Word: elton
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...Melanie Griffith for the girls of Calcutta The Working Girl star has raised millions of dollars for female orphans in India's teeming city, and cut a benefit all-star CD in 2002, Voices of Hope, with Penelope Cruz, Bob Dylan, Sting, Alanis Morissette, Ricky Martin, Antonio Banderas, Elton John, Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo...
...There's a certain rivalry between Sting, myself and Elton [John]. Elton's always having a go about my nose and my hair, and I'm always having a go about his waistline and his lack of hair...
...burned down. Painted angels once again hover among the five tiers of boxes, and 300,000 sheets of gold leaf gild the carved-wood and papier-mâché decor. The old bird's new feathers will be shown off this week with a festival featuring concerts by Elton John and the Vienna Philharmonic. Bravo...
...past decade, Adams, 28, has been the next big thing in American songwriting, with everyone from Willie Nelson to Elton John championing his gorgeous, heartbroken melodies. And for the past decade, Adams has done his little-boy best to keep the masses away. He eschews flashy videos and meetings with radio programmers who might promote his music and frequently omits his most popular songs from his concerts just to give the devoted a glimpse of his stubbornness. He also releases great avalanches of material when the approved method is to pace oneself. Rock N Roll...
...write a hit, it isn't. Adams has several songs--The Rescue Blues, Nuclear and, from his latest album, So Alive--that could be rock standards with a little promotional effort on his part, but he hates the thought of being imprisoned by popularity so much that he scolded Elton John for boosting him. "I was becoming a catch phrase," says Adams. "There's nothing worse than being the thing that uncool people buy because it makes them feel cool...