Lady Gaga took over Saturday Night Live this past weekend, you can watch her performance of “Love Game” and “Poker Face” here.  Pay extra close attention to the hula hoop smacking her in the head about a minute into the performance!  When she sits down at the piano and takes her sunglasses off, I think she actually looks great!  About as normal as she’s ever looked, although I’m sure she’d hate me for referring to her as “normal”!

The marquee outside the historic Crest Theatre on K Street will shine once again tonight after four months of reconstruction and restoration. The bright red, aquamarine and yellow colors of the marquee, which had been fading for 18 years due to weather, will be relit in a special ceremony tonight.  The Crest, one of the few remaining theaters from Sacramento’s past, celebrates its 60^th anniversary in early October this year.  But the theater space is actually even older than that.  Prior to 1949, The Crest Theater was known as The Hippodrome, but it shut down in 1946 after the marquee plummeted to the ground, killing a woman.  The theatre was understandibly closed for a time after the accident, at the same time being remodeled and transformed into the Crest as we know it today, opening in 1949. 

The Crest has existed for almost an entire century and brings in around over 200,000 patrons per year to the many concerts, movies, independent films and public speaking events held there. The restoration of the theatre’s façade is occurring in addition to the many other renovations that are happening along the same stretch of K Street.  Among the many movie theatres in and about the Sacramento area, the Crest and the Tower theatres are the only ones that continue to stand in their original form.

In celebration of the theatre’s 60^th anniversary and the relighting ceremony, tonight the Crest will be showing the last remaining copy of the film “Midnight Kiss” starring Kathryn Grayson and Ethel Barrymore.  The theatre will also be showing newsreel footage from the theatre’s original opening. Tickets for the movie will cost 60 cents just as they were in the 40’s.

Katy Perry: F**k u Kanye. It’s like u stepped on a kitten.

Pink: Kanye west is the biggest piece of s**t on earth. Quote me. Beyonce is a classy lady. I feel for her, too. It’s not her fault at all, and her and Taylor did their thing. And douche bag got kicked out. HA.

Joel Madden: WOW Taylor Swift’s first VMA and she didn’t even get to ENJOY it. Kanye You were just a bully on that one man.

Adam Lambert: Kanye needs to chill. He freaks out every year. It ain’t that deep man.

John Mayer: Big love to my girl @taylorswift13. A class act.

Kellie Pickler: Tator Tot, you handled yourself with Grace. Kanye, go grow some f-ing b*lls bitch! don’t mess w/ my lil sis!!

Spencer Pratt: Let’s be very clear King Spencer would never do anything like what Kayne just did to a sweet soul like Taylor! 

Heidi Montag:  congrats @taylorswift13 on your vma!!! you deserve it more than anyone!! I saw the devil in action when kanye west stole your mic! u rock!!!

Kelly Clarkson also directed some thoughts toward Kanye on her blog saying “I think we’re all just curious as to what would make a grown man go on national television and make a talented artist, let alone teenager, feel like s**t… Is winning a moon man that much of a life goal?? You can have mine if it will shut you up. Is it that important, really??”

Pitbull even went on record for a TMZ video calling Kanye “a f**king direspectful motherf**cker”.

Way to go Kanye, your incivility really impressed a lot of people last night.  But then again, he probably just did it to get people talking about him.  Tickets for his nationwide tour do go on sale this weekend, including November 18th here in Sacramento.  Coincidence?  Of course not.

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A couple of summertime traditions continue downtown, with another Concert In The Park starting at 5:00 tonight at Cesar Chavez Plaza.  The Music Circus presents Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, with showings all three nights this weekend, plus a Saturday matinee.

This Saturday evening is another Second Saturday, where the masses descend upon midtown for the monthly art-walk.  Let’s be honest though, how many of us actually check out a gallery on Second Saturday?  It’s more of an excuse to have dinner and a fun evening out around lots and lots of people.  Although I’m sure the art is very nice, too!

The Rivercats are in town all weekend if you’d like to catch a ball game.  Tonight and Saturday starts at 7:00, with Sunday’s game beginning at 6:00.  There will be fireworks after the game on Saturday!

If you want to hit the road, it’s a perfect weekend for a roadtrip to Reno for Hot August Nights.  The annual classic-car show wraps up this weekend with lots of events and activities.  I mean, how often do you actually get to cruise legally anymore?  It’s a throwback to simpler times gone by this weekend in Reno.  If you want to pull off the freeway on your way up to Reno, Placer County is having the Heritage Trail Museum Event, where admission to all museums from Roseville to Auburn to Colfax all the way to Tahoe City is free all weekend.  Click here for more information.

New movies in theaters this weekend include GI Joe, Julie & Julia, and A Perfect Getaway.

Of course, leave your radio on 107-9 The End for all of your favorite songs wherever you’re off to this weekend!