Elton John advises Madonna to 'lip-synch good'

'X Factor' Champ Melanie Amaro is 'Singing Princess Warrior' in Super Bowl Ad, and Elton John's the King 
Monday, January 30, 2012 

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If you watched more than ten continuous minutes of The X Factor USA this fall, you know that part of the winner's massive prize package was the chance to star in a Pepsi commercial during the Super Bowl. Along with that $5 million recording contract, Simon Cowell lauded the commercial as a huge opportunity for the winner to go from rising star to superstar.

On Sunday, February 5, season 1 champMelanie Amaro will finally get her big moment. And another big name is joining her in the spot: Sir Elton John. But that'sKing Elton to Melanie, as she explained the concept of the ad to EW:

"Well, basically I'm a singing princess warrior. [Laughs] And me being the singing princess warrior, I have to try to get the entire kingdom some of the sacred treasure, and the sacred treasure is, of course, Pepsi. I have to go through the talent part of the being in front of the king at his court [to get the treasure], and my talent was, of course, to sing. So I sing, I blow his mind, and I get everybody to have some of the Pepsi. I don't think I'm going to tell you any more than that. I think I'll let everybody wait until they see the commercial, because there's some special surprise guests in there that I think everybody is going to enjoy."

No need for more, Melanie. That about says it all! But, as pictures do this spectacle so much more justice than words ever could, here's Good Morning America with some sneak peek footage from the shoot, and an interesting angle on the ad:

Granted, the ABC interview is with Elton, so they're looking at this as his commercial. But with so much focus on the legend and so little on his "talent show winner" co-star, the question is no longer what Melanie's Super Bowl ad will be like. The question now seems to be whether it's Melanie's at all. Will she end up getting outshined in a commercial whose original purpose -- as her X Factor benefactors promised, anyway -- was to make her shine?

Read the full EW interview for more from Melanie about her filming experience with Elton and her forthcoming album, which she says she'll start recording "pretty soon."

Elton John advises Madonna to 'lip-synch good' during her Super Bowl show (while dressed as a king)

By Rachael Wheeler 30/01/2012

Oh Elton. We wouldn't want you any other way.

Elton John was always going to get Madonna back for beating him to a Golden Globe this month and - much to his own (and our) amusement - he saved his attack for live television.

The 64 year old said: "Make sure you lip-synch good".During an appearance on America TV earlier, Elton was asked what advice he had for Madonna ahead of her half time performance at Sunday's Super Bowl. At this point, a mischievous Elton saw his opportunity for revenge and he took it.

The 64 year old said: "Make sure you lip-synch good".

Madge will appear in the half time show at this year's Super Bowl

Elton then went on to imply that Madonna's Super Bowel show will be rubbish, saying: "I’ve never seen a decent one. Never ever.You have to play live, but I don’t think you can. In all fairness to everyone who’s done one before, you may be able to sing live, but it’s really hard to play live."

Elton slammed Madonna while dressed as a king. Weird.

Elton's catty comments are sure to make Madonna feel a tad under pressure, with the singer rehearsing solidly for the last two weeks. It's thought that she will sing four songs, including Vogue and Give Me All Your Luvin (spelt that way to make sure everyone still think she's cool), while bendy types from Cirque du Soleil prance about in the background.

Elton's face when she beat him at the Globes

Although Madonna is yet to snipe back at Elton, the Brit has been on her back since she beat him to Best Original Song at the Golden Globes two weeks ago. Speaking before the event on the red carpet, Elton was offended that Madge had even made it into the category, telling reporters she had no "f***ing chance of winning" over him.

Elton appears in the official super bowl advert... dressed like this

And after she did win, Elton's husband David Furnish wrote on Facebook: "Madonna winning Best Original Song truly shows how these awards have nothing to do with merit. Her acceptance speech was embarrassing in its narcissism."

If Madonna's speech was embarrassing, then Elton's behaviour before - and since - is like, way embarrassing. And we're not even mentioning the fact that he was dressed as an actual king while doing this interview.

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Elton John, Lady Gaga among pop stars snubbed in Oscar best song category

January 24, 2012 | 10:25 am

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The consolation for Elton John, Lady Gaga, Mary J. Blige, Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson, Brad Paisley, Chris Cornell, Zooey Deschanel and other superstar pop, rock and country musicians who got snubbed in the best song Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday is that they’re in pretty stellar company.

With just two songs earning nominations —“Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets” and “Real in Rio” from “Rio” -- the list of also-rans includes a bounty of heavyweight performers and songwriters.

Yet they didn’t score enough points with Academy voters to make the final nomination list. Voters had 39 songs to sort through this year, for which they were asked to assign a score to each on a scale of 6 to 10 points, after viewing clips from each film that included the eligible song.

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Only songs that received an average of 8.25 points or more could be nominated, with a maximum of five songs in the category, and no more than two songs from the same film.

Among the songs that fell short of that score were two Elton John songs from “Gnomeo and Juliet”: “Love Builds a Garden” and his duet with Lady Gaga, “Hello Hello.” Mary J. Blige’s “Living Proof” from “The Help” and Elvis Costello’s “Sparkling Day” from “One Day” were under consideration, along with Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell’s “The Keeper” from “Machine Gun Preacher,” Deschanel’s “So Long” from “Winnie the Pooh” and Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am’s “Hot Wings,” also from “Rio.”

One of the most powerful songs to appear in a movie last year was J. Ralph’s “Hell and Back,” sung by Willie Nelson. But because it appeared in a documentary, director Danfung Dennis’ “Hell and Back Again” about the war in Afghanistan, it was a longshot for a nomination.

Country musicians with songs in mainstream hits didn't fare any better: Zac Brown was one of the writers of “Where the River Goes” from the remake of “Footloose,” and Brad Paisley was eligible, with co-writer Robbie Williams, for “Collision of Worlds,” from “Cars 2.”

And even being an Academy Award veteran was no guarantee of a nomination this year: Eight-time Oscar winner and 19-time nominee Alan Menken didn’t make the cut with “Star Spangled Man” from “Captain America.”

As others have noted, if this year’s Oscar telecast runs late, it won’t be because of a surfeit of nominated song performances.

Elton John’s Rocket Pictures Turning Kidbook ‘Nerds’ Into Animated Feature

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By MIKE FLEMING | Friday January 20, 2012 @ 3:03pm ESTTags: Elton John, Michael Buckley, Nerds, Rocket Pictures

EXCLUSIVE: Elton John’s Rocket Pictures has acquired film rights to Michael Buckley’s bestselling seriesNerds, and will develop them as an animated family feature that Buckley will script. Rocket Pictures principals Steve Hamilton Shaw and David Furnish will produce. John is exec producer.

The Nerds series follows a group of unpopular and socially inept geeks who run a spy network from inside their elementary school. They battle the Hyena, a former junior beauty pageant contestant-turned-assassin, and an array of James Bond-style villains, each with an evil plan more diabolical and more ridiculous than the last. Three books have been released in the past two years by the Abrams imprint Amulet Books, and the next one comes in the fall.

“Nerds is an action-filled comedic property with a great inclusive message at its heart,” Shaw said. “We think it has huge potential as a dynamic and modern family movie.” Rocket Pictures most recently produced the 3D animated Disney movieGnomeo & Juliet and is developing Will Gallows And The Snake Bellied Troll, written and to be directed by Shrek 2’s Kelly Asbury. The company’s also developing Rocketman, a biographical musical-fantasy feature film about the life of Elton John that’s being written by Lee Hall. UTA reps Rocket Pictures and also brokered the book deal with publishing agent Alison Fargis of Stonesong.

Elton John to Develop Animated Take on 'Nerds' Childbook Series

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Through his Rocket Pictures banner, Elton has acquired the rights to the Michael Buckley book series, which follows a group of geeks who run a spy network in their elementary school. 

 

After co-producing "Gnomeo and Juliet" with husband David Furnish, Elton John is set to develop another animated feature. Deadline reported that the veteran English musician is eyeing to adapt Michael Buckley's bestselling children book series, "Nerds", to the big screen. 


Elton's Rocket Pictures has obtained the rights to the series and planned to create the animated film with Buckley penning the screenplay. The singer will serve as the executive producer, while his husband David will produce it along with Steve Hamilton Shaw. 


"Nerds" centers on a group of unpopular geeks who run a spy network from inside their elementary school. They battle the Hyena, a former junior beauty pageant contestant-turned-assassin, and an array of James Bond-alike villains, each with an evil plan more diabolical and more ridiculous than the last. 


Of the upcoming movie project producer Hamilton Shaw said, "Nerds is an action-filled comedic property with a great inclusive message at its heart." He added, "We think it has huge potential as a dynamic and modern family movie." 


In addition to this project, Elton's Rocket Pictures is currently developing another animated feature, "Will Gallows and the Snake Bellied Troll", which will be directed by "Shrek 2" helmer Kelly Asbury. The company also works on Elton's biopic called "Rocketman", which is written by Lee Hall. 

Elton John adds more stops to global tour 

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Story by Angela Schurhoff

SoundSpike Contributor

Published January 20, 2012 06:31 AM

World traveler and resident Vegas piano manElton John has added a handful of new dates to his already extensive global tour, making him one of the busiest men in showbiz.

In addition to his "Million Dollar Piano" shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, John is so far scheduled to perform in over 12 countries this year including Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Mexico, Germany, England, Denmark and Poland, according to his website.

First up is a Feb. 1 concert in Lima, Peru, followed by stops in South America, Nevada, Georgia, Florida and Europe before heading to Indonesia in the fall for his last scheduled concert date on Nov. 17.

John's band, which is comprised of guitarist Davey Johnstone, bassist Bob Birch, percussionist John Mahon, drummer Nigel Olsson, keyboardist Kim Bullard and percussionist Ray Cooper, will be along for the ride. Fans can expect to hear John's most beloved hits from his 40-year career.

Aside from maintaining a rigorous tour schedule, John put out a collaboration album titled "The Union" with Leon Russell in October 2010, which peaked at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 and was nominated for a Grammy.

John performed his 3000th concert in October 2011 at Caesars Palace in Vegas.

Fancy bidding on Elton's old Jag?

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A red E-Type Jaguar that belonged to Sir Elton John is up for sale at an Oxford auctioneers.

The popstar’s 1965 sports car is expected sell for up to £70,000 when it goes under the hammer at Bonhams in Banbury Road.

The vehicle is the highlight of the classic car sale on March 3.

Sir Elton bought the car in 1987 and nicknamed it ‘OK Elton’ as its number plate is OKE 1. He sold it in 2001 to a private collector.

Rob Hubbard, senior specialist at Bonhams, said: “This is a fantastic example of a 1965 Jaguar E-Type Series 1, which has been carefully looked after since its original purchase and is in excellent condition.

“We are expecting much interest from both national and international clients, particularly as a result of the E-Type’s provenance.”

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Elton John adquire os direitos de adaptação de NERDS

Elton John adquire os direitos de adaptação de NERDS

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21 Janeiro 2012 | Postado por Aníbal Santiago |

A lenda do mundo da música, Elton John tem um gosto especial por "N.E.R.D.S.", indo levar esse gosto a outra nível (não é isso que estão a pensar). O famoso músico adquiriu os direitos de adaptação ao grande ecrã da série de livros infantis "N.E.R.D.S." (sigla de "National Espionage, Rescue and Defense Society", através da sua empresa de produção, a Rocket Pictures. O cantor e a Rocket Pictures pretendem transformar a série literária num filme de animação para toda a família, que contará com o argumento de Michael Buckley (o autor das obras).

"N.E.R.D.S" é uma série literária da autoria de Michael Buckley, que teve o primeiro número publicado em 2009. A série terá ao todo cinco volumes e acompanha um grupo de estudantes algo estranhos (nerds) que levam uma vida dupla como agentes secretos devido aos seus poderes especiais como nerds.

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Marido de Elton John pede desculpas a Madonna no Facebook

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David Furnish ficou revoltado com o prêmio de melhor canção original dado à Madonna no último Globo de Ouro.

Por Fernanda Morales

Nesta quinta-feira, 19, o marido do músico Elton John, o produtor David Furnish, pediu desculpas a Madonna em sua página pessoal no Facebook depois do incidente na última premiação do Globo de Ouro, que ocorreu no domingo, 15.

Segundo o Mashable, Furnish ficou irritado por Madonna ter levado o prêmio de melhor canção pela música Masterpiece da trilha sonora do ainda inédito W.E. Elton John também foi indicado na categoria pela música Hello, Hello da animação Gnomeu & Julieta.

O produtor expressou toda sua revolta em seu perfil no Facebook e foi alvo de sérias críticas por parte dos fãs da Rainha do Pop. David Furnish afirmou que achava um absurdo Madonna ganhar o prêmio de melhor canção original e que isso só mostrava a falta de seriedade da premiação.

Uau! Que tempestade em um copo d´água, afirmou o produtor nesta quinta-feira. Os meus comentários sobre o Globo de Ouro tomaram uma proporção gigantesca. Minha paixão por nosso filme Gnomeu & Julieta e a crença na canção de Elton tem sido a minha inspiração. Mas devo deixar registrado que eu acredito que Madonna é uma grande artista, e que Elton e eu desejamos a ela tudo de melhor e uma ótima estreia na próxima semana com W.E.

A cantora, por sua vez, afirmou (no mesmo Twitter) que não imaginava que o prêmio iria afetar tanto assim John e seu marido.

Parceiro de Elton John volta atrás após criticar Madonna

"Que tempestade num copo d'água! Minha paixão por nosso filme 'Gnomeo & Juliet' e minha crença de que a música de Elton me deixou muito emotivo", escreveu David Furnish em sua página do Facebook

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O parceiro de Elton John, que criticou Madonna após ela ganhar o Globo de Ouro de melhor canção original, voltou atrás em seus comentários, mas não chegou a pedir desculpas à cantora.

"Que tempestade num copo d'água! Minha paixão por nosso filme 'Gnomeo & Juliet' e minha crença de que a música deElton me deixou muito emotivo", escreveu David Furnish em sua página do Facebook. "Mas devo dizer que Madonna é uma grande artista, e Elton e eu desejamos o melhor para ela na estreia de seu filme 'W.E.'".

Madonna estava concorrendo com Elton John na categoria melhor canção original do Globo de Ouro. "Madonna ganhando melhor música original mostra como esse prêmio não tem nada a ver com mérito. O discurso de agradecimento dela foi vergonhoso em seu narcisismo. E as críticas aos shows de Gaga mostram como ela está desesperada", escreveu o parceiro do cantor em seu Facebook no dia da premiação.