What a tumultuous few days it’s been for the current “Queen of Pop”. As if her punishing schedule of promotional appearances and interviews in Japan were not enough, she now has to deal with accusations attacking her integrity, and a potential lawsuit.

It’s no wonder the 25 year old superstar was caught balling at the MTV Video Music Aid Japan event, organized to raise funds for the Japanese Red Cross in the wake of the catastrophic Earthquake and Tsunami which rocked both the country and the global attitude to Nuclear energy.

It has to be said that the lovely Gaga was not in fact weeping at the thought of being sued, she was in fact discussing the tragic loss of life caused by the disaster, and begging the people of the world to support the beautiful country through much-needed tourism.

Why is she being sued? It seems that a gentleman by the name of Ari Kresch, from a Michigan-based law practice has been denied access to Lady GaGa’s financial records. Oh, yes, that’s shocking isn’t it, apparently we can’t just call up demanding to see the personal and professional finances of our favorite celebrity whenever we want!

Who’d have thunk it!

On the day of the disaster, the Gaga team (does she have a team? I’m guessing so) immediately started work on the project, designing and selling charitable wristbands for all of her Little Monsters to wear in support of her beloved Japanese fans. And it seems to have raised a considerable chunk of money too, adding to what Lady Gaga herself has donated to the cause.

So, despite the fact that Gaga is worth countless millions, and is possibly already one of the most wealthy women in music, and despite the fact that she donated several million dollars to charity following the disaster, this lawyer thinks that she might have been pocketing some of the cash from the sale of charitable wristbands through her site, rather than donating the money.

Yes, that really sounds like the actions of a woman who already donated plenty of cash from her personal fortune, and a woman who routinely becomes emotional when talking about Human rights and Humanitarian causes!

Okay, if you cant sense my sarcasm at various points throughout this post just let me know and I’ll come back in to highlight the relevant lines ;)

What do I think? I think the guy should consider going after some of the real criminals in the world, instead of attacking a celebrity in an effort to grab some publicity, because with all the corruption and greed out there, perpetrated by some insanely huge corporations, I fail to see why Gaga would be a logical choice for any other reason than gaining notoriety.

I could of course be wrong, but I doubt it.

Now I suspect Arachnophiles out there will be wondering where the Tarantula makes an entrance to this post. The piano on stage at the recent Tokyo performance was “disguised” as a Tarantula. Just an interesting thing to note!

We all have had a Bad Teacher now and then especially those substitute teachers. But who could be badder teaches than these folks?

Bad Teacher premiered at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City last night, and stars Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Jason Segel, Lucy Punch and additional cast members were in attendance. Here are some photos we obtained from the gala. Bad Teacher is out as part of the Summer Movie happenings in theaters nationwide this Friday, June 24th!

Oh, the random Right Wingnuts are at it again, this time in Hazard, Kentucky. Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water… (that will make sense in a couple of minutes, I swear!)

The drama unfolded in the city of Hazard when two developmentally challenged young men began larking about at the side of the pool. Apparently, they did something so disgusting! Yes, one sat on the others knee! Oh the abhorrence, Gods eyes must have bled!

They attended the pool with a group called Mending Hearts Inc, a charitable organization connecting individuals and providing services to the Intellectually and developmentally challenged. Organizations like Mending Hearts Inc provide invaluable services, offering respite and support to parents, carers and families, and disabled individuals with a vitally important path into the community.

So what happened when this apparent abhorrent behavior was spotted? In rushed a gaggle of staff who seemingly happen to be religious (these people must be trained by Ninjas, always creeping about just waiting for their homophobic moment, and then, Shark Attack! – UK readers might understand that joke more than others).

These staff obviously had nothing better to do than to upset a group of people already struggling with equality and life in general, telling them all that they had to leave. Apparently, God doesn’t like gay people swimming in his pool in Hazard Kentucky.

I kid you not, the staff member quoted the Bible and suggested that he had the right to remove them based on that. Forget law, forget the inalienable rights to Freedom and Liberty, the Bible apparently ignores all of that (as is too often the case in the translation of some) and advises that the local pool in Hazard Kentucky is not to be used by disabled gay people. I must have missed that section because I don’t recall any mention of swimming pools and recreation centers the last time I read through it.

And this is the part that really upsets me; the two young men left in tears, humiliated and simply not understanding what they had done wrong. As if the world doesn’t already seem like a baffling and unfriendly place to them, they’re humiliated and embarrassed by complete strangers and made to feel even more like outcasts on a day when fun and inclusion should have been key.

Mending Hearts Inc did what any sensible person or group facing disgusting homophobia and discrimination should, they filed a formal complaint with their local gay rights group, in this case the Kentucky Equality Federation, and in partnership they requested an apology and that the employee who removed them be transferred to another department of the STATE RUN recreation center. They also planned a protest outside of the facility to highlight the issue.

As you’d expect, this minor skirmish has brought the truly religiously insane out of the woodwork, with Jordan Palmer (President of the Kentucky Equality Federation) receiving death threats if their planned protest outside of the facility were to go ahead.

In steps the Mayor of Hazard, Kentucky, Nan Gorman, 83. And how does she pour oil on turbulent water? By being the equivalent of that racist guy who says “some of my friends are black”, stating that the Pool once hired a gay lifeguard.

Insert.Face.Palm.Here

Oh they did? Well that’s fine then, all is forgiven. There cannot possibly be anything wrong if the Center was once so open and equal as to hire one gay Lifeguard! Move along, nothing to see here after all.

When asked, Charlotte Sizemore, executive director of the recreation center, declined to comment on the incident directly because she hadn’t witnessed it. But forgive my naiveté, as head of the facility you don’t need to witness every footfall and intolerant uttering to have an opinion and issue a sensible statement. But it appears that she let slip that although she holds such a position, others have authority, stating “They don’t want us to talk about it”. Hmm, intriguing. Gagged huh? By whom?

Charlotte Sizemore added:

“We are getting all kinds of phone calls,” she said. “We’re sorry it happened. We’re just fair to everybody. … We never have any trouble here, period.”

One of those phone calls was allegedly from a blogger (NewProgressiveMuckraker) who had the balls to call Ms. Sizemore for a direct comment. Nice to offer a chance for both sides of the story, far more professional than me. But it seems the executive director had been having a very tough day, and with the words “You don’t fucking know, Fuck you!” she hung up.

Yep, them Hazard Pavilion folks are real professionals, such a classy way to hold such a coveted position in the community.

Well, clearly her more sensible statements are not correct. I may be being unfair, but saying you’re sorry it happened is not the same as saying sorry to the two guys who were humiliated and left feeling less Human than when they arrived. Stating “we’re just fair to everybody” is clearly not true, otherwise the employee would have been moved already and a public statement would have been issued clarifying the cock-up. And finally, they obviously do have “trouble” there, this story is testament to that.

I don’t know if the protest went ahead, unfortunately. I can’t find mention of it since the initial incident. I sincerely hope they get the apology they so desperately deserve, and the fact that it has been so long in coming is evidence of the lunacy and true opinions of all involved. Forget the initial incident for just a moment, because the silence since then is deafening.

Moral of the story is, reconsider who are the ones truly “developmentally challenged”.

Second moral of the story is, don’t go to Hazard Pavilion if you’re gay, disabled, or moral, nice, decent… just don’t go.

Could it be the next huge celeb battle since Jen V’s Angelina? Okay, no it probably won’t be. But since the catastrophe that was Cheryl Cole’s move to the US, things are still not calming down in the controversial world of the international business that is the X-Factor.

Personally, I can’t stand the whole circus, it’s like a freak show with a baying crowd of rabid village idiots fawning over mediocre talent or mocking the mentally disabled. At least that’s my take on it, but I haven’t seen much.

But the surrounding controversy and hilarity is what really interests me. They should do away with all the ridicule and humiliation of people who probably need full-time care, and just focus on the drama of the over-primed, over-pumped and over-paid pseudo-stars behaving like Emperor Nero.

Thumbs down to you Simon!

So for those who do not know the whole story (and I only know bits of it), high-trousered and camp-speaking Cowell (maybe he talks like that because his pants are squeezing his nuts too hard?) decided in all his infinite wisdom, that America needed the gloriously beautiful – albeit slightly dialectically challenged – Cheryl Cole to fly over the the USA and introduce the public to a language they’d never heard before (hey dude, is she talkin’ French?)

And as you’d expect, her slightly brash and stronger-than-Tetley-tea accent sent every American reaching for the remote. Not for the caption button, but to switch to some other channel featuring overly-pretty and ridiculously impossible characters.

That just won’t do for the heads of the channel, and it seems that this time Simon couldn’t use his pop hammer of doom to persuade them to reconsider. So she was shipped off, presumably back to her home town where people actually understand her.

But that’s not the end of the story. Recently Tulisa Contostavlos (don’t worry, I don’t know either) took Cheryl’s place on the hit show during auditions (read humiliation extravaganza) for the new series in Manchester England. And it seems that in an effort to get her name on the venomous lips of X-Factor fans everywhere she arrived with a sharp tongue and an overly honest opinion. That’s right, get the audience to hate you by being a bitch, isn’t that the way to make money these days?

You can guess what happens next can’t you? The audience fell for it hook, line and sinker, and to calls of “Bring back Cheryl” Tulisa’s steely facade fell to the floor faster than I would in a college locker room. She allegedly ran from the scene in floods of tears wondering why her snide comments hadn’t made her some kind of lovable Cruella De Ville “You Beasts!”

Aside from that, they need a little more drama don’t they! So lets throw in some additional rumor and speculation from anonymous sources (probably some guy in the press room of a trash mag who wants to feel more important). Apparently young Cruella… sorry, Tulisa, is staying up and having little parties before turning up with a hangover. But then she’s only young, and partying is what these people do best I suppose. They need to be good at something though, right?

So that’s the story so far, I guess there’ll be plenty more to come. Some of it will be blatant BS, and some of it might actually be funny. But while I won’t watch the show, I’ll probably keep up to speed with the surrounding drama and PR stuntage, We all need a little entertainment, it’s a shame the folks at the X-Factor don’t know that… or perhaps they do?