The media loves a good diva-on-diva rivalry — which is probably why they’re always asking Mariah about Whitney, Britney about Christina, and Lady Gaga about, well, everyone. So it’s about time that fourfour’s Rich Juzwiak has compiled the endless clips of divas talking about divas into a ten-minute supercut that is both fun and illuminating. For the most part, the women are complimentary of one another despite being goaded to say something snarky. The claws do come out a few times, though; at one point, Janet Jackson says that, unlike Madonna, “What I do has class to it.” But it’s Christina Aguilera who hits the nail on the head towards the end of the video, when she points out, “It just sucks that, as women, we have to deal with that sort of comparison thing that men don’t necessarily have to.” Watch the supercut after the jump. Read More »

In an office like ours, pop culture references come up pretty frequently, and it’s always to surprising to see what a difference even a few years in age can make between someone knowing exactly what you’re talking about, and giving you a blank, slightly pitying stare. The chasm is even greater between kids who were born 18 years ago and those of us who are old enough to have been their babysitters. The latest installment of “The Mindset List,” an annual compilation of the cultural touchstones of incoming freshmen at Wisconsin’s Beloit College, really drives this point home. We’ve pulled out some of the most interesting bits from this year’s findings after the jump.

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Now that we’ve had a while to process Lady Gaga’s new single, “Born This Way,” we have to admit we don’t love it. Because hey, we liked “Express Yourself” 20 years ago when Madonna did it. It won’t stop us from adoring Gaga and supporting the song’s message. But when Elton John starts calling it “the new gay anthem,” worthy of replacing the immortal “I Will Survive,” we’ve got to put our foot down. For one thing, there are plenty of much better new, queer anthems out there. Our list of ten strong candidates, all of which have come out in the 21st century, are after the jump.

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According to the NY Post, when Lady Gaga was asked who she would want to play her in a hypothetical movie about her life story, she responded, “I’ve always been a big fan of Rosario Dawson. Oh, you know what, I would have Marisa Tomei play me. I am such a Marisa Tomei fan. All my friends call me Marisa when I get angry. Because my New York accent just flies out of my body and I start smacking my gum.” Well, even setting aside the fact that Rosario Dawson’s Puerto Rican and Afro-Cuban descent would, um, kind of change the story and that Marisa Tomei is 22 years older than Lady Gaga, we don’t think these are remotely appropriate choices. This is why Lady Gaga will have an agent to help her decide who should play her in the movie. And also, she’ll have, you know, us. Click through for our picks for the best actresses to play Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, AKA Lady Gaga, in the movie of her life.

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Editor’s note: Each Friday, our internet-savvy friends over at BuzzFeed curate a post for us that’s filled with links to some of the most talked-about items on the web that week. Enjoy!

* Christina Aguilera caused quite a stir at the Super Bowl when she sang the wrong lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner.

* ESPN mapped the negative reactions to the Black Eyed Peas halftime show.

* Of course, the only part of Super Bowl XLV that we really cared about was the Top 20 commercials.

* Lindsay Lohan is back to doing what she does best: appearing in court dressed to the nines.

* After a year that seems to have been dominated by all the amazing things James Franco can do, The Daily compiled a list of things that he can’t.

* The Hipster Ariel meme is the perfect combination of nosalgia and ironic elitism; making it the perfect embodiment of Tumblr hipsterdom.

* The Scumbag Steve Meme reminds us all how fortunate we are to no longer hang out with the sketchy, thieving wannabes that we knew in school.

* The Top 10 Crazy Things that Parents Text.

* President Mubarak trolled the entire world on Thursday when he failed to announce that he would step down as President of Egypt.

* And finally, Lady Gaga has premiered her new single “Born This Way.”

Today at Flavorpill, we decided that our next DIY project will involve turning our old paperbacks into a pretty colorwheel. We poured some out for 16 sodas that we’ll never drink again. We wanted to live in this big, ugly pyramid with a hole in it that’s going up in Hell’s Kitchen. We watched Weird Al burn Christina Aguilera on Twitter. We wondered how Chris Farley would feel about a new show about his life called The Fatman Cometh. We were duly impressed by this Belgian runner who completed 365 marathons in 365 days — but we’d hate to see his toenails. We visited some of the most beautiful caves in the world. We got a look at what might be Facebook’s new headquarters. We appreciated the inclusion of Robbie Robertson in The Last Waltz in this roundup of 13 rock movies that make their subjects look like dicks. And finally, we were saddened to hear that Bristol Palin (who’s only 20, mind you) has a memoir due out this summer — and it’s 304 pages long. We’re going to assume that it was written in Courier New.

She found early success as a songwriter for pop stars including Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, Christina Aguilera, and even Miley Cyrus, but UK singer Jessie J is about to break through as a star all on her own.

Jessie’s debut single, “Do It Like a Dude,” is an edgy hip-hop-influenced thrill ride with a brilliantly disconcerting video to match, but don’t be fooled into thinking it represents the full Jessie J package. Her first album, Who You Are — due out later this year — balances the darkness with uplifting pop, Motown balladry, and heartfelt anthems, all expressed by one of the most striking voices you’ll hear in 2011.

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In Burlesque, which is kind of like Christina Aguilera’s Crossroads or Glitter, except for the fact that it’s been almost a decade since those seemed like a good idea, she plays an aspiring dancer at a Hollywood club which is run by Cher. With lines like, “When you are putting your make-up, it’s like you’re an artist, but instead of painting on canvas, you’re painting a face,” it promises to be  just as bad as we were hoping it was — kind of like a supersized Pussycat Dolls video. Oh, and for some reason Stanley Tucci is in it. Enjoy!

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1. Director Ridley Scott — whose estimated worth is $172 million — is diversifying his portfolio by acquiring a 3D company. Does this mean we’re going to see reboots of Alien and Blade Runner? [via Vulture]
2. Christina Aguilera has canceled her summer tour until next year. We’re guessing it’s because no one likes the leaked songs from her upcoming album, Bionic. [via ArtsBeat]
3. Horrific things we can’t unsee: Human Centipede: The Video Game. [via I-Mockery]
4. David Byrne is suing the governor of Florida for $1 million for using the Talking Heads’ “Road to Nowhere” in an attack ad without permission. [via Billboard]
5. Dominic Cooper will star in Marvel’s Captain America movie as Iron Man’s dad. [via Salon]

Bonus link: 20 fascinating self-portraits

1. Greyson Chance — the 12-year-old whose talent show performance of “Paparazzi” went viral earlier this month — has signed a record deal with Interscope, Lady Gaga‘s label. Watch your back, Biebs. [via NYP]
2. Emerging playwright Annie Baker (who we interviewed here) has scored the Obie Award (think: Off-Broadway Tony) for new American play for a pair of works: “Circle Mirror Transformation” and “The Aliens.” [via Variety]
3. Artist Justin Lowe (whose faux meth lab took over Deitch Projects last summer) is going to recreate CBGB‘s iconic bathroom for Hartford’s Wadsworth Atheneum museum. [via WSJ]
4. Brace yourselves indie rock fans: Vampire Weekend. Beach House. Dum Dum Girls. All together on a north North American tour, beginning in August. [via P4K]
5. Christina Aguilera has posted an official statement on her website saying that she has “absolutely nothing against Lady Gaga” or any other female in the biz, for that matter. [via Vulture]