• Lady Gaga has been forced to cancel the remainder of her "Born This Way Ball" tour so she can undergo hip surgery. “After additional tests this morning to review the severity of the issue, it has been determined that Lady Gaga has a labral tear of the right hip caused by strenuous repetitive movements in her performances,” it was announced LittleMonsters.com. The release notes Gaga “will need surgery to repair the problem, followed by strict down time to recover.”  Refunds for the cancelled performances will be available at point of purchase as of today.
• "Game of Thrones" star Peter Dinklage has been cast in a "key role" in "X-Men: Days of Future Past." Director Bryan Singerconfirmed the news, tweeting: "Officially like to welcome #PeterDinklagefrom #GameOfThrones to #XMEN#DaysofFuturePast Very very excited!"
• AMC is adapting the popular arctic nightmare novel "The Terror" by Dan Simmons into a TV show set in in 1847 about an Arctic expedition whose crew stumbles upon a terrifying ice monster.
• In case you're one of the few people watching "The Jeff Probst Show" on CBS, you should know it's been canceled.
• Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, James Franco and Michelle Williamsstunned on the red carpet (more like yellow brick road) for last night's Los Angeles premiere of "Oz: The Great and Powerful."
• Kate Uptondidn't know she landed the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition for the second year in a row until the news leaked online.
• Ke$hadrinks her own pee in her new MTV docuseries"My Crazy Beautiful Life."“I was told drinking my own pee was good… Somebody tried to take my pee away from me and I said, ‘That is mine!’ So I snatched it up and took a chug and it was really gross so I don’t do it anymore.”

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Watch out Kanye, Lady Gaga has her own throne … made of solid gold. 

After surgery for a torn hip joint, Mother Monster commissioned a 24-karat-gold-plated wheelchair from jewelry designer Ken Borochov.  

The Daily Beast reports the glam chair was put together in a week complete with leather upholstery and canopy.

The 1.5 ounces of gold used to make the wheelchair is estimated at $2,600.

Terry Richardson posted the image of the singer at the right while the two were hanging out in New York.

The injury made the singer postpone shows in Chicago, Detroit, and Hamilton.

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Lady Gaga's fake fingernail — a dangerous accessory to her signature "monster claw"— auctioned off for approximately $12,000.

The black pinkie nail, emblazoned with gold glitter and beads, completed the Mother Monster's over-the-top outfit at last year's launch of her Fame Fragrance. It was hand painted by her personal manicurist Aya Fukuda.

A photograph taken the following night during a "The Born This Way Ball" tour stop in Dublin shows Gaga missing the acrylic nail on her left hand.

A crew member found the mini dagger backstage at the Aviva Stadium after Gaga's performance.

"I noticed an object on the floor of the stage, which at first I thought was a guitar plectrum," the crew member said, according to the auction listing. "When I picked it up, I saw it was an acrylic nail."

The lucky, if not obsessed, buyer will receive the nail, a letter of provenance from its rescuer, two photographs of Gaga with and without the nail at the perfume event and on-stage, an Aviva Stadium staff handbook, an event crew wristband, and a Lady Gaga "The Born This Way Ball" grey crew t-shirt.

Dignity sold separately.

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Forbes released its Top-Earning Celebrities Under 30 list, and found that pop superstar Lady Gaga is rolling in it.

In $80 million, to be exact — no longer rolling in the 24-karat-gold-plated wheelchair which she commissioned after surgery earlier this year.

In February, Lady Gaga canceled several stops on her Born This Way Ball Tour after sustaining a hip injury while in concert. Had she completed the tour on schedule, she would have likely topped $200 million.

Last year, the Queen Monster placed forth on the list, earning $52 million.

The list included many familiar faces from 2012, just shuffled in order. It dropped Lil Wayne and Robert Pattinson.

World-renowned DJ and producer Calvin Harris made the list for the first time, thanks to his writing credits on Grammy-winning songs like Rihanna's "We Found Love" and show fees from more than 150 gigs in 12 months.

Also new to the list, America's favorite young, stumbling actress Jennifer Lawrence raked in $26 million in 2012.

Lawrence earned under $1 million for "The Hunger Games," one of the top-grossing movies of 2012, but reportedly received a handsome raise for the sequel, due in theaters in November.

Here's the complete star-studded list, with the 2012 rankings in parentheses:

1. Lady Gaga — $80 million (#4)

2. Justin Bieber - $58 million (#2)

3. Taylor Swift — $55 million (#1)

4. Calvin Harris — $46 million (NEW)

5. Rihanna — $43 million (#3)

6. Katy Perry – $39 million (#5)

7. Adele — $30 million (#6)

8. Jennifer Lawrence — $26 million (NEW)

9. Kristen Stewart — $22 million (#7)

10. Taylor Lautner — $22 million (#9)

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Lady Gaga isn't shy with her fans.

The revealing pop star's latest stunt involves getting her nose pierced — on camera.

Gaga pierced her septum while in Chicago to prep for her new album"ARTPOP."

The below video clip is set against thumping electronic dance music, which could indicate the direction of her upcoming album. 

Watch below:

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Not everyone thrives in the morning.

If you cringe at the sunlight coming through your bedroom window in the early a.m., maybe you can learn something from the morning routines that help these successful people jump-start their day. 

Produced by Justin Gmoser

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The latest trailer for "Machete Kills" is out and it's nothing short of explosive, featuring an absurd number of celebrities.

Imagine a world with U.S. president Charlie Sheen, a villainous Mel Gibson (named Luthor Voz), machine-gun, bra-wearing Sofia Vergara, a one-eyed Michelle Rodriguez, a sexy Amber Heard, and Lady Gaga as a character named La Chameleón.

The first film in 2010 also displayed quite the range in celebrity talent from Robert De Niro to Lindsay Lohan and earned a total of $44 million worldwide.

"Machete Kills" comes to theaters September 13.

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The Mother Monster went after Mother Russia.

Lady Gaga launched a Twitter rant on Monday, berating the Russian government for its "criminal" stance on LGBT rights.

The five-time Grammy winner's visa is currently being investigated by the Russian government, according to ABC News. Authorities say she violated her tourist visa by performing concerts there last year.

Expert sources, including the executive director of the Center for the National Interest, speculated to ABC that the investigation is a thinly veiled attempt to punish the singer for her LGBT advocacy.

She tweeted:

Sending bravery to LGBTs in Russia. The rise in government abuse is archaic. Hosing teenagers with pepper spray? Beatings? Mother Russia?

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) August 5, 2013

The Russian government is criminal. Oppression will be met with revolution. Russian LGBTs you are not alone. We will fight for your freedom.

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) August 5, 2013

Lady Gaga vaguely addressed the investigation with this tweet:

Why didn't you arrest me when you had the chance, Russia? Because you didn't want answer to the world?

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) August 5, 2013

The three tweets garnered a combined 47,000 retweets.

Lady Gaga took a leave of absence from Twitter between March and June, and returned for the promotion of her album "ARTPOP," which drops November 11.

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After a clip from Lady Gaga's new single "Applause" leaked this weekend, the pop star took matters into her own hands and just released the entire song ahead of schedule.

Gaga teased the release this morning to her nearly 40 million Twitter followers:

DUE TO HACKERS AN ABUNDANCE OF LOW/HIGH QUALITY LEAKS...WE ISSUE THIS POP MUSIC EMERGENCY...MONSTERS SPREAD THE WORD

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) August 12, 2013

MY NEW SINGLE 'APPLAUSE' IS OUT TODAY AND CAN BE HEARD ON UNITED STATES RADIO IN 15 MINUTES. INTERNATIONAL RADIO TO FOLLOW.

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) August 12, 2013

See if you think the new single deserves a round of "Applause" below:

IM ON THE RADIO I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! IT FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR *APPLAUSE,* WE ARE SO HAPPY YOU LOVE IT!

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) August 12, 2013

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Lady Gaga's highly anticipated music video "Applause" debuted Monday morning, and the Mother Monster proved she hasn't run out of tricks.

It's one spectacle after another: writhing on the floor in a seashell bra, dancing in a bird cage, and walking down an aisle with a third leg.

Here are the 5 most shocking moments in GIFs:

1. Wearing "Dr. Caligari"-style costume, the princess of pop catches a knife in her mouth.

2. Her head morphs onto a black swan or goose's body.

3. She gyrates while wearing a handsy bra.

4. An 80's-styled horse rises from an oversized top hat.

5. The ghastly Gaga pictured on album artwork comes to life in the video.

The "ARTPOP" album drops November 11.

Watch the full spectacle below:

SEE ALSO: Lady Gaga Dominates On Forbes' Top-Earning Celebs Under 30 List

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Once best friends who traveled the world together, Lady Gaga and Perez Hilton are currently in the midst of a very public feud.

After one of Gaga's nearly 40 million Twitter followers alerted her that the celebrity gossip blogger was inside her NYC apartment building, the singer blasted Hilton on Twitter.

The tweets have since been removed, but read:

"STAY AWAY FROM ME + MY FAMILY YOU ARE SICK TRYING TO RENT AN APARTMENT IN MY BUILDING TO STALK ME. LEAVE ME ALONE!!"

"DO I NEED TO BE SHOT IT IN THE HEAD FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT HIM AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT HARASSES ME HAS GONE TOO FAR? IM A HUMAN BEING."

She did keep this one in her feed:

Still have the text Perez sent me of me in a wheelchair w the words KARMA written across + Madonna pointing a gun at me. Day of my accident

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) August 16, 2013

But Hilton vehemently denies the stalker accusations, and devoted an entire post on his website to addressing "Lady GaGa's Lies."

He explained that his move to NYC had been in the works for a long time — and that his visit to Gaga's apartment building was pure coincidence while apartment hunting.

"I love New York and that is where me and my growing family want to call home right now. Sunday, my realtor showed us a list of possible apartments to rent. I learned only after the fact that Lady GaGa lives in one of the buildings we looked at, and she was across the country in Los Angeles when I viewed that building. After a day of innocent house-hunting, I am devastated and my heart hurts that my former very good friend, a person I used to call my 'wifey' and traveled the world with, is making very public and very untrue allegations about me on Twitter," he wrote.

"While it is still too painful for me to go into detail about why I chose to no longer make her a part of my life, I will say that I am a critic and not a 'stalker'. Any allegation that I am stalking her, based on a day of house hunting with my baby boy and my mother, is utterly false, defamatory and now appears to be putting me and my family in danger. I will continue to be a critic - in a way that is not mean or involves name-calling, and I will continue to have an opinion and talk about music and songs, like GaGa's 'Applause'."

"Notwithstanding my feelings about our personal relationship, I do wish Lady GaGa happiness and continued success and I assure you my family house hunting has nothing to do with her," he concluded.

Hilton also tweeted at Gaga directly during a vicious back and forth on Twitter over the weekend while she has been out promoting "ARTPOP."

"Maybe one day I'll talk about the hurt you caused me and many others. I'm still healing, removing your knife from my heart," he claimed. "Not only were you #cruel to people who worked for you, friends of mine, but you also purposefully tried to sabotage other artists. The REAL Lady GaGa is very VERY different from the one you pretend to be publicly. And that's the truth, on my dead dad's grave!!!"

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Lady Gaga opened up the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards with a colorful performance of her new single, "Applause."

The singer went through a multitude of quick costume changes highlighting the many different wigs she has worn over her career.

"Applause" will be on Lady Gaga's upcoming album "Art Pop."

Watch her performance below:

Now, that you've watched the video, let's discuss.

Gaga's started out giving a lot of weird stares.

A lot.Here's the full outfit:And from the back:Gaga went through a few costume changes.  

Here she is in her signature blonde wig.And with her next costume change she added a touch of face paint:

Gaga's final wardrobe change was the most daring.

Yes, she stripped down to a sea-shell bikini.

She then stayed in her skin-baring outfit for the rest of the show.

SEE ALSO: Miley Cyrus' crazy VMA performance

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It was the screen shot seen 'round the world: Will Smith and his son, Jaden, and daughter, Willow, looking aghast while watching what the internet (including us) believed to be Miley Cyrus' raunchy MTV Video Music Awards performance.

Turns out, the Smith family's facial expressions were actually in response to Lady Gaga's bizarre opening performance.

Let's recall the Smith's frightened looking faces:

Those epic reactions were in response to Lady Gaga opening her musical number like this:

Changing into this:

And ending like this: 

But it wouldn't be that shocking if the Smith's reactions were to Miley's much talked about performance:

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Update: An earlier version of this story implied that Oosterbroek died as a result of a Taser, when in fact, the cause of his death is yet to be known. We apologize for any confusion.

Norman Oosterbroek has been responsible for protecting the lives of A-listers such as Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Rihanna and even Nelson Mandela.

But on Monday night, the 6'5, 43-year-old celebrity bodyguard from South Africa known as "The Dutch Giant," put his own life in jeopardy when he "broke into his neighbor’s property in Miami’s Pinecrest neighborhood while naked and carrying a white powdery substance," reports RadarOnline.

“He did gain access to the home,” Detective Robin Pinkard of the Miami-Dade Police Department tells RadarOnline. “According to the victim [Christiane Jung], she heard a noise. When she walked outside of her bedroom, she observed him standing there unclothed.”

Oosterbroek proceeded to get into a verbal argument with Christiane Jung's husband, Markus, “which escalated to a physical confrontation,” according to a police report.

“During the confrontation, [Oosterbroek] was observed ingesting an unknown substance," according to the report. 

Mrs. Jung called police and officers were forced to taser Oosterbroek after being unable to subdue the 280-lb. bodyguard.  He was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

“He was highly violent, uncontrollable and obviously wasn’t stable,” said Nancy Perez, spokeswoman for Miami-Dade police, which is investigating the incident.

Oosterbroek had been in and out of rehab for several years, according to a report in the Miami Herald.

Victim Jung tells the Herald, “Our family needs time to heal. This was really, really horrible and we can’t talk about it now. I can tell you that Pinecrest police took very good care of us. It was horrifying.”

Although Oosterbroek lived a few doors down and across the street, Mrs. Jung said, “We really don’t know the man at all.”

But Oosterbroek was well known in his own field for being an aggressive bodyguard.

Three years ago, at a Jay Z concert in Washington, D.C., Oosterbroek broke the legs of a fan who crashed the stage during the rapper's concert. Watch below:

He continuously protected Lady Gaga:

The Daily Mail published these clearer photos of Oosterbroek while on the job with Beyoncé and Rihanna.

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NEW YORK (AP) — A onetime roommate and friend of Lady Gaga who claimed after serving as her personal assistant for more than a year that the pop singer cheated her out of overtime wages can tell her story to a jury in November, a judge said Tuesday.

A jury can decide whether Gaga's demands left Jennifer O'Neill any personal time or whether she was on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as she claimed in her 2011 lawsuit, U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe said. A trial is set for Nov. 4.

O'Neill worked for the singer for one to two months in early 2009 and for 13 months beginning in February 2010, and the judge said both sides agree she was expected to be available as needed throughout each hour of each day.

Gardephe ruled that O'Neill's "on-call" time potentially qualifies for overtime compensation.

O'Neill said she was paid at a flat rate of about $50,000 annually when she was first hired and $75,000 annually the second time by the pop singer, who is estimated in a list published by Forbes magazine to have earned $80 million in the first six months of this year.

Lawyers did not immediately comment.

In his written decision, Gardephe noted that lawyers said Lady Gaga, listed in the litigation under her birth name — Stefani Germanotta — and O'Neill frequently slept in the same bed because O'Neill never had her own hotel room while on tour and was required to address Lady Gaga's needs throughout the night.

O'Neill had testified in a deposition that if Lady Gaga was watching a DVD in the middle of the night and grew tired of it, she woke her up to take out and replace the DVD.

"Every day is a work day for her, so every day is a work day for the rest of us," she said. "There is no, 'We're going to stay in, we're going to sleep.' There is no, 'Let's put on sweatpants and go out to the movies and be girlfriends.' It doesn't work like that," O'Neill said.

In her deposition testimony, Lady Gaga had testified: "You don't get a schedule. You don't get a schedule that is like you punch in and you can play ... at your desk for four hours and then you punch out at the end of the day. This is when I need you, you're available."

O'Neill had testified she was responsible for sometimes monitoring the singer's email and telephone communications and for handling all her luggage — generally 20 bags — including clothing, accessories, makeup and toiletries.

She was also responsible for making sure that "special food" was available at every location and for making sure the singer arrived at performances on time and had ample time for hairstyling, makeup and voice warm-ups and that she appeared on stage on time, O'Neill said.

She said she assisted with costume changes during performances and was responsible afterwards for arranging ice packs, tea and a shower, along with dinner and an exit from the venue.

The judge noted that the women met after Lady Gaga moved into O'Neill's apartment building on the Lower East Side of Manhattan before 2008, when they became roommates and friends. O'Neill was offered a position as her personal assistant because they were friends and she had experience in the music industry, court papers said.

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Celebrities ranging from Lady Gaga to Verne Troyer are urging Americans to take advantage of Obamacare by tweeting pictures of a handwritten #GetCovered sign to followers.

Check out the viral campaign below:

It's time to #GetCovered at http://t.co/SgKBFOZB7j. pic.twitter.com/K0vvb70yRG

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) October 2, 2013

Questions about the new Health insurance marketplace? Head to http://t.co/a82tnOWbaA to get #GetCoveredpic.twitter.com/NRqhcAlEAf

— AmyPoehlerSmartGirls (@smrtgrls) October 2, 2013

Im Canadian. We have healthcare for all. If you dont have insurance go to http://t.co/SEQS7qtQYA and #GetCovered ,Be… http://t.co/HtrFgfbh8i

— Nina Dobrev (@ninadobrev) October 4, 2013

Hey @ninadobrev, I got your back! #GetCoveredpic.twitter.com/q2W1Hd1kaA

— Verne Troyer (@VerneTroyer) October 4, 2013

.@billyeichner and I made this beautiful sign. It took hours. We are serious. Get your health care on. #GetCoveredpic.twitter.com/YDqkjGiZYS

— olivia wilde (@oliviawilde) October 3, 2013

EXCLUSIVE! Connie supporting #GetCovered. Photo credit: @barackobama via IG. - Team Connie #ConnieBrittonpic.twitter.com/tJKZTvugtc

— Connie Britton (@TeamConnieBritt) October 3, 2013

No health insurance? #GetCovered at http://t.co/UXOCXTcNYTpic.twitter.com/A7XPcdHJK7

— Pharrell Williams (@Pharrell) October 2, 2013

Questions about the new Health Insurance Marketplace? http://t.co/030gHrsh3M#GetCoveredpic.twitter.com/JvX0D7w8Nq

— Kate Bosworth (@katebosworth) October 3, 2013

Your amazing opportunity has now arrived to #GetCoveredhttp://t.co/qa8QfAvNkzpic.twitter.com/u8jG0gGgIZ

— Bryan Greenberg (@bryangreenberg) October 2, 2013

#GetCoveredhttp://t.co/l6oJIpkr8fpic.twitter.com/bAEr1L75O8

— Emily VanCamp (@EmilyVanCamp) October 3, 2013

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Crying babies, Win Butler's Kanye moment, a faked double suicide, face painting, a makeup-free Lady Gaga in plaid and a trucker's cap.

There were all kinds of unexpected moments on the first YouTube Music Awards, as imagined by Spike Jonze and carried off by the odd couple hosts Jason Schwartzman and Reggie Watts.

Eminem, Taylor Swift and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were among the winners during Sunday night's live webcast from New York. But the awards were sort of beside the point as Jonze and others directed live videos with Eminem, Gaga, M.I.A. and rapper Earl Sweatshirt, and Schwartzman and Watts careened about the soundstage with only notecards to point the way.

Eminem was named artist of the year before performing a word-perfect version of his new lung-busting tour de force "Rap God," filmed in black and white. Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble" won YouTube phenomenon and Macklemore and Lewis won YouTube breakthrough.

Actress Gina Gerwig kicked the awards off as the protagonist of a live video of Arcade Fire's "Afterlife," directed by Jonze. Gerwig appears to break up with her boyfriend, then expresses the emotions she's feeling in an interpretive dance that moves from apartment to forest to soundstage with a little visual trickery.

A short while later Schwartzman and Watts admitted they would be working the 90-minute show without a script — with just notecards standing between them and awkward pauses and brief technical difficulties.

"This is all about anything happening," Schwartzman said, and it sort of did.

Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler stepped into the shot to take photos with his iPhone, the show's hosts ran through the crowd a few times, climbed a ladder, participated in face-painting, performed not one but two improvised songs and in the show's most awkward moment carried babies through the crowd and tried to interview Macklemore and Lewis as they cried.

"So do we get to keep the babies?" Macklemore asked.

Schwartzman said the night was about creativity, and it certainly was creative.

Earl Sweatshirt and fellow rapper Tyler, the Creator, performed their song "Sasquatch" in the midst of a mosh pit, using hand-held cameras to relay the frenetic experience. Lady Gaga went the opposite way, performing her new song "Dope" wearing just a black cap, sunglasses and a plaid shirt. She sat alone at a piano, with the camera tight on her face. She removed the glasses to reveal tears on her face as she sang.

Avicii played the dumb hot guy part in a short film that concluded with a blood-spattered faked double suicide and Butler made a return to the stage when he jokingly interrupted as a group of Swift fans accepted her award, recreating the infamous moment when Kanye West rushed the stage during Swift's win at the MTV Video Music Awards.

"Not Taylor Swift," Butler said. "I'm gonna let you finish. Not Taylor Swift. The YouTube phenomenon of the year was definitely the 'Harlem Shake.' I don't know. No disrespect, but everybody knows that if you've ever been on YouTube, so whatever." He then dropped the mic and walked off stage.

Other winners included Girls' Generation, DeStorm and Lindsey Stirling and Pentatonix.

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Troy Carter is best known as Lady Gaga's manager, but he's also an investor in startups like Uber and Dropbox.

Now, he's lost his greatest claim to fame. He and Lady Gaga have split over "creative differences," according to Hollywood Reporter's sources and Showbiz411. One person told Hollywood Reporter that Carter feels "sad" but "liberated" by the breakup. He's credited with helping Lady Gaga sell 20 million albums but recently, his plate has become extremely full. 

Carter also manages John Legend and Lindsey Stirling. He's in the middle of raising a $75 – 100 million investment fund. Lady Gaga's new album, ARTPOP, will be released on November 11.

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No one ever said she was down-to-earth! In early 2015, Lady Gaga will become the first artist to sing in outer space, Us Weekly can exclusively reveal.

The "Dope" performer, 27, is set to blast off in a Virgin Galactic ship and belt out a single track during the Zero G Colony tech festival in New Mexico.

"She has to do a month of vocal training because of the atmosphere," says a source, who adds that the diva's glam squad will join her in the shuttle.

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Zero G Colony is a three-day hi-tech festival set to take place at Spaceport America in New Mexico that features world-class entertainment and cutting-edge technology. Gaga's performance in space is planned to take place on the third day at dawn, which is approximately six months after the first Virgin Galactic commercial flight.

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A source says the historic event will be  "like nothing the world has seen before."

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And just in case the force isn't with the pop star, a source tells Us, "Gaga has taken out a ridiculous life insurance policy!"

SEE ALSO: Troy Carter Loses His Claim To Fame, Reportedly Splits From Lady Gaga While Raising A $75 Million Startup Fund

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Lady Gaga is known to make an entrance (remember this egg?), but the singer topped even her most ridiculous stunts Sunday night at Brooklyn Navy Yard when she arrived for her ARTPOP album release party in a flying, battery-powered dress named "Volantis."

Gaga told the crowd at the party: “I wanted to make today about something even more important to me, and that something is the youth of the world… Their minds are just so boundless. They’re just so inspiring.”

And though she says Volantis is just “a vehicle,” Gaga added the dress is “essentially a metaphor for me. I will be a vehicle today for their voices.”

As for how the dress works, Gaga didn’t fly it herself, but a technician controlled the unit via radio signals to make it rise nearly 70 inches above the stage.

The transport prototype "has six booms arranged in a hex formation with two electric motors at the end of each boom that provide power to custom carbon fiber propeller blades," notes The Verge, adding that it "looks like a giant AR.Drone helping to lift her above the stage."

Watch the dress in action below:

Getting buckled in:

Ready for lift-off:

Here we go!

Made it safely back to the ground:

SEE ALSO: Lady Gaga Will Become The First Artist To Sing In Space In 2015

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