EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed filmmaker R.J. Cutler and his production company This Machine, fresh off the announcement of Cutler’s upcoming documentary on Elton John.
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Thania Garcia Procter and Gamble (P&G) and iHeartMedia are inviting fans to celebrate visibility and inclusivity for all at the third annual “Can’t Cancel Pride: Proud and Together” fundraiser for the LGBTQ+ community on June 14.The event will feature performances and appearances by Elton John, Katy Perry, Sam Smith, Lizzo, Anitta, Dove Cameron, Betty Who, Kim Petras and more from the iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles and remote locations across the country.This year, the event will be hosted by singer, dancer and social media sensation JoJo Siwa, who received a special honor at last year’s event for being a young trailblazer in the community.“Proud and Together” will be showcasing the activism and issues that continue to impact the LGBTQ+ community in 2022 and intersectional messages of spirit and strength. This year, Elton John will be honored with the first-ever Impact Award for his humanitarian work through the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
The event will recognize the 30-year history and impact his organization has made to overcome the stigma, discrimination and neglect attached to AIDS.“As we’ve proven over the past two years, you can’t cancel pride. Even with a global pandemic raging, we’ve been able to bring the community together with the most influential artists to celebrate Pride and raise consciousness and funds for some heroic organizations while working to support the needs of the LGBTQ+ community in communities around the nation,” said Gayle Troberman, chief marketing officer for iHeartMedia.“This year is a big moment as we emerge from lockdown to celebrate diversity and inclusion while continuing to champion the LGBTQ organizations that create a more equal and welcoming world for all.”“Can’t Cancel Pride”
.EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed filmmaker R.J. Cutler and his production company This Machine, fresh off the announcement of Cutler’s upcoming documentary on Elton John.
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Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee celebration has been revealed! Sir Elton John, Diana Ross, and Lin-Manuel Miranda are among the artists who will perform at BBC’s Platinum Party at the Palace on June 4.The event at Buckingham Palace will feature a three-stage setup where the band Queen and Adam Lambert, Alicia Keys, Hans Zimmer, Ella Eyre, Craig David, Mabel, Elbow and George Ezra, Duran Duran, Andrea Bocelli, Mimi Webb, Sam Ryder, Jax Jones, Celeste, Nile Rodgers, Sigala and Diversity will all perform.Join this star-studded line-up for an unforgettable night, celebrating some of the most significant moments from The Queen’s seven decade reign.
Elton John‘s ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour and his early years has been announced.Co-directed by R.J. Cutler and the filmmaker and John’s husband, David Furnish, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances And The Years That Made His Legend will include an array of unseen concert footage from the past 50 years, as well as John’s handwritten journals and present-day footage of the musician and his family.A release date for the film has yet to be announced, but it is expected to get a limited cinema release before it comes to Disney+.“What a thrill and an honour it is that David Furnish and I get to create this intimate and unique look at one of the world’s most celebrated artists,” Cutler said in a statement via Rolling Stone.
A host of the stage, screen and sports stars will help celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the British throne at a BBC Studios Productions-led live event at Buckingham Palace titled the Platinum Party in the Park.
Queen, Diana Ross and Elton John have been announced for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee concert.The star-studded event, which takes place at Buckingham Palace on June 4, also includes Duran Duran, Craig David, Eurovision singer Sam Ryder, Ella Eyre, Elbow, Alicia Keys, Hans Zimmer, Mabel, Jax Jones, Celeste, Andrea Bocelli, Sigala and Nile Rodgers, reports BBC News.It comes after Queen guitarist Brian May previously let slip that he might be performing at the event alongside bandmates – Roger Taylor and Adam Lambert.They will open the concert to mark the monarch’s 70 years on the throne.“I don’t think I’m allowed to tell you this but I think something might happen,” the guitarist, who previously performed a guitar solo of the national anthem on top of Buckingham Palace for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 2002, recently told the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show.“There is talk of something happening. What can I tell you? We may be there, we may actually be there.
David Furnish, Elton John’s longtime partner, will direct the documentary alongside R.J. Cutler, who directed the Billie Eilish documentary “The World’s a Little Blurry” for Apple TV+ last year, which earned four Emmy nominations.
EXCLUSIVE: Disney Original Documentary and Disney+ have won the rights to a big feature documentary package, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances And the Years That Made His Legend. No one would comment, but we hear the docu, from Academy Award-nominee R.J. Cutler as well as filmmaker (and longtime Elton John partner) David Furnish, sold for about $30 million.
Prince William and Elton John were among those praising U.K. soccer player Jake Daniels for coming out as gay this week.
Elton John has praised Blackpool footballer Jake Daniels after he became the first active player in UK men’s football to come out as gay since 1990.17-year-old Daniels made the announcement yesterday (May 16), telling Sky Sports News that he felt ready to “be myself” after “a long time of lying” about who he is.The Blackpool forward, who said that his “team-mates have all been so supportive about it and everyone has had my back” since he made his decision to publicly come out, is the only openly gay active men’s footballer. Justin Fashanu was the last professional player to do so back in 1990.Daniels has received support from around the world since he made his announcement, with John praising the footballer’s “courageous and game-changing statement”.Congratulations @Jake_Daniels11!A courageous and game-changing statement.
The co-founder of Snapchat and his wife are paying it forward.
Katy Perry is enjoying a night on the town with her friends!
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt’s safe to say that although Italian rock quartet Maneskin were pretty huge in their home country and parts of Europe when they took the Eurovision stage last year, their name recognition and popularity exploded when they won the coveted prize with their song “Zitti E Buoni.” Over the past year, the group has seen their streams, sales and tour itineraries soar, appeared on “Saturday Night Live” and at the Coachella festival — and perhaps most impressive of all, began working with Max Martin, the most successful songwriter-producer of the past 25 years (from Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys to Katy Perry to the Weeknd and Taylor Swift), on their next album.Although the group premiere a new, anti-Putin song called “Gasoline” at Coachella last month, the first fruit of the new partnership arrives tonight: the single “Supermodel,” which drops tonight. While Martin started off as a singer in a hard rock band, this is the first time in many years he’s worked with one — and it’s hard not to notice that the song’s riff owes more than a little to Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” “Yeeepppp,” bassist Victoria De Angelis acknowledges coyly.
Fran Drescher recalled getting Elton John to come on "The Nanny" in a recent interview. The 64-year-old actress admitted in an interview with USA Today that it took almost two years to get the musician to agree to a cameo.
Elton John is almost as well known for his legendary music as he is for his advocacy, having founded The Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992.ALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleDuring an event in New York City for yet another crucial cause, a breast cancer awareness charity gala hosted by the one and only Elizabeth Hurley, the musician combined his two passions, and made a surprise appearance that left the crowd at a loss for words.Both he and his husband, David Furnish, were honorary co-chairs of the night, and though they couldn't make it in person, Elton still took guests by complete surprise by making a virtual appearance, and performing live.WATCH: Elton's son skiis like a proMORE: Elton John shares rare photo of sons as he posts sweetest tributeAfter Elizabeth shocked the audience as she presented the singer, he first took a moment to give a heartfelt tribute to the woman that inspired the event, Evelyn Lauder, one of breast cancer awareness' leading activists, who passed away from ovarian cancer in 2011.The music icon said: "I'm sending my love to BCRF. I tried, but I'm sorry I can't be there."He continued to express that: "This one is for all of you and thank you for helping the BCRF make more money every year, it's an amazing charity, in memory of an amazing woman.
Olivia Rodrigo has brought a new cover into the setlist of her ongoing North American ‘Sour’ tour: No Doubt‘s 1995 hit ‘Just A Girl’.The cover was added to the set in Philadelphia, where she performed at the Metropolitan Opera House last Friday (May 6) and Saturday (May 7). Per setlist.fm, the cover followed a performance of the song ‘All I Want’ from High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, on which Rodrigo stars as Nini.Have a look at fan-shot footage of Rodrigo’s performance below:‘Just A Girl’ joins a growing list of pop-rock classics that Rodrigo has covered on the ‘Sour’ tour, with her takes on ‘Complicated’ by Avril Lavigne and ‘Seether’ by Veruca Salt becoming staples of her set.
Valerie Bertinelli threw her son Wolf Van Halen a curveball this Mother’s Day.
by her ex everywhere she goes…even at work.Now happily engaged to Orlando Bloom, has suffered her share of heartbreak, including a rocky marriage to Russell Brand and a passionate but doomed relationship with John Mayer (is there any other kind of relationship with John Mayer?). But the youths of today don't know their history, and on a recent episode of American Idol, a young contestant sang a John Mayer song and then guessed that Perry had picked it out (judges picking songs was part of that week's gimmick; it's not important).This content can also be viewed on the site it from.After 20-year-old Noah Thompson sang Mayer's 2009 hit “Heartbreak Warfare” and guessed that Katy Perry had chosen the song, the “Roar” singer replied, “Noah…I feel like maybe you should Wikipedia me.”Smiling but stressed, Perry yelled, “I'm triggered!” and slid out of her seat and onto the floor.
“Heartbreak Warfare,” indeed.Katy Perry had a hilarious reaction to a Top 11 contestant on “American Idol” during a song challenge.The contestants took part in a “Judges’ Song Contest” where each contestant picked one of three songs to perform without knowing which judge chose the song and had to guess who it was.Noah Thompson selected to sing John Mayer’s 2009 hit “Heartbreak Warfare.” The contestant, 20, from Kentucky then guessed to host Ryan Seacrest that Perry had chosen the song for him. “I picked Katy,” said Thompson, clearly unaware that Mayer and Perry had dated.
Some friendly advice. Katy Perry had a hilarious reaction when an American Idol contestant sang a track by her ex-boyfriend John Mayer — and she offered him a tip he could use in the future.