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Semi-viable presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty granted an interview in Ames, Iowa to these gals from Gliterazzi, to discuss all things Pop Culture. The highlight comes when they talk Lady Gaga (around 1:50), whose music and television specials he seems to be quite familiar with.

Even though there was once a question of whether the music video for Weird Al Yankovic's "Perform This Aay"—a parody of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way"—would ever see the light of day, it hit the web today. Here it is in all its Madonna-referencing, outfit-changing glory.

Behold, the power of Lady Gaga. The pop superstar's new album, "Born This Way," managed to crash Amazon.com's servers soon after the retailer offered it on sale for only 99 cents. Consumers, initially wowed by the discount, quickly became peeved by the dragging download speeds, and took to the album review section to complain not of Gaga's music but of their ridiculous experience using Amazon—one fan I know said it took upwards of six hours to download the CD.

Oh Glee. Glee, Glee, Glee, Glee, Glee, Glee, Glee. What ever are we going to do with you? Last night you were bigger or badder than ever. Or was it just big? Or was it just bad? I can barely even tell anymore.

Weird Al Yankovic recently recorded "Perform This Way," a parody of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way," after the pop diva demanded to hear it before allowing him include it on his next album. But in a blog post today, Yankovic angrily revealed that Gaga had put the kibosh on his homage. Or did she?

In a profanity-laced interview in the new NME, recently hatched pop icon Lady Gaga had some strong words for anyone who thinks her song "Born This Way" sounds a lot like Madonna's "Express Yourself." The very notion, in fact, is downright "retarded," and any co-writing credit should go to Capital H-I-M.

Early yesterday morning—just hours after she was forced to release her new single early due to a leak—Lady Gaga tweeted an image of the cover art for her upcoming album, Born This Way.

That screech that you hear is the collective squeal of every Lady Gaga fan wetting themselves with delight that the pop music thingamajig's newest single "Judas" found its way on to the internet today. Guess what? It's pretty good.

Lots of people are talking about Lady Gaga's new video for her song "Judas," including the creative director who worked on the project and the Catholic League, which is up in arms like usual. They disagree on the video's message, but there's one thing everyone will soon be able to agree on: Lady Gaga is ripping off Madonna again.

On tonight's American Idol, we were again subjected to a cheesy group number. And while not nearly as intolerable as last week's Michael Jackson medley, this "Born to Be Wild"/"Born This Way" mashup left much to be desired.

The overwhelming reaction to Lady Gaga's new single, "Born This Way," is that it's a rip-off of Madonna's "Express Yourself." Rihanna has just been sued by photographer David LaChapelle for using images inspired by his own in her video for "S&M." Where is the fine line between inspiration and theft?