-George Michael defends himself: "The public think I'm a man on the brink of a breakdown because I fell asleep in my car, I hit a parked car and because I cruise as a gay man." Yes, but what he doesn't mention is that he did all three of those things
just this morning. [
Mirror]
-NBC has deleted footage of Madonna performing on a cross on her upcoming concert special,
The Strain Is Starting To Show.[
BBC]
-Paul McCartney makes it through an entire week of salacious back-and-forth divorce-proceedings gossip—and not one newspaper manages a "Say Say Say" joke? England, we're so disappointed in you. [
Times Online]
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Did you know that George Michael hasn't toured the United States in 17 years? Me neither! But he's going to head out on a jaunt this summer that includes two dates at Madison Square Garden and runs from June to early August. Unfortunately, the possibility of him running through all of Faith is out, as he's not performing "I Want Your Sex" (or, for that matter, "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go") because he feels he's "too old" to pull it off. Hey, I'll trade that for a rip through "One More Try," which was always underheralded to me. Full list of dates after the jump. [USA Today / Photo: AP]
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George Michael has just signed on to write "one of the hottest remaining untold celebrity memoirs" in "one of the biggest book deals ever concluded in UK publishing." And there better be some sweet dirt in there for HarperCollins to invest so much on a book-length project when this Reuters story manages to hit most of the salacious details of Michael's life—blah blah sexin' in the john, blah blah stoned on TV, blah blah pastel hot pants—in 237 words. [
