Courtesy Disney+While reading the nominees for the Emmys Variety Special (Live) on Monday night, January 15, presenter Amy Poehler said of nominee Elton John, "EGOT to be excited about this." That s because a win would give the rock legend that much-coveted awards milestone and whaddya know: It did.
Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium, the live Disney+ special documenting Elton s final North American concert, won the Emmy, making Elton an EGOT. He now has one Emmy, two Oscars, a Tony Award and six Grammy Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Grammy.
Or perhaps we should say he has a "KNEEGOT"? At the podium, executive producer Ben Winston said that Elton wasn t able to make it to the ceremony because he had to have a knee operation he s fine, though. Winston gave a special shout-out to Elton s husband David Furnish, crediting him for having the "creative vision" for the live special, and praised Elton as "all of our heroes.&q
Whoopi Goldberg reflected on her friendship with the late Patrick Swayze while speaking with Dave Karger for his forthcoming book, 50 Oscar Nights. The View cohost revealed that Swayze pleaded with her to star in Ghost with him. "I get a phone call from my agent, Ron Meyer, who says, ‘Patrick Swayze has been hired for this movie. Patrick is not going to do this if you don't do it. Can you make some time for him and the director to come up?'" Goldberg said. She continued, "So they Zucker and Swayze flew in, I meet Patrick, and out of the blue, we're old friends. … About 40 minutes go by and Patrick says, ‘Please do this movie with me.' I was like, ‘Yeah, okay.' And that's how it happened." In 1991, The Color Purple actor won the Academy Award for her role as Oda Mae Brown in the film. "It wasn't until we all saw the film that we realized what we had," she said. Further remembering the D
Silver Arrow RecordsThe Black Crowes just announced they’ll be releasing their first album of new music in 15 years, Happiness Bastards, on March 15. Brothers Chris and Rich Robinson called it quits on The Crowes in 2015 before reuniting in 2019. While you’d think their past relationship problems may have been an issue when they went to write music again, Rich says that wasn’t really the case.
“I wouldn’t say we had to repair our writing relationship, because that was never an issue,” Rich tells Rolling Stone magazine. “That was always the one natural thing, with very little volatility when we would sit down to write, for whatever reason.”
Of course they still had work to do so they didn’t run into the problems they’ve had in the past.
“Everything else was just making the decision to be adults, and not fall back into those sort of old patterns,” Rich adds. “But us getting back together and being cool and just getting it to that place lifts eve
Sacred Heart School Closed Tuesday
January 15, 2023 Here is a special message from Sacred Heart School Development Director Kimberly LeJeune: “Based on an advisory from our local weath.
Evangeline Parish School Closure
January 15, 2024 Evangeline Parish Supt. Of Schools Darwan Lazard reported to KVPI News:
“In communication with the local 9-1-1 Office of Emergency Prepare.