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In this age of hyperpartisan politics, performers have taken to lecturing concert-goers who paid for the price of a ticket to a political lecture as well. A recent example came from Lady Gaga, who at her Tuesday night concert in Arlington claimed that Texas was a "purple" state, and that she hoped her fans would help turn it "blue." Writing for the Houston Chronicle, Ariana Garcia praised and highlighted parts of Lady Gaga's speech: During Lady Gaga's Arlington, Texas stop Tuesday night for her ongoing Chromatica Ball Tour, the popstar gave an impassioned two-minute speech encouraging the Lone Star State...

On Sunday, Britain's Daily Star reported that Lady Gaga and Angelina Jolie — two white actresses — are competing for the role of Cleopatra, sparking outrage across social media. Social Justice Warriors (SJWs) demanded that the African queen should be played by a woman of color, even though the historical Cleopatra was Greek, not black. "Stop whitewashing Cleopatra!!!" tweeted Kendra James, a writer and editor at Shondaland.com. "Film the story of literally any other queen on the vast African continent."

Singer Lada Gaga hopped on a sanitation truck early Wednesday morning in protest of President-elect Donald Trump’s unprecedented victory Tuesday night to become America’s 45th president. The diehard Hillary Clinton supporter, who had campaigned alongside the Democratic candidate just hours before the polls opened Tuesday night, shared a photo of herself holding up a “Love Trumps Hate” sign while standing on a sanitation truck outside of Trump Tower in New York City. “I want to live in a #CountryOfKindness where #LoveTrumpsHate,” the “Bad Romance” singer said in a message to her 64 million Twitter followers. The singer had performed in...