Lady GaGa has appeared at #44 on New Statesman magazine annual “50 People Who Matter” list. According to the magazine, the list features people who have “global influence” and a “world-changing potential”.

New Statesman is a British political magazine in a left-wing political alignment point of view.

When does a star become an icon? The moment she passes the six million mark on Twitter? The day she is nominated for six Grammy Awards? Or the month (August 2010) in which it is calculated she has sold more than 15 million albums and 51 million singles worldwide? Lady Gaga (left) has done all these things.

But that’s not it. In her own words: “God put me on earth for three reasons: to make loud music, gay videos and cause a damn ruckus.” Ah, the ruckus. It has become the Gaga art form, most recently seen in the shape of a dress made of raw meat that she wore to the MTV Video Music Awards, provoking outrage and uproar in equal measure (“What does Lady Gaga’s meat dress mean?” asked the BBC).

Gaga is used to such reactions: the world attends her every theatrical move, from the live routine that left her blood-soaked and ailing onstage to the red leather Elizabeth I dress that she wore to meet the Queen at the Royal Variety Show last year. And yet, while some say she redefines empty exhibitionism, her army of obsessed fans – whom she calls her “Little Monsters” – surge to her defence.

This is Gaga’s trick. While she is mainstream enough to sell huge quantities of records and duet with Beyoncé (on the nine-minute song “Telephone”, whose video features prison bondage and lesbian kisses), she has established herself as an ambassador for the marginalised, the lonely, the misunderstood. It’s a lucrative market.

There’s a limitless supply of alienated teenagers willing to sign up to a life of Gaga worship, especially since she tattooed her love for them on her arm (near another of her tattoos, from Rilke: “In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself: must I write?”) But she was not always Gaga.

Born in New York City in 1986, Stefani Germanotta went to a private Catholic school on the Upper East Side, although she says her parents were from “lower-class families”. She was always, she says, an outsider, but a dorm-mate at New York University remembers her as “a very suburban, preppy, friendly, social party girl”.

The name “Lady Gaga” was born of a misspelt text by her then collaborator and producer, Rob Fusari (who tried to sue Gaga, saying she failed to pay him royalties for songs that he had co-written) – yet a New York Post profile claimed it was concocted by music industry executives.

This, too, is Gaga: a myth. The comparison is often made with Madonna – Gaga has inherited her mantle of Catholic-girl-turned-provocatrice. The feminist author Camille Paglia calls it “theft”, an image of an icon repurposed for modern times, but Gaga has morphed the brand with her own uncompromising, outlandish, androgynous style.

And for her millions of Little Monsters, she is not just an artist, a singer, or a wearer of impossible clothes, but their champion and heroine: the ultimate “self-professed freak”.

You can see the whole list here.

Lady GaGa was spotted out for coffee in New York with her boyfriend Luc Carl on September 25.

Lady GaGa was spotted visiting a nursing home in Lincoln Park, New Jersey on Wednesday (September 22) with her mother. Check a photo of hers at the nursing home above.

Photo credits: Gagasource

New dates have been officially added to The 2011 Monster Ball Tour schedule:

February 28 – Chicago, IL
March 23 – Sacramento, CA
March 31 – Anaheim, CA
April 6 – Austin, TX
April 19 – Nashville, TN

You can see the complete schedule of The 2011 Monster Ball Tour on our sidebar.

If you want to guarantee your 2011 tickets to Lady GaGa’s “Monster Ball”, You can do it HERE.

Lady GaGa released an statement regarding the voting process to repeal DADT law that took place yesterday and failed:

Today was an enormous disappointment, for myself, and for many young American people. Not only because ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ was not repealed by our Senators, but moreover because legislative procedure is being abused to stop public business, public debates, from happening while America is watching. There was a debate today, we just didn’t get to watch it. Instead, it has been customary now for antiquated procedures and partisan politics to take precedence over debate, America’s needs, and today, sadly, over the needs of U.S. troops. I will keep fighting, I will not give up. I am passionate about the rights of the LGBT Community and SLDN and I will continue to activate as many young people as I can, and encourage them to get politically involved in their future.

Lady GaGa made an appearance at The Rally against “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” on Monday (September 20) in Portland, Maine.

On her speech Lady GaGa criticized the law and added that the straight soldiers who are homophobic should “go home” adding that equality is the “prime rib of America”.

The present provision to repeal DADT has been attached to the annual defense authorization bill and will require the vote of at least one of the 41 Republican Senators in order to be passed.

Watch Lady GaGa’s speech below:

Lady GaGa is going to lead a rally in support to the movement she started to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in Maine Today (September 20), where two senators could provide key votes when the Senate takes up this issue on Tuesday.

UPDATE: The event started at 4 P.M. ET and Lady GaGa had a speech.

Lady GaGa has been nominated for 5 awards at The 2010 European Music Awards. The award ceremony will take place on November 7, 2010 in Madrid, Spain, Check out the categories GaGa is nominated for:

Best Pop Artist:
Lady Gaga
Usher
Katy Perry
Miley Cyrus
Rihanna

Best Female:
Lady Gaga
Rihanna
Shakira
Katy Perry
Miley Cyrus

Best Live Act
Bon Jovi
Lady Gaga
Muse
Kings of Leon
Linkin Park

Best Song:
Usher – OMG
Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg – California Gurls
Eminem feat. Rihanna – Love the Way You Lie
Rihanna – Rude Boy
Lady Gaga – Bad Romance

Best Video
Thirty Seconds to Mars – Kings and Queens
Katy Perry – California Gurls
Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce – Telephone
Plan B – Prayin’
Eminem feat Rihanna – Love the Way You Lie

Lady GaGa has already won 1 EMA in 2009 for “Best New Artist”, and was also nominated for other 4 awards last year.

Some of the categories are public voted, so be sure to cast your vote for GaGa here.

Lady GaGa has made an YouTuBe playlist with some of the videos fans sent her regarding her movement to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law. Check it out here.

http://www.sldn.org/Gaga
Call your senator at (202) 224-3121

Washington Post: Lady Gaga has taken her message calling for an end to the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy to the stage, Twitter and, now, to YouTube. Yes, Lady Gaga has created today’s ad of the day.

The pop singer has issued a rash of tweets calling out lawmakers for their action (or inaction) on the repeal of “don’t ask don’t tell.” In one tweet, Gaga called the filibuster “a tactic to hijack our debate,” and moments later calls her fans, whom she refers to as “Lil Monsters,” to action prior to a scheduled Senate vote: “Key senate vote this Tues. on #DADT repeal. We need 60 senators. Call your senator.”

The tweets were followed by a black and white YouTube video posted Friday in which the singer calls on a number of senators, by name, to vote in favor of repealing the policy. “Not only is the law unconstitutional,” she says, “but it’s not even properly or fairly enforced by the government,” She then pairs the effort to end “don’t ask” with the civil rights movement.

“We are not asking you to agree with or approve the moral implications of homosexuality, we are asking you to do your job, to protect the constitution,” she continues, later quoting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who retweeted a Gaga tweet on Tuesday (for which The Gaga was thankful).

Gaga has lent her star wattage to the Service Members Legal Defense Fund and, in the video, calls on fans to visit the Web site. The homepage features a photo of the singer with armed service members and calls on visitors to “Answer Lady Gaga’s call for action.” Later in the video, which is over seven minutes long, Gaga pulls out a phone and calls both Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). The line to Schumer’s office eventually disconnects, and Gillibrand’s takes her to a voicemail inbox that is full.

Gillibrand later tweeted, thanking Gaga for her call, saying she “couldn’t agree more” and asking if The Gaga had time on Friday to talk.

Check out the latest Tweets by Lady GaGa regarding this:

Little Monsters #makeyourownvideos if u believe in #equalrights and want the Senate to #repealDADT. Tweet me your video and I will post them

All hands on deck Lil Monsters: Key senate vote this Tues. on #DADT repeal. We need 60 senators. Call your senator now: http://bit.ly/aBZMSJ

A Filibuster is a way to obstruct the Senate Floor from discussing or voting on a given LAW, + is essentially a tactic to hijack our debate.

SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN is attempting to stop the DON’T ASK DON’T TELL repeal vote this tuesday, with a filibuster.