Actor Kevin Spacey on Saturday tweeted a Photoshopped image of himself between Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and his brother in response to the siblings’ criticism that he won’t take photos with them. Rob and Doug Ford complained last week that they were told they could not have their picture taken with the actor when Spacey and Rob Ford appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live on March 2. Along with the photo that he posted on Twitter, Spacey said, “When did Mayor Ford start doing what people tell him to do? All you had to do was ask, guys. Here’s your pic.” During Spacey’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the actor cracked several jokes at the mayor’s expense after a brief cameo by Ford. “That’s the first time I’ve had to follow a Ford,” Spacey quipped. “And one that was so banged up.” Ford has been pressured to resign and targeted by late night television comedians since he admitted smoking crack cocaine last year,and several videos have emerged that showed him seemingly drunk or high. The Toronto City Council stripped him of much of his authority but does not have the authority to remove him. Ford has vowed to run for re-election this fall.
Lady Gaga vowed to quit pop music rather than compromise, detailing a difficult year that included an under performing new album during her keynote session at the South By Southwest music, film and interactive festival in Austin, Texas, on Friday. Dressed in a gown made of plastic sheeting and wearing blond dreadlocks, Gaga spent an hour in a wide-ranging question-and-answer session. “I refuse to compromise and allow my talents to be monetized to the point that I don’t want to be here anymore,” she said. “I will stop, I will quit, I will retire from the commercial market if I have to do something other than be myself, because if I can’t be myself in this moment then everything I have said to my friends since the beginning will be a total lie.” The 27-year-old singer also
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