{"id":116751,"date":"2024-01-17T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T00:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/01\/17\/music-notes-elton-john-taylor-swift-and-more\/"},"modified":"2024-01-17T00:00:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T00:00:43","slug":"music-notes-elton-john-taylor-swift-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/01\/17\/music-notes-elton-john-taylor-swift-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Music notes: Elton John, Taylor Swift and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/01\/M_MusicNotes_080323_0-7.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Elton John<\/strong>\u00a0is on cloud nine after receiving an Emmy on Monday night, which made him an EGOT winner. &#8220;Receiving this recognition is a testament to the passion and dedication of everyone involved, and I am so deeply grateful,&#8221; Elton wrote on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C2JUbOFCnuf\/?img_index=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>. &#8220;Whilst I am gutted that I couldn\u2019t be there to accept this award in person\u2013 I recently underwent a knee operation, a gentle reminder, perhaps, of a lifetime spent jumping off pianos &#8230; my heartfelt thanks go out to the @televisionacad and all those who took the time to vote.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong>\u00a0gave\u00a0<strong>Ebon Moss-Bachrach<\/strong>\u00a0his flowers after he won a Critics Choice Award on Sunday night. In his acceptance speech, Ebon thanked Taylor, who he credited as his scene partner. His character Richie has a scene in season 2 of\u00a0<em>The Bear<\/em>\u00a0where he belts out to &#8220;Love Story (Taylor&#8217;s Version)&#8221; during his drive home. &#8220;Congratulations!!&#8221; Taylor wrote\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taylorswift13\/status\/1746961081568800944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1746961081568800944%7Ctwgr%5E378f4b1e7b4e265d8d0e0e544c53baf205debfe0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Fmusic%2Fmusic-news%2Ftaylor-swift-ebon-moss-bachrach-the-bear-critics-choice-awards-1235581696%2F\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">on X<\/a>, formerly Twitter. She also included her signature hand heart emoji next to the message, a key symbol of the\u00a0<em>Fearless<\/em>\u00a0era.<\/p>\n<p>We now have our first look at\u00a0<strong>Boy George<\/strong>\u00a0as he returns to Broadway in\u00a0<em>Moulin Rouge! The Musical<\/em>. In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/10cXQLsIbX4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">new preview<\/a>\u00a0for his turn in the Tony-winning musical, the former\u00a0<strong>Culture Club<\/strong>\u00a0frontman winks and says, &#8220;Bit more rouge, yes?&#8221; to the camera. He takes over the role of Harold Zidler in a limited engagement, starting on February 6 and running through May 12.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elton John\u00a0is on cloud nine after receiving an Emmy on Monday night, which made him an EGOT winner. &#8220;Receiving this recognition is a testament to the passion and dedication of everyone involved, and I am so deeply grateful,&#8221; Elton wrote on\u00a0Instagram. &#8220;Whilst I am gutted that I couldn\u2019t be there<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/01\/17\/music-notes-elton-john-taylor-swift-and-more\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[701,702,227,527,700,490,528,276,703,648],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}