Elton John Calls Kanye West Album Genius

Elton John Calls Kanye West Album ‘Genius,’ Defends Hip-Hop

http://www.rap-up.com/2011/01/26/elton-john-calls-kanye-west-album-genius-defends-hip-hop/

The legendary Elton John previously showed his love for hip-hop by performing with Eminem at the 2001 Grammys. But his respect for the music doesn’t end there. The pop virtuoso, who guests on Kanye West’s star-studded single “All of the Lights,” expressed his fondness for Kanye’s latest album and rap in general.

Elton showered praise on Mr. West’s critically-acclaimed fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. “I grew to love R&B and Motown and all black music, gospel music. I never dismiss any form of music,” he told TeenMusic.com. “I listen to everything. I’m on the new Kanye West record, for example. It’s a genius record.”
He was quick to defend the genre against those who malign it. “People who mock rap, and say, ‘I don’t like it,’ they should go check out Kanye in the studio rapping,” said the knighted musician. “Or Eminem when he’s in the studio. It’s a phenomenon. Don’t knock it until you’ve seen it. It may not be your cup of tea, but don’t ridicule. I find that so many of my peers of my age don’t listen to anything new. I love the new.”
Kanye recently revealed that the Hype Williams-directed video for “All of the Lights” co-starring Rihanna will make its debut within the next week.

James McAvoy An Elton John Fan

http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/movie-news/James+McAvoy+An+Elton+John+Fan-90034.html


Wednesday 26th January 2011 - 09:18:26
James McAvoy has admitted that he is a big Elton John fan but is yet to meet the hitmaker.
The actor is back on the big screen next month, well his voice is at least, in animation movie Gnomeo & Juliet - which has an Elton John soundtrack.
But in all the time that McAvoy worked on the film his paths never crossed with the Crocodile Rock singer.
Speaking to Parade McAvoy said: "Do you know what? I have yet to meet the fantastic Elton John.
"I'm a total fan of his music and I've been working on this film for I think three years. So every day I would come to work and I would kind of be hoping that that would be the day Elton would be there but he was never there when I was there.

Elton John Benefit Concert pics http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=30290 2011-01-26

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Sir Elton John performed an exclusive full-length concert Jan. 19 at Ron Burkle's Green Acres Estate in Beverly Hills, Calif. Proceeds from the concert benefitted the American Foundation for Equal Rights ( AFER ) , the sole sponsor of the federal court challenge to California's Prop. 8, Perry v. Schwarzenegger. AFER's legal team is headed by Theodore B. Olson and David Boies, opposing attorneys in the Bush v. Gore case that decided the presidency in 2000. Among those appearing at the event were Jane Lynch and wife Lara Embry; Adam Lambert; Dustin Lance Black; Rob Reiner; Gus Van Sant; and Olson and Boies. See http:// www.afer.org . Photos of John and partner David Furnish ( top ) , Judy Shepard ( above left ) and Olson and Boies ( above right ) by Alex J. Berliner/abimages.

Banca de jornal censura capa de revista de Elton John

Banca de jornal censura capa de revista de Elton John

Banca de jornal censura capa de revista estampada por Elton John e seu marido

http://oblogentrenos.blogspot.com/2011/01/banca-de-jornal-censura-capa-de-revista.html

Um fato extraordinário e homofóbico causou um reboliço em uma cidade de Arcansas, nos Estados Unidos. Uma banca de jornal colocou uma outra capa sobre a capa original da revista americana US Weekly, que trazia o cantor Elton John, com o marido e o filho recém nascido, gerado por uma barriga de aluguel.

Na ¨nova capa¨, que cobria a original, lia-se: ¨Escudo para a família. Para proteger os consumidores jovens da Harps (nome da loja)¨.Um usuário do twitter tirou a foto da revista censurada e postou na web. Irônicamente, em Abril do ano passado, uma lei que proibía casais de homossexuais que viviam juntos mas que não eram casados oficialmente de adotarem crianças, foi derrubada. Confira a foto da revista censurada:

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Elton John: "Os chefes das gravadoras são idiotas"

27/01/2011 09h50 • Da Redação

http://virgula.uol.com.br/ver/noticia/musica/2011/01/27/267976-elton-john-os-chefes-das-gravadoras-sao-idiotas
Elton John, um dos principais headliners do festival Rock in Rio, afirmou que os chefes das principais gravadoras são "idiotas que não entendem nada de música".
"Eu acho que quase todos os chefes de gravadoras são idiotas e estúpidos. Talvez só 5% deles realmente saiba o que está fazendo. Mas os demais, estão nisso só para ganhar dinheiro e lucrar em cima do trabalho dos outros", acusou ele em entrevista à Stylist Magazine.
"Eles estão pouco se fodendo para os artistas, só o que importa é quanto o próximo single vai vender. Esses chefões de gravadoras me enojam, tenho vontade de vomitar perto deles", completou o músico, que lançou seu álbum mais recente, The Union, pela Universal Music.

Supermercado recua e retira censura a revista com Elton John e o filho

http://aeiou.visao.pt/supermercado-recua-e-retira-censura-a-revista-com-elton-john-e-o-filho=f587671

Um supermercado no Arkansas, que tinha decidido tapar a capa de uma revista que tinha na capa o cantor com o filho bebé, voltou atrás e retirou a censura

16:05 Quinta feira, 27 de Jan de 2011

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A última edição da US Weekly foi alvo de censura por parte de um supermercado da rede Harps, nos Estados Unidos, que cobriu parcialmente a capa com um placa que dizia: "Escudo familiar. Para proteger os jovens clientes da Harp".
A capa da polémica apresenta Elton John e o companheiro com o filho recém-nascido.
A Harp deixa ao critério dos gerentes das lojas decidir quando usar o "escudo", que é, normalmente, usado para conteúdo sexualmente explícito, mas o supermercado em causa, no estado do Arkansas, achou que era aplicável ao caso Elton John.
Depois de a Harp ter sido inundada de reclamações, o supermercado retirou a censura.

Outrage as picture of Elton John's baby is covered with shield

Outrage as picture of Elton John's baby is covered with shield by U.S. supermarket to 'protect children'

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:04 AM on 27th January 2011
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1350891/Picture-Elton-Johns-baby-covered-family-shield-U-S-supermarket-protect-children.html
It is a family photo of two obviously delighted parents and their sleeping newborn son, full of typically cheesy smiles.
But a U.S. supermarket has deemed a magazine cover showing Elton John, his husband and baby Zachary offensive, covering it with a 'family shield' to protect children - the same shield used to cover pornography.
The move has sparked outrage amongst civil rights groups, with representatives from GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) investigating.

Protective shield: Elton John and his newborn son were deemed too offensive for young shoppers at a grocery store in Arkansas, U.S.

The Harps grocery store in Mountain Home, Arkansas even wrapped last week's edition of Us magazine in a protective plastic shield to stop inquisitive youngsters flicking through to learn about the birth.

Proud fathers: But photos of Elton John and partner David Furnish 'offended' shoppers in the U.S.

Only the very top of the magazine was visible, with the cover reading: 'Family shield. To protect young Harps shoppers.'
Local resident Jennifer Huddleston took a photo of the shield and posted it on Plixi.
'This was taken at my local grocery store,' she wrote. 'I was shocked and horrified.
'They are saying they need to keep children from seeing it, because it is a gay family.'
The picture immediately sparked controversy across the blogosphere.
But a company spokesperson defended the shield, saying Harps bosses reacted in response to 'several' customer complaints at that particular store.
He insisted the move was 'in no way our opinion on this issue', adding, 'we do not have an opinion on this issue.'
But others were quick to complain about the shield, with many urging a boycott of the chain.
Even international news outlets carried the story.
Canadian newspaper the Globe and Mail wrote: 'Heaven forbid your seven-year-old, while waiting in line with you at the grocery store checkout, be exposed to the gays.'
And British paper the Sun wrote: 'Either Elton's baby is in some way offensive or there's some serious homophobia going on here.'

Elton and the Gnomes

http://1019litefm.radio.com/2011/01/26/elton-and-the-gnomes/

Cindy D.

Artist SpotLITE
1/26/2011
10:00 am

BEVERLY HILLS, California – Sometimes a news conference can take a most unlikely turn.
On the other hand, perhaps you need someone like Elton John to make it happen.
Which is why, only minutes into a session with a room full of journalists, Sir Elton is calling on Americans to stop hating each other.
You see, he has this new movie called Gnomeo & Juliet arriving Feb. 11. It’s an animated frolic that draws on Shakespeare to spin a contemporary tale about a destructive feud between blue garden gnomes and red garden gnomes – and it’s all played out against a soundtrack of classic tunes by John and longtime lyricist partner, Bernie Taupin.
When John first discussed the project more than a decade ago, he didn’t see it as a metaphor for the political and ideological tensions poisoning American society today. “If we’d have had the foresight to do that, I would have said we’re f—ing geniuses,” he laughs.
But now, given the political furor surrounding the recent shootings in Arizona, he finds the movie timely.
“It just so happens that it’s coming out three weeks after the President made his speech in Tucson . . . which was a very poignant moment in American history. . . . I do feel that there is a message in the film – like we spend so much hating each other because our parents tell us that’s what we have to do. I grew up conservative because my mom was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind immediately!”
The new film focuses on the forbidden love between Gnomeo (James McAvoy), star gardener of the Blue Gnomes, and Juliet (Emily Blunt) the beautiful but fiery daughter of the Red Gnome leader.
“I think this is a storyline saying that we should get on if we’re Protestant or Catholic, or Muslims or Jews, if we’re Democrats or Republicans, ” John says.
For him, America has become a place of dangerous rhetoric.
“As I grow older, it saddens me to see a country that I love so much having so much of a gulf between people. They don’t meet in the middle and talk and put their differences aside.”
John, 63, feels so passionately about all this that he’s prepared to bring it down to a personal level this morning. In addition to chatting about Gnomeo & Juliet, he also wants to discuss the state of society – which, to him, also means his own sexuality, his long-term relationship with Canadian producer David Furnish, and the joys of parenthood.
He cites one illuminating example of people coming together. John is advocating for the repeal of California’s controversial Proposition Eight, which bans same-sex marriage in the state. The other night, he played a Proposition Eight concert in the presence of “two great lawyers who are fighting for this same-sex relationship in California. One of them is a staunch Republican and one is a staunch Democrat, yet they met and they both think this is the right thing to do. That is what life is all about. It’s not about hatred. “
He wants Gnomeo & Juliet to entertain, but he also wants its message to be heard: “I think, at the end of the film, when they’ve destroyed both their gardens, they actually say, `Enough! This is ridiculous! Let’s get on with our lives. Let’s be friends.”‘
It was former Disney boss Dick Cook who suggested a film with a background score drawing on the classic Elton John-Bernie Taupin back catalogue, with the odd new song thrown in for good measure.
Among the new songs the dynamic duo created was Hello, Hello – the love-at- first-sight number marking the moment when Gnomeo meets Juliet. This one is sung by John and Lady Gaga.
“The lady Gaga duet came about really by me tying her down and hitting her over the head and saying, `Will you do this song with me?’ John declares.
Well, not really. The two are pals, and Gaga was a house visitor last year when the two were working on an AIDS benefit. “We just mentioned the film, and she said, ‘I’d love to do it.”‘
Because Lady Gaga was on such a hectic touring schedule, the two had to record their tracks separately – “but she added so much of her own magic to the song and gave it new life. Obviously, it was a duet, and I was looking for someone to sing it with, and because she’s one of my new best friends and I love her to death, it was nice that she was able to do it and it worked out brilliantly.”
John’s own favourite song in the film is Love Builds a Garden, about the redeeming power of love over hate. But in addition, the soundtrack is chock full of vintage material from the past, including a new take on Crocodile Rock featuring Nelly Furtado, as well as such established classics as Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, Bennie and the Jets; and Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting, which John sees as terrific background music for the film’s great lawn-mower race.
“Even though it’s all our back catalogue plus a couple of new songs, it doesn’t feel like it’s overbearing or an ‘Elton John movie.’ I’m glad it’s turned out like that, because I didn’t want it to be just bang, bang, bang, all catalogue stuff.”
This much-honoured knight of the realm is dressed in his usual funereal black. The hair is uncombed. The familiar spectacles – round-framed and blue- tinted – are in place, although he confides he doesn’t really need them any more, now that he’s had laser surgery. He’s in a friendly mood – yet his command of the room is total.
Perhaps the notorious hissy fits, on which the tabloids have such a fixation, do continue to occur, but today’s image is of a serene and contented man and artist who’s full of entertaining revelations. For example:
* He doesn’t expect to perform at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. “I’m probably busking outside, but as far as I know, I don’t think so. It’ll probably be someone like Barry Manilow! Someone younger and more attractive!”
* No, he wasn’t bullied at school. “I can’t remember being bullied at school, ever. I was quite large in those days. Usually, if you’re going to be a bully, you pick on someone who is small. But no, I didn’t bully anybody, and I don’t remember being bullied. I went to a mixed school – not just a boy’s school, which I was very glad I went to.”
* How he really feels about gardens, the setting for the battles between the Reds and the Blues. “I grew up at my grandmother’s house and it was a beautiful garden, but I used to hate mowing the lawn and weeding, which is what you do when you’re a kid. I loathe gardening, but I love gardens.”
* His favourite funny scene in the movie sends up his own image – a flamboyant few seconds showing his grinning animated self pounding the ivories. “It’s very important, I think, if you’re British, to take the piss out of yourself. . . . Suddenly, there I am – Glam Gnome – the `Gnomosexual’ in the film.
John is committed to gay rights, but he’s matter-of-fact about his own sexuality these days. Asked about his “adventures in daddyland,” he sounds exactly like any parent of a lively infant. Zachary Levon Furnish-John arrived by surrogate birth on Christmas Day.
“It’s fantastic. I mean, I love the smell of nappies, diapers! Obviously, it’s been the most wonderful thing that’s probably ever happened to me after meeting David. The most surprising thing is that it’s been very relaxing, because this little soul that you’re feeding and you’re changing and that you’re telling bedroom stories to is a blank palette, a blank canvas, and all it needs is love and nurturing. It’s just the most wonderful feeling.”
Zachary is another example of how life has changed for him in the last 20 years. It’s a life no longer defined only by music.
“You know that you can give a certain quality of performance, but as I grow older, I’m much more content in my own skin, because when I come offstage now, I have a balance in my life. Until I found that in 1990, I didn’t. I came offstage and I didn’t know what to do with myself. Now I come home.
“I fly home every night after a show. I get back in my own bed. I have a wonderful partner. I have wonderful friends. I don’t take drugs any more. It’s a whole new world out there. I can remember words to the songs.”
At this point, reporters break into laughter.
“It’s great,” Sir Elton continues. It’s just sensational, what’s happened to me in the last few years. Truly, the older I get, I think I’m singing better live. . . . I really appreciate my performing so much better now as I get older than I did. I don’t take it for granted any more. I really relish it and love it.”
And the secret of a happy marriage?
“Communication,” John says promptly. “Talk to each other. Lady Antonia Fraser, who was married to Harold Pinter, said they never went to bed during an argument (and neither do David and I). Never go to bed when you’re angry with each other.’
By: Jaime Portman, Postmedia News

Store reverses decision to shield shoppers from Elton John's baby

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/01/26/elton.john.covered.up/

By Alan Duke, CNN

January 27, 2011 -- Updated 0025 GMT (0825 HKT)

(CNN) -- An Arkansas supermarket reversed its decision Wednesday to hide a magazine cover showing Elton John and his same-sex partner David Furnish holding their new baby.
The shield placed over the current issue of Us Weekly read "Family shield to protect young Harps shoppers."
The Arkansas-based grocery chain lets managers at its 65 stores decide when customers complain if the shield is needed, but it is usually for photos that are "sexually provocative or too revealing," Harps Food Stores President Kim Eskew said.
Complaints poured into the chain's headquarters this week after photos of the shielded magazine spread across internet blogs and news websites.
"When we began receiving complaints at our corporate office, we reviewed the magazine in question, removed the shield and are selling the magazine in all our locations today without any cover," Eskew said Wednesday. "Our true intention is not to offend anyone in our stores and this incident happened at just one of our 65 locations, which, when brought to our attention, we reversed."
Us Weekly West Coast Bureau Chief Melanie Bromley, who wrote the cover story, said the issue has been a good seller for her magazine.
"It's been very compelling for them and people have really felt the emotion with them (John and Furnish)," Bromley said. "So people have wanted to read about it and see the first pictures of little Zachary."
Bromley's seen no complaints from readers about having a gay couple with a baby on the magazine's cover.
"As far as I'm aware there was no negative feedback at all," she said. "I had not one e-mail of any negative message at all. The only kind of feedback I got was positive, that people are so happy for them."
People Magazine put another same-sex couple with their newborns on front of its January 10, 2011 issue. But the photo of Neil Patrick Harris and partner David Burtka with their twins was only a small image on the margin of the cover.

When People featured photos of Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi when they married in 2008, it was one of the magazine's best-selling issues that year, a spokeswoman said.

CNN's JD Cargill and Brittany Kaplan contributed to this report.

Arkansas Supermarket Covers Up Magazine with Photo of Gay Family

http://gawker.com/5743910/

Oh Lord. A Harps supermarket in Mountain View, Arkansas has placed a "family shield" over the Us Weekly cover of Elton John with his partner David Furnish and their new baby, to protect innocent children. From Mr. John's crazy glasses?

Update:

Harps has issued a statement explaining why the decision was made to obscure the cover and reports that the shield has since been removed. The grocery chain's official statement is below. Click to expand. [via lalaland13]

princesslala 07:37 PM

What delicate little flowers the Harps clientele must be.
Unless they are selling cash-side issues of Hairy Hairy Assholes or Gaping Vaginas what else are they sheilding?
Good grief extremists.

southernnycer 07:26 PM

When friends say....Don't you miss the south?...I simply send them links to this sort of crap. (Visualize head hanging in shame)

unclevanya 07:25 PM

So, if we complain that a magazine cover featuring Bill O'Reilly looks like a close-up of a giant penis, they'll shield it?

38thsignal 07:10 PM

Honestly, ever since John sang at Limbaugh's wedding, I've been wanting to family-shield my eyes of any appearances of that mug.

Mothergooch 07:02 PM

"I spoke with Harps Corporate Executive Assistant Marty Yarborough, who told me that every Harps store is equipped with these shields and that they get put up whenever customers complain about the content of a magazine cover. She also explained that they have similar covers for people of color and 'Hollywood types'."

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iheartalex 06:59 PM

Impressive... they got through that whole press release without saying, "We covered it up because, ew, gays are yucky!"

Progress! ugh...

lawyergay 06:57 PM

CALLING ALL GAYS STOP

OPERATION GAWK BLOCK SUCCESSFUL STOP

DESCEND ON MOUNTAIN HOME ARK IMMEDIATELY STOP

BEGIN HOUSE TO HOUSE RECRUITING STOP

TAKE NO PRISONERS STOP

FEATHER BOAS ARE TO BE WORN IN THIS AREA STOP

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StevieRayHalen 06:02 PM

thank you you self-righteous assholes for protecting my kids against a loving family...wow. they almost saw that shit...could you imagine what it could have done to them long term?

I don't need lessons like Tolerance, Acceptance and love being pushed on my kids...so thank you for saving them from understanding a loving family is a loving family...

wow. Dodged a bullet there...my kids almost learned sumthin'...

LadyE 05:16 PM

Gawker Harp shoppers- can you do me a favor? According to Harp's response posted on joemygod.blogspot.com:

"According to a company spokesperson, the store claims it was responding to customer complaints when it covered up the magazine. GLAAD investigates:
I spoke with Harps Corporate Executive Assistant Marty Yarborough, who told me that every Harps store is equipped with these shields and that they get put up whenever customers complain about the content of a magazine cover. She said the word from the store about this particular cover was that "several" customers had complained, so the shield went up...She also told me that the usage of the shield on this particular cover is "in no way our opinion on this issue." She quickly added, "we do not have an opinion on this issue.""

So, while shopping at your local Harp's, please complain about any cover featuring Sarah Palin, Bristol Palin, Jersey Shore cast, Teen Mom cast, known Scientologists- heck, you pick whatever you want. Since Harp "has no opinion" on the content of the covers being blocked and are just responding to "customer complaints", please complain regularly and repeatedly to your heart's content and demand the "Family Shield" be put up immediately.

ETA: For starters, how about complaining about having to explain what a "hookup" is to your kid? The irony of what is not shielded on that cover, I swear.

Edited by LadyE at 01/26/11 5:28 PM

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BiBiVirtue 04:28 PM

Glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks those glasses are shopped.

Harpo-Talks 04:27 PM

First cousins holding their new baby would be totally acceptible

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Roto_Tudor 04:27 PM

I've been to this store several times. This doesn't shock me in the least bit, as the last time the only magazine covered was "Black Hair" - I thought that was a bit off.

It's a small town in The Ozarks. This should shock no one.

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Gay Bash 04:15 PM

Aggressive ignorance aside, did nobody actually realize that the small portion of their customer base that would potentially be offended (at seeing the horrific photo of a happy family with 2 gay dads) is NOTHING compared to the international disrespect and disgust that comes from this kind of attention?

larryfishkorn 04:11 PM

I can understand wanting to shield children from this picture. Not because it shows a gay couple adopting a baby, but because those two dudes are butt-ugly.

Apethetic Man! 04:08 PM

[joemygod.blogspot.com]

Updated with their reasoning for covering it up. People make me sad.

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mrswillclark 03:56 PM

It's small mindedness like this that got "My Two Dads" cancelled.

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What's New Pussycat? 03:41 PM

The "family shield" sure does a good job of drawing attention to the cover of a magazine to which most young Harps shoppers wouldn't even give a second glance. If they didn't care about what was on the cover of that magazine before, then they sure care about now.

Then again....Arkansas. What does one expect?

"Well....gee. If Billy sees that then he might end up catchin' the gay!"

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LittleMsMuffet 03:32 PM

And this is located in the porn section at the Arkansas video store.

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ShoreditchTwat 03:24 PM

 

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pestified:_hope_springs_infern... 03:14 PM

Fixed it.

missing_peace 03:09 PM

Please, the only remotely offensive thing in that picture is the couch, or pillow immediately behind Elton.

I don't get people like this - are the bad gay men going to jump out of the magazine and make you gay with their magic wands and pixie dust? Seriously, I am baffled by the logic.

Antonella 03:09 PM

And yet there are countless mags masquerading as fitness magazins (read: softcore porn) baring bikini-clad woman that are perrrrrfectly acceptable. Not to mention the B horror movie-inspired headlines on rags like "The Enquirer".

Epic. Effing. Fail.

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rebeccarose 03:06 PM

I am absolutely not opposed to seeing less of US Magazine in general.

That being said...fuck you, Harps. You hate-filled homophobic redneck assholes.

Barbara Wells 02:38 PM

As a teenager I worked in a drug-store that sold porno mags and had the same family shield or decency cover over them. Unfortunately, the back of the magazines were not covered and were in my direct line of site for several hours a day while I worked at the cash register. I still can't get the image of ugly people doing anal out of my memory.
I would have loved seeing this happy family during my working day!

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Elton John diz que ama Lady Gaga

Amigo de Lady Di, Elton John não foi convidado para o casamento de William

http://ego.globo.com/Gente/Noticias/0,,MUL1643875-9798,00-AMIGO+DE+LADY+DI+ELTON+JOHN+NAO+FOI+CONVIDADO+PARA+O+CASAMENTO+DE+WILLIAM.html

Cantor afirmou que não espera receber um convite para casamento do príncipe pois não conhece bem os noivos.

Do EGO, no Rio

 

Elton John

Elton John revelou à agência de notícias Reuters que não está esperando receber um convite para o casamento de Príncipe William e Kate Middleton. "Eu ainda não fui convidado e nem espero ser", disse Sir Elton John.

O cantor explicou que conhecia Lady Di muito bem, mas que não conhece William e Kate e por isso acha que não será convidado.

"Eu acho que, por conta da minha relação com a Princesa Diana, as pessoas pensam automaticamente que eu serei convidado, mas esses meninos têm os seus próprios amigos. Eu espero que eles tenham um ótimo casamento, que o dia seja ensolarado e seja um momento inesquecível para eles", afirmou o cantor.

Elton ainda elogiou William e disse que ele "é um homem maravilhoso e será um ótimo rei"

'Eu vou amá-la até a morte', diz Elton John sobre Lady Gaga

http://www.tecontei.com.br/noticias/noticia/99348/eu-vou-ama-la-ate-a-morte-diz-elton-john-sobre-lady-gaga.html

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Elton John e Lady Gaga

"Eu vou amá-la até a morte", decretou Elton John ao ser perguntado sobre a parceria com Lady Gaga na trilha do filme "Gnomeu e Julieta", de acordo com o site "Next Movie Beta". Os cantores se aproximaram em janeiro de 2010 quando fizeram performance juntos na cerimônia do Grammy.

"Nós somos farinha do mesmo saco. Eu não tenho palavras suficientes para descrevê-la", afirmou Elton durante entrevista para promoção do filme de animação em Los Angeles. A canção estará disponível na Amazon a partir do dia 8 de fevereiro para download. O filme chegará aos cinemas americanos no dia 11 de fevereiro.

Gente | segunda-feira, 24 de janeiro de 2011 - 14h24 Elton John fala sobre paternidade em entrevista http://ziptop.com.br/site/noticias/gente,canal-6,ed-200,ct-409,cd-302939.htm "É o sentimento mais maravilhoso", diz o artista sobre o pequeno Zachary. Da Redação   Letra  Estados Unidos - Elton John revelou que a paternidade tem sido surpreendentemente calma, desde que o filho Zachary Jackson Levon nasceu, no Natal. "É o sentimento mais maravilhoso", disse o artista durante uma entrevista coletiva. "Tem sido a coisa mais maravilhosa que aconteceu comigo depois de conhecer David (marido)", revelou. Segundo a revista People, o músico afirmou que a situação em sua casa é muito tranquila. "Essa pequena alma que você está alimentando, trocando, banhando e contando histórias é uma tela branca, e tudo que precisa é amor", contou Elton, que aproveitou para brincar. "Quando ele começar a falar e correr por aí, provavelmente me sentirei um pouco diferente, mas as aventuras na Terra do Papai - é fantástico!"

ELTON JOHN NO ROCK IN RIO 2011

Rihanna, Katy Perry e Elton John abrem a festa do Rock in Rio 2011

http://www.sidneyrezende.com/noticia/118639+rihana+katy+perry+e+elton+john+abrem+a+festa+do+rock+in+rio+2011

Redação SRZD | Música | 26/01/2011 20h42

O Rock in Rio teve mais três atrações de peso divulgadas nesta quarta-feira. A organização do Festival de música confirmou que  Rihanna, Katy Perry e Elton John serão as grandes estrelas da primeira noite do evento, dia 23 de setembro.Quem também vai se apresentar nesta mesma data, será a cantora Claudia Leitte.
A americana Katy Perry e a caribenha Rihanna, donas de grandes sucessos da música pop, se apresentam pela primeira vez no país. Já Elton John, esteve pela última vez no Brasil em janeiro de 2009, durante a turnê  "Rocket Man".
 Aos poucos, o line up do festival vai ficando completo. Outras atrações confirmadas são Metallica, Red  Hot Chili Peppers, Coldplay, Sepultura, Angra, Snow Patrol, Slipknot, Motorhead, Stone Sour, Coheed and Cambria, Capital Inicial, Skank,e NX Zero.

O primeiro lote de 100 mil ingressos para o evento já foi completamente vendido. O festival que acontecerá por seis dias, vai ter dois grandes palcos, roda gigante e lojas, no Parque Olímpico Cidade do Rock, em Jacarepaguá, zona oeste do Rio de Janeiro.

 

 

Rock In Rio confirma Rihanna, Katy Perry e Elton John no primeiro dia do festival

 

• Katy Perry (de costas) e Rihanna: cantoras se apresentam pela primeira vez no Brasil

A produção do Rock In Rio anunciou nesta quarta-feira (26), em seu site oficial, a presença de Rihanna, Katy Perry e Elton John, além da brasileira Claudia Leitte, na programação do dia 23 de setembro, primeiro noite do evento.

Essa é a primeira vez que Rihanna e Katy Perry se apresentam no Brasil. A primeira traz a turnê de "Loud", seu quinto disco lançado em novembro do ano passado. A segunda traz seu novo show, baseado no repertório de "Teenage Dream", segundo álbum da cantora, lançado em agosto de 2010. Elton John veio ao país pela última vez em 2009 com a turnê Rocket Man, que teve abertura do cantor James Blunt.

O Rock In Rio 2011 acontecerá nos dias 23, 24, 25 e 30 de setembro e 01 e 02 de outubro de 2011, no Parque Olímpico Cidade do Rock, na Barra da Tijuca, no Rio. Até o momento foram anunciados na programação:

23/09: Dia Pop com Rihanna, Katy Perry, Elton John, Claudia Leitte

24/09: Dia Rock com Stone Sour, NX Zero, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snow Patrol e Capital Inicial

25/09: Dia Metal com Slipknot, Metallica, Motörhead, Coheed and Cambria, Sepultura e Angra

01/10: Dia do Rock Alternativo com Coldplay e Skank

 

Ingressos
Os cem mil ingressos antecipados para o Rock In Rio 2011 já estão esgotados. Segundo a produção do evento, que tem sua edição de volta ao Rio de Janeiro, pouco mais de 10% da programação foi anunciada até o momento.

O início da venda oficial de ingressos para o Rock in Rio 2011 será em julho e as entradas custarão R$ 190 (inteira). Até o dia 31 de maio os compradores do Rock In Rio Card poderão escolher, depois de anunciada a programação completa, a data de sua preferência para ir ao evento.

Além dos shows, o ingresso dá acesso a todas as atividades do evento: roda-gigante, montanha-russa, kabbon, tirolesa, shopping com 30 lojas, Rock Street com shows de jazz, Espaço Moda com desfiles, Eletrônica, Palco Mundo e Sunset.

 

 

 

Rock in Rio confirma escalação de Katy Perry, Rihanna e Elton John

Atrações internacionais se apresentam no primeiro dia do festival.
Show da cantora Claudia Leitte, no mesmo dia, também foi anunciado.

http://musica.uol.com.br/ultnot/2011/01/26/rock-in-rio-confirma-rihanna-katy-perry-e-elton-john-no-primeiro-dia.jhtm

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A organização do Rock in Rio confirmou nesta quarta-feira (26) três novos artistas internacionais na escalação do festival: Katy Perry, Rihanna e Elton John. Eles se apresentam no dia 23 de setembro, primeiro dia do evento, que terá também a brasileira Claudia Leitte. Esta será a primeira vinda de Katy Perry e de Rihanna ao Brasil.

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Realizado em um terreno de 150 mil m2, o Rock in Rio terá dois grandes palcos, lojas e roda gigante. Serão seis dias com 14 horas de diversão para todas as idades.
"Os pais, os seus filhos e já os netos da geração que viveu em 85 e vai poder mostrar finalmente o que é esse evento que marcou tanto a historia da cidade e a história um poquinho de cada um de nós", diz Roberta Medina, filha de Roberto, idealizador do evento.
O primeiro lote de 100 mil ingressos já foi totalmente vendido. A lista de artistas ainda não está fechada, mas inclui ainda nomes como Metallica, Motorhead, Slipknot, Coldplay, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snow Patrol e Stone Sour. Entre as atrações nacionais já foram confirmados Capital Inicial, Sepultura e Emicida, entre outros.

A cantora Katy Perry, que se apresenta pela primeira
vez no país (Foto: AP)

Marinheiras de primeira viagemKaty Perry lançou em agosto do ano passado o bem-sucedido “Teenage dream”, álbum que vendeu quase 1 milhão de cópias. O disco emplacou sucessos como “Firework” e “California gurls”, parceria com o rapper Snoop Dogg. A faixa foi campeã de downloads nos Estados Unidos no ano passado.
A norte-americana é uma das artistas pop mais requisitadas do momento. Em dezembro, ela participou de um episódio especial de “Os Simpsons” e gravou participação na série “How I met your mother”. Katy, que ficou conhecida em 2008 com o hit "I kissed a girl", também vai se apresentar na cerimônia do Grammy em fevereiro, prêmio em que concorre em quatro categorias: álbum do ano, colaboração pop (com Snoop), vocal feminino e álbum pop.
Natural de Barbados, no Caribe, Rihanna finalmente canta no país, depois de cancelar uma turnê que havia sido anunciada em novembro do ano passado. A cantora de R&B vem na sequência do lançamento de “Loud”, seu quinto e mais recente álbum de estúdio.

O disco inclui o sucesso radiofônico “Love the way you lie part II”, parceria com Eminem. Outros de seus hits são “Rude boy” (2009) “Umbrella” e “Don’t stop the music”, ambas de 2007.

Rihanna e Elton John, outras duas atrações confirmadas para abertura do Rock in Rio (Foto: AP)

Já Elton John é a única entre as três atrações internacionais anunciadas nesta quarta que já passou pelo Brasil. Seu último show no país foi em janeiro de 2009, durante a turnê “Rocket man”.  O cantor, compositor e pianista inglês, que recentemente se tornou pai junto ao seu companheiro David Furnish, lançou em 2010 “Union”. O álbum é uma parceria com o americano Leon Russell. Seu repertório, porém, se baseia principalmente em sucessos anteriores, como “Your song” (1970) e “Daniel” (1973).

O Rock in Rio 2011 será realizado entre os dias 23 de setembro e 2 de outubro no Parque Olímpico Cidade do Rock, na Zona Oeste do Rio de Janeiro.