Lady Gaga Is Engaged to Taylor Kinney
Lady Gaga is engaged to marry actor Taylor Kinney after he proposed on Valentine’s Day, Us Weekly can confirm. After Kinney popped the question, the couple celebrated at Gaga’s family’s restaurant, Joanne Trattoria, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Times Herald-Record executive editor Barry Lewis tells Us. The singer and her fiancé first met on the 2011 set of Gaga’s “You & I” music video, which was shot in Nebraska. Not ironic, Gaga wore her mother’s actual wedding gown in scenes of the racy video, which starred Chicago Fire hunk Kinney as the object of her affection. Get the full story here.
The “SNL” Anniversary Special
To celebrate 40 years on the air, Saturday Night Live hit us with a live three and a half hour Sunday special that featured decades of cast members along with select hosts and musical guests. Get the full story here.
Stevie Wonder’s All-Star Grammy Tribute
Last night’s Grammy-sponsored Stevie Wonder tribute, “Songs in the Key of Life — An All-Star Salute” included a roster of performers (which included Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Pharrell Williams, Annie Lennox and John Legend). Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran kicked things off with “Fingertips” (1963) and “Master Blaster” (1980); the Band Perry covered 1974 funk jam “You Haven’t Done Nothin'”; and Ariana Grande dueted with her producer Babyface on 1970’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered.” Wonder himself followed these artists with a short, joyous set featuring songs like “Superstition” and “You Are the Sunshine of My Life.” It was an obvious highlight, but it was far from the only one. Get the full story here.
Justin Bieber & Ellen Prank Call a Fan
Justin Bieber and Ellen DeGeneres prank called a fan yesterday. Justin even pulled out a fake British accent for it and it wasn’t even that bad. Get the full story here.
Speaking of Justin, last year, some texts were reportedly leaked from Selena Gomez’s phone, where she was engaged in a pretty heated fight with Justin Bieber. Justin was trying to get Selena back, saying things like, “Baby come on. I love you.” But Selena wasn’t going for it. She was even telling him he needed to go to rehab. So he started sending her pics of his manhood. The first one had the caption, quote, “Come on. Don’t tell me you don’t miss this.” Again, Selena was unimpressed. She told him to stop, and to, quote, “grow the [eff] up.” When these texts were first released, the photos were blacked out. But yesterday, a website posted what it claims are the actual pics. They also reached out to Justin’s manager, who said the texts are fake, and threatened legal action. Get the full story here.
Johnny Depp forms supergroup with Alice Cooper and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry
The group is called Hollywood Vampires, and Cooper announced the band on Instagram on February 14th. One live date is confirmed so far, at the Rock in Rio festival in September, playing on the same night as System of a Down and Queens of the Stone Age. Hollywood Vampires resurrects a name Cooper has used before for a superstar group of musical drinking buddies that included Keith Moon, Harry Nilsson, John Lennon and Ringo Starr. Cooper and Depp played together in December at a charity benefit in California, playing Brown Sugar, My Generation and School’s Out. “He’s become a close friend and collaborator,” Cooper said of Depp in a recent issue of Rolling Stone. “We’ve done a lot of recording together recently. He is really a very talented and cool guy. Johnny is a guy who doesn’t have to do anything; he does things because he wants to do them. It’s not about his ego.” Get the full story here.
The Situation Just Lost His Tanning Salon
Apparently he fell behind on his rent for his Jersey salon. His landlord went to court and they struck a deal where Mike would pay around $32K to the landlord, the first $5,500 installment was due on January 15. The date came and went, and the Sitch couldn’t fork up the cash, so now there’s a notice on the salon from the marshal ordering that all the stuff inside be moved STAT, because in 3 days the landlord’s coming in, like it or not. As you know, Mike is already facing criminal tax fraud charges. Get the full story here.
