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By Larry Yepez Jr.

There is major drama in Gaga's world this week! According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lady Gaga and her longtime choreographer and creative director LaurieAnn Gibson have parted ways.

The website MediaTakeOut, which revealed LaurieAnn's departure, reported that ongoing creative tension culminated in a "bitter argument" over the telephone last week, during which LaurieAnn got the boot.

"A lot of things were said, and it was very heated," the website reported. "Laurieann ended up hanging up and saying she was suing." Lady Gaga's spokesman said the duo's commercial relationship was over.

Their partnership started back in 2007, when Gaga was fresh meat at Interscope Records. LaurieAnn started working as her choreographer, then became one of the creative minds behind Gaga's videos.

Interscope Records has had credits choreographing nearly every Lady Gaga video released so far, including "Poker Face", "Just Dance", "Telephone", "Alejandro", and "Born This Way". And she has also worked closely with the singer on her live performances and massive stage shows.

Recently LaurieAnn had to balance the release of Gaga's Born This Way album with a few projects of her own: she launched the BET dance competition show Born to Dance, E!'s dance reality show The Dance Scene, and directed Gaga's Emmy-winning HBO concert special.  All this success, according to the buzz, apparently had turned LaurieAnn into somewhat of a diva herself.

The turmoil all started when LaurieAnn was asked about her thoughts on Gaga's ongoing comparison to Madonna. This little question led to a storm of controversy when the comments surfaced. LaurieAnn spoke of the ways in which she modeled Gaga's visual aesthetic on Madonna's work.

LaurieAnn said that Madonna "should be bitter, because I did it on purpose, and you can quote me. I did it on purpose because for all those kids who believe that you can’t, I wanted to let them feel that you can. And that’s what I represent, that’s what Gaga represents.”  Gaga on the contrary denied her modeling of Madonna’s style and work.

These comments were the beginning of the tension between the two. And the rift seemed to continue once LaurieAnn began directing Gaga's videos. LaurieAnn, who co-directed Gaga's Judas video, said she was uncomfortable with the way the tune confronted religion.

"At one point, there was two completely different views and after the third glass of wine, I was like, 'Listen, I don't want lightning to strike me. I believe in the Gospel and I'm not going there," LaurieAnn said.

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Lady Gaga made music history this week when 'Paparazzi' hit el número uno on the mainstream radio charts. Her LP, The Fame, is the FIRST debut album to have four #1 radio singles! Along with 'Paparrazi,' her other #1 have been 'Just Dance,' 'LoveGame,' and 'Poker Face.' Felicidades Gaga!

Cuéntanos, which is your fave Gaga mega-éxito? [Perez Hilton]

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BREAKING NEWS! Nominee announcements went out today for the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.  What grabbed nuestra atención when we scanned the list?  EL DÚO DINÁMICO ESTAN NOMINADOS! After a runaway year, with record-breaking album sales and #1 videos, Wisin y Yandel have been nominated for an MTV Video Music Award.

We think los boricuas can swing it, especially since they're a hit con las mujeres.  Los Revolucionarios are nominated in the Best Pop category for "Abusadora" against Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Cobra Starship and Britney Spears. Wisin y Yandel join rapper and Degrassi grad Drake, roqueros Kings of Leon and college boy Asher Roth as VMA nominee virgins. They are the third Latin artist (Tres es el número de la suerte, no?) to earn a VMA nomination for a music video with Spanish only lyrics, following the 2005 nominations for Shakira's "La Tortura" and Daddy Yankee's "Gasolina."

Un Circo de Mujeres

The ladies claimed a fair share of nominations at this year's VMAs. Beyoncé schooled her VMA colleagues by earning nine nods for "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)," and Lady Gaga earned a collective nine noms for "Poker Face" and "Paparazzi."  Not to be outdone, Britney (no se pueden tener los VMAs sin Britney), earned five noms combined for "Womanizer" and "Circus."

Viva La Vida, y Los Hombres!

Coldplay, Jay-Z, Green Day, Eminem and Kanye West will be vying for VMA titles este año también.  With problem children like Eminem and Kanye at the VMAs, the night is sure to be un éxito polémico.

GET YOUR CLICKING FINGER READY! Voting is open at VMA.MTV.COM, where you can view all of the nominated artists in categories like Best Male, Best Female, Video of the Year and Best Video (That Didn't Win A Moonman).  You can also vote via SMS; text 97979 to vote para tus nominados favoritos por teléfono.

The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards will air September 13th at 9 pm EST on MTV and September 20th at 5PM EST on MTV Tr3s (con subtítulos en español).

Image via Getty Images and Sony Music

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