» Impure Inequality…
Ever outraged activist Peter Tatchell does not approve of how coppers handled singer George Michael's latest drug arrest. Taking aim at how celebrities get off too easily, Tatchell blasts officials for falling for Michael's "remorse," and writes, "Surely this is laughable. Why should the rich and famous so often get away with serious, damaging drug abuse while 'lesser' users are dealt with severely?" Too true. [Daily Mail] |
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That said, please forgive us for not being moved by his apology: "I want to apologize to my fans for screwing up again, and to promise them I’ll sort myself out. And to say sorry to everybody else, just for boring them." The public may not be as understanding as Michael would like, with scores leaving disheartened messages on his website. Wrote one irate fan, "…George shows signs of stupidity I only thought people such as Pete Doherty were capable of.” That's cold. Lucily, cops let Michael off with a warning. Perhaps they've realized he's a slow a learner. |
» Pecking Order
Singer and wannabe political consultant George Michael's private plane was delayed an hour so that Sting and Bruce Springsteen's respective jets could take off first. [NY Post] |
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» Mixed Up.
From a review of wannabe political operative and excellent singer George Michael's Madison Square Garden concert this week: "In the 45-year-old Mr. Michael’s grown-up persona, frankness and vulnerability mix with dance beats and the old sex-symbol charm. He came out in the ’90s as a gay man, which hardly mattered at Madison Square Garden to the thousands of female fans who squealed when he strolled a catwalk into the middle of the arena. Videos filled with female models, showgirls and prostitutes, he said, were for the many boyfriends who 'have been dragged along here tonight.'" [NY Times] |
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Doesn't Fully Understand What Said Ticket Would Mean
British pop star George Michael has a tip for U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama — team up with former rival Hillary Clinton. Quite the persuasive political operative you've become, George. [Image] |
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Elton John's "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" invariably makes us teary. Throw in fellow homo George Michael and its full on water works. We feel much better now that we've gotten that doozy off our collective chest. |
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BV: How do you maintain such a good sense of humor about your mishaps? Scandals aside, Michael also offered his advice to closeted pop-stars: "Come out and accept that you’ll lose some of your audience.” Sounds good to us…. |
» "Overdue."
Homo popstar George Michael, who's currently on tour here in the States, had this to say about California's gay marriage revolution: "It's way overdue. It's something that happened…almost without a whisper in England, but it was basically because we weren't that concerned about the word 'marriage." He should have said "without a 'Careless Whisper.'" [CP] |
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Here's the good news: former Wham! manager Simon Napier-Bell has his heart set on making a big screen flick about the British duo's success. And now the bad news: super star and stink bug George Michael may put a dagger through Napier-Bell's dream: "There are several people sniffing around my Wham! film," [Napier-Bell] said, "but I'm not sure any of them will come off because they all require Wham! music in them and George controls that. He will have the yes or no on each script presented. George would want control." Excuse us while we mourn the potential loss of what could be the greatest, most unnecessary musically-inclined film ever. |
» Date Night.
George Michael and Spice Girl Geri Halliwell are as tight as a fag and his hag. The British singers reportedly enjoyed a double date with their respective men and had a gay old time. Doesn't that warm the cockles of your heart? No, us neither. [M&C] |
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Thanks in no small part to ABC’s Eli Stone, the Wham! singer is suddenly a sought-after commodity again. |
» No Artistic Imitation.
George Michael appears as himself on Eli Stone tonight. Apparently a high school girl gets booted for singing "I Want Your Sex" and Michael gets the titular character to defend her, which is funny since he just told the world he'll never sing the song again. [AE] |
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Michael, 44, calls it a "rounding off" of his career's first phase. "I don't want to do anything on this scale again," he says. "No more stadiums. I'd like to be the Tony Bennett for my generation." Michael insists he'll keep making music, although plans to eschew the pop sensibility that has marked his career: "There are other ways I can express the things I want to. And pop music stopped being a place to express much lyrically awhile back." Michael also says that he won't be playing his more youthful hits, like "I Want Your Sex." He's looking for a more mature, longer lasting sound, a la "Careless Whisper", which we've reposted after the jump, because it's great. Michael's new direction, he says, will hopefully align him with another musical great: Tony Bennett. Dream big! |
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retroCRUSH recently published their list of twenty-five the "the greatest duets of all time". The forgot to include Aretha Franklin and George Michael's “I Knew You Were Waiting," but did include another old British queen, Elton John, who teamed up with Kiki Dee for "Don't Go Breaking My Heart". |
» George Michael Needs Memory Boost
Too much marijuana made George Michael a forgetful boy. The singer has reportedly organized a series of dinner parties during which family and friends will regale him with mnemonic material for his upcoming autobiography. Says one snitchy pal: They have all received emails about it and are happy to go along. No doubt after some drinks there will be a few Careless Whispers uttered that will help him out." We can only imagine the horrors which await… [The People] |