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Yet more bad news for Lindsay Lohan. Famous more for her string of bad choices than her acting, the ‘Mean Girls’ star is now dealing with the repercussions of another bad choice: keeping nude photos of herself on her laptop. Which has been stolen. Of course.

According to TMZ, LiLo says her computer stolen recently at an airport in Shanghai, China, contains naked photos of herself and “private correspondence” with other celebrities, including Lady Gaga.

Time for a total freakout and yet another horrible choice: offering a reward with no maximum price! The actress/trainwreck says she will pay “whatever it takes” to retrieve the laptop and its precious, very private contents. This is a terrible negotiation tactic for anyone — especially someone who has reportedly been struggling with finances as of late.

Lindsay announced the theft and ensuing reward in a tweet that has now been deleted. “It was great to be in China and I want to thank everyone for their hospitality, however someone has stolen my computer at the airport,” the tweet read, “… offering a reward for anyone who can retrieve and rtn it, bummer to go home w/o it. xo L.”

The sexy pics were from different photo shoots and were never meant for publication, Lindsay says. Of course, the world has seen her naked before, in a spread that appeared in Playboy in 2012. She also doesn’t want her missives with several stars, including Gaga and Woody Allen, to be made public. Yikes, can you even imagine what those might contain?

Good news is that her reality show is under way, and has a premiere date of March 9.

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Lady Gaga enables social media followers to embrace their differences while deepening the perceived relationship, MU study finds

COLUMBIA, Mo. – According to recent statistics, more than 175 million tweets are sent daily, and 11 accounts are created every second on Twitter. One celebrity who boasts the highest amount of global subscribers is singer Lady Gaga who enjoys more than 40 million Twitter followers. Now, University of Missouri communication researchers have found that online social media gives users an outlet to embrace their differences and provide emotional support to others while deepening perceived relationships they feel they have with celebrities.

Melissa Click

“Our work tends to focus on studying audiences who are maligned or consider themselves awkward,” said Melissa Click, assistant professor of communication in the MU College of Arts & Science. “In our study of Lady Gaga followers, we found that she uses social media not for promotion but rather as a communication tool with her fans. She shares personal and ‘insider’ information through social media and develops feelings of intimacy with her followers. By revealing her embrace of her own differences and unusual behaviors she allows her followers to embrace their own differences.”

Click and her team found in some cases emotional support was a matter of life or death. Researchers interviewed several fans who identified as gay, who had eating disorders, who considered themselves different or who were taunted relentlessly. They reported that Gaga instilled strength in them through her acceptance of their differences, which gave them a reason to live. In addition, the social support network Lady Gaga fosters encourages her followers to be more charitable to each other, Click said.  Often fans create support communities that allow her followers to encourage and inspire others in times of difficulty.

“We found that among the more salient themes that emerged from our research was that participants’ perceived relationships with Gaga affected how close they felt to her,” Click said. “They felt that she is the voice who celebrates their differencesinstead of mocking them, and this was a very positive thing.”

Researchers conducted one-on-one interviews with 45 self-identified “Little Monsters,” or followers of Lady Gaga, who ranged in ages from 14 to 53, were equally male and female and who equally identified as gay or straight. Using software including Skype and Google Chat to communicate with followers from the U.S., Australia, Europe, Asia and Africa, among others, researchers asked how social media impacted their interest in and relationship to Lady Gaga. Researchers also asked interviewees about their feelings toward Lady Gaga’s social activism.

The research, “Making monsters: Lady Gaga, fan identification, and social media,” was conducted by Click and graduate students, Hyunji Lee and Holly Willson Holladay, both in the Department of Communication. Their work was published in the journal Popular Music and Society, a peer-reviewed social scientific journal. Click and her team are working on a second piece that examines Lady Gaga’s political activism and how she encourages her Facebook and Twitter followers to be more active in the political system.

Lady Gaga says ''I got betrayed by friends''. Check out all the deets here -

Lady Gaga: Friends betrayed me over Artpop project

Page last updated at 10:24 GMT, Tuesday, 7 January 2014

By Amelia Butterly
Newsbeat reporter

Lady Gaga says she was "betrayed" by people around her, resulting in the delays and problems she has had with her latest album, Artpop.

Her comments come as she explained that the video for her new single, Do What You Want, was behind schedule.

"It is late because, just like with the Applause video unfortunately, I was given a week to plan and execute it.

"Those who have betrayed me gravely mismanaged my time and health and left me on my own."

The day before she posted the statement on her Little Monsters website, the singer responded to a fan who had questioned Lady Gaga's record label and the media.

She said the media had been supportive of her work and added that Interscope, her record label, "love me very much and will see Artpop to the end".

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Millions of dollars are not enough for some people. They want billions. Then they need trillions. I was not enough for some people

Lady Gaga

She added: "My heart breaks from the people I have trusted and loved, who I've worked so closely with, who have used me, lied to me, worked me into the ground for the personal gain."

The 27-year-old singer, who is known for her close relationship with her fans - who she calls Little Monsters - asked for her followers to forgive her.

"I never thought after all the years of hard work that those I called friends and partners would ever care so little at a time I needed them the most," she said.

"Give me a chance to show you the meaning of seeing art all around you."

Last February, Lady Gaga cancelled the remaining dates on her Born This Way world tour after she started experiencing pain in her hip.

She later said surgery revealed "a broken hip" and "giant craters".

In the statement on her Little Monsters website, she wrote: "Unfortunately after my surgery I was too sick, too tired, and too sad to control the damage on my own.

"Millions of dollars are not enough for some people. They want billions. Then they need trillions. I was not enough for some people."

The singer stopped working with her long-term manager, Troy Carter, in November.

Artpop debuted in the UK at number one and has sold more than 170,000 copies.

Although it has sold more than half a million copies in the US, her previous albums have been far more commercially successful.

Born This Way shifted more than two million copies in America, while The Fame sold more than three million.

IPL, Indian Premier League 2014 RETAINED PLAYERS

As expected, Indian Premier League franchises have retained their top-performers for the seventh edition of the tournament. There were no surprises when Chennai Super Kings retained skipperMahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina, Royal Challengers Bangalore held on to Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli, Rajasthan Royals kept their stars Shane Watson and Ajinkya Rahane while Mumbai Indians retained Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard. The rules, of course, will force several top performers like Mumbai's Mitchell Johnson and Pragyan Ojha into the auction pool. In a 'game' limited by numbers, there will always be 'winners' and 'losers'. For example, Virender Sehwag, Kevin Pietersen and David Warner will be the biggest losers after Delhi Daredevils decided to axe their entire team. The Delhi team management explaining the decision said in a press statement: "It was the unanimous decision of the management with the focus of building a fresh team that the fans would be proud of."

Every team was allowed to retain a maximum of five players. Mumbai, Chennai and Rajasthan opted to make full use of their retention quota. The three teams have spent Rs 39 crores out of a total budget of Rs 60 crores -- Rs 12.5 crores was allocated for the first player retained, 9.5 for second, 7.5 for third, 5.5 for fourth and 3.5 for fifth. This means the remaining 22 players will now have to be bought from a 'paltry' remaining sum of Rs 21 crore!

Every team has gone in with a strategy. Teams like Royal Challengers Bangalore - who have retained three power-hitters -- seemed to focus on keeping more in their purse for the February 12-13 auctions. The option of using the 'joker card(s)' will also be crucial. (Read: All you need to know about joker cards and new IPL auction rules)

Here's a look at teams and their retained superstars:

Chennai Super Kings: Two-time IPL winners put its faith in three players who have never played for any other team - skipper MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Ravichandran Ashwin. Joining them once again, are T20 specialist Ravindra Jadeja and West Indies' all-rounder Dwayne Bravo. Chennai's preference for Bravo over the likes of Michael Hussey and Albie Morkel shows the importance of genuine all-rounders. Dropping Murali Vijay into the auction pool though can prove to be a gamble.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: The franchise has chosen to put its money where its strength lies - explosive batting. Retaining Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers therefore was a no-brainer. Still armed with a chunky purse, expect RCB to be one of the most aggressive bidders during the auctions.

Rajasthan Royals: In the past years, this side has lost two skippers - Shane Warne and Rahul Dravid - to retirements. Having all-rounder Shane Watson, therefore, made perfect sense. Apart from the Aussie, the team also chose to retain pacer James Faulkner, opener Ajinkya Rahane, young-star Sanju Samson and the latest entrant to India's ODI squad - Stuart Binny.

Mumbai Indians: The IPL champions have utilized their full quota of five retentions. Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Harbhajan Singh, Ambati Raydu and Lasith Malinga will form the core of the team once again. Mitchell Johnson and Pragyan Ojha will have to await their fate in the auction. For Johnson, his immense Ashes success was no guarantee to seal a MI berth.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir, who wants to end his IPL career in Shah Rukh Khan's team, has been retained. West Indian spinner Sunil Narine had been retained too. KKR will spend big during the auction and will also have the option to exercise the joker's card twice.

Kings XI Punjab: South African middle-order batsman David Miller, who struck a sensational century last season, has been retained by the franchise. The Preity Zinta-owned team has also kept hold off uncapped Indian batsman Manan Vohra. By retaining just two players, KXIP are quite clearly keen on overhauling their squad.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Have retained their two big guns, Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan and South African speedster Dale Steyn.

Delhi Daredevils: No retention for Delhi as they look for a complete overhaul to their squad.

Team	Player Name	Country
Chennai Super Kings	MS Dhoni	India
	Ravichandran Ashwin	India
	Ravindra Jadeja	India
	Suresh Raina	India
	Dwayne Bravo	West Indies
Mumbai Indians	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka
	Kieron Pollard	West Indies
	Ambati Rayudu	India
	Rohit Sharma	India
	Harbhajan Singh	India
Rajasthan Royals	Shane Watson	Australia
	James Faulkner	Australia
	Ajinkya Rahane	India
	Stuart Binny	India (uncapped)
	Sanju Samson	India (uncapped)
Royal Challengers Bangalore	Chris Gayle	West Indies
	Ab de Villiers	South Africa
	Virat Kohli	India
Kings XI Punjab	David Miller	South Africa
	Manan Vohra	India (uncapped)
Sunrisers Hyderabad	Dale Steyn	South Africa
	Shikhar Dhawan	India
Kolkata Knight Riders	Gautam Gambhir	India
	Sunil Narine	West Indies

	No. of players retained in advance of the Player Auction	Salary Cap left for the 2014 Player Auction Rs. crore	No. of RTM for the 2014 Player Auction
Chennai Super Kings	5	21	1*
Delhi Daredevils	0	60	3
Kings XI Punjab	2	43.5	2
Kolkata Knight Riders	2	38	2
Mumbai Indians	5	21	1
Rajasthan Royals	5	22.5	1
Royal Challengers Bangalore	3	30.5	1
Sunrisers Hyderabad	2	38	2

Taylor Swift won't feature in Ed Sheeran's album

Los Angeles: British singer Ed Sheeran confirmed that his good friend Taylor Swift won't make a guest appearance in his new album like she did in his previous record. Sheeran, 22, announced earlier this week that he wants to surprise people with his upcoming album and explains that another collaboration with the 'Red' hitmaker is unlikely, reported Ace Showbiz.

"I didn't work with Taylor on the album purely for the fact that we've done that already," he said. "I've already done a song with Taylor within the last two years so I don't know if anyone would be too shocked by that," he said.

"I just felt for this record I wanted to make a record that would surprise people and keep them intrigued," he explained.

Sheeran, 22, announced that he wants to surprise people with his upcoming album.

Sheeran and Swift have been good friends since they worked together for a collaboration single off Swift's "Red" album called "Everything Has Changed".

What Does Taylor Swift Think About Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez's Reunion?

We're kind of happy Justin Bieber andSelena Gomez are basically back together now but there's one person who isn't too fond about the whole thing...

Selena's BFF Taylor Swift reportedly isn't a fan of her getting back together with Justin. 

"Taylor is being extra protective of Selena,"

"She thinks Selena reuniting with Bieber is the worst possible thing."

Justin and Selena have been spotted out and about together in California these past few days. There are even reports they were on a romantic beach getaway earlier this week and that they could easily be considered "back together" now.

Taylor has been seen in Los Angelesrecently too but no where near Selena. Maybe it's because they're beefing with each other right now? 

"Selena had been staying at Taylor's home for rest and relaxation, but the two had a blow-up after Selena admitting to being in secret contact with Bieber since before Christmas," the same source added.

"Taylor refuses to socialize with Selena and Bieber and even appealed to Selena's mom, Mandy, to urge her to intervene and convince Selena to dump Bieber...Selena is heartbroken at the prospect of losing her BFF, but she says she's still in love with Bieber."

Aww, poor Sel! We couldn't imagine being in this situation!

Who do you think Selena should pick? Do yo think Taylor is taking things too far or is just being a good friend?

And really, all of this has us wondering what in the heck Justin did to Taylor! There seems to be some SERIOUS bad blood between those too!

What do you think about this whole situation? Chime in!

Taylor Swift: The Truth Behind Her Rumored Kiss With Snapchat CEO

A report has surfaced that Taylor and Evan Spiegel, the co-founder of the app Snapchat, locked lips on New Year’s Eve — but is there any truth to it? I have the scoop on Tay’s latest alleged love affair — and it’s not what you might expect.

A new report claims Taylor Swift, 24, and Evan Spiegel, 23, made out over the holidays and are now dating. Not so fast! Tay may have kissed her fair share of boys — but her rep assures us that Evan is not one of them.

Are Evan Spiegel & Taylor Swift Dating? — Truth Behind Kiss With Snapchat CEO

LaineyGossip.com is the latest site to report on Taylor’s fauxlationship with Evan.

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“I’m told that Taylor was at a party with Spiegel over the holidays and it was understood that they were checking each other,” the site claims. “Nothing overt but my sources say there’s no doubt she was there with him and for him and that they’re seeing each other casually…so far.”

However, Taylor’s rep, Paula Erickson, is setting the record straight about these rumors.

“There is no truth to this whatsoever,” Paula tells HollywoodLife.com. “These stories are completely inaccurate.”

Sounds like it’s back to dating square one for Taylor!

Taylor Swift On Her New Album: ‘A Confessional Storyline’

It looks like Taylor won’t be writing any songs about Evan. In a December interview with Entertainment Weekly, Taylor admitted that many of her songs are about her own life.

“My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it’s so drawn from my own life and my own stories,” Taylor said. “There’s something so unique about that and I get a special buzz from that.”

Taylor says her next album will also draw heavily from her own experiences.

“At the core of what I do, it’s always going to revolve around a confessional storyline and filling my fans in on what my life has actually been,” Taylor said. “It’s become this lifeline between me and my friends and they know that no matter what they read in some magazine, they’re going to hear the actual accounting of it when the album comes out.”

What do you think,  Are you glad that Taylor isn’t seeing Evan or do you think they would have been a good match? Let us know.