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"One Piece": Long-running Japanese manga and cartoon about a teenage pirate who has supernatural powers. We can't tell you what the animated graphic reference to "One Piece" has to do with Gaga's video ... but it's there, right after Tyrese pats a diner's rump. So, now you know!"Paparazzi": The first part of Gaga's presumed video trilogy ("Telephone" is part two). There are several references to the "Paparazzi" video in "Telephone," including the pair of flip-up sunglasses Beyoncé wears, the whole poison sub-plot, and the fact that the ring Gaga is wearing on her left hand when she takes B's phone call in prison seems to be modeled on the "mouse-ears" print dress she wears at the end of "Paparazzi." Jonas Åkerlund also directed both videos.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: Hugely influential 1967 album by the Beatles. During the motel-room sequences in "Telephone," Beyoncé is wearing an outfit that looks very much like the ones the band wears on the cover of the album, albeit updated for the 21st century.
"The reason why I wanted to go on this journey was to discover that, for myself, what was beautiful inside me and just to listen to these women talk and hear their stories," she explained. "And I had gone through a really hard time in the past year with people, just, they keep harping and me gaining weight, it made me so insecure that I really actually forgot who I was and I wanted to go on this journey to find myself again."
Now that she's back in the States, she said she can easily face any criticism or even be able to handle any line of questioning, even if it's about touchy subjects like John Mayer. "I definitely learned that I allow too many judgments of other people to seep in," she said. "Even when you think you kind of got it together and you think you can ignore it, you do still fall asleep with those voices in your head. There's no way to stop that. I think that going on this trip, all these places, I really just found an inner peace. I found something within myself that I didn't know was there."
"I think that [the show] is such a great concept and I think it's going to be such an incredible show for women of all ages to watch. You definitely learn a lot about all these different cultures," she told MTV News about her show, premiering Monday (March 15) on VH1, adding that the filming was very personal for her.
Along with the "Rip the Runway" performances, new designers' spring and summer lines were presented and showcased throughout the broadcast.
BET's "106 & Park" co-host Rocsi Diaz, Sean John model Miguel Perdomo and artist Amanda Diva were among those strutting down the catwalk.
Upstart MC B.o.B. a.k.a. Bobby Ray performed his first single, "Nothin' on You," as the Tennille White Chicago line was showcased.