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Elton John is determined his baby son becomes a music fan before he's a toddler - the tot has his own miniature iPod.
The Rocket Man and his partner David Furnish welcomed little Zachary via a surrogate mother at Christmas, and they are reveling in their new roles as parents.
The singer is eager for his child to have great taste in tunes, so he has downloaded his favorite songs onto an MP3 music player for the baby - and the selection includes some of his own classic hits.
He tells Britain's Hello! magazine, "It's a teeny-tiny little thing, so small you can hardly believe it even is an iPod, but David and I put it together for him. He has Chopin, Mozart, Carole King, the Carpenters, James Taylor, me, Kate Bush, Linda Ronstadt. Oh, and lullabies by Led Zeppelin, so it's a nice mix.
"This boy is going to grow up surrounded by all the good things. Great music, great art, lots of travel, lots of time with our wonderful artistic friends, so he's going to be inspired for the whole of his life."
http://www.upscalehype.com/2011/01/sir-elton-john-in-christian-louboutin-studded-freddy-oxford-flats/
Sir Elton John was seen leaving the Royal Opera House in London’s Convent Garden wearing a pair of Christian Louboutin studded Freddy Oxford flats. This lace-up shoe features a leather upper with studs on the toe box and heel. It’s no secret Sir Elton John has style, so what do you think of his look?
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Elton John has revealed that a Hollywood biopic of his life is in the works.
The man himself said: "It will be more of a fantasy, Moulin Rouge type of stuff. My life’s been so surreal from buying a football club to God knows what."
Lee Hall, the writer behind Billy Elliot and Steven Spielberg’s War Horse, is working on the script. Hall also recently did a top job turning Nigel Slater’s biography Toast into a TV movie.
John, born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, has had quite the life, so it’ll be interesting to see what elements make it into the final cut.
The project is in the very early stages at the moment, and it’s unclear whether the movie will focus on one period of the singer’s life, or flit in and out of different eras, I’m Not There style.
Hall and John have collaborated before, when they provided the lyrics and music respectively for the stage musical adaptation of Billy Elliot.
"He was dismissive, disappointed, and finally absent," Sir Elton said. "I just wanted him to acknowledge what I'd done. But he never did."
Mr Dwight, a former member of the RAF, died in 1992. He divorced Sir Elton's mother, Sheila, when the singer was 15.
"It wasn't that he didn't know how to relate to kids," added the singer.
"He left us, remarried and had another family, and by all accounts was a great dad to them. It wasn't children, it was me."
In an interview, the pop legend ?and his long-term partner, David Furnish, described the birth of Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John as "the happiest moment of our lives".
The infant, who weighed 7lb 15oz, was born prematurely via a surrogate in California on Christmas Day.
The couple ?say they want to offer their son a "normal upbringing".
Elton John buys baby iPod
The Rocket Man and his partner David Furnish welcomed little Zachary via a surrogate mother at Christmas, and they are reveling in their new roles as parents.
The singer is eager for his child to have great taste in tunes, so he has downloaded his favorite songs onto an MP3 music player for the baby - and the selection includes some of his own classic hits.
He tells Britain's Hello! magazine, "It's a teeny-tiny little thing, so small you can hardly believe it even is an iPod, but David and I put it together for him. He has Chopin, Mozart, Carole King, the Carpenters, James Taylor, me, Kate Bush, Linda Ronstadt. Oh, and lullabies by Led Zeppelin, so it's a nice mix.
"This boy is going to grow up surrounded by all the good things. Great music, great art, lots of travel, lots of time with our wonderful artistic friends, so he's going to be inspired for the whole of his life."
Sir Elton John in Christian Louboutin Studded Freddy Oxford Flats
http://www.upscalehype.com/2011/01/sir-elton-john-in-christian-louboutin-studded-freddy-oxford-flats/
Sir Elton John was seen leaving the Royal Opera House in London’s Convent Garden wearing a pair of Christian Louboutin studded Freddy Oxford flats. This lace-up shoe features a leather upper with studs on the toe box and heel. It’s no secret Sir Elton John has style, so what do you think of his look?
http://www.moviereviewsguide.com/elton-johns-life-is-getting-the-movie-treatment/
Elton John has revealed that a Hollywood biopic of his life is in the works.
The man himself said: "It will be more of a fantasy, Moulin Rouge type of stuff. My life’s been so surreal from buying a football club to God knows what."
Lee Hall, the writer behind Billy Elliot and Steven Spielberg’s War Horse, is working on the script. Hall also recently did a top job turning Nigel Slater’s biography Toast into a TV movie.
John, born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, has had quite the life, so it’ll be interesting to see what elements make it into the final cut.
The project is in the very early stages at the moment, and it’s unclear whether the movie will focus on one period of the singer’s life, or flit in and out of different eras, I’m Not There style.
Hall and John have collaborated before, when they provided the lyrics and music respectively for the stage musical adaptation of Billy Elliot.
Elton John: 'My father was disappointed in me'
Published Date: 01 February 2011
Sir Elton John has revealed his father never attended one of his concerts and was "disappointed" in his son, despite the singer's celebrity status.
Speaking following the birth of his first child, the 63-year-old musician described Stanley Dwight as a "tough, hard, unemotional man"."He was dismissive, disappointed, and finally absent," Sir Elton said. "I just wanted him to acknowledge what I'd done. But he never did."
Mr Dwight, a former member of the RAF, died in 1992. He divorced Sir Elton's mother, Sheila, when the singer was 15.
"It wasn't that he didn't know how to relate to kids," added the singer.
"He left us, remarried and had another family, and by all accounts was a great dad to them. It wasn't children, it was me."
In an interview, the pop legend ?and his long-term partner, David Furnish, described the birth of Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John as "the happiest moment of our lives".
The infant, who weighed 7lb 15oz, was born prematurely via a surrogate in California on Christmas Day.
The couple ?say they want to offer their son a "normal upbringing".
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