Lady Gaga — Who You Might Have Forgotten Is Italian — Will Star in a New Gucci Murder Movie
Nov. 1, 2019, on Vulture
As Lady Gaga once said, there can be 100 people in a room, and maybe 99 of them know you’re Italian, but all you need is 1 person who doesn’t for you to bring it up. Or something like that, anyway. Well, if you enjoyed the Star Is Born press tour, just get ready for this one: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, a.k.a. Lady Gaga, will play Patrizia Reggiani, Maurizio Gucci’s ex-wife, in Ridley Scott’s upcoming movie about his murder. If you don’t know the story, Gucci left Reggiani for a younger woman in 1985 after 12 years, and Reggiani was found guilty of setting up his 1995 murder. Gucci has not yet been cast, and there aren’t details about when they’ll start shooting, but don’t expect this film any time soon thanks to Lady Gaga’s Vegas residency running through May. In the meantime, we’ll hope this doesn’t put a hold on LG6 — maybe we’ll even get a “Donatella” sequel now?
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Billie Eilish Just Became the Second Artist Ever to Sweep the Top Grammy Categories, Duh!
Jan. 26, 2020, on Vulture
Billie Eilish ran out of people to thank as she took the stage to accept the Grammy for Record of the Year (for “bad guy”), simply saying “thank you” in unison with her brother and producer, Finneas. That’s because the 18-year-old became only the second artist ever to sweep the four general categories of Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best New Artist at the awards in one night — the first in nearly four decades, after Christopher Cross in 1981. (Adele also has Grammys for each award, from separate ceremonies.) When Eilish accepted Best New Artist, she thanked her touring team, whom she forgot in her Song of the Year speech, then turned her attention to her fans (who may or may not be called Avocados). “I think the fans deserve everything, I feel like they have not been talked about enough tonight, because they’re the only reason that any of us are here at all! So thank you to the fans,” Eilish said. “Thank you to the fans, you guys make this worth it.”
Just a few minutes later, Eilish was back on stage accepting Album of the Year for When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (which she thinks should have gone to Ariana Grande for thank u, next, for the record). She didn’t have much more to add, so her brother Finneas made a speech. “We didn’t make this album to win a Grammy. We didn’t think it would win anything, ever. We wrote an album about depression and suicidal thoughts and being the bad guy, whatever that means,” he said. “We stand up here confused and grateful.” Eilish hadn’t even returned to her seat before she won Record of the Year, instead waiting backstage with Finneas. |
As if there were any question, Eilish and Finneas leave the night as the top winners with five awards apiece. Eilish also claimed Best Pop Vocal album for When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, while Finneas won Producer of the Year, Non-Classical off the project along with Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. Eilish stunned with a stripped-down performance of “when the party’s over” during the ceremony, too, accompanied by Finneas on piano. When she said “you should see me in a crown,” she meant it.
Don't Worry, Lana Del Rey's New Boyfriend Is 'a Good Cop'
Oct. 3, 2019, on Vulture
Lana Del Rey, prophet of these end times, turned heads a few weekends ago by spending the day in Central Park with “celebrity cop” Sean “Sticks” Larkin, an analyst on shows like LivePD and PD Cam. Did it make no sense at all or all the sense in the world for Del Rey to be dating a cop, we wondered? We’re still not sure but at least according to Del Rey: “He’s a good cop.” In a wide-ranging interview with the Los Angeles Times in which she confirms their relationship, Del Rey assured us, “He gets it. He sees both sides of things.” Ah, what a relief.
We are reminded elsewhere in the interview that we can totally trust Del Rey, who recently tweeted criticism at NPR’s legendary music critic Ann Powers over a tempered review of her recent album Norman Fucking Rockwell, on matters of fascism and such. “In the piece, she said that I’d overcome something, and the way she said it one can only assume she meant I’d overcome child abuse,” Del Rey explained. “I’m like, ‘Don’t bring kids into it. Even if it’s me.’ And I’ve never said anything about that.” (Of Del Rey, Powers wrote, “She is a creature born of trauma, possibly literally, if you take Lizzy Grant’s teenage experiences with addiction into account; but certainly aesthetically.”) On why she tweeted at Powers, Del Rey added, “I didn’t know she was a big journalist. It probably would have been a good time to exercise some restraint. … I think part of my response was showing myself I do have a voice.” |