27th May 2012 Celebrity Trending - Lady Gaga

BANGKOK (AP) -- Lady Gaga has met Thailand's premier "lady boys" at a Bangkok drag show featuring busty dancers who were not born that way. Diving in to the city's nightlife, the pop diva and an entourage from her "Born This Way Ball" took in a show at the well-known Calypso Cabaret, where she cheered on a transvestite review of Broadway show tunes. "A million people have to pay to see a Gaga concert, but Gaga paid to see our show!" cabaret manager Nipon Boonmasuwan told Friday's Thairath newspaper. When the performance ended, she took the stage to shake hands with the dancers and handed out six tickets to her Friday night show. Born This Way, the title track of Lady Gaga's latest album, has become a gay anthem. It includes the line, "Don't be a drag, just be a queen." Transvestites and transsexuals are known in Thailand as lady boys. Promoters confirmed Lady Gaga visited the cabaret Wednesday night, just hours after her arrival in Bangkok. Lady Gaga's Asian tour has generated publicity and often controversy at nearly every stop. In Seoul, fans younger than 18 were banned from Lady Gaga's concerts after Christian groups complained that her lyrics and costumes were too sexually provocative. It remains unclear if her June 3 show in Jakarta will take place after Muslim hard-liners threatened violence. Indonesian police initially denied a permit but later hinted the show could go on if she tones it down. Not a chance, said her manager Troy Carter, who told the Straits Times in Singapore on Friday that Lady Gaga "plays the show as it is" and has no plan to self-censor.

Beyoncé admits that she is "nervous" about performing a string of shows this weekend at Atlantic City's Revel Resort, her first since giving birth to daughter Blue Ivy Carter. "It is exciting. I'm a little nervous though," says Beyoncé, in a slickly-produced video called "The Making of a Concert: Part 1" posted to the star's Web site today. "It's like going back to my old job. It's a little strange. But it's important that you don't lose yourself and you still have your own passions. I'm back to work. I'm back to business." The video begins with a montage of the star, as assorted newscasters discuss the high expectations for her upcoming shows. After an interview with the songstress in her home, she is shown sans makeup, in dance rehearsals. Sitting cross-legged on the floor, Beyoncé tells her creative team, "What I'm trying to say with this show is, 'Yes I had a baby and it made me even more grounded and more like you." The miniature documentary also reveals Beyoncé in a musical arrangement rehearsal, singing "Halo." "You know I haven't sung in a year," says Beyoncé, getting excited as she hits the notes while accompanied by a keyboard. While most new moms are kept up at night by crying babies, Beyoncé admits in the video that she hasn't been sleeping because of her nerves over the shows.

Sitting on the floor in an office, amid a pile of sprawled papers, Beyoncé says, "This is why I didn't sleep night. This is why I went to sleep at 5:30 in the morning." Beyoncé's first show will be tonight.