The Born This Way Ball, produced globally by Live Nation, will begin on April 27, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea, and will travel the globe including cities that Gaga has never played before. Lady Gaga’s last tour, The Monster Ball, captivated audiences around the globe, receiving rave reviews in every city. The Sun called it “the best live show you will see this year,” and the Pollstar Concert Industry Awards named it the Major Tour of the Year.

“The Haus of Gaga and I have worked for months conceiving a spectacular stage,” said Lady Gaga. The Born This Way Ball is an Electro-Metal Pop-Opera; the tale of the Beginning, the genesis of the Kingdom of Fame. How we were birthed and how we will die celebrating.”

Tickets for The Born This Way Ball go on sale starting Febraury 17 at LiveNation.com with more dates to be announced!

Lady Gaga Born This Way Ball Tour Dates:

April 27 – Seoul, South Korea @ Olympic Stadium
May 2 – Hong Kong @ Asia World Aren
May 10 – Tokyo, Japan @ Saitama Super Arena
May 28 – Singapore @ Indoor Stadium
Jun 7 – Auckland, New Zealand @ Vector Arena
Jun 13 – Brisbane, Australia @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Jun 20 – Sydney, Australia @ Allphones Arena
Jun 21 – Sydney, Australia @ Allphones Arena
Jun 27 – Melbourne, Australia @ Rod Laver Arena
Jun 28 – Melbourne, Australia @ Rod Laver Arena
Jul 7 – Perth, Australia @ Burswood Dome

Paul Fisher in Remodeled on The CW

After guiding the careers of such elite supermodels as Naomi Campbell and Monica Bellucci, super-agent Paul Fisher has returned to the modeling industry in The CW series Remodeled, which airs Wednesdays at 9/8c. Although Paul Fisher may not have been the nicest guy on the modeling block as a legendary agent to many elite models, Fisher has returned to the industry that once made him a self-professed egomanic.

With his new series Remodeled, which takes ailing modeling agencies and turns them into sustainable world class affiliates of his newly formed Network Talent, Paul Fisher is a changed man on a mission to transform the industry. Once living up to the stereotype of a powerful world class agent who cared more about fame than his models, Paul Fisher returned to the modeling world after a decade long soul-searching expedition into himself. As you’ll learn in our new interview for Remodeled, Paul Fisher is now making up for his past sins.

With Remodeled on The CW airwaves, The Deadbolt went one-on-one with Paul Fisher for an exclusive and candid chat about the past, present, and his future vision for the modeling industry through The Network and his message on Remodeled.

THE DEADBOLT: So, how is that Paul Fisher from years ago different from this Paul Fisher of today?

PAUL FISHER: That’s a tough and an intense question, because I found my faith about nine years ago. My faith, my whole trip is about transformation. It’s about becoming a different man. It’s about caring more about others and being less selfish.

It’s hard for me to watch my passion, my intensity, and my temper up on the screen. In my humble opinion, I got back into the modeling industry after a layoff of about ten years of being out of it because I had to beg and beg this industry for forgiveness. Excuse my language here, but I was a piece of sh**. I was a terrible, terrible man. I took advantage of my power. When I was the famous Paul Fisher, the agent of Naomi Campbell, Stephanie Seymour, Brooke Burke, Kimora Lee Simmons, Carla Bruni, and Monica Bellucci, I was an animal. I was an egomaniac.

I hope and I pray that I’ve changed in the past ten years. I care more about others than I do myself. I believe before that I wanted to become a famous agent because I wanted to walk into places and be that famous guy, Paul Fisher. But now I want the power that comes along with my Network and the TV show because I truly do want to create a safe environment for young kids. When people bury me in the ground, I want people to say that he was a good man who truly, truly cared about these little kids, cared about these businesses, and that he was trying to help out.

THE DEADBOLT: To effect change through The Network and Remodeled, how have you had to raise your standards?

FISHER: Well, first of all, I walked into a bar about two and a half years ago and saw a little kid, her name was Stephanie Roberts, a beautiful, beautiful girl of color that I put on the cover of American Vogue magazine. I must have made her $5 million or $6 million dollars, we called her magic. She was a bartender. That beat the hell out of me and it was one of the reasons why I decided to build this thing called The Network.

I realized it back then, when I was the famous Paul Fisher, that I was a terrible role model. I didn’t teach these young kids that if they didn’t treat their physical features as a blessing from God, it would be the one thing that haunts them for the rest of their lives. If I could teach these kids that when you make a couple million dollars, if you don’t give 10% of that back to a charity or a foundation or become part of your community that the world would just take that away from you.

So I’m trying really hard now to teach my kids around the world that these physical features they’re born with really are a responsibility. If they don’t use this as a responsibility to become an incredible role model in their community and don’t give back until it’s painful, it will be taken away and it will be like it never ever happened.

I’m really trying to convince these kids not to become a model because you want to become famous, become a model because you can touch other young kids around the world and they can look up to you. And you have a responsibility because other kids are going to look up to you. That’s the kind of message that we’re trying to put into the consciousness of our kids around the world.

THE DEADBOLT: What’s the biggest challenge for you when it seems like the power people in the modeling industry are in it for all of the wrong reasons?

FISHER: Well, I got into the modeling industry for all of the wrong reasons. So, with a lot of these people, I know exactly where they’re coming from. There are beautiful young girls and boys and a lot of money in our industry, so it’s hard not to get caught up in everything and do this for the right reasons.

But I believe that everybody in their souls, they have the spark of God inside them and they all want to do this for the right reasons. It’s just that they’re afraid to out of fear because of the bottom line, because of so many various reasons.

What The Network is trying to do is be a unified voice. We think there are a lot of people around the world talking about the skinny issue, the “size 0″ issue, or girls are sticking their fingers down their throats to emulate the girls walking down the runways. And we’re not taking any responsibility, our industry. Plus sized clothing, they call it “plus size” when these women are actually healthy and normal women.

So I think there are a lot of voices around the world, major editors and major magazines that are saying the same thing I’m saying. The only problem is that it’s bifurcated, and it’s all over the world. What we’re trying to do is have one unified voice so we can all talk about these issues that are really, really important to us, from Photoshopping, super skinny girls walking down the runway, and 15-year old girls being half-naked shooting huge advertising campaigns where no 15-year old girl could even afford those clothes. So we’re trying to do things that a lot of other people are talking about, we just happen to have a TV show where we can talk and have a platform to scream from.

THE DEADBOLT: With the show, what was the most professionally challenging episode to film this season?

FISHER: Each one has been professionally challenging. We selected agencies that were definitely hurting and ones we thought we could definitely assist. Out of the 8, with 5 or 6, the biggest challenge was that they they all thought they knew what they were doing was correct. I had to convince them they had no clue about what they were doing.

But I guess the most challenging episode would have to be maybe the second episode. They had a modeling school, they talked a lot about God and being religious and caring about the kids when in reality they were just wanting to make a buck off of these little kids. When we walked out of that agency, the very next day they went back to [being a modeling school]. They call it a workshop now versus a school. That was probably my toughest one just because I really believe in people, and I believed them with every fiber of my being. When I get let down, that’s very difficult on me.

THE DEADBOLT: How hard is it to improve the modeling industry when you’re up against the media and the images that are being put out there?

FISHER: 150 agencies, that’s what I have on my brain. If I have 10 agencies around the world, or I have 40 agencies, are people really going to listen to Paul Fisher? Right now I’ve got about 50, I’m the largest in the world. Elite has 36 agencies, I have 50. Elite represents 6000 models, I represent 14,000. I’m not going to show my muscles, or have muscles to show when I’m 5-times bigger than Elite, when I’m 5-times bigger than my competition.

Over the next 12 to 18 months, when we’re sitting on 150 agencies around the world, with 10 or 15 of the biggest stars in the world, I believe we’ll have enough power and weight to truly make a huge difference in the modeling world. And probably not before that. We’ll chip away and chip away, people will hear things and they’ll be interested. But to truly have power in our industry, you have to have a tremendous amount of strength. When we’re at 100 agencies, or 150 agencies, with 40,000 kids, and 10 or 15 kids who are the biggest models in the world, I think people will then be forced to listen to me and my agencies around the world.

THE DEADBOLT: Given how young people are more socially aware, do you think the timing is right for this type of change and the show?

FISHER: Yeah. My new rap is social media is the new currency of this world. When they took our kids off the covers of Vogue magazine and they put 11 celebrities on Vogue and 11 celebrities on Bazaar each year out of every 12 months, we have to find a way to create our following and to create our brand. Now, with social media and the online presence, we can touch millions of people within minutes or seconds.

So as the show becomes stronger, as our Network becomes stronger, as our kids become stronger, and as our following increases, we can affect people’s bottom line. If major designers continue to use “size 00″ skinny girls and they contuinue to affect the way young women look in the mirror and see themselves because they can’t look like these “size 00″ skinny girls, it will affect their bottom line to the power of social media. I do think we will have an effect and it will be good. I think we have to become stronger and stronger and our following has to be come bigger and bigger.

THE DEADBOLT: How important is it for you to be honest no matter how people take your delivery?

FISHER: It’s everything to me. I can’t help myself. I made enough money and I made enough people famous and made some wonderful friends. My family is the most important thing to me aside from my faith. I swore to myself two and a half years ago that if I was ever to go back into the modeling industry – which I wasn’t excited about, coming back into this industry – that I would be brutally honest every step of the way, no matter what people thought.

People look at us like a reality show, but this is no reality show. The one rule I had with The CW was don’t tell me what to do, don’t tell me what to say, this is a docu-series. I’m not building a business because they’re doing a show on me.

I beg of your readers to go to our website, to NetworkTalent.com and see who we are. You’ll see my drug experts, my health experts, my parenting experts, my body conscious for women experts. You’ll see my models around the world talking about things that are really, really important. Anybody who thinks we’re just doing a reality show so I can walk into a place and get free dinner, we’re doing a docu-series so we can spread the message of health and wellness in our industry.

So, how does Adrian feel now about his experience on The Biggest Loser and how things went down at the ranch?

When The Deadbolt spoke with Adrian Dortch the day after his elimination, Adrian was upbeat with a positive outlook.

“I believe my showing up, it might have been intimidating. To have your plans and then have someone thrown into the mix – I’m very strong. But my weeks at the ranch were excellent. I mean, I’m from Evanston, [Illinois], there are no mountains here. But I was able to go into the mountains and do Yoga and see all of L.A.. I had some of the best organic foods to eat and great trainers. The Biggest Loser franchise is awesome. Yeah, there was a lot of weird stuff that happened on the ranch, but I would not change my experience. Whatever doesn’t break you makes you stronger, and I’ve truly become stronger because of the experience.”

Adrian and Dolvett on The Biggest Loser

Although Adrian can now look back at his time on The Biggest Loser as a positive experience, it was clear that Adrian was frustrated with the show and those who had it out for him. And when it came to the elimination, it wasn’t a surprise that the Red Team chose to send Adrian packing from The Biggest Loser.

So why didn’t Adrian just get up and leave The Biggest Loser when he knew he’d likely be the one to go home? As Adrian told The Deadbolt, it was more about being prepared on many levels beyond the drama.

“I kind of figured either Roy or myself would be somebody they would be eliminating. With Roy being there longer, I just knew it was me. But I actually wrote a letter to my sister before we even went into the weigh in just in case there was a chance I was eliminated. It was a lot of stress being on the actual ranch just with that amount of confusion.”

At the same time, Adrian also added to The Deadbolt that he understood the health aspects of what was taking place as well.

“If you know anything about losing weight,” Adrian continued, “your Cortisone levels have to be low in order to lose weight. There are three factors: nutrition, the work out, and how you’re feeling. Your Cortisone levels have to be low. I had great weight loss success when I was at home.”

When looking back at The Biggest Loser drama and his former team mates who had it out for him, Adrian felt that he was a winner based on the progress he had already made prior to returning to the ranch.

“I’m continuing to have great weight loss success at home. Why everything went the way it did, you’d probably have to ask them. Other than that, I enjoyed my experience completely.”

The Voice coaches on NBC

Now that The Voice is underway for a second season, NBC recently released The 5th Coach App via Facebook that allows fans of The Voice to become even more involved with their favorite singers and teams.

With The 5th Coach App, fans of The Voice will have the opportunity to build their own teams alongside judges Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Cee Lo Green. The 5th Coach App will become fully functional after each weekly Battle Round.

By building your own teams, making coaching decisions, and competing against your friends on Facebook, fans have the power to potentially pick the winner of this season’s The Voice.

One lucky Grand Prize winner will receive an all expenses paid trip to LA and a meet-and-greet the winner of The Voice Season 2. As well, each week there will be a winner who receives a special The Voice prize pack full of official merchandise.

Check out The Voice teaser for The 5th Coach App below and get started on building your team and picking your favorite to win:

Ricky Martin in Glee "The Spanish Teacher"

The latest episode of Glee called “The Spanish Teacher” was one of the best of the season for one very good reason, the guest role of Ricky Martin. Music aside, Ricky Martin is just so enthralling to watch, and rightfully so since he’s been a performer all his life. In his Glee guest role, Ricky came across as such a believable character in the role of Spanish tutor David Martinez.

Unlike the character of Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison), however, whose head I want to put through a car wash conveyor in order to see if it actually can be waxed anymore, Martin’s David Martinez instantly captivated the Glee club and had all the girls and Kurt (Chris Colfer) swooning. Although it looked as if Quinn Fabray (Diana Agron) was about to jump David’s bones during his performance of LMFAO’s “Sexy and I Know It”, it was a fun performance, minus of course Finn trying to dance and keep pace with you know who. Ouch. Put it away Finn, you’re going to knock out a hip or Rachel’s eye.

In “The Spanish Teacher”, I loved the way Sam (Chord Overstreet) and Mercedes (Amber Riley) were allowed time to develop a relationship. I’m not a fan of the whole cheating thing, or as Emma put it, a two-timing ho, but this reminds me of the believable chemistry between Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) and Mike (Harry Shum Jr). Sam’s Glee rendition of the Gypsy King’s “Bamboleo” was also hilarious, as were the shoes the boys wore during the performance. But if I see another bolo tie on this show, I may scream!

Now there’s something that really annoys me about Glee, aside from their one-dimensional characters and the writers abject refusal to follow through on any storyline except for the awful Finchel mess, and that’s Naya Rivera’s obvious inability to speak Spanish. Don’t get me wrong here Gleeks, I love Naya Rivera as much as the next person. I think she’s one of the few Glee actors who has actually managed to grow on this show. But why, oh why, would Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan continue to make her speak Spanish when she clearly has such a heavy gringo accent?

Ricky Martin in Glee "The Spanish Teacher"

If you’re wondering why this peeves me, it’s because I’m half Hispanic, and I have about 1/10 of the accent she has when speaking Spanish. It doesn’t make any sense for Santana Lopez to be speaking Spanish at all, especially when she clearly has such a heavy accent. Why is this such a big deal? Because there’s no need for it! Santana can still be a proud Latina without embarrassing herself by trying to speak Spanish. I find it hard to believe that a character who is supposedly so determined to stay true to her Hispanic roots has an accent equivalent to Sofia Vergara trying to speak English without her Colombian accent.

Glee never had to make Santana speak Spanish, and the fact that they’re trying to push it is insulting to other actors who have worked tirelessly to speak with or without one. It’s like when J.Lo released her single, “Jenny from the Block”. You’re not fooling anyone when you went to private, Catholic school in the Bronx. It’s just not as “street” as people should believe. This isn’t going to be a Mila Kunis moment.

Then of course, there was that ridiculous Elvis Presley number by Will Schuester. I don’t know how, but he manages to ruin music for me almost every episode. Not only did he sing “A Little Less Conversation”, which I’m not sure if it was an intentional message for Gleeks to want him to stop talking in English AND Spanish, but the matador outfit had me sinking into my couch cushions in embarrassment. What could make it even more ridiculous? Having poor Mike and Brittany “dancing” as bulls. What? I don’t even know. At least Sue Sylvester’s (Jane Lynch) heart-to-heart with Becky was a high point, although I would love to see Sue throw sticks at Mercedes again, just because it was so random and funny.

Overall Rating: 3 out of 4 Bolts for this episode
Highlight: Aside from Ricky Martin, Emma’s pamphlets. They were perfectly in tune with her personality.

What did you guys think of Glee and “The Spanish Teacher” with Ricky Martin?

Jared Padalecki in Supernatural

The CW released a new Supernatural preview ahead of the episode “Plucky Pennywhistle’s Magical Menagerie” with guest commentary from series producer Robert Singer.

If you’ve got a fear of clowns (or any phobia that’s mildly related to those circus freaks), you’ll have your hands full this week with Supernatural.

In the February 10 episode of Supernatural, Sam (Jared Padalecki) tries to get over his phobia of clowns when he investigates Plucky Pennywhistle’s Magical Menagerie to find out the reason behind the mysterious deaths.

There’s nothing creepier than taking the fun environment of a kid’s play place and turning it into something dark and twisted, now is there?

Check out producer Robert Singer as he talks about Supernatural and “Plucky Pennywhistle’s Magical Menagerie” below:

Penn Badgley and Leighton Meester in Gossip Girl

Ahead of the February 13 of Gossip Girl, The CW gave fans a preview of the Valentine’s Day episode called “Crazy, Cupid Love”, filled with plenty of love triangles, intrigue, and of course, gossip.

In the “Crazy, Cupid Love” episode of Gossip Girl, Chuck (Ed Westwick) and Serena (Blake Lively) may not be the only ones feeling jilted thanks to Cupid’s arrows, but it looks like Blair (Leighton Meester) could be wrangling in another love interest in Dan Humphries (Penn Badgley).

When it comes to Gossip Girl, I just want to say that I called this back in season 1, when Dan confronted Blair during Serena’s photo shoot that Blaire got passed over for.

Check out the Gossip Girl preview of “Crazy, Cupid Love” below and tell us your thoughts:

Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley in The Vampire Diaries

The CW released a new preview for The Vampire Diaries ahead of the February 9 episode “Dangerous Liasons” in which the brothers Salvatore are still at odds.

In the new preview for The Vampire Diaries, Elena (Nina Dobrev) struggles to confront Esther (guest star Alice Evans) who is not a fan of keeping her alive while Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan (Paul Wesley) continue to be at war with each other on whether Elena should go at all. In fact, Damon longs for the old Stefan as he tries to manipulate his brother.

Of course the sexual tension between Damon, Elena, and Stephan is absolutely delicious as always and “Dangerous Liasons” has it in spades.

Check out the new preview for The Vampire Diaries and “Dangerous Liasons” below:

In his most intimate performances in years, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter headlined Carnegie Hall, with special guest appearances from Nas and Alicia Keys. Concertgoers experienced a once-in-a-lifetime moment as Jay-Z took the stage at the New York landmark to raise dollars that will help fight poverty, boost on-time graduation rates in underserved New York City schools, and put college within reach for low-income students across the five boroughs.

Also on hand at for the Jay-Z performance with Beyonce were Liza Minnelli, Brooklyn Decker, Aaron Ross, Corey Webster, Joan and Sanford I. Weill, Gordon J. Campbell (President and CEO of United Way of New York City), Dania Diaz (Executive Director of the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation), Clive Gillinson (Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall), and many more.

Check out Jay-Z, Beyonce, and other stars from the night at Carnege Hall below:

[Courtesy of Kevin Mazur/WireImage for United Way of New York City]

In the upcoming Gossip Girl episode on February 20, The CW drama continues as Dan experiences a high, Blair takes higher ground for a good cause, and Ivy is headed for a run-in when “Cross Rhodes” hits the airwaves.

In the newly released episode photos for “Cross Rhodes”, fans get a look at Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf and Blake Lively as Serena VanDer Woodsen, Kelly Rutherford as Lily Van Der Woodsen, and Ed Westwick as Chuck Bass.

Gossip Girl — “Cross Rhodes”

DAN’S BOOK IS SHOWCASED BY UPRIGHT CITIZEN’S BRIGADE — Dan (Penn Badgley) feels honored when he learns that Upright Citizen’s Brigade is performing excerpts from his book, Inside. Blair (Leighton Meester) tries to prove Serena’s (Blake Lively) suspicions wrong in order to save their friendship. On her way out of town, Ivy (Kaylee DeFer) ends up on a collision course with the van der Woodsens. Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick, Kelly Rutherford and Matthew Settle also star. John Terlesky directed the episode written by Amy B. Harris (#516).