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Cher will be on Entertainment Tonight tonight Thursday February 4. For a sneak peak, visit Cher World: http://www.cherworld.com/news/?p=977
Cher: “We are having a great time but don’t make us prove it!”
According to Cher World you can also now pre-order a photo book of the movie! Whoo hoo! With a foreward by Cher. Ooooh Cher Goodies!! I am so psyched!
Get more info here: http://www.cherworld.com/news/?p=967
We’re all very excited about the appearance on The Golden Globes last Sunday (the Associated Press’ big to-do every year). Cher looked mahvelous. Below are some of the blog comments from the event. I notice we are back in a period of public Cher love these days, which is nice. Even the snarky bloggers who crack the plastic surgery jokes ad nauseum still can’t hide their appreciation for Cher right now.
This blogger thought she could have worn something more shocking as she does.
“I think you look pretty good, actually. But still, you know, CHER-Y. I mean, you are outrageous. This is actually pretty low key for you. You could have gone way crazier.”
This blogger reminded us that Cher mis-pronounced Michael Giacchino’s name, which reminded me of the Oscars presentation back in the 70s. Didn't Cher mispronouncing Marvin Hamlisch’s name? And by some fateful coincidence, Hamlisch was a nominee in her presentation category again 30 years later. It’s like that faux pas could have happened again!
“Best original score and original song presenter Cher (below, with Christina Aguilera), mangled the name of best score winner Michael Giacchino (for Up), calling him "Michael Giancino," while Felicity Huffman, of both Desperate Housewives and Transamerica, made a funny mess of her Hollywood Foreign Press Association announcement. "This was not at all how it was gonna go," she exclaimed at one point, before telling the audience and the millions of television viewers that the HFPA has donated "$10 million to film-related charities."
I have to agree with this blogger below. But who am I to say? Maybe one of them needed emotional support from a sistah that night.
“Burlesque co-stars Cher and Christina Aguilera. They even held hands! So adorable. And weird.”
In a blog bashing Demi Moore:
“In sharp contrast, immortal singing sensation, Cher, managed to get herself to the event to co-present with Christina Aguilera. The undead Cher look remarkably life-life in her burlesque-inspired gown, which showed off just the right amount of reconstituted flesh.”
I love “immortal singing sensation” on so many levels.
A shopping blog? From here come some good details on the fashion.
“Cher went a big goth with a black gown featuring a laced up asymmetrical neckline. Her hair
and makeup were especially pretty. Christina looked stunning with her new bob, subdued makeup and a peach Versace chiffon gown with fitted bodice. Christina accessorized with jewelry by Webster and a clutch by Judith Lieber.”
Lotta pics here: http://www.cherworld.com/cherphotos/thumbnails.php?
Video of the presentation: http://www.cherworld.com/news/?p=948
Video of an after -arty interview http://www.cherworld.com/news/?p=954
The last picture looks like Christina shows real affection for Cher.
Can I just say, the site Cher World rocks.
First things first: Cher will be a presenter this Sunday on the Golden Globes: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9511158
Don't miss it.
Next, there's very exciting news for Cher fans right now on the movie front.
Movies are coming! Movies are coming!
Let's take an inventory. According to imdb, Drop Out is still in pre-production and not much information has been assembled on it (hmmm–not good news.) But Zookeeper is already in post-production with a release date of Oct 8! Yipee!
And Burlesque is filming even as we speak.
Last week, film action was seen on the streets of Hollywood with pictures and video posted on the Internet immediately. It has the looks of unwanted paparazzi. Which brings us to an interesting point: Cher is making movies now in the hyper-media blogging age. Filming a scene on the street now is hard to hide. Internet news cycles now provide near-real time sneak peaks into things.
I can’t imagine this scenario during the filming of Witches of Eastwick (by the way, what happened
to this orgiastic scene from the movie? Does anybody ever wonder where this still came from?). As it turned out, I was visiting my brother in Massachusetts when Witches was soon to be in production there. The locals were the only ones who knew of upcoming filming dates because extras were being sought. I don't know if filming ever happened there (people from Wicca created a fuss), but I felt like such an insider for knowing even that measly piece of information. Much has changed.
Here are many shots of Cher on Burlesque filming January 7:
What's your vote on that jacket?
Below is actual video from the filming:
http://x17online.com/celebrities/cher/cher_goes_burlesque_with_kristen_bell-01082010.php
The release date for Burlesque is November 24, which is earlier than the previous estimate of 2011. Let's hope everything goes well.
I just want to say…this movie is full of the beautiful people.
Okay, maybe not Alan Cumming.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/135764-Cumming-Bell-and-Gallagher-Join-Burlesque-Movie-Musical
Kristen Bell finds working with Cher and Aquilera spicy! Might turn lesbian.
Stay tuned.
http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/42564310.html
In other news, Cher will make an appearance on the Golden Globes with Aguilera Sunday January 17:
Who will wear the more shocking outfit and hair-do??
As Sonny says in Good Times, everyone's a critic today!
Seriously, mostly people sigh wistfully for the woebegone days of Cher’s fake-nakedness. This guy, Johnny Dee, blames Cher for the slutty stylings of today. But we all know pop culture was slutifying long before Cher came along with her navel-sequins and scandalous arm pits.
Porn meets pop: Cher has a lot to answer for
How did a basque and fishnets become the uniform of girlie pop? It all started in 1989…
Here’s a great clip of Liza on The Craig Ferguson Show. Okay where have I been? This guy is freaking funny! Liza says Cher is freaking funny. It all comes full circle.
Great, great interview (even if it didn’t gush about Cher).
http://wickedgayblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/wicked-cool-liza-discusses-gays-cher.html
Besides "Walking in Memphis" mashups, here’s something else I love to death, Sonny & Cher singing "Stagger Lee" on The S&C Comedy Hour. I used to play this song over and over on my cassette player (as recently as 2002 when I was still walking around Marina del Rey with my walkman and my old dog Helga (RIP). I adore the S&C version. It’s so 70s-cool.
My bf and I (with the help of the video-editing skillz of my father) are making videos for our wedding reception. Lots of wedding drama ensued this week – both good and bad – from guest-list drama, to invitation-envelope drama, to dress drama. Meanwhile, my bf and his mom are picking through Mickey Gilley songs for their special dance (Gilley is his moms fav artist and she goes to see him in Branson all the time).
To get a video started, my dad sent me Gilley’s version of “Bring it On Home to Me” which I love and wish they would dance to. However, my bf is stuck on "A Room Full of Roses" but this is kind of a depressing song and his mother prefers "True Love Ways."
Listening to them all I came across Gilley’s version of "Stagger Lee" which reminded me to look up and see who all recorded it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagger_Lee_(song)It’s). It's allegedly based on a true story about a cab-driving murderer from, of all places, St. Louis, Missouri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagger_Lee_Shelton.
Anyway, the S&C show version ROCKS and I wish there was a YouTube clip o that.
You may have heard that Adam Lambert did not win American Idol last night. He came in second to the very likable Kris Allen. However, Adam remains the blazing star of the show, even in Kris’ estimation.
See? That’s how nice Kris is.
Time Magazine recently published an article about how Idol has produced many singers who can sing perfectly pleasant songs, but Adam is idol’s very first star. In fact, they called him the Un-Idol.
Adam has a kind of Cher-like quality about him, not just because he blew “Believe” out of the water during Hollywood week. The guy is just full throttle and there’s this sense of fulfilled theatrical promise about him. He was strategically polished for an Idol contestant, which made him an almost unfair competitor in this decidedly amateur show. His versatility was engaging. He could do soul, alt-country, torch and then fire his pipes like an 80s glam rocker, a reincarnated Freddie Mercury.
But I think in some sense he was my fantasy of what fully-fulfilled Cher singer could be – had she embraced a 100% torch theatricality that the splendid Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour solos only hinted at.
This article by Mary Zeiher catalogs his key performances on the show (including a slam on Cher’s performance of "Believe").
“Adam Lambert American Idol performance #2: Remember in Hollywood Week when he sang Cher's "Believe"? When I heard what he was going to sing, I immediately thought "Oh, we are done with Adam Lambert. No one can do that song well. Cher doesn't even do that song well." But again he out-shone the competition.”
I actually disagree with her assessment and think although I don't love the song, Cher does as well as anyone with it.
On a related note, Bette Midler had something nice to say about (gasp!) Cher and then something a bit odd to say about Adam Lambert:
If he doesn't win American Idol, Midler doesn't think it means homophobia has reared its ugly, discriminatory head. "Don't take it as a slap in the face if you're a gay person," she said. "I pray that people don't get pissed off."
(Well, Adam did really well in this year's Idol competition so I don’t see evidence of widespread homophobia in American voters, who are every day skewing more tolerant in national polls on gay issues. I guess Family First-types could be behind all the Kris votes… but man, what a pathetic waste of time that would be, dudes.)
On Cher —
"I saw her show, and it was unbelievable," Midler gushes. "It was absolutely terrific. I had a great time. She looked great, sounded great and gave it her all. And I got a photograph with her, so I'm happy."
Is she fer real?
I need to rephrase that: this is the boring story that would not die. Cher swore on TV. First it wasn’t okay; then it was okay; now it’s not okay again. I’ve culled the pertinent details (in my estimation anyway) from the USA Today story by Joan Biskupic:
“A Supreme Court ruling Tuesday that upholds a prohibition of expletive outbursts on broadcast originated with a case over an appearance by Cher at the 2002 Fox Billboard Music Awards show in Las Vegas.”
“A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a federal prohibition on the one-time use of expletives in a case arising partly from an expletive uttered by Cher at a Billboard Music Awards show in 2002. The ruling, by a 5-4 vote and written by Justice Antonin Scalia, endorsed a Bush administration Federal Communications Commission policy against isolated outbursts of, as Scalia said from the bench, the "f-word" and "s-word." The ruling does not resolve a lingering First Amendment challenge to the 2004 policy that is likely to be subject to further lower court proceedings. Tuesday's decision reversed a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit that had said the FCC's decision to sanction "fleeting expletives" was arbitrary and capricious under federal law.
[I hear “fleeting expletives” and I think of a cartoon of a sprinting “foul” word.]
That lower court had agreed with Fox Television Stations, which broadcast the Billboard awards, that such isolated utterances are not as potentially harmful to viewers as are other uses of sexual and excretory expressions long deemed "indecent" and banned by federal regulators. Dissenting were liberal Justices John Paul Stevens, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer. In a statement by Breyer, signed by the others, they said the FCC "failed adequately to explain why it changed its indecency policy from a policy permitting a single 'fleeting use' of an expletive, to a policy that made no such exception."
The policy dispute had been shrouded by partisan differences and moral overtones of what is best for young viewers.
[Yeah but what’s new?]
For quite some time there has been a ton of links clogging up my blog to-do list. I’m just gonna throw them all up here now just so I can move on with my life. You can link wherever strikes your fancy. My take for must see items have a star (or two) next to them.
Cher’s last words on her farewell tour:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxoKm81YzeQ&NR=1
**S&C Bible ad revisited:
http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/1207/lol-sonny-and-cher (This is actually hilarious. Remember this bible ad from posts back? In this version, people have written in funny comments in S&C's thought bubbles – don’t skip the comments below either.)
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