Elton John has taken another swipe at his pop rival Madonna by urging her to "lip sync good" at the Super Bowl this weekend during a TV interview.

The Rocket Man has poked fun at the Material Girl's stageshow in the past and he's put the pressure on her to sing live during the much-anticipated half-time show on Sunday.

Asked if he'll be tuning in to watch the spectacle, Elton told Good Morning America on Monday, "Super Bowl is always an event, no matter where you are in the world. It's a great American occasion... I scream at the television."

And asked if he has any advice for Madonna...

Film producer David Furnish was left fuming after Madonna beat out his partner Elton John to win the Best Original Song trophy at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, insisting her win proved voting isn't based on "merit".

Elton and the Like a Virgin hit-maker engaged in a friendly war of words on the red carpet ahead of the ceremony after the Rocket Man singer told reporters his one-time pop pal didn't have "a f**king chance of winning."

Madonna hit back by asking journalists if Elton was "wearing a dress."

The Material Girl eventually emerged triumphant as her track Masterpiece from W....

Wow!!! What a red carpet this year! Did I mention I walked right by Madonna .... yes, freaking MADONNA! And here as promised is my vlog - you will for sure get a feel for the mayhem that is the Globes. The most intense people are the fans in the bleachers - they will yell at you over and over for being in their shot ... total riot!

So here's a quick roundup of my personal red carpet run-ins:

- Natalie Portman = stunning

- George Clooney is the nicest person ever

- Michelle Williams needs to loose the headband

- Channing Tatum is HOTTTTTT

- Heidi Klum needed a...

Madonna and Elton John became involved in a war of words at the Golden Globes on Sunday as they competed for the coveted Best Song prize.

The Rocket Man started the verbal spat by telling reporters on the red carpet that his rival "doesn't have a f**king chance of winning tonight," and when asked if those were "fighting words," he replied, "No, those are accurate words."

Madonna hit back when questioned about Elton's remarks, asking reporters, "Was he wearing a dress?" adding, "May the best man win."

The Material Girl eventually emerged triumphant as her track Masterpiece from W.E. sco...

Elton John has named Justin Timberlake as his "number one" choice to star in his upcoming biopic.

The veteran musician is moving forward with plans to turn his life story into a major movie-musical with help from his film producer partner David Furnish and Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall.

The "Rocket Man" movie will tell the story of the star's life and career through his music and Elton has now revealed he wants pop star Timberlake, who previously played the singer in one of his music videos, to tackle the lead role.

He tells the Los Angeles Times, "(It is) very much in the works. We're ma...

Lady Gaga is in the running for an Oscar after she was named among the nominees for the coveted Best Song prize.

The pop superstar's duet with Elton John, Hello Hello, from the Rocket Man's Gnomeo & Juliet movie, has been included in a long list of 39 songs in competition for gold at the 2012 Academy Awards.

Mary J. Blige's track Living Proof, from The Help, is also on the list, along with will.i.am's Hot Wings, from Rio, and Robbie Williams and Brad Paisley's duet Collision of Worlds, from Cars 2.

Other artists in consideration for the prize include Chris Cornell (The Keeper, from Ma...

Motley Crue have confirmed reports they will become the first heavy rock band to take on a Las Vegas residency when they play a three-week run in Sin City next year.

Rockers Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Tommy Lee and Mick Mars will appear live at the city's Hard Rock Hotel and Casino for a stint kicking off on February 3rd.

They confirmed the news during a TV interview with CNN newsman Piers Morgan on Thursday night.

Frontman Neil tells the host, "We're the first rock band to ever have a residency. There's been bands like, you know, Santana, Elton John, all these kind of acts. But for us, ...

Pop superstar Lady Gaga is teaming up with Elton John again for a new duet.

Gaga, who is godmother to the veteran singer's son Zachary, has convinced the Rocket Man to collaborate after impressing him with a new track she has written for her upcoming album.

She tells U.K. talk show host Alan Carr, "I haven't really duetted with anyone and my next duet, I believe, will be with Elton. I'm already working on my next album and I played him a song that I wrote and he really loved it. I don't want to give anything (else) away!"

The stars first teamed up for a live performance at the Grammy ...

Elton John has had a flower named after him at an Orchid Conference in Singapore.

The "Rocket Man" hitmaker, who is an avid flower lover, flew out to the country to be honored with the Doritaenopsis Elton John at the 20th World Orchid Conference.

Elton follows in the footsteps of his late pal Diana, Princess of Wales, actor Jackie Chan and former South African leader Nelson Mandela, who have all had blooms named after them at the event.

The singer stopped by the Sands Expo and Convention Center last week with his partner David Furnish and their son Zachary, and was presented with the pha...

Elton John raised more than $2 million for his AIDS charity by throwing a star-studded gala in New York on Wednesday night.

The singer hosted his 10th annual Enduring Vision event at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan to raise money for the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and stars including Alec Baldwin, Jon Bon Jovi, Kelly Rutherford and Sarah Ferguson turned out in support.

New York governor Andrew Cuomo was also in attendance and Elton took the opportunity to thank him for the state's recent recognition of gay marriage, praising the politician for "taking a stand in New York and making t...

Rockers Journey are to be honored with Billboard's Legend of Live trophy at the magazine's eighth annual 2011 Touring Awards.

The accolade is given to groups or individuals who have made "significant and lasting contributions to live music and the touring business."

Previous recipients have included Rush, Ozzy Osbourne and Elton John.

Journey founder Neal Schon says, "I'm so honored."

The guitarist and his band mates will accept the award at the prize giving in New York next month.

Elton John is moving forward with plans to turn his life story into a major movie-musical.

The veteran musician is teaming with his film producer partner David Furnish and Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall to work on Rocketman, which will tell the story of the star's life and career through his music.

Elton will serve as executive producer and the collaboration will mark his second project with Hall, who worked on the Billy Elliot stage adaptation with the singer/songwriter, who wrote the soundtrack.

Producer Steve Hamilton Shaw tells Deadline.com, "Rocketman will be a radically different ...

Elton John is taking legal action against a banker who failed to honor a $1.1 million bid made at a charity auction.

At the singer's annual White Tie and Tiara Ball last year, Spencer Lodge won the chance to spend a day with the Rocket Man hit-maker.

But the banker has reportedly failed to honor a contract he signed pledging the money to the Elton John Aids Foundation. After several attempts to contact Lodge, the singer is said to have instructed his lawyers to file suit against Lodge.

A source tells Britain's Daily Mirror, "Elton is not personally hounding the man and demanding the c...

Actor/director Tyler Perry has been named the highest paid man in entertainment by the bosses at money magazine Forbes.

Perry raked in $130 million in a year, thanks in part to his popular TV shows House of Payne and Meet the Browns, and he has catapulted to the top of Forbes' annual list of Entertainment's Highest-Paid Men.

Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer came in second place with $113 million and legendary director Steven Spielberg took the third spot with $107 million.

Rounding out the top five were Elton John ($100 million) and former American Idol judge Simon Cow...

Today sees the launch of a ground-breaking social media campaign, "I'm Gonna Be Your Friend" (www.imgonnabeyourfriend.org) supported by many of the world's most famous names in entertainment and their fans.

A global audience over 700 million* Facebook and Twitter fans will be able to view a short film of the crisis in East Africa created by award-winning director Kevin MacDonald from footage of East Africa. The film is set to the 1973 Bob Marley & The Wailers song 'High Tide or Low Tide' and will reach over a billion people**.

The campaign was developed to support Save the Children's ap...

Elton John woke up the astronauts on the final NASA shuttle mission on Thursday with a specially-recorded message - before the crew heard a clip of his track Rocket Man.

The team manning the shuttle Atlantis took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida last week to carry supplies and spare parts to the International Space Station. And they were given a starry treat on Thursday as NASA bosses broadcast a message from Elton.

He said, "Good morning, Atlantis, this is Elton John. We wish you much success on your mission and a huge thank you to all the men and women at NASA who worked o...

Elton John, Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne have reached out to Irish music mogul Louis Walsh as he fights indecent assault allegations.

Walsh, who serves as a judge on Cowell's British reality show The X Factor, has vehemently denied accusations he groped a 24-year-old man in the restroom of Ireland's Krystle nightclub following a Westlife concert in Dublin in April.

The star has agreed to co-operate with police to defend his name, but Walsh admits the allegations have devastated him.

He tells Britain's Daily Star, "My name and my good reputation is all I've got and that has been besmi...

U2 have topped a new Forbes magazine list of the 25 highest-paid touring musicians.

The Irish rockers have pulled in $195 million in the last year from their massive 360 Degrees tour - $70 million more than second-place Bon Jovi.

Elton John came in third with $100 million and Lady Gaga finished fourth with $90 million.

Others making the top 10 were Canadian crooner Michael Buble, Paul McCartney, the Black Eyed Peas, The Eagles, Justin Bieber and the Dave Matthews Band.

Rapper Lil Wayne wants to become the first hip-hop star to be handed his own Las Vegas residency.

The Lollipop hit-maker insists he will never give up performing and is adamant he will still be touring when he hits retirement age.

Wayne even dreams of following in the footsteps of singers including Celine Dion, Cher and Elton John by creating his own Sin City extravaganza.

He tells MTV News, "I plan on touring forever, actually. Probably when I'm, like, 50, I might be like, 'Let's go, gimme some dates'. I actually plan on being one of those artists, with all the music and all the work...

Times really have changed in the media in terms of being proud and loud about sexuality. From the controversial episode of Ellen where she shouted out that she was gay, to the countless series today with gay characters as the stars. In honor of Gay Pride Month, we took a look at a few celebrities who are out and proud.

Cute couple, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi weren’t shy about their love when they exchanged vows three years ago. Ellen told People magazine on that day, "What can I say? I'm the luckiest girl in the world," says DeGeneres. "She's officially off the market. No one e...

Shania Twain is set to stage her musical comeback in Las Vegas after landing a two-year deal to perform on the Caesars Palace stage built for Celine Dion.

The country star's Still The One show will open at the Colosseum on December 1st next year. Announcing the big news at a press conference on Wednesday, Twain said, "I will let my imagination run wild. I'm going to go nuts creatively."

The residency comes as the singer bounces back from heartbreak, divorce and voice-loss to record a new tune with Lionel Richie, which she will debut during the season finale episode of her reality TV sho...

Elton John and his partner David Furnish will compete against soccer star David Beckham and singer Rod Stewart to be named "Britain's Dads of the Year."

Elton and Furnish, who welcomed baby Zachary last Christmas with the help of a surrogate mother, are the first gay couple to be shortlisted for the Premier Inn Celebrity Dad of the Year prize.

Australian singer Peter Andre, who took the title last year, has also been nominated, along with British pop star Gary Barlow.

A spokesperson for the contest says, "Peter Andre, the reigning champion, has once again made the shortlist so it will be...

U2 rocker Bono has bucked the trend of celebrities criticizing TV talent shows by throwing his support behind American Idol.

A number of high-profile musicians have come out against singing competitions such as Idol and The X Factor in recent months, with Elton John, Roger Daltrey, Madness star Suggs and New Order's Bernard Sumner all lining up to criticize format pioneer Simon Cowell and his numerous TV projects.

Bono, who performed on the American Idol finale this week, has now come forward to champion the series, insisting the programme reminds him of old-fashioned variety shows whic...

British hip-hop star Plan B is celebrating his Ivor Novello Awards success by releasing a reworked version of his hit "Hard Times," featuring Elton John.

The London-born star, real name Ben Drew, took home three top honors, including Songwriter of the Year, at the prizegiving ceremony on Thursday - and then announced plans to raise charity cash with Elton.

He released the revamped track on iTunes immediately after the Ivor Novellos gala.

Proceeds from the single, which also features singer Paloma Faith, will benefit relief charities in Pakistan and Japan.

Taking to his Twitter.com page ...

Matthew Morrison, "Matthew Morrison" (Mercury): Glee star Matthew Morrison's self-titled debut album is a guilty pleasure. It's not a CD that I'd admit I own, but it's one I do enjoy listening to.

Make no mistake about it, Morrison can sing; he spent some time as part of a boy band and has credits in several musicals to his name. I'm not a fan of the FOX series, but I loved his version of the Georgia Stitt classic "One Day More" on the 2007 compilation This Ordinary Thursday, so I figured his solo album might be a pleasant listen. It is: aside from the innuendos you're probably alrea...

Rod Stewart is to join old pal Elton John in Las Vegas for a lengthy concert residency.

The "Hot Legs" hitmaker will join Elton and Celine Dion at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, beginning a two-year run of shows in August.

In a statement, Stewart says the show will be "90 per cent songs that people know."

And he tells Billboard.biz he'll be turning his back on his recent standards and soul recordings for what will be "a rock 'n' roll show."

He adds, "We'll try to give the people what they want, which are the songs that made me famous, plus a few surprises. There won't be any magicians...

The Royal Wedding media frenzy has reached its long awaited and much anticipated climax of annoyance. Millions followed the 24-7 coverage surrounding the impending nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton and their dutiful allegiance and support has not been in vain. Today, Kate Middleton’s fairy tale came to a dramatic close. As the world watched, glued to their TV sets, Kate said goodbye to her pauper past when she said “I do” to her prince. Oh wait, Kate Middleton hails from a wealthy, high society, upper-class British family. Oh well…

If you weren’t fortunate enough to procur...

I’ve eaten a lot of crow this year between the saying Scotty had no chance to win and proclaiming Molly Dewolf Swenson the most beautiful woman on the planet (okay, I was right about that one), but I was never as wrong about anything as I was about the restrictive theme nights.

It seems this year, the more restrictive the theme, the better the contestants have been. They blew it out on Elton John night, did a solid Motown evening and haven’t had any trouble adapting their styles to whatever song choice or genre is thrown at them.

In fact, tonight, on an evening devoted entirely to Carole ...

Elton John is confident Prince William's late mother Princess Diana would approve of her son's bride-to-be Kate Middleton, insisting his dear friend would be "very, very happy" about the impending nuptials.

The Rocket Man hit-maker and his partner David Furnish will be among the guests as the British royal exchanges vows with Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London on Friday.

Elton admits the day will be bittersweet without the groom's mother, Princess Diana, in attendance, and returning to the venue where he sang at the late royal's funeral 14 years ago will bring back painful memories...

Elton John is convinced Lady Gaga is the perfect person to serve as godmother to his baby son, because the pop star is a real family girl at heart.

The "Rocket Man" hitmaker, who welcomed baby Zachary with partner David Furnish last December, has confirmed reports Gaga was indeed chosen for the honor, and the couple is confident the outrageous star will do a great job.

During an interview with news show 20/20, which will air in its entirety on Friday, John says, "Yes, (Gaga is the godmother). When you get to the real person underneath, there's a very simple New York girl who loves...