VIDEO VAULT: Did Lady Gaga Murder Lina Morgana? Or Did She Rip-Off Her Life (Or Both)?
"I guess she finally ran out of Lina material to steal," quipped pop music wags when Lady Gaga swiftly transitioned from being a full-time pop star to being a part-time actress and Tony Bennett's pall bearer. This was just after Gaga's disastrous 2013 "ArtPop" album, which seriously threatened to halt her booming pop music future. Yet the road ahead was already paved with "Cheek to Cheek," her collaborative album of jazz standards with Bennett released in 2014, and her first major acting role in "American Horror Story," which started production in 2014. No longer did she have to rely on being an "It Girl" pop star - a precarious occupation for anyone, no matter their talent - while a whole new revenue stream was opened up with acting. Canny career moves? Sure, but also creepily pre-meditated insist many early-2000, NYC scenesters, who assert that Gaga's early pop success was heavily reliant on the talent, songwriting sk...