On Wednesday afternoon (February 8), a trio of Angels held court during a Valentine’s Day Event at Victoria’s Secret, SoHo. Enjoy the pictures of Lindsay Ellingson, Adriana Lima and Doutzen Kroes at the Victoria’s Secret Angels Valentine’s Day Event in New York City (February 8).
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A look at the top performers and categories up for grabs during the ceremony airing Sunday, May 20 on ABC.
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You could buy nearly seven million pair of Bulgari Bono sunglasses with the cash.
By Gil Kaufman
U2′s Bono
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U2 singer Bono was already an obscenely wealthy man before Friday’s (May 18) Facebook IPO . But thanks to the 2.3 percent stake in the social networking site held by his Elevation Partners investment group (it is unknown how much of the Facebook take is directly held by Bono) it was reported that his nest egg could grow exponentially when Friday’s first day of trading on the company’s stock is over.
The total haul? More than $1.5 billion , which is not bad for a day’s work.
If those figures are true, he may become the richest rock star on Earth, sitting on a massive pile of green that could allow a man who already had the world at his fingertips to push into a rarified stratosphere that’s the envy of the many one-percenters he already counts as friends. According to Rolling Stone the singer, who cannot sell all his shares at once, has pledged to use much of the money raised from his investments to aid charity work in Africa.
Bono addressed the rumors of his (alleged) impending money bomb while speaking to MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Friday morning. “Contrary to reports, I’m not a billionaire or going to be richer than any Beatle — and not just in the sense of money, by the way; the Beatles are untouchable — those billionaire reports are a joke,” he said. “In Elevation, we invest other people’s money — endowments, pension funds. We do get paid, of course. But, you know, I felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I’ve always felt blessed. I got interested in technology because I’m an artist, I’m interested in the forces that shape the world, politics, religion, the stuff we’ve been talking about today. Technology is huge, I wanted to learn about it. People might say that’s odd, but I think it’s odd if artists aren’t interested in the world around them. I’m always chasing that. Facebook are an amazing team, a brilliant team. It’s a technology that brings people together.”
But if one person were to obtain that windfall, what could $1.5 billion buy you? We broke it down, by-the-numbers:
6.9 million Famous for his signature Bulgari shades, if Bono were to get his hands on the full stash, he could hit the Amazon.com marketplace and get nearly seven million pair for cheap at $215.77 a piece.
12.5 The giant claw stage that U2 schlepped around the world for their record-setting 360 Tour was insanely expensive. With each of the three structures they built coming in at $40 million a piece, Bono could build nine more with the Facebook loot.
300,000 Speaking U2 tours, on their famous 1992 Zoo TV outing, one of the highlights were the blinged-out Trabant cars that were hung from the lighting rigs. The famously low-budget East German cars were never expensive, but if Bono were ever thinking of expanding his car collection, he could snatch up more than 300,000 1989 models for the money.
39.4 million: In the recent documentary, “From the Sky Down,” U2 basically admitted that they’d gotten a bit full of themselves by the time their 1988 ode to Americana, Rattle and Hum, was released. If Bono is feeling especially embarrassed about all the cowboy hats and blues discovery of that era, he could try to wipe out some trace of it by buying nearly 40 million Blu-Ray copies of the DVD from Amazon.
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For Mother Monster’s big day, here’s an A-to-Z guide for all things Gaga.
By Vaughn Trudeau Schoonmaker
<P><a href="/music/artist/lady_gaga/artist.jhtml">Lady Gaga</a> turned 26 years young on Wednesday (March 28), and to help celebrate, MTV News drew up a handy A-to-Z guide touching on some of the most exciting things to come from Mother Monster. Read on and share your birthday wishes for the pop princess!<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>A:</b></span> April 27. On that day, Gaga will launch what's sure to be one of the year's most spectacular spectacles at the Olympic Stadium in Seoul, Korea, which brings us to …<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>B:</b></span> … <a href="/news/articles/1658379/lady-gaga-atlantic-city.jhtml"><i>Born This Way</i> Ball</a>! We were there when Gaga announced the name of the tour in Atlantic City, New Jersey, last year, and it has been hinted that we can expect an <a href="/news/articles/1675649/lady-gaga-born-this-way-tour.jhtml">"electro pop opera."</a> She had us at "opera."<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>C:</b></span> Castle. Mother Monster tweeted an image of the <a href="/news/articles/1678676/lady-gaga-born-this-way-stage.jhtml">stage design</a> for the tour, and the elaborate gothic castle has us excited.<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>D:</b></span> "Dark." Gaga's former creative director, Laurieann Gibson, opened up just last week about why she parted ways with the pop star, telling <a href="http://www.etonline.com/music/120256_Lady_Gaga_s_Former_Choreographer_Laurieann_Gibson_Details_Split/index.html" target="_blank">"ET Canada"</a> that Gaga's ideas "got a little dark for me creatively."<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>E:</b></span> <a href="/news/articles/1674731/lady-gaga-elton-john-duet.jhtml">Elton John</a>. The godmother to John's adopted son, Gaga has teased a duet with the "Rocket Man" singer for her next album.<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>F:</b></span> <a href="http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/717202/lady-gaga-has-the-title-and-concept-for-her-next-album.jhtml">Fernando Garibay</a>. The musical director behind <i>Born This Way</i> told MTV News that the new album already has a title and concept.<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>G:</b></span> Gothic. Veils, brooches and lots of black: Gaga has adopted a gothic theme for her tour, but also in her fashion choices.<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>H:</b></span> "Heavy Metal Lover." This jam has been begging for radio play; at the very least, the <i>BTW</i> cut should make it to the tour set list.<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>I:</b></span> Inez & Vinoodh. The Dutch photography duo were heavily involved in the spectacle surrounding Gaga's "Yoü and I" video, crafting awesome fashion clips after the official music video.<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>J:</b></span> Joanne. Lady Gaga's parents recently opened this Italian trattoria, named for Gaga's late aunt, on New York City's Upper West Side.<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>K:</b></span> Kinney, as in Taylor Kinney. The beautiful man who played Gaga's love interest in the "Yoü and I" video is rumored to be her real-life love interest too.<br><br> <span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>L:</b></span> Luc Carl. Gaga must still be on good terms with her ex-BF, because she recently tweeted a shout-out to him when he published his new book, "The Drunk Diet."<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>M:</b></span> Monster Pit. The special enclosed space within the <i>Born This Way</i> Ball stage where lucky Monsters who line up for hours, even days, before the show will be able to take in the concerts.<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>N:</b></span> Nicola Formichetti. The singer's new creative director will be her co-HBIC for the foreseeable future.<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>O:</b></span> Oprah. The talk-show queen is Gaga's new BFF, pretty much. She even tapped the OWN network boss to interview her not long after they launched Gaga's anti-bullying-focused <a href="/news/articles/1681289/lady-gaga-oprah.jhtml">Born This Way Foundation</a> together.<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>P:</b></span> Piano. One of the best parts of the Monster Ball was when Gaga would slow things down, chatting with the crowd and showing off her raw talent at the piano.<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Q:</b></span> Quinceañera. Gaga's one-word Twitter response to a Little Monster who asked how she would celebrate her 26th birthday this year, never mind that it's the kind of party reserved for 15-year-olds. They grow up so fast.<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>R:</b></span> Red Wine. Widely known to be Mother Monster's alcoholic beverage of choice, alongside whiskey and beer.<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>S:</b></span> "Stuck on F—in' You." This unreleased and unedited track was leaked by Gaga herself as a Christmas gift to her Little Monsters. She recorded the naughty song on her tour bus last go-round. Can we get another?<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>T:</b></span> Tea. Gaga's non-alcoholic beverage of choice, about which she recently tweeted a lesson she learned: #KettlesAreForTeaNotFashion.<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>U:</b></span> Unicorns. The mythical creatures may not exist, but Gaga swoons for them, and why not? Fantasy is as important to her as reality.<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>V:</b></span> Video Music Awards. Is it too early to begin the campaign for her to blow our minds again at the 2012 VMAs? We'd even settle for <a href="http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/686557/the-born-this-way-vma-win-means-the-most-to-lady-gaga.jhtml#id=1669870">Jo Calderone</a> again.<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>W:</b></span> Wigs. Her supply is never-ending and will likely continue to fascinate us right on through her 26th year.<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>X:</b></span> <a href="http://www.ladygagaxterryrichardsonthebook.com" target="_blank">"Lady Gaga X Terry Richardson."</a> Amazing photo book. Seriously, check it out.<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Y:</b></span> Yuyi. Will the mermaid join Gaga on tour this year? As long as the tour bus is sea-creature-friendly.<br><br></P><P><span style="float:left;color:#000000;font-size:36px;line-height:35px;padding-top:3px; padding-right:3px;font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Z:</b></span> Z100 Jingle Ball. In December, Gaga performed a short-but-captivating set at New York City's Madison Square Garden that gave us a peek at what's to come on the <i>Born This Way</i> Ball.</p>
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Adele posed for an elegantly put together Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott shot spread while talking about everything from ridding of the booze to her highly publicized vocal cord surgery. Highlights from Adele’s interview are as follows.
On her ‘loud’ personality: ?I am quite loud and bolshie,? she says (British slang for unruly and clamorous). ?I?m a big personality. I walk into a room, big and tall and loud.? Indeed. There is no doubt when Adele is in the building. The rule of thumb for protecting one?s vocal cords, she tells me, is: If people are more than an arm?s length away, you shouldn?t talk to them. ?But I am like, Wah! Wah! Wah!,? she says, laughing. ?It?s really bad.?
On giving up drinking last May: ?Don?t like drinking anymore. I think I got it out of my system. D?yaknowhaImean??
On her vocal troubles: ?I?ve been singing properly every day since I was about fifteen or sixteen and I have never had any problems with my voice, ever. I?ve had a sore throat here and there, had a cold and sung through it, but that day it just went while I was onstage in Paris during a radio show. It was literally like someone had pulled a curtain over it.? She flew to London the next morning to see her doctor and was diagnosed with acute laryngitis. After a couple weeks? rest, she continued her European tour, came to America, and then her voice went again in May. ?That was a hemorrhage… a burst blood vessel on my vocal cord. That healed, I did a tour, and then it happened again at my best friend?s wedding on October 1.?
On getting support through her surgery from other artists: ?John Mayer had it done at the same time as I did and he really helped me be chilled out about it. Roger Daltrey?s had loads of stuff done; Steven Tyler reached out; Elton John. Lots of artists have had problems with their voices, but you don?t know about it. And they are still singing incredibly well in their 50s and 60s.?
On her six Grammy nominations: ?I burst into tears when I found out. And I would love, absolutely love, to win. This record is coming to an end, and that would be the final brick on it.?
Honestly, I don’t know if this is good news, bad news, or if it falls into the “does this even matter with all that’s going down?” category, but here you go: Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller have finalized their divorce. … Continue reading
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