George Michael

George Michael has pulled out at the Royal Albert Hall

2011-10-27T10:13:00.000-07:00

George Michael has pulled out on Wednesday night at the Royal Albert Hall in a concert on London with a viral infection caught after falling ill.

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The Careless Whisper singer turns closed of his Symphonica tour with a homecoming gig in London, England on Tuesday but he has out to show each other up.

A post on the venue’s website reads, “With great regret, George Michael has been forced to postpone his concert tonight at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

“A Doctor visited George this afternoon and confirmed he is suffering from a viral infection and has a high temperature, and on medical advice he has been advised that he cannot perform tonight to allow him time to recover before his next concert at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday 28th October.”

The star hinted about a looming health crisis in a tweet on Monday, writing, “not speaking to anyone till tomorrow, resting my voice for the Albert Hall wanna be perfect for my fellow Londoners.”

New album by George Michael who just “gay or gay friendly artists”

2011-08-17T13:38:00.000-07:00

A new album by George Michael who just “gay or gay friendly artists” will highlight the work is done.

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I do not think that in itself is not really newsworthy, I wasn’t expecting Michael to be working with Beanie Man any time soon.

Although Eminem with Elton John, lyrics are employed, they do not? Maybe this is news. No, it is not.

The news that George has put together a collective of artists and his influence will be using some relatively unknown musicians pushing forward. Well, maybe.

Speaking to the NME, he said: “For this album I’m going to be working with either gay or gay friendly artists, and it’ll be a mixture of tracks sung by me and others by young gay artists – possibly unknown ones. And I’ve lined up some really great dance producers to work on it too, so it’ll be a pretty stunning record. I’ll be 48 when the album comes out, but I have to say that gay men’s relationship with dance music probably doesn’t end at the same time as straight people’s does!”

George Michael is set to perform at the Arena Italsider

2011-07-28T09:36:00.000-07:00

Iconic singer George Michael is set to perform at the Arena Italsider in Naples as part of his Symphonica: The Orchestral Tour.

11th September 2011 at a concert scheduled only three Italian tour dates and tickets on sale now is one

Michael will be performing a series of dates in cities across Europe, including Paris, Madrid, Rotterdam, Geneva and Stuttgart.

The 48-year-old, London-born singer's best-selling artists of all time and one of only seven UK number one record.

Michael's recent hit album, his faith and the audience in Naples rereleased can expect to hear songs from that record as well as plenty of other popular tracks at the show later this summer.

George Michael believes that Rupert Murdoch's News International

2011-07-13T10:13:00.000-07:00

George Michael has said he believes that Rupert Murdoch's News International efforts to destroy it.

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The Singer, whose personal life and criminal penalties for the half-press in the previous decade of stability.

In a lengthy post, which began with the subject of phone hacking, Michael wrote: "I can safely say that I am one of the few people amongst the thousands of News International's targets to have genuinely benefitted from Murdoch's attempts to destroy me."

He also told reporters he is confident that the police had paid for information about him.

He wrote: "The press would get to my house before I did. On every occasion, some little creep in that police station would have called the press. Cap in hand, and made a nice little wad of cash. I just became resigned to it. Perks of the job in the Met."

George Michael will perform a charity concert in aid of Elton's Aids Foundation

2011-06-29T05:39:00.000-07:00

George Michael will perform a charity concert in aid of Elton's Aids Foundation.

It may have been a while since they talked, but George Michael and Elton John's charity seems to have ended their feud.

The singer had some trouble in recent times Elton's comments with Candle In The Wind songwriter of the substance abuse problems but has fallen out. Elton rehab, which led to a rift between the friends tried to make Michael.

Michael said, “I have seen how HIV can destroy families. I wanted to do something and also honour the efforts of Elizabeth Taylor and mark her passing.”

Elton Michael on the show a "dear friend" is called.

“George has been a patron of the Foundation since its inception and has been a valued supporter over the years.”

The concert will be run on 6th November 2011.

George Michael is able to perform at the 'Keep a Child Alive Black Ball'

2011-06-14T10:21:00.000-07:00

In a race against time George Michael is able to perform at the 'Keep a Child Alive Black Ball'. George on Wednesday evening charity performance with Alicia Keys was due to their cheeks, but says that "hairy football" looks.

Alicia established charity and will host the event, but George will be able to perform? Is it here that he was sick of bed tweeting,

"On the weekend, got some kind of infection in my lower jaw and the left side of my face now resembles a hairy football. I look like Marlon Brando ( I wish....) in the Godfather if they forgot to stuff the right cheek!.

"Anyway the point is I dont know if it will clear up in time for Wednesdays Black Ball Charity event with Alicia Keys... Which would be terrible, I don't want to let down the charity, which is excellent, and I would love to sing with Alicia, shes wonderful.... (sic)."

George Michael and Alicia Keys are performon a charity concert

2011-05-28T11:58:00.000-07:00

George Michael and Alicia Keys on a charity concert in London are set to perform on.

The artists will perform the Keep a Child Alive Black Ball event to present at London's Roundhouse on June 15, which will be hosted by Alicia and Mark Ronson.

In a statement, Alicia, 30, said: 'I've been a fan of George Michael for as long I can remember. He is a legend and an inspiration. His work raising awareness and funds for those suffering with the HIV virus has spanned three decades.

'I'm honoured that George has lent his voice to our KCA cause and I'm so excited that he's singing for us at the Black Ball in London. It is going to be an amazing night!'

George Michael announced tour with orchestra in video

2011-05-12T08:19:00.000-07:00

British pop star George Michael announced he was back on the straight and narrow and returning to the stage with an orchestra for a 47-date tour of Europe this year.

George Michael wants to prepare a new album as part of a "gay collective"

2011-05-12T08:07:00.000-07:00

George Michael has wants to prepare a new album, which has part of a "gay collective".

The singer was announced an 'orchestral' UK tour at the autumn on 11th May, he said that he would look to recording alongside "either gay or gay-friendly artists" and that the album will be recorded during the breaks in his tour.

Speaking to Bang Showbiz, Michael said: "I'm looking to work with either gay or gay-friendly artists. Basically it will be a gay collective on which some of the records are sung by myself, some by other artists, possibly unknown ones, but there will be collaborations with a lot of artists."

The singer also said he hope that they harmed album gay community has done for the reputation of the last few years of their brush with the law after a few, will help to correct Was.

Michael said: "It's really a matter of thinking what can I do to contribute as a gay man, because I have a serious problem with the fact that every time I would let myself down I felt definitely that I was letting young gay people down."

He continued: " I want to make up for some of the damage that I have done in making myself so newsworthy and putting myself on the back foot enough that there was no room, or space, for me to defend gay children."

His tour starts at Royal Albert Hall in London in October.

George Michael perform forthcoming European tour at Royal Albert Hall and the Royal Opera House

2011-05-12T07:41:00.000-07:00

George Michael perform in his forthcoming European tour at both sites the Royal Albert Hall and the Royal Opera House which is to likes a full symphony orchestra.

Billed as The Symphonica: The Orchestral European Tour, Michael's trip for the street begin in the autumn at the Albert Hall for four nights (25, 26, 28 and 29 October) and continues well into 2012.

Michael at the Royal Opera House yesterday said, "The idea of singing with symphonic orchestras is because I heard Tony Bennett had done it recently, and I thought, 'What a nice idea'".

"Singing with this kind of backing has been very attractive to me for a long time."

This is in addition to the way in which Michael "gay young kids" to devote an album for which he badly about his antics in drug have been affected by some think.

Michael said, "Every time I made a big mistake or let myself down, I felt I was letting gay young kids down because they would then witness the homophobia that was thrown at me".

"I like to think that life is a balance so I have some plans to try and do things to help gay children.

"I felt it was really what I want to do as an artist. As an artist I'm at the stage where I'm not interested or excited by repeating former successes."

To beef up the gay-theme, Michael is to share the musician duties on the album with "either gay or gay-friendly artists".

He said, "It will be a gay collective on which some of the records are sung by myself, some by other artists, possibly unknown ones, but there will be collaborations with a lot of artists".

Those George Michael UK Tour Dates in Full:

Royal Albert Hall - 25, 26, 28, 29 October  
Dublin O2 Arena - 1 November 
Royal Opera House - 6 November 
Liverpool Echo Arena - 30 November  
Sheffield Motorpoint Arena - 2 December 
Newcastle Telewest Arena - 3 December 
Glasgow SECC - 6 December 
Birmingham LG Arena - 9 December 
Manchester MEN Arena - 12 December

Tickets go on sale next Monday, 16 May at 9am.

George Michael will make his first Iberian stop at Barakaldo's Bizkaia Arena

2011-05-12T05:31:00.000-07:00

Promotor Live Nation 2011 concert from British singer George Michael is a new journey, the Spanish state in the early autumn, including three stops will be announced.

Michael on September 24th outskirts of Bilbao Barakaldo Bizkaia on the field will stop first in Iberian, Jordi Palau Sunni Madrid on the 27th September 25th (Palacio de los Deportes) and followed by Barcelona.

Pre-sale tickets Live May 25th from 10am Nations members are available, while tickets go on general sale 48 hours Ticketmaster Servicaixa, and will by El Inglés CORTE and are Euro 41.50 and 91.50 (the cost of more than Between the region depend on pricing.)

A premium golden ticket, parking, direct access to the VIP lounge and cocktail right audience entry includes a First Class seat, will also be available.

George Michael has debut brand new sports stadium

2011-05-12T04:58:00.000-07:00

George Michael has debut the brand new sports stadium in Wroclaw, south west Poland, ahead of next year's Euro 2012 Championships. The Wham veteran on September 17 their things, a full-blown symphonic orchestra will strutting be backed by.

“Throughout the last year we spoke with dozens of artists, and it seems to us that we've made a very good choice,” said Michael Brill, vice president of SMG Europe, which operates the stadium.

He noted, “The most important factor for us was that it shouldn't be just an ordinary concert of a famous artist”, he associated with other Warsaw artists will also be participating in this event.

Concert tickets for 28,000 punters to be able to photograph. It has been reported that the sale will kick off on May 17.

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George Michael revealed his his career

2011-05-12T04:34:00.000-07:00

Singer George Michael alive three years after leaving performing a new visit is set to hit the road.

The hitmaker played two shows in 2008 and announced on stage and shows will mark the end of his career.

He posted a series on his Twitter.com page on Friday, "Ok, get ready people, Tour dates announced next Wednesday!!! This tour will be very different from 25 Live tour."

He posted, "For a start, having lost 15 pounds since then, I'm thinking of doing it naked... Just to show off my youthful physique. You will probably be happy to hear that I changed my mind and decided to play arenas after all... There was no other way to make sure you all get a chance to see the show".

George Michael made a gift for the wedding of Prince William

2011-04-20T15:54:00.000-07:00

George Michael was working on a song for Prince William and Kate Middleton.

And now it's out: It's a cover of Stevie Wonder's You & I. Michael has spent two days in the studio to made a gift for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

He explained to Piers Morgan when he unveiled the song on Friday night, "The idea came to me last week, about a week ago, that I should express my happiness at the marriage publicly".

Michael added that Stevie Wonder had "waived the rights [to royalties] until way after the wedding," enabling the track to be available for free.

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George Michael with Paul Mac record a new song

2011-03-31T13:47:00.000-07:00

George Michael has a new song titled ‘Every Other Lover In The World’ alongside Australian producer DJ Paul Mac.

At George’s official Twitter he posted today “Hey everyone two things to titillate the loyal, just finished new single, Produced with @stereogamous..called Every Other Lover In The World”.

Stereogamous is paulmac and DJ Seymour Butz. Stereogamous has remixed Kylie (Cupid Boy), Sia (Bring Night), and LCD Soundsystem (I Can Change).

George bought a home in Sydney’s Whale Beach at $6 million in June 2010. He has been spending time between homes Sydney and in London

Fans of the news that he is once again capable of recording will be pleased. His last album 'patient' was released in 2004.

George Michael turned to Twitter to quit smoking

2011-03-14T12:18:00.000-07:00

George Michael has turned to Twitter to quit smoking, he said Smooth Radio's Mark Goodier that he started smoking again after being sent to prison.

He said: "When they put you inside, they almost chuck nicotine at you and, having given up regular cigarettes many years ago, I found within a week I was hooked back on the nicotine.

What I have found is that now I'm trying not to smoke cigarettes, the tweeting stops me from doing it because I've got something to do. Instead of having to have one of those plastic things in your hand that you suck on, I'm just tweeting to stop myself from smoking cigarettes now."

Star from prison in October for drug driving an eight-week sentence was issued after the half.

He is going Land Rover in Hampstead, north London slumped on the wheel mill was arrested after the first three months.

The singer told Goodier he embarked on a world tour and a live album and a new studio wanted to release an album.

George his new command one of the top five, will release a version of True Faith, Comic Relief later this month to hit profits.

George Michael phoned a TV show

2011-03-07T08:07:00.000-08:00

Singer George Michael phoned a TV show today to discuss the report declared that 15 years between friends had left him "I love Kenya. "

According to he denied report that ex-Wham! star, 47 and Kenny Goss, 51, he is a businessman they both had split during his call to Channel 5's The Wright Stuff.

Goss had stood by him after his entrance in search of casual sex were, in 1998 a Los Angeles public toilet in his arrest and his drug use.

Michael said, "We've had our problems but he has never had a problem with my lifestyle. I love Kenny very much."

Matthew Wright said he presented the show he had become hooked on drugs previous year - in jail for driving.

He said: "The strange thing about it is the whole wing had been told they couldn't come anywhere near me for an autograph, I did absolutely every single one of them - and every staff member as well. I used to say, 'Go and get a bit of prison paper and then it will be worth something, especially years down the line - get a bit of HMS prison paper with a George Michael signature', so I used to do that."

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2011-02-28T09:29:00.000-08:00

Hugh Sheridan is seen celebrating with George Michael

2011-02-21T13:46:00.000-08:00

Hugh Sheridan is seen celebrating with George Michael.

Australian actor, the best in Packed To Rafters is known for performinging Ben allegedly enjoyed a night out with singer Michael in Sydney on Saturday after nightclub owner Justin Hemmes introduced them.

The pair allegedly met at The Ivy, then they went after celebrating the Good Vibrations which take place at Hemmes' pub.

According to the Daily Telegraph Sheridan told, "It was amazing to meet a music legend like George Michael."

Cowell: 'Michael Not Judging American X Factor'

2011-02-14T15:33:00.000-08:00

Music mogul Simon Cowell has shot down reports George Michael is set to join him as a judge on the U.S. version of The X-Factor.

The confidence hit maker was rumored to be preparing to make his reply with a central role on the realism TV show after he was dotted in a meeting with The X Factor creator Cowell in November 10.

But Cowell has dismissed the conjecture, telling Extra TV host Terri Seymour, "(Michael) will not be a judge on the U.S. The X Factor".

The TV job was predictable to mark Michael's return to the limelight following a series of personal woes, which recently saw him serve time behind bars for driving under the power of drugs.

George Michael dating profile a fake

2011-01-26T11:41:00.000-08:00

George Micheal rep has confirmed that on a gay dating site a profile which was belonging to Micheal was a rumor and fake.

It has been reported that Micheal pictures has been posted on gay social network Scruff recently, prompting speculation the star had signed up to look for a partner.

An internet prankster had done such kind of act because to wrongly populate the star said the BRIT's rep.

Michael’s rep tells Britain’s Daily Mail Online, “We hear about stories like this all the time and they always turn out to be pranks.”

George Michael's 'Faith'

2011-01-17T10:18:00.000-08:00

1987 iconic album 'Faith' re-issued by 'Faith'. George Michael's iconic album, Faith, remastered will be re-issued by Sony Music,On 31st Jan 2011. It will be available in multiple special formats including Limited Edition Numbered Collectors Box Set.

George Michael released his debut solo album Faith in 1987 becoming a milestone in both George Michael's career and in popular culture.The album remains on top point in pop music, as well as a measure for any artist wanting to cross musical genres and gather both popular and critical appeal.

The release of album Faith gave him the status as a songwriter of outstanding ability and he was propelled equal to that of Elton John, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson and Madonna.

The Faith remastered album is being reissued in the following formats:

Faith Remastered

Faith
Father Figure
I Want Your Sex (Parts 1 & 2)
One More Try
Hard Day
Hand To Mouth
Look At Your Hands
Monkey
Kissing A Fool
A Last Request (I Want Your Sex Part 3)

Bonus CD Remastered

1. Faith Instrumental
2. Fantasy
3. Hard Day (Shep Pettibone Mix)
4. I Believe When I Fall in Love
5. Kissing a Fool Instrumental
6. Love's In Need of Love Today - Live
7. Monkey (7' Edit Version)
8. Monkey A Capella & Beats
9. Monkey (Jam & Lewis Remix)

Available to buy here: http://tinyurl.com/67uqtn7

DVD
1. George Michael & Jonathan Ross Have Words (1987)
2. Music Money Love Faith (February 1988)
3. Promo Videos (re-synched with remastered audio);
4. I Want Your Sex
5. I Want Your Sex (Uncensored)
6. Faith
7. Father Figure
8. One More Try
9. Monkey
10. Kissing A Fool

Sydney's Georgeous George Michael parties day and night

2011-01-12T04:46:00.000-08:00

Since Sydney's Gorgeous George Micheal is has been back in town,he has not wasted even a single minute kicking up his heels, with the ex-Wham! singer seen taking in all of the city's daytime and nighttime delights.

Michael, said to be dividing his time between his plush Whale Beach pad and a luxury inner-city hotel, stunned onlookers at Justin Hemmes' Ivy bar on Saturday night by gathering with friends and partying up a storm.

"He was really nice, just chilling out and obviously having a great time but it was clear he didn't want his photo taken," said one clubgoer.

"But he happily signed autographs which I thought was nice. He was very polite and happy to chat with locals just like a normal, everyday guy."

George Michael Arrived Back Into Australia

2011-01-06T16:19:00.000-08:00

George Michael has arrived back into Australia again to spent time at the lixurios new Sydney mansion.

He paid $6 million to bought the house in Whale Beach in Sydney’s northern suburbs a year ago during his Australian tour.

In the previous week Michael return in Sydney, in the past year he also hinted they he was going to arrived back to songwriting.

George’s last album was ‘Patience’ released in 2004.

George Michael exempted from prison

2011-01-03T05:48:00.000-08:00

Pop star George Michael is exempted from prison and again return Down Under.

The flamboyant Faith singer bought house in June Sydney pad $6 million. The ex-Wham singer's reps are yet to confirm his comer, but a spokesman for his label, Sony, said: "I wouldn't be surprised. But if he is here, he is definitely not here for business reasons."

George, known for his love of a good party, was meant to spend a some days in Sydney in February previous year and over up staying two months. The singer 47 years old, he was released from a British prison until two years after a four week stint behind bars for driving under the effect of drugs.

George Michael buy a luxury new home in Australia

2010-12-28T06:25:00.000-08:00

According to the report George Michael has buy a luxury new home in Australia he paid 3.9 pounds. When Michael performed in this country kindly this year he fell in love with this country so buy a home in this country.

The home is an ocean view property on the Whales Beach peninsula, near Sydney.

The beautiful house have five bedrooms, about scale open living room, dining room and kitchen area as well as forever swimming pool.

George Michael: Judge on the X-Factor

2010-12-22T07:27:00.000-08:00

Is it a diversion or the truth? A couple of days ago.

A source said, "George Michael had been offered a judging place the U.S. version of The X-Factor saying "George is going to take the job. It's an amazing opportunity to get back in the limelight and reverse his recent bad spell"."

Simon Cowell moved the U.S. version of American Idol so now he could side on the X Factor panel, he has told, "(Michael) will not be a judge on the U.S. The X Factor".

The actually question is, Is Cowell telling the truth or did Michael's spokesman talk out of turn and Cowell is just trying keep up the suspense by denying the statement?

George Michael Updates Christmas Song

2010-12-10T05:16:00.000-08:00

An updated version of his Christmas song ‘December Song (I Dreamed Of Christmas) will be released soon by George Micheal.

The three additional tracks ‘Jingle’, ‘Edith & The King Pin’ and ‘Praying For Time’ will be featured by the new single.

A re-animated video version of the song will also be available for download.

The physical single will be available in ‘standard’ and ‘deluxe Christmas card version’.

George Michael's Faith To Be Re-Issued

2010-11-30T01:33:00.000-08:00

Details of rescheduled release date of his 1987 debut solo album 'Faith' had been announced by George Micheal.

Following Micheal's recent jail controversy the album which was due in September will now release on 31,January,2011.

According to Sony Music, the album done the best business as over 20 million copies were sold out worldwide and topped the UK and US charts when it was first released.

As previously reported, George Michael served less than a month of his eight-week conviction for driving under the influence of drugs.

George Said,"Treated Well In Jail"

2010-11-20T11:27:00.000-08:00

Pop star singer George Micheal confirmed that he hadn't been treated roughly while he was in prison, he denies all kind of rumor that he was treated badly or some special treatment have been applied.In a statement, the 47-year-old singer is reported to have been treated “very” well.

“I used most of the day to read thousands of letters and postcards of the tremendous support from people around the world” George Michael said. “So please believe me when I say in the last three weeks, no tears, no anxieties, no evidence of coercion. Instead I have been treated well by fellow inmates and prison officials and like that I can tell, there is no special treatment for me in any way, except, some men here let me win at pool table.”said George Micheal

Georgios Panayiotou, real name of George Micheal had an allegation of having drug when he was crushed into a pole while driving his Range Rover.The pop star was found collapsed near the wheel of his car after crashing into Snappy Snaps store in Hampstead, north London, in July. He admitted driving under the influence of drugs and marijuana on a trial in London.

George Micheal Praised By Ross

2010-11-11T22:29:00.000-08:00

George Micheal who was jailed this summer for his drug driving case was praised by Gay Singer Jonathan Ross, "Micheal is a perfect role model for me" said by Ross

Jonathan Ross was of the view while promoting Micheal newly re released Faith Album.

The singer has been jailed for around 8 week for his drug driving following an incident in which he crashed into exterior shop.

George Michael insert into drug rehab

2010-08-30T14:45:00.000-07:00

George Michael has inserted on Monday to the rehab just days after appearing in court and pleading guilty to driving while under the determine of drugs. Michael has wrote on his website that he has checked into a London clinic for 14-day detox program in this last weekend. Michael said he's also getting ongoing drug guidance several times a weekend.

He wrote, "Personal problems which I had tried to deal with myself had clearly got the good of me".

George Michael drug driving

2010-08-24T06:21:00.000-07:00

In a London court Pop singer George Michael pleaded guilty on Tuesday to driving under the influence of cannabis when he collapsed his car into a shop last month and he could went jail. The 47 year old "Careless Whisper" star also admitted possessing cannabis cigarettes when he appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court. Dressed in a court to black suit over a black jumper, as he arrived for the appearance he was greeted by a scrum of photographers. In court, he spoke only to give his supplication and affirm his actual name of Georgios Panayiotou.

District Judge Robin McPhee gave the singer an interim six month driving ban, and said he would be sentenced on September 14 after the court considers his case. Until date he will remain on bail.

The judge told him, "I make it clear the options it is a serious matter. Your driving was highly poor and there was an accident. There is also a condemnation atleast three years ago."

He was arrested after his Range Rover car crashed into a photography shop in north London in the early hours of Sunday, July 4.

Police found him slumped at the wheel with the engine still running the court heard Tuesday. Officers roused him and said he appeared "spaced out".

In June 2007, Michael was went a two year driving ban after pleading guilty to driving while unfit. On that occasion, he claimed he was tired and had been taking prescription drugs.

In 1980s pop group Wham the singer who first found fame!, has fought a long battle with drugs.

Pop Singer George Michael arrested

2010-08-14T06:45:00.000-07:00

Pop singer George Michael 47 years old and he was arrested for the possession of drugs and also for rash driving. The pop singer was said to have been possessing marijuana when the police arrested him. He was said to be under drugs and was driving rashly when the law came into the scene.

The British singer though was bailed out shortly but will have to seem in Highbury Corner Magistrates Court on August 24th. Previously the singer was involved in an accident on July 4th when his car crashed in London with a photo shop.

In the past George Michael had lot of problems. Back in 2007 he was given a 2 year driving ban because he was found mentally and physically unfit to drive. In 2009, his car again crashed with a tractor trailer, again bringing him under scanner.

Celebrities were always known for stuffs like this, particularly Mel Gibson, whose ruthless attitude has always gave him a bad public image and now George Michael is following him with his reckless style of driving and consumption of drugs.

It’s George Michael the taverna star... or is it

2010-07-29T11:32:00.000-07:00

IT caused the sort of fuss he was used to when he was one half of 1980s pop band Wham and also made it a special birthday for a lucky fan.
George Michael, who lives in Highgate, at Greek restaurant the Carod Tree was the star of a surprise gig. The eaterie, at the corner of Swains Lane and Highgate Road, was booked by a couple for an 80 strong birthday party and they had persuaded their well known friend to provide entertainment.
Neighbour Craig Braun said: “A crowd gathered outside and were taking pictures through the windows. He did the tune Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me and it sounded great.”
Carob Tree owner Louis Loizou said the couple who booked the restaurant had asked if they could have live music. He said: “They did not say who the entertainer would be. We were so busy serving people and cooking food, I didn’t pay much attention to the singer.”
Indeed, he would not confirm whether it was in fact the megastar. He said: “Whether it was really George or a very, very good impersonator, I wouldn’t want to say.”

George Michael has the inside running

2010-07-21T07:48:00.000-07:00

THE LNP'S George Christensen is off to a flying start in the race to claim the Federal seat of Dawson, with betting agencies listing him as a hot favourite.
It's expected to be a tight race but Cr Christensen has bolted out of the gates with Sportingbet and Centrebet both putting him ahead of the pack, at $1.70 and $1.66 respectively.
Both agencies have ALP candidate Mike Brunker a length behind at $2.10, while the Green's Jonathan Dykyj is out at $26 and Independent Robert Jameson at $51.
Family First candidate Damian Herrington is rated a long shot, with Centrebet listing him at $61.
The seat by seat betting market was launched yesterday. Sportingbet Australia chief executive officer Michael Sullivan said anything could happen in Dawson following the retirement of sitting member James Bidgood.
“We've got the Liberal National's George Christensen favourite at $1.70 to win Dawson but we expect punters to flood in and tell us whether we have got it right,” he said.
While the race for Dawson is tight, both Cr Brunker and Cr Christensen are odds on to wind up their council duties today at least for the election period.
Both have requested leave, which is probably to be approved when put to the vote at Whitsunday and Mackay council meetings today.
Although punters betting on the election may be in line for a windfall, Crs Brunker and Christensen say they won't be lining their pockets during the election period.
Cr Brunker said he had requested a leave of absence without pay, while Cr Christensen vowed to donate his pay during the campaign to charity.
Cr Christensen said he was yet to select the charity, but Cr Brunker expected his opponent's donations would be tax deductible. “If he does want to do that he can get a tax deduction he is misleading the public,” Cr Brunker said.
However, Cr Christensen was perplexed about how Cr Brunker could have his mayoral allowance suspended.
He said, “The advice that I got... is that it can't be done without a change to the (Local Government) remuneration policy”.
But Cr Brunker said the Local Government Association had advised him otherwise.
“I think George is just making excuses,” he said. “At the end of the day, if you don't want to get paid you don't get paid.”
A query to Local Government Minister Desley Boyle yesterday resolved the debate. She said a mayor or councillor could notify their CEO to withhold payment for a specified period.
The number one focus for Crs Brunker and Christensen and their opponents is now to win over the 94,151 enrolled Dawson voters ahead of the August 21 poll.

George Michael held after car crashes into shop

2010-07-09T06:04:00.000-07:00

Into a shop Singer George Michael was arrested after his car crashed.
The former Wham! star, 47, who was banned for driving for two years in June 2007, is thought to have crashed into a branch of Snappy Snaps footage store near his home in Hampstead, north London.
Mr Michael was held by police on suspicion of being unfit to drive after the alleged incident in the early hours of Sunday morning.
A police spokesperson said: "Police were called at about 3.35 a.m. on Sunday, July 4 to a report of a vehicle in collision with a building.
"Officers attended and a man aged in his 40s was arrested on suspicion of being unfit to drive. He was taken to a north London police station and later bailed pending further inquiries to a date in mid August."
The Careless Whisper star's spokesman refused to comment.
A spokesman for Snappy Snaps confirmed damage to the shop but said they had not been told who was arrested.
In June 2007, Mr Michael was sentenced to 100 hours community service over the next 12 months, disqualified from driving for two years and ordered to pay £2,325 in costs.
He had admitted driving while unfit, saying he was guilty due to a combination of tiredness and taking prescription drugs.
The star was found slumped at the wheel of his stationary Mercedes car at a road junction in north London in the early hours of October 2006, after witnesses called police about his erratic driving.

George Michael's pal is Rent Buoy.

2010-04-06T03:02:00.000-07:00

THE mystery young shipmate snapped being groped by pop star George Michael is actually a £150-an-hour RENT BOY, the News of the World can reveal.

The bisexual hunk is a 23-year-old Czech hooker who flogs himself as an escort on a website called Gay Romeo. There is no suggestion George, 46, actually HIRED him for their naked romp on a yacht in Australia. But our revelation is likely to horrify the singer's long-term partner Kenny Goss.

The pair infamously have an open relationship allowing George to sleep with other men. But last night a source said: "Sleeping with a prostitute is quite a different matter. There are the obvious risks and it just looks very mucky.

George Michael Tracing Blokes

2010-03-18T04:47:00.000-07:00

George Michael is making the best use of technology to find hot guys. The singer reportedly has downloaded an iPhone application that helps him find blokes nearby.
Buzz up!According to Michael's friends, George Michael is using the Grindr app to locate partners and meet them when he is on vacation.
"George has been using the application loads since he has been in Oz as he doesn't know the local spots. It's great for him as he can find out exactly where the nearest people are discreetly without having to ask around in bars where he would be recognized," Reports an insider.
Melbourne blogger Richard Taylor says, "Apparently George Michael was on Grindr during the break at his show last night."
This was revealed just days after Michael was snapped having fun with men on his yacht off Sydney Harbour.

George Michael partying too hard in Sydney to go-go

2010-03-01T04:18:00.000-08:00

George Michael has shown some true old-style charm on his visit to Sydney and will extend his stay in our fair city because he's having such a good time - especially at the Mardi Gras, where he hung out with regular punters instead of VIPs.

Michael put on one of the best shows ever seen in Sydney on Friday night before 40,000 fans, and later told his crew that it was one of the most enjoyable performances on the international tour and that he got a huge buzz from the crowd in his first visit since 1988.

The singer was not going to miss Saturday night's parade, and was invited to a VIP Foxtel party at Taylor Square but never made it - instead drinking and chatting with locals in various bars. He popped into Oxford St's Coco Cubano with a group of friends and ordered mojitos.
"People went up and said hello and he told them he was on the way to a VIP party upstairs," reported bar owner Tony Melhem.

But he didn't go, later making it to the Oxford hotel.

"He was having a drink and I said hello and we chatted for a while and he told me he was loving Sydney and will extend his stay. He was Mr Down-To-Earth," a partygoer told us.
A tour party source said Michael would fly to Melbourne for his show on Wednesday, then come back to Sydney to stay and has not confirmed a departure date.
"He loves being low-key and relaxed and has been so nice since he's been here, so it's no surprise he chose to blend in at Mardi Gras," the source said.

That left Molly Meldrum and Charlotte Dawson as the biggest names at Foxtel's party.
"I've been to Rio and this is up there," Molly said of the parade. "It's astonishing."

Elton John and David Furnish say George Michael is 'in a bad way'

2010-02-01T06:02:00.000-08:00

Elton John's civil partner David Furnish has expressed his concern for George Michael, who recently admitted that he has smoked crack cocaine in the past.Furnish, speaking to Victoria Derbyshire on BBC Radio 5 live, said that numerous friends of Michael's have been in touch with him and John about helping the former singer."They're saying that they're very concerned," Furnish explained. "A lot of people are saying it to us, we get it very very regularly, that they are concerned about his health, concerned about his state of mind and his wellbeing and that, as Elton has been there and experienced sobriety now for 19 years, that perhaps he's best positioned to be able to help out.

"In an interview with the Guardian published on Saturday (December 5), Michael admitted that he had been smoking crack cocaine at the time of his arrest on London's Hampstead Heath in September 2008."Was I? On that occasion? Yeah," Michael said, before refusing to reveal when he last took the drug. He went on to attack John for wanting to help him, saying: "Elton just needs to shut his mouth and get on with his own life.

"Responding to that criticism, Furnish told Derbyshire's show that he and John simply want to look out for Michael."The difficult thing for Elton and me is a lot of George's friends keep calling us saying, 'You have to do something, George is in a bad way, he's in a bad state.' We're only reacting to what his close friends say to us. I respect George, I love George, I think he's a huge talent. I just hope he's fine."

Rooney George Michael

2009-11-13T12:28:00.000-08:00

Rooney George Michael, 84, died on Thursday Oct. 29. Born in West New York, he lived in West Milford for the past 47 years. He was employed as a vacuum plater for Peerless Roll Leaf Co. in Union City, and later as a security guard for Meldisco Co. in Mahwah before retiring.
Mr. Rooney was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was the beloved father of Patricia Duleba of Maplewood, Alice Winters, Carol Hill and Michael Rooney of Hewitt, brother of Dorothy Calebotta of Bergenfield, and had eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, Frances Rooney, in 2008.
Mr. Rooney’s funeral service was on Monday, Nov. 2 at the Richards Funeral Home in West Milford. His interment is at Cedar Heights Cemetery in West Milford.

Award to DJ Jonathan Ross, George Presents

2009-11-05T13:22:00.000-08:00

U.K George Michael led the salutes. TV and radio personality Jonathan Ross at the annual Music Industry Trusts' Award ceremony, held Monday night, 2nd Nov., at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. Awarded the accolade in recognition of his services to music broadcasting, Ross was presented with the prestigious award by George Michael. "Jonathan and I are from very similar stock," said Michael before welcoming Ross to the stage. "We have some very similar aspects to our careers in that we both still have our hair, we're both still on the telly and we're both adored by public and press alike." Holding his award up to the crowd, Ross said, "…it's what it represents and I'm touched and I don't feel worthy."

George Michael: Releasing song in December

2009-11-01T13:54:00.000-08:00

Is set to release a single George Michael for the festive season this December. 'December Song' the track titled will be particular, as he will be coming up with a festive single for the first time after singing Wham's "Last Christmas" in 1984.
However, as a free download he had released the song for a short period of time on his website last year, reports the BBC News. The 46 year old singer's spokesman revealed that the track has now been remastered. Reports have also come that he will belt out the song on ITV1's X Factor. Michael had announced last year that he wouldn't be touring anymore, after final shows in London and Copenhagen.

George Michael: Releasing Xmas Single

2009-10-28T12:02:00.000-07:00

George Michael is trying to land the Christmas number one single this year, by releasing a particular festive themed song.
Michael has signed a one single deal with Island Records to release 'December Song' on December 13 as a digital download, and December 14 as a physical version.
Fans may recognise the title of 'December Song', as the ex-Wham! star gave away the very same track as a free download via his website last Christmas.
Michael will face stiff competition for the top spot though, as he'll be going head-to-head against the X Factor winner and Robbie Williams, who is releasing 'You Know Me' on the same day.

George Michael dumped by lover

2009-10-10T04:13:00.000-07:00

George Michael split from his boyfriend. Kenny Goss walked out on the 'Faith' singer last Christmas after 13 years together. The pair have been living apart ever since, but friends and family have kept the break up a secret because they fear George is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Kenny is thought to have ended the relationship after George, 46, was arrested in the public toilets on London's Hampstead Heath and charged with possessing drugs last year. One pal told Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper: "Kenny had given George many chances. But after the Hampstead Heath incident he said he couldn't take any more. Everyone knew George wasn't just in there to do drugs the place is well known as a place to pick up men."Despite George saying they had an open relationship, Kenny never agreed with George's urges to go out cruising for other men, or with his excessive use of cannabis. He is embarrassed by what George had put him through."They had been due to marry on their 10th anniversary back in 2006, but Kenny told him it was off unless he changed his ways. But it seems George just couldn't."The split has reportedly turned George into a "hermit" who is addicted to computer games. He has postponed all his work commitments and stays in his north London mansion for days at a time.A friend said: "When Kenny left him, George wasn't in the right frame of mind for anything. He seemed to become actually depressed and no one could talk him out of it."George would get up at 2pm, have a couple of cannabis joints, and play computer games until 7am, then do it all again the next day."George also has all these ideas about going back on the road but no one knows if his state of mind will take it. The split has hit him hard."

'Dumped by lover Kenny Goss after 13 years' George Michael

2009-10-06T03:37:00.000-07:00

George Michael has split up with his long term lover Kenny Goss after 13 years together, according to reports.
The final straw for Goss, 50, came after the Careless Whisper star, 46, was charged with drug possession after being arrested in public toilets on Hampstead Heath last year.
The art gallery owner reportedly walked out at Christmas, but kept the split silence. To have hit the star so hard it is said, that he postponed all work commitments.

Friends said Michael turned into as hermit, sleeping until late at his Highgate mansion and then smoking cannabis joints and playing computer games until the early hours.
One source said: 'Kenny had given George many chances. But after the Hampstead Heath incident he said he couldn’t take any more.
'Despite George saying they had an open relationship, Kenny never agreed with George’s urges to cruise for other men, or with his excessive use of cannabis.'
The singer has insisted in the past that he had an open relationship with Goss.
'Gay relationships are a bit change,' Michael has said. 'I'm sure we'll be allowed to roam if we want to. But we love each other dearly.'
When contacted by the Mail Online, a spokesperson for Michael had no comment.

GEORGE MICHAEL - LA ROUX PINES FOR FAITH-FUL DAD

2009-09-28T11:45:00.000-07:00

La Roux singer Elly Jackson is such a huge fan of George Michael she wishes he was her father.
La Roux singer Elly Jackson wants George Michael to be her dad.
The 'Bulletproof' star admires the pop story who was arrested earlier this year following a car crash so much she wishes she had grown up with him.
She said: "I love George Michael. I want him to be my dad. Even the Land Rover incident just made him more endearing."
Elly recently lives in South London with her mother actress Trudie Goodwin, who is famous for playing Sergeant June Ackland in UK TV police drama 'The Bill' and insists she would rather "live in a bin" than move anywhere else.
She added: "Move? I'd rather live in a bin. I've got four actually close old friends, I can walk to all their houses and my sister lives in walking distance. No one recognises me here. If I lived somewhere else in London I'd get recognised all the time."

George Harrison's widow wins razor wire planning battle

2009-09-25T11:53:00.000-07:00

Rodney Bewes , the television comedy actor and star of The Likely Lads, had objected to Olivia Harrison's proposal to install a new barbed wire fence around her £20 million pounds mansion, citing a series of injuries to his pet cat Maurice.
Bewes and other neighbours of Friar Park, the sprawling mansion where George Harrison was once stabbed by an intruder, had tried to persuade their local council to refuse permission for the new razor sharp fence.
Letters to the local authority likened the perimeter fence to a German prisoner of war camp.
However, now district council planners have given Mrs Harrison permission to top the fence with the sharp razor wire.
Despite losing the fight, civic leaders in Henley-on-Thames said they were hopeful they might still be able to get the imposing security scaled down by appealing directly to Mrs Harrison.
Mr Bewes complained that the razor wire opposite his home had nearly killed his six-year-old pet cat Maurice and forced him to fork out thousands of pounds in vet's bills.
In a letter to the local council, the 70 year old actor asked: "Is the razor wire necessary?
"Our cat has been caught three times, once severing an artery and we know of three other cats who have been injured."
He added: "My biggest saddness (sic) though is coming home and seeing razor wire and all it stands for in the world."
Mrs Harrison's home, Friar Park, nestles on a hill at the edge of upmarket Henley-on-Thames, Oxon. Hidden behind the imposing fence are 38 acres of lavish landscaped gardens and a picturesque lake.
Mr Bewes' wife Daphne said there was little they could do about the council's decision and would not be mounting an appeal.
"You can't argue with the council," she said.
"Lots of people have nice houses around here and none of us wants to be burgled but we don't all go and put razor wire up.
"The new wire is going to be latticed which will probably take Maurice's eye out. You can't tell a cat not to be stupid and climb over it."
Talking about the fence she added: "I just think it's wrong. It looks like a war zone.
"We are neighbours and it is nothing personal but it is just the principle - there are a lot of lovely houses around here that don't have it."
In their objection to the plans, neighbours John and Anna Rayner commented that it was "just downright unneighbourly to impose Stalag Luft 17 on the residents around Friar Park."
Town councillors in Henley voted unanimously to oppose the planned new fence and wire.
In 1999 George Harrison and his wife came close to death when a schizophrenic man, Michael Abram, broke into the gothic mansion and stabbed the musician.
Olivia Harrison smashed the 33 year old Liverpudlian attacker around the head with a poker and a table lamp and Abram was detained and treated before later being released against her wishes.
It had been pointed out that fencing and razor wire was around the house prior to the attack and did not prevent it.

George Michael, Where Have You Gone?

2009-09-23T11:00:00.000-07:00

George Michael picked up the telephone Monday morning to call Sonny Jurgensen, his friend and former Channel 4 colleague, to rehash the Redskins' 9-7 victory over the woebegone St. Louis Rams on Sunday. They spoke for 40 minutes, and when they finished, Michael said he told Jurgensen, "If that (conversation) had been on the air, it would have been some great television."
Sadly, that chat will never look the light of day. Nor will Michael's face be seen or his blustery "now hear this" be heard anytime soon on local television, doing what he always did better than most -- asking provocative questions and often eliciting interesting and occasionally outrageous, newsmaking responses from anyone within range of his booming voice.
That memorable voice is mostly silent these days over the Washington airwaves, heard only occasionally when a local radio sports talk host gets him as a guest for a quick hit, as WTEM's Tony Kornheiser did last week. But as for local television, which Michael often dominated as Channel 4's sports director from 1980 to 2007, he's been a TV no-show since his last "Redskins Report" aired in December.
Michael, 70, still lives in Montgomery County and spends most of his time these days researching old baseball photographs, a longtime passion that includes purchasing old newspaper photo libraries with several partners. He still lookes a lot of football, the better to stay up on the sport whenever radio hosts from around the country call him for an on air opinion.
Two years ago, Michael was the victim of an industry-wide budget-slashing movement in the local broadcasting business. Never mind that his nightly sportscasts at 6 and 11 and his popular weekly football and basketball shows often produced high ratings, not to mention more than occasional must look television, a major reason Channel 4 has been No. 1 in the local TV news market for years.
"Everything has changed," Michael said in a telephone interview Monday afternoon. "Why has it changed? Because whatever you do, quality doesn't actually matter. It's whether you kept the cost down. Management doesn't worry about ratings. They worry about the dollars, and I guess I can't argue with that. That's just the way it is now."
Michael left the daily grind at Channel 4 two years ago when he was told his budget would be slashed and he'd have to let go of a number of key people in his sports operation. He still kept his hand in the business with his highly acclaimed "Redskins Report" show featuring panelists Jurgensen, John Riggins and Michael Wilbon during the NFL season, as well as his day-after-game interviews (along with Jurgensen) of the Redskins head coach du jour.
These days, Jim Zorn gets grilled on Comcast SportsNet by Chick Hernandez, a perfectly competent interviewer in his own right. Still, for this viewer, at least, it's just not the same without Michael asking the questions. Obviously all good things eventually come to an end, but Michael's outsize ego and bodacious bluster still ought to be on display -- whether on TV or talk radio -- on a regular basis in this town.
One of the first day-after questions Michael said he would have loved to ask Zorn involved that brutal halfback option pay from the Rams 5-yard line midway through the third quarter, when Clinton Portis overthrew Chris Cooley in the end zone and the Redskins had to kick another field goal.
(By the way, much to his credit, Jurgensen did exactly that in his postgame radio locker room interview with Zorn. Jurgensen told the head coach that if he'd been the quarterback and that play came through his headset, he'd have ignored it and switched to something else. Why pay a quarterback all that money to throw touchdown passes, Jurgensen wondered, then take it out of his hands and allow a running back to heave it in a critical situation?
Just a tad perturbed, Zorn told Jurgensen that he would have benched him for disobeying a direct order, an almost laughable response from a novice play-caller to a Hall of Fame quarterback who called most of his plays over the course of his excellent career. But it also was must-listen radio, a response that was aired several more times on the radio the next day.)
"If I were doing it, I would say to Zorn before we went on the air, 'There are three things today I'm going to ask you that you're probably not going to like,' " Michael said. "But these are the same questions the fans would be asking, and I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't ask you for an answer."

Backstreet Boys (4) vs. George, Guilty Pleasures, Final Four

2009-09-18T11:39:00.000-07:00

EW’s Music Mix is searching for the Greatest Guilty Pleasure Musical Act of All Time. With four seeded contestants remaining (see all the matchups), this tournament is continuing to change hearts, minds, and lives, as well as make some people noteworthy agitated! Read/listen to the following, and then cast your vote in the poll after the jump; reader comments will be used from here on out, so we encourage you to also post a comment explaining why you chose the way you did. Note: In case of a tie, please select the artist you feel more ashamed to adore. It was a true clash of the titans, but Backstreet edged out Britney Spears to claim the ’90s teen pop crown.
“I don’t need to exaggerate here, but this is like Sophie’s Choice.” et
“BSB still makes my voice jump two octaves when I hear them sing (especially a capella), even though nobody likes to admit to teenying out… I do. All it takes is those voices and a Carter smirk, and I’m there. damn. So they get my vote.” Anna
“The Backstreet Boys truly are larger than life they represent an entire area to anyone who was a tween/teen in the nineties, girls and boys. Put them on in a room full of nineties kids and in about 10 seconds everyone, EVERYONE will be singing along.” kaitlin
“Now here comes the important question, why do I feel more shamed for a liking the Backstreet Boys? My guilt is not self generated but rather pushed on me by society. We live in a world where it is perfectly acceptable to like a female singer for the size of her breast and not the sound of her voice. However when a male singers is appreciated for their appearance in addition to their talent, there considered less of an artists. In addition, it is okay for men to like someone for only aesthetic reasons, but not for women. This is an unfortunate double standard. If I admit I like the backstreet boys to a coworker, they see at me like I crazy and think I want to grow up. If someone admits they like Britney spears, everyone assume it is because she looks nice in her panties or that they enjoy a watching train wreck. PS. Does this match up remind anyone else of his or her TRL days?” Ms. Car

Michael Moore ponders post-`Capitalism' career with move to fiction films, No more docs?

2009-09-15T11:57:00.000-07:00

TORONTO - Michael Moore says he made his latest documentary, "Capitalism: A Love Story," as though it were his last. And it might be.
The George W. Bush antagonist of "Fahrenheit 9/11" and gun-control champion of "Bowling for Columbine" closing up shop? The General Motors jouster of "Roger & Me" and health-care trouper of "Sicko" no longer in the documentary business?
"I'm saying it's a possibility, yeah," Moore said in an interview at the Toronto International Film Festival, where "Capitalism" played in advance of its limited release in theaters Sept. 23 and nationwide rollout Oct. 2.
"I've done this for 20 years. I started out by warning people about General Motors, and my whole career has been trying to say the emperor has no clothes here, and we better do something about it," Moore said. "I've been having to sort of knock my head against the wall here for 20 years saying these things.
"Two years ago, I tried to get the health-care debate going, and it did eventually, and now where are we? We may not even have it. What am I supposed to do at a certain point?"
Moore, 55, whose nonfiction projects include the television shows "TV Nation" and "The Awful Truth," is thinking he wants to return to fiction. He wrote and directed one fictional film, the 1995 comedy "Canadian Bacon," starring John Candy in his next-to-last role as an American county sheriff who goes on the warpath after the U.S. president (Alan Alda) tries to boost his sagging image by provoking hostilities with Canada.
The movie was a critical and commercial dud, but Moore said he is anxious to do more narrative flicks. Moore said he has been working on two fiction screenplays while making "Capitalism," a documentary in which he pegs corporate inroads into the federal government during the Reagan years as a key factor in today's economic meltdown.
In "Capitalism," Moore offers a glimpse of the rosier America in which he grew up in Flint, Mich., where his father worked at a spark-plug factory. Moore and his dad revisit the sprawling site of the defunct plant, now just barren lots and demolition debris.
"I had not seen it leveled. It was pretty shocking, actually. I was affected by just standing there," Moore said. "That place represented a good, middle-class living for our family, and it's now surrounded by a town that's dying. Where the only people left there are the people struggling, really struggling, to survive."
The film presents a condo shark brokering deals on foreclosed units and chronicles the despair of people evicted from their homes. It details corporate profiteering through "dead peasant" insurance policies companies take out on employees and captures tongue-tied experts unable to explain investment derivatives that are blamed for much of the economic chaos.
Moore's conclusion: Capitalism doesn't work.
"I started this film before the crash. The crash happens, I'm thinking, oh, somebody's going to start talking about what I'm talking about in this movie," Moore said. "I've yet to see a talk show or read an op-ed where somebody has just named it, just come out and said, `Folks, what has to happen here is capitalism's got to go.' Because we can't have a system where the richest 1 percent own as much as the bottom 95 percent. That just isn't democracy. That's not America."
"Capitalism" goes after the "big enchilada here," the root of problems he's examined in his earlier films and TV shows, Moore said. The sort of film that, if he retired from the documentary field, would stand as a summation of his work.
"Look, I love the movies, I love going to the movies, and I love making movies. I think making a good movie is about telling a good story, and you can do that through fiction or nonfiction," Moore said. "I've made a body of work of nonfiction that I'm very proud of, and like any filmmaker, I'm looking for different challenges, and things that will keep me interested and excited about what I'm doing."
"Capitalism" serves as something of a call to arms for others to step in and fill the void as Moore moves on to other things.
"I think people will be maybe somewhat disappointed because there's so many things we need to deal with right now, and they wish I would make a film about it. But I want other people to make those films," Moore said.
"I am tired of feeling like I'm doing this alone. All through the eight years of Bush, you Google `Bush' and `nemesis' and I'm the first name up. And there aren't a whole lot of other names," Moore said. "It doesn't work with Michael Moore and Sean Penn and Ted Kennedy and a few others. The people have got to get involved in their democracy."

'Monkey' Love George Michael's

2009-08-29T04:38:00.000-07:00

Though the latter half of his career has been malevolented by that unfortunate incident in a bathroom a few years back, George Michael was once a pretty big deal. One of the biggest, really, as his eight chart topping singles in the 1980s is a record he shares with the legendary Michael Jackson (though George had three of those singles as half of Wham!). Following his tear from Andrew Ridgeley, Michael scored monolithic hits with songs like "Faith," "Father Figure" and "One More Try."
Though he opened the 1990s with the multi platinum Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, Michael has yet to be able to top the submerging ubiquity of his solo entry Faith. Legal battles with his label and huge spread between albums allowed him to slip off the radar for a while, and both of his comeback albums (1996's Older and 2004's Patience) were received lukewarmly in the U.S. (though he remained a superstar in his native U.K.). But last year he toured North America for the first time in 17 years and was well received by both fans and critics. The tour (and the greatest hits album that attended it) helped to prompt the world just how many hit songs Michael has had in his career. One of those tunes was "Monkey," the final single from Faith and also Michael's last chart topper of the '80s. It climbed up to the top position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 21 years ago today on August 27, 1988. It replaced Steve Winwood's "Roll With It" at the top of the mound. It stayed there for two weeks before being pushed out by Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine."

And don't forget that George Michael may finally get the VMA respect he deserves, as his clip for "Freedom" is nominated for Best Video (That Should Have Won A Moonman) at this year's Video Music Awards, which air live on Sunday, September 13.

English city are 2 bothersome buskers banned

2009-08-23T00:06:00.000-07:00

LONDON A city in central England says two buskers who plagued a suburb by repeating the same two songs have been banned from performing for two years.
Birmingham City Council said Friday that the men angered residents with late night and out of tune appearance of two tracks "Wonderwall" by Oasis and "Faith" by George Michael.
Acoustic guitar player James Ryan, a 40 year old, and 39 year old Andrew Cave who used garbage can lids to attach Ryan were banned from busking by a judge at Birmingham Magistrates' Court.
The group are barred from entering the Birmingham suburb of Moseley Village and from playing musical apparatus there.
The council says both men are also banned from adjured anywhere in England or Wales.

Drunk-driving trouble for George Michael

2009-08-17T22:27:00.000-07:00

Has anyone wondered what George Michael has been up to recently? Boy have we got a story.The pop icon was arrested on Friday after being doubtful of driving under the pull. He took a breathalyser test following an collision where he banged into a truck.According to the truck holder Laurie Rowe, Michael had been quitely confuse and had no idea what was going on. He even tried to climb into the cab of Rowe's rig and said something about being alarmed to go to jail. Rowe said the impact was so angry and Michael hit them so hard that he "didn't think he [Michael] would have come through."Back in 2006, Michael has had his agreement renege following an arrest for ugly driving as well.

Experiment of John Legend to continues

2009-08-13T05:39:00.000-07:00

MONTREAL -- I reached American neo-soul singer John Legend by phone on Friday, June 26, the day after Michael Jackson's death. So it was difficult to deflect starting our advisement with the topic du jour.
"It's a surreal moment," said Legend, real name John Stephens. "It's a sad moment. It makes you reflect on all the great music he's made, how effectual he was in my life, and to so many other people . . . He was the quintessential pop star.
"Some of his music is some of my favourite music of all time I truly always acknowledge his music."
While Legend may not have taken straight cues from Jackson's music or aureate stage persona, he has been expanding his sound over the course of his three solo albums, as understanded by the title of last year's Evolver.
The album opens with the electro influenced "Green Light," featuring OutKast's Andre 3000 dropping whimsical come on rhymes while Legend purr over an uptempo club beat.
"I decided to go in more of an electronic direction," he said of the song. "It prompted me of an '80s jam by George Michael or Prince . . . Andre took it to a whole other level because of his energy, wit and all that."
Elsewhere on the album, Legend dabbles in hip-hop (with pal Kanye West), reggae (with British protege Estelle) and his trademark swooning piano balladry.
Though his specialty is the soulful torch song, the 30 year old singer has always made a point of bringing other things to the table.
"I always felt I was more than the stereotype of me," he said. "'Green Light' was so successful as a single, it highlighted that difference. My albums are all pretty well ) 'Ordinary People.' That came to define the larger public's perception of who I was."
Legend's Grammy-winning 2004 debut Get Lifted also featured more hip-hop-oriented material, including the songs "Number One" (featuring Kanye West) and "I Can Change" (featuring Snoop Dogg). The album ended up selling a whopping three million copies, making him a household name in the expantion.
But he hardly had come out of nowhere. Legend had been a songwriter, pianist and guest vocalist on the R&B/hip-hop circuit for years, playing piano on Lauryn Hill's 1999 smash "Everything Is Everything," and appearing on songs by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, among others.
His big break came when his old college roommate Devo Springsteen introduced him to his cousin West in 2001. Get Lifted was released on West's Good Music label.
"I met him in Harlem at a performance I had done at Jimmy's Uptown," Legend said. "(Springsteen) thought we would work well together. He was right. We met before either of us was famous, and helped each other. When he airfare up, he helped me get a record deal."
"He's a genius. He's one of the most impressive creative minds I've ever worked with. I think he's been one of the most influential artists in our generation."
Legend has been fostering some young talent of his own, signing British R&B/reggae/hip-hop singer Estelle to his Homeschool label and recruiting West to act on the hit (and again, Grammy-winning) single "American Boy," produced by Will.i.am.
"I just felt like she deserved to be a star," Legend said. "As a fan, I wanted to hear more music from her, the right music that I as a fan would accept. So I signed her to my label, I helped make her last album and we're working on the next one."
He is also working on the appearance album of his younger brother Vaughn Anthony, who is opening for him on his current tour.
"He's an R&B artist with a voice similar to mine," he said, "but with his own style, which is a bit harder(-edged)."
Though he started playing piano at age four, it's in his singing and songwriting that Legend takes the most pride, and rightly so. He has a knack for making engaging music.
Even as he indulges in heartstring tugging soul songs, a sense of humour runs through his lyrics. "Number One," from his debut, featured the uproariously unapologetic line, "You can't say I don't love you / Just because I cheat on you."
"I'm always trying to tell a good story," Legend said, "in a way that's relatable and that people can connect with. I want it to feel clever and unique, and also universal and familiar. I'm trying to find the right balance. I know it when I hear it."

Michael Cera and Charlyne Yi talk romance and BLTs in this sexless mockumentary. But is it true love, or too cute?

2009-08-10T00:30:00.000-07:00

The twee mockumentary you enjoyment may rest on how endearing you find its two lead actors: Michael Cera, the awkward, earnest actor building a considerable career playing and Charlyne Yi, the comedian last seen baked out of her brain in "Knocked Up," the kind of guys you wouldn't mind letting your daughter date. They may or may not be an off-screen couple (it's confuder), but they are certainly an on-screen couple, playing a fictitious version of themselves: Two 20-somethings prone to quirk and hoodies, who meet while Yi is filming a documentary about the conform of love. He courts her over sandwiches and delivery pizzas as the cameras roll. She writes a song for him on her acoustic guitar called "You Smell Like Christmas." They don't knock back Jagermeister shots. Nobody winds up naked in a hot tub, ever. It's all giggle-snorts and spring water drunk from wine glasses and awkward goodbyes. It's sweet but, as my companion said when we left the theater: Don’t you kind of miss the days when kids just got drunk and had sex?

The movie begins with the premise that Charlyne -- who co-wrote "Paper Heart" with her friend, director Nicholas Jasenovec (played by Jake Johnson) -- does not believe in love. Not the fairy tale kind of love, anyway, and though she does not say so, you get the sense that coming of age in the "The Bachelor" and the trashy dating shows of MTV and VH1 -- where romance is medido in pole dances and diamond rings -- didn’t do much to bolster her faith in enduring coupledom. Armed with her skepticism and a small camera crew she starts filming a documentary in which she interviews real people about their ideas on love, from man-on-the-street-style exchanges in New York to sit-downs with comedian pals like Seth Rogen and Demetri Martin, the latter of whom offers the terrific deadpan: "You've never been in love. Is it because you're not lovable?"

British Artists get their phones hacked

2009-08-01T13:08:00.000-07:00

UK’s most famous policeman raised an analysis last Thursday on one report of journalists at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World. For what, you ask? Why, because the chief of the paper was conniving to hack the cellphones of celebrities and renowned public officials. And who are these prominent officials? Well, one is Gwyneth Paltrow. Really, that’s the top of the mountain. That’s all that matters to me. Is some techno-whizkid tried, ineffectively, to hack Gwyneth Paltrow’s phone. And also one of the celebrity George Michael’s. This is obviously a cyberpunk plan to gain access to the in secret guarded inner circle of people who haven’t put out work in a decade. And even then, were mysteriously well-liked. Other notable personalities who had their blackberries exploded were former deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, former culture secretary Tessa Jowell, and celebrity cook Nigella Lawson. That sounds like a cracking roster. But for our rationale, we will visualize tech-discussions, notes, and twitters sent from the phones of George Michael and Gwyneth’s phone. Because you have to be anxious to hack the tech of the most frustrating people working in showbiz.

George Michael Two-time Grammy Award winner

2009-07-16T13:18:00.000-07:00

GEORGE MICHAEL

He has won two grammy awards.
He has sold over 100 million records worldwide as of 2008
His 1987 debut solo album, Faith has sold over 20 million copies worldwide.

George Michael - Careless Whisper

2009-04-10T23:17:00.000-07:00

George Michael - Careless Whisper

I feel so unsure as I take your hand an lead you to the dance floor.
As the music dies something in your eyes
Calls to mind a silver screen and you're its sad goodbye.
I'm never gonna dance again
guilty feet have got no rhythm

Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool.
I should have known better than to cheat a friend

And waste a chance that I've been given.
So I'm never gonna dance again
the way I danced with you.
Time can never mend the careless whispers of a good friend.
To the heart and mind ignorance is kind.
There's no comfort in the truth
pain is all you'll find.
I'm never gonna dance again
guilty feet have got no rhythm
. . .
Never without your love.
Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd.
Maybe it's better this way

We'd hurt each other with the things we want to say.
We could have been so good together

We could have lived this dance forever

But now who's gonna dance with me? - Please stay.
And I'm never gonna dance again
guilty feet have got no rhythm
. . .
No dance
no dance
no dance
you're gone - no dance
you're gone.
This matter is so wrong
so wrong
that you had lo leave me alone.

George Michael - Twenty Five

2008-06-17T02:10:00.000-07:00

Album Track List

101- Everything She Wants - George Michael, Wham!,.mp3
102- Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - George Michael, Wham!,.mp3
103- Freedom.mp3
104- Faith.mp3
105- Too Funky.mp3
106- Fastlove.mp3
107- Freedom! '90.mp3
108- Spinning the Wheel.mp3
109- Outside.mp3
110- As.mp3
111- Freeek!.mp3
112- Shoot The Dog.mp3
113- Amazing.mp3
114- Flawless (Go to the City).mp3
115- Easier Affair.mp3

George Michael explode British Politicians

2008-06-17T01:45:00.000-07:00

English singer-songwriter George Michael believes that high-powered politicians drive the media to cover his and Britney Spears' private lives so that they may keep the "real news' off the front pages of the top newspapers.

The pop superstar says that British newspapers often publish stories about him, and each time he wonders which big happenings such news items might have covered up. "In England I've probably had about 20 or 30 front pages in last two-and-a-half-years (and) what interests me is what else happened on those same days, and how much our government is getting away with day after day," Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

Mary J. Cover Stevie and George Michael covered Stevie Wonder

2008-06-16T02:02:00.000-07:00

What’s better than a George Michael and Mary J. Blige duet on Stevie Wonder’s magnificent “As”? How about hundreds of Georges and Marys hanging out in a club, singing Stevie Wonder’s “As.” That’s right — in this duet, never before available in the US, Mary and George are dressed in their best, getting down on the dancefloor.

List of Websites For George Michael Music

2008-06-16T01:39:00.000-07:00

George Michael - Flawless (Go to the City)

Top 8 Wham! & George Michael Songs

2008-06-13T09:13:00.000-07:00

1. “Careless Whisper” 2. “Everything She Wants”
3. “Freedom”
4. “Last Christmas”
5. “I Knew You Were Waiting”
6. “Faith”
7. “Father Figure”
8. “One More Try”

George Michael - The History

2008-06-13T09:00:00.000-07:00

As the history of popular music develops, one fact shines through: talent wins. You can't cheat and survive for any length of time. You can't hype and fool people more than once. You can't hide behind image makers, or alluring videos, or the cut of this season's clothes. Or you can - but then you die. To survive you must evolve, improve, have faith, still thrill. Longevity depends on making the best music.George Michael has never thought of popular music as a career: it's far more personal - more precious - than that. But he has always taken the long-term view, that ultimately an artist's achievement will not be judged in terms of number one singles, or magazine covers, or prestigious awards, but by a large body of work, a collection of albums over time, a lifetime's development in an artform that no longer depends on shock or rebellion or the quick burn-out to make a mark.

His growing maturity was further established with the release of 'A Different Corner', his second solo single, and another mature ballad of lasting worth. A few months later George and Andrew decided that Wham! should disband while still at the very peak of their success. This announcement was followed by a unique final concert at Wembley, an emotional farewell in front of 72,000.

The album, released in November 1987, showed George Michael to be one of the finest songwriters of the decade and guaranteed him a whole new audience. The album was a No.1 on both sides of the Atlantic, with worldwide sales approaching 16 million. 'Faith' received a Grammy for the Best Album of 1988, and won George two Ivor Novello Awards for 'Songwriter Of The Year' and 'International Hit Of The Year' ('Faith'). George also won American Music Awards for 'Favourite Male Vocalist' (pop/rock), 'Favourite Male Artist' (soul /R 'n' B) and 'Favourite Album' (soul / R 'n' B).In America, the outstanding success of 'Faith' was marked by six No.1 singles: I Want Your Sex', 'Faith', 'Father Figure', 'One More Try', 'Monkey' and 'Kissing A Fool'. The live 'Faith' tour followed in February 1988, taking the hits package to a momentous opening date at Tokyo's Budokan Stadium, and then on to ecstatic audiences in Australia, Europe hand North America. In June, George interrupted the tour to sing three songs at Wembley Stadium's Nelson Mandela Freedom Concert.

In February of 2004, with much anticipation from fans, George releases the first single to be released from his forthcoming album 'Patience'. After 8 years in the making, in March of 2004, George releases his fourth solo studio album in the form of 'Patience'. The much anticipated album instantly hitting the number one spot in the UK and various other countries in it's first week of release.June 2004 saw the release of the up tempo dance track 'Flawless'. Originally recorded by 'The Ones'. George decided to put his own feel on the track. Much of 'The Ones' version being instrumental, George reworked the track into a fully fledged song.In November of 2004, George releases the third single to be taken off the album, in the form of 'Round Here'. 'Round Here' depicting his life in song. Telling the story of his early days through to present day.

George Michael Award List

2008-06-13T08:55:00.000-07:00

American Music Awards

1989 - Favourite Male Vocalist (Pop/Rock)
1989 - Favourite Male Vocalist (Soul/R&B)
1989 - Favourite Album (Faith) (Soul/R&B

Brit Awards

1988 - Best British Male
1991 - Best British Album (Listen Without Prejudice, Vol 1)
1997 - Best British Male

Capital FM Awards

1995 - Best Male Singer
1996 - Best Male Singer

Grammy Awards

1987 - Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo or Group ("I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)")
1989 - Album of the Year (Faith)

MTV Video Music Awards

1988 - Best Direction in a Video ("Father Figure") (George Michael and Andy Morahan)
1989 - Video Vanguard (Career Achievement)
1993 - International Viewer's Choice Award—MTV Europe ("Killer/Papa Was A Rolling Stone")
1996 - International Viewer's Choice Award—MTV Europe ("Fastlove")

George Michael Albums List

2008-06-13T08:40:00.000-07:00

George Michael - Faith

George Michael Fans Review

2008-06-13T08:35:00.000-07:00

By StephanieJd:

The King is back!! What a masterpiece!!! The most moving ballads and feet tapping upbeat tempos! Sheer brilliance!

By jack33's

I don't usually write music reviews, but seeing as Patience is George Michael's last dance into retail outlets, and I've been a big fan throughout his career, I thought I'd throw my opinion into the ring. Patience: A simple piano (John Lennon's in fact) and Mr Michaels's voice, absolutely first class.9/10 Amazing: A classy pop song, which stirs you up into an excitable frenzy. 8/10

By Jonny

George Michael's debut solo album shows more than just pop genius. It reveals a real quality and depth of feeling which comes through in the songwriting about failed relationships.

George Michael begins UK tour

2008-06-12T09:27:00.000-07:00

The singer, who has rarely been out of the tabloids, had said as recently as last year that his career was over.
But soon after he announced a Europe-wide greatest hits tour which began in Barcelona in September to broadly positive reviews.
The 42-year-old singer said he was enjoying touring but felt his recording career was "all finished for now".

There are two dates that he is going to play in Earls court, London. The one is 24th August 2008 and the other is 25th August, 2008. So, the fans of George Michael has a really chance to meet him and join his live rock show.

George Michael Phota Gallery

2008-06-12T08:53:00.001-07:00

George Michale Tickets On Sale!

2008-06-12T08:03:00.000-07:00

George Michael has just announced that he will perform two shows in England this summer to mark the conclusion of his '25 Live Tour'.Michael who has been the most played artist on British radio over the past two decades started this world tour in 2006 and has almost completed nearly eighty live dates across North America and Europe.George Michael will play the final two gigs of this tour on Sunday 24th and Monday 25th August at Earls Court, London.Tickets will go on sale at 8am this Friday 13th June, 2008. You can also buy George Michael Concert Tickets from web ticket touts as well.