The music video for Lady Gaga’s “Telephone,” featuring a fierce Beyoncé, a somewhat nude Gaga and directed by Jonas Akerlund), has premiered amid great hype.

It might even live up to it.

As she told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show just last month, “What I like about it is, it’s a real true pop event. When I was younger I was always excited when there was a big giant event happening in pop music and that’s what I wanted this to be.”

Lady Gaga gets tossed in the slammer in “Telephone.”

Pretty bold praise for her own work, but “Telephone” definitely has the feel of - in typical Lady Gaga fashion - a performance art piece, rather than a mere video.

Perhaps the best part? At the onset, Gaga is strip searched and tossed in a jail cell. In a funny reference to the hermaphrodite rumors about her, a guard says:

“Told you she didn’t have a d!ck.”

That’s before the music even commences, too. “Telephone” may not be as epic as “Bad Romance,” but you have to give Gaga credit, because it’s darn close.

Follow the jump to watch her team up with Beyonce in this music video event and tell us what you think. Vote in our survey and leave a comment as well …

What do you think of Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” video?

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While fans argue about the final 12 on American Idol (Paige Miles over Katelyn Epperly and Lilly Scott? Really?!?), this season’s recently-named finalists attended a party in their honor last night.

Matt Giraud, Scott MacIntyre and past contestants were also on hand, as were Cory Monteith and members of the Glee cast.

But the event was all about Crystal Bowersox, Michael Lynche and company. That pair of singers, two of the only contenders in an otherwise mediocre field, celebrated with an airplane ride at the shindig:

Click on the photos below for more looks at the finalists posing on the red carpet:

[Photos: Splash News]

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There’s good news for Erica “Rikki” Mongeon: she has a good shot at living. But it will be a long struggle.

The former co-star of A Double Shot at Love on MTV was involved in a serious car accident last month. Her and sister Victoria were passengers in a vehicle that collided with a truck.

But Erica was finally released from the ICU on Tuesday, and doctors say she should continue to improve slowly. However, there’s a lengthy hospital stay in her future, as well as a lot of rehabilitation.

At least one family member has been remaining by Mongeon’s side around the clock. We wish her a full recovery.

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The music video for Lady Gaga’s “Telephone,” featuring a fierce Beyoncé, a somewhat nude Gaga and directed by Jonas Akerlund), has premiered amid great hype.

It might even live up to it.

As she told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show just last month, “What I like about it is, it’s a real true pop event. When I was younger I was always excited when there was a big giant event happening in pop music and that’s what I wanted this to be.”

Lady Gaga gets tossed in the slammer in “Telephone.”

Pretty bold praise for her own work, but “Telephone” definitely has the feel of - in typical Lady Gaga fashion - a performance art piece, rather than a mere video.

Perhaps the best part? At the onset, Gaga is strip searched and tossed in a jail cell. In a funny reference to the hermaphrodite rumors about her, a guard says:

“Told you she didn’t have a d!ck.”

That’s before the music even commences, too. “Telephone” may not be as epic as “Bad Romance,” but you have to give Gaga credit, because it’s darn close.

Follow the jump to watch her team up with Beyonce in this music video event and tell us what you think. Vote in our survey and leave a comment as well …

What do you think of Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” video?

• Lady Gaga & Beyonce’s “Telephone” Video Released
• Lady Gaga Debuts Hair Phone
• Beyonce, Lady Gaga Team Up on “Video Phone”
• VMA Fashion Face-Off: Lady Gaga vs. Lady Gaga
• Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” video confirms there’s “no d-ck”

Kate Gosselin has officially gone Hollywood.

Eight kids in Wernersville, Pa., don’t like that one bit. Why can’t a mom have fun, Kate Gosselin asks in People magazine. Um, because you have eight freaking kids.

Not even three months after Kate and Jon Gosselin’s divorce was finalized, their twins, 9, and sextuplets, 5, are struggling with even more upheaval.

Despite the makeshift studio they installed in her house, Dancing with the Stars still requires that Kate, its new cast member, be in L.A. at least three days a week.

The children are taking it hard. Minded by five nannies in her absence, the “depressed” kids “were asking, ‘When is Mommy coming home?’” an insider reported.

In fact, as she trained and promoted her Dancing with the Stars stint (debuting March 22), Kate spent February 21-March 5 away from the kids.

Two days a week? Hardly.

Twins Cara and Maddy “seem depressed when Kate isn’t around,” another source says. Five-year old Aaden, Collin and Joel, meanwhile, “got into trouble at school.”

It’s a disturbing pattern, but their mom, who “wants to be a huge star,” justifies her “work” with a surprising comparison - that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie do it!

“She frequently says Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have lots of kids and their parents are away for long periods, working to support them,” a family insider said.

Don’t the kids usually go with Brangelina, though? Just wondering. And where’s Jon Gosselin? Morgan Christie can’t part with his two-inch package a few times a week?

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