SPIN CYCLE: Going Gaga as Grammys egg us on

Lady Gaga performs at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, in Los Angeles.
Lady Gaga performs at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, in Los Angeles.

— Spin Cycle presents another installment of “All the News That’s Fit to Razz” ...

Prior to being carried onstage in a giant egg at the Grammy Awards, Lady Gaga admitted to whiskey drinking and pot smoking during a 60 Minutes interview.

Which means she’s scrambled and fried.

Speaking of Lady Gaga, many people are saying that her newest single “Born This Way” is a rip-off of Madonna’s “Express Yourself.”

To which Gaga responded: “Open your heart to me, baby. Get into the groove. Borderline, feels like I’m going to lose my mind. We need a holiday.”

Back to the Grammys, Christina Aguilera took a slight tumble onstage after participating in a tribute to Aretha Franklin.

Hey, at least the spoiler of “The Star-Spangled Banner” didn’t trip up on the words this time.

Grammy shocker: Justin Bieber lost the Best New Artist Award to Esperanza Spalding. Whatever will the 16-year-old do?

Besides count the money from his new film? And his new album? And start a world tour next month? (As for what we’ll do? Figure out who winner Esperanza Spalding is. And Album of the Year Award winner Arcade Fire, too.)

Lindsay Lohan, who has pleaded innocent to a charge of felony grand theft over allegations of stealing a necklace, is scheduled to return to court Wednesday. Her assistant told the police: “Ms.Lohan was in possession of the necklace and wanted to give the necklace back to the store the day after she took it from the store, but she was very busy.”

Busy, as in filming recent movies like uh ... and ... um ....

Miss San Antonio Dominique Ramirez is suing the Miss Bexar County Organization for stripping her of her title after telling her to “get off the tacos” and lose a few. Pageant officials counter that it’s not Ramirez’s weight but her unprofessional behavior that cost her the crown.

Or in other words, tacos are not the whole enchilada.

Charlie Sheen, star of Two and a Half Men, reportedly is offering to pay one-third of the salaries for his crew while he’s doing at-home rehab.

He’d compensate the full amount, but he has to think of his dealers and prostitutes too.

Pradeep Manukonda, the alleged stalker who Facebook founder Mark Zuckerbergobtained a restraining order against, is due in court for a civil hearing this week.

Couldn’t Zuckerberg have just defriended him? Guess when it comes to their relationship status, “it’s complicated.” It’s easy to e-mail:

[email protected]

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Style, Pages 45 on 02/20/2011

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