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When China Power International launched its Hong Kong IPO in mid-October, the local press treated CEO Li, 43, like a movie star. She got more space in the South China Morning Post than did Elton John, who had performed in Hong Kong that week. That's because in Asia, Li is almost royalty. Not only is she the first female boss of a foreign-listed, state-owned Chinese company, but her father is former Chinese Premier Li Peng, a controversial figure who became the public face of the Communist Party's hard line against democracy protesters...
...turned movie, The Producers. Chris Columbus has signed on for Rent, and there are plans for big-screen versions of Bombay Dreams, Urinetown and Hairspray. Chicago cloaked its musical yearnings by having its song-and-dance numbers take place in a character's mind. Moulin used pop hits by Elton John and David Bowie. But Phantom will make no excuses for being a full-blown, 143-minute rock opera that's more opera than rock. If audiences respond, Lloyd Webber says he will begin filming his considerable back catalog, starting with 1993's Sunset Boulevard. And if Phantom fails...
...Elton John sang a duet with Eminem. Oh, wait, that already happened a while...
...PEOPLE: Elton raps Madonna; Tiger Woods weds; blogs of the stars; Duran Duran is back...
...ELTON JOHN is starting to remind us of that curmudgeonly relative who blurts out what everyone else is really thinking at the family reunion. While accepting a songwriting award in London last week, the elder rocker, 57, griped that he couldn't believe Madonna had been nominated for best live act. "Since when has lip synching been live?" John asked. "Madonna, best [expletive] live act? [Expletive] off." Last month John called a group of Taiwanese paparazzi who ambushed him "rude, vile pigs." And last spring he called the reality show American Idol "racist" after two black contestants were eliminated...