Cher Turns 65 Today

The Husband: Cher!
Stephen: Where?
The Husband: There!
Stephen: Cher? Where?
The Husband: There Cher!
Stephen: There Cher?
The Husband: There! Cher!
Stephen: Cher!

Things I love about Cher:
Silkwood, Mask, Come Back To The 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean,Tea With Mussolini, & most especially- Moonstruck

Bang Bang, I've Got You Babe, The Way of Love, The Beat Goes On

"Men should be like Kleenex... soft, strong & disposable"

A #1 Single in each of the past 6 decades

Sonny

Grammy, Emmy, Golden Globe, Oscar

Chaz

Farwell Tours

"After a nuclear holocaust, all that will be left are cockroaches & Cher."

If I Could Turn Back Time

Too strong to tell you I was sorry

Too proud to tell you I was wrong

I know that I was blind…

If I could turn back time

If I could find a way

I'd take back those words that hurt you

& you'd stay

If I could reach the stars

I'd give them all to you

Then you'd love me

Like you used to do

If I could turn back time

Diane Warren

Born On This Day- May 20th... Gay Icon Cheryl Sarkisian LaPiere Bono Allman

Today is a High Holy Day in Gaydom- The birthday of Cher.

Cher & I have something in common, I don't mean sleeping with David Geffen. We have both been on our Living Proof: The Farewell Tour for the past decade. Cher's tour is the 2nd most successful tour by a female solo artist of all time. I felt lucky to book my own back yard.

Cher dropped out of high school at age 16 & moved to L.A.. She had her initial taste of Hollywood stardust when she was involved in a minor car accident with Warren Beatty. He then seduced her. Cher remembers the encounter as "a disappointment".

Cher has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, & 3 Golden Globe Awards for her work in film, music & television. Cher is the only female solo artist to reach the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 in each of the previous 5 decades. I think she showed serious acting chops as early as the sketches on the Sonny & Cher Show. Cher was absolutely terrific (& Oscar nominated) as a lesbian in Mike Nichol's Silkwood with Meryl Streep. Moonstruck is on of my top 10 movies of all time list (& one of my favorite soundtrack albums).

Cher's career had some ups & downs, but all the downs were followed by another hit record or a first rate acting achievement (Robert Altman's Come Back To The 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean). The longevity of her musical career has given Cher some amazing stats: the oldest female performer to chart a #1 hit, with Believe in 1999, when she was 53 years old. She first hit the Top 100 with I Got You Babe in 1965, & had a hit with Song for the Lonely in 2002, a span of 37 years. She also holds records for the longest gap between #1 songs, from Dark Lady in 1974 to Believe in 1999. With a career lasting 40+ years, Cher has sold over 100 million records. Cher returned to Las Vegas in 2008 where she is currently performing her show Cher at the Colosseum. Cher & Las Vegas are perfect together.

Cher is an active member Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG), & has admitted to having had lesbian affairs in the 1970s. It is my understanding that Gay people really like her.

"If I Could Turn Back Time" Maybe you don't know, but gay men love her- Happy Birthday, Cherilyn Sarkisian Bono Allman

"It really bothers me when I see people doing my mother in drag. I mean, just imagine if you saw people doing that with your mother."
Chastity Bono, in Portland Oregon's Just Out Newspaper.

She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, & three Golden Globe Awards for her work in film, music and television. Cher is the only female solo artist to reach the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in each of the previous four decades. Moonstruck is on of my top ten movies of all time (& one of my favorite soundtrack albums).

“Men should be like Kleenex, soft, strong and disposable.”

"Don't take your toys inside just because it's raining."
Cher