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Broadway Friday

– Lady Bunny and former Detroit Tigers pitcher Matthew Pender open Off Broadway tonight in When Joey Married Bobby, “a tale about gay marriage in an ultra conservative household.” Get tickets here. – David Mamet’s A Life In The Theater will be revived on Broadway this fall. Casting has not been announced. – American Psycho: The Musical is Broadway bound. …

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2010 Grammy Highlights

These clips won’t last long on YouTube, obviously.

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HomoQuotable – Elton John

“I made the mistake of not having sex until I was 23! I loved being with another man and felt relieved that I finally knew who I was. I made the mistake of falling in love too soon because I was naive and romantic. My advice to you is to never chase love. It will find you when you least …

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Ukraine Offers Guardianship Deal To Elton

Stung by international criticism of their denial of Elton John’s request to adopt a baby he met in an orphanage, Ukraine officials are offering Elton a guardianship deal. And, it turns out, the baby does have a mother. After being branded unsuitable to adopt by Ukrainian officials because of his age and sexuality, Elton John was given new hope yesterday …

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80’s Flashback

Elton John, Elton’s Song, 1981. Co-written by Elton and Tom Glad To Be Gay Robinson, this song about a gay school boy with a crush on a classmate was banned in several countries due to “homosexual content.” This accompanying video, which may evoke Bronksi Beat’s Smalltown Boy for you, was never aired at the time, although tabloids screamed “Elton’s Gay …

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Ukraine To Elton John: You’re Too Old And Too Gay To Adopt

The Ukraine government says that Elton John is too old and too unopposite-married to adopt one of their HIV+ babies. Adoption and gay rights advocates expressed regret about the determination by Family, Youth and Sports Minister Yuriy Pavlenko, while a children’s charity had reservations about John’s weekend announcement that he and his male partner, David Furnish, wanted to adopt the …

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Elton Adopt: I’m Ready To Adopt

At the age of 62, Elton John says he’s changed his mind about adopting after meeting a toddler at an orphanage in Ukraine. During a visit to Ukraine, the singer said he and his partner David Furnish were keen to become parents to a 14-month-old they had met there. “David and I have always talked about adoption,” he said. “David …

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of Universal Music, today’s Swag Tuesday giftie is the Elton John concert DVD The Red Piano, which goes on sale nationwide today. Thousands of Elton John fans have traveled to Caesars Palace Las Vegas to see over 200 sold-out The Red Piano shows, helping break attendance records and setting new standards for musical entertainment. Now available everywhere for the …

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HomoQuotable – Elton John

“We’re not married. Let’s get that right. We have a civil partnership. What is wrong with Proposition 8 is that they went for marriage. Marriage is going to put a lot of people off, the word marriage. I don’t want to be married. I’m very happy with a civil partnership. “If gay people want to get married, or get together, …

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Complaint Filed Over Elton John Concert

Judicial Watch, a right-wing government watchdog group, has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Elections Commission, charging that last week’s Elton John’s fundraiser concert for Hillary Clinton violated the “foreign intervention” clause of American election law. “Recent news reports suggest that Hillary Clinton and Hillary Clinton for President have accepted an in-kind contribution from a foreign national, Sir Elton …

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Elton Delivers $2.5M For Hillary

Playing to over 5000 fans, Elton John’s fundraising concert for Hillary Clinton raised over $2.5M at Radio City Music Hall tonight. Average ticket price: $500. “I’ve always been a Hillary supporter,” John, 61, said before launching into his 1970 breakthrough hits, “Your Song” and “Border Song.” “There is no one more qualified to lead America.” The English singer, composer and …

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Elton John Intervenes

Elton John is playing a fundraiser concert for Hillary Clinton at Radio City Music Hall tonight in a show that has raised questions about the Federal Election Campaign Act which seeks to limit “foreign intervention” in American elections. The FECA “prohibits any foreign national from contributing, donating or spending funds in connection with any federal, state, or local election in …

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Busy News Day For Elton John

At last night’s Elton John AIDS Foundation fundraiser at the Waldorf-Astoria, Elton announced a $300,000 gift to NYC schools. The money is directed to buy computers to help teach HIV/AIDS awareness to low-income middle school students, part of a $3.1M grant to the National Urban Technology Center. The gift to NYC will allow the agency to double its service from …

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HomoQuotable – Elton John

“It gave me the confidence to join the game. But I wasn’t the kind of person who would do one or two lines. I did a gram and then called out for more.” – Elton John, talking about his cocaine addiction in an ITV special broadcast in Britain on Saturday. Elton said as his addiction grew, his insane demands grew …

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HomoQuotable – Elton John

“I have to speak my mind because as a gay man now I have a responsibility to. I sat back too long. When ACT-UP were going in and trying to change the face of AIDS awareness in America because nobody else was doing it, I sat back and did nothing.” – Elton John, expressing guilt over not having taken part …

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Elton Bash Breaks Record

Elton John’s post-Oscar party raised a record-breaking $4.2 million yesterday for the Elton John AIDS Foundation, bringing the total raised since 1992 to $125 million. Among the items auctioned off were two travel packages to attend Sir Elton’s 60th birthday party and concert weekend in NYC, which went for $250,000 each. Elton’s legacy, like Bill Gates’, will be as much …

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