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Kylie in control
Damian Nicholas
25.05.2008

She is the chameleon queen, ubiquitous yet unknown. On the cusp of her 40th birthday, Peter Munro asks just how well do we really know Ms Minogue?

KYLIE Minogue's long-time stylist and "gay husband" William Baker recently zeroed in on the pop star's great fear. "People see you as a result of Neighbours, I Should Be So Lucky, Michael Hutchence, gold hot pants, Can't Get You Out Of My Head, cancer = Kylie. Nobody really knows what makes you tick," he told her. "But I think the time has come to rip the surface away and go deeper and I think that really scares you."

His tepid documentary White Diamond, released late last year, promised such a purge. The two-hour film was shot during Kylie's Homecoming tour in Australia in 2006-07, her triumphant return after overcoming breast cancer. Yet exactly what makes her tick beyond a basic circulatory system of blood and organs is never revealed. Viewers never see Kylie cry, or express the anger, euphoria, depression or malaise that lies behind those shiny front teeth and perennially sunny disposition. As a reviewer in The Times put it, "Baker doesn't so much rip the surface away as gently caress the surface, going 'Mmm, lovely surface'."

Kylie scrapped the documentary five times before finally relenting, but any real insight into the mercurial pop icon has been exorcised from the final product. Going deeper, it suggests, scares her more than even the imminent arrival of her 40th birthday this Wednesday, May 28.

She has spent most of those 40 years in the spotlight, yet remains something of a shadow play. We have seen her as the oil-stained Charlene, the singing budgie, indie star, impossible princess, showgirl, gay icon, jilted lover, cancer sufferer and pop artist. In an industry where most stars soon self-implode or fade away, she still shines - most recently on her ongoing European tour, which includes a concert in Zurich today. But her legions of fans can only skim the surface. Her longevity and continued success are built upon discipline and control - of her image, her music, her life. She is dearly loved despite showing us so little.

Music presenter and her long-time friend Molly Meldrum tracks this control to the beginning of Kylie's television and singing career in Melbourne.

"It's a natural thing for Kylie," he says. "Both Kylie and [her sister] Dannii come from a very tight-knit family and - have always been very close and have been very careful with how their image is portrayed."

Kylie was one of the first Australian celebrities to take control over her image by forming a company with long-time manager Terry Blamey, to claim licensing rights over all her official photographs. Meldrum says it was primarily a financial move. "There were photos going out galore and people were putting books together from press photos and making a dollar out of it. It was decided - then that they needed more strict control over photos that were taken," he says.

But that canny move has also ensured people see only what Kylie cares to reveal. Columnist Mia Freedman, a former editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, says Kylie was prescient in employing her own photographers on magazine shoots so she held copyright and copy approval over every published image - something that is relatively common among celebrities today. When Kylie wants to reinvent her image, a talent she is renowned for, she simply takes old photographs out of circulation and issues a new batch. "She is like Madonna, once she moves on to a new image she doesn't want you to use an image from last year or six months ago," Freedman says. "When promoting a new product, new images will be made available. But if you wanted to buy a shot of her from her last tour, or from an image she had with something she was promoting six months ago, it won't be available to you."

Freedman says that tight image control, which has bleached into what little we know of Kylie's private life, has been crucial to her remarkable longevity. "If you look at any artist with enduring fame over a number of decades - Tom Cruise, Kylie, Madonna - they are all incredibly controlling and extremely disciplined. They don't have drug addictions, they don't go out partying, they keep themselves very clean and tidy and professional," she says. "It's really naive to say in this age it's about what kind of voice you have, it's about control and discipline and maintaining your image."

Music industry analyst Phil Tripp says Kylie's control is an essential business survival tool in an industry that has recently spat out younger peers such as Amy Winehouse and Britney Spears. "We are in the industry of illusion - the art of shovelling smoke," Tripp says. "In the '60s and '70s, management was not quite as aware of the problems of artists losing privacy and their lives and then pretty much checking out. It is all about balance, and that's something Kylie and her team have managed. She is a fairly delicate flower in some ways, she is small and short, very sensitive, very emotional. That's also part of her appeal. If I were Kylie I would be a control freak too."

She has been called that before. In 2003, her former boyfriend James Gooding bleated bitterly that Kylie was a "self-obsessed, virtually friendless control freak, desperate to pursue her ambitions as far as she could take them. I fear she is going to end up a lonely spinster with only a cat by her side for company."

Kylie is, of course, much more circumspect in her media interviews, deflecting personal questions and dodging controversy with the agility of a seasoned politician. She is like the music world's answer to Kevin Rudd, who during the last federal election campaign often sought to chart the destiny of interviews by spouting both his own questions and answers. Kylie, too, is a master in the art of saying nothing - despite her poorly polished delivery. Watching her being interviewed can be tortuous, a battered assemblage of protracted pauses, uncomfortable silences and rambling stutters. You suspect if she was to follow the Prime Minister's lead by asking her own questions, she would still trip up on the answers.

On Channel Seven's Sunrise program in January, billed as her only Australian television interview while home to boost sales of her new album, X, she squirmed so much at the prospect of ripping that shiny surface away that co-host Larry Emdur gave her the option of phoning a friend. The meek query of when she might tour Australia seemed to send her into a paroxysm of pain. "Aaaaaahhhhh - (looks away, off camera) - as soon as I can."

Over 16 minutes, hundreds of her fans, some of whom had spent the night outside the station's studio in Sydney's Martin Place, listened intently to her say so little. How do you feel about turning 40? "I don't know - I guess I'll be fine." Anyone special in your life at the moment? "I - I - enjoy - um - dating."

On occasion, Kylie has been notably candid about deeply personal issues. Appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in the US last month, she revealed how her breast cancer was initially misdiagnosed. She seemed to surprise even herself with the disclosure, remarking: "I had no intention of saying that today."

Her first television interview about her struggle with cancer, on Britain's Sky One in July 2006, promised to be her most revealing. But Channel Nine, which paid highly for the exclusive broadcast rights in Australia, was dudded along with those who watched to hear only how Kylie felt "saved" but still had a "mountain to climb". So many platitudes, so much tea and sympathy.

"You can't get a headline out of a Kylie Minogue interview," Freedman says. "I listened to her on radio recently and there were so many opportunities where she could have made a throw-away line or a funny comment - but I could almost hear the wheels turning in her mind, thinking how every single thing she might say as a throwaway will become international headlines the next day.

"Dannii is much more candid, she jokes around, she is self-deprecating, she will be sarcastic and ironic. Kylie plays it much safer and I think that is probably a result of being burnt far more times in her career. She gives nothing away and will return every ball with a straight bat."

Team Kylie is indeed a tight ship. Certainly, few details escape from the hold unintentionally. When up to 10 tracks linked to her new album were "leaked" online last year, some in the music industry smelt a deliberate marketing ploy of the kind well-practised in political circles. The Sunday Age's request to interview Terry Blamey, currently on tour with the pop star, was declined.

Television producer Michael Wilton's request to interview Kylie for the US pay-TV Biography Channel was similarly turned down last November. He has previously interviewed musicians such as Sir Bob Geldoff and George Michael for their own, typically hagiographic, profiles, but on this occasion was blocked not only from the star of the show but also from using any of the album covers or music video clips controlled by her current label Parlophone, which is part of the EMI Group.

But Kylie does passionately court the media when she is inclined to promote a new album, tour, perfume or pair of undies.

Does the public deserve more? Does buying her albums or concert tickets entitle us to her tracks of tears or anger or sadness - to that deep life, alluded to by William Baker, apparently bubbling away beneath the surface?

Simon Sheridan, author of the new biography The Complete Kylie, says the pop star's album X has been criticised in part because of what it doesn't say, particularly as it is her first release since her battle with breast cancer.

"People have said it isn't revelatory or personal enough about the past couple of years, but Kylie has said she just wanted to make an album that was fun and people could dance to," he says.

"She could be a politician. She often gives the answers people would expect rather than anything surprising."

And yet, despite revealing so little, she elicits the sort of devotion a politician might only dream of. Sheridan, whose request to interview Kylie for his book was declined, speculates: "I think people really love her. There is nothing really you could criticise Kylie for; you couldn't say she has loose morals or makes bad records - she comes across as such a sweet person and I think that's why people are protective of her," he says.

"The mystery keeps people wondering; there is always something else there people don't know about, that she has kept back. It sounds naff, but she looks like the kind of person you would like to have tea with - you might not learn much about her but at least you will have a pleasant time."

Quelle: The Age

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Tous introduces Kylie Minogue as face of 2008 advertising campaign
By Yvonne Chia
23.05.2008

Kylie Minogue (centre) looked radiant at the Tous
presentation of the advertising campaign in Paris

FRANCE. Tous has chosen Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue as the face of its 2008 international advertising campaign.

A presentation was held recently in Paris in the Hotel de Crillon to present the campaign.

Notable attendees included Tous President Salvador Tous and celebrities such as Christian Karembeu, Zoé Felix and Emilie Dequenne. Eugenia Martínez de Irujo, ambassador of the company for more than ten years and designer of her own Collection Eugenia by Tous, also attended.

On the choice of Minogue as the face of the brand, the company commented: "Empathy and vitality have been the two most important values shared by Tous and Kylie. Kylie is warm, enchanting and full of life, the epitome of the Tous brand values."

Images of the campaign were photographed by Leanne Buckham, personal photographer and friend of the singer. Ten different advertisements of jewellery, handbags, watches and glasses will soon be seen in the national and international media.

Tous has 300 points of sale, including travel retail, in 34 countries and a forecast of 500 more worldwide in the next five years.

For more information, visit www.tous.com.

Quelle: MoodieReport, UK

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Kylie Minogue
«Ich versuche nicht eine Sexbombe zu sein, ich bin eine!». Dies und anderes sagt Kylie Minogue. Doch lesen Sie selbst.
Von Lorenz Keller
23.05.2008

«Meine wilden Jahre sind vorbei.»
Trotz dieser Aussage in einem Interview gönnt sich Kylie Minogue auf der aktuellen Tour durch über 50 europäische Städte nur ein paar wenige Tage Pause. Zum Beispiel am 28. Mai: Dann feiert die Sängerin ihren 40. Geburtstag wohl in Deutschland irgendwo zwischen Köln (Konzert am 27. Mai) und München (Konzert am 28. Mai). Am 25. und am 30. Mai zeigt sie ihre Show in der Schweiz.

«Ich versuche nicht eine Sexbombe zu sein, ich bin eine!»
Davon, dass sie es ruhiger angeht, merkt man nicht viel. Auf der Bühne zeigt sie sich im halbdurchsichtigen Abendkleid, umschwärmt von Tänzern in Lack und Leder. Ganz ihrem Image als «sexy Kylie» entsprechend. Dieses hat sie übrigens selber gewählt, als sie in den frühen 1990er-Jahren die Kontrolle über ihre Karriere übernahm und nicht mehr das «Mädchen von nebenan» sein wollte, das zuckrigen Hitparaden-Pop singt.

«Zuerst war ich nur still, dann brach ich zusammen.»
Eigentlich hätte der Superstar aus Australien allen Grund, das Leben ohne Stress zu geniessen. 2005 - mitten auf grosser Welttournee - diagnostizierten die Ärzte bei ihr Brustkrebs. Über ein Jahr liess sich Kylie Minogue behandeln und gewann schliesslich den Kampf gegen den Krebs. Dass sie öffentlich über ihre Krankheit sprach, hatte den positiven Effekt, dass sich heute deutlich mehr Frauen eine Brustkrebs-Voruntersuchung machen.

«Ich bin so inspiriert wie nie zuvor.»
Vor zwei Jahren ist Kylie Minogue wieder ins Rampenlicht zurückgekehrt. Und längst nicht nur mit ihrer Musik: Sie schrieb ein Kinderbuch, stellte ihre Outfits im Museum aus, kreierte Kylie-Parfüms, Mode und Unterwäsche. In England sind sogar von ihr gestaltete Heimtextilien wie Bettwäsche oder Kissen erhältlich - «Kylie at home» nennt sich diese Kollektion.

«Australier sind bodenständig und fleissig.»
Trotz perfekter Inszenierung verliert Kylie Minogue nie den Boden unter den Füssen und die Verbindung vom Publikum. Wenn es mal musikalisch nicht so läuft, wie mit dem letzten Album «X», dann gleicht sie das mit gigantischen Bühnenshows wieder aus. So bleiben ihr die Fans gewogen.

Kylie Minogue live, Sonntag 25.5. im Hallenstadion Zürich, Freitag 30.5 in der Arena Genf.

Quelle: punkt.ch

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Kylie fans warned over ticket tout misery
by Gordon Barr
22.05.2008

Kylie Minogue

TICKET touts cashing in on Kylie fans could leave them in the cold.

New research shows there are currently more than 700 tickets available at online sites for her four-night stint at the Metro Radio Arena, and fans who snap them up face being turned away at the doors.

Near identical tickets in the coveted Block A are on the web, with prices ranging from £59.99 to £199.99. Tickets for the shows should cost just £49 plus booking fees.

Newcastle music fans risk paying three times more than they need to for tickets to see Kylie on July 20, 21, 23 and 24.

Ticketing consultancy Tixdaq, which has launched an online price checker for tickets, says there are currently 726 available on online sites for Kylie’s four nights - but Arena bosses have warned against buying tickets from unofficial sites.

"Our line is that we void all tickets we see on auction sites seeking a profit on the resale," said Paul Tappenden, Metro Radio Arena marketing director.

"We have done this for Kylie already and there will be more which we will announce just before the show.

"So if people have bought off auction sites they will be anxious for the next two months.

"There are also several for this weekend’s Girls Aloud shows already voided.

"The message is don't buy off auction sites, particularly as there are still tickets for most shows, including Kylie."

Tixdaq founder Will Muirhead added: "There are now so many ticketing websites, if you’re not careful you can easily pay over the odds.

"We’ve decided to take the hard work out of looking and bring all of the ticket prices together in one place.

"A diehard Kylie fan will obviously pay whatever it takes to see her, but would you really want to pay £140 more than you need to?

"The British public spend over £900m every year on concert tickets."

Kylie will break another record in Newcastle by playing a fourth consecutive night at the Arena.

It makes the Aussie chart-topper the first solo act to do a four night stint at the venue.

Fans who have bought tickets for that gig will also be able to enjoy a Kylie after-show party in the Arena foyer, where dressing up, singing and dancing will be encouraged - although Kylie herself will not be attending.

Kylie’s concerts will be her first in the region since her acclaimed Fever tour in 2002 - which still holds the record for the fastest-selling show at the venue.

Kylie also holds the record for the biggest audience for a fully seated gig at the Arena - 10,123 fans.

Tickets are still available for her shows from the usual official outlets.

Quelle: ChronicleLive, UK

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'KYLIEX2008' TOUR MERCH NOW AVAILABLE IN KYLIE STORE!
20.05.2008

Get your official Kylie tour merchandise before the show and beat the queues - Kylie's online store now stocking a full range of 'KylieX2008' goodies!

Take your pick from a striking selection of T-shirts and hoodies, unique jewelry, fun keyrings, a Kylie fan, or even a set of Kylie playing cards!

Get yourself over to the KYLIE STORE now!

Quelle: kylie.com

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10,000 Bulgarians Enjoy Fantastic Kylie Show in Sofia
19.05.2008

About 10,000 Bulgarians gathered Sunday evening at Sofia's Lokomotiv
Stadium to experience a night to remember with the greatest hits of the
world famous pop star Kylie Minogue. Photo by Sofia Music Enterprises

About 10,000 Bulgarians gathered Sunday evening at Sofia's Lokomotiv Stadium to experience a night to remember with the greatest hits of the world famous pop star Kylie Minogue.

Songs like Slow, Spinning around, Love at First Sight, I believe in You blew the whole stadium up, although the performance's 50-minute delay has at first annoyed the fans.

For about two hours, the singer has changed her clothes seven times to shine in the incredible dresses of Jean-Paul Gautier.

Just before the start of her show, Kylie met the first fan, who managed to buy a ticket for it.

The star presented the singles from her tenth studio album "X", as most of them were composed by herself at the time when she was undergoing breast cancer treatment.

Kylie Ann Minogue is an Australian, Grammy award-winning pop singer, songwriter and actress. Minogue rose to prominence in the late 1980s through her role in the Australian television soap opera "Neighbours", before she commenced her career as a pop artist in the late '80s. She has sold over 40 million records worldwide.

Quelle: Sofia News Agency, Bulgaria

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Kylie gets the Cold shoulder
17.05.2008

Wrong mood ... Kylie

KYLIE MINOGUE recorded a vocal for COLDPLAY’s new album but it didn’t make the final cut.

The Pop Princess’s effort was scrapped after frontman CHRIS MARTIN decided it didn’t fit the mood.

Kylie and Coldplay share a record label, Parlophone, but their sessions together for the rockers’ eagerly awaited fourth collection, Viva La Vida, were at times fraught.

Chris told Q mag’s website Q4music.com: "Kylie is awesome. She’s like GIRLS ALOUD rolled into one."

Lyrics

But he added: "I took apart the song she did with us, like a Corby trouser press."

Whatever you say, Chris.

Bassist GUY BERRYMAN added that the album, due out on June 12, is the band’s most political yet.

He said: "There’s this slightly anti-authoritarian viewpoint that’s crept into some of the lyrics.

"It’s the pay-off between being surrounded by governments on one side, but also we’re human beings with emotions and we’re all going to die...and the stupidity of what we have to put up with."

Quelle: The Sun

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Wien - Eine aufwändig gestaltete Unnötigkeit
15.05.2008

Viel Neues brachten Kylies ständige Szenen u. Kostümwechsel nicht.

14. Mai 2008 - Popstar Kylie Minogue gastierte mit ihrer Comeback-Tournee in Wien. Weder Musik noch Show konnten Spannung erzeugen.

Kritik - Um Kylie Minogues Musik visuell angemessen zu unterstreichen, reicht eigentlich eine große Discokugel. Man musste sich also angesichts der Fechter, der Samurais, der Operettenkulissen und der Uniformen, die die australische Popsängerin am Mittwoch auf die Bühne der Wiener Stadthalle brachte, fragen: Wozu die ganze Mühe?

"KylieX2008", die erste große Tournee nach der durch eine Brustkrebs-Erkrankung bedingten Karrierepause der Sängerin, ist die aufwändigste Tour ihrer Karriere, mehr als zwölf Millionen Euro soll die Produktion gekostet haben. Zugleich reihte Minogue wohl noch nie Songs und Bilder so beliebig und ideenlos aneinander.

Beim Konzert in Wien war weder die Musik noch die Performance wirklich tragfähig, und es dauerte lange, bis in der eher spärlich gefüllten Halle so etwas wie Stimmung aufkam.

Recycling

Minogues Musik kreist meist um einen stetigen Basstrommel-Beat, die Songs selbst klingen verblüffend austauschbar. Dass die Pop-Diva ihren Mega-Hit "Can’t Get You Out Of My Head" gleich zu Beginn verheizte, war schon ein Zeichen dafür, dass sie sich, nicht so sehr auf die Kraft ihrer Stücke verließ. Als sie doch auf Wiedererkennungswert setzte und bei ihrem frühen Hit "Shocked" (1990) zum Mitsingen aufrief, wollte sich kaum jemand richtig dran erinnern. Erst nach dem ursprünglich mit Robbie Williams gesungenen Hit "Kids" sprang ein Funke über. Es folgten 15 Minuten (!) Umbaupause.

Viel Neues brachten die ständigen Szenen- und Kostümwechsel nicht: Minogue recycelte die von Sadomaso, schwuler Seemannsromantik und Exotik geprägte Ästhetik früherer Shows. Der Reiz der kunstvoll polierten Oberfläche blieb unter mattem Pomp verborgen.

Quelle: Kurier.at

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Frankfurt - Konzert von Kylie Minogue
Nur eine reicht an Madonna heran
Von Michael Köhler
14.05.2008

Königin des Pop: Kylie Minogue

10. Mai 2008 Frankfurt - Die Sonne geht auf. Kylie Minogue schwebt zum Auftakt ihres Gastspiels in der Frankfurter Festhalle majestätisch langsam auf die Bühne. Sie taucht aus dichten Nebelschwaden auf. In einem von flackernden Leuchtsträngen durchzogenen goldenen Reifen. Wie eine feenhafte Lichtgestalt aus einem Märchen. Um die Dramatik auf die Spitze zu treiben, dient Richard Strauss‘ "Also sprach Zarathustra" als perfektes Klangambiente. Das Hollywood der dreißiger und vierziger Jahre steht nicht nur beim Styling Pate. Auch die von flinken Helfern gewuchteten Kulissen scheinen davon inspiriert.

Als Kontrast zur Nostalgie dienen futuristische Hi-Tech-Spielereien mit beweglichen Projektionsflächen auf einem von Licht, Farben und Bildern durchfluteten Bühnenboden. Eine in Lack, Leder und Latex gekleidete Schar Tänzer männlichen und weiblichen Geschlechts umgarnt lasziv die unnahbare Diva: simulierter Fetisch-Sex, Szenen am Rand zum Tabubruch. Als wolle Kylie Minogue ungeliebte Schatten aus der Vergangenheit endgültig abschütteln.

Mit 40 Jahren im zweiten Frühling

Von schwerer Krankheit genesen, stürzt sich die australische Entertainerin ins aufreibende Abenteuer Tournee. Altes Terrain muss schließlich verteidigt, neues erobert werden. Die Konkurrenz schläft nicht. Schließlich ist Kylie Minogue derzeit die einzige, die der amtierenden Pop-Queen Madonna künstlerisch die Stirn bieten könnte. Und wie es der Zufall will, gab die Rivalin gerade bekannt, im Spätsommer den Erdball mit einer Show der Superlative beglücken zu wollen.

Gereift ist Kylie Minogue. Als Frau wie als Künstlerin. Sie avancierte vom biederen Nachwuchsternchen, dem einst der Absprung von der hausbackenen Daily-Soap "Neighbours" mit Hits aus der Retorte gelang, zum männermordenden Vamp in gewagten Posen und Songs, die das Zeug zum Evergreen haben. Auch wenn die Sängerin, die am 28. Mai 40 Jahre alt wird, immer etwas zu viel mädchenhaften Liebreiz ausstrahlt, um als Sexgöttin und hüftschwingende Domina, die ihre gefährlichen Krallen ausgefahren hat, zu überzeugen.

Beim kurzweiligen Spektakel, das 12,6 Millionen Euro Produktionskosten verschlungen haben soll, präsentiert sich Kylie Minogue als äußerst wandelbar. Acht eigens vom Pariser Kult-Couturier Jean-Paul Gaultier gefertigte Kostüme führt sie in knapp zwei Stunden vor. Als frecher Cheerleader taucht sie bei "Heartbeat Rock" auf. Für "Sometime Samurai" bezaubert sie als fernöstliche Geisha. In hochhackigen Stiefeln, die bis zu den Oberschenkeln reichen, triumphiert sie mit "Your Disco Needs You".

Bis ins kleinste Detail geplant

"Like A Drug" bekennt sie zweideutig und drapiert sich in einem roten Kleid als lauerndes Verderbnis auf einem riesigen Totenschädel. Sie bewegt sich, von einem aus neun Mitgliedern bestehenden, rechts und links der Bühne platzierten Ensemble begleiteitet, allerdings auffallend wenig. Wilde Akrobatik und komplizierte Choreographien überlässt sie lieber ihren Tänzern. Wird sie doch einmal in die Höhe gehievt, hat sie schnell wieder Boden unter den Füßen.

Teure Kulissen wechseln wie edle Designerware: Von der exotischen Pyramide ganz in Schwarz zu einem eleganten Nachtclub an der "Copacabana", vom homoerotischen Seemanns-Szenario zum erregten Räkeln im blätterumrankten Lotterbett - die rasant abgespulte, bis ins kleinste Detail geplante Inszenierung mit goldenem Konfettiregen zum Finale oszilliert zwischen opulenter Video-Clip-Ästhetik und künstlichem Las-Vegas-Flair. Wenn auch ohne beleuchtete Showtreppe. Gut möglich, dass Kylie Minogue eines Tages dem Beispiel ihrer Kolleginnen Céline Dion, Bette Midler und Cher folgt. Ihr Chorus-Girl-Charme könnte sich in der Casino-Metropole optimal entfalten.

Quelle: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

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Kylie Minogue Hits Prague's Finest Spot
14.05.2008

Königin des Pop: Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue is currently enjoying the city of Prague, known to be one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. The singer was spotted yesterday dinning at Kampa Park, which is one of Prague’s best restaurants.

The restaurant is set in an exclusive location beside the river on Kampa Island, and next to Charles Bridge. This restaurant is known for it's beautiful scenery.

Kampa Park is infamous for it’s superb selection of fresh seafood, classic Czech wild game dishes and innovative meat selections. This restaurant also stocks an extensive range of Czech and International wines.

This spot is known to attract celebrities from all over the world. On a visit to Prague, Senator Hillary Clinton remarked, "I wanted our last night at Kampa Park to go on forever."

If you are in Prague, make sure to stop by this spot. There are different sections of this restaurant, the main restaurant, the famous riverside terrace, the winter garden which is a heated conservatory overlooking a tributary of the river and the summer roof terrace overlooking Charles Bridge and the river.

Quelle: Hollyscoop, CA

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Kylie Minogue birthday weekend on MAX
14.05.2008

Kylie Minogue is turning 40 this month

Kylie Minogue is turning 40 and MAX is giving our home grown Queen of Pop - as well all her fans across Australia - the biggest birthday party imaginable. To mark this momentous occasion, MAX has organised Kylie-a-thons galore, as well as what we humbly believe to be the greatest music competition ever to be staged in the history of Australian music television.

Grab on to something, Kylie fans, because MAX will be sending one lucky fan and their best friend to Germany to wish our Kylie happy birthday "IN PERSON" Backstage at her concert in Munich - OMG! Yes, that’s right. MAX, in direct collaboration with Kylie’s people, has organised to send a Kylie fan and their best friend to Germany to present our Kylie with a birthday cake and card from MAX and all her fans in Australia. This is obviously a once-in-a-lifetime experience, flying to the other side of the world to share in such a milestone in the life and career of Australia’s most successful and enduring pop icon.

Kylie’s 40th birthday takes place on May 28. On that day, MAX may as well change its name to KYLIE because it’s back-to-back Kylie from 10AM to 5PM with HAPPY BIRTHDAY KYLIE - the definitive countdown of all of Kylie’s greatest hits. The following day in Germany, our lucky winners, chaperoned by MAX’s very own Yumi Stynes, will be attending Kylie’s birthday concert and meeting the star backstage, personally handing over a birthday cake and all the birthday messages from fans back here at home, collected via MAX.

But there’s more. The following weekend on MAX its CELEBRATE KYLIE WEEKEND. On Saturday and Sunday, between 12PM and 4PM, it’s more back-to-back Kylie, featuring the very best of Kylie countdowns; the exclusive MAX Masters: Kylie Minogue; Feel The Fever documentary; and the Subscription TV Premiere of both Kylie’s Homecoming and Showgirl concerts. In the lead-up to Kylie’s birthday week, MAX is encouraging all its viewers and Kylie fans across Australia to go to our website at www.maxtv.com.au and write their birthday well wishes to Kylie.

Quelle: GenerationQ Music, Australia

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The Kooks star 'gutted' by Kylie snub
12.05.2008

Kooks' Luke Pritchard

London, May 13 : Rocker Luke Pritchard was heartbroken after Aussie singer Kylie Minogue refused to meet him.

Rocker Luke Pritchard was heartbroken after Aussie singer Kylie Minogue refused to meet him.

'The Kooks' frontman was left devastated after the 39-year-old songtress refused to meet him on Kylie's X2008 opening night in Paris.

"We heard she was having a party so asked if we could come. But Kylie moves in her own way - and said no way!" the Mirror quoted him as saying.

However, the 23-year-old singer insists that he has not yet given up.

"We were gutted. I like her and her songs. I won't give up. We'll try again next time we're in the same city," he added.

Quelle: The Cheers, Estonia

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Saturn und Kylie Minogue starten breit angelegte Gesundheitsinitiative
Je ein Euro pro verkaufte CD/DVD an Deutsche Krebshilfe e.V.
12.05.2008

Der symbolische erste Euro liegt schon bereit: Saturn-Chef Roland Weise erläutert - im Gespräch mit der
"heute"-Sprecherin Brigitte Bastgen - das geplante Engagement für die Deutsche Krebshilfe. Deren
Vorsitzende ist Dagmar Schipanski (rechts). - Foto: Jochen Münch

Frankfurt am Main/Ingolstadt (ots) - Saturn startet gemeinsam mit der australischen Pop-Sängerin Kylie Minogue und der Deutschen Krebshilfe e.V. die breit angelegte Gesundheitsinitiative 'Zusammen für Menschen'. Je einen Euro pro verkaufter CD oder DVD der Künstlerin spendet die Elektrofachmarkt-Kette in den nächsten 24 Monaten an die Deutsche Krebshilfe. Zudem ist Saturn Sponsor ihrer Deutschland-Tour.

Saturn startet die Gesundheits- und Aufklärungsinitiative zusammen mit Kylie Minogue und der Deutschen Krebshilfe, um auf die Bedeutung einer aktiven Gesundheitsvorsorge aufmerksam zu machen. Roland Weise, CEO der Media-Saturn-Holding GmbH, bei der Bekanntgabe der Initiative vor dem Konzert von Kylie Minogue in Frankfurt am Main: "Gesundheit wird für unsere gesamte Gesellschaft gerade vor dem Hintergrund des demografischen Wandels und einer zunehmenden älteren Bevölkerungsschicht wichtiger denn je. Deshalb möchten wir mit unserer Aktion gesellschaftliche Verantwortung übernehmen und unsere Markenbekanntheit dazu nutzen, um auf den Stellenwert einer aktiven Gesundheitsvorsorge aufmerksam zu machen. Ich freue mich, dass wir dafür so prominente Unterstützung gewinnen konnten."

Kylie Minogue musste nach ihrer Krebsdiagnose im Mai 2005 eine Chemotherapie durchmachen: "Krebs ist so eine kräftezehrende Krankheit. Deshalb finde ich es äußerst wichtig, Zeichen für Hoffnung und Genesung zu setzen: Ich freue mich, bei der Initiative von Saturn mit dabei zu sein!"

Saturn weitet mit dem Projekt erstmals die bislang auf Mitarbeiter bezogene Gesundheitsförderung extern aus. Schon seit längerem hat der Konzern für seine rund 2.500 Mitarbeiter in Ingolstadt, dem Standort der Unternehmenszentrale, das Programm "Fit bleibt vorn" initiiert. "Die überaus positive Resonanz und das Engagement unserer Mitarbeiter hat uns zu unserer neuen, bundesweiten Gesundheitsinitiative 'Zusammen für Menschen' ermuntert", so CEO Roland Weise.

Die Zusammenarbeit mit Kylie Minogue ist das erste soziale Projekt, an dem sich deutschlandweit alle Saturn-Märkte beteiligen. Künftig soll die Marke Saturn nachhaltig mit einer aktiven Gesundheitsförderung verknüpft werden. Die Partnerschaft mit Kylie Minogue und der Deutschen Krebshilfe ist dazu der erste Schritt.

Neben der Partnerschaft mit der Deutschen Krebshilfe umfasst die Kooperation zwischen Kylie Minogue und Saturn auch das Sponsoring der Deutschland Tour der Künstlerin sowie weitere klassische Marketingmaßnahmen. Das Engagement bewegt sich im hohen sechsstelligen Bereich.

Über die Verwendung der Spendenerlöse aus dem CD/DVD-Verkauf entscheidet die Deutsche Krebshilfe. Die gemeinnützige Organisation fördert die unterschiedlichsten, dezentralen Projekte zur Verbesserung der Prävention, Früherkennung, Diagnose, Therapie, medizinischen Nachsorge und psychosozialen Versorgung einschließlich der Krebs-Selbsthilfe.

Quelle: news aktuell (Pressemitteilung)

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