If you’re a Dancing with the Stars fan, wait until you feast your eyes on this video. Turns out the Italian born dancer choreographed and performed in the Elton John’s music video "I’m Still Standing". Between his speedo-like outfit and the painted people, this is quite possibly the most entertaining music video we’ve seen in a long time! Watch it now!Your take: What do you think of Bruno’s old school performance in the video? Find it as hysterical as we do!?
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Paul McCartney has a latte explaining to do. Yesterday, Starbucks announced that the ex-Beatle had officially sold out, er, had been signed as the first artist on the coffee giant's Hear Music label. Apparently, this left him feeling quite magnanimous, as the New York Post reports that he sent soon-to-be ex Heather Mills a gargantuan bouquet following her Dancing with the Stars debut. In other music news, Elton John has announced that for the first time more than 30 of his albums will be available for sale online. As he told Reuters, he's pleased for his fans — foremost among them, his accountant.
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Consider this an unqualified rave. NBC is offering a deluxe sweeps and holiday treat in Tuesday’s prime-time special Tony Bennett: An American Classic (8/7c), which is as lustrously filmed as it is impeccably sung. For those of us who’ve been waiting for Oscar-nominated director Rob Marshall (Chicago) to tackle a new musical project, here it is. Marshall has lovingly conceived and masterfully executed a shimmering, swinging hour of razzle-dazzle showmanship that redefines what a variety special can be.I’m tempted to say they don’t make ’em like this anymore, but the truth is, even back when they did, they didn’t make ’em this good very often. (What this special reminded me of most, especially in the elaborate and evocative production numbers, was Bob Fosse’s landmark Liza With a Z special that Showtime so magnificently resurrected and restored earlier this year.)This is the rare music special that looks as good as it sounds. And it sounds spec...
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Elton John has taken his animated musical, Gnomeo & Juliet, to Miramax Films, weeks after Disney's new animation bosses dropped the long-in-development project. John will collaborate with lyricist Tim Rice (The Lion King) on the film's tunes.... The New York Post hears that rapper LL Cool J is penning a fitness book, LL Cool J's Platinum Body, for a January release.... Fox Soccer Channel has given its Fox Soccer USA series an overhaul. The new incarnation, FC Fox, debuts April 21 at 7:30 pm/ET.
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Karma apparently is coming back to bite Elton John in the bum. The trash-talking, Madonna-bashing, tantrum-throwing diva's next big-screen Disney musical, Gnomeo & Juliet, has been scrapped, per the Hollywood Reporter.
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Kim Cattrall has been cast as the manager to Buffy alum Anthony Stewart Head's aging rock star in ABC's Elton John-produced comedy pilot, Him and Us.... Dylan McDermott has joined the ABC drama A House Divided.... Denise Richards is today's addition to ABC's Secrets of a Small Town.... Vanessa Ferlito (CSI: NY) has been cast on ABC's Drift, about a detective with insomnia.... Wendie Malick is mother of the bride in ABC's A Day in the Life, which chronicles a young couple's wedding day.... Annie Potts will play mom to Fox's Julie Reno, Bounty Hunter.... Lizzy Caplan (Related) has enrolled in CBS' The Class.
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Taylor Hicks, American Idol
American Idol Song choice presented major problems for the first two guys, Patrick Hall and David Radford. Patrick's nerves were too obvious; he could've used some of Melissa Etheridge's bravado and grit to get through "Come to My Window." Meanwhile David picked "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" to get away from the crooner label and then proceeded to "Sinatra" his way through a Vegas-style version. Not the best start for either guy.
Bucky Covington used his growling vocals to full advantage on "Simple Man." Ryan Seacrest contrasted his own potential song title with Bucky's by calling himself a "Shallow Hollywood Talking Head," which may be the most accurate judgment anyone has ever made on American Idol. Young Will Makar
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Dancing with the Stars
Tom Bergeron was faster than the quickstep with his off-the-cuff humor tonight — calling the rowdy audience soccer fans, warning the judges not to tell Drew Lachey he wasn't "in sync," suggesting that Master P start a line of dancing shoes. I was also tickled by the way George Hamilton was orchestrating all these little soap-operatic scenes for the moments just before the commercial. I'm glad some people are taking the competitive edge off things.
Lisa and Louis: I always thought of the rhumba as Baby and Johnny's dance from Dirty Dancing. Even without the lift, this was much dirtier. But what, dear god, is up with choosing that
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Dancing with the Stars
Tom Bergeron was faster than the quickstep with his off-the-cuff humor tonight — calling the rowdy audience soccer fans, warning the judges not to tell Drew Lachey he wasn't "in sync," suggesting that Master P start a line of dancing shoes. I was also tickled by the way George Hamilton was orchestrating all these little soap-operatic scenes for the moments just before the commercial. I'm glad some people are taking the competitive edge off things.
Lisa and Louis: I always thought of the rhumba as Baby and Johnny's dance from Dirty Dancing. Even without the lift, this was much dirtier. But what, dear god, is up with choosing that
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Mischa Barton, The O.C.
Dancing with the Stars
Tom Bergeron was faster than the quickstep with his off-the-cuff humor tonight — calling the rowdy audience soccer fans, warning the judges not to tell Drew Lachey he wasn't "in sync," suggesting that Master P start a line of dancing shoes. I was also tickled by the way George Hamilton was orchestrating all these little soap-operatic scenes for the moments just before the commercial. I'm glad some people are taking the competitive edge off things.
Lisa and Louis: I always thought of the rhumba as Baby and Johnny's dance from Dirty Dancing. Even without the lift, this was much dirtier. But what, dear god, is up with choosing that
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