TV Buzz Pretty pictures of even prettier stars! The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards are history, but that doesn't mean we're done talking about them. From the red carpet coverage to the Madonna mayhem, from Elton John's stank face to Meryl Streep's “surprised” one, here are the night's most memorable images.
TV Buzz Where do I even begin here? So, Madonna won a Golden Globe tonight for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture, which she accepted via an affected, narcissistic and pretentious speech that drew ire from the other nominees. She then made passive-aggressive remarks about Elton John. After that, Ricky Gervais. And then, finally, her narcissism had an encore when she presented the award for Best Foreign Film. Here's everything you missed in the order it occurred.
Celebrity Buzz Forbes released its list of the 100 Most Powerful Celebrities, and Lady Gaga has dethroned Oprah. With great power ranking comes great responsibility, Gaga. Here's the rest of the top ten from the list. Their methodology takes into account yearly earnings (provided here), media coverage, net worth, city-states conquered, harem size, inseam measurement, etc. Full list at Forbes.
Culture Buzz Perhaps the only way to make this thing tolerable. God save the Queen and your liver if you adhere strictly to these rules. But no, congratulations William and Kate. Many happy returns, and may you get as pissed as anyone who plays this game. That's what the Brits say, isn't it? “Pissed”? “Bangers and mash”? “Metric system”?
Elton John Snl is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on Elton John Snl.
Celebrity Buzz Christina Aguilera blowing the lyrics to “The National Anthem” hath wrought a new meme. There's a template at the bottom, so get to mutilating those songs and posting them in the comments!
For those who might be confused about the bird costume Cee Lo Green wore to the 2011 Grammy Awards, here's the source of his inspiration. Sir Elton John and the Muppets singing Crocodile Rock. Who wore it better?
Someone found Elton John's US Weekly magazine covered with a “shield” at a Harps Supermarket in Mountain View, Arkansas. Harps has over 60 locations in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. If you'd like to leave a polite complaint, call their home office at 877-772-8193 or use their contact form.
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Elton John and husband David Furnish welcomed their new son on Christmas Day.
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Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John was born via surrogate on Christmas Day.
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Sir Elton John and David Furnish are proud papas of newborn Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John.
Ellie Goulding is a pop singer from the UK. Her cover of this Elton John classic charmed the British public so much that it jumped from #39 to the Top 3 in the past week.
Shiloh sets the Show & Tell bar way too high with this performance of Elton John’s “Crocodile Rock,” with a big assist from his dad. (From, via.)
Celebrity Buzz As long as there are celebrities, there will be celebrity fan art … the bad, the terrible and the atrocious. Certainly these fit into any of these categories, but I'm voting on the latter.
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A collection of portraits from the 70's featuring rock stars and their parental units. Is it just us, or does David Crosby's dad look totally like an intimidating Larry David?
At GQ’s Men Of The Year ceremony, a visibly drunk Allen threw it down against the equally catty troubadour. Basically, she called him old, he called her a cokehead, and it was once again proven that the English are more fun when they’re drunk.
Tech Buzz Yves Rossy, the Swiss Airline pilot known as Rocket Man, is set to fly over the English Channel on September 24th. When asked how it all works, Rossy simply replied, “And all this science I don’t understand, It’s just my job five days a week…And I think it’s gonna be a long long time…”