Lady Gaga Grammy Awards Outfits 2011

Lady Gaga Grammy Awards Outfits 2011

 Spectacle: Lady Gaga ‘hatches’ out of a giant egg during her performance of Born This Way at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles last night

* Singer emerged after being in ‘incubation’
* She spent three hours inside the egg getting into character
* Star wins three gongs, including best pop vocal album

She had already made one of her most bizarre red carpet entrances yet as she arrived at the Grammys concealed in a giant egg.

And Lady Gaga made sure she ‘hatched’ in a spectacular way for her performance at last night’s live show.

The 24-year-old outrageous singer emerged from the glowing egg to launch into a spectacular version of her latest single Born This Way.

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 Dramatic: The singer’s outrageous red carpet entrance and subsequent performance didn’t disappoint fans as she left her egg
At one point, she played on a dramatic organ with disembodied heads balanced on top.
Gaga bagged three awards and was nominated for a total of six gongs.

 Egg-xellent: At one point Gaga sat inside the egg on stage  and sang her forthcoming single

 Heads will roll: Gaga played on an organ complete with disembodied heads during the performance

 Ensemble: Gaga wowed fans with a spectacular dance routine at the Los Angeles awards show for which she has received six nominations
She was honoured for best pop vocal album and had censors reaching for the mute button after she exclaimed, ‘Oh, s***!’ when she accepted it.
Earlier, the star had been barely visible through opaque shell as she was carried on a sedan chair by four scantily-clad attendees at the event, being held at the Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles.
Known for her kooky outfits, it appears the outrageous star may well have outdone herself.

 Winner: The star was nominated for six Grammys and walked away with three, including best pop vocal album, seen here after changing into a racy leather black outfit

 Another outfit change: The singer slipped into another risque outfit of knee-high boots and gaffer tape around her chest with a half jacket
Be afraid: Willow braves the scary Gaga as she meets the singer at the ceremony
Another outfit change: The singer slipped into another risque outfit of knee-high boots and gaffer tape around her chest with a half jacket, and met rising star Willow Smith at the ceremony
The star is currently riding high in the download charts after her new song Born This Way managed to hit number one in 21 countries within hours of being available to download on Friday.
Her entourage did the speaking for her on the red carpet as they chatted to Ryan Seacrest – Gaga refused to speak because she was in ‘incubation’ ahead of her performance although she did muster a wave.

 What an entrance: Lady Gaga arrives to the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles today, hiding in a giant egg

 Walking the red carpet: The outrageous singer was being carried by four scantily-clad attendees
She’s in an embryonic state and won’t be born until the performance,’ explained one of her assistant to Seacrest.

 The egg is fitted with an oxygen tank and a fan.

Seacrest told E! viewers that the singer has been inside the egg for three hours getting into character ahead of her performance of the track tonight with only her Blackberry for company.
Kelly Osbourne tweeted: ‘You will not believe your eyes when you see how @ladygaga showed up to the Grammys.’
Last year Gaga caused controversy by turning up to the MTV Video Music Awards in a dress made out of meat.
Entertainment channel E! also managed to set a new world record for the largest gathering of Lady Gaga impersonators.
The group, who strutted the red carpet, had to dress in an outfit resembling one worn by the star in the past – either on the red carpet or for a performance.
The exact number of people who took part is set to be released shortly.

 Stopping traffic: Seen here being carried down the street outside the Staples Center

Cracking up! Her arrival created something of a stir amongst onlookers

Next generation of smartphones arrives

Next generation of smartphones arrives

We’re sick of the iPhone, too. Despite antenna issues, Draconian app store rules and an engineered inability to run Flash content, Apple’s flagship smartphone has done to the smartphone market what the Romans once did to Europe.
The good news: Now a marauding horde of smartphone manufacturers under the flag of Google Android are back for their turf, and they’re not just cobbling together iPhone-wannabes anymore. From the world’s first dual-screen smartphone to a phone with all the processing power of a laptop – and a dock that turns it into one – these next-generation smartphones will all bring something totally unique to the battlefield when they arrive soon.

LG Optimus 2x

The pitch: Two is always better than one, which makes the LG Optimus 2x, the world’s first dual-core smartphone, quite a catch. Nvidia’s hotrod Tegra 2 processor enables rich gaming, fluid multitasking and even 1080p video capture. With the HDMI output, you can hook it up to your TV and watch movies on the big screen, in 1080p.
Skeptic’s slant: Apps have to be specially developed to take advantage of the dual-core design, which means few of them will really tap into what the Optimus 2x can do at launch.
Availability: Rumors have the Optimus 2x launching in late March or early April, but LG will launch the Optimus 2x as a “world phone.” That means it won’t be showing up at the store down the street with a hefty subsidy like phones that carriers officially adopt – you’ll have to snag it online, without a contract, for a hefty sum.

Motorola Atrix 4G

The pitch: Plug Motorola’s Atrix 4G into its optional dock and the humble smartphone becomes a 13-inch notebook, giving you a full-size screen, keyboard, and even a separate battery to charge the phone as it sits.
Skeptic’s slant: The optional laptop dock will cost you $500, and because it doesn’t run Windows 7, it does a lot less than a $350 netbook would.
Availability: AT&T will open the Atrix 4G for preorder on February 13, and begin shipping units March 6 or earlier. The phone itself runs for $199 with a two-year contract.

Kyocera Echo

The pitch: When the Echo’s little 3.5-inch touchscreen starts to feel a little cramped, slide it apart and a second identical screen rises up to meet it, providing a combined 4.7 inches of glowing LCD. The two screens allow you to browse side-by-side websites, read an e-mail in one screen while you reply in another, and even play games like The Sims where one screen acts as a controller, similar to the Nintendo DS.
Skeptic’s slant: Not many apps will work with the dual-screen functionality right off the bat, and running two screens at once will cost you big time on battery life.
Availability: Sprint will offer the Echo for preorder within the next few weeks for $199 with contract, but it won’t begin shipping until spring.

Samsung Infuse 4G

The pitch: With a whopping 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus Screen and a body as deep as a pencil, the Infuse 4G will be both the largest and thinnest phone in AT&T’s portfolio. Thanks to HSPA+ 4G, it will also be one of the fastest on the network. And did we mention it shoots 1080p video?
Skeptic’s slant: Sprint’s 4.3-inch EVO 4G already dropped jaws (and stretched pockets) with its screen size. Is a 4.5-inch screen on a phone really practical?
Availability: Samsung’s Infuse 4G will arrive in the second quarter of 2011 exclusively on AT&T.

HTC ThunderBolt

The pitch: Verizon’s first 4G LTE handset will also be the first to support Skype-to-Skype video – with or without Wi-Fi. No more clambering around to find a hotspot when you want to videoconference, and being limited to friends with Facetime. It packs the same jumbo-sized 4.3-inch LCD and 8-megapixel camera as Sprint’s EVO 4G.
Skeptic’s slant: It’s warmed-over EVO 4G on Verizon. On second thought, maybe that’s not such a bad thing after all.
Availability: Rumors once pointed to a Valentine’s Day release, but the latest leaked documents now show “no ETA.”