Good interview on WCBS Radio:
http://wcbsfm.cbslocal.com/video/9055756-cher-in-studio/
This week I've made it my goal to bring together my notes on all these videos. It may take a whole week, too.
Category: Cher News (Page 7 of 18)
News and Pics of Cher at The Pier/Gay Pride
http://www.chernews.blogspot.com/2013/07/cher-performs-trio-of-tracks-at-dance.html
http://www.cherworld.com/cher-news/cher-performs-at-pride-concert-new-york/
News and Pics of Cher Performing at Macy's July 4th Celebration from Liberty Park
She looked so lovely at this, by the way. Total charmer. Mr. Cher Scholar's comments:
"She looks cool here."
"She looks younger here."
"She looks great."
"I like the big hoops."
Gah. It's like he wouldn't stop talking about it. 😉
http://www.chernews.blogspot.com/2013/06/cher-performs-womans-world-at-liberty.html
The z100 Radio Interview
http://www.cherworld.com/cher-news/cher-z100-radio-interview/
I'm telling you, the way interviewers are making over Cher, the excitement and respect they give her…it's so remarkable. It kind of made me verklempt. And she's so giving and patient with all their fawning.
The Today Show
Cher was on The Today Show this week in her pjs and not last week. So I missed it like I'm missing everything else in this press junket. Thank the Cher Gods for the Internet. Great interview.
Best clip with the hosts fawning over her afterwards.
More Andy Cohen Show thoughts
Cher scholar Robrt made the astute connection between Cher's outfit on Andy Cohen in June "those wild matching outfits she and Sonny are wearing on the back of their second Atco LP." Brilliant!
When I met Cher at a CD signing, I blogged like a nerd about it (just to process it, man). I see Anderson Cooper has done the same thing but using his media-source CNN: http://www.towleroad.com/2013/07/anderson-cooper-apologizes-for-fawning-over-cher-video.html (Thanks to Cher scholar Dishy for sending.) Cooper outs Wolf Blitzer as a Cher fan. Speaking of Anderson on Andy Cohen, I am always interested when when Cooper talks about his mom, Gloria Vanderbilt.
Queerty.com then makes fun of him for doing so: http://www.queerty.com/anderson-cooper-dresses-in-cher-drag-wants-to-braid-chers-hair-20130704/. (Thank you Cher scholar JefRey for forwarding.)
After Andy Cohen taping a New York Times reporter did a story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/fashion/cher-talks-about-what-else-being-cher.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0&emc=eta1
More Remixes from Cher's Youtubes:
Jodie Harsh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdAko-fEOq0
Zookeeper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Bw6lromTI
Jason Nevins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBRl-2YMzkE
Great Idolator Pieces
Thanks to Cher scholar JefRey for sending…
"18 Reasons Why Cher is Fundamentally Awesome"
The memory-lane of Cher Single Covers
I want to talk more about the highlights of all this press coverage but me paws still ailing (thanks to Bruce for your advice…yes it is my upper back causing all the drama), so look to that in the weeks to come. Lots of great stuff to digest.
Unfortunately I have been felled temporarily this week by carpel tunnel and much melodrama related to that (crying jags, garment renting) so I've behind in all the Cher appearances of this week. I can't type much (to save my arms and hands) but I'll post what I've been sent.
The Voice Wrap Up:
Blake Shelton on Cher's performance and what it meant to him: http://www.wetpaint.com/the-voice/articles/2013-06-24-blake-shelton-favorite-season-4
Cher on her performance (to Access Hollywood): "It was awful at the beginning… Because my voice has been really bad lately. I was frightened, but I knew I had to do the best that I could. It was probably not the best that I'll ever do it, but it was definitely the best I could do tonight." Cher talks about her look as Luxe-Punk: http://www.cherworld.com/cher-news/cher-discusses-the-voice/
Host Carson Daily said: "It was so crazy to
see Cher on the stage. I've been very lucky to watch Madonna, Paul
McCartney, Michael Jackson. I've interviewed them, I've talked to some
of the greats, but watching Cher tonight, that sort of completes my
personal volume of icons in music."
Results of "Woman's World" the Charts (sent from my friend Christopher, my Billboard chart-watcher):
from Paul Grein of Chartwatch on Billboard:
"To My Readers: Cher’s “Woman’s World” didn’t make it this week. It sold 26K digital copies to enter Hot Digital Songs at #79. I thought that might be enough to do it. Alas, no."
Christopher: "Hot Digital Songs is the sales chart for digitally purchased singles. The low ranking on the sales chart, when combined with no significant radio play, failed to generate sufficient overall points for the song to make an impression on the Hot 100. 🙁 "
According to CherNews,
'Woman's World', which was a top 50 seller on Amazon and iTunes, has
entered Billboards Hot Digital Songs chart at number 79, with sales of
over 26,000 copies. Perhaps more importantly, the song has entered Billboard's 'Bubbling
Under Hot 100 Singles' chart at number 25. The 'Bubbling Under' chart
showcases the 25 songs that are sitting just below Billboard's main 'Hot
100' chart and that have not yet entered the main chart. 'Woman's World' has unsurprisingly made a big impact on Billboard's
dance charts; it debuted at number 7 on its Dance/Electronic Digital
Songs (sales) chart and number 16 on its Dance/Electronic Songs chart
(sales, airplay, club play, streaming).
Sadly the bubbling under chart is not great boon. It means the single is charting over 100. Top 41-99 is not a hit. So over 100 isn't great. But it could gain momentum yet.
Live Chat with 1067 LiteFM
Watch video either at:
Cher at Q Night at the Marquee in New York City (June 27 & 28)
Watch the video at:
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (June 27)
Watch it on the Tubes: 1, 2 and 3 and AfterShow later and more later.
The ramp up for this show was called Cher Magedon and Cher scholar JeffRey sent me the promos which are hilarious…
Talk about an American treasure. The Queen reigns. I'll talk about these interviews more when my hands aren't freakin killing me. But I will say I love how relaxed and open Cher is in all of them. So nice, so nice.
The Pier Show (June 30)
Fan video and video from very very far away (for some reason this is interesting to me; imbibing with out paying…so fun!). Cher was reported to debut the song from the new album, "Take it Like a Man."
Today I noticed there is a reported album leak with the following track listing:
1. Woman’s World
2. Take it Like a Man
3. Dressed to Kill
4. Lie to Me
5. Pride
6. Red
7. I Walk Alone
8. Beautiful Vampire
I didn't download the album myself because (I'm not that innocent), I was afraid of a virus.
Coming Up
SiriusXM Town Hall Interview
"Full piece will air on Thursday, July 4, at 10:00 am ET, via satellite on The
Blend, channel 16, and Thursday, July 4 at 2:00 pm ET on Studio 54
Radio, channel 54, and through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App on
smartphones and other connected devices, as well as online at
siriusxm.com. For rebroadcast times, please visit www.siriusxm.com/townhall"
July 4th on NBC
Cher News reports Cher will appear on NBC's 'Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular' TV special.
So it's summer here in Santa Fe (obviously) and we've been going through a nasty heat wave that broke a few days ago. Just came across this picture of Sonny & Cher in their pool from an early publicity session. Love this picture on so many levels, least of which because I'm hot and don't have a pool handy.
CherNews and CherWorld have been posting some good stuff in the last few days. Tomorrow is single release day for "Woman's World" and she will sing on The Voice tomorrow night. She will also be doing a LiveStream interview before The Voice at 6:15 PST: http://new.livestream.com/cher. Apparently, You can ask questions for this special event by sending them directly to Cher on twitter by using the hashtag #Cherlivestream.
CherNews also culls from Cher's tweets that the failure of Lady Gaga's "The Greatest Thing" duet had more to do with Lady Gaga not liking it than Cher. Producer RedOne was set to redo it as a solo track but "dropped the ball," went "MIA" and please direct your ire at him, tyvm. According to tweets, the album will have 11-16 songs (sweet!) and there are duets with Pink and Jake Shears and a mystery duet on the album.
Of course I have many fantasies concerning Cher's mystery duet. In fact, I have fantasized about an all-chick duet album with Cher as a feminist version of all those insipid Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett duet albums. I also fantasize about a John Waite duet and more Tom Jones duets.
CherNews also reports that Cher and William Shatner are sharing friendly tweets which is sooo awesome because it is another fantasy of mine to see Shatner interview Cher for his Raw Nerve show (if that show is even still running). His interview questions are so much more interesting than anyone elses.
Believe me, the Cher-duet-interview-fantasy factory is alive and well here at Cher Scholar Institutes. Oh and Cher expressed interest in fellow Ellen Show guest Theresa Caputo, saying she reminded Cher of Sonny's mom and other loud and lovable family members of his. I keep getting Caputo (the Long Island Medium) confused with psychic Kim Russo who does The Haunting Of…" show with celebrities. I've never thought about it before but a nice new Cher fantasy would be to see her appear on Russo's show so we could continue to connect with Cher's long lost loved ones.
CherNews also resports from Europe that:
The 'Burlesque' soundtrack album has shot to number one on the iTunes
Soundtrack Albums charts in Austria, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland
after the film was aired on television in Central Europe. The
soundtrack album was also spotted back at number one on iTunes
Soundtrack Albums chart in Japan, where it is certified Gold for 100,000
shipments.
Cher keeps on cookin' out there.
So while we're cooling our heels waiting for the new Cher single to be released this month, I came across some good video of Cher on the UTubes.
Cher on CNN
I caught up with a whole array of Cherness on CNN:
– Cher on Larry King (1999) circa "Believe," Tea with Mussolini and discussing Sonny's funeral (part 1 and part 2)
– Footage I hadn't seen about Cher's single with Eros Ramazzotti (2001); how they came to make the record together
– Cher calls CNN to talk about Hurricaine Katrina, feeling the same helplessness we all did but with some extra money to help out (2005).
– Cher calls CNN to talk about the death of Michael Jackson (summer 2009) and her experiences working with him; how hard it was to learn the Jackson Five dance for her Cher TV show, how Michael loved her beaded socks.
– Cher continues to talk that night about Farah Fawcett (summer 2009). "This chick was holding on to thin air and still had a great attitude."
Dolls
– Cher Scholar JefRey sent around this clip: a French commercial for the Mego Cher doll. Mr. Cher Scholar thinks the commercial is from Quebec. He said the accent sounded unusual to him and we figure the Cher shows would be more meaningful to Canadians than to the French. Mr. Cher Scholar translates the commercial jingle as follows:
"That's Cher! [John laughed at the beginning because in French 'Cher' means both 'dear and, in 'slang, expensive… so it sounds like the little girl is exclaiming "That's expensive!"] The doll with long hair; the doll with elegant clothes, that doll that you can braid, wardrobe for all occasions. Thirty-two ensembles sold sseparately. Cher is sold with everything on the screen. Cool! [John was confused by the accent over the very last word which he guessed it meant divine or wonderful or cool.]
– Cher peforms (circa 1966) "Mama" with all those creepy dolls at what looks like a staged doll factory. Far from being creeped out, Cher looks pretty blaze about it all.
Cher Concert Openings
Although Cher did video for her 1978-9 Take Me Home shows, the big opening video I remember is from Heart of Stone tour. It's fuzzy but you get a sense in the jump in polish from concert videos made from 1989 to 2008. This opening is just a collage of clips as opposed to a remix of music and clips. The first video opening at Caesars Colosseum.
What's great about these openings (whatever version they take) is not just how well they familiarize nonfans with Cher's 4-decade oeuvre, but how much excitement they build up before Cher makes her entrances.I love how the second one is a lovely mashup of "Believe," "I Got You Babe," "Dark Lady," Gypsies Tramps and Thieves," "Song for the Lonely" and "The Beat Goes On."
European Interviews
– Wetten Dass (German) interview from 1995, part 1 and part 2 and part 3 (she sings a O Holy Night in German!!).
– Wetten Dass from 1999.
– Sanremo (Italian) interview with audience from 1999.
Cher was seen at LAX on here way to Russia at the end of May (pic here; Rob in Michigan correctly stated she looked like a Ramone in those pics). To the left, we see her returning via LAX. Fans find her hot to trot in those tight pants. I saw this and was worried she hadn't eaten anything in Russia.
CherWorld has a good set of pictures and video of her performance in Russia, which are great because you can hear Russian fans cheering, talking and singing along.
Cher Digs For Sale
What would a three-to-four year period be without a former Cher residence not going up for sale? I imagine a strange Chertopia forming, where every house in the western world is bought by Cher and redesigned to be resold looking Mediterranean, medieval, middle-eastern or in some way Cher like. A homogeneous Levittown-cum-Chertown.
Just look at those Cher windows and tell me I'm wrong!
Cher is now selling her two-story remodeled condo in Sierra Towers in LA, ending her relationship with a residence along the lines of a similar pattern: she met it, bought it, changed it over (dating phase), photographed herself in it for Architectural Digest (wedding photos), and then decided they should both see other people, hopefully with a net gain for herself of 1 million dollars.
Allegedly her condo is the only two-story condo in the building, with neighbors such at Courtney Cox, Elton John and Joan Collins. She bought it in 2006 for $4.5 million and is listing it at $5.5 million.
If you're interested in moving in, the building boasts a 24/7 concierge service, a gym, a pool, a sundeck and her condo has panoramic views.
Stories:
- http://www.hauteliving.com/2013/02/cher-selling-west-hollywood-duplex-for-5.5-million/341964/
- http://chernews.blogspot.com/2013/02/cher-has-listed-hollywood-condominium.html
Chaz Diet
In other news, Contactnews is reporting that Cher's son Chaz has lost 43 pounds. From the picture, it appears to be true: http://www.contactmusic.com/news/chaz-bono-loses-43-pounds-on-health-kick_3513240
The photo caption claims Chaz is walking with his girl friend. She looks strikingly similar to Heidi Shink. If so, are they dating again or did the caption mean to say girl [space] friend?
Hot Rock Star Ex-Wives
The site Ultimate Classic Rock has named Cher one of the Hottest Rock Star Ex-Wives: http://ultimateclassicrock.com/cher-hottest-rockstar-ex-wives/
…although they admit she's "a legend in her own right." This is a nice nod coming from a classic rock site, I think. Did you know Allman has now racked up 6 wives? As Mother to Cher Scholar would say to Mr. Allman if she ever met him with this factoid, "maybe it's you."
The picture to the right is from the Richard Avedon photos that became the cover of her Dark Lady album in 1974, a year before she met Gregg Allman, before she was to become the ex-girlfriend of David Geffen. I look forward to the list that accumulates the hottest gay beards.
On Twitter, Cher posted the photos of her recent contest winners. What a bunch of lovely faces!
See all the photos by visiting Cher World, Cher News and more video set photos on Cher's own Instagram page!
The winners of last week's Facebook contest were announced and Cher News has been tracking the tweets of joy and the tweets of despair from those fans who did not make the random cut.
- http://chernews.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-twitter-contest-is-still-on.html
- http://chernews.blogspot.com/2013/01/contest-news-round-up-new-winners.html
Zombies will be zombies after all. Sadly, they always want flesh.
But seriously, don't the drama queens ruin it for the rest of us. Just like Jessica Lange emoted in the early part of this season's American Horror Story in her Oscar winning Bostonian accent after the inmates abused a good thing, "Movie night is over for the foreseeable futcha!"
Will Cher continue to provide contests if the contestants lose their minds? She certainly doesn't need to.
Interestingly related to this, I've been saving up quotes on fame for my next Cher Zine and I've just found a treasure trove of good Oscar Wilde ones. Yesterdays find is apropos for the situations of these upset fans:
"It is a very unimaginative nature that only cares for people on their pedestals."
I always thought the phrase "get a life" was too harsh and slightly inaccurate. How does one lose a life after all other than to "drop dead." The better encouragement may be, "please start to care about other things."
If you continue to rent the fates for not delivering up your name in a Facebook contest, life is nothing but suffering ahead for you.
On the bright side of obsession, one obsessed fan contributed a winning bid of $5,700 to ensure meeting Cher, funds which will go to the Cher Charitable Foundation and the maintenance of the Shikimana School in Kenya. How often is it that nice and needy Kenyans get the opportunity to appreciate Americans for our celebrity obsessions?
Cher and her peeps have devised a contest to fly in fans to meet her and attend the taping of her "Woman's World" video. Originally the contest was to be a Twitter scroll random pick sort of thing.
But you know…lawyers get involved and the thing gets mired in legalese.
It's a pretty sweet contest and there are a few ways to win: bid your way to the top (you richie ditchies) or enter the random pick. According to the official rulz, if you bid:
"the funds raised from this auction will go directly to the maintenance
of the Shikimana School in Kenya which Cher built two years ago under
the auspices of The Cher Charitable Foundation. The school educates
young children in need and provides medical help and nutritional meals
for the students. The Shikimana School also acts as a community center."
If you are part of the underclass, like me, you can still throw your hat in the ring for a free trip to Los Angeles and time to hob knob on the video set with Cher. Pretty nice, huh?
Cher World breaks it all down nicely.
Or you can go directly to the Facebook page to enter: https://apps.facebook.com/womansworldwin/contests/310497. God forbid, if you don't have a Facebook account by now you must join.
My husband refuses to do this, even for a chance of meeting Cher.
Cher Zombies, you have until Thursday, Dec 17 at 3:00pm PST to enter. God speed.
