Elton Says No, Again, To Singing About A Princess
Elton John is tired of being tied to a myth. Or something like that.
Whatever, he reiterated during a television interview that it’s time for him to stop doing tributes for Princess Diana.
“I think it’s time to give it a rest,” he told GMTV television. “I’m not sure of all the ideas about perpetuating the thing.”
John recorded a variation on his song “Candles in the Wind,” which was co-written by Bernie Taupin, and dedicated it to the late princess’ memory. It earned millions for charity. But now the pop singer says he’ll mourn his late friend out of the public eye.
“I’d like to remember her in my own private way,” John said. “I’m not going to be bouncing on stage and doing any concerts in memory of Princess Diana.”
Loose talk
Emma Thompson, who plays the wife of a womanizing president in the film “Primary Colors,” on the real-life president’s legal problems (reported by the Miami Herald): “It’s a little bit like watching an assassination in incremental stages. It’s too painful to watch.”
Moonlighting can make you the last man standing
Bruce Willis turns 43 today.
Trouble is, we’re peering in the White House corridors
Kathy Bates wants everyone to know that the political comedy-drama “Primary Colors” has a message. “If it makes people think, all to the good,” she told the Virginian-Pilot. “The message might be that we have no business peering in the bedroom. We don’t elect saints to the presidency. We elect human beings.”
Loretta just wanted to get things off her chest
Loretta Lynn says the tabloid Globe was making things up when it reported that, at age 62, she’d had a breast-implant operation. Lynn says instead that a recent procedure removed 25-year-old implants that had leaked silicone, giving her breast tumors.
And half of Britain would probably agree
British beauty Helen Labdon, whose topless poses once charmed British tabloid readers, is set to marry Oscar-nominated actor Greg Kinnear. Says the lucky guy, “I’m marrying the best lady in the world.”
Q has fit his new house with its own parachute
Even the rich and famous aren’t impervious to forces of nature. Pierce Brosnan, better known as movieland’s James Bond, saw his Malibu house slide down a hill due to recent heavy rains. He’ll be OK, though, as he owns a nearby beach house, which cost him $400,000 last August.
Actually, she was visualizing chintz-lined Easter baskets
Martha Stewart is so busy that she sleeps, it appears, only at public events. The New York Times reports that Stewart catnapped Sunday at a $15,000-a-plate Democratic National Committee dinner in Manhattan. Said one observer: “Her eyes were closed and every once in a while there would be clapping and she would snap to.”
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