnenfeld calls Smith his “secret weapon.”
Lady Gaga + Taylor Kinney Split?
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Lady Gaga is on the road for her Born This Way Ball Tour and it’s clear that her first love is (and always will be) her little monsters. Since she is on tour for at least a year, it’s reportedly taken its toll on her relationship.
Word is that the Mother Monster and her actor boyfriend Taylor Kinney have reportedly split. Guess the cat she got remind him of her while they were apart wasn’t enough to save the romance.
UsWeekly reports that Gaga and Kinney, the former star of ‘Vampire Diaries,’ are “on a break.” Didn’t Ross and Rachel on ‘Friends’ have one of those? Nevertheless, the source said, “She will be touring nonstop until next year and has found she can’t have relationship at the same time.” Long distance is always hard, but we thought that someone as determined as Gaga could make it work.
Gaga is also allegedly recording the ‘Born This Way’ follow-up while on the road and doing 110 shows. That makes her a busy girl, with little time or energy for play. The insider revealed, “There’s just no room for anything else. Her work is all-consuming.”
A friend dissed Kinney, even though Gaga was, well, gaga about him in her Oprah Winfrey interview. She didn’t name names, but said she was happy and we believed her.
Religious Protests Challenge Lady Gaga Concert
Lady Gaga, for all her vital and business achievement, has always had her share of detractors. But couple of have been as opposed to her carrying out as numerous groups of South Korean Christians last Friday.
According to Reuters, this group, called the “Civilians Network against the Lady Gaga concert,” said her concert would be “pornographic” and pro-homosexuality, which the group located immoral. They named for the government to cancel the functionality, but the government only ordered banned individuals younger than 18 from attending the show.
“Some individuals can accept this as another culture but its [sic] impact is large beyond art and debases religions,” said the Rev. Yoon Jung-hoon, who led the Civilian Network group, told Reuters.
South Korea is the 2nd-most Christian nation in Asia in addition to the Philippines, according to Reuters. Numerous other Christian groups responded negatively to the efficiency. The Korean Association of Church Communication vowed to avoid “young men and women from becoming infected with homosexuality and pornography” by Gaga’s functionality, according to AFP.
One more group of Christians in Seoul took a different method and held a rally that did not explicitly condemn Gaga, but as an alternative seemed to pity her, calling her “a wounded soul that is in desperate want of restoration” and saying “Christians ought to enjoy and bless her. We should hate the evil spirit within her, but not Lady Gaga herself” in a leaflet, according to AFP.
Gaga seemed relatively shaken by the protests, tweeting “Nervous for tonight” and “I can you hear you Korea. I’m shaking” [sic] prior to the functionality.
Lady Gaga Rocks a Keytar
Lady Gaga is known for tickling the ivories at her exhibits. The piano is her instrument of selection. But the Mom Monster is also fond of the keytar, which is obviously a variation of her favourite musical toy. The keytar itself is not a cool instrument by any indicates, but when Gaga straps 1 on even though on tour, the awesome issue is upped in an immediate.
Gaga tweeted a shot of her enjoying the keytar for the duration of her Seoul gig, which took spot on April 27. She posted: “I could barely sleep final night. It was the 2nd highest attendance of enthusiasts in the Background of concerts in Korea.” In spite of the show being banned for any South Koreans beneath the age of 18, it was nevertheless a enormous success general. The Mother Monster’s trip to Asia is undoubtedly having to pay off with tons of eligible small monsters coming out to see her.
You can catch a relatively upclose glimpse of her costumes on the Born This Way Ball tour in this image. She’s rocking a dark, leather bra studded with grommets and hardware and a leather jacket with some statement creating shoulders. It transports us to the ’80s, when huge large and bold shoulders had been in vogue. Gaga’s bringing it back. She was born in the ’80s so that era’s style is in her DNA.
We also really like super quick bangs paired with what appears like extra lengthy platinum blonde ponytails with volume on either side.
Lady Gaga Wears Purple Hair Dress in Hong Kong
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Lady Gaga certain has an eye for uncommon, uh, “fabrics.” Her outrageous attire doesn’t stop at meat dresses. The Mother Monster showed up in Hong Kong this weekend for her Born This Way Ball tour wearing a frock constructed totally of purple hair. It looked excellent enough to pet.
The lavender dress was paired with white platform boots and lengthy white gloves, although Gaga’s lengthy, platinum blonde hair was woven into the dress. The back was very low lower and could be construed as attractive, if you can get previous the reality that the dress looked like Chewbacca from ‘Star Wars’ if he was dipped in a can of purple paint. She accessorized the Wooikee-like sheath with white glasses and white hat.
Judging from the images, the dress, which had a halter front, looked like it flowed and had some swing. It is not like Gaga can stroll in a purple hair cocoon when wearing platforms that make her a foot taller. It’s not clear if the dress was created out of human or synthetic follicles.
Only Gaga can get away with wearing a dress of hair. Justin Bieber could enjoy the colour purple, and so does Prince, but neither trendy pop star (from different generations) would go as far as sporting this concoction.
What’s next, a dress created out of packets of minor monsters’ blood? A skirt made out of live snakes? We wouldn’t put it previous the fashion icon.
Lady GaGa Goes ‘Adults-Only’
Lady GaGa is acknowledged for her above-the-leading performances and outfits when she graces worldwide stages to screaming fans, but in Seoul, officials at the South Korean Media Rating board deemed her performances too risqué for the typical young fan and tagged GaGa’s concert with an “adults only” policy.
The ‘Born This Way Ball’ tour kicked off last evening. The show was for no a single underneath the age of 18 since the South Korean censors made a decision that GaGa’s attractive outfits, sexually charged performances, and her attractive songs were, you guessed it…too sexy. People were strictly ID’d at the show, however, GaGa let it be known that she would reside up to the perception. “I was informed that your government made the decision that my shows really should be 18 or more than,” mentioned Lady GaGa. “So I’ll make certain it will be!”
In addition to generating certain her audiences are handled to a spectacle, the Poker Face singer also isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty with grunt work. She posted a picture of herself on Twitter as she was utilizing a electrical power drill to assist construct the stage for the Seoul efficiency. “I will do something for my fans! Having exciting with the stage crew guys, screwing on the runway. A Real Iron Maiden!” Just great, Lady GaGa. Great.
Lady GaGa will play an astounding 110 exhibits of the course of a year for this tour. She helps make her Uk return with a functionality at Twickenham Stadium on September 8th, 2012 with British glam rockers, The Darkness as the opener.