0 'Provocative' Lady Gaga allowed second Manila show

MANILA: Lady Gaga will be allowed to hold a second concert in Manila on Tuesday night after state censors ruled her "provocative" act was within legal bounds, a city official said.

Officials who monitored the first show on Monday found no violations of the permit terms banning nudity, blasphemy, and lewd conduct, said Antonino Calixto, mayor of Pasay City, the district where the event was held.

"Admittedly, some of the statements and choreography were provocative but the content and presentation taken all together can be considered as part of an artist's expressions" that are protected by the constitution, he added.

"Therefore, the city government of Pasay sees no compelling or legal reason to disallow the second concert from proceeding," Calixto said in a statement.

Up to 20,000 fans are expected to attend the American pop phenomenon's final Manila show, the same number as were at Monday's concert.

Conservative Christians in the Catholic-majority nation have been staging street protests daily to demand a government ban on the events, alleging some of Lady Gaga's songs are blasphemous.

One senior church leader said her show amounted to "devil worship".

Lady Gaga spoke out against her local critics at Monday's concert, declaring she was "not a creature of your government" before belting out her controversial song "Judas".

Her world tour, "The Born This Way Ball", has hit the headlines on its way through Asia, with an upcoming concert in Muslim-majority Indonesia denied a police permit for fear of violence from religious hardliners.

Prominent Filipino lawyer Romulo Macalintal, one of those who sought to block the Manila concert, said he was resigned to the local government's ruling.

"They are the persons authorised by law and if that is their decision, I cannot do anything, I just leave it to God," he said. (AFP)

0 Lady Gaga teacup fetches $75,300 in Japan auction

TOKYO: Fans of Lady Gaga bidding on a teacup and saucer used only once by the pop diva had offered more than six million yen ($75,000) for the item by the time the hammer fell, a Japanese auction site said Monday.

With more than 1,300 bids, the week-long auction finished at 1400 GMT Sunday, with a top offer of 6,011,000 yen, Yahoo! Japan, which managed the charity event, said.

The cup was used by Lady Gaga at a press conference in Tokyo three months after the massive tsunami of March last year swamped a large stretch of coastline.

Lady Gaga told reporters at the time that she would auction the cup, marked with her lipstick and bearing the Japanese message "We pray for Japan" along with the star's autograph.

All the money raised will be used to help young Japanese artists who want to study in the United States.

The teacup was one of a number of items being sold to raise money for those affected by Japan's worst post-war calamity, and was the second most expensive lot.

The top-priced item was a Kawai crystal piano used by Yoshiki of rock band Japan X, which went for 11,001,000 yen, Yahoo! Japan said.

The natural disaster killed some 19,000 people on Japan's northeast coast and sparked the world's worst nuclear accident since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, leading to a plunge in visitors to the country.

Lady Gaga visited Japan twice after the disaster and called on tourists from around the world to follow suit.

The songstress is due back in Japan this week as part of an Asian tour. (AFP)

0 Lady Gaga concert is termed 'un-Islamic'

A member of Indonesia's highest Islamic authority has said Muslims should stay away from an upcoming concert by American pop star Lady Gaga, who he said aimed to undermine the values of the world's largest Muslim country.

"(The concert is) intended to destroy the nation's morality," said Indonesian Council of Ulema chairman Cholil Ridwan.

Cholil said Lady Gaga's sexy manner of dressing and dance should be considered "un-Islamic".

"She's from the West, and she often shows her private parts while performing," he said.

He, however, added that he had never watched the singer perform and only heard of her "reputation" second-hand.

He said the 25,000 fans who purchased tickets for the June 3 concert leg of the "Born This Way Ball" tour should return their tickets. The show sold out in around two hours when tickets went on sale March 10.

0 Lady Gaga haunted by devil

Pop star Lady Gaga believes the devil keeps haunting her during sleep.

The 25-year-old has enlisted the help of Michael Jackson's former doctor and spiritual adviser Deepak Chopra to try to ward off evil spirits from her "terrifying" dreams.

Chopra helped the late Jackson achieve better sleep and breathing patterns with counselling sessions.

"I have this recurring dream where there's a phantom in my home and he takes me into a room where there's a blonde girl with ropes tied to her limbs pulling her apart," showbizspy.com quoted Gaga as saying.

"I told Deepak the dream was so terrifying I thought somehow that a devil force was trying to take hold of me," she added.

Gaga has also asked Chopra to help her achieve her dreams of "going into a coma" and levitating.

"I want to go into a coma and levitate. I am a very spiritual person. Deepak is the most influential person in my life. His message is a true inspiration. He helps me to reach inside my spirituality and we take it to the next level," she said.

0 Shah Rukh Khan offers Lady Gaga lead role in Bollywood film

Bollywood King Shah Rukh Khan has offered the lead role to pop superstar Lady Gaga in his next movie.

Khan said that he would love to cast Gaga in one of his Bollywood productions during an interview on UTV in which the pair talked about love, shopping and music, the Mirror reported.

The ‘Born this way’ singer told Khan that she would love to be part of a Bollywood movie, but not as a leading actress instead “in a smaller role”.

“I don’t have any illusions of being a lead actress! Instead, I would like to be cast in a smaller role,” she said.

During their hour-long chat Khan also taught the singer how to speak some Hindi including how to address her “little monsters” when in India.

The pair also spoke about reincarnation, with the singer revealing that she believed in the concept of rebirth.

“I believe you can be reborn over and over again.

“I believe I was my father’s sister. My father’s sister died when she was 19 years old and I believe her spirit is with me and so I believe that I am her reincarnation.

“When I’m in America and I talk about it they look at me like I’m on crazy cakes,” she added.