July 11-17: Rihanna Is The New Queen Of Facebook, Beating Out Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga may be the top earning woman in music, have more followers on Twitter than any other lady rock star and receive more media coverage than her female competitors, but she is no longer the queen of Facebook.

This week, Rihanna accumulated enough likes on Facebook to surpass Lady Gaga and claim the throne as the platform's top ranking female celebrity.

According to their Facebook stats, as of Saturday, Rihanna had 40,699,853 likes, and Lady Gaga had 40,611,908, giving the "Rude Boy" singer a lead of 88,000.

Shakira is the diva with the third most Facebook followers, according to Famecount.com, which credits the Latina singer with 37 million likes. Aside from being the top three female musicians on Facebook, they also have earned spots in Facebook's top 10 pages overall. Rihanna, Lady Gaga, and Shakira hold the No. 5, 6, and 8, positions, respectively.

There are three men on the Top Facebook Pages Worldwide list as well. Eminem ranks No. 3 with 43,367,713 likes. The late Michael Jackson sits at No. 7 with 38,069,882 likes, and "Baby" singer Justin Bieber holds the No. 10 position with 33,035,903 likes.

Numbers, stats, and figures were also the subject of another news story this week involving a popular female entertainer. Matthew Knowles, father and former manager of Beyoncé, filled legal papers in Texas, alleging his daughter's new management team accused him of stealing money from her, claims he vehemently denies. And in even more shocking family news, power couple Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony announced their plans to divorce, a month after their seventh anniversary.

Pop star Jewel and her husband, Ty Murray, fortunately, have a happier home front. This week, they announced the birth of their son, Kase Townes. And legendary music shero Cher sang Lady Gaga's praises this week after recording for her new album "The Greatest Thing," a song written and produced for her by Gaga and RedOne.

Source : new.music.yahoo.com

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June 3-12: Lady Gaga's Sister Joins Her On CFDA Red Carpet

Lady Gaga's 10-inch platform shoes, spiked bustier, and turquoise wig weren't the only things that got the Web talking this week when she arrived at the Council Of Fashion Designers Of America Awards (CFDA) in New York to pick up her style-icon honor. The woman in black who escorted her across the red carpet also sparked a buzz.

The woman's name is Natali Germanotta, and she is Lady Gaga's 19-year-old sister. Natali bears a strong resemblance to the sibling six years her senior. Dressed in a simple pants suit, gold necklace, bustier, and black lipstick, Natali looks like Lady Gaga without the rock star costumes and hair.

Natali has been photographed at other Gaga events. She was in the front row when Lady Gaga performed on "Today" last year. And she even has a cameo in the epic Lady Gaga and Beyonce video "Telephone." In the video, when Lady Gaga enters the jail holding cell, she stands directly beside then-17-year-old Natali, who is wearing dark shades and big '80s hair.

Months after the "Telephone" video debuted, Gaga made news when attending Natali's high school graduation.

Based on the activity on her @germmonster318 Twitter page, Natali seems to live a regular life. She tweets about college. She's a first-year fashion design student at Parsons design school in New York. Her profile picture is from a flick with her boyfriend. In her 99 tweets to date, she comments about college, missing her girls from high school, and going to Pinkberry with her mom, and sometimes she sends love to her world-famous sister.

The night Gaga entered the Grammys in an egg, Natali sent her support. "My little fetus in the egg is gonna kill it tonight," she tweeted. She later added, "Couldn't ask for a better person for me to call my sister and best friend," she wrote. "@ladygaga- stefi, I love you with all my heart an I am so proud of you. X."

In January, Natali revealed her favorite Gaga song, a mellow '80s dance track called "So Happy I Could Die" from "The Fame Monster." Lady Gaga's fans love Natali, too. They send her messages about Gaga. When Natali tweeted that she needed more followers, Perez Hilton responded and helped spread the word.

That's Really Week is definitely impressed by the sisterhood between these ladies. And there's more good music news this week. Aerosmith announced that its returning to the studio to record its first album in 10 years. Ludacris made a surprise appearance during Jason Aldean's performance on the CMT Awards. Gwen Stefani fans weren't so happy, though, to hear that she would no longer pursue her solo career. And lastly, Flo Rida was charged with driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license.

Get more details on these stories in the links below. Flo Rida tried to talk his way out of the citation, and we have an excerpt of the hilarious quote. Be sure to check back next week for another news roundup.

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Lady Gaga says no to plastic surgery, ever

Oh Lady Gaga. You are a crazy one. This week, she has spoken out about plastic surgery, saying that she’s not into it, but (gasp!) some pop stars are! Who could she mean?

“I have never had plastic surgery, and there are many pop singers who have,” she said.

“I think promoting insecurity in the form of plastic surgery is infinitely more harmful than an artistic expression related to body modification. And how many models and actresses do you see on magazine covers who have brand-new faces and have had plastic surgery, while I myself have never had any plastic surgery? I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me.”

She also said that the weird face horn things she’s been wearing recently are her bones. Yes. How could we have not noticed those before? Silly us. “They're not prosthetics. They're my bones. They come out when I'm inspired.

"They've always been inside of me, but I have been waiting for the right time to reveal to the universe who I truly am,” she said.

And if Lady Gaga says it, it’s fact. So there.

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Elton John "Lagy Gaga Genius"

Sir Elton John praised Lady Gaga and said that the singer is really an amazing and pure genius. Male 63 years is predicted that the American singer will be one of the greatest musicians in the history of American music and the world.

"I love him, he's really amazing. We have been friends. What I liked from Gaga is he's really polite and respectful to people around him,"she told UK's Daily Mirror newspaper.

Even this man reconcile polite and positive attitude of Lady Gaga is the late John Lennon. "What I most love from John Lennon is like that (respect). One time he allows her to ride the first elevator in the airport and also (Lennon) never came to my wedding agency. Gaga also people who like it," he said.

But for Elton John, the most interesting thing about yourself Gaga is the singer could not be predicted. He made people seemed to understand about him, and it is not.

"But the most amazing thing about him (Gaga) is he able to make people think they know everything about him, but they do not know anything. He was a phenomenal star and surely he is one who will reach a position like me , Mc Cartney and Rod Stewart, where Gaga will make a big success in the coming years. Pure genius, "he concluded.

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