Gaga named godmother to megastar baby

Elton John And David Furnish Confirm Lady Gaga As Godmother

This week Sir Elton John, 64, and husband David Furnish, 48, confirmed that superstar Lady Gaga is the godmother of their 4-month-old son, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John.
During a "20/20" interview that aired Friday, host Barbara Walters asked the couple about their decision to select the controversial "Judas" singer for the special honor.
"A lot of people said, 'Oh, that's crazy,'" Elton revealed. "And they don't know her, and we do."
Elton suggested that the public not judge the singer born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta by her stage persona alone. "When you get to the real person underneath, there's a simple girl who loves her parents," he said.
Elton And David Open Up On Fatherhood
David anticipates Lady Gaga helping navigate Zachary's future interest in music. "Zachary's going to inherit an incredible musical legacy from his father one day, and she will be a good person to guide him through the ins and outs of the music business, 'cause she sure knows everything about the business now," he said.

Clearly, Lady Gaga is not the only celebrity ever picked to oversee the physical and spiritual well being of a child in the event the parents are no longer able to do so. The following is a list, compiled by Parade magazine, of other famous godparents. Elton reportedly has several godchildren himself, among them, Brooklyn and Romeo, the sons of Victoria and David Beckham. U2 frontman Bono is the godfather to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's twins, Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon. Sting and wife Trudie Styler accepted the honor to be godparents to Madonna and Guy Ritchie's son, Rocco. The late Michael Jackson was the godfather of Lionel Richie's famous daughter Nicole.

Aside from Gaga's good news this week, she also experienced backlashes when her manager denied Weird Al's initial requests to make a parody of "Born This Way" and when she responded in an angry rant to NME when the magazine compared "Born This Way" to Madonna's "Express Yourself." But there were more shocking news stories this week. Judges in the manslaughter hearing of Michael Jackson physician Conrad Murrary will allow autopsy photos of the king of pop to be used in court. Leann Rimes wed actor Eddie Cibrian, and Rihanna tied a chart record with the Supremes.
This was a great week for news. Be sure to check back in seven days for more water cooler talk. See you then.

Source: Yahoo Music

Celebrity beefs

Celebrity beefs

Has anyone else noticed that Twitter is becoming the hot spot to diss people and air your dirty laundry?  Here are some famous Tweet- and non-Tweet -related celebrity beefs.

Snooki & Ne-Yo
The reality show star recently appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone (see the photo), causing Ne-Yo to question the choice on Twitter Snooki didn’t appreciate the dis, (What did she say back?)  claiming she deleted all of his songs from her iPod, also via Twitter.

Beyoncé & Lady Gaga
Apparently, Beyoncé said this about Gaga, and then Gaga called Beyoncé a “hater.” Are the gossip mags correct about this Diva beef? Time will tell.

Charlie Sheen & Jon Cryer
Charlie Sheen seems to have a beef with everyone, and he had some choice words for his former sitcom’s co-star.  But Jon Cryer had the last laugh.

Rihanna & Ciara
Another day.  Another Twitter feud. Rihanna  felt dissed by Ciara’s comments on E! Fashion Police (Watch what she said) and the two traded barbs via Tweet, eventually making up.it’s not the first beef for these two singers.

NeNe Leakes & Star Jones
The women clashed on this reality show, and Leakes has said this about Star Jones.  Star had this to say about NeNe, and the feuding continues in the press and on the show.

Rosie O’Donnell & Donald Trump
Rosie took aim first, disagreeing with the way the Donald handled a situation with this beauty queen.  What did she say? How did Trump respond

Lil’ Kim & Nicki Minaj
It doesn’t get any more blatant than Lil’ Kim depicting a beheaded Nicki Minaj on a mix tape called Black Friday.This feud has mainly been one-way, until Minaj finally responded in music

Jay Leno & Conan O’Brien
Was the beef between the late night hosts or was it between NBC & Conan? It was NBC who gave Leno his job back after his 10 p.m. experiment failed. The two traded jabs, but the media made it into a beef.

Kanye West & Taylor Swift
It was the beef heard around the world. Kanye steals the spotlight from yet another award winner. Taylor handled it with grace, choosing to fire back in song.

Perez Hilton & will.i.am
Blogger to the stars Hilton claimed he was assaulted by will.i.am’s posse, and when will.i.am denied the incident, Hilton fired back with harsh words and a video that appears to prove him right. But, all seems to be resolved now.