Celeb News: Lana & pot,drinking,arrestment, boarding school & more

Sammi

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Lizzy, the oldest of three, sang “just beautifully” as a child in the church choir, says Lisa Reid, who volunteers at a local elementary school. But she grew into a wild child who liked to write poetry in a back booth of the local Aroma Round coffee shop.

After her freshman year, Lizzy was shipped off to boarding school. “We smoked pot and drank a lot,” says childhood friend Bryce Stanton. “A bunch of us were arrested a few times. Her parents saw her going in a bad direction.”

At the Kent School, in Kent, Conn., she found life “difficult,” she told GQ. Boarding school made her different, Stanton says. “She was weirder. I think she had finally found a way to express what was going on inside.” Afterward, she didn’t gel with the scene at Fordham University, either. Instead, she wrote songs and read and played in clubs in Brooklyn and on the Lower East Side.

She signed with NYC indie label 5 Points, which paired her with veteran producer David Kahne, who had worked with everyone from Paul McCartney and Tony Bennett to the Strokes. But the resulting EP, “Kill Kill,” and a subsequent album “Lana Del Ray a k a Lizzy Grant” (before she settled on the alternate spelling “Del Rey”) received scant attention.

She also worked with NYC rapper and producer Princess Superstar, who is baffled by the backlash. “It makes me so angry,” says Superstar. “She’s always had that old movie star thing going on. We would go to Harlem together and get our nails done and she would add this ’50s movie star-ish thing to it. Even through our studio sessions, she had bouffant hair and fake eyelashes. She was rocking that style for sure.”

Superstar introduced Del Rey to Mawson, who has worked with her for the past two and a half years. “[She kind of] has a curse,” he says. “People don’t believe there’s someone who’s apparently so perfect. She’s got this incredible voice combined with the looks of a model and sort of Gaga’s fashion appeal.”

Mawson insists Del Rey is exactly who she says she is. “She writes her own songs. She made her own video. She picks her own clothes. And she came up with the name Lana Del Rey.” (But in 2010, Del Rey fueled gossip when she told Web site Repeat Fanzine, “Lana Del Rey came from a series of managers and lawyers . . . who wanted a name that they thought better fit the sound of the music.” Her publicist says she was misquoted.)

Mawson says that “SNL” may have been a misstep. “To be honest, maybe we should have waited,” he says. “But you get offered ‘Saturday Night Live,’ you don’t say no.”

In the wake of the “SNL” backlash, Del Rey defended herself. “My intention was never to transform into a different person,” she told Billboard. “What other people think of me is none of my business. Sometimes, it hurts my feelings. But I have to just keep going.”

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givemethatpop

The Gaga reference

Owl

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After her freshman year, Lizzy was shipped off to boarding school. “We smoked pot and drank a lot,” says childhood friend Bryce Stanton. “A bunch of us were arrested a few times. Her parents saw her going in a bad direction.”

She talks about this on This Is What Makes Us Girls.

RainMan

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“She was weirder. I think she had finally found a way to express what was going on inside.” Afterward, she didn’t gel with the scene at Fordham University, either. Instead, she wrote songs and read and played in clubs in Brooklyn and on the Lower East Side.

of course she did

bringhimdowndown

Interesting

Donny

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We smoked pot and drank a lot

Owl

It's not that she should've waited for SNL. She should've practiced.

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Originally posted by RainMan

of course she did

I see you stanning for Lana. Loves it.

Sammi

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Originally posted by Owl

She talks about this on This Is What Makes Us Girls.

After some girls read this,wonder if they will still think her lyrics are nonsense,how it's not her personal life,hoe she's has zero emotions in her music,how she's fake,trying to be something she's not.Next time they shouldn't talk **** about something they don't know.

Owl

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Originally posted by Sammi

After some girls read this,wonder if they will still think her lyrics are nonsense,how it's not her personal life,hwo she's has zero emotions in her music,how she's fake,trying to be something she's not.

They're either going to ignore this, or pretend that they never read it.

Br0ckk

This actually explains so much..

Sammi

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Originally posted by Owl

They're either going to ignore this, or pretend that they never read it.

Exactly but I'll keep bumping this thread.

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Originally posted by Br0ckk

This actually explains so much..

ChrisGagers

yassss girl smoke that weed.

slobro

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Mawson insists Del Rey is exactly who she says she is. “She writes her own songs. She made her own video. She picks her own clothes. And she came up with the name Lana Del Rey.” (But in 2010, Del Rey fueled gossip when she told Web site Repeat Fanzine, “Lana Del Rey came from a series of managers and lawyers . . . who wanted a name that they thought better fit the sound of the music.”

Lonƹ

Has Gaga met her before. It seems like they would have crossed paths.

Medo

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Originally posted by Lonƹ

Has Gaga met her before. It seems like they would have crossed paths.

Lana and Gaga used to play the same open mic shows in the LES, and even lived on the same block.

boyamama

i'm so into her full package right now.....

annashaus

Good read.

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Mawson says that “SNL” may have been a misstep. “To be honest, maybe we should have waited,” he says. “But you get offered ‘Saturday Night Live,’ you don’t say no.”

Exactly, you don't say no. She'll get better with time.

DDRdashing

Lana has said that she doesn't do drugs any mo'

Euromillions

Or drink. Not drunk alcohol for 8 years, apparently. Which means she must have stopped at 17, lol.

JClarkSTAN

So she's a spoiled rich girl who acted out and got sent away to boarding school? Ok.