Jo Calderone Returns

Returning to the scene is Gaga's male alter-ego Jo Calderone, who is looking bad-ass with her Bob Dylan—styled image while smoking a cigarette. [Note: Gaga's alter-ego has also been describe as Danny Zuko-esque and as Al Pacino-like]

“You will never find what you are looking for in love, if you don’t love yourself,” she tweeted along with the cover picture.

Jo Calderone popped up last year when Lady Gaga posed for a series of photos for renowned photographer Nick Knight. The photos appeared in a men’s fashion editorial for the September issue of Vogue Hommes Japan. [Mindrelaxingideas]

Meanwhile, Lady GaGa is currently facing copyright infringement allegation over her single "Judas". Rebecca Francescatti accused the 25-year-old pop star of ripping off her 1999 track 'Juda'.

Lady Gaga: You and I

Earlier this month Lady Gaga made a promise to her Little Monsters on Twitter, and she delivered. On August 2nd she tweeted, "The Music Video for Yoü and I will be my 1000th Tweet," exciting fans all over the world. 

Gaga was originally supposed to premiere the video for her latest single off "Born This Way" on MTV Thursday night, August 18, but after the video was leaked and quickly taken down Tuesday, Gaga took matters into her own hands. 

Delivering on her promise, the 25-year-old superstar used tweets 997, 998 and 999 to say "F*CK. THURS. DAY." Making the link her 1000th tweet with the words, "You must love all + every part of me, as must I, for this complex + incomprehensible force to be true." [Huffington Post]

Yoü and I is the fourth video off of Gaga's chart-topping Born This Way. Shot by VMA-winning choreographer and creative director Laurieann Gibson, the video sees Gaga dressed as her male alter-ego Jo Calderone and a mermaid named Yuyi.

Gaga tweeted back in June regarding Yuyi: A reincarnation of my birth+artistic spirit. Incubation, awaiting a human lover to save her. YUYI THE MERMAID: tinyurl.com/3fbaadx coming

"You And I comes off like a combo of cheesy romance, cutting room floor footage from some lost John Waters flick and the Nebraska Chainsaw Massacre." [Chart Rigger]

Florence + the Machine – What the Water Gave Me

The new Florence + the Machine single, What the Water Gave Me was released earlier this week. The complete album will be released in November.

With a title taken from a Frida Kahlo painting and a lyric referencing Virginia Woolf, it's a lofty premise for a pop song – Welch mixing images of suicide with declarations of undying love over fluttering harp and robust guitar. 

Co-written by Francis White, whose past credits include Adele's Chasing Pavements and Will Young's Leave Right Now, it also has enough melody to stop it from collapsing under the weight of its own drama. This delicate balance gives the song its edge. [Michael Cragg - guardian.co.uk ]

Underworld: Awaking

Kate Beckinsale and form-fitting leather go together perfectly, which is why any heterosexual male with a healthy sex drive is eagerly anticipating directors Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein’s Underworld 4: Awaking. [Beyond Hollywood.com]

Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene, who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species.

Release Date: January 20, 2012 (3D/2D theaters)

Studio: Screen Gems (Sony)
Director: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
Screenwriter: Len Wiseman, John Hlavin, Allison Burnett, J. Michael Straczynski
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy, Theo James, India Eisley, Charles Dance
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: EntertheUnderworld.com

Atlantic City - HBO Faux Vintage Posters

 

HBO’s prohibition set drama, Boardwalk Empire is set to premiere September 25th [September 19 was Season 1 premier date]. The hit series will debut 12 new episodes showcasing the heated rivalry brewing in Atlantic City and Chicago.

The Women of Boardwalk Empire

As is pictured here, the series also has no shortage of female talent: Paz de la Huerta steals every scene she’s in as Nucky’s loudmouthed sometime girlfriend; stunning Gretchen Mol plays a local showgirl who shares a long history with Thompson; Aleksa Palladino is the girlfriend of Thompson’s troublemaking former protégé; and Kelly Macdonald is an uncut diamond whom Nucky rescues from her abusive husband [Babes in Mobland By Peter Biskind]

As HBO breathes new life into the Atlantic City of Al Capone and Lucky Luciano, Ellen Von Unwerth photographs a beauteous new breed of Jersey molls.

Boardwalk Empire

Boardwalk Empire the epic HBO series starring Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, and Kelly Macdonald returns this September. The pilot episode was written by Terence Winter (The Sopranos) and directed by Martin Scorsese (Shutter Island). 

The series is based on Nelson Johnson’s Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City.

Through most of the 20th century, Atlantic City was controlled by a powerful partnership of local politicians and racketeers. Funded by payoffs from gambling rooms, bars, and brothels, this corrupt alliance reached full bloom during the reign of Enoch “Nucky” Johnson — the second of three bosses to head the Republican machine that dominated city politics and society.

Boardwalk Empire with 18 Emmy nominations is a critic’s darling having already notched major Golden Globe and SAG Awards. The series is nominated for Best Drama, while Steve Buscemi received a nomination for Best Actor, drama, and Kelly McDonald received the nomination for Best Supporting Actress, drama.