All Gaga

“[S]ocial media, quite frankly, is the toilet of the internet . . . and what it has done to pop culture is abysmal. 

“People saw love and, guess what? That’s what we wanted you to see.”

—Lady Gaga, brand-new Oscar-winner, to Jimmy Kimmel in response to breathless social media speculation about her and Bradley Cooper, her “A Star Is Born” co-star, Feb. 27, 2019.

 

• Editorial Comment: The other people reportedly in love this week: Kim Jong-Un and Der Drumpf. Is that just acting, too?

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Clearing Sky

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