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Lady Gaga Makes Surprise Appearance at L.A. Bar
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Lady Gaga made a surprise appearance at an L.A. bar recently, looking ever the stunning starlet she is and putting on a performance for the patrons.
Check out the video, obtained by TMZ, which shows Gaga sporting a chic dress, stylish black coat and 10-inch platform heels while hanging out with friends at a table at Laurel Tavern in Studio City.
We’re told the iconic singer/actress seemed happy and relaxed as she chilled with her group of gals, chatting and yukking it up with them.
Our sources say Gaga’s security team was stationed around the saloon, keeping a close eye on her … sure nobody bothered her.
After a few hours, Gaga decided it was time to exit so she got up from the table and started hugging her girls while saying goodbye for the night.
That’s when she also got into full Gaga mode and started dancing to a song playing over the bar’s speakers.
In the clip, Gaga does a few moves for the crowd, who cheer her on, shouting, “Get it, girl” and “We love you, Gaga.”
Gaga then left the joint.
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What happened when the threat of danger became Salman Rushdie's reality? : Consider This from NPR
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1. A career-marking controversy.
Novelist Salman Rushdie gained critical acclaim and international recognition, with his 1981 title Midnight’s Children.
But Rushdie is probably most closely associated with his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses, a book inspired by the life of the prophet Muhummad. The book was notorious not just for its contents but because of the intense backlash, and the threat it posed to his safety and wellbeing.
While Rushdie saw it as an exploration of Islamic culture, some Muslims saw it as blasphemous.
In an earlier interview with NPR, Rushdie noted that, “Ironically, one of the sad things about this whole affair is that this book could actually have done something to introduce Western readers, not just to the literal details of the life of the prophet, but to the spirit of a different culture and of a different way of looking at things.”
2. Fear and the unthinkable.
The year after the publication of The Satanic Verses, Iran’s supreme leader issued a fatwa, ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie. For years, he was forced to live in hiding with armed guards, and even adopted an alias for his writing. But around the turn of the century, he says, the Iranian leaders, “Called off the dogs.”
Rushdie moved to New York in 2000, and was able to resume the public life of a popular author, attending panels, giving speeches, and settling into what he presumed to be his new normal.
On August 12th, 2022, all of that changed. A young man charged at Rushdie while he was on stage at an event. The man stabbed Rushdie at least a dozen times.
3. Moving forward.
In the moments where he realized what was happening, Rushdie says he experienced a sense of recognition.
“Here you are. I say in the book something to the effect that it felt like he was a time traveler, somebody emerging out of the past,” he told NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly.
Rushdie suffered multiple stab wounds, a damaged liver, and severed nerves in his hand. He had to be on a ventilator and lost his left eye.
After two years, he has chronicled his brush with death, and the aftermath in his new memoir KNIFE.
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This episode was produced by Megan Lim and Brianna Scott. It was edited by Courtney Dorning and William Troop. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.
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