‘Betrayed and gravely mismanaged’
Gaga writes a message on her site, apologizing for the delayed Do What U Want video, saying she has been betrayed by management.
It is late because, just like with the Applause video unfortunately, I was given a week to plan and execute it. It is very devastating for someone like me, I devote every moment of my life to creating fantasies for you. All my my most successful videos were planned over a period of time when I was rested and my creativity was honored. Those who have betrayed me gravely mismanaged my time and health and left me on my own to damage control any problems that ensued as a result. Millions of dollars are not enough for some people. They want billions. Then they need trillions. I was not enough for some people. They wanted more.
Please forgive me that I did not foresee this coming, 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. Give me a chance to show you the meaning of seeing art all around you. There are always ups and downs. 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. When i woke up in the hospital after my surgery there were many people that were not there. my health did not matter. I did not matter unless i could perform. This is a very hard lesson. I have lost love ones to the greed of money. It is not Interscope. They in fact love me very much and will see ARTPOP to the end.
Dahlia Rae Abrams born
Abrams and Simmons welcome daughter Dahlia Abrams into the world.
Dahlia weighed 7 lbs., 3 oz. Mother, father and baby are doing wonderfully.
Palermo, Huebl engaged
Palermo and Huebl get engaged. They announce their engagement in an Instagram video while in St Barts. Huebel wrote:
Happy New Year to everybody and this is how we celebrate it: OP said YES.
Watson, Janney dating
Watson is rumored to be dating Oxford rugby star, Matthew Janney. The couple was seen kissing and cuddling on a Caribbean vacation where Janney appeared to be “very much into her,” often putting his arm around her while the two smiled and giggled. The two reportedly met at a post-match victory celebration on December 12th, 2013.
Vanity Fair article
The magazine profiles Arrington including a Berkeley talk where he discusses women in tech, how TechCrunch has a female CEO and almost half its employees are female, how the blog started, and Allen’s sexual assault allegations against him. Arrington:
Women in my world are respected as much as men.
Cuoco, Sweeting marry
Cuoco marries Sweeting in Southern California after confirming their engagement a few months earlier. Cuoco wears a pink Vera Wang gown with a hand-gathering detailed bodice and hand-applied Chantilly lace accents. After exchanging vows, she slips into a short red party dress. Cuoco:
Greatest night of my entire life 🙂 @ryansweething
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Xavier Zechariah Wade is born
Wade and Metoyer confirm their son, Xavier Zechariah Wade, is born. Wade fathered the child while on break from his longtime girlfriend, Union.
Carlton, McCauley marry
Carlton and McCauley get married. The bride wears a simple white, long-sleeved fitted gown with a wreath of purple flowers on her head, which appear to match the small bouquet in her hand.
Married this gentleman two hours ago xo.
Henning abducted
Henning is abducted 30 minutes after the aid convoy he is traveling with crosses the border from Turkey into Syria, a journey of only four miles. He had insisted on joining the convoy of former NHS ambulances delivering defibrillators, stethoscope sand oxygen to a hospital in Idlib instead of remaining at home in Eccles, Greater Manchester, with his wife and two children. Convoy organiser Kasim Jameel, a taxi driver from Bolton:
Alan is a man who is full of compassion and we are just praying to Allah that he is released safe and sound. We are liaising with the authorities and we do not want to say anything which might put him in any further jeopardy or which will inflame the situation. I could tell a lot of stories about the good that Alan has done and about how, as a non Muslim, he has helped Muslims who have suffered in the conflict. He is motivated to help others – not just by helping the convoy but by loads of other things as well. He is the nicest of nice guys who has done so much to help other people. He is just a normal bloke, an everyday taxi driver who wanted to do good. We are thinking about him all the time and praying that he will be allowed home to his family.
Leaves company
Jarrett announces his departure from TNA on Twitter.
On December 22nd, 2013 I officially resigned from TNA Entertainment. Thanks to everyone involved for all the fantastic memories! #grateful
— Jeff Jarrett (@RealJeffJarrett) December 23, 2013
Palmer, Webber marry
Palmer marries Webber in Mexico. She wears a custom Iace Pallas Couture gown that shows off her growing belly.
I always thought I wouldn’t want to be pregnant at my wedding. But I love it. It’s beautiful to know our baby was there with us. And I’ve never really been that traditional.
LIVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!
— mark webber (@likemark) December 21, 2013
Upton, Chmerkovskiy break up
Upton and Chmerkoskiy break up due to conflicting schedules. A source says:
They are really good friends still and speak all the time, but their schedules just made it too difficult and it fell apart. [Chmerkovskiy] has a lot of respect for her, but it just wasn’t working anymore.
Kelley, Cole marry
Kelley and Cole marry at his Nashville home.
The whole process has been non-traditional. There was no official proposal or exchanging of rings. We had just fallen in love, and I knew I couldn’t live without her. It sounds like a terrible cheesy movie, but when you know, you know!
Benjamin Brady born
Gisele and Brady welcome Benjamin into the world. Bundchen gives birth in a bathtub at home. She wanted to deliver without any drugs so she prepped by mediating and doing yoga.
I haven’t slept much. It is really tiring, but it’s such a special moment that I am enjoying it to the maximum. I have dedicated my days completely to him.
Bear Winslet born
Winslet and RocknRoll welcome their first baby boy together, Winslet’s third child. The boy is born at an NHS hospital in Sussex Asked if the child would take the father’s name:
We haven’t ever really had that conversation; it was always going to have my name. My other children] Mia and Joe have it as part of their name, so it would be weird if this baby didn’t. Of course we’re not going to call it Rocknroll. People might judge all they like, but I’m a f****** grown-up.
Patient Zero dies
Patient Zero, a two-year-old boy dies a few days after falling ill in a village in Guéckédou, a village in southeastern Guinea that borders Sierra Leone and Liberia. A week later, the virus kils the boy’s mother, then his three-year-old sister, then his grandmother. All have symptoms of the virus, including fever, vomiting and diarrhea, but at the time, no one knew what had made them ill. Two mourners at the grandmother’s funeral take the virus home to their village. A health worker carries it to another village, where he dies, as does his doctor. They both infect relatives from other towns. WHO releases the chart of infection in August 2014.
Slater, Lopez marry
Slater marries Lopez in front of a judge at a local Miami area courthouse. A spokesperson says that the couple spontaneously decided to get married after they initially went to the Coral Gables District Court near Miami to get their marriage licence. Slater:
We had a big engagement party on the 31st of December and it was nice, it was like New Year’s and we had all the family come, 200 people, so it kind of already feels like we did the wedding, so we are just going to do a nice backyard situation.
Walker, Rodas die in car crash
Moments after Walker leaves an event for Walker’s charity Reach Out Worldwide, Rodas crashes their 2005 Porsche Carrera GT into a concrete light pole and trees on Hercules Street, LA. Both men are killed and their bodies are burned beyond recognition. The crash is visible from the event, and some of Walker’s childhood friends attempt to release his body from the car, but are turned back by police.
Autumn James Hallisay born
Hewitt and Hallisay welcome daughter, Autumn Hallisay, into the world.
I’ve always wanted to be a mom. I had a great relationship with mine. I’m ready to pass on to my child all the great love that my mom had for me.