Honestly, isn’t that the whole point of the commercials airing during the Super Bowl? Because people get excited about them, and the sponsors pay a shit ton of money to have them aired during prime time football? Why bother even watching the Super Bowl for the commercials if you could just head to You Tube, type in ‘Super Bowl commercials 2012′ and get a free pass to see them days early? No one’s getting paid for that, you know, and because I see Elton John here stumping for Pepsi instead of seeing it during the football game, I’m much less likely to run out and buy a case of Pepsi. It’s why these commercials ad during the Bowl: everyone gets caught up in the moment and buys soda products and Hondas and underwear. It’s how it works.

Anyway, here’s yet another “leaked” Super Bowl ad. It features Elton John as, I don’t know, a miserable king that hoards all of the Pepsi for talented performers, and when this year’s X-Factor winner, Melanie Amaro, belts out Aretha Franklin’s ‘Respect’, the roles reverse, she hits a lever, Elton John goes through the floor and into the dungeon, and she commands Pepsi for everyone.

The best part of the video? When Sir Elton himself is discharged through the suck-chute and ends up sharing quarters with Flava Flav. That’s probably the only redeeming factor of this whole commercial, boooyyyyeeee.

Am I the only one who kind of feels like Santa Claus isn’t real all over again with these early Super Bowl ads?

“I’ve got a wish list of people. Number one on my wishlist is Justin Timberlake, because he played me before in a David LaChapelle video of Rocket Man and he was superb.”

—Elton John would really like Justin Timberlake to play Elton John in an upcoming movie about Elton John, to be produced by David Furnish and Elton John.

The Guardian reports that a movie based on the life of Elton John is all but inevitable—Why? Why does this need to be a movie, even?—but Elton promises it will be campy and surreal, “not just a factual look at my life, more in the manner of a Moulin Rouge.”

Oh. That sounds kind of cool, actually. Hey! If you wanted the movie to be extra surreal, you could cast William Shatner as the lead instead. You know, for obvious reasons.

Alternatively, you should go back to courting James McAvoy for the role, since that kid actually has the chops. No offense, Justin.

Do you guys love James McAvoy? I do, but it’s sort of in the way that a dorky little 11-year-old loves that boy up in 8th grade who plays football and doesn’t shove her into lockers, you know? I’ve only seen him in that X-Men movie, and that was only because my BFF is completely and totally obsessed with it, and she was not going to stop until she shared it with me. I did enjoy the movie though, and when it was over, she showed me a bunch of interviews and sent me a bunch of his quotes, and from what I’ve seen, he’s a pretty adorable dude. So when I heard the news that James was rumored to play Elton John in Elton’s biopic, Rocketman, I had generally positive feelings.

Here are a few bits and pieces about Rocketman from Deadline:

John will be executive producer and will play an active role in creating a film that will follow his life story from a child piano prodigy (who by age 11 won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music) to a young man who rebelled against his strict upbringing, wore outrageous costumes and became a global icon who teamed with songwriter Bernie Taupin to sell more records that just about any musical artist of his era.

They’re planning an inventive way to cover John’s life and career: One device will be to feature choreographed sequences using John’s biggest hit songs. Those tunes will be part of the movie package and will drive a story that will cover the rough spots in John’s journey of self-discovery. 

“Rocketman will be a radically different kind of biopic,” Shaw said. “It will be as unique as Elton’s life, told in a non-linear and hyper-visual manner that will transport people through the many intense experiences, some wonderful, some not, that helped define Elton as an artist, musician and man.”

I’m not some huge Elton John fan or something, but I think he’s a respectable dude who makes some good music, and I think this movie sounds pretty damn awesome. I also think, from what I’ve seen, anyway, that James McAvoy could rock the hell out of something like this.

Thoughts?

Take your first look at the baby with two dads and five names!

Us Weekly was the magazine to score the exclusive photos of Elton John and David Furnish‘s little boy and they are adorable. The couple looks completely overjoyed and little Zachary is just adorable.

One question, though… What’s up with that solo picture of Elton with the Christmas tree? Regardless of when the photos were initially taken, it’s practically February, dawg (sorry, been watching a lot of Idol this week.)

Elton John and his partner of five-plus years have adopted a baby boy! The couple’s surrogate mother delivered the child, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, on Christmas day in California.

According to John and Furnish’s rep:

“We are overwhelmed with happiness and joy at this very special moment.  Zachary is healthy and doing really well, and we are very proud and happy parents.”

And before you worry that Sir Elton, at the age of 62, and his partner David Furnish, at the age of 48, won’t be active parents because of their ages and stages in life, Furnish claims:

“We don’t want to put the raising of children into the hands of nannies and housekeepers. We want to be active parents”

All I know is that this child is going to be one lucky, privileged, and in-touch child with these two fabulous men as parents. Congratulations to the John-Furnish family – even if that poor child does has a wicked mouthful for a name.

Do you ever wonder what it would be like if Lady Gaga walked around kicking the celebrities asses who fuck with her? Admittedly, the thought had never crossed my mind before today, but now that I’ve seen this new sketch “Don’t F*ck With The Gaga”, it’s all I want to think about. Whoever wrote this sketch is a freakin’ genius. The Lady Gaga lines are so on point and that bro’s Russell Brand impression? Perfection.

We’ve all heard by now that Elton John was paid to perform at the wedding reception of super-conservative, way-homophobic radio show host Rush Limbaugh this past weekend.  Considering he’s one of the most flamboyant homosexuals in the history of man, Elton’s willingness to play for Rush has been called into question. Why on Earth would a proud gay man agree to perform at the wedding ceremony of a man who, amongst other things, believes that Elton doesn’t deserve to be legally married to his long-time partner? The contradiction is glaring.

Elton’s partner David Furnish shared Elton’s sentiments on agreeing to perform with People and quoted the artist as saying, “Life is about building bridges, not walls,” and said he wanted, “to go where people wouldn’t expect [him] to go.” Elton also told his partner, “…maybe if I can make a great impression, people might change their perspectives on life.”

Yeah, I’m so so so sure that Elton thought he was changing Rush Limbaugh. You’re really going to change that homophobic, pill-popping womanizer with a rowdy performance of “Crocodile Rock”, Elton. Please. Let’s just call it what it is: A fat paycheck that overrode whatever morals and gay pride you have.

Elton John, Lady Gaga, Sting, Debbie Harry, Shirley Bassey, and Bruce Springsteen sang “Don’t Stop Believin’.”  At the same time.  And it was amazing.

These moments of magic happened on Thursday night at Carnegie Hall as a finale to Sting’s annual benefit to raise money for the rainforests, which just adds to the awesome.  Somebody in the audience caught a shaky, not-so-excellent-quality video, but that person should get a medal or at least a certificate for documenting this monumental moment in history.

I may not be a Lady Gaga fan, but Elton John and Sting?  Come on. Just check Elton John out in that video and you will see that he is the undeniable king of beautiful songs and rose-tinted glasses.

WARNING: The above video is completely, totally disturbing and difficult to watch. It’s far from kid-friendly. Or anyone-friendly.

Neal Horsley, a Georgia man who made the above video after hearing Elton John say that Jesus is gay, has been arrested for threatening the singer’s life. The eight minute video is pretty standard Christian gay hate speech but when Horsley went as far as to show Elton’s Atlanta residence and say “Elton John must die”, he crossed a line.  He is currently being held on a $40,000 bond.

And this is so rich: When Neal’s son, Nathan Horsely, was asked why his father was arrested he said he thought it had something to do with the music he used in the video.

“I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems. On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don’t know what makes people so cruel. Try being a gay woman in the Middle East — you’re as good as dead.”

- Elton John tells Parade Magazine his version of Christianity.

I’m sure absolutely no one will cause a stir about this… NOT!

Eminem has been battling an addition to prescription pills for over a year now. It’s quite common for rehabbed people to stick together for support through programs like Narcotics Anonymous, but what’s not so common? When Elton John is your sponsor. The two have stayed close ever since their Grammy performance and right now they’re relating to each other a lot more than on that “being famous” level. Elton has quite famously battled substance abuse problems in the past and considers himself to be a source of support for Em. “I’m there if people want my help. If people ask for help you tell them where to go but there’s no point advising people if they don’t want to do it,” Elton said to the British Press Association.

At the peak of his addiction, Eminem nearly overdosed after taking a mysterious blue pill passed on to him by a friend. It turned out later that that pill was methadone. Eminem was eating upwards of 20 pills daily, including Vicodin, Valium and Ambien. Elton said in his interview that Em’s doing “brilliantly” and that he thinks he’ll be able to maintain his sobriety.

Oh, and BTW: I’m pretty sure that this is a huge sign of how messed up drugs are. When Elton John and Eminem are staying bonded over their inability to use the stuff? That’s powerful.

Elton John has postponed three concerts while he recovers from a serious bout of E.Coli infection. He already canceled a string of shows in Ireland earlier this month when he came down with the flu. When his condition worsened, doctors discovered that he was also suffering from an infection of the nasty bacteria and sent him to a central London hospital for treatment.

I think any jokes about eating raw meat would be in poor taste, so I’m just going to wish the singer good health and hope that he gets well soon.

I found this incredible photo of Elton John playing the UGA coliseum in 1973 in the archives of one of the photo services and just had to share it. That sparkly silver jumpsuit and those glasses were setting the trends for 2009 hipster fashion 36 years before overprivileged WASPS with too much disposable cash could buy them at Urban Outfitters. Respect.