Pop superstar Lady Gaga sued by former boyfriend for £20m

LADY GAGA is being sued for more than s20million by an ex-boyfriend who claims he co-wrote some of her hits.

Music producer Rob Fusari says the Bad Romance singer axed him after he helped to create the flamboyant persona that made her famous.

He alleges he came up with the name Lady Gaga and helped write Paparazzi and Disco Heaven.

Robert Meloni, a law yer for Fusari, said: "It's an age-old story in the music business. You become famous and you turn on the person who discovered you."

Fusari filed the suit in Manhattan Supreme Court, New York, this week. He claims a talent scout pal introduced Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, to him in March 2006.

He says he was initially disappointed when the singer arrived at his 150 Studios in New Jersey.

The suit reads: "Fusari was expecting someone a little more grunge-rocker than the young Italian girl 'guidette' who arrived at his doorstep and was worried that he had made a mistake."

But when he asked her to play one of her songs on the studio piano, he realised "within seconds" that Germanotta had star potential.

The suit continues: "The trick would be coaxing it out of her."

Fusari claims he was responsible for "radically reshaping her approach" over several months - and convincing her to add dance beats to her songs.

He said he came up with the name Lady Gaga after playing Queen's Radio Ga Ga for her every day when she entered the studio.

"One day, when Fusari addressed a text message to Germanotta under the moniker 'Radio Gaga', his phone's spell check converted 'Radio' to 'Lady'," the suit says. "Germanotta loved it and 'Lady Gaga' was born."

Fusari, who has producing credits on Destiny Child's Bootylicious, is seeking a 20 per cent cut from a 2006 contract he says he signed with Gaga's two companies, Team Love Child and Mermaid Music.

He claims to have received just one cheque, for about s140,000.

Fusari and Germanotta, 23, were at one time romantically linked but broke up in January 2007, the suit says.

In the introduction to the court papers, Fusari portrays Lady Gaga as "a woman scorned".

The suit says: "All business is personal. When those personal relationships evolve into romantic entanglements, any corresponding business relationship usually follows the same trajectory - so that when one crashes, they all burn."

The singer, who is currently in Australia, has previously said: "I was Gaga from the time that I was 19 through my first record deal.

"I always dressed like that before people knew me as Lady Gaga. I was always that way - I stuck out like a sore thumb."

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Lady Gaga's lawyer said that an agreement at the heart of the legal battle was "unlawful".

Song writer and music producer Rob Fusari claims that he and the Grammy Award-winning performer formed a business partnership, in which he was entitled to 20 per cent of the business.

He is claiming $30.5 million (£20.3 million) from the singer.

The lawsuit said they co-wrote songs such as "Paparazzi" and "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich."

Mr Fusari also said he came up with the 23-year-old's stage name and helped get her record deal.

He said his protégé and former girlfriend, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, abandoned him and their partnership Team Love LLC as her career soared.

Mr Fusari claims that their business partnership entitles him to 20 per cent of her record deal.

He acknowledges that he has received $611,000 from her but says it is not his full share.

But Lady Gaga's lawyer Charles Ortner told that court that the agreement between the singer and the producer was "unlawful".

He said that Mr Fusari and his company violated statutes that prohibited them from "acting as employment agents without a license and charging Lady Gaga an unlawful fee for their purported services."

Mr Fusari's lawyer, Robert S. Meloni, called the claim "ludicrous".

"Fusari is a PARTNER in the Team Love LLC with Gag," Mr Meloni wrote.

"Rob was no more of an 'agent' for her than she is a Roman Catholic nun."

Lady Gaga won two Grammys in January: best dance recording, for "Poker Face," and best electronic or dance album for "The Fame."

A spokesman for Lady Gaga, who is on tour in Australia, declined to comment on the suit.

Lady Gaga and Beyoncé's Telephone music video 'to become one of YouTube's most watched'

The nine minute promo debuted on Thursday night and has already been viewed 12,170,080 times.

Directed by Jonas Akerlund and inspired by Quentin Tarantino films, Lady Gaga strips naked, kisses a woman, swears like a trouper and goes on the run with her "honey bee" Beyoncé in the outrageous video.



YouTube user vansrockz raved: "12,170,080 views! Just in 3 days, thats amazing! I love the details in this videos like the costumes, cameos, dancing, and Lady GaGa's raw facial expressions!"

Another Hayeslad06 said: "It's great to see an artist finally taking the time out to actually make interesting video's instead of the boring repetitive dancing to a white background shit we see of late!"

"Lady GaGa is showing the world that the music video is not dead, and I wish more artists would take note."

"Its a shame the likes of Madonna, who once revolutionized the music video, have now resorted to making cheap crap and just expect their fans to be happy with it! What happened to artists taking pride in their work? "

Susan Boyle's Britain's Got Talent performance is one of YouTube's most watched music clips with 89 million views since last year while OK Go's Here it Goes Again has had 50 million views over the past three years.

LADY GAGA Finished?

Lady Gaga is gone? As quickly as she rose to fame, it seems she is on the brink of total collapse.

LADY GaGa is on the brink of a Britney Spears-style meltdown, it is feared.

The triple Brit Award winner admits the stress of her success is causing “blinding headaches and blurred vision”.

She was forced to cancel gigs on the US leg of her Monster Ball tour after collapsing with severe breathing problems backstage.

And paramedics in West Lafayette, Indiana, warned her she could be suffering respiratory problems that require urgent attention.

The 23-year-old brushed aside their concerns, declaring: “I’ve resigned myself to this ridiculous schedule because I feel it is my destiny to provide for my fans.”

But close pals of the wacky singer – real name Stefani Germanotta – believe the pressures of fame are drastically affecting her off-stage behaviour.

And experts believe the strain of constantly playing to the cameras could be unsettling her mentally.

Los Angeles psychotherapist Jane Martinez said: “No one can put on an act 24/7. The almost inevitable result of this action is a mental and physical breakdown somewhere down the line.”

Before flying to London to accept her Brit Awards last month, she strolled into trendy Desmond’s Tavern in New York wearing an outfit too revealing even for her outrageous stage show.

Tavern owner Hugh Connolly said: “She was in fishnet stockings and a top – but had no pants.”

Before that, GaGa – who appeared on Jonathan Ross’ show on Friday night – fired several members of her staff after her dress almost fell off during a performance on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

She has also issued bizarre personal demands of Monster Ball tour promoters.

In Dublin, her backstage rider demanded a spiritualist, a tarot card reader and a “non-smelly cheese on ice”.

Pals say she’s been “close to the edge” after her father had open heart surgery last October.

Weeks later, she split from long-time boyfriend, a 31-year-old US millionaire known simply as Speedy, amidst claims of cheating.

Lady Gaga screws her outfit again

Here's Lady GaGa in London last night and screw her outfit. Check out the look on her bodyguard's face in each shot. There's a man who went straight home, told his daughter he loved her, then bought ten ponies and a Lamborghini just to make sure she got the message. Because she's two.

Lady Gaga's British tour marred by problems

Lady Gaga's first concert in Britain on her revamped "Monster Ball" tour was hit with a string of setbacks after several costumes and parts of the set went missing and technical mishaps marred the show.

The "Poker Face" hitmaker wrapped up her dates in America last month and brought the tour to the U.K. with an all-new stage set and concept for the British gigs.

But the opening show in Manchester, England on Thursday night was hit with problems after key pieces of the stage, props and costumes failed to arrive at the MEN Arena venue in time.

A source tells British newspaper the Daily Mirror, "Right up until the wire there was a mad panic. Gaga lived up to her name when she arrived to find half her costumes had not arrived and pieces of the set were missing. She has spent over a million pounds on this new stage show so she was furious that everything wasn't in place."

The singer took to the stage 40 minutes late and the show was marred by technical problems including missed lighting cues and an improperly balance sound mix, according to the BBC.

Lady Gaga will take the tour to Ireland this weekend before bringing the concerts back to Britain for nine more dates, ending in Nottingham, England on March 8.

She climbed atop a flaming piano, donned a Beetlejuice-esque striped bodysuit and unleashed a 40-foot multi-tentacled beast onstage. Yes, Lady Gaga arrived in Manchester, England, on Thursday night to kick off the European leg of her Monster Ball Tour, and the results were typically dazzling despite some technical snafus.

Gaga ran through 15 outfit changes, four acts and 19 songs — including "Just Dance," "LoveGame," "Dance in the Dark" and concluding with "Bad Romance" — in front of 23,000 screaming fans. The entire production had been put together in just four weeks.
"We were doing another show in the United States," the 23-year-old pop star said, according to the BBC. "But I got very bored, so I threw it away."

The quick turnaround time to build the show, however, led to a string of production malfunctions on opening night, from subpar sound mixing to missed lighting cues to the show wrapping up 30 minutes late.

Nonetheless, Gaga delivered. According to multiple reports, her outfits ranged from a tight one-piece bathing suit to a yellow hair-covered cape to an oversized red gown and matching red bonnet to a cotton candy-style wig. Other songs she performed included "Brown Eyes," "Alejandro," "Poker Face" and "Paparazzi."

From Manchester Gaga heads to Dublin on Saturday for a two-night stand. From there she'll swing through London and Birmingham before jetting off for dates in cities including Auckland, New Zealand, Sydney and Perth, Australia, and Osaka, Japan, in mid-April.

"The show is a musical, it's not just a pop show, there are lines and a score — there's a lot of music that you haven't heard before," Gaga said recently. "Some of it's very old, some of it's new, there are scores specifically for the show itself. The show's completely different and I have some really amazing surprises, and it's unlike anything I've done before."

Lady GaGa may be struggling with her stardom
London: Lady GaGa has fuelled speculation that she has been struggling with her stardom after her "weird" behaviour at a photo shoot for Q Magazine.

The 23-year-old singer faced the camera nearly naked and swathed in chainmail as she grabbed her crotch.

But she was said to have bursted into tears halfway through before irking the photographers with her tantrums at the Mayfair Hotel in London, The Mirror reported.

The Poker Face hitmaker apparently hated the snaps and began crying and walked out. She later insisted she would only continue if her boyfriend went behind the lens instead.

A source said: "The magazine wasn't going to stand for that so they told her people where to go. Her behaviour was weird

Lady Gaga wins 3 awards at Brit Awards

Lady Gaga was the big winner at the Brit Awards, held Tuesday in London. The American pop star lead the pack, winning three awards: International Female Solo Artist, International Female Solo Artist, and International Album for The Fame. Jay-Z was won the Brit award for International Male Artist.

As for the actual Brits, JLS was the big winner. The boyband, who were runners-up in the 2008 season of The X Factor, won the British Breakthrough Act and British Single for "Beat Again". Kasabian won the the group category, while Lily Allen won for female artist and Dizzee Rascal won for male artist. Florence & the Machine won British Album for Lungs. Paul Epworth won British Producer and the Critics' Choice went to Ellie Goulding. Robbie Williams was given the Outstanding Contribution to Music.

Celebrating their 30th anniversary, the Brit Awards handed out two extra awards: Performance of Last 30 Years went to the Spice Girls 1997 performance of "Wannabe"/"Who Do You Think You Are" while Album of the Last 30 Years went to Oasis for (What's the Story) Morning Glory?.

Lady at it again - exposing her private part in public

This time she is giving a bonus to spectators especially those seated in front for helping her to win 3 British Awards. I wonder if those frontseaters smell it. But they sure saw the best part of Lady Gaga.



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