Growing up, Gaga wrote songs, played at open mic nights, and performed in school plays.
 She also studied at CAP21 through New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before dropping out to pursue a musical career.
 After being dropped from a contract with Def Jam Recordings, Gaga worked as a songwriter for Sony/ATV Music Publishing, where Akon helped her sign a joint deal with Interscope Records and his own label KonLive Distribution in 2007.
 Gaga rose to prominence in 2008 with the release of her debut album, a dance-pop and electropop record titled "The Fame", and its internationally chart-topping singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face".
 A follow-up EP, "The Fame Monster" (2009), featuring the singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone", and "Alejandro", also proved successful.
Elizabeth Wong (born June 6, 1958 in Los Angeles, California) is an award-winning contemporary American playwright, television writer, librettist, theatrical director, college professor, social essayist, and a writer of plays for young audiences.
 Her critically acclaimed plays include "China Doll (An Imagined Life of an American Actress)" is a fictional tale of the actress, Anna May Wong; and "Letters to A Student Revolutionary," a story of two friends during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
 Wong has written for television on "All American Girl", starring Margaret Cho, and is a visiting lecturer at the College of Creative Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara, where her papers are archived, and she is an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California, USC School of Theater.
 She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts (1991) and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Broadcast Journalism from the University of Southern California (1980).
 She studied playwriting with Tina Howe and Mac Wellman.
On VH1's Top 40 Videos of the Year, the best videos of the year are counted down.
 Since 2002, twelve videos have been named Video of the Year: "Soak Up the Sun" by Sheryl Crow, "Unwell" by Matchbox Twenty, "Yeah!
" by Usher featuring Ludacris & Lil' Jon, "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey, "Buttons (The Pussycat Dolls song)Buttons" by the Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop Dogg, "Big Girls Don't Cry" by Fergie, "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis, "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga, "Hey, Soul Sister" by Train, "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele, "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra, "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams and "All of Me" by John Legend
Ryan Alosio is an American actor and visual artist who holds citizenship in both Ireland and the U.S.
 The son of an Irish mother and Italian father, Alosio spent eight years in boarding schools, three in military academy.
 He graduated with honors from the Interlochen Arts Academy and continued his studies at Northwestern University in Chicago, studying film and journalism and New York University where he majored in dramatic writing in the Tisch School of the Arts.
 He currently plays 'Miles Farber' on the Jim Carrey produced Showtime series, "I'm Dying Up Here", and has portrayed an eclectic mix of characters in stage, film and television productions opposite such actors as Hugh Laurie, Elijah Wood, Jeff Goldblum, Kiefer Sutherland, Judith Light, Gary Sinise, John Hawkes, Patrick Dempsey, and Jason Alexander.
 Alosio appears in and voices multiple national Ad campaigns for Dodge, Mountain Dew, Carl's Jr. and Nissan, as well as animated characters for Warner Bros., Honda, Japanese Anime, Cartoon Network and multiple industry leading gaming franchises such as game of the year and BAFTA Award winning "Fallout 4", "Titanfall 2", Marvel's "The Amazing Spiderman 2", and "Rise of the Tomb Raider".
 Alosio is a gallery shown and sold abstract painter and published photographer with work featured in noted publications such as Rizzoli International's "Modern Americana", architectural publication "Modern Magazine" and "The New York Times Magazine".
 He was the singer/songwriter of the alt-rock band, "blackradio", performing throughout Los Angeles at The Viper Room, The Hard Rock, The Mint and The Los Angeles Music Awards.
 Alosio passionately rides and has built and customized multiple vintage motorcycles and award winning classic muscle cars.
 He is an animal lover and environmentalist and makes his home in Los Angeles, California.
The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (known more commonly as Tisch or TSOA) is a center of study in the performing and media arts.
 Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the arts, filmmakers, and creative entrepreneurs.
 The school merges the technical training of a professional school with the academic resources of a major research university to immerse students in their intended artistic disciplines.
 It is located at 721 Broadway in Manhattan, New York City.
 NYU has the most alumni working at Broadway theatre.
Kellee Santiago is a Venezuelan-American video game designer and producer.
 She is the co-founder and former president of thatgamecompany.
 Santiago was born in Caracas, Venezuela and was raised in Richmond, Virginia, where she played video games from a young age and was encouraged by her software engineer father to experiment with computers.
 While attending New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, she became active in experimental theater, and intended to pursue it after earning a master's degree in the Interactive Media Program of the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.
 While there, however, she became involved in video game design, and produced "Cloud", a game developed by Jenova Chen and a student team.
 Its success sparked her and Chen to found thatgamecompany upon graduating, and she became the president.
This list of most disliked YouTube videos contains the top 40 videos with the most dislikes of all time, as derived from YouTube charts.
 The dislike count is taken directly from the page of the video itself.
 YouTube implemented a like and dislike button on these pages in 2010, part of a major redesign of the site.
 This served as a replacement for their five-star rating system; YouTube's designers found the previous system ineffective because the options to rate a video between two and four stars were rarely selected.
 Of the 40 videos in this list, 14 also appear in the list of most viewed YouTube videos and 10 appear in the list of most liked YouTube videos.
This list of most liked YouTube videos contains the top 40 videos with the most likes of all time, as derived from YouTube charts.
 The like count is taken directly from the page of the video itself.
 YouTube implemented a like and dislike button on these pages in March 2010, part of a major redesign of the site.
 This served as a replacement for their five-star rating system; YouTube's designers found the previous system ineffective because the options to rate a video between two and four stars were rarely selected.
 Of the 40 videos in this list, 37 also appear in the list of most viewed YouTube videos and 15 appear in the list of most disliked YouTube videos.
 All videos in this list are music videos.
Meredith Joy Ostrom (born 18 February 1977) American actress.
 She is graduate of New York University, Tisch School of the Arts where she got her BFA degree with a double major in Drama and Fine arts with a minor in Cinema Studies from the Tisch program.
 After graduation she moved to London where she was immersed into the music film and art world.
 She was linked for many years to Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes.
Lucille Carra (born New York City) is an American documentary film director, producer, and writer.
 She is of Sicilian descent.
 All of her films have been seen on PBS and international television.
 Carra has a BFA in Film Production and an MA in Cinema Studies from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and also has an MS in Education from Queens College of the City University of New York.
 At New York University, she was cited Outstanding Woman Student of the Year (School of the Arts) by the New York University Alumni Association.
 She formed Travelfilm Company for the production and distribution of documentary films after working in international film distribution.

Question: What is the name of this performer, who studied at CAP21 through New York University's Tisch School of the arts before dropping out, and whose video Poker Face was featured on WH1's Top 40 Videos of the Year?
Answer: Lady Gaga