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It's Kylie, not Amy, who is the true role model
By GORDON SMART
01.08.2008

A bad, bad example ... Amy Winehouse

Grow to OBE just like her ... icon Kylie

FASHION label Guess? are about to launch their autumn and winter range – with troubled star AMY WINEHOUSE as the inspiration.

The face of the new season, an Australian model called Nicole Trufino, even appears to have been hand-picked for the campaign because of her likeness to the wayward singer.

But by replicating Amy-chic — beehive hair, tiny shorts and head-scarf — the fashion industry is treading a dangerous path.

Amy lookalike ... Guess?

In reality, Amy at this stage in her career is a terrible role model.

At a time when the junkie singer is teetering on the brink of self-destruction, the launch of a new range of clothes heralding her unique style seems utterly irresponsible.

But as Amy festers in Camden, north London, squandering her talent, a true female role model is on incredible form in the east of the capital.

By Monday night, Aussie pop princess KYLIE MINOGUE will have entertained in excess of 100,000 fans at the O2 arena.

The former Neighbours star, who has been at the top of her game for 20 years, has sold out seven nights on the trot at the huge venue.

To put that level of popularity into perspective, chart-toppers Coldplay only have three dates booked there later this year.

Example

Kylie, who reached her milestone 40th birthday in May, is a shining example of success to all young people.

Professionally she has achieved almost everything possible for a pop star. And personally, she has overcome life-changing hurdles — breast cancer and a string of failed relationships.

Amy has already collected an impressive list of awards — but has a long way to go to match Kylie.

She is still the most played female on UK radio and was the first woman in 16 years to win the Music Industry Trust Award last year, joining the illustrious company of music legends including SIR ELTON JOHN and SIR GEORGE MARTIN.

At the record industry gala dinner in her honour last year, she was hailed as “an icon of pop and style” who has continued to “reinvent, experiment and inspire”.

Earlier this month she caused a stir at Buckingham Palace when she received her OBE for services to music.

She arrived with sister DANNII, mum Carol and dad Ron, to receive the gong from PRINCE CHARLES.

Her reaction to the award showed true class and decorum afterwards.

She said: “It is an incredible honour for me. It makes me feel humble and proud to be recognised for doing a job that I love so much.”

Kylie was honoured for a showbiz career that spans the same amount of time that Amy Winehouse has been able to talk. Over three decades she has sold more than 60million albums.

Amy, on the other hand — despite incredible natural talent and huge chart success — has a lot to learn about how to present herself on the big occasion.

I have seen her at the Ivor Novello Awards and The Mojo Awards and caught a number of her live shows.

On stage I have seen her spit, heard her swear and insult the crowd.

Dignity

I watched as she thumped a fan at Glastonbury as her performance descended into chaos in front of more than 50,000 festival goers, plus millions more watching on TV.

I’ve even seen her rifle through her hair between songs for a capsule of “sniffing salts”.

Last month I flew to Belfast to see Kylie perform — and the difference between the two was remarkable.

As a performer Kylie could offer a valuable lesson to Amy.

She always carries herself with dignity and class, performing each show with complete professionalism.

She made time to say hello before taking to the stage and even shared with me and Sun showbiz photographer Dave Hogan a selection of expensive cakes she had been sent to wish her luck for the show.

Slighty X-rated ... Kylie performs on tour

After the gig she stayed up until 3am drinking in the hotel bar with friends and family — inviting us to join the party, too.

I won’t claim to be a huge fan of her back catalogue but I admire the part she has played in pop music.

And like most blokes who grew up watching her on Neighbours playing Charlene Mitchell, or dancing around in gold hotpants for the Spinning Around music video, I think she is stunning.

Last year POLICE frontman STING said: “I have a great deal of respect for Kylie as an artist — and, like most men on the planet, I'm certainly not immune to her iconic beauty. But more than this, she has become a symbol of courage and of grace under pressure.”

But Kylie is no saint. Some of the routines in her live show X are near the knuckle and sexually suggestive.

Her love life has been colourful at times, too. She dated the late INXS heart-throb MICHAEL HUTCHENCE during a wild spell when she was trying to distance herself from pop.

In 1990 Hutchence said his favourite hobby was “corrupting Kylie” and went on to pen the song Suicide Blonde about her.

Kylie’s popularity has always been huge in Britain and Australia.

When she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, the then Australian Prime Minister JOHN HOWARD issued a statement offering his support.

Her legion of celebrity fans are equally loyal.

U2 frontman BONO, THE PET SHOP BOYS, CHRIS MARTIN from COLDPLAY, Little Britain funnyman DAVID WALLIAMS and designers Dolce & Gabbana are all huge admirers.

If anyone deserves the label of icon, it’s Kylie.

Quelle: The Sun

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Review: Kylie at The O2 arena
By Simon Hayes
31.07.2008

Kylie Minogue opened the last leg of her European
tour at London's O2 Arena dressed as a spiderwoman
in a web of blue lights

EVERYONE loves Kylie, and now I know why.

The Kylie phenomenon is one of modern culture's more enduring enigmas - how she has made an, at best, modest talent stretch across more than two decades is anyone's guess, but there she was, strutting her stuff to an adoring audience at The O2 arena on Wednesday, July 30.

And, amazingly, it was great stuff she was strutting.

The Aussie star sang fan favourite Can't Get You Out of My Head

There was never much doubt the pint-sized popstrel would draw in the crowds, playing to a house packed with kiddies, camp men and a host of young(ish) mothers who presumably were her original audience two decades ago.

The bigger question was whether the Minogue voice would be capable of filling the arena's cavernous depths. A thin, nasally confection on many of her records, whining like a dentist's drill across innumerable disco beats, even the most hardcore fan would be hard-pressed to say it's her strongest suit.

Accompanying Kylie on stage were her hunky male dancers,
who stripped off later in the show for the song Nudity

But staggeringly she rose to the occasion, and then some. Backed by a band of genuine quality Kylie's pipes hit all the right notes, sounding fuller and stronger than on any of her vast back catalogue of hits.

Of course, there were the innumerable costume changes and lavish stagings to take the eye as she trotted briskly through a set of crowd-pleasing hits, but she somehow managed to make her voice the main event, the vocal focal point.

And also provided the pop princess with somewhere to sit
when she got tired

Her confidence was evident when she tossed her most memorable modern hit, Can't Get You Out of My Head, into the mix almost immediately but better was to come, with the epic Kids standing out in particular.

Her life may have had more soapy twists than any episode of Neighbours could ever manage - the man problems, the cancer, the resurgent career - but there's no doubt Kylie is a class act.

A surreal evening, then, made all the stranger watching it elbow-to-elbow with Pete Waterman, the man who put the Aussie princess on the road to superstardom at the fag end of the 1980s.

Taking a bow at the end of the show - the first of
seven at the Greenwich venue

It was hard to judge quite what old Pete made of his former protege, but the toe tapping along to closing number I Should be so Lucky hinted the music mogul was quietly enjoying himself.

And he, along with 20,000 others who slipped out into the muggy Greenwich night, would have had no doubt Kylie has earned her place in pop's pantheon, and long may she last.

Quelle: Wharf.co.uk

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Dannii's a US idol
By SARA NATHAN
31.07.2008

Hollywood-bound... Dannii Minogue

X FACTOR judge Dannii Minogue looks set to be a US idol — after signing with the same American agency as Simon Cowell.

The 36-year-old star is working with William Morris, who also act for pop princess Britney Spears, to kick-start her Hollywood career.

Newcomer ... Cheryl Cole

A TV source said last night: “Dannii has already proved she can cut it on TV with her stints on X Factor and Australia’s Got Talent.”

The Aussie beauty is said to have all the right credentials to hit the big time across the pond.

Kylie Minogue’s little sister is even thought to have a chance at bagging her own show.

The agency’s US base is in Beverly Hills. And our source added: “Dannii has the body, the hair, the teeth — and the BOOBS to make it in America.

“I would not be surprised to see her on a big show by next year.”

Meanwhile, ITV’s X Factor returns to UK screens on August 16.

Insiders say Dannii — who had blazing rows with fiery judge Sharon Osbourne — gets on much better with newcomer Cheryl Cole, 25.

An insider said: “It’s remarkably calm. Cheryl’s already settled in and everyone loves her.

“She’s not afraid to talk back — even to Simon, which should make for good TV.”

Quelle: The Sun

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Stalker in der Garderobe
Sängerin Kylie Minogue erlebte eine böse Überraschung, als sie nach einem Konzert in die Garderobe kam
29.07.2008

Schock für Kylie Minogue. Als die Sängerin nach einem Auftritt zurück in ihre Garderobe kam, saß dort ein fremder Mann und weinte in eine ihrer Perücken.

Als Sicherheitspersonal dazu kam, hatte Kylie den ersten Schreck bereits überwunden und zeigte sich sehr mitleidig. Laut "Daily Star" sagte sie den Security-Männern, sie sollten sich dem Mann nicht weiter nähern, ihre Walkie-Talkies weglegen und ihm ein bisschen Zeit lassen, da er sie angeblich an Robbie Williams erinnerte.

Nach einiger Zeit beruhigte sich der Eindringling und verschwand, nachdem Kylie mit ihm für ein Foto posiert hatte.

Angeblich hatte der Mann sich als Kylies Stylist ausgegeben und sich so am Sicherheitspersonal vorbeigeschummelt.

Quelle: Gala

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KYLIE'S HAIR-RAISING STALKER
28.07.2008

Above: The weirdo weeped into the star's wig

SOMETIMES meeting your favourite celebrities can be a woefully disappointing experience.

Take the time we met Sir Ian McKellen, 69, for instance.

He pushed in front of us in the queue at our corner shop with a packet of cornflakes and a pint of milk and we had to utter a curt: “Oi, Gandalf, wait your turn,” while issuing the sort of stare that our mothers gave us when we’d been told off at school.

But thankfully we’ve never found ourselves sobbing into our idol’s wig while she slowly backs towards the door.

Rifled

That’s exactly what happened on Saturday when a crazed stalker managed to talk his way into Kylie Minogue’s dressing room at the O2 Arena by claiming to be her stylist.

Probably clutching a pair of hotpants and a deluxe pack of teeth-whitening kits, the fan made a beeline for her private quarters, and rifled through her belongings.

But it wasn’t the life-changing experience the crackpot was after because when Kylie, 40, eventually left the stage he was sitting in her chair quietly sobbing into her spare wig.

By the time the singer’s minders had arrived, her fear had morphed into pity and she told them to back off her weeping visitor.

Despite her security being desperate to call the police, Kylie ordered them to put away their walkie-talkies and give him some time – as he reminded her of Robbie Williams, 34.

We’re not sure if this means the stalker was muttering to himself about the presence of life on other planets, or that he’s a slightly porky nut job with a love of Port Vale Football Club.

Either way, we’re not sure it’s the right thing to be saying to a man who’s broken into your room and is now blubbing into your wig.

Amazingly, even being compared to the alien-botherer didn’t temper the man’s love for Kylie, and he went peacefully after she posed for a photo with him.

Quelle: Daily Star

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Spielt Kylie wieder in einer Soap?
28.07.2008

Kylie Minogue

Popstar Kylie Minogue könnte bald vor der Kamera stehen. Angeblich soll sie als Gaststar in der britischen Drama-Soap “Hotel Babylon” auftreten.

Zumindest will der Hauptdarsteller Dexter Fletcher von Gerüchten wissen, dass dem Popstar Kylie Minogue eine Gastrolle angeboten werden könnte.

"Ich glaube, sie wäre ein großer Gast und passt vollkommen in den Stil der Show", verriet der 32-Jährige kürzlich.

"Hotel Babylon” ist eine Kultserie um Macht, Geld und Liebe. An Fernseherfahrung mangelt es der Popdiva jedenfalls nicht. Im Alter von 11 Jahren spielte sie bereits in der Fernsehserie “The Sullivans”. Später folgten die Serien “Skyways” und “The Henderson Kids” und “Neighbours”.

Quelle: Vienna Online

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KYLIE GOES BACK TO SOAPS
28.07.2008

HOTEL Babylon star DEXTER FLETCHER tells me that rumours of KYLIE MINOGUE starring on the show in the future are sweeping the set.

Dexter, who starred as Kylie’s lover in the video for her single Some Kind Of Bliss, said: “I think she would be a great guest and totally fits into the style of the show.

Quelle: Daily Star

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KYLIE'S GOT X APPEAL
THE POP PRINCESS WAS A SHOW-STOPPING HIT IN LONDON LAST NIGHT
27.07.2008

Above: ON SONG: Kylie's new-look show last night

ABOVE: The lovable singer proved she's as popular as ever

ABOVE: O2 bosses want her back for more gigs

ABOVE: The pop princess has been hailed as one of the music industry's most
innovative performers

KYLIE Minogue wowed thousands of fans at London’s O2 Arena last night on the final leg of her huge KylieX2008 European tour.

Belting out a string of her huge catalogue of hits as well as new material from her current album X, she proved she is still as popular as ever.

The singer, who overcame breast cancer in 2005 and was recently voted one of the music industry’s most innovative performers, said prior to starting her tour that audiences would be given a “fresh, exhilarating” act.

And her website promised fans: “The new show will be a totally different concept.”

O2 bosses are so impressed they want her back for more gigs.

Quelle: Ok! Magazine, UK

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Arena celebrates Kylie's concert record
by Amy Cartmell, Evening Chronicle
21.07.2008

KYLIE has been presented with a picture painted by a Tyneside artist to commemorate her record-breaking run at the Metro Radio Arena, as our exclusive photo shows.

Gateshead-based John Coatsworth was commissioned by the venue to create the piece of art to mark a series of achievements for Kylie in Newcastle.

The singer is the first solo act to perform four nights in one stint there, she holds the record for the fastest-selling show at the venue and also for the biggest audience for a fully seated gig there.

“I am delighted with this,” Kylie said, as she was handed the painting, depicting her concerts, by the venue’s marketing director Paul Tappenden shortly before last night’s opening gig.

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Princess of pop excels

IT'S been a long six years, but Kylie is finally back in Newcastle.

She started the first of her record-breaking four gigs at the Metro Radio Arena as part of her X 2008 tour, and proved once and for all, yes, she really does have the X-factor.

Arriving on stage suspended on a massive wheel, a clutch of robotic dancers emerging beneath her, this was a taste of the Kylie of the future.

Would I love it, or be struck with a sense of longing for the good old days? Well, a bit of both.

I'd caught the show in Glasgow two weeks ago and was non-plussed about it. That, though, it transpires was probably mostly down to the venue which did the stage set-up no justice at all.

Here it is a very different matter. From the off you are taken on a journey with the pop princess with a stunning stage design, eight costume changes and a host of dancers which apparently, all in, cost a whopping £10million.

Jean Paul Gaultier designed the outfits and Ms Minogue, now 40, looked the part in each and every one.

While much of the show was a vehicle for the lukewarmly received album X, there were enough oldies included to keep the fans of old more than happy.

It kicked off with Speakerphone from X, then immediately into arguably her biggest hit, Can't Get You Out Of My Head. In Your Eyes was followed Kylie in cheerleader glory.

At one point she enters the stage astride a huge skull suspended again from the ceiling.

But there is no point in all this state-of-the-art hi-tech gadgetry if the music and the singing don't do it justice. Here, again, Kylie excels.

Two Hearts ends part one, while highlights of part two have to be the uber-camp Your Disco Needs You, a stripped-down I Believe In You and the more recent In Your Arms.

She's changed her encore a bit – we have No More Rain followed by new single The One and then Love At First Sight.

Did she save the best for last? That's a matter of opinion, but I Should Be So Lucky certainly got the loudest cheers of the night!

A fantastic show. If you haven't got your tickets yet for her remaining three nights, there are still some available for Thursday's show.

I recommend you get them booked fast.

Quelle: ChronicleLive, UK

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K - Exclusive Limited Edition Photographic Book
17.07.2008

UK Price : £250.00

Kylie Minogue releases an EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOK to coincide with her current World Tour.

The images in the book were all photographed by Kylie’s Creative Director and close friend William Baker and include previously unpublished material.

The book will be limited to 1000 copies, individually signed by Kylie and William Baker.

Including previously unseen images, the book spans Kylie’s return to the stage with the ‘Showgirl; Homecoming’ tour up to the present ‘KYLIEX2008’ tour. As such, the book documents a pivotal and intensely emotional part of Kylie’s life, when she took the first brave steps back into the limelight – and her progression from that point.

The book itself, which is over two hundred pages, comes lavishly packaged in a spectacular sculpted acrylic casing designed exclusively by graphic designer Tony Hung.

William Baker reveals that he started photographing Kylie primarily at this stage of her life: "After Kylie’s illness she became quite selective of whom she wanted round her. Her level of privacy was increased and, because of this, I stepped up as photographer – almost by default. Of course Kylie then had a lot to do with my progression as a photographer. She is an amazing subject to capture – it would be very difficult to take a bad picture of her".

Kylie says simply; "Willie and I have a unique relationship; its quite symbiotic. We feed off each other's talents and understand each other's insecurities! Quite simply, we both love to create, and this book illustrates that".

Quelle: kylie.com

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Exclusive! Kylie's brand new fragrance revealed
16.07.2008

Sexy Darling captures the essence of Kylie's sparkling, seductive charm

Kylie Minogue worked in close collaboration with Coty on the development of Sexy Darling.

‘I firmly believe that sexiness is all to do with your state-of-mind,' she says.

'Some people radiate an inner sense of self-esteem and beauty that’s irresistible. With Sexy Darling I wanted to capture this by creating a fragrance for today’s sexy, self assured woman who is passionate and playful… a woman who is seductive and sensual. I’m very excited that Sexy Darling’s fusion of floral and woody notes is a rich, sophisticated fragrance that truly lives up to its name.’

Sexy Darling is available in three sizes of Eau de Toilette (30ml, 50ml and 75ml) and a Glowing Body Lotion (150ml tube) that leaves skin shimmering and moisturised.

Available in stores nationwide on 30 July 2008.

Quelle: Now Magazine

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Kylie Minogue: Sexy Darling
Neuer verführerischer Duft der Pop-Prinzessin
16.07.2008

Sexy darling: Duft der Pop-Prinzessin | Foto: Coty

Ob als Glamour-Queen, Pop-Prinzessin oder einfach als Mädchen von nebenan: Kylie Minogue wird in jeder ihrer Rollen für ihre unwiderstehliche Schönheit und erotische Ausstrahlung bewundert. Ihr spritziger, verführerischer Charme ist nun in "Sexy darling" eingefangen, einem blumig-holzigen Duft, der gleichermaßen verführt und bezaubert.

Die reizende Verlockung von Sexy darling basiert auf der natürlich blumigen Mischung exotischer Wunderblumen und roter Rosen mit einem Hauch köstlicher Birne. Moschus und Sandelholz verbinden diese Komposition und bilden eine unverwechselbare, exquisite Note. Das Ergebnis ist ein einzigartiger Duft, der die glamouröse, erotische Weiblichkeit von Kylie widerspiegelt.

Der elegante, sanft abgerundete Flakon von Sexy darling ist ein stilvolles Must-Have, das im Bad keiner Frau fehlen darf. In Dunkelrot und Schwarz gehalten und mit einem silberfarbenen Sexy darling-Logo verziert, ist der Flakon ebenso sinnlich und verführerisch wie der Duft selbst. Die tiefrote Verpackung unterstreicht diese glamouröse und verführerische Wirkung mit einem holografisch glitzernden Effekt und dem Markenzeichen von Kylie, einem 'K' in schwarzem Spitzenmuster.

Kylie Minogue hat Sexy darling in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Coty entwickelt: "Ich bin überzeugt, dass eine sexy Ausstrahlung viel mit unserem Seelenzustand zu tun hat. Manche Menschen strahlen eine unwiderstehliche Schönheit und ein starkes Selbstbewusstsein aus. Mit Sexy darling wollte ich genau diese innere Haltung einfangen und habe so einen Duft für die moderne, sexy, selbstbewusste Frau kreiert, die leidenschaftlich und verspielt ist… eine Frau, die verführerisch und sinnlich ist. Ich bin begeistert, dass Sexy darling durch seinen blumig-holzigen Mix ein intensiver und raffinierter Duft geworden ist, der hält, was sein Name verspricht."

"Sexy darling" ist ab September 2008 nicht nur als Eau de Toilette in zwei Größen erhältlich, sondern auch als Glowing Body Lotion, die die Haut mit Feuchtigkeit versorgt und einen schimmernden Glanz hinterlässt.

Eau de Toilette, 15 ml, 14,- Euro
Eau de Toilette, 30 ml, 23,50 Euro
Glowing Body Lotion, 150 ml, 9,99 Euro

Quelle: modelvita Magazin

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