ABC/ARTURO HOLMESWith an estimated worth of some $452 million, it seems unlikely that Elton John would ever be suffering financially, but the British tabloid The Mail on Sunday claims that the legendary singer has been forced to lay off employees due to the postponement of his Farewell tour. The MailRead More →
Courtesy of Abducted by the 80sA bevy of New Wave artists from the 1980s MTV era are coming together, separately, for a virtual online concert celebrating doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, first responders and others working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Back to the Basement event willRead More →
Tristar Media/Getty ImagesThe story of the man whose dying wish was that his stepdaughter give a painting he’d done of Sting to the British rocker himself has a happy ending: Sting’s now in possession of the painting. As previously reported, Domingo Santiago‘s stepdaughter Elizabeth was featured on the Humans ofRead More →
Trae Patton/NBCAs previously reported, Elton John tweeted about how much he was moved by America’s Got Talent contestant Archie Williams, who served 37 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of rape. But it turns out that Elton didn’t stop there: The music legend also offered him an amazing opportunity.Read More →
Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty ImagesElton John is mourning the death of playwright, author and activist Larry Kramer, best known for his play The Normal Heart, and for founding the landmark Gay Men’s Health Crisis organization and, later, the more militant group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to UnleashRead More →
Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images By ANDREA DRESDALE, ABC News Elton John is marking the milestone birthday of his oldest and dearest friend today with a sweet social media post. On Twitter and Instagram, Elton salutes Bernie Taupin, who turns 70 today. Over their 50-plus years of collaboration, Bernie wrote the lyricsRead More →
Jamie McCarthy/WireImageBy ANDREA DRESDALE, ABC News Earlier this week, we all enjoyed the heartwarming story of a woman whose stepdad’s dying wish was for her to deliver a portrait that he’d painted of Sting to the rocker himself. Sting’s daughter, actress Mickey Sumner, saw the story, connected with the woman,Read More →
Norman Seeff By ANDREA DRESDALE, ABC News If you missed NBC’s Red Nose Day Special last night, you missed the premiere of James Taylor‘s new animated video for “As Easy As Rolling Off a Log,” a track from his latest album, American Standard. The song first appeared in a 1937Read More →
Chiaki Nozu/WireImageBy ANDREA DRESDALE, ABC News She can’t turn back time, but she can certainly celebrate the passing of it. Cher was surprised on Wednesday — her 74th birthday — with an outdoor party which, of course, incorporated social distancing. According to the New York Post, there were only 10Read More →
L-Mickey Sumner, R-Sting; Jamie McCarthy/Getty ImagesThanks to Sting‘s daughter, Mickey Sumner, a man’s dying wish will be fulfilled. On the Instagram feed Humans of New York, a woman has penned a beautiful tribute to her stepdad, a New York City cop who always wanted to be an artist. Even though heRead More →