Lady Gaga ends the year 2018 with a cherry on top of the cake of achievements as her iconic video for "Bad Romance" reaches 1 billion views on YouTube. The Francis Lawrence directed-visual is one of the few pre-VEVO music videos to reach the milestone (others being "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses and "Numb" by Linkin' Park), and Gaga's first.

"Bad Romance" is without a doubt one of the most-praised and awarded music video of all time. Released in 2009 to promote the lead single from The Fame Monster, the clip won 7 MTV Video Music Awards and a Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video, was named Billboard's greatest video of the 2000s and was included in TIME's list of best music videos since the 1980s.

Lady Gaga took the stage at Park Theater for the second night of her critically acclaimed Las Vegas residency ENIGMA on Sunday night, and among the crowd was the queen of Vegas herself, Celine Dion. The Canadian superstar, who has had a Vegas residency since 2003, not only came out to support Gaga, but also prayed with her band and dancers before the show, and was later spotted dancing and singing along to her biggest hits.

Related: Watch Celine Dion Adorably Refuse To Give Lady Gaga Vegas Advice

"The absolutely legendary and beautiful Celine Dion is here tonight," Gaga told the audience. "She prayed with me and my entire crew backstage before this show. And when she was asked if she had any advice for me in Las Vegas she said that I didn't need it because I was strong and I knew what I was doing. And, oh my God, I swear to you, the number of women that I can count on one hand that are supportive in this industry, it’s like I would lose fingers, okay? You are amazing, you're supportive, you're talented, you're legendary, and you're kind."

Gaga then dedicated her 2011 hit "You And I" to Dion. "I want to dedicate this song not only to everyone in this room, but to you too, Celine," she said. "This one's for you and I!" Watch below...

Plus, enjoy videos of Celine Dion jamming to "The Edge of Glory" and "Bad Romance"...

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Lady Gaga kicked off her very first Las Vegas residency, titled ENIGMA, on Friday night at Park Theater at Park MGM. For the game-changing show, Gaga collaborated with Nicola Formichetti (styling), Richy Jackson (choreography), Boys Noize (sound design), Eli Russell Linetz (stage design), and more.

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Lady Gaga kicked off her first Las Vegas residency, titled ENIGMA, on Friday night to rave reviews from fans and critics alike. The sold-out opening night is being praised for Gaga's singing and energy, as well as the game changing stage design and production.

Andreas Hale of Billboard called  ENIGMA "an absolutely delicious smorgasbord of pop music, performance art and fantastic futurism during her 90-minute set that kicked off in true Gaga fashion."

Related: Watch Lady Gaga kick off her ENIGMA residency

"For a show that at first seemed like an excuse to remind us what Gaga is best at, it ended up becoming a show that confirms and begins her legacy," Brittany Spanos of Billboard wrote, while Marc Snetiker of Entertainment Weekly added that ENIGMA "serves as Gaga's way of affirming that she’s never been more secure in who she is."

Yahoo's Lyndsey Parkery called the show "a full-on conceptual production featuring the diva at her campy, crazy best, complete with a Wizard of Oz-meets-Aeon Flux-meets-Barbarella, anime/manga alternate-universe narrative starring Gaga's artificial-intelligence alter ego."

Chris Willman of Variety said that Gaga "was born to be in Vegas" and added that ENIGMA "is a generous show, by Vegas pop standards, not just by exceeding the standard get-‘em-out-onto-the-slot-machines set length, but because Gaga also happens to do almost two hours more of actual singing than some of her counterparts on the Strip."

Lady Gaga's Las Vegas residency is expected to continue through 2021. The 2019 shows are on sale now, with some dates sold-out already.

Lady Gaga is a surprise guest on her friend and collaborator Brian Newman's new album Showboat, out today. The jazz collection, produced by Tony Bennett's son Dae Bennett, features Gaga's cover of Nina Simone's 1964 classic "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."

"We knew we wanted to get Lady Gaga on the new album and 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood' felt like the perfect song," Brian Newman said, adding that Showboat is a "diverse playlist that is steeped in the tradition of classic American music as well as its modern counterparts."

Brian Newman has been performing with Gaga throughout her career and will join her on stage again next year during her Lady Gaga: Jazz & Piano show in Las Vegas.

Lady Gaga's latest hit single "Shallow" from A Star Is Born with Bradley Cooper is the number one dance song in the United Sates this year. The track, which Gaga co-wrote with Mark Ronson, moves 2-1 on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart, dethroning Ariana Grande's "breathin."

"Shallow" is Gaga's fifteenth song to reach the summit of the dance chart. Until this week, her most recent number one was the Diane Warren-penned "Til It Happens To You."

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The nominations for the 2019 Grammy Awards are here and Lady Gaga's latest hit single "Shallow" with Bradley Cooper is up for four awards, including the major categories Song of the Year and Record of the Year, as well as Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Song Written For Visual Media. Additionally, the piano version of her 2016 song "Joanne" will compete alongside such hits as Camila Cabello's "Havana," Ariana Grande's "God Is A Woman," and Post Malone's "Better Now" for the Best Pop Solo Performance award.

Song of the Year and Record of the Year are one of the four most prestigious Grammy categories. This is only the second time Gaga is competing in these categories—she first scored nods for both awards back in 2009 with her hit single "Poker Face."

Song of the Year is awarded exclusively to the songwriters ("Shallow" was co-written by Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt) while Record of the Year is awarded to the performer and production team of a song (the production was handled by Gaga and Benjamin Rice).

"Shallow" is the theme song from Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's blockbuster movie A Star Is Born, which has grossed $200 million in the United States alone and is enjoying big Oscar buzz. Its parent album, the A Star Is Born soundtrack, was released after this year's Grammy deadline and will be able to compete in the 2020 ceremony.

The 2019 Golden Globes nominations are in A Star Is Born is up for 5 awards, including Best Motion Picture! Lady Gaga is nominated for two Golden Globes: Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama and Best Original Song for "Shallow." 

Best Motion Picture – Drama:
A Star Is Born
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
If Beale Streat Could Talk

Best Director:
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Adam McKay, Vice

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama:
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Glenn Close, The Wife
Nicole Kidman, Destroyer
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Rosamund Pike, A Private War

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama:
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe, At Eternity's Gate
Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman

Best Original Song:
"Shallow," A Star Is Born
"All the Stars," Black Panther
"Girl in the Movies," Dumplin'
"Requiem For A Private War," A Private War
"Revelation," Boy Erased

These are Gaga's third and fourth Golden Globe nominations—she received her first nod in 2012 for Best Original Song for "Hello Hello" with Elton John from Gnomeo & Juliet, and four years later, won Best Actress for her performance in American Horror Story: Hotel.

The 76th Golden Globe Awards on hosted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will take place on January 6, 2019 in Beverly Hills.

Lady Gaga surprised her Little Monsters with the very first look at her upcoming ENIGMA show. The singer shared behind-the-scenes clips of herself rehearsing for her first Las Vegas residency, which is currently the hottest-selling show on the strip.

One of the clips shows Gaga dancing to her ARTPOP fan favorite "Aura" wearing a motion capture suit, which transfers human movements to animated 3D models.

"We're creating a show unlike anything I've done before. It will be a celebration of all that is unique and different within us. The challenges of bravery can be overcome with creativity and courage that is grown out of adversity, love and music," Gaga said of the show.

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Tickets for ENIGMA are available now. Use the code GAGAVEGAS at SeatGeek.com to get $20 off your purchase.

Lady Gaga sat down with actor and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda for a chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors. The two talked about Gaga's big screen debut A Star Is Born, Mary Poppins, Broadway, and more. Watch Gaga and Miranda's talk or read experts from the interview below...

On how acting in A Star Is Born was different from what she'd done before:
Looking back on my career, I created all these characters for each of my albums, because I was not an actress. I created the star of my own movie, and that was it. When I have created characters on my own through my music, I have complete control. When you’re dealing with a script, costume department, props department, set design, lighting and producers, you have to collaborate with other people.

On how she uses social media:
What I have found with Twitter is it's this awesome thing we can use, and it's also a toilet. It can be totally dangerous, so the more that we stick together and promote good things happening in the world... I usually don’t like to do this because I feel like when you do charity work, having a camera crew with you—it's the Catholic in me—it's not selfless. But since the California fires, I went to a shelter. The first time I went, I took photos with people that were there that wanted them. The second time that I went, I was like, "I'm going to post about this because I want people to know that it’s important to do kind things." I just want to always be on the side of kindness.

On whether she would write or star in a Broadway musical:
I love Broadway. I've always been a theater lover. I would absolutely do Broadway. You know why I know I can do it? Because for many years record executives told me I was "too theater." That's all they told me. I was just sitting there, going "What's wrong with loving theater? Didn't Freddie Mercury love theater?" I love theater, I thought theatrics in music was beautiful."

Lady Gaga graces the cover of Hollywood Reporter's Actress Roundtable in a stunning photo with fellow actresses Glenn Close, Kathryn Hahn, Nicole Kidman, Regina King and Rachel Weisz. The women sat down to talk about Hollywood and their latest film roles as part of THR's annual gathering of six leading actresses.

"What I really admire about what you all do—because this is new for me—is the places that you have to go to, deep, deep down every time, to play a role," Gaga told the women. "When I'm onstage performing and doing music, I have the audience. It's like this adrenaline rush, and I'm talking to people and shouting at them. But when you are acting, there is no way that you're not going to the depths of who you are, into a very scary place. I just have to commend each and every one of you for it. Because I still feel like I am recovering from playing this role."

Watch a preview below and check back in January when the full interview airs on SundanceTV.

Lady Gaga gave an emotional speech dedicated to her A Star Is Born co-star and director Bradley Cooper, who was 32nd recipient of the American Cinematheque Award at a fundraising ceremony in Beverly Hills. Joined on stage by Sam Ellion, Gaga praised Cooper and told him that she "will never love again a director the way I loved Bradley Cooper," referring to the final A Star Is Born song, "I'll Never Love Again."

"When we do these Q&As and things together, sometimes he calls me Gaga, but we both know that you call me Stefani," she told the audience. "I ran from Stefani for a long time and I put on a superhero cap and called myself Lady Gaga. You challenged me to deep dive into a place where I had to see her again, where I had to be Stefani again. I'm so grateful to you, not just for making me a better actress, but I'm so grateful to you that not only have I been able to call you as a professional, but I've been able to call on you as a friend, and cry, and be myself, and have you never ever judged me. It means everything to me. I've never had an artistic experience like this before. And there's only one human being on the planet that you remind me of and that's Tony Bennett."

Watch Gaga's speech at the 2018 Cinematheque Awards below...

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Congratulations are in order for Lady Gaga who just won the first acting award for her performance as Ally in A Star Is Born at this year's National Board Of Review. Gaga was named 2018's Best Actress by the organization's select group of filmmakers, academics and industry professionals, and will be presented with the award at the NBR Awards Gala on January 8, 2019 in New York.

Among other A Star Is Born winners are Bradley Cooper for his directorial debut and Sam Elliot for his supporting role in the blockbuster film.

"We are also thrilled to award Bradley Cooper as our best director," said NBR president Annie Schulhof. "He is an extraordinary talent behind the camera, bringing a fresh and modern perspective, as well as superb craftsmanship and tremendous heart, to the classic story of A Star Is Born."

The National Board of Review is one of the first to announce its choices for the best films of the year as awards season officially kicks off.

Lady Gaga made one little boy's day in Chicago today. The lucky boy was Coltrane, a 2-year-old cool kid from Oakland, California who has Joubert syndrome, a very rare birth defect that affects about 1 in 100,000 children.

Coltrane and his parents are in Chicago for the 2015 Joubert Syndrome Conference, and as they were enjoying the sunny day in the city, they bumped into none other than Mother Monster herself.

"Lady Gaga talked to Coltrane for a few minutes and we got to tell her about Joubert syndrome and the conference this week," Coltrane's father Oscar told Gaga Daily. "I tried to talk calmly while screaming inside. She told us about her Born This Way Foundation. Sweet, charming and genuinely interested, initially approached us about his wheelchair. I was spooning him some Greek yogurt and chatting it up with people sitting by us. I love Lady Gaga and to know she is aware of Joubert syndrome makes me so happy."

The boy's mother, Ayah, added: "We had a good conversation about the genius of John Coltrane, Joubert Syndrome and how people are 'born this way'! Sweetest lady, that Mother Monster."

Joubert syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by the absence or underdevelopment of the area of the brain that controls muscle coordination. Liver and kidney malformations are often associated with the disease. To find out more about Joubert syndrome, please visit the Joubert Syndrome Foundation.

Many thanks to Oscar Vivanco for sharing the story and pictures with us.

Lady Gaga looked chic in black as she helped kick off the awards season at the 10th Annual Governors Awards. Gaga hit the red carpet at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles wearing a stunning Valentino gown.

Hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the ceremony is considered a must for actors hoping for an Oscar nomination. 

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— Gaga Daily (@gagadaily) November 19, 2018

Lady Gaga has reunited with frequent collaborator Nicola Formichetti for her Las Vegas residency, titled ENIGMA. The Italian-Japanese fashion designer, who first collaborated with Gaga on her iconic music video for "Bad Romance," and later worked on The Monster Ball Tour, the videos for "Telephone," "Alejandro," and "Born This Way," and much more, has revealed the he will be styling the upcoming show.

"I am working with Lady Gaga around her Enigma Vegas show which is going to be a super-duper crazy experience," Formichetti told OUT Magazine. "There’s still a lot more details to come but I can’t wait to share it with you all."

Lady Gaga will kick off ENIGMA at Park MGM Resort on December 28. The show is choreographed by Gaga's longtime visual director Richy Jackson, who called it "unique" and something that has "never been done before."

Tickets for ENIGMA are available now. Use the code GAGAVEGAS at SeatGeek.com to get $20 off your purchase.

Lady Gaga graces the cover of the latest issue of Variety. Photographed by Art Streiber in her Malibu home, Gaga poses in a taupe men's collared shirt worn by Bradley Cooper in several key scenes of their blockbuster movie A Star Is Born.

Click here to read Gaga's cover story or check out excerpts from the interview below...

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On the success of A Star Is Born:
I only want to win now because I want that kid who feels like me, that misfit or outcast that didn’t belong, to win. The reward for me is that this movie is a win for them.

On keeping props from the set:
This is very precious to me. These are heirlooms, or they will be heirlooms one day. They are things I will want to show my little girl or little boy and say, "Here they are. You can touch them." I want them to have a close, tangible, poetic experience with the film the way I have.

On the success of "Shallow":
To me, that conversation is what makes the song successful and beautiful and why people cry when they hear it. It's because that man and woman connect, and they are listening to each other.

On watching the Oscars as a child:
I used to wrap myself in an Afghan or my grandmother's knitted blanket and stand on a podium while I watched the Oscars. I had big dreams as a child.

Lady Gaga stopped by a Red Cross shelter on Sunday evening to cheer up its residents following the devastating wildfire in Northern California, which killed 31 people and left hundreds missing.

"I know that a lot of you are feeling a lot of pain right now and a lot of shock," Gaga said. "I will pray for each and every one of you. You will be in my thoughts. I extend my love to each and every one of you. I know we do not know each other, but I love you. This is an emergency, but you are not alone."

She encouraged the evacuees to "keep the faith" and share their stories: "Please do not discount your mental health during this time. It is so important that you take care of what's going on in your head and your heart."

Watch Gaga's touching speech below:

Lady Gaga was honored with a Patron of the Artists Award alongside Harrison Ford by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation on Thursday night in Beverly Hills. In a powerful, nearly 30-minute speech, Gaga called for an end to the stigma surrounding mental health and opened up about her own struggles and thoughts of suicide.

"We are in the midst of a global mental health crisis," Gaga told the star-studded audience. "We are losing a generation of young people who do not believe that their voices are worth hearing, that their pain has no end, and that their contributions are not valuable enough to move the needle in society and culture. We are facing a crisis of epic proportions and the cause of that crisis is our inability or unwillingness to be open and honest about one thing—mental health, today."

Watch Gaga accept the Patron of the Artists Award from her A Star Is Born co-star Sam Elliott below...

Lady Gaga has shared a music video for "Always Remember Us This Way" from the soundtrack for A Star Is Born with Bradley Cooper. The video features scenes from the blockbuster movie and follows Gaga's character Ally as she performs the song live for the first time.

One of the soundtrack's many highlights, "Always Remember Us This Way" was written on the spot and recorded immediately. 

"The moment it was written, we cut it in the studio, and I just remember the writers were singing background and Stefani was singing live, just belting it," the song's producer Dave Cobb recalled. "It was pure magic when that went down and you can hear it in the film—the energy and the excitement that was happening."

Watch the official video for "Always Remember Us This Way" below...

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born soundtrack leads the Billboard 200 album chart for a third consecutive week with 110,000 units sold in the United States. The album becomes Gaga's longest-leading album to date, surpassing the 2011 smash Born This Way, which spent two weeks at the summit.

A Star Is Born made a smashing debut on the chart earlier this month with 231,000 units in the United States in its first week, far exceeding the industry's original projections by over 80% percent. The album made Gaga the only female artist to top the Billboard 200 with five records this decade. 

Have a peek at Gaga's weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 below:

Born This Way — 1,108,000 (2011)
Born This Way — 174,000 (2011)
ARTPOP — 258,000 (2013)
Cheek to Cheek — 131,000 (2014)
Joanne — 201,000 (2016)
A Star Is Born — 231,000 (2018)
A Star Is Born — 143,000 (2018)
A Star Is Born — 110,000 (2018)

To date, Star has sold over 480,000 units in the United States alone.

Forget about chart doubles, Lady Gaga has done the chart triple Down Under. Gaga's new blockbuster movie A Star Is Born with Bradley Cooper shines brightly atop the box-office chart, while its soundtrack and theme song "Shallow" hit number one on the official ARIA charts.

The movie, which marks Gaga's big screen and Cooper's directorial debut, opened at No. 1 at the Australian box office with $8.39 million over its debut week—more than the rest of the Top 10 combined.

On the Australian Recording Industry Association albums chart, A Star Is Born moves to No. 1, becoming Gaga's third number one album after The Fame Monster (2010) and Born This Way (2011).

On the official ARIA singles chart, "Shallow" jumps up 16 spots to No. 1, earning Gaga her first number one single in seven years, and her fourth overall. She previously peaked at No. 1 with "Just Dance" (2008), "Poker Face" (2008), and "Born This Way" (2011).

Australia is one of the many markets the A Star Is Born went number one in. The soundtrack album previously topped the charts in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, South Korea, Sweden, and more.

Lady Gaga has just added another major achievement to her collection of accolades by becoming the first artist to simultaneously hold the No. 1 song, album, and film in the UK.

On the singles chart, Gaga's latest hit "Shallow" with Bradley Cooper rises 4-1 with 40,000 units sold in its fourth week. The track, which Gaga co-wrote with Mark Ronson, becomes Gaga's first number one single in the UK since the 2010 "Telephone" with Beyoncé.

Its parent album, the A Star Is Born soundtrack, reclaims the top spot on the album chart from last week's leader Jess Glynne.

On the box-office chart, A Star Is Born spends a second week at number one with a decline of only 7% from the previous week. The romantic drama has grossed over £15 million in the UK to date and shows no signs of slowing down.

A Star Is Born, which marks Gaga's big screen and Cooper's directorial debut, is enjoying massive success with fans and critics alike: the film has grossed over $200 million and is currently the frontrunner to win the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Actress among industry experts.

Lady Gaga pulled off a major achievement on the UK singles chart this week as her latest single "Shallow" with Bradley Cooper climbs 4-1, dethroning last week's leader "Promises" by Calvin Harris and Sam Smith. The lead single from A Star Is Born shines bright atop the chart with 40,000 units sold in its fourth week.

"Shallow" becomes Gaga's first number one single in the UK in over eight years. Her previous chart-toppers are "Just Dance" (2009), "Poker Face" (2009), "Bad Romance" (2009), and "Telephone" with Beyoncé (2010). (It is worth noting that Gaga's smash hit "Born This Way" was released in the middle of the UK chart's tracking week to coincide with the U.S. release. As a result, the song only debuted at No. 3 as its massive first-week sales were split between two separate tracking weeks.)

On the album chart, the A Star Is Born soundtrack climbs back to No. 1 for a second non-consecutive week at the summit.

Lady Gaga's latest chart-topping album A Star Is Born was released just weeks ago, but the singer is already working on a follow-up. Speaking to Brazil's El Pais, the Gaga revealed that a new album is in the works, but she's keeping all the details a secret as she wants it to be a "surprise."

"I can't tell you anything about my next album because I want it to be a surprise," Gaga said, adding that the next priority on her schedule is her upcoming Las Vegas residency: "I want to reinvent the idea of a show in that city. I want to give it my all."

Related: Producer Boys Noize: 'I wrote a hit song with Lady Gaga'

The project will be Lady Gaga's sixth solo album, following The Fame, The Fame Monster, Born This Way, ARTPOP, and Joanne. This year, Gaga was spotted in recording studios with producers like DJ White Shadow, Boys Noize, SOPHIE and BloodPop, although it wasn't confirmed which collaborations will make the cut. Additionally, the "Shallow" singer has finished recording a new jazz album with Tony Bennett and it's scheduled for release sometime in 2019.