Lady Gaga Changes 12 Times a Day? We Need to Tell Her That's Stupid!

It has been reported that Lady Gaga's stylist Nicola Formichetti has quit the job, because he just cannot keep up with her 'insane' demands.

"I've done two albums with her, it's been like five years, and you know, I'm always going to be involved somehow, but I cannot do it every day. She changes 12 times a day; it's insane," he explained.

I think we, the public, have been encouraging Lady Gaga's bizarre behaviour for too long. But this is just too crazy. If your friend changed 12 times a day, you would think that's a bit, well, unhealthy, right? How would Lady Gaga be any different?

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This week (read recent posts on this blog for further info on some of the following):
+5 Kelly Clarkson - in recognition of her great new pro-commitment song
+1 Britney Spears - shows her family side, as she takes her kids to The Smurfs 2 Premiere
+1 Carly Rae Jepsen - let her fans help her pick the name of her new tour, The Summer Kiss Tour.
+1 Demi Lovato - looking out for her friend Miley Cyrus
-1 Lady Gaga - her 'insane' fashion demands has caused her stylist to quit! We shouldn't encourage behaviour like that
-1 Katy Perry - looks weird in her new Killer Queen fragrance promo. Plus I hate that name!

Running total:
Demi Lovato +7 (+1 this week)
Kelly Clarkson +5 (+5 this week)
Taylor Swift +5
Britney Spears +2 (+1 this week)
Carly Rae Jepsen +1 (+1 this week)
Lady Gaga -1 (-1 this week)
Katy Perry -1 (-1 this week)
Rihanna -5
Miley Cyrus -10

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Kelly Clarkson's Tie It Up

Committing to a partner is something to be celebrated. This too often gets forgotten in the modern world, where commitments are seen as hassle. Luckily, there's always something to remind us about the value of commitment. Like this new Kelly Clarkson song:



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Demi Lovato Says Drug Addiction is a Disease

In the aftermath of the tragic death of Cory Monteith, people are now having a discussion about drug addiction and its associated tragedies.

Demi Lovato, having been through similar struggles herself, has joined the conversation. "It's not a choice. Nobody chooses to use. He didn't choose to die. It was the disease. It can creep up on you at any moment. It only takes one moment of relapse to potentially die. It's really scary, but I'm really hoping that from this, people are able to see this is a very, very, very dangerous disease," she told PEOPLE recently.

I agree it's a disease, and it needs attention. I think it's a good thing people are waking up to this problem. We don't want any more tragedies.



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Up Or Down List - Now Weekly

Reminder:
This is a new feature coming to TaraElla's column. Every week, we will look at who is moving up and who is moving down in TaraElla's books. A running total will also be kept.

+1 = normal rise. Someone did something good, according to TaraElla
+5 = big rise. Someone did something very good, according to TaraElla
-1 = normal fall. Someone did something bad, according to TaraElla
-5 = big fall. Someone did something very bad, according to TaraElla

This week (read recent posts on this blog for further info on the following):
+5 Taylor Swift - visited sick kids in hospital
-5 Miley Cyrus - disowns the past Miley which we liked
-5 Miley Cyrus - encouraged controversy with her lyrics
+1 Demi Lovato - reminded us that drug abuse is a tragic disease, not something to be judged
-1 Selena Gomez - released bad video for Slow Down

Running total:
Demi Lovato 6 (+1 this week)
Taylor Swift 5 (+5 this week)
Britney Spears 1
Rihanna -5
Miley Cyrus -10 (-10 this week)

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Miley, Mark My Word, You Will Regret It

‘I would say everyone has to start from the bottom, to get where they want to go and work on things they don’t really care about doing. So I had to do that for five years. I had to work on something that wasn’t really a passion for me just because I wanted to be able to get here, so when I was older I’d be able to just do what I want and not have to work for money," Miley recently told the Daily Mail in the UK regarding her changed image.

It would mark my greatest disappointment in Miley Cyrus, like ever. Are you really telling us that the Miley we liked was not a passion for you at all, and the real you is like what we are now seeing? I guess I really have to re-assess how I see you, and what I have seen in you all these years.

"I don’t think people have a hard time understanding that I’ve grown up," she also said. Well, it's not about growing up. It's about what kind of lifestyle, what kind of values you represent. If this is your true colours that you are now showing us, then it's not pretty at all.

I guess Miley has top and bottom mixed up. She started from the top, and is about to hit rock bottom, whilst thinking that she was going the other way. How tragic. At least those who grew up with Hilary Duff as their childhood idol didn't have to suffer seeing her 'change' like that.

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I'm Disappointed in Selena Gomez Again

Selena Gomez recently released yet another new song - Slow Down. I thought the song was not bad. Maybe this could be the hit for her in 2013, I thought.

In recent days, a video of that song was released. It is, in my opinion, meaningless, and to put it mildly, not very modest.

I am disappointed with her again.

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I Guess I Have No Choice but to Boycott Miley, for the First Time Ever

We Can't Stop, Miley Cyrus's latest single, has ignited several controversies at once. A major controversy was about a line in the lyrics, 'dancing with Miley' - or was it something else, perhaps even a drug reference?

Now Miley herself has spoken up about it. "It depends who’s doing what. If you’re aged ten it’s ‘Miley’, if you know what I’m talking about then you know. I just wanted it to be played on the radio and they’ve already had to edit it so much," she told the Daily Mail in the UK. It doesn't appear to clear anything up to me, but she is at least letting the controversy boil on.

I guess now I have no choice but to call for a boycott of the song officially, unless she comes out and officially states that it is NOT what some people think it is. I am also officially backing away from the role model thing. The old Miley was a great role model, I'm not sure about the new one. I have given Miley many chances to prove herself to be a worthy family orientated public figure, but I am afraid that maybe she has now strayed too far.

By the way, no ten year old should be listening to stuff like that, Miley. You should be ashamed of yourself for even suggesting that.

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Taylor Swift Fans Angered by New T-Shirt

"She wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts," so goes the classic Taylor Swift song that many of her fans have embraced as an anthem. But you won't see any of them wearing THIS T-Shirt.

Bad Kids Clothing have made a T-shirt that features the names of nine of Taylor Swift's famous ex-boyfriends. Now Swifties across the world have become outraged.

It's very inappropriate. It's a form of bullying, in my opinion. Anyone who wears one of these should be ashamed of themselves. We as a society should come together and condemn this kind of behaviour, Taylor fan or not.



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Ooh La La Video a Welcome Change

The new Britney Spears song Ooh La La debuted to quite positive reception amongst people I know. Now it also has a video too - featuring Britney and her kids.

I must say that whilst I haven't liked any Britney video for a long time (possibly since 2004), I find this one a welcome change indeed.

Check it out here:



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Party in the USA as National Anthem? No Way!

Recently, somebody has set up a petition on the White House website, hoping to lobby the government to make Miley Cyrus's Party in the USA the new US national anthem.

Britney and Jay-Z to define what America is? Really?

There have been past petitions like calling on the Mint to produce a platinum trillion dollar coin, but I guess this one could potentially be the most ridiculous one ever.



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Up Or Down List

This is a new feature coming to TaraElla's column. Every week, we will look at who is moving up and who is moving down in TaraElla's books. A running total will also be kept.

+1 = normal rise. Someone did something good, according to TaraElla
+5 = big rise. Someone did something very good, according to TaraElla
-1 = normal fall. Someone did something bad, according to TaraElla
-5 = big fall. Someone did something very bad, according to TaraElla

The past month (read recent posts on this blog for further info on the following):
+1 Britney Spears - Ooh La La Video was a welcome change to her recent stuff
+5 Demi Lovato - Launches foundation in honour of her father
+1 Miley Cyrus - Encouraging the new inclusiveness at Disney Channel
-5 Rihanna - Glorified Marijuana Use
-1 Miley Cyrus - Released horrible video for We Can't Stop

Running Total:
Demi Lovato 5 (+5)
Britney Spears 1 (+1)
Rihanna -5 (-5)

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Taylor Swift: I knew you were trouble when you walked in. NO TRESPASSING

Taylor Swift has added new anti-trespassing signs around her Rhode Island home recently. And what do they read?

"I knew you were trouble when you walked in. NO TRESPASSING"

Pure Genius!



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Nina Nesbitt Also Inspired by the Old Taylor Swift

Besides Miley Cyrus, another artist of which I wish to see the old version come back would be Taylor Swift. Her old music, when she stuck to her country style, was so much better, I think.

Apparently new singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt also likes the old Taylor stuff. "I think Taylor Swift, in the days when she was kind of doing more country style, definitely was a big inspiration for me," she told MTV recently.

And we are liking Nina's stuff too. Probably more so than Taylor's new stuff.

And here's some of it:


Would the old Taylor Swift please come back?

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Demi Lovato Launches Foundation in Honour of Father

Demi Lovato has launched a foundation to provide a scholarship program for the mentally ill, in honour of her father, who passed away recently.

Demi had been estranged from her father, but that hasn't affected her decision, it seems. "My father and I didn't have the most ideal relationship, but at the end of the day he's still my dad and I grew up with him. He's a wonderful person," she said.

I think it's important to honour your parents when you can, no matter what your relationship was like. So good on Demi.

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At the End of the Rainbow...

Hollywood actors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard have vowed not to marry until their fellow Californians can. Now that Prop 8 has been overturned and same sex marriages have resumed in California, the Kristen has asked Dax to marry her. A happy ending indeed!

As I previously said, marriage boycott is not for me personally anymore, but it's still noble for the people who are doing it. The fight for equality would benefit from everyone's participation, and gay equality is the issue of our generation, I believe.

Marriage is a good way of securing a long term, hopefully eternal, commitment, and thus a great basis for starting a family. It should be available for all.

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