Lady Gaga has always reaffirmed herself as a Democrat. He actively participated in the campaign of the last presidential elections asking for the vote for the candidate Joe Biden. And when the president was elected, she performed very excitedly at the inauguration ceremony on January 20, 2021, performing the national anthem in a Schiaparelli dress with a voluminous red skirt and a navy blue jacket over a bulletproof vest.
More than two years have passed since that moment and now Biden has decided to name Lady Gaga co-director of his Arts and Humanities Committee. The winner of the Oscar for her song Shallow, from the film Ha nacido una estrella, will direct alongside Bruce Cohen, producer of successful films such as American beauty, Milk or The positive side of things . Through Twitter, Lady Gaga, 37 years old, has thanked for the appointment.
To form the Arts and Humanities Committee, Biden has appointed a total of 24 people who are also related to American culture such as George Clooney, Jennifer Garner, Shonda Rhimes, Troy Kotsur or Marta Kauffman, responsible for the Friends series together with David Crane. The multidisciplinary artist Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya has also been nominated; educator, journalist and activist Horacio Sierra, and educator Angélica GarcÃa, president of Berkeley City College, among others.
The PCAH, as the Arts and Humanities Committee is known, was created in 1982 with the firm purpose of addressing from the political sphere issues related to the world of culture and the humanities and to find and promote agreements that benefit the artists. Likewise, the President’s Arts and Humanities Committee also seeks to recognize people who demonstrate excellence in their respective fields, although always focusing on issues such as cultural exchange and education.
The presidency of this body has always been exercised by the first ladies. Last year Joe Biden reactivated it, because the Administration of the previous president, Donald Trump, dissolved it.
The appointment of Lady Gaga has been interpreted as an approach of the singer and actress to politics. He is currently filming Joker: folie à deux alongside Joaquin Phoenix, who reprises his role. In the images that have been leaked, she is characterized as Harley Quinn. The film will hit cinemas in October 2024.
