lundi 30 avril 2018

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NEW IDEA semble avoir considéré l'importance de la demande internationale .. Vous pouvez désormais commander le special NEW IDEA LEGENDS consacré à Olivia Newton-John : https://www.subscribetoday.com.au/3da7f6b966c52ec9131c2e438cb15c3f.html



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AU PIPO


L'INTERVIEW

40 Years And A Return?: Olivia Newton-John Talks 'Grease'

Apr 30, 2018, 01:15am



On June 16, 2018, Grease will officially turn 40.

The musical, which starred Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta, was an instant box office success and became a cultural phenomenon. It grossed $8.94 million domestically in its opening weekend, debuting in second place behind Jaws 2, and went on to break box office records including taking a record gross of $40.27 million in its first 19 days.

Grease has now taken $188.76 million domestically ($394.96 million worldwide). At the time, it was the highest-grossing musical ever - it’s now in fourth place behind Les Misérables, Mamma Mia! and Beauty and the Beast (2017).

To celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary, and its fully restored rerelease, I caught up with Olivia Newton-John to talk about the movie, Grease's legacy, kitsch classic Xanadu, and the possibility of a return for Sandy and Danny.


Simon Thompson: Grease was the first movie I ever saw in a movie theater. Do you get a lot of people telling you about how formative the film was for them?

Olivia Newton-John: Oh, absolutely and that is what's amazing. There are grandparents who saw the movie when it came out and then they showed to their kids and their kids' kids. Even now, I get five-year-olds saying how much they love the movie. Oddly, about very eight or 10 years it seems that a new generation comes through and picks up that momentum. Maybe these kids see it on television or their parents have it, I don't know. I could probably write a book containing all the stories I hear about people saying when they saw it and what it has meant to them. I never get tired of that. It's really wonderful and I definitely feel very grateful for that experience.

ST: When did you realize that Grease was going to surpass being a box office hit and become a cultural phenomenon?

ON-J: We believed in what we were doing but I don't think anyone could have imagined that would be still so popular 40 years later. Of course, we were hopeful that the movie would do well, and it did, but I don't even think Paramount were that excited about it in the beginning. It just took on a life of its own. Making it was fun but you never know with movies if audiences are going to go with it or not, even if you love it. It is incredible that it is still going but it's not even just that, it's showing no signs of stopping. You say "Sandy and Danny" and people instantly know what you're talking about.

ST: You say Paramount weren't very excited about Grease, but did anyone tell you that the movie wasn't a good idea?

ON-J: Actually, I was the only one who was very nervous about making the movie. My musical career was doing well at the time and I had made a movie a few years before, a science-fiction musical, called Toomorrow. It had all the bells and whistles, it was produced by Don Kirshner, the guy who put The Monkees together, and Harry Saltzman, who co-produced the James Bond movies, and we were going to be a group doing all these musical movies. A lot of money was spent on it and it was a total flop. So, understandably, I was a little skeptical and nervous about doing another musical movie. I was the one that insisted on a screen test and told them I couldn't do it if they made me American so they agreed to me being Australian and they had me do a screen test. It's really kind of funny when I look back at it. I almost talked my way out of one of the best things to happen to me.

ST: So, without your influence and insistence, it could have been a very different movie?

ON-J: Yeah, she’d probably have been American had it not been me. I was the first person to bring an Australian accent to the big screen in a major Hollywood movie. Before that, if you were an actor or an actress, you had to be able to do an American accent.

ST: Looking back, how much you remember of your time on set with John Travolta and everyone else? Does it seem like only yesterday?

ON-J: I do remember quite a bit, not everything, but it was a long time ago. I really can't forget it. Also, because I keep being reminded of the movie all the time and I talk about it so often, it stays fresh. In all honesty, it was like being at a normal school because I didn't go to one like that. At my school, there was a uniform, the boys and the girls we kept separate and the environment was very different. In so many ways it was an experience I'd never had before. The film's producer, Allan Carr, kind of created a party atmosphere with us all and encouraged us to hang out together. He'd come by every day and give us a pep talk and keep the energy up.

READ MORE AT  : https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonthompson/2018/04/30/40-years-and-a-return-olivia-newton-john-talks-grease/#375e805e1dd0


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LES INSTAS



Chez ONJ .. pour le Australian Woman's Weekly !

dimanche 29 avril 2018

SIGNED COPY

Via les sites australiens en ligne JB HI-FI et SANITY vous pourrez pré commander l'album I HONESTLY LOVE YOU de Delta Goodrem .... dédicacée par la star / CD booklet signed by Delta Goodrem (online pre-order only). Release Date ‐ 11/05/18


https://www.jbhifi.com.au/music/browse/pop/i-honestly-love-you/634417/#tab2

https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2372930/I_Honestly_Love_You_SIGNED_COPY

Et merci Kay !

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LA RETRO PHOTO

Pat Carroll, Marcie Jones et Olivia Newton-John ...époque Go-Show en Australie  !

 

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UN PETIT AIR DE ..

C'est l'actrice Morgan Griffin qui campe une jeune Olivia Newton-John dans Olivia : Hopelessly Devoted To You !


et la pétillante Georgia Ann Flood dans la peau de la jeune Pat Carroll !






LA COMPLAINTE DU TERRIEN

On imagine que chanter à nouveau avec Delta Goodrem ne faisait pas parti des priorités d'Olivia Newton-John .. et j'imagine que le destin lui a forcé un peu la main avec cette série de 2 épisodes qui lui est consacrée !
Mais .. s'il vous plait Mme Newton-John .. avec toute cette pub ... sortez nous un nouvel album en SOLO !! c'est le bon moment ! Du jazz, de la Country, de la folk ou de la pop .. votre voix excelle dans tous ces domaines !!

Delta Goodrem à une très jolie voix ... qui s'harmonise certes .... à merveille avec la votre .. mais LOVE IS A GIFT en solo ..ça me parle beaucoup plus ! vraiment !

Je n'ai pas envie d'écouter votre musique interprété par les autres ... au pire ... faites "re-bosser" John Farrar et remettez au gout du jour vos diverses collaborations à travers toutes ces décennies flamboyantes ..




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OLIVIA : HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU



Et pour le fun ... la compil version ONJ sur youtube !



Ou sur DEEZER avec un titre en moins ... TODAY .. n'existe pas en audio ..

SYDNEY AIRPORT


Olivia Newton-John a été vue à l’aéroport de Sydney ! S'est elle rendu en Australie pour assurer une relative promotion de la serie Olivia : Hopelessly Devoted To You ?? ou supporter Delta ??


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5670171/Olivia-Newton-John-looks-radiant-make-free-strolling-Sydney-Airport.html


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CANADA



Et quand à la série .. OLIVIA : HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU ... elle devrait être diffusée au Canada sur Super Channel les 27 et 28 mai !


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LIV ON


ONJ with Amy Sky & Beth Nielsen Chapman.
April 25th, 2018 at the Lobero Theatre ( Santa Barbara ). Et un grande merci à David pour ses videos !





FRIENDSHIP IS A GIFT


Olivia Newton-John a donc ré enregistré sa superbe chanson d'amour LOVE IS A GIFT avec la charmante Delta Goodrem. Initialement ce titre a été composé en 1998 pour l'album BACK WITH A HEART, ce désormais duo célèbre l'amitié qui lit les 2 femmes pour la sortie de la mini-série australienne OLIVIA : HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU.


In the Studio with Olivia Newton-John & Delta Goodrem - Love is a Gift



Vous pouvez donc écouter ce magnifique duo sur Itune si vous précommandez l'album de DELTA - I HONESTLY LOVE YOU qui sortira le 11 mai prochain ...



ou l'écouter sur Deezer ou Spotify ...



A propos de l'album :
Delta Goodrem’s “I Honestly Love You” is the companion album to the upcoming Olivia Newton-John Inspired mini series Olivia: Hopelessly Devoted To You, airing on Channel 7 this 11 May.

This album includes songs from :

DISC 1

1. You’re the One That I Want (Feat. Dan Sultan)
2. I Honestly Love You
3. Physical
4. Magic
5. Hopelessly Devoted To You
6. Xanadu
7. Let Me Be There (Delta & ONJ)
8. Today (feat. Geogia Flood)
9. Till You Say You’ll Be Mine
10. Anyone Who Had A Heart
11. If Not For You
12. Trust Yourself
13. Love is a Gift (Delta & ONJ)

all pivotal moments of Olivia Newton-John’s prestigious career including Grease and Xanadu, as well as her record-breaking solo artist releases.

Highlights from the album include:

- ‘Physical’ (#1 ARIA Single; US Billboard Hot 100 Single for 10 weeks; 2x US platinum)
- ‘Hopelessly Devoted to You’ (nominated for an Oscar for ‘Best Original Song’)
- ‘You’re The One That I Want’ (one of the best-selling singles of all time with over 6MM units sold WW)
- ‘Magic’ (#1 US Billboard Hot 100 Single for 4 weeks)
- 2 very special duets with Delta Goodrem and Olivia Newton-John singing ‘Let Me Be There’ and ‘Love Is A Gift’.

The album also contains features from Dan Sultan and Georgia Flood (who plays Pat Carroll in the mini-series).

samedi 28 avril 2018

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PROFIL



INSTAGRAM

Delta Goodrem a écrit sur son compte le message suivant :

Une publication partagée par Delta Goodrem (@deltagoodrem) le

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Est ce sa nouvelle version de I HONESTLY LOVE YOU pour la mini serie Olivia : Hopelessly Devoted To You ! ... demain à midi heure australienne ... ses fans pourront résoudre le mystère caché derrière ce message !

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COUVERTURE

Je crois qu'on l'attends toujours le baby !!  Haaa ..  les ragots du siècle dernier n'ont rien a envier à ceux de cette génération .. ...



vendredi 27 avril 2018

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LONDON - GREASE PREMIERE 




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Help Me Make It Through The Night




et l'original composé et interprété par :

HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO WHAT ?

J'aurais tant aimé pouvoir mettre la main sur un nouveau remix officiel "guitar voix" de Hopelessly Devoted To You .. histoire de célébrer les 40 ans de la Bande Originale du film GREASE ..
On s'amusera avec ce remix pas du tout officiel et très Tribal Electro de Mauricio Beat !




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SANS COMMENTAIRES



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RANDAL KLEISER

Le réalisateur de GREASE était à Paris (lui !!)  le 25 avril dernier pour célébrer les 40 du film avec la troupe française du GREASE LE MUSICAL sur la scène du Theatre Mogador !



https://www.instagram.com/greaselemusical/

BUZZ

Ou comment la presse surf sur l'interview d'ONJ donné au magazine AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY ... histoire de faire monter la sauce pour une mini-série qui n'est toujours pas annoncé sur le petit écran ..
D'ici à ce qu'ils la diffusent quand ONJ sortira ses mémoires !!


O.N.J. ‘HORRIFIED’ BY SHOW





The Courier-Mail
27 Apr 2018   KRISTY SYMONDS

OLIVIA Newton-John has slammed the miniseries about her life starring Delta Goodrem, saying she was “horrified” when she found out Channel 7 were producing the two-part biopic.
The 69-year-old Aussie icon revealed she has no plans to watch the network’s upcoming show Olivia Newton-John Hopelessly Devoted to You and has not even read the script.
“I probably won’t watch it,” she told Australian Women’s Weekly.
“When they told me they were doing it, I was horrified, because despite the fact that I’m well known I’m kind of private and my private life, even though it gets into the papers, is not something I want to talk about.”
Newton-John told the current edition of the publication she didn’t want the much-hyped biopic to go ahead, particularly out of concern for her family and friends, but decided to make sure “some good has come out of it”.
“I worry about the people in my life,” she told the magazine.
“It’s not their fault they were married to me or were my boyfriend, so I didn’t want it to happen.
“But then I realised it was going to happen whether I wanted it to or not. So I decided to make something positive out of the negative and I asked that any money that would come to me would go to my hospital (the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre in Melbourne) so that I can do it and feel I care about it.”
Newton-John said she didn’t know how accurate the show would be “because it’s a movie”.
“People weren’t there at every moment of my life,” she said.
While the star considers Goodrem a friend and a “really good actress and a great singer”, she admitted she hesitated when she got the call from her asking if she should take the role. “In the beginning she called me and asked, ‘Shall I do it or not?’ ” she told the magazine. “First I said, ‘I’m not sure’, and then I said, ‘ Oh you do it’.” Goodrem, 33, has described her excitement about playing Newton-John and described her as “my mentor and my idol”.
“I feel really proud of it,” she told The Courier-Mail.
“It’s a celebration of an incredible woman who has inspired generations, including me.” Newton-John’s comments come as Goodrem features as the current cover story of InStyle magazine, talking about the biopic as “one of the best things I’ve experienced”.



Un grand merci à Kay !

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LA PHOTO HQ

ONJ en mode promo pour la sortie de GREASE au célèbre STUDIO 54 !


https://assets.vogue.com/photos/5ae228a1381db84658e33671/master/pass/14-best-studio-54-beauty.jpg

jeudi 26 avril 2018

SAD SONG


OLIVIA

C'est dommage, si le AUSTRALIAN WOMAN'S WEEKLY était vendu un peu partout .. cela ferait un peu plus d'argent pour le Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre ..







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DELTA 

Olivia Newton-John n'a pas l'intention de regarder la série australienne qui lui est consacré ! On la comprend !
Il doit être difficile de voir sa vie résumé en 2 épisodes ..surtout si l'histoire se permet quelques libertés ...

(Daily Telegraph)

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KATE RATES DELTA’S ONJ

The Courier-Mail
26 Apr 2018


ACTOR Kate Jenkinson, who stars in the upcoming Olivia biopic, says Delta Goodrem’s transformation to a movie and music icon was spooky.

Goodrem stars as Olivia Newton-John in Channel Seven’s two-part series with Jenkinson, who features in Foxtel’s Wentworth, playing ONJ’s best friend Pat Farrar. “It was such a nice antidote from prison,” Jenkinson (pictured) said. “I finished filming Wentworth one day, and was on the set of Grease the next. It was good medicine to wash away the grim reality of Wentworth and step into this magical musical world.”


She said Goodrem nailed the Newton-John role. “It was quite spooky the way she modulated her voice. It was quite creepy. At times, she really sounded like Sandy from Grease. And her vocal ability was spot on.”


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LE JOLI INSTA

Une publication partagée par Abrar Zenkawi🦄Notsiz (@abrarzenkawi) le

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Et un grand merci à Joseph !

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RAPPEL

newideamagazine : Celebrate our Olivia! In this special collector's edition go inside the music and movies that made the world fall in love! On sale now and selected newsagents and supermarkets or at subscribetoday.com.au


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THIS IS HOT ?

De Kay cet article (ci-dessous) sur la sortie du Film GREASE ...

Allez je vais faire mon gros lourd négatif .. il semble que nous ne soyons pas tous mangés à la même sauce ! Certes la re-colorisation du film par les bons soins de Randal Kleiser est fabuleuse .. les bonus proposés sont sympas ... mais les conditionnements sont différents selon les pays et ça craint !
En France nous n'aurons pas de 40th Anniversary Rydell Yearbook ou autres dvd fantaisistes ! Que c'est triste ! Pas de booklet pour le Blu-ray juste une pub pour aller voir le GREASE MUSICAL ...
Si vous télécharger le film via Itunes vous avez le droit à quelques jolies photos inédites des acteurs ....


... si vous l'acheter en physique .. vous aurez droits de revoir les mêmes qui faisaient la joie des fans sur l'ancienne version ...


mais surtout pas de coffret luxueux pour les 40 ans .. ce qui n'est pas rien ! La fièvre du Samedi Soir a eu droit à son coffret luxueux .. dvd - blu ray +cd remasterisé+ photos + affiche ++++++ ...
Travolta nous a t-il raconté des salades ... ??? C'est vraiment cheap ! Je suis vraiment déçu !  triste anniversaire . pas de 33t ni de B.O retravaillée pour la circonstance ! Je n'imagine même pas les 50 !


Merci à Kay et Joseph (pour la photo)

La version STEELBOX allemande ...





LOBERO THEATRE ... les instas

Notre trio LIV ON s'est reformé le temps d'un concert gratuit dédié aux victimes du "Thomas Fire" à Santa Barbara .. hier soir !

Une publication partagée par BethNielsenChapman (@beth_nielsen_chapman) le


Une publication partagée par David Harlow (@madeinsb) le




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