Quickies: Thursday, February 24 2011

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> Madonna's daughter Lola gives her first television interview.

> A website claims that the New Zealand earthquake (and other recent tragedies in that country) are the result of nefarious gay activities and "all started before dawn on the opening day of the Poofter and Lesbian Fest in Queenstown."

> A nice day for a white wedding: Obama says the Justice Departmentwill no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act and Hawaii becomes the seventh state to recognize civil unions.

> We're seeing a trend here: Gaga takes to Twitter to tweet more lyrics, this time from "Judas," which is expected to be the second single from Born This Way. Of the song Gaga says, "it's about always falling in love with the wrong man over and over again. 'Judas' is very, very dark song. It's rad."

> In other Mother Monster news, rising pop star Jessie J is annoyed that Gaga has "literally made normal artists and music boring."

> Kylie Minogue is still mulling over a permanent Las Vegas residency. Just say "Yes" already, KM!