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    Sir Elton John, Taron Egerton Duet on ‘Tiny Dancer’ Post-Oscars

    Mary Anne ButlerBy No Comments


    Sir Elton John‘s annual AIDS Foundation Academy Awards viewing party took a musical turn with Taron Egerton joining the legend on stage for a duet on “Tiny Dancer”.

    Sir Elton John, Taron Egerton Duet on 'Tiny Dancer' Post-Oscars

    Egerton is playing John in an upcoming biopic from Dexter Fletcher, who stepped in to complete Fox’s Bohemian Rhapsody following the firing of then-and-still-credited director Bryan Singer.

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    Written by Lee Hall, Rocketman will cover Sir Elton John’s emergence as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music and his journey to becoming a music superstar. Dexter Fletcher will be directing the feature for Marv Films. Elton John, David Furnish, Matthew Vaughn, Adam Bohling, and David Reid are producing.

    Jamie Bell will portray John’s longtime writing partner Bernie Taupin. Bryce Dallas Howard will play John’s mother Sheila Farebrother. Richard Madden (Game of Thrones) will play John Reid, former lover and manager of John’s.

    Rocket Man is set to hit theaters on May 31st, 2019.

     

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    Mary Anne Butler (Mab) got her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine as a teenager. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (News Editor), Nerdbot (as Editor-In-Chief), and now [Bad]Influencers, where she is Editor-in-Chief. Over the past 15 years, she’s built a well-known reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band. She also produces award-winning immersive events, including Wasteland Weekend and Neotropolis.

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