Today on American Idol, Ryan Seacrest announced who are this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees.
The music Performer inductees are Cher, Mary J. Blige, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & The Gang, Ozzy, and A Tribe Called Quest.
The Musical Excellence Award will go to the late Jimmy Buffet, MC5, Dionne Warwick, and Norman Whitfield.
And finally, the Musical Excellence Award goes to Alexis Korner, John Mayall, and Big Mama Thornton.
Cher and Dionne Warwick have been vocal that they don’t need the honor. So, it will be interesting to see if they will accept their honor on October 19th.
If I were the legendary ladies, I would hold a competing concert in Cleveland. Just to show RRHOF why you don’t ignore Divas. And they should feel the wrath of Mariah Carey soon because even though she was nominated, she is not an inductee this year.
A few months ago, Cher revealed that she is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And everyone was shocked.
However, the singer came to terms with not being in it. And said she wouldn’t accept entry if she was finally granted entry. Actually, she told them to go fuck themselves.
Now, we are going to see if that is what she is going to tell them to do because they finally decided to nominate her.
She, along with Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Dave Matthews Band, Eric B. & Rakim, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Jane’s Addiction, Kool & the Gang, Lenny Kravitz, Oasis, Sinéad O’Connor, Ozzy Osbourne, Sade & A Tribe Called Quest are nominated this year. And there are some outstanding artists who are up there with her.
Cher deserved the honor! And I hope she accepts it. But only time will tell.
Who do you want to see join the Hall of Fame? You can vote for your choice here.
Cher is opening up her house on April 27th, and you can be her private guest. Why? The singer is doing it for a good cause, Free the Wild.
“I am so excited to be inviting a few friends to my home in Malibu for an exclusive dinner party in support of @ftwglobal! ,” she wrote. “The intimate event, hosted by @Charitybuzz, will include a sunset cocktail hour, photo opportunity, fine dining and more for you and a plus one, with proceeds supporting our work preventing the mistreatment of wild animals in captivity.”
So, if you want to dine with Cher, then you can bid at Charitybuzz between now and February 13th for the chance. But you better have the money that Gypsies and Thieves have because as of 9a on January 31st, the current bid is $22,000. And I am sure it will go up even more.
Let’s be honest. Cher is one of the biggest icons in Rock’n’Roll. Yet, she told Kelly Clarkson today on her daytime talk show that she has not been inducted into the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame. And she has had #1 in every decade since the ’60s. The only other musicians to have done that are The Rolling Stones.
So what would happen if the HoF decided to induct Cher next year (because this year is done)? She wouldn’t say yes, even if they gave her $1 million.
In fact, she told the American Idol she would tell them to go fuck themselves. Well, she didn’t say that because she couldn’t curse on The Kelly Clarkson Show. But that is what she meant when she said they could “you know what themselves.”
Now, I hope they nominate her because she will show Dolly Parton and Dionne Warwick how you tell someone to fuck off in the least polite way!
Norton wanted to talk to the legend about the fact that someone is going to be playing her in a biopic. So, Julia Roberts yelled out, “Say it’s me. Please, say it’s me.” Then, Cher looked over her, tapped her shoulder, and said, “OK. It’s you.” to shut her up, which Roberts didn’t do.
Julia then imitated the unique way Cher flicks her back. And you can tell at this point Cher was over it because the singer looked at Norton as to say to him that he should pay attention to me and not her.
So he got the message and did. That is when he asked her if they had cast someone to play the part. And she said they haven’t because she can’t find anyone to fit her extraordinary life into a script short enough to be a movie.
So Cher asked for Tom Hanks’ help since he produced Mamma Mia 2, a movie she starred in, and he loved her singing in it. He especially loved the way she sang Abba’s Fernando. So he said as long as someone sings that song, it will be fine.
Hanks accidentally opened up a can of worms because she explained to him that she will be doing her own singing in the film. She hates it when people sing other people’s songs in production because it never sounds like the original singer.
That is when Roberts chimed in again, to explain not all the time. That is because Timothée Chalamet, who was also a guest, had just been cast to play Bob Dylan.
The difference between Cher and Dylan, is she is known for her voice, and Dylan for his lyrics.
Anyways, back to Cher. Roberts added that no one is like Cher and lovingly asked her, “How do you stand yourself?” Cher told, “I don’t! I’m a pain in the ass.”
But not as big of a pain in the ass as Roberts was to her during this episode.
And there was just one more zinger from Cher to Julia. When Cher said that her life was too big for a movie script, Roberts suggested they turn it into a miniseries. Cher didn’t even look at her when she said with disdain, “Yeah. I don’t think so.”
And with that, I love Cher even more! Because she doesn’t have time for anyone’s bullshit, including another Oscar winner who used to be highest paid female film actress.
