Posts Tagged ‘Elton John’
Elton John’s Mum Sells Her Memories: Photos
ELTON John was flogging some of his old stuff. Plus ca chance for Mr Candle In The Wind. For sale at Gorringes Auctioneers in Lewes, East Sussex, was memorabilia belonging to his mother Shelia Farebrother. Lots included 100 gold and platinum discs, tour jackets and VIP passes Mrs Farebrother used for backstage access at his concerts. And – yep – two multi-platinum discs marking the success of Candle In The Wind, which recorded more than 33 million sales when it was re-released in tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997. Buy it – or else he’ll sing it again…
Update: the whole lots sold for £28,820.
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Krazy Gun Guy Sings Elton John And George Michael’s Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me While Gay Bears Rub Off
KRAZY Gun Guy will now sing Elton John And George Michael’s Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me while two gay bears rub off.
He performs before a crowd of small mountain goats and the St Winifred’s School Choir “so you can key out the background and pop me anywhere you please“.
Krazy Gun Guy will do all this while holding a large firearm.
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Posted: 9th, August 2010 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
Why Elton Played At Rush Limbaugh’s Wedding
WHEN Elton John scored a seven-figure pay check to play at 59-year-old US radio jock Rush Limbaugh’s fourth marriage – this one to 33-year-old Kathryn Rogers – we wondered.
Elton John of the Elton John Aids Foundation playing like hired puppet for a man who said Aids was “overhyped“, who called Senator Barney Frank “Banking Queen”, who said that openly gay students are “trumpeting” their sexuality, “inviting dissent” and:
“When a gay person turns his back on you, it is anything but an insult; it’s an invitation.”
And who mused:
“If homosexuality being inborn is what makes it acceptable, why does racism being inborn not make racism acceptable?”
Possible reason as to why Elton did it:
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Posted: 15th, June 2010 | In: Celebrities | Comments (3)
Elton John Tribute: Gay Allowed But No Mincing
TO the Elton John Tribute night in the Warwickshire hinterlands. “Gay’s” allowwd but “no mincing”…
Posted: 22nd, May 2010 | In: Music | Comments (8)
Bolivia’s President Says Eating Chicken Created Gay, Bald Elton John
EVO Morales, president of Bolivia, (more nominal determinism?) says eating chicken can make you gay and bald.
Morales says at the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth that “when men eat those chickens [injected with hormones] they experience deviances in being men“.
Adding:
“Baldness, which seems normal, is a sickness in Europe,” he said. “Almost everyone is bald. And that’s because of what they eat.”
Stay off the hen. Go for the cock…
Posted: 23rd, April 2010 | In: Politicians | Comment
Christina Hendricks Presents The Elton John Oscars Football Party In Pictures
OSCARS in pictures: At the Elton John AIDS Foundation dinner at the Pacific Design Center, you could watch the Oscars on the telly. And you could meet Christina Hendricks, for whom Old Mr Anorak is grateful and accommodating. (Gallery after the jump at foot of page.)
Oscars In Pictures: Ex-Wives Club President Kathryn Bigalow Presents The Vanity Fair Party
The soireee is the showbiz equivalent of football fans who watch their team’s away game broadcast on a Jumbotron parked at one end of the ground.
Only no-one was swallowing a revolting saveloy – that’s not how Hollywood works. Really. It isn’t.
Of course, it’s not footy. It’s showbiz. Although, Elton John did use to be chairman of Watford FC, so the footy similarities are pronounced. And here comes Victoria Beckham. And with that the music strikes and the singer cranks up the chants…
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Posted: 8th, March 2010 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (2)
Elton John And David Furnish’s Clothes Sale: In Pictures
PSST! FANCY owning a piece of clothing worn by a late middle-aged man with a tea-cosy fringe and a Mr Furnish in questionable shoes? Well, now’s your chance! Elton John and David Furnish present their Out The Closet (?!) show in London’s Covent Garden. This 12th December, the British public will have a – as it says here since 2004 – “once-in-a-lifetime chance to get their hands on an exclusive array of Elton John and David Furnish’s flamboyant clothing collection, direct from their wardrobes.” Wanna buy some high-priced, second-hand fancy dress? All monies go to the Elton John AIDS Foundation. So when you look like a demented clown and everyone takes the piss out of you, just tell them you’re doing it for charity – and to make some wardrobe space for Elton’s Comfi-Slax… The range in pictures and soem memorable poses:
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Public to have the Chance of Owning a Piece of Elton John and David Furnish as ÃOut the Closetà Opens its Doors in Covent Garden - On 12th December, the British public will have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get their hands on an exclusive array of Elton John and David FurnishÃs flamboyant clothing collection, direct from their wardrobes. From outfits worn by Elton on stage to DavidÃs favourite Dior shirts, fans will have the opportunity to step into the shoes of the biggest stars in showbiz for real, as well as hand pick from their finest collection of clothes and accessories, including sunglasses, luggage and belts. Ranging from £10 to £2,000, the stock will feature labels such as Versace, Dior, Prada, McQueen, D&G and Jean Paul Gaultier. The shop will be restocked daily until sold out and a clearance sale will take place on any unsold stock on Saturday 19th December. Sales will go to support the work on the Elton John AIDS Foundation. ÃOut the Closet 2009à will be the fifth pop up shop the Elton John AIDS Foundation has held. The last ÃOut The ClosetÃ, on Regent Street in 2002, sold approximately 15,000 items and raised £400,000 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Picture shows: David Furnish with models wearing his and Elton's clothes in Covent Garden this morning.
Posted: 8th, December 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comments (4)
X Factor Does Pride Watch: Cheryl Cole Patronises Joe McElderry
X FACTOR does Pride Watch: Pride Watch highlights instances of Remote Pride, when someone barely or not at all related to the subject says how proud they of them, a comment that at once patronises the target and takes partial ownership of their achievement.
Cheryl Cole is “mentoring” Joe McElderry, the shiny, sexless Cliff Richard boychild by choosing what songs the voice coach trains him to sing.
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Posted: 22nd, November 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comments (3)
Matt Lucas, Elton John And Will Young Give Kevin McGee’s Life Meaning
The media looks at the short life of Kevin McGee, with Facebook, Elton John, Matt Lucas and Will Young.
RIP Kevin McGee, better known to the media at large as “Little Britain Star Matt’s Ex Found Dead”. As Sky puts it.
Little Britain star Matt Lucas’ former civil partner has been found dead in his flat after leaving a tragic message on Facebook.
Kevin McGee did not die in vain – his death features two ticks in key story boxes: celebrity and social networking web sites.
The television producer, who “wed” Lucas, 35, in December 2006, had posted a message on Facebook three hours earlier.
It read: “Kevin McGee thinks that death is much better than life.”
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Posted: 6th, October 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comments (3)
Mother Of Elton John’s ‘Adopted’ Son Lev Speak Out
THE Sun leads with news of Elton John’s would-be adopted son Lev and that the child’s mum, Marina vowing:
“I won’t let Elton take my baby.”
Well, neither will the Ukraine’s government:
Elton John won’t be able to adopt a 14-month-old HIV-positive child from Ukraine because the pop star is too old and isn’t married, the government said Monday.
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Posted: 5th, October 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Elton John Cannot Adopt Lev, Says Ukraine
SIR Elton John has been told that he cannot adopt a 14-month-old boy called Lev because he is not married and is too old.
The Ukraine is twinned with California – gay marriage counts for nothing. Ukraine’s Minister for Family And Sport says John cannot have the boy.
Yes, Family & Sport. They bring them up tough in the Ukraine – if you can marry her, or shoot her and stick her stuffed head on your caravan wall.
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Posted: 14th, September 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment (1)
Alexandre Despallieres And The Death Of Peter Ikin
ANROAK’s Man in LA looks at the death of Australian music executive Peter Ikin last November, who dropped dead at 62 in a Paris hotel room – possibly after a fall down a flight of stairs – shortly after marrying a young Frenchman named Alexandre Despallieres who cremated ole ‘PI’ and poured the former evidence into an urn.
Now read on:
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Elton John Outsells Michael Jackson
MICHAEL Jackson Watch: Anorak brings you that OK! magazine souvenir issue…
OK!’s “official” tribute issue to Michael Jackson should not be confused with those downmarket unofficial tribute issues that fail to feature a picture of the dying signer on their cover.
Only OK! cares enough to equip a picture of a dying man with the legend “IN LOVING MEMORY”.
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Posted: 1st, July 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (5)
The Most Bizarre And Worst Celebrity Dolls Ever Made
BARBIE is 50 this year and Anorak brings you the 50 Things You Never Knew About Barbie. But Barbie is not the only celebrity doll. There have been others. And Anorak brings you the strangest, least-deserving, most bizarre and downright odd celebrity dolls ever – enjoy:
Karl Lagerfeld, Angelina Jolie, Ann Coulter, Bill Clinton, Bindi Irwin, Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears, Caylee Anthony, Charles Dickens, Diane Ross, Donald Trump, Drew Carey, Albert Einstein, Elton John,George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Hugh Hefner, Jennifer Lopez (NSFW), Jerry Springer, Jesus, John Travolta, Kelly Osbourne, Laura Bush, Lemme,Lindsay Lohan, Nirvana, The One, OJ, Pamela Anderson, Paris Hilton,Princess Diana, Rosie O’Donnell (Barbie!), Sarah Palin (schoolgirl), Nicolas Sarkozy voodoo, Seth Godin, Snoop Dogg, Suzanne Somers (with thighs!), Sonny, Steve Irwin, Timberlake and Jackson, Tom Cruise, Tori Spelling, Vanilla Ice, Victoria Silvstedt, William Shakepeare action figure, Winston Churchill.
Karl Lagerfeld’s Credit Crunch Survival Tips.
Posted: 3rd, April 2009 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Elton John returns to Watford… again
ELTON John is back in football, for a third spell at Watford (or ‘Queen of the South’ as Tommy Docherty famously suggested they be renamed during John’s first stint at the club).
The pop legend ended his second spell as chairman of the Hornets in 2002 but is back on board to join former manager Graham Taylor in a presidency role.
He said: “Watford football club is in my blood. Wherever I am in the world I cannot resist keeping up with the news.
“I wish the new chairman and board, the manager, the team and all Watford’s loyal supporters a very successful conclusion to the season.”
Lady Furnish Collects Elton John’s Nappy Hair In A Locket
DID you know that Lady David Furnish wears a lock of Elton John’s hair in a locket about his throat? Says Lady F:
“I have around my neck a little tiny locket and it has a lock of Elton’s baby hair…”
John watchers had long clung onto the belief that the singer’s hair-do was the product of a knitting pattern or real hair taken from the heads of fans. To read that it is shorn from baby’s scalps is monstrous.
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Posted: 1st, December 2008 | In: Celebrities | Comment
