| | |  | Cher News & Gossip | | Page 1 of 2 | 1 2  | |
|
|
| | Cher: Sonny Bono took all my money, I?d like to ask him about that | | Added 26 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
|
|
|
|
|
It?s finally here! This week Cher released Cher: The Memoir, Part One (a title I still maintain is woefully boring for such a dynamic, groovy woman). Why has Cher split her memoir into two parts? Well, as she told the New York Times, because she?s had ?too much life.? Also, Cher and her editor found that a natural divide happened in her story so that Part One focuses on Cher-the-singer, while Part Two begins with her relaunching herself as Cher-the-actor. So obviously, a significant portion in the newly-released Part One is about Cher?s relationship with her first husband and singing partner, Sonny Bono. While Sonny offered an escape from her unstable upbringing, as their fame exploded, the marriage became another untenable living situation for Cher. Success made Sonny controlling, to the extent where he legally set up Cher as an employee under a business entity he named ?Cher Enterprises.? He also took all of her money, and if Cher could turn back time, she?d like to ask him why on earth he did that.
?He took all my money,? Cher said in an interview with The New York Times, which was published on Sunday, ahead of the debut for the first volume of her two-part book, ?Cher: The Memoir.? ?I just thought, We?re husband and wife. Half the things are his, half the things are mine. It didn?t occur to me that there was another way.?
Cher and Bono are best known as the pop duo and television variety team Sonny & Cher. But behind closed doors, Cher says Bono was like a ?parent? who at one point took advantage of her financially. The two met when Cher was 16 and Bono was 27, a relationship she wouldn?t label as a ?#MeToo moment? because she ?lied? to him about her age.
In an effort to avoid living with her mother at the time, she took up rooming with Bono in exchange for cleaning and cooking services. However, a couple years later, they married in 1964 and had children. And as the couple grew into their stardom, Cher says Sonny became emotionally abusive and developed a ?my way or the highway? mentality, stating Bono set their business up so that Cher was his employee.
?To this day,? Cher added, ?I wish to God I could just ask, ?Son, at what point, during what day, did you go, ?Yeah, you know what? I?m going to take her money.??
The pair got a divorce in 1975, and Bono died in a skiing accident in 1998.
?I woke up one morning ? early, like 5 ? and I just thought, I?m not going to do this anymore. I?m going to leave him,? Cher explained, adding that she told Bono that she wanted to pursue an intimate relationship with the group?s guitarist, and eventually did. ?I started to put into place a plan that was so dangerous that I don?t know how I had the nerve to do it.?
It wasn?t until her relationship with film producer David Geffen that she became financially literate.
?I didn?t know how to make a check out. I didn?t have a banking account,? Cher said. Nevertheless, Cher went on to become a household name separate from the one she married into, carving out her own lane in the industry.
[From The Wrap via Yahoo!]
For shame, Sonny. Seizing control of a partner?s (or anyone?s) finances so they?re completely dependent on you is classic abusive behavior. Cher is a fierce mama for finding her way out and believing in life after love. She knew that she?d get through it, cause she knew that she was strong, and she didn?t need him anymore. She didn?t need Sonny anymore. And to be fair to her about her lack of banking and check writing expertise, Cher and Sonny divorced in 1975. That was only one year after the Equal Credit Opportunity Act passed that allowed women to open bank accounts on their own. 50 years later and I still think we don?t educate teens enough about basic financing, but I digress?
The NY Times article is an interesting read, with some fabulous throwaway lines, like this one about her boyfriend Alexander Edwards: ?These days, Cher enjoys her time with Edwards, whom she met two years ago after she complimented his diamond-studded teeth.? It?s almost as good as the time Cher said, ?I don?t know what happened, but we?re together.? Almost. Anyway, get your copy of Cher: The Memoir, Part One today. And as if that weren?t enough, Cher told Jimmy Fallon that she?s working on a new album!
Photos credit: Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/Avalon, Starstock/Photoshot Photo/Avalon, Earl Miller/Jeffery Mayer/Avalon
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | Cher gushes about her new boyfriend A.E. Edwards 'He's 36 & came after me' | | Added 749 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
|
|
|
|
|
At the beginning of the month we learned Cher was dating Alexander Edwards, aka A.E. Cher calls him both A.E. and Alexander so I don?t know what we?re supposed to call him. I?ll go with Alexander because writing the periods in A.E. annoys me today. Anyway, people have a lot to say about Cher and Alexander, mainly about their age difference. We already know that Cher doesn?t care what anyone has to say about that. I wasn?t surprised to learn that Cher doesn?t ?give a f*** what anyone thinks? about who she?s dating, but I am a little surprised how much she?s defending her relationship online. Surely if she didn?t give a fig about people?s opinions, she would simply block out the noise. But she responded again to concerned followers last week and said that Alexander pursued her, they make-out like teenagers and that although she doesnt care, she knows the age gap looks strange.
Cher is talking directly with fans about her relationship with Alexander ?A.E.? Edwards.
Three weeks after being photographed holding hands with the 36-year-old music exec, the 76-year-old icon shared a pic of her boyfriend on her Twitter account. ?A.E. Hanging Ot [sic],? she tweeted on November 23, before getting busy replying to fan questions. Regarding their age gap, Cher told one follower that Edwards sought her out.
?He?s 36 & in [the] end he came after me, till we met in the middle,? she tweeted. ?He?s [the] consistent one, I?m the skittish one. We love each other? Ladies never give up. Neither one [of us] wanted to make long [flights].? Cher said everything changed for her after a ?magic? trip to Paris.
When asked about the quality she most admires about Edwards, she replied, ?He?s kind, smart, hilarious?and we [kiss] like teenagers.?
In response to a fan who called the producer ?so handsome,? Cher wrote, ?I don?t give men qualities they don?t possess. It?s a recipe 4 disaster. He?s ?not? his tats, hair color, diamond grill. I [love] him because he wasn?t afraid.? While she says they?re ?perfectly matched,? Cher admitted the age gap is not ideal. ?Do I wish I was younger, yah,? she added. ?I?m not boo fkn hoo.?
?On paper This Looks strange (Even 2 ME),? she tweeted on November 24. ?A.E says [heart emoji] Doesn?t Know Math.?
[From Yahoo]
?I don?t give men qualities they don?t possess. It?s a recipe 4 disaster.? This is good advice. Both sexes give their partners traits they want to see in them, and it is a recipe for disaster. Back to Cher, she sounds smitten. I assume that?s why she?s spending the energy responding to people questioning the relationship. Plus, she?s posting pics of Alexander like the one below, she?s definitely loopy for the guy. While I still don?t think she has to defend the age gap, I think it?s kind of funny that Cher admitted it wouldn?t make sense to her on paper either. It also shows that Alexander is a better match for her than me because if he had responded ?Love doesn?t know math? to me, I would?ve laughed him out of the room. To each their own.
I?m glad Cher is happy. Apparently, her family has already met Alexander. Hopefully she?s been able to shake Alexander?s best friend Travis Scott as their constant third wheel. And Cher has known her share of lousy relationships. As she told one fan who expressed concern, ?As we all know?I wasn?t born yesterday & what I know for sure?there are no guarantees. Anytime you make choice you take a chance. I?ve always taken chances?It?s who I am.?
A.E.Hanging Ot pic.twitter.com/TB5XXJqlxk
Cher (@cher) November 24, 2022
More Photos Here
    |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | Cher possibly has the best Twitter clapbacks: 'Then keep your eyes open bitch' | | Added 7 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
|
|
|
|
|
Cher is one of the many, many celebrities to take to Twitter and social media to vent frustrations over Donald Trump?s decision to end DACA, also known as the Dreamer program. Basically, Trump and Jeff Sessions have decided that the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought to this country as children, who have lived and worked here most of their lives, they all need to leave. Cher has been tweeting about DACA a lot this week. This was one tweet she sent out:
Those Who Can Must Take a DREAMER In2 Their Home & Protect Them??I?m Ready 2 Do This & ??Others in MY BUSINESS WILL DO THE SAME??SANCTUARY
— Cher (@cher) September 5, 2017
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | Cher defends Chaz against 'stupid bigots' | | Added 13 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
|
|
|
|
|
Yesterday we heard some “family values” group get publicity by knocking Chaz Bono as a competitor in the just-announced cast for the upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars. It was all about how Chaz, as a transgender person, was part of some Hollywood agenda to “tear down traditional families,” as if that makes any sense. The gay and transgender people who want their own families aren’t a threat to other families at all. They’re not breaking up families.
Anyway Chaz’s mom Cher wrote on Twitter that Chaz is going to do great on DWTS and that she feels the need to defend her child against “stupid bigots.” She really went after Chaz’s detractors and called for people to support him online. It was really nice. Here are her tweets in reverse order from oldest to newest so that they make more sense:
lovelies! Chaz is Being Viciously Attacked on Blogs & Message boards about being on DWTS!This is Still America right ? It took guts 2 do it
I support him no matter what he chooses 2do! God! will there always be haters! It took COURAGE 2 do dwts ! TG Chaz has an Unlimited supply
Can u guys check out sites & give him your support ? BTW …Mothers don’t stop Getting angry with stupid bigots who fk with their children !
dont know names Could u look 4 me?He is Such a Good Person inside lota heart RT @wildbrat_jlynn: get us the site we will spread the word!
bet VAST MAJORITY of People will LOVE CHAZ on DWTS ! & it’s took Fkg Guts 2! Chaz isn’t exactly the “Gotta Dance Gotta Dance”kinda Guy
[From Cher's Twitter]
That’s really great of her to come to his defense. Cher has been supportive of Chaz from the start, but she’s admitted that it was hard for her to come to terms with his change, and wrote in a statement two years ago that “I respect the courage it takes to go through this transition in the glare of public scrutiny, and although I may not understand, I will strive to be understanding. The one thing that will never change is my abiding love for my child.” Now Cher is going to bat for her child. It will be great to see her in the audience when he’s competing on Dancing With The Stars.
Chaz’s dance partner, fashion-challenged Lacey Schwimmer, has also spoken out on his behalf. Schwimmer told The Insider that she chooses not to focus on the negative comments and that she’s in Chaz’s corner.
“It’s disappointing,” Lacey tells TheInsider.com of the negative reactions. “No human is perfect, so why are they pointing out what they perceive to be an imperfection in someone else? It’s not cool. We?re all taught to not bully, or harass, and treat everyone as equals yet all these people are doing exactly the opposite.” Luckily for Lacey and Chaz, the supportive sounds are drowning out the negative noise. “At the end of the day, everyone is going to have a hater. I choose not to listen to it, because it?s ridiculous. To us, it?s more important to focus on the positive people.”
For Lacey, finding out that Chaz would be her season 13 partner was the best kind of news. “I was absolutely thrilled. I?ve always been a huge supporter of the LGBT community and I couldn?t be more excited to have Chaz. Not only is he Sonny & Cher?s child but he?s also a generally cool person.” And while producers didn’t ask Lacey’s permission to pair her with Chaz, she believes they knew it was an unnecessary conversation.
“This is my sixth season — the producers know that I?m very open-minded and really accepting of everyone,” she says. “Ever since Lance [Bass] was on the show, it opened the door for the LGBT community to be accepted in Middle America and it?s about time. It?s 2011, let?s evolve a little bit here.”
[From The Insider]
That’s nice! Lacey also says that Chaz has trouble keeping up due to his size but that “we?ve been putting him through drills that will make him stronger in the competition. It?s all about him being able to breath and get through a full dance.” He?s lost five pounds in six days.” It looks like we’re about to see another weight loss success story on DWTS.
Here’s a photo of Lacey and Chaz that Chaz posted on Twitter.
Photo of Cher and Chaz is from November, 2010. Credit: WENN.com
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | Cher dons a neon wig: hot mess or always a classic? | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
|
|
|
|
|
Monday night was the big London premiere of Burlesque, the film that got better reviews than The Tourist (for real). Cher decided that her promotional campaign of crotch and nipple flashing wasn?t getting the job done, so she went old school with a giant neon Ronald McDonald/Raggedy Ann wig. I? uh? it?s Cher. It?s not like you can actually say anything about it without it basically boiling down to ?It?s Cher. What are you gonna do??
But I will say that it?s not the best color for her. I will say that I prefer neon loudness on her head to some kind of ?Crouching Grandma Vadge, Hidden Nipple Clamp? vibe she was working before, though. I will always choose looking at Cher?s head to anything below the neck. And before you Cher-lovers bash me, let me say: I actually like her too! I think she?s cool. But I don?t want to see her nips.
Maybe for the next promotional swing she should try a wig in blue or purple?? That might actually compliment her skin tone.
One last thing? while Cher was working her wig, this happened:
Jesus, Christina. This really, really bugs me. This is not a girl in a good place, at all, and yet we?re all supposed to pretend ?Oh, it?s Christina being Christina, she?s fine.? Does this chick look like she?s in a good place? Really? Of course, when this is the comparison, maybe she’s not doing so badly.
Photos courtesy of Fame.
More Photos Here
    |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
She?s always up for a publicity opportunity, and earlier today (December 13) Cher was spotted at the UK premiere of ?Burlesque.?
The ?If I Could Turn Back Time? singer sported some crazy tangerine-colored hair as she walked the red carpet at the Empire Leicester Square in London, England.
More Photos Here
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | Say Hello to Cher's Nipple | | Added 14 years ago | Source: Yeeeah |
|
|
|
|
|
Cher’s nipple was on full display at the Madrid premiere of new movie “Burlesque” yesterday, and is it ever a testament to the efficacy of plastic surgery. My mother-in-law is in her sixties, too, but her boobs don’t look like that. Think more along the lines of “summer squash” and “pie pans.”
PHOTO CREDIT: Fame Pictures
More Photos Here
    |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | Christina Aguilera Dazzles at Madrid Premiere of "Burlesque" | | Added 14 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
|
|
|
|
|
Traveling the world to try and help boost box office numbers, the stars of "Burlesque" got all dressed up for their movie's premiere in Madrid, Spain on Thursday night (December 9).
Held at Callao cinema, Christina Aguilera turned up in a sexy LBD as she joined alongside co-stars Cher, Cam Gigandet and Kristen Bell, as well as director Steven Antin.
Aside from her film promotional efforts, reports tell that Miss Aguilera will be jetting back to the States to partake in good friend Nicole Richie's wedding with Joel Madden.
Allegedly set to perform a song at the sure to be fancy affair, a source told press of Miss Richie's plans: ?She?s keeping the dress a secret and hasn?t even told her bridesmaids who the designer is. Christina, who ironically is going through a divorce, will be performing a song. She has been a good friend and wants to be there for Nicole.?
More Photos Here
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | Christina Aguilera and Cher Bring 'Burlesque' To Madrid | | Added 14 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
|
|
|
|
|
Taking care of some overseas promotional duties, Christina Aguilera and Cher were spotted at a photo call for ?Burlesque? in Madrid, Spain today (December 9).
The ?Ain?t No Other Man? songstress and the ?Moonstruck? actress were joined by Kristen Bell, Cam Gigandet, and Steve Antin as they hammed it up for the press at the Villamagna Hotel.
More Photos Here
    |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | Cher, 64, on her new boyfriend 'I?d never before been with anybody over 30' | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
|
|
|
|
|
Parade has a new interview with Cher, and she appears on the cover over a red background and wearing peach-colored makeup that in no way flatters her. It could be worse, though. I’m impressed with how candid and open she is, which has pretty much been the case during this entire press tour for Burlesque. On the Late Show last week, Cher admitted to having slept with a bunch of male celebrities, including Tom Cruise, Eric Clapton, and Warren Beatty. In this interview, she explains that she “enjoyed them all… and was always happy when the next man came along.” You go, Cher! She also has a new boyfriend, a 52 year-old screenwriter. She says in what I believe to be all seriousness that she’s never been with a guy over 30 before. She’s 64! Here’s more:
On Chaz’s gender reassignment
?When Chaz first told me about wanting a sex change, I had a really hard time with it,? Cher says. ?We talked about the transgendered thing intermittently for years. She was unhappy. Plus, she was doing drugs. [Chaz was addicted to OxyContin]. I believed that once she stopped drugs, she would have a much better life and put the transgender idea on the back burner.? But after getting sober in 2004, Chaz became more determined than ever. ?She said to me, ?If I?m ever going to do it, I?ve got to do it now. I?m 40,? ? Cher recalls. ?I went, ?If you?ve got to do it, dear, you?ve got to do it.? ? In May, Chaz?s gender and name were legally changed. ?When I realized she was going to do it, it was rocky for me. I thought, What will the press do to her? What will they do to the two of us together? It?s going to be the biggest nightmare that will not stop. But the press was kinder than I thought they would be.?
?It?s hard, ?cause she?s still my girl. But she has an inner strength and she?s a courageous person?she believes what she believes. She and her girlfriend came over for dinner last night. All of us were there, my boyfriend too.?
On Sonny?s control over her
?He didn?t want me to grow up or have any freedom. I wasn?t allowed to do anything except work. We worked more than we lived.?
On Sonny Bono?s cheating
?Stardom made Sonny a huge womanizer,? Cher says. ?One woman, or even five, was not enough for him. I found all this out afterward. I asked him, ?How did you manage the logistics?? I was trusting and faithful with him. The truth is, I?m not so sure we should?ve ever been husband and wife.? Feeling trapped and depressed, she considered suicide. ?I thought about jumping off a hotel balcony,? she admits. ?Then I thought, No, I can just leave him. When I told Sonny, he said, ?If you leave me, America will hate you and you won?t have a job.? I went, ?You know what, Sonny? I just don?t care!? ?
On her second husband, rocker Gregg Allman
?Gregory was a Southern gentleman who also happened to be a heroin addict. I kept going to rehab with him to help him try to kick drugs. It was very hard for him. Then Elijah was born, and a year later I left Gregory for good. As crazy as I was about him, I wasn?t going to let him be around my kids.? Their son Elijah Blue Allman, now 34, struggled with heroin dependency, but he has reportedly been drug-free since an intervention organized by his mother in 2003. ?Elijah?s doing really well,? she says. ?He?s a good artist, a painter. He?s been asked by Louis Vuitton to design a label for them.?
On dating Warren Beatty, Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, and Richie Sambora
?I enjoyed them all! I never felt I chose badly, and I was always happy when the next man came along. I can usually last about two years with a man, and that?s it. The moment the relationship goes into the phase of more commitment, it changes.?
On her new man, Ron Zimmerman, a 52-year-old TV screenwriter she met online
?Even though I?m older than him, I?d never before been with anybody over 30,? she admits, adding that Zimmerman is not her usual type: ?Ron is short, a bit scraggly, like an absentminded professor. He?s the funniest person I have ever met, and the most eccentric?so bizarre and kind and very special.?
[From Parade]
I really appreciate how Cher has shared her struggles with Chaz’s gender change but has remained supportive of his choice. You can tell that she loves Chaz no matter what. She’s such a trip with the way she describes her past and dealing with Sonny cheating and trying to control her. I love how she seems totally over it and like she’ll tell us whatever we want to know. I’m glad she’s doing so well. This movie will probably flop, but that’s not her fault. It looks cheesy as hell and has Christina Aguilera in it.
You can read more of Cher’s interview on Parade.com, and it’s kind of epic the amount of information she shares. Cher put out a memoir in 1998 called The First Time, and I think it’s time she wrote another one.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| | Page 1 of 2 | 1 2 | |
| |
| | | 5.505.436
Photos Online+ 31.811 past week
1.699
Users Online | | |
| | | | | | | | We Salute
Daisy Edgar-Jones
Photos of Daisy Edgar-Jones will not count in your daily view limit, if you are a registered member
Tribute ends in
36 hours | | |
| | | | | |
|
