Elton John

By Drew Grant 2/06 8:30am

Madonna Lip-Syncs Real Good During the Super Bowl Halftime, Elton John Currently Speechless (Video)

After a spectacular performance that had Fergie crying into her pillow and Lady Gaga slapped firmly back in her place, Madonna’s Super Bowl halftime show ended with Madge disappearing in a puff of smoke like someone dropped a house on her sister. As backup singers Cee Lo, M.I.A., Nicki Minaj, and LMFAO, dispersed, the phrase “World Peace” appeared in gold pompoms. We were surprised they didn’t read “Fuck you, Elton John.” Read More

By Elise Knutsen 9/19/11 9:01am

Party Circuit

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Tony Bennett's 85th Birthday Gala

Yesterday evening, guests convened at Lincoln Center to celebrate Tony Bennett’s 85th Birthday. Mr. Bennett gave several musical performances throughout the evening, including a duets with Aretha Franklin and Elton John. Guests included Robert de Niro, Richard Gere, Whoopi Goldberg, Nanci Pelosi, Bill Clinton, Katie Couric, and Alec Baldwin, who chose to attend Mr Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 3/15/11 11:33pm

Rock and Roll

The Fame Game: Rockers Get Cranky at Induction Ceremony

“I am tweeting right now,” Neil Diamond said Monday night in a room at the Waldorf-Astoria. “I’m just trying to communicate with people. Young people, old people, all kinds of people.”

The induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was set to begin, and the honorees were taking turns in the press Read More

By Nate Freeman 2/10/11 9:04pm

Fashion Week 2011

What Happened When Bill Clinton Met Blake Lively Last Night?

President Bill Clinton stood between two tables at last night’s amfAR gala at Cipriani Wall Street, and his renowned magnetism — unfettered by age or that new-ish slim physique — created a bottleneck of rubber-necking party-goers at the center of the ballroom. He was there to receive an award for his work in AIDS prevention, Read More

By Alexandria Symonds 3/17/10 1:24pm

Elton Devours Cheese, Donna Wears Black, Liman Tells Plame Truth!

The night before the opening of Geoffrey Nauftts’ new play Next Fall, which premiered at the Helen Hayes Theatre on Wednesday, March 10, the cast gathered at a party hosted at the Royalton by Sir Elton John-who is, along with his partner, David Furnish, among the show’s executive producers. Sir Elton held court at Read More

By polspot 11/11/08 9:59pm

Si-Bling Rivalry

A lifelong Manhattanite, Janis Savitt remembers being in Bloomingdale’s as a child with her mother and seeing a showcase with a little saw in it—one of the jeweler’s key tools. “Mom, find me a jewelry lesson place in New York!” little Janis implored.

Today fans of Ms. Savit’s designs include Beyoncé, Elton John and the Read More

By Irina Aleksander 4/14/08 12:54pm

Morning Memo: Elle 'Aufs' Nina Garcia; Elton John Gets a Big Whiff of Tom Ford

Nina Garcia, You. Are. Out. The Project Runway judge reportedly got fired from her post as fashion director at Elle magazine last week. [US Weekly]

Barry Diller who’s recently triumphed in court over Liberty Media chairman, John Malone, has a brand new discrimination lawsuit on his hands. [P6]

Salman Rushdie is Read More

By Irina Aleksander 4/10/08 3:21pm

Sir Elton: 'Me and Hillary Had So Much Fun!'

“I sure can’t sing, but I want you to know that ‘I’m still standing,’” Hillary Clinton said with her husband and daughter standing behind her.

Maybe it was the purple drinks, but the crowd ponied up $2.5 million for her campaign last night at the Elton John fund-raiser.

(The Observer‘s Jason Read More

By Irina Aleksander 4/10/08 3:07pm

Morning Memo: Blake Lively Is Just Like Us! Joan Rivers, Not So Much

Gossip Girl actress Blake Lively is so just one of the people, while Helena Christensen is categorically not. Ms. Lively went to Café Habana over the weekend and waited in line! For more than half an hour! Meanwhile, Ms. Christensen walked up to the eatery but kept on walking when she saw there was a Read More

By Jason Horowitz 4/10/08 2:42pm

Bill and Hillary's 'Still Standing' Tour of New York

The theatergoers at Radio City Music Hall last night had paid between $125 and $2,300 to hear the Clintons talk and Elton John sing, and several more dollars to drink fluorescent purple cocktails illuminated by glowing straws. Hillary promised them it was not a night for “political speeches.” Then she gave a political speech. “We’re Read More

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Madonna Lip-Syncs Real Good During the Super Bowl Halftime, Elton John Currently Speechless (Video)

Tony Bennett's 85th Birthday Gala

The Fame Game: Rockers Get Cranky at Induction Ceremony

What Happened When Bill Clinton Met Blake Lively Last Night?

Elton Devours Cheese, Donna Wears Black, Liman Tells Plame Truth!

Si-Bling Rivalry

Morning Memo: Elle 'Aufs' Nina Garcia; Elton John Gets a Big Whiff of Tom Ford

Sir Elton: 'Me and Hillary Had So Much Fun!'

Morning Memo: Blake Lively Is Just Like Us! Joan Rivers, Not So Much

Bill and Hillary's 'Still Standing' Tour of New York

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