The Anti-Gossip: February 16, 2010

Lady Gaga at the BRIT Awards: A subdued Gaga will take the stage at tonight's British music awards in a performance that will honor her late friend, designer Alexander McQueen. The awards, whose proceeds are funneled to charities through the BRIT Trust, will commemorate 30 years of the music industry's best and brightest.

Kevin Smith vs. Southwest Airlines: When airlines impose their cruel rules regarding overweight passengers on normal folk, we don't hear much about it. When they kick the director of Zack and Miri Make a Porno off a flight for being a "customer of size," you can bet he'll take the incident public. Now, his fans are protesting Southwest's actions via Twitter.

Sasquatch Music Festival Lineup Announced: Can't get enough of eclectic, indie music acts? Then the Sasquatch Music Festival in George, Wash., is the place for you.This year's just-announced headliners include MGMT (whose song "Kids" was recently voted one of Tonic's top 10 "good" songs of 2009) and Zooey Deschanel's folk duo She & Him.

Barbara Walters Retires From Oscar Night: After 29 years of Academy Award specials, Walters has announced that this year's special will be her last. In honor of the occasion, tune in to catch a retrospective of Walters' most inspirational guests, and hilarious moments like Barbara getting a lap dance from Hugh Jackman. (Why she would retire from that we have yet to figure out.)

Marisa Tomei's New Role: The Oscar-winning actress is adding a new line to her resume: director. She's directing a powerful short film called Woineshet about a young woman who fought back against bride abduction in Ethiopia.

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