LADY GAGA ARRIVES IN PHILIPPINES AMIDST CALLS TO BAN CONCERT

Controversial pop star and Grammy award winning artist Lady GagaLady Gaga was on board a private plane when she arrived last night at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for a two-night concert at SM Arena in Pasay City on May 21 and 22 as part of her “Born This Way Ball” tour, amidst calls by several religious groups to ban her performance because they believed she was making a ‘mockery of Christianity,’ ABS-CBN News said.

Former Manila congressman and Pastor Benny Abante Jr. of the Metropolitan Baptist Church “Yung isang kanta ‘yung (one of her songs) ‘Born This Way,’ it’s also telling the young people na you can do anything you want anyway you are born this way. It is not only immoral, it is a blasphemy. The Lord Jesus Christ is being maligned here and mocked.”

On Saturday, members of evangelical group Biblemode Youth, who believed the pop singer was ‘bad influence’ to the youth, marched along Roxas Boulevard to go to the venue and protest the holding of the concert but was stopped by police.

The city government of Pasay has warned Lady Gaga to refrain from “nudity, lewd conduct and blasphemy” at the Manila leg of her Asian tour or face violation of Article 201 Revised Penal Code of the Philippines under which those found in violation of “offending any race or religion” may face a penalty of P6,000-P12,000 and/or imprisonment.

SM Arena, in a statement said they have asked the producers to make the event entertaining “As a responsible venue provider, we have requested the production company to make the presentation entertaining, fun and stir away from controversial songs.”

KRISTIN CAVALLARI'S BABY SHOWER CELEBRATION

She's quickly closing in on her due date and, in celebration of her impending motherhood, Kristin Cavallari was treated to a festive baby shower on Saturday afternoon (May 19).

Held at a private Hollywood residence, the 25-year-old reality star was joined by around thirty guests including former "The Hills" co-stars Heidi Montag and Stephanie Pratt.

The momma-to-be covered up her burgeoning bump in a cute black maxi dress while she and her fellow partygoers noshed on Pink Salt Event Cuisine catered sweets including green and blue frosted cupcakes and a starry themed three-tier sponge cake.

Of the scene, a source told People magazine, "It was the perfect weather for a fun celebration. Kristin arrived with her mom. She looked stunning in a black dress with her hair in a ponytail. She was smiling and seemed very excited about celebrating her baby. Guests seemed to enjoy the shower as well and there was a lot of laughter."

With Kristin and her baby daddy, NFL QB Jay Cutler, being gifted with items ranging from strollers and high chairs to blankets and bath toys, another insider dished to Us magazine, "Kristin was glowing and gorgeous. She looked so happy! Guys were there, too. It was co-ed."

FACEBOOK'S MARK ZUCKERBERG MARRIES LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND

 Capping off the most eventful week in young and brilliantly successful life, Mark Zuckerberg tied the knot with longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday (May 19).

The Facebook founder and CEO said their "I do's" during an intimate ceremony held at his Palo Alto estate, with just under 100 family and loved ones in attendance to witness to beautiful moment.

Straying from the norm, guests weren't even aware that they were about to see the Internet billionaire marry his girlfriend of nine years - as they thought that the party invite was to celebrate Miss Chan's recent graduation from UCSF medical school.

After Mark placed his personally designed ruby ring on Priscilla's finger, the newlyweds and those in attendance dined on food from Palo Alto Sol and Fuki Sushi with the desert being Burdick Chocolate "mice" - which happens to be the same sweet in which the couple shared on their very first date at Harvard.

The wedding comes just days after Zuckerberg took his company public, with the CEO of the social networking site now worth an estimated $19 billion.

 

CHELSEA WINS 2012 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Schweinsteiger's side made it to the 2010 Champions League final

Chelsea wins 2012 Champions League in heartbreaking penalty shootout! You got to love the underdog in any sports matchup especially European football. Chelsea come into this final with injuries and suspensions but still braved their heart out in front of hostile crowd in Allianz-Arena's Bayern Munich home. Chelsea's manager Roberto Di MatteoRoberto Di Matteo had to pull his trick in a surprising pick on Ryan Bertrand to start his Champions League final instead of Torres.

Bayern Munich meanwhile came into this game firing in all cylinders but only Thomas Muller's goal made it at 83 minute to make it 1-0 for the German team. In the first half Bayern's offense fired 11 shot attempts with only 2 from Chelsea. Mario Gomez is not accurate in the first half, Robben and Ribery has their chances but not so lucky.

You must have to give credit to Chelsea's stonewall defense lead by Ashley Cole. Drogba who's been quite in the first half finally made his presence known with Drogba's first-time effort from the right wing only being blocked at 54 minute of play. The second time Drogba finally bring home the bacon with Juan Mata's corner shot finds flying power header by the Didier DrogbaDidier Drogba with just six minutes after Bayern Munich scored.

Check Drogba goal video, go here.

With scored tied 1-1 Robben has a chance to grab the lead in penalty shot but Cech saves it at 95th minute resulting to extra time. Bayern outnumbers shot attempts with 24 to only 6 by Chelsea, same strategy they adopted when they ousted Barcelona in the semi-finals as defense breakdown Bayern's offensive trio.

The 2012 Champions League must be settled on penalty shoot out. Lahm and Gomez delivered for Bayern, Cole had no trouble putting it in to tie 3-3, leaving Schweinsteiger and Drogba to take what were sudden-death kicks. This time Bayern badly miss David Abala who made his kick in shootout easily against Real Madrid in the semi finals.

Read more on Abala story , go here

Schweinsteiger beat Cech, but not the post which is way wide, Drogba step up the plate and bring home the bacon once again for the Englishmen making it 4-3 as the 34-year old fired home to send the Bayern crowd into delirium. Great finish by the warrior and Chelsea is the 2012 Champions League Champ! Roberto Di Matteo on Chelsea to winning the tournament, becomes the 10th Italian manager to win the European Cup or Champions League. Chelsea sub-captain Frank Lampard, told in interview: "I can't believe it. The determination we've shown ... we didn't play fantastic but the main man Didier dug us out of trouble there. It means everything. We've been so many years trying to do this."

JESSICA ALBA'S CASUAL POST-MET NYC STROLL

 

After a glamorous night at the MET gala, Jessica Alba went for a more relaxed look while out and about in New York City on Tuesday (May 8).

The "Sin City" star kept busy checking her phone while making her way through the city wearing chunky black boots with leggins, a flower print skirt, green military jacket and accessorized her look with a dark scarf, sunglasses and a white over-the-shoulder purse.

Jessica transformed into a golden goddess last night when she stepped out for the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a liquid gold dress by Michael Kors.

It seems the 31-year-old was shining even after the extravagant event, as she tweeted a picture with her pals, adding, "Having a GD time at #pradaafterparty #metball2012"

Check out the pictures from last night of Miss Alba on the MET red carpet.

BEHIND THE SCENES EXPOSURE WITH LADY GAGA

 New photos of Lady Gaga were released on Tuesday (May 8) that show the pop superstar in a more intimate setting and give her little monsters an opportunity to see her life behind the stage.

The Mother Monster was recently photographed by controversial celebrity photographer Terry Robinson who shot the 26-year-old in different settings including a performance stage as well as getting ready for a big show.

In career news, Miss Gaga has been keeping busy with her new world-wide tour. As previously reported by GossipCenter, the pop powerhouse arrived in Tokyo, Japan earlier today (May 8) for the Japanese leg of her Born This Way Ball Tour.

The “Bad Romance” songstress seemed beyond excited to finally touch down in Japan as she took to her Twitter page, writing, "On my way to TOKYO!!! I'm so excited I'm gonna sit by the pilot on the planes and ask him to go faster!! *are we there yet* :))." After finally making her arrival she added, "Thank u for the sweet welcome Tokyo! Getting ready to meet Japanese Haus for drinks! I missed them! Your spirit is a rainbow like my hair X."

BEASTIE BOYS GET HIT WITH 'TROUBLE FUNK' LAWSUIT

Lawsuits are something that the entertainment world is no stranger to and now The Beastie Boys are in the midst of a legal battle at most untimely moment.

The day before the death of band member, Adam 'MCA' Yauch, TufAmerica filed a lawsuit against the legendary band in New York's federal court claiming that The Beastie Boys allegedly stole music from the '80s band Trouble Funk for two of their biggest albums.

According to the lawsuit, MCA, Mike D and Ad-Rock illegally sampled the artist's music to use in multiple songs that were featured on their albums "Licensed to Ill" and "Paul's Boutique."

TufAmerica says that the legendary 90's band's hit "The New Style" sampled a drum beat from Trouble Funk's hit "Drop The Bomb." The band continued to accuse the rap phenoms of stealing riffs from two other tracks including "Car Thief" and "Hold It Now Hit It.

Although it's been years since the alleged incident, TufAmerica says they decided to move forward now because they believe The Beastie Boys have been distributing the tracks though e-release and they "never received royalties or payment."

Below are two Beastie Boys songs included in the legal battle.

JUEL SANTANA SAYS 'I CAN'T FEEL MY FACE" WITH LIL WAYNE STILL COMING

In a recent interview, Lil Wayne appeared to suggest that his long-awaited project with Juelz Santana, I Can't Feel My Face, was scrapped. Not so, revealed Juelz in an interview with BET.com.

"Me and Wayne been recording music when it comes to I Can't Feel My Face for about five years," explained Juelz. "We actually have a ton of music that got leaked on the streets. For a couple reasons it didn't come out at one point. The same way that the T-Wayne album...ain't come out."

"Make a long story short: you see the interview with Weezy...He did reach out to me when he came home," added the Dipset member. "He reached out to me like, 'I think we need to capitalize on the album.' At the time, my studio had just gotten raided by the police. It was kind of a real tight situation for me."

Juelz continued, confirming that the collaborative project was still on. "I spoke to Wayne recently. I spoke to him before the interview and right after the interview. We gon' get it. I guess at the time he said he moved on, people were making it seem like he was saying he was never gonna do the album. We spoke about that. We definitely gonna get back into that.

THE GAME DUMPS $1,400 BOTTLE OF BUB... ON THE STREET

Spending $1,400 on a bottle of champagne is crazy enough -- but The Game took it one step further in L.A. last night ... dumping the bottle's insanely overpriced contents all over the sidewalk ... for no reason.

Game was on his way out of Colony nightclub -- holding a gleaming bottle of Ace of Spades champagne -- when he decided to empty it out for the crowd's entertainment ... saying, "You know what I call that? Feeding the roaches."

Good thing, too ... because carrying an open container in public is a ticketable offense in L.A.

JERMAINE DUPRI TAKES SONG REQUESTS ... FOR A COOL $130K

 Next time you're at a club in Vegas and Jermaine Dupri is the DJ ... feel free to request a song -- but only if you have $130,000 to blow.

The rapper was spinning at TRYST nightclub at the Wynn Hotel on Saturday ... when some super rich guy -- known as "Su Su" -- dropped $90k on a 15 liter bottle of Ace of Spade Rose Champagne ... plus an extra $40k on other fancy booze.

Sources tell us club honchos were so thrilled about the purchase, they asked Dupri to give Su Su a special VIP shout out.

Dupri not only obliged ... but he was so impressed with the purchase, he LET THE GUY REQUEST A SONG!!  Which -- if you've ever been to Vegas -- never happens.

It gets better ... "Su Su" was so thankful Dupri actually played his tune -- Pitbull's "Give Me Everything" -- he stuffed an additional $3,800 cash in his pocket as a tip!

"Su Su" tells TMZ ... he was "happy" to throw down the cash because he loves Jermaine and thinks he's a "bomb" DJ.

The lesson here ... always make rich people happy.

Bonus: Su Su also got a free hat for his troubles. FREE HAT!!!