M.I.A has once again hit out at Lady Gaga and also claimed Oprah Winfrey apparently gave her the cold shoulder at this year’s Metropolitan Ball in New York.
[Winfrey] made this huge speech at the ball praising Lady GaGa about how she is helping Americans to be the best of themselves,” MIAexplained. “There’s millions of other Americans who represent that for me. Is [it] about numbers? About how much you’re selling? Is it truly about the journey? Because [Lady GaGa's] journey isn’t that difficult: to go from the fucking Upper East Side to a fucking performing arts school and onto a stage at the museum of fucking wherever. That journey’s about four miles.”
She also said she was angry with the TV presenter for her attitude towards her at the bash.
Oprah seemed like she was giving me the cold shoulder,” MIA told Time Out. “She was with [David Bowie's wife] Iman. Iman was always dancing with me, hugging and kissing me, but Oprah seemed really pissed off with me.”
In related news the Funny or Die folks are the latest to take a shot at M.I.A. in a new video that parodies the lyrics of ‘Paper Planes.’ The chorus of the song has been transposed to “All I wanna do is invest my money/ All I wanna do is/ Check out my Monet,”
After co-hosting the Met Costume Institute Gala on Monday with Anna Wintour, Oprah Winfrey partied it up with Pharrell, Diddy, and Usher at New York City’s Mark Hotel.
Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour had personally asked N.E.R.D. to perform at the exclusive event.
Celebrities from the music, movie and fashion world were out in full force last night in NYC for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala.
This year’s theme was “American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity”.
Oprah Winfrey and Vogue Editor in Chief Anna Wintour, co-chaired the event with Gap creative director Patrick Robinson.
Oscar winner Mo’Nique’s brother has confessed to molesting the actress when he was 13 and she was eight. Gerald Imes appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s TV show on Monday to address allegations made by his famous sister and to apologize.
As well as inviting Oprah and her camera’s to see her foundation for women in Yonkers, Mary J. Blige performed her cover of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ on ‘The Oprah Show’ yesterday.
Check out the performance and the full interview above.
The Oprah Winfrey Network announced today in a press release several of the new shows slated for the network’s debut in 2011. Three of the new shows feature high-profile celebrities including Lady Gaga, Bono, Simon Cowell and Jay-Z.
Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mindfeatures a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process with inside access to celebrities like Lady Gaga, director James Cameron, photographer Annie Leibovitz, fashion designer Tom Ford, and will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas.
In Oprah Presents: Master Class, entertainers and politicians like Jay-Z, Bono, Simon Cowell, Lorne Michaels, Toni Morrison and Condoleezza Rice will share their personal stories and insights into their success.
And finally, Why Not? with Shania Twain will follow the best-selling female artist in country music in the aftermath of her divorce. Shania “opens up about her life-altering heartbreak and how she’s moving on.”
“My vision for OWN is to create a network that inspires our viewers and makes them want to be who they are on their best day,” said Ms. Winfrey.
OWN will debut on January 1, 2011 in approximately 80 million homes, on what is currently the Discovery Health Channel. For more information, visit www.oprah.com/own.
Alicia Keys appeared on Oprah today. The Grammy winner previewed her new video for ‘Put It In A Love Song’ featuring Beyonce during the interview as well as performing ‘Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart’
Keys is currently on tour and will be in the UK in May.
In her ‘Oprah’ segment, Simpson admits that she felt betrayed by her ex John Mayer and says she has yet to accept Mayer’s apology. “I don’t resent him,” she explains, “but I’m just going to let that part of my life go.”
Today Oprah held a special show in benefit of Haiti. The show featured Wyclef Jean and performences from Rihanna and Haitian native Maxwell. Rihanna performed Bob Marley’s ‘Redemption Song’ and Maxwell performed ‘Fistful Of Tears’. You can officially buy both from Itunes and all proceeds will go to Haiti. Go HERE for more information.
