Właściwie te 10 mln złotych Elton John zapłaci nie za swoje przyjęcie, a za urodzinową imprezę partnera Dawida Furnisha. W czwartek kończy on 50 lat.

Każde przyjęcie wydawane przez Eltona Johna jest niesamowite. Niżej zdjęcie pary z 50. rocznicy urodzin gwiazdy (Londyn).

Peruki były tak duże, że panowie musieli być przewożeni w samochodzie dostawczym. W tym roku czterodniowe przyjecie będzie miało miejsce w Las Vegas i Los Angeles, a występować będą Lady Gaga i Cher i Scissor Sisters.

Organizatorem eventu jest ten sam człowiek, który ma na swoim koncie wesele Davida i Viktorii Beckham, ślub księżnej Anny i kilka wcześniejszych charytatywnych eventów Eltona Johna.

Kiedyś dostałem brief na zorganizowanie White Tie and Tiara Ball – charytatywnego balu Eltona w królewski Windsorze. Jednym z wymagań gwiazdy pop było stworzenie 5 różnych menu w 5 różnych ogrodach. Oczywiście, że chciałem organizować ten event, ale musiałbym pracować za darmo. Wygląda na to, że party dla swojego partnera Elton również podciąga pod event charytatywny i dlatego zastanawiam się, czy tym razem eventowiec otrzyma swoje wynagrodzenie? Na szczęście gwiazdor opłaca miejsca swoim gościom w hotelu Four Seasons Beverly Hills.

Event rozpocznie się od koktajlu w jednym z domów Eltona Johna w Hollywood Hills. Następnego dnia obiad dla 200 osób w Belasco Theatre ballroom w Los Angeles. A w piątek party w Greystone Manor nightclub. W sobotę goście  będą musieli przejechać do Las Vegas do Ceasars Palace, by wziąć udział w “Million Dollar Piano Show”.

Ale 10 milinów złotych, które Elton John  wyda na ten event z pewnością nie zachwieje  jego “możliwościami” finansowymi szacownymi na 900 milionów złotych. David jest szczęściarzem, bo dostanie od Eltona 50 prezentów, w tym cuda zakupione na aukcji Sotheby.

Złą wiadomością jest to, że nie otrzymałem zaproszenia. No cóż, nie nazywam się Ozzy Osbourne, Rod Stewart, Donatella Versace, David Beckham, Gordon Ramsay, Dame Shirley Bassey, Sting, Heidi Klum, Claudia Schiffer, Sharon Stone or Ringo Starr.

Za to Gaga będzie występować: 

But, actually the £2m birthday event is not for Elton John. It is for his partner, David Furnish, who is 50 on Thursday. Not that the difference matters; Elton will be paying the huge bill, anyway.

Typically, any party Elton John organises is wildly over the top, as is the budget. This is how he and David arrived at Elton’s 50th in London:

The wigs were so large, the happy couple were driven to the party in the back of a removal lorry!

This week’s birthday party takes place over FOUR days in Las Vegas AND Los Angeles. Lady Gaga AND Cher AND the Scissor Sisters will perform for the Birthday Boy.

The event planner is the same guy who organised David and Victoria Beckham’s wedding,  the wedding of Princess Anne’s son and some of Elton’s White Tie and Tiara balls.

I once received a brief to organise the White Tie and Tiara Ball. It was held at Elton’s mansion in Windsor and required five different menus each themed to the five gardens at the house. I would love to have done the event, but Elton wanted everything for free because the event was for charity. It seems that his boyfriend’s birthday party is for Elton’s charities, too, so will the organiser get paid this time, I wonder.

Still, at least Elton is paying for guests to stay at the Four Seasons Hotel Beverly Hills. That’s nice of him, isn’t it?

The event begins on Wednesday with cocktails and canapes at Elton’s £4m home in the Hollywood Hills. Thursday, is a black-tie dinner for 200 guests in the Belasco Theatre ballroom, Los Angeles. The party continues on Friday at Greystone Manor nightclub. On Saturday, guests are driven to Las Vegas to watch Elton perform in his “Million Dollar Piano Show” at Ceasars Palace.

The entire event will cost over £2m but Elton is worth £180m, so it won’t damage his bank balance. And, he is giving David 50 presents to open on his birthday, one of which is an amazing artwork bought at a Sotheby’s auction.

Sadly, I haven’t yet received an invite with my name on it. But, then my name is not Ozzy Osbourne, Rod Stewart, Donatella Versace, David Beckham, Gordon Ramsay, Dame Shirley Bassey, Sting, Heidi Klum, Claudia Schiffer, Sharon Stone or Ringo Starr.

Gaga will be performing:

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Campaigning for gay marriage, Elton recalled his civil partnership with David in 2005 on the first day it was legalised in Britain, in an article written for The Independent. Saying: “Now, six and half years on from the happiest day of my life, when we have a beautiful boy called Zachary, I would love nothing more than to make history again by marrying David.

“If we legalise gay marriage in Britain, you can bet your last penny that I’ll be pushing to call him my husband at the first opportunity.”

Elton insisted calling David his “partner” does not do their 20-year relationship justice.

He said: “There is a world of difference between calling someone your ‘partner’ and calling them your ‘husband’. ‘Partner’ is a word that should be preserved for people you play tennis with, or work alongside in business.

“It doesn’t come close to describing the love that I have for David, and he for me. In contrast, ‘husband’ does. A ‘husband’ is somebody that you cherish forever, that you would give up everything for, that you love in sickness and in health.

“Until the law recognises David Furnish is my husband, and not merely my partner, the law won’t describe the man I know and adore.”

He added: “We should show that we are a country committed to the sacred institution of marriage, proud of out tolerant heritage, and brave enough to let lovers like David and I call each other a husband.”

The couple are the proud parents of 20-month-old son Zachary.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/16/romanticise-the-past-julie-burchill

Oh, Julie, you’re really going to upset a great many people, and perhaps especially Jeanette Winterson, with this one…

And it’s strange who falls for the moribund lure of retrophilia these days. Of course the Tories – true-blue adulterers and fornicators though they often are – have always been keen on family values and back to basics (which sound like dirt-cheap hypermarkets and are similarly appealing to skinflints). But you have gays, women and even gay women buying into the myth that things were better in the past. Dolce & Gabbana ad campaigns have long deified the traditional Italian family – though it’s interesting to consider how they as proud homosexuals would have fared if such stiflingly conformist families were still the norm. Elton John and David Furnish declare that they do not want their son, Zachary, to be an only child. Lord forbid, he might grow up a right oddball!

And we can always trust Jeanette Winterson to come out with a sumptuous swath of propaganda for the past, as viewed through the lighting man for the Hovis ads. “In every European city [she once wrote in the Guardian], family-run bars and shops have held their own against global-market madness…family-run concerns who spend much of their income where they live.” When I hear the word “family” used as a moral absolute, I must say that I reach for my amyl nitrite and my whistle; would this be the same family as in the monumentally priggish “SC Johnson: A Family Company?” Or perhaps the same family which sees the majority of all assaults, murders, rapes and child molestation go on under its hallowed roof? The point I’m making is that families are only as good or as bad as the individual family in question; seeing the word used as shorthand for all that is good and pure indicates to me that Miss Winterson never truly broke free of the narrow-minded brand of religion she had drummed into her as a child.

The England she praises when she recalls how “Mum used to send me to buy cheeses from the shop that sold nothing but cheese, butter, bacon and pickles. The cheese was cut with a knife and wrapped in greaseproof brown paper”, is without doubt an England in which her sexuality would have certainly marked her down as an outcast – a sort of sapphic Stockholm syndrome.

…but, WELL DONE, JULIE!

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This   dazzling   evening   of   philanthropy   benefited   Canadian   HIV/AIDs   foundations nationwide as distributed through the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT) as well as the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF). Showing their support, special guests included Janelle Monae, Sky Ferreria, The Scissor Sisters, Supermodel’s Petra Nemcova, Linda Evangelista and Canadian  Supermodel  Yasmin  Warsame, Dean and Dan Caten of DSquared. More support from Canadian  talent  such  as  Jarvis Church, Kreesha Turner, Elise Legrow, Anjulie, Divine Brown and Nikki Yanofsky.

A team of passionate and dedicated individuals including Co-Chairs David Furnish and Michael  King,  Honourary  Chairs  Jeanne  Beker,  John  Demsey  and  Frank  Giustra  and creative director Phillip Ing, worked tirelessly to put on this brilliant show and help raise money for HIV/AIDS research in Canada and around the world.

About Fashion Cares

A critical, artistic and financial success since it’s inception in 1987, Fashion Cares builds awareness of HIV/AIDS while raising funds for the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT). Combining local and international fashion talent with the design and business communities, this always sold out, media and celebrity studded evening caps elegant cocktails and cuisine with a rousing auction, a theatrical runway event, and an entertainment spectacle. With a 22-year attendance record of over 50 thousand guests and volunteers, Fashion Cares has netted profits of nearly $12 million dollars to date. For Fashion Cares 25 updates, see www.fashioncares.com or www.facebook.com/FashionCares25

About The M·A·C AIDS Fund

The M·A·C AIDS Fund, the heart and soul of M·A·C Cosmetics, was established in 1994 to support men, women and children affected by HIV/AIDS globally. MAF is a pioneer in HIV/AIDS funding, providing financial support to organizations working with underserved regions and populations.

As the largest corporate non-pharmaceutical  giver in the arena, MAF is committed to addressing the link between poverty and HIV/AIDS by supporting diverse organizations around the world

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About Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF)

The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) was established as a non-profit organization in the United States in 1992 and as a registered charity in the United Kingdom in 1993 by Sir Elton John. Together, both entities have raised more than $275 million for programs in 55 countries around the globe since inception. Today, the Foundation is one of the world’s leading non-profit HIV/AIDS organizations supporting innovative HIV prevention programs, efforts to eliminate stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS, and direct care and support services for people living with HIV/AIDS. The U.S. organization’s current grant-making priorities target HIV prevention programs throughout the United States, the Americas, and the Caribbean; HIV prevention and care services for highly marginalized and vulnerable populations; and HIV/AIDS

prevention education and the promotion of sexual health for adolescents.  For more information, please visit www.ejaf.org.

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Since 1983 ACT has developed programs and services that respond to the changing needs of the communities it serves. ACT provides support services that empower men, women and youth living with HIV to achieve self-determination,  informed decision-making, independence, and overall well-being. We do this through programs such as counselling, information provision, social support activities and programs that help people with HIV return to work.

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MAC Viva Glam Fashion Cares 25 went down on Sunday night at the Sony Centre for Performing Arts. The event was dubbed “A Night of Glitter & Light”- A benefit for the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT) and the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF). The end of an era. And it ended with a bang!

Tickets for the event ranged from $73.50 to $1500. Tax receipts of varying amounts are issued depending on the ticket cost. Patrons were treated like celebrities with red carpet arrivals, pre-show cocktail reception complete with ample complementary bars and hors d’oeuvres  as well as a retrospective exhibit with live models displaying the designs and concepts of last 25 years of this historic event.

The night was ablaze with fashion. The guests were completely decked from head to toe in fierce ensembles ranging from full on tuxedos with glittering capes to MC Hammer pants and sleeve-less blazers! The models were strategically placed throughout the venue and they were doing a killer job at giving good face! The music was eclectic- perfect for working the room- or the runway. There were even a couple drag queens, Sofonda Cox being one of them, thrown into the mix as models.

Costumes from the main headliner of the event, Sir Elton John were also on display. They were so fabulously flamboyant that only he could pull them off with such finesse! All in all the pre-show gala was a success.

The live show was carded for 8 but started at approximately 8:20 or so- a minor hiccup that very few noticed. The festive mood of the night was enough to smooth over just about anything. The show was hosted by Fashion Cares co-chairs Michael King and David Furnish as well as the adorable twin duo of Dean and Dan Caten/DSquared2. Canadian born international supermodel Linda Evangelista and TV personality Jeanne Beker also graced the stage.

After a stunning display of fashion with pieces from designers such as Comrags and Stephane Rolland, the nights performances were underway. The Scissor Sisters kicked it off with a high energy performance including this summer’s hit “Let’s have a Kiki”. The Canadian artistes gave a wonderful performance. Followed by Sky Ferriera and powerhouse Janelle Monae- who rocked us with a wicked rendition of Jackson 5 hits I want you back,  Cold War and Tightrope. As if the night couldn’t get any better, the man himself, Sir Elton John gave a performance like only he could singing hits like “I’m Still Standing”, “Rocket man” and “Tiny Dancer” to name a few.

The finale was a performance by Sir Elton along with all the musical acts of the night. All in all, this was excellent event in support of a good cause -HIV/AIDS.

Madonna has forgiven Elton John (Picture: AP)

The pop diva told the crowd at her gig in Nice just before she launched into Masterpiece that she knew John was a ‘big fan’ of hers.

She said: ‘I know he’s a big fan of it. And I know he’s a big fan of mine. And you know? I forgive him. Gotta start somewhere.’

Elton has been scathing about Madge in the past and earlier this month raged that her ‘career was over’.

He fumed in an Australian TV interview: ‘Why is she such a nightmare? Sorry, her career is over. Her tour has been a disaster and it couldn’t happen to a bigger c***.

Elton John and his husband David Furnish have both made digs at Madonna (Picture: PA)

‘If Madonna had any common sense she would have made a record like Ray Of Light and stayed away from the dance stuff and just been a great pop singer and make great pop records, which she does brilliantly.’

He added: ‘But no, she had to go and prove… she looks like a f*****g fairground stripper. She’s been horrible to GaGa.’

His husband David Furnish called the pop queen ‘desperate’ in a Facebook tirade after 53-year-old Madge pipped Elton to the Best Original Song gong at the Golden Globes this year.

He said: ‘Madonna winning Best Original Song truly shows how these awards have nothing to do with merit.

‘Her acceptance speech was embarrassing in its narcissism.’

The ‘Rocket Man’ singer expressed concern that Zachary, who was born via a surrogate on Christmas Day 2010, will be victimised due to his celebrity status and homophobia in the playground.

“Being the child of someone famous is a huge ball and chain around your ankles. It’s going to be very difficult,” he told the Radio Times.

“At school other children will say, ‘You don’t have a mummy’. We’ve come a long way, but there’s still homophobia and will be until a new generation of parents don’t instil it in their children.”

John stated last month that he would “definitely” like to have another child.

“[Fatherhood] changes everybody,” he said. “It’s the most wonderful thing you can go through. I regretted that I didn’t do it sooner, but he’s changed our lives.”

However, as I was catching up on Halle Berry’s latest custody battle drama earlier, I came across this rather interesting nugget of information on TMZ about celebrities being photographed in France:

“Under French laws, paparazzi can’t photograph celebrities who don’t want their pictures taken — even if they’re out in public.”

(In Norway, Germany and France, photographers need the permission of the people in their photographs in order for them to be released, although in Norway it is legal to release photographs when they are relevant and of general interest.)

This might not have registered much with me had I not been looking at photographs in the Daily Mail of Scarlett Johansson out jogging with her newish boyfriend Nate in Paris only moments before.

This is the same Scarlett who once said: ”It’s become insane. I went to L.A. a couple of months ago, and there were four SUVs parked outside my house every day.

“They would just follow me everywhere I went—if I went to buy paper towels, or I went to a meeting, or anything.

“I’ve called the police several times and said, ‘Listen, there are people following me in very big cars. They’re surrounding me in these huge vehicles—vehicles nobody should be driving—and I feel unsafe.’

“But the police can do nothing. It’s not even the fact of being photographed—that’s just an annoyance. It’s actually scary. They’re endangering people. Not just me, but everybody around me. It’s horrible.”

It’s funny how many of these celebs complain so much about being photographed, harassed, stalked and generally say there needs to be better privacy laws in LA, yet they don’t actually bother to take advantage when the law is in their favour in places like France.

So is she just another star who protests too much and really likes the attention?

Loved-up Blake Lively and Scarlett’s ex Ryan Reynolds have been getting a lot of press lately – maybe someone else wants her new romance in the limelight? Am I too cynical?

Let’s face it, most of them are probably not aware of international laws and taking legal action is probably just too much hassle for those that are. But if it was me, I would definitely take advantage of being in one of the few countries in the world willing to protect my privacy. Especially if I was on holiday with my relatively new boyfriend.

Below are some more celebs who were apparently either too dumb or quite happy to have the paparazzi follow them around St Tropez in the south of France recently:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2smz_1L2_0

According to reports, Gaga is giving the surrogate child of Elton and David Furnish his own nursery, bathroom and playroom overlooking the sea in Crete. We hope he appreciates it.

Gaga is godmother to Zachary and has spoken previously of giving him a bath, telling the press:

“Zachary’s so beautiful. I could not see a happier family than I see in them. I gave him a bath the other day. We have this sweet little boat for pouring water to rinse soap off Zachary, and as I’m pouring, Elton is singing Tiny Dancer and I’m thinking, ‘This kid has no clue that his father is such a legend’.”

Or that his godmother wears meat. He’s in for a lot of surprises.

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“Elton John did these songs and they were marginal, 101 strings did them and they were disastrous”, claims handsome music critic husband of mine. This was another jump on the needle to make it stop after three songs, rethrift. The cover was joyful, is my most positive review. I’m going to spare the intel on the band or on Elton (more on him later in this Project 365 daily dose of vinyl).

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Meanwhile Elton hit the news today attacking Madonna (again). John has slammed Madonna – branding her a “nightmare” and claiming her career in music is over after her “disaster” tour.He launched his latest scathing attack on the 53-year-old singer on Australian TV show Sunday Night.
Elton said: “Why is she such a nightmare? Sorry, her career is over. Her tour has been a disaster and it couldn’t happen to a bigger ****.”

Madonna has received criticism during her current MDNA world tour after exposing her breast on stage and waving guns.

Elton also took objection to Madonna’s swipes at Lady Gaga. Madonna has implied on several occasions that Gaga’s hit Born This Way is a copy of her 1989 single Express Yourself.

Elton continued: “If Madonna had any common sense she would have made a record like Ray Of Light and stayed away from the dance stuff and just been a great pop singer and make great pop records, which she does brilliantly. But no, she had to go and prove… she looks like a f***ing fairground stripper. She’s been horrible to Gaga.”

Madonna is a ‘fairground stripper’ whose career is ‘over’ – according to foe Sir Elton John

The Rocket Man also warned his aging scantily clad foe that her career is dead in the water.

His extraordinary outburst came during an explosive appearance on Australian TV when he leapt to defend his son Zachary’s godmother, Lady Gaga , against endless taunts from the Material ma.

The 65-year-old raged: ‘Why is she such a nightmare? Sorry, her career is over. Her tour has been a disaster and it couldn’t happen to a bigger c***.’

Elton and Madonna have been arch enemies for years (Picture: PA)

Warning the 53-year-old pop queen to get back in her box with her pompoms and fishnets, he continued: ‘If Madonna had any common sense she would have made a record like Ray Of Light and stayed away from the dance stuff and just been a great pop singer and make great pop records, which she does brilliantly.

‘But no, she had to go and prove… she looks like a f***ing fairground stripper. She’s been horrible to Gaga.’

Elton’s onslaught follows endless jibes made by Madge towards Lady G during her MDNA tour about the similarities between her 1989 hit Express Yourself and the 26-year-old’s Born This Way.

Lady Gaga and Elton John have been friends for years – she is even his and David Furnish’s son’s godmother (Picture: Getty)

Only last month Madge was like a dog with a bone over her claims and boasted again, ‘I’m glad that I could help her write it,’ when asked about Gaga’s tune.

As for her ding dong battles with Elton, their rivalry has hit rock bottom.

Five years ago they temporarily patched things up at the GQ Awards after three years of bitter feuding which began when Elton branded Madge a mime act.

David Furnish was furious Madge beat his man to the top gong (Picture: Getty)

The pair hugged at the bash, with Elton proclaiming: ‘This is a moment you thought you would never see.’

But it’s been all downhill since, with the latest showdown coming at the Golden Globes this year.

Elton’s hubby David Furnish erupted when she beat Elton and Gaga to the Best Original Song prize when her tune from her flick W.E pipped their duet Hello Hello, from his flick Gnomeo & Juliet.

Elton looked unimpressed when Madonna gave her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes this year (Picture: NBC)

The 49-year-old producer tweeted: ‘Madonna. Best song???? F*** off!!!’

The Canadian continued: ‘Madonna winning Best Original Song truly shows how these awards have nothing to do with merit.

‘Her acceptance speech was embarrassing in its narcissism. And her criticism of Gaga shows how desperate she really is.’

Elton was left eating humble pie on the night when he proclaimed Madge had no ‘f***ing chance’ of winning.

“We need people to say, ’Ok I’m straight, you’re gay. Let’s get along. I’m Republican, you’re Democratic. Let’s work together.”

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Elton John and partner David Furnish were joined on their yacht in St Tropez with Neil Patrick Harris and his partner David Burkta.

It wasn’t an adults only trip though- the foursome brought along their kids! Elton and David brought along their two-year-old Zachary, who enjoyed the company of Neil’s twins Harper, a girl, and Gideon, a boy, who are coming up two this month.

Elton has been with filmmaker Furnish since 1993 and they got a civil partnership in 2005. How I Met Your Mother star Neil is engaged to actor and presenter Burtka and they have together since 2004.

It was the cutest outing and the pictures of the whole gang put the biggest smile on my face. Beware some of these pics show David in VERY tight pants!!

David Furnish was all smiles as he spent the day with 17-month-old son Zachary and friends in St. Tropez. The film-maker and his partner Elton John have a vacation home nearby, and frequent the luxury French Riviera town.

The two spent the day at Club 55, and the protective father made sure to strap a life jacket on his son before the two headed out on a short boat ride.

Although Elton has mentioned that the couple is eager to have more children, it seems they already have their hands full with little Zachary!

How adorable are those two HollyMoms?

– Christina Stiehl

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Britain’s greatest musician and his husband are expecting their second child.
According to iPad only newspaper The Daily, the couple has already chisen a surrogate mothEr who is currentLy in her first trimester of
pregnancy.
While both Elton(65) and David (49) haS refused to admit to the good news and when contacted by Mail Online,the spokesperson refused to comment.
The couple in an announced that they were going to be using the surrogate they used for their first child Zachary and also said they wouldn’t their son to grow up without sibling.