In the introduction episode of our new series "THE FAME KILLS," we discuss the impact of fame, persona, and surreality that artists cultivate in the culture they inhabit. We start with Lady Gaga, diving deep into the arc of her larger-than-life personality, the double-life she used to inhbait, and her metamorphosis into becoming the character she created.

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Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture landscape: Where it comes from, who wields it, and who suffers at the hands of it. Find out the stories behind the stories, as together they look beyond the headlines of troublesome YouTubers or scandal-ridden A-Listers, and delve deep into the inner workings of Hollywood's favorite pastime. The truth, they've found, is definitely stranger than any gossip.

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Sources [may cutoff in certain apps]:

• Lady Gaga Never Spoke Out Against Rumors Claiming She's a Man 'Because I Didn't Feel Like a Victim With That Lie': 'I'm Used to Lies Being Printed About Me', [Variety]
• Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars Rule Billboard Global Charts for Fourth Week, The Weeknd Debuts in Top 10, [Billboard]
• Lady Gaga Struggles to Hand Out Popcorn at Joker: Folie à Deux Screening in High Fashion Look, [People]
• Lady Gaga Reacts to Her 'Cryptic' Instagram Messages (Exclusive), [ET] [VIDEO]
• Lady Gaga Releasing New Album Harlequin on Friday, [PF]
• Lady Gaga on Joker: Folie à Deux, Getting Engaged, and the Joy of Making Pop Music Again, [Vogue]
• September 23, 2024: 'I didn't want it to end.' Why director Todd Phillips came back with another 'Joker', [NPR]
• May 24, 2024: Lady Gaga Goes Full Transformers Mode In a Car Part Dress, May 24, [Vogue]
• May 2024: Lady Gaga Says Her New Music Is 'Nothing Like Anything That I've Ever Made', [RS]
• July 29, 2024: Lady Gaga Surprises French Fans By Blasting Snippets of Two New LG7 Songs on Street, [Billboard]
• April 11, 2023: Re-'Born': Lady Gaga's 'Bloody Mary' Hits Top 10 on Pop Airplay Chart, [Billboard]
• SCENE: May 10, 2023: Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation and TimelyCare Partner to Support College Students' Mental Health, [PR]
• May 24, 2023: Lady Gaga: "There's a strong mental-health component to beauty", [HP]
• June 13, 2023: Lady Gaga, Nurtec have a 'Million Reasons' to say goodbye to migraines, [MMM]
• SCENE: Lady Gaga Partners with Pfizer to Raise Migraine Awareness , [Pfizer]
• July 31, 2023: Lady Gaga dined at a classic Minneapolis restaurant — and no one knows why, [Star Tribune]
• August 08, 2023: Shop for a Good Cause: Lady Gaga Teams with Cotton On to Raise Mental Health Awareness, [Billboard]
• SCENE: October 3, 2023: Lady Gaga will not have to pay $500,000 reward to woman tied to dognapping of her French bulldogs, [CNN]
• SCENE: June 2024, Lady Gaga's Glam Team Dish On Her Las Vegas Residency Beauty Looks, [Vogue]
• SCENE: July 28, 2024: Olympics Choreographer on Working With Lady Gaga to Prepare Opening Ceremony Performance, and Why It Nearly Got Called Off Due to Rain (EXCLUSIVE), [Variety]