Adam Lambert is Behind the Music & Naya Rivera is in Front of the Camera

ADAM LAMBERT:

Despite watching every interview since 2009 and sitting through his E! True Hollywood Story, I still learned bits of brand spankin’ new knowledge from his Behind the Music. The good people at VH1 put the whole thing online so you can watch it right here!

Of the day he finally came out to his family after years of internal struggle his father says they all “breathed a collective sigh of relief. ” Adam adds, “It felt amazing; it really did. It felt like a weight was lifted, having that freedom of communication about a part of me that I had kept secret for so long.” Also, remember those initial photos of him kissing some guy during the Idol run? The were apparently found on a social networking site called Tribe, where he forgot to cancel his account. What is this Tribe our boy speaks of?

On his upcoming fall musical masterpiece:

“The good news is that I am in love, so that’s a good place to be. It’s a great time to be making music, I’ll tell you.”

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NAYA RIVERA:

She’s in the studio this very second recording her debut solo album that will sound something along the lines of dance tracks, heartfelt ballads, and jazz stylings along the lines of Amy Winehouse and Adele. Our little Santana also goes full glam for the new issue of Instyle:

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GAGA:

Her dragking alter-ego Jo Calderone is back on the single cover for “You & I” (sidenote, pretty much my fave track on Born This Way.)  She also adds that the “You & I” music video will be her 1,000th tweet (she’s currently at 992).


MTV:

The hands down most watchable award show on television, the VMAs, will include a new social activism category this year:

This special category celebrates the powerful intersection of music and social activism, and highlights artists who created music videos with positive messages of self-empowerment or raised awareness of key social issues facing today’s youth.  With an outpouring of support from across the pop culture spectrum the last year, artists mobilized to support bullied youth, reject LGBT discrimination and emphasize self worth — issues MTV has been addressing through A Thin Line, its anti-cyberbullying and digital abuse campaign, launched in December of 2009 – and now via this special 2011 MTV Video Music Award Category.

The 2011 VMAs air Sunday, August 28th and the nominees for “Best Video With a Message” are:
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+ Pink,  “Fuckin’ Perfect”
+ Lady Gaga, “Born This Way”
+ Katy Perry, “Firework”
+ Eminem, “Love The Way You Lie”
+ Rise Against, “Make It Stop”
+ Taylor Swift, “Mean”

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Speaking of MTV, the Village Voice has obtained the 30 page contract that must be signed by cast members of The Real World.  The lengthy document is considered a standard contract for all Real World participants and stipulates that those who sign on the dotted line “may be humiliated and explicitly portrayed ‘in a false light.’” Housemates are also required to “grant the Producer blanket rights to your entire life story,” which they then have the right to “misrepresent.” So, who’s gonna leak The Real L Wordcontract for us to publish?

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JILL BENNETT:

Auto-friend Jill Bennett‘s latest blog post takes on our very own readers, inspired by the debate within comments of the Sheryl Swoopes article last month.  Jill addresses those comments head on in Labels Aren’t Just for Cans, and WTF is Pansexual Anyway? and invites you to continue the discussion via audio or video on her bi-monthly live vlog, “The Gloves Are Off,”  TONIGHT at 7pm PST.

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ADELE:

21 was inspired by the breakup with her ex-boyfriend but she just revealed that keeping a “drunk diary” helped lubricate the creative juices:

“I used to have to lock myself away in my house, get pretty drunk and write a drunk diary – and that was the first time I could admit things to myself. ‘A drunk tongue is an honest one in my opinion and the next morning I would read it through with an awful hangover and, in the cold light of day, had to absorb my feelings about myself.  I was a bit scared that I wouldn’t be articulate enough. I started realizing my own flaws and my disappointments and I started regretting a lot of stuff. It was quite an awakening.”

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Jess is a pop culture junkie living in New York City. She enjoys endless debates about The L Word, Howard Stern, new techy gadgets, DVR, exploring the labyrinth of the Lesbian Internet, memoirs, working out, sushi, making lists, artsy things, anything Lady Gaga touches, traveling, puppies, and nyc in the fall. Find her on Twitter @jessxnyc or via email.

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29 Comments

  1. Gee, Lady Gaga must have watched Adam Lambert’s tour because that is what he said, “You have to first love yourself in order to find love with others” at an interview with Perez Hilton last year and in his LA conert right before he sang “A Change Is Gonna Come”! Nice to know that Adam is influencing this pop star diva too!
    I love Adam Lambert and I loved watching his BTM, he is inspiring, humble, gorgeous and mega talented with a huge heart of Gold!

    • I think a lot of people say that… Like, I’ve said it, probs before lambert. It’s just one of those things that people say.

  2. Naya is so gorgeous in those photos, I love that vintage glam look on her. I also love that she is an amazing nerd who pranked the cast by sending them texts as “A” like on Pretty Little Liars.

  3. I’m pretty hopeful for Naya’s album if it’s going in that jazzy-soulful direction. We definately need more of that these days and I know she can deliver.

    On another note. I’m not much of an MTV person, but if they were looking for a mainstream Best Message song, it should have been Lupe Fiasco’s “The Show Goes On”. (Then again I’ve never seen the video if that’s the deciding factor ha nevermind)

  4. “I’m going to tie her to the bed and set this motherfucking house on fire” counts as a “message”? What the fuck? That discredits the whole category as far as I’m concerned.

    • you just stole my comment! “next time I’m pissed, I’ll aim my fist at the drywall/Next time? There won’t be a next time/ I apologize, even though I know it’s lies”
      What “positive message” is this song sending? Give me a break!

  5. I was pleasantly surprised by Adam’s Behind The Music episode. I was sure it would be boring and I would know every single thing they said. I still knew most of it, but it was entertaining anyway (and we got some clips of him in the studio! yaay!). Kudos to VH1.

    • I obviously need to scribble some really bad puns and come-ons in there to make it complete.

  6. I’m in my early mid 20’s, (early 20’s?) and this particular line of Jill Bennett’s blog really rung true with me:

    “Once you get to a certain age… your focus shifts from finding your sexual identity to finding the person you want to spend your life with.”

  7. Adele’s drunk diary makes sense, her songs are so boring and whiny. I want to like her music because her voice is so fantastic, but if I have to listen to another album full of whiny hetero break-up songs I will scream.

  8. A drunk diary sounds awesome/terrible. It would be so random and not make any sense when you’re finally sober enough to read it.

  9. F*ck yeah, Rise Against got nominated! Make It Stop (September’s Children) is such a great song and it’s awesome to see a political punk band talk about LGBT issues.

  10. WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT

    the dude on gaga’s single is her then? i’m so confused.

    either way, hot.

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