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First off thank you all for your comments about American Idol and yes, I had a ball. I loved working with all the girls, mentoring them, in fact I mentioned to the executive producer, Nigel Lythgoe, that I could quite easily give up the day job and do menotring all the time. I really did get very passionate about it.
Missed out on working with the boys but the whole gang excitedly ran over to my car as I was leaving to say how much they'd enjoyed my performance of 'To Sir' and working with me. I reciprocated in exactly the same way. It was like a mini mass hysteria. I think we really connected. Oh and by the way I loved singing the new arrangement of 'To Sir' which.....excuse me......was only re-arranged courtesy of Barry Manilow (Isn't he brillaint).
Of course now I'm obsessed with finding out what happened this week on Idol. I had to come back to London to do a gig and we don't get it here until Friday. I won't allow my American friends to tell me what happens before I watch it myself.
After Idol I left LA for New York to attend Elton John's 60th Birthday celebrations (I'd already been to one party for him in London before Idol which he shared with my friend Sam Taylor-Wood) she was 40 so they called it 'Together we're 100'.
Part 2 was a rather lavish event held at the Cathdral of St John the Divine. I found myself hob nobbing with Richard Gere and Carey Lowell, Pierce Brosnan and Keeley Shaye Smith, the Osbournes, Liz Hurley and Arun, Tom Brown the bespoke tailor, Jake from the Scissor Sisters, Lenny Kravitz, to name but a few. Around about 600 of us altogether.
Of course it was a magnificent event. We had a typically english supper.....chicken pot pie. Tony Bennett, Mary J Blige and the Scissor Sisters performed and a great time was had by all.
The following day a select few were invited by Leonard and Evelyn Lauder (Estee Lauder) to their apartment off Park Avenue for a buffet lunch. They were totally adorable and charming.
But the best thing of all was Elton's 60th concert at Madison Square Gardens on the Sunday night. He couldn't have been any better, it was the greatest live show, even exceeding my expectations. The band were stonking, the sound was perfect and Elton's voice was pristine. Bill Clinton, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams and of course our very own Bernie Taupin got up on stage to say a few chosen words (in fact I'm sure Robin would still be there now blethering his head off if Whoopi hadn't yanked him off the stage)
I was a little disconcerted though........because Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) sat right in front of me throughout the whole concert and I had to stop myself from reminding him that he didn't have much time left, and he was wasting 3 hours of them watching Elton!! I suppose as Chloe wasn't visiable she was doing all the work!!!!! At least I told myself that and it helped calmed my nerves. We exchanged a quick hello and he reminded me we had met before!!!!!!!
Can't stop yawning so I'd better nod off for another 40 winks.
Keep smiling
Lol Lulu
1:52 PM
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