“When she performed for the Robin Hood Foundation benefit in New York City last May, according to David Saltzman, executive director of the charity, she was one of the very few artists to ever refuse the usual high-six-figure fee, insisting instead that the money go back to help anti-poverty programs in the city.”
— Excerpt from Vanity Fair January 2012
Whaaaat? You mean other performers CHARGE the charity for appearing? That is sick.
"Myself, Amy Adams and Rashida (Jones), a bunch of us were sitting like 12-year-old girls, because we knew Lady Gaga was going to walk in," Darren Criss told Billboard.com Thursday night. "We all just kind of casually played it off like we weren't waiting, but then we all said to each other, 'we're all waiting because Lady Gaga is coming in here, right?'"
"We just kind of gawked in silent wonderment," he laughed. "She came in with her stilts and her crew of many, and we all had a really lovely moment together. It was like watching an eclipse."
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