{"id":851,"date":"2018-03-08T12:58:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T12:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/cher-on-the-verge\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T08:17:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T15:17:02","slug":"cher-on-the-verge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/2018\/03\/cher-on-the-verge\/","title":{"rendered":"Cher On the Verge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cherscholar.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01bb09f9ca00970d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chermama22\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef01bb09f9ca00970d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01bb09f9ca00970d-300wi.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 300px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Chermama22\" \/><\/a>Between last November and today, lots of Cher news has happened, is happening. These days I feel like my posts are just roll-up lists of links. It\u2019s kind of amazing (and daunting), but all these major categories below are all in play right now, not only with new stuff but the constant consumption and evaluation of old stuff! It&#39;s like her career is rolling up on itself. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Movies &amp; Music<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new movie,&#0160; <em>Mama Mia 2,<\/em> is set to open July 20, 2018. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I still have yet to see <em>MM1.<\/em> And I bet everyone has seen this already but here is <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cH9BMK1bIwY\">the trailer<\/a>.&#0160; <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christine Baranski recently talked about working with Cher on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DrVp4QTU0ak\">Live with Kelly &amp; Ryan<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Cher apparently sings &quot;Super Trooper&quot; (with the cast) and &quot;Fernando&quot; (solo). I got overly excited about this news last week. I love ABBA and I also love imagining Cher singing improbable covers; but to put these two interests together never entered my head, even after it was announced Cher would be the movie. Either I\u2019m very preoccupied right now (which is true) or this was a big imagination fail on my part. I still can\u2019t really picture Cher singing ABBA. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More stories:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/news\/mamma-mia-2-trailer-here-we-go-again-meryl-streep-whos-back-cher-lily-james-a8121806.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Independent<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2018\/03\/the-good-fight-season-2-christine-baranski-interview.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vulture<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cherscholar.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b7c9568c16970b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mamma-mia-Ci-risiamo-1280x500\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b7c9568c16970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b7c9568c16970b-650wi.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 650px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Mamma-mia-Ci-risiamo-1280x500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Old Movies: Here&#39;s a story about &quot;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/moonstruck-nailed-italian-americans-cher-photos\/\">How <em>Moonstruck<\/em> got Italian Americans right<\/a>.&quot; I was just in a new book club at a local tea room a few weeks ago and met a couple, Irv and Di, who had retired to Albuquerque from New York City and I asked them what movie they thought best captured New York City. The husband said he had never thought about that before and asked me what I thought and I said I didn&#39;t really know but that <em>Moonstruck<\/em> perfectly captured the Italian landlords I once had in Yonkers. He heartily agreed about <em>Moonstruck <\/em>and then came up with &quot;Crossing Delancy&quot; and &quot;The Chosen.&quot; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cherscholar.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b7c95681b6970b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: right;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Moonstruck-Cinderella-at-the-Ball\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b7c95681b6970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b7c95681b6970b-300wi.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 300px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"Moonstruck-Cinderella-at-the-Ball\" \/><\/a>Bill Maher also mentioned <em>Moonstruck<\/em> in his February 16 episode as part of his New Rules segment covering conflicting messages men get about women from popular movies. Basically Maher was saying women seem to want more aggressiveness from men in movies, judging by the latest movies that are popular with women. In fact, women seem to want sexual advances from men outside of movies too, but only from those particular men they want advances from and not from the ones they don\u2019t want them from. Arguably, this is an unsaid truth of the #metoo movement. And the obvious problem, Maher says, is that men don\u2019t know which of these categories they fall under. Another unfortunate truth. Who can argue that human relationships confuse and contradict easy political solutions. Yeah, it sucks\u2026and it sucks for everybody including women making advances and gay or bisexual men and men women trying to figure out who\u2019s allowed to make advances to whom. Maher then lists some popular movies among women, movies with problematic plot lines such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrying your boss <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stalking is romantic <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I hate you and then I love you \u2026and he lists <em>Moonstruck<\/em> here. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And this list was very upsetting to me only because <em>Moonstruck<\/em> was the only movie I recognized! What are all these movies about even? So I can only speak for <em>Moonstruck<\/em>, a screenplay written by a man and directed by another man. So, clearly the story is a male idea. Women may have liked it (although I don\u2019t remember that) but women certainly didn\u2019t like it as much as they liked <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em> that year, (I had the unfortunate experience of working in a video store then&#0160; and can&#39;t begin to describe the absolute frenzy surrounding the lack of enough VHS rentals for that movie), or <em>Thelma and Louise<\/em> a few years later. I particularly liked <em>Adventures in Babysitting<\/em> at the time even though I had never babysat in my life and babysitting seemed as scary as the movie confirmed it would be. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But in any case, even if recent mainstream movies with un-PC plot lines have been popular among women lately, it\u2019s not like we&#39;ve had a lot of space on the marquee lately, in between all the apocalyptic and superhero titles. And if you punch in \u201cpopular movies for women\u201d on Google, you get none of those mysterious movies on Maher\u2019s list. \u201cLegally Blonde\u201d pops up first, followed by \u201cSense and Sensibility,\u201d \u201cChocolate,\u201d \u201cJulie &amp; Julia\u201d (there\u2019s not even a love story in there, is there?), \u201cYou\u2019ve Got Mail\u201d (I should really see that one), \u201cMiss Congeniality,\u201d and \u201cRomy &amp; Michele\u2019s High School Reunion\u201d among others. The only truly disturbing title on the list is \u201cPretty Woman.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nyway, this is not a new conundrum really. Alan Parson\u2019s Project wrote a dramatic song about it in 1979, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QkqAEjZfVv8\">a song I sometimes fantasize Cher will someday cover.<\/a> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QkqAEjZfVv8\"><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And since I\u2019m on the topic of random songs I\u2019d like Cher to cover, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4eh2cHEhI94\">guilty pleasure song<\/a> is on the short list too. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4eh2cHEhI94\"><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m not proposing Cher should make it with an over-emoted, shirtless video. But it\u2019s inspiring in its way and sometimes very helpful messages come in over-the-top six-packages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other music stuff:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I found this brilliant video of what Cher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LFaeZXN_mqQ&amp;list=PL397F12F5E380FE7D\">sounded like to us when we were seven years old and had shitty record players<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And recently, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/movies\/moviesnow\/la-en-mn-gold-standard-oscars-nominations-animation-song-score-20171206-story.html\"><em>The Los Angeles Times<\/em> opined<\/a> that if Cher\u2019s song &quot;Prayers for this World&quot; was nominated, we could enjoy Cher dazzling us all on the red carpet this year.&#0160; <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/movies\/moviesnow\/la-en-mn-gold-standard-oscars-nominations-animation-song-score-20171206-story.html\"><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But then nominations came out and the song was not nominated. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember that Cher track on that recent Wu Tang Clan album that sleazy pharmaceutical guy Martin Shkreli bought in 2015 for two million and wouldn\u2019t share with anyone? Well, he\u2019s about to lose it to the U.S. government which means we might someday hear it: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/noisey.vice.com\/en_uk\/article\/bj543d\/cher-wu-tang-clan-u-god-album-2018\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/noisey.vice.com\/en_uk\/article\/bj543d\/cher-wu-tang-clan-u-god-album-2018.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cherscholar.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2e0ce23970c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: right;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scsanremomariannefaithful\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2e0ce23970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2e0ce23970c-300wi.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 300px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"Scsanremomariannefaithful\" \/><\/a>A<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nd here\u2019s a thing! A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AvKu_4s6E5c\">video for &quot;Il Cammino Di Ogni Speranza<\/a>,&quot; the song Sonny &amp; Cher sang during the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Remo festival of 1967<\/span>. They met Marianne Faithful for the first time at that festival (see right).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Covers of Cher:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judy Hill from the band Girl recently posted videos of the performances she did at CherCon 2002 at the now-demolished Riviera in Las Vegas:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D3M85ZW2K58\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D3M85ZW2K58<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (&quot;Beautiful Story&quot;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sFMof8102U4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sFMof8102U4<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (&quot;All I Ever Need Is You&quot;)<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wnMLJkXecJs\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wnMLJkXecJs\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wnMLJkXecJs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (&quot;Dark Lady&quot;)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her band&#39;s Facebook page: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/girlrocksyourworld\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/girlrocksyourworld\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>C<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">her Scholar Michael forwarded me this great clip of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hJob9iuKdYY&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Liza Minelli singing \u201cYou\u2019d Better Sit Down Kids<\/a>.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Television<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cherscholar.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2e0cd93970c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: right;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cherfire\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2e0cd93970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2e0cd93970c-300wi.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 300px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"Cherfire\" \/><\/a>Cher, along with other artists, did <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2018\/01\/watch-cher-snoop-dogg-and-a-former-presidential-candidate-audition-for-the-audiobook-of-fire-and-fury.html\">a video for the Grammys<\/a> spoofing readings of the book about Trump, <em>Fire and Fury<\/em>. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cher-scholar Tyler then reminded us that in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1966 Sonny &amp; Cher were nominees for best new artists along with Herman&#39;s Hermits, They Byrds, Marilyn Made and Tom Jones (who won).<\/span>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cher scholar Tyler also found a clip of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iEvqdlX4Jsc\">Sonny &amp; Cher enduring comments about their hipness<\/a> on <em>The Carol Burnett Show<\/em>. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Broadway, Las Vegas, Australia &amp; Old Concerts<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/arts.theaureview.com\/reviews\/apparently-you-can-turn-back-time-experiencing-cher-in-las-vegas\/\">Experiencing Cher in Las Vegas<\/a>&quot; by Naomi Gall: &quot;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only was she worth travelling half way around the world to see but I\u2019d do it all again \u2013 in a heartbeat.&quot;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>An article in the&#0160;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/12\/14\/donna-summer-musical-producers-are-scared-of-cher\/\"><em>New York Post<\/em><\/a> about how the producers of the new Donna Summer musical are worried about the opening of the Cher musical. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There was also an open call for the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Broadway Cher show. Cher scholar <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laura P. sent me this list of characters with descriptions from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exploretalent.com\/auditions\/theatre-equity-union-1974wk-the-cher-show-new-york-ny-10018_1562123#.WjKsKlNlBaS\">Broadway casting site<\/a>. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The show has a new logo and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SuKDATzha84\">early commercial<\/a>. Tickets also just went on sale for the Chicago pre-shows. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#0160;It feels very meta, how they recognize Cher as a process. I like it! Here&#39;s a story about<a href=\"https:\/\/broadway.news\/2018\/03\/06\/designer-behind-art-cher-show-tootsie\/\"> the designer behind the logo<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>C<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">her scholar Tyler also found me this clipping about Sonny &amp; Cher\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reporternews.com\/story\/news\/local\/2017\/12\/09\/day-sonny-and-cher-hit\/930519001\/\">visit to Abilene Texas<\/a> for a concert in 1967.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reporternews.com\/story\/news\/local\/2017\/12\/09\/day-sonny-and-cher-hit\/930519001\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cherscholar.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2e0cebd970c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: right;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Australia2\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2e0cebd970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2e0cebd970c-300wi.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 300px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"Australia2\" \/><\/a>The big story last week was Cher&#39;s trip to <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia for the Sydney Gay Mardis Gras: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etonline.com\/cher-71-looks-like-the-queen-of-coachella-after-landing-in-sydney-97265\">Her arrival<\/a> (E! Online)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/national\/2018\/02\/28\/10\/22\/cher-arrives-sydney-for-mardi-gras-40th-anniversary\">Her arrival<\/a> (9 News)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/entertainment\/cher-on-why-trump-blocked-her-on-twitter-hating-her-age-playing-mardi-gras-and-her-fave-emoticon\/news-story\/7a64dd007474e431ca9a94f79e77d729\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interviews<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-5450189\/Cher-reveals-really-feels-gay-icon.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily Mail Story<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-5457475\/Cher-makes-debut-Sydneys-Gay-Lesbian-Mardi-Gras.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another Daily Mail Story<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DyBAcRn19i48&amp;h=ATPWDnDts_xiqIHehA6Ufz9t-gTZM14tLOV1efS1dERPkEA-yVQtlMnwm9JNGJwIh7xkY24wxwZiACF380KUoHR5SoCeWjAFe5lakAq8_cNS9Q5le7LFjSIvtBAi6TGPKX3_GA\">Joel Creasey Interviews Cher At The 2018 Sydney Gay Mardi Gras<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/entertainment\/chers-glittering-appearance-at-sydney-mardi-gras-ahead-of-performance\/news-story\/1fd994a804cff1ffd6e0f5d90f8f0e5e\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surprise crowd appearance<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecourier.com.au\/story\/5262317\/pop-star-cher-wows-mardi-gras-parade\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cher at the parade<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ftDh-zOt6oE\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Radio interview <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V-cDCa7M2lE\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 20 minute show<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/topics\/sexuality\/mardigras\/article\/2018\/03\/04\/internet-going-wild-chers-mardi-gras-set\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience reaction to the show<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V-cDCa7M2lE\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/topics\/sexuality\/mardigras\/article\/2018\/03\/04\/internet-going-wild-chers-mardi-gras-set\"><\/a>Style<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More Cher style retrospectives:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twixnmix.tumblr.com\/post\/165554220586\/cher-photographed-by-douglas-kirkland-for-people\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/twixnmix.tumblr.com\/post\/165554220586\/cher-photographed-by-douglas-kirkland-for-people<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (thanks Tyler)<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/people.com\/style\/cher-airport-style-outfits\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.com\/style\/cher-airport-style-outfits\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/people.com\/style\/cher-airport-style-outfits\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (thanks Michael) <br \/>&quot;She\u2019s been a fashion trailblazer throughout her career, championing bold looks well before they became mainstay trends.&quot;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The influence of Cher\u2019s 1970s met gala dress: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/people.com\/style\/cher-style-icon\/sheer-met-gala-dress\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/people.com\/style\/cher-style-icon\/sheer-met-gala-dress<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every year for the past few years Cher has been selling Christmas merch on her website. For some reason this year that made news in <em>Vogue<\/em> and <em>Good Housekeeping<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/fashion-runway-cher-holiday-merch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/fashion-runway-cher-holiday-merch<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.co.uk\/news\/cher-christmas-merchandise\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.co.uk\/news\/cher-christmas-merchandise<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My friend Julie got me the &quot;Ho Ho Bitches&quot; ornament this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And like <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Linda on <em>Bob\u2019s Burgers<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ew.com\/tv\/2017\/10\/26\/this-is-us-milo-ventimiglia-mandy-moore-sonny-cher\/\">Mandy Moore dressed up like Cher for Halloween<\/a> on her show.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Activism<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cher\u2019s animal group made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-8rcRkdS164&amp;feature=em-subs_digest\">a video about Animals in Captivity<\/a>.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-8rcRkdS164&amp;feature=em-subs_digest\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spokesman.com\/stories\/2018\/jan\/24\/singer-actress-cher-endorses-idaho-lawmaker-for-go\/#\/0\">She endorsed an Idaho politician<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spokesman.com\/stories\/2018\/jan\/24\/singer-actress-cher-endorses-idaho-lawmaker-for-go\/#\/0\"><\/a>She spoke at the January Women&#39;s March in Las Vegas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/01\/21\/us\/women-march-cher-trnd\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/01\/21\/us\/women-march-cher-trnd\/index.html<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NowThisHer\/videos\/1198792883584918\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NowThisHer\/videos\/1198792883584918\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/cher-tells-women-rallying-las-vegas-time-step\/story?id=52520391\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/cher-tells-women-rallying-las-vegas-time-step\/story?id=52520391<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cher helped produce the short film <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Edith &amp; Eddie<\/em> which was <a href=\"http:\/\/ew.com\/awards\/2018\/01\/23\/oscars-2018-nominations\/\">nominated<\/a> for an Academy Award for best short documentary film. <em>Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405<\/em> won. Here&#39;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/166305880\">trailer for that interesting one<\/a> about an LA artist named Mindy Alper. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More stories about <em>Edith and Eddie<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kartemquin.com\/news\/cher-joins-editheddie-as-executive-producer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.kartemquin.com\/news\/cher-joins-editheddie-as-executive-producer<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ew.com\/awards\/2018\/01\/23\/oscars-2018-nominations\/\"><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editheddie.com\/filmmakers\/\">https:\/\/www.editheddie.com\/filmmakers\/<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>House &amp; Cars<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sonny &amp; Cher house in Bel Air on&#0160;Carrolwood is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/8150279\/sonny-and-chers-former-house-at-center-of-alleged-ponzi-scheme\">part of a Ponzi scheme<\/a> controversy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/8150279\/sonny-and-chers-former-house-at-center-of-alleged-ponzi-scheme\"><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordmuscle.com\/news\/sonny-chers-george-barris-stangs-up-for-auction\/\"> Sonny &amp; Cher\u2019s famous mustangs are back on sale<\/a>. They go on sale so often, I\u2019m convinced they must be haunted by Sonny. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordmuscle.com\/news\/sonny-chers-george-barris-stangs-up-for-auction\/\"><\/a>Peripherals<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 1970s girl band Fanny has been making news again with a reunion record! <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/02\/14\/585422387\/songs-we-love-fanny-walked-the-earth-lured-away\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/02\/14\/585422387\/songs-we-love-fanny-walked-the-earth-lured-away<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2018\/mar\/01\/fanny-behind-the-reunion-of-a-groundbreaking-all-female-rock-band\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2018\/mar\/01\/fanny-behind-the-reunion-of-a-groundbreaking-all-female-rock-band<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Thanks to Michael and Mr. Cher Scholar for those links.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two-time Cher co-star John Mahoney (<em>Suspect<\/em> and <em>Moonstruck<\/em>) recently passed away. Read his <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/postscript\/a-tribute-to-john-mahoney-an-actor-we-thought-we-knew\">New York Times obit<\/a><\/em>.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/postscript\/a-tribute-to-john-mahoney-an-actor-we-thought-we-knew\"><\/a>E<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lton John referenced Cher in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/rock\/8096050\/elton-john-farewell-tour-yellow-brick-road\">Farewell Tour announcement<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/rock\/8096050\/elton-john-farewell-tour-yellow-brick-road\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">haz Bono talks about his <a href=\"https:\/\/pridesource.com\/article\/qa-chaz-bono-on-how-his-transness-was-the-issue-that-made-me-stop-acting-possibly-working-with-mom-cher-that-would-be-so-bizarre\/\">acting experiences and projects.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cher is <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/02\/28\/cher-claims-la-times-owner-cheated-her-out-of-millions\/\">suing the owner of the <em>LA Times<\/em>.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/02\/28\/cher-claims-la-times-owner-cheated-her-out-of-millions\/\"><\/a>Cher in Media<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hashtags connected to Cher has been coming up lately, including these two:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cherstrong&amp;src=typd\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#CherStrong <\/span> <\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CherIfYouAgree?src=hash\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#CherIfYouAgree<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Las Vegas also honored Cher recently by choosing &quot;Believe&quot; as one of the songs that will play during the Bellagio fountain show. I have to admit the light show song combo is more moving that I anticipated. The boom-boom-boom you can feel viscerally even in these fan video captures. Cher\u2019s in some rarefied company for this Vegas institution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Believe-fountain\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b7c9568b43970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b7c9568b43970b-550wi.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 550px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Believe-fountain\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stories and video:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktnv.com\/positivelylv\/dining-and-entertainment\/cher-attending-premiere-of-new-water-show-at-bellagio\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.ktnv.com\/positivelylv\/dining-and-entertainment\/cher-attending-premiere-of-new-water-show-at-bellagio<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NvtVQzPJqpI\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NvtVQzPJqpI<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3mt5QT4heD8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3mt5QT4heD8<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/vegasseven.com\/2018\/01\/21\/cher-shuts-down-the-strip-for-her-bellagio-believe-show\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/vegasseven.com\/2018\/01\/21\/cher-shuts-down-the-strip-for-her-bellagio-believe-show\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/entertainment\/entertainment-columns\/kats\/cher-wades-into-pool-of-superstars-at-bellagio-fountains\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/entertainment\/entertainment-columns\/kats\/cher-wades-into-pool-of-superstars-at-bellagio-fountains\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3mt5QT4heD8&amp;feature=youtu.be\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3mt5QT4heD8&amp;feature=youtu.be<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Family Guy<\/em> did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox.com\/watch\/760cff32ab17fdab9e5a3d544bf46943\/\">an episode<\/a> that was basically a satire of three directors: Wes Anderson, Michael Bay, and Quentin Tarantino. The Wes Anderson spoof is at minute 7:14 and it satires his quirky pop covers with a German version of \u201cI Got You Babe\u201d at minute 11:02. The song is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M31DLCZ1PeQ\">Bleib Bei Mir Babe<\/a>\u201d by Wirtschaftswunder. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Here&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dolENj1c7MY%20\">a more contemporary live version<\/a>.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cherscholar.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01bb09f9d480970d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: right;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dictaphone\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef01bb09f9d480970d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01bb09f9d480970d-300wi.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 300px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"Dictaphone\" \/><\/a>Doing research for a novel, I was reading a cheap anthology of short stories about ghosts and came across one called \u201cDead Media\u201d by Nick Mamatus. In the story, a girl named Lenore goes to a Liberal arts college called Miskatonik. She meets the college A\/V nerd named Walt who attempts to help her trace back an audio file of a chanting ghost through all sorts of media platforms. They go from an archive of mp3s to DAT tapes of a cassette of reel-to-reel tapes of a 78 record of a dictaphone cylinder. At first, the author had me enraptured with this very nerdy premise and commentary on every-changing media. The characters ended up recorded a voicemail to a dictaphone cylinder in order to debunk the <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u201cvibrato buzz of the sort that made Walt\u2019s molars cringe in his mouth, like auto-tune, a nail on a chalkboard. Walt didn\u2019t hear it so much as feel it.\u201d<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ugh. Auto-tune snobbery inside this fun technology ghost story. What a bummer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of the story, the author changes the point of view from the nerdy Lenore character to a girl who went on the same search back in 1977 and is now a ghost who murders Walt and Lenore on behalf of Mi-Go aliens <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u201cfrom Tche, a great, gas giant in the Oort Cloud, a cold and squishy minor planet like Pluto.\u201d<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It takes four pages at the end to basically say the aliens did it, the kind of plot cop-out and genre whiplash that always makes my molars ache. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#0160;&#0160; <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moonstruck, Mama Mia 2, Cher in Australia, Cher Covers, Las Vegas, Broadway, Activism and Cher 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