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A host of international stars and dignitaries paid tribute to the late Australian star Olivia Newton-John in at a state memorial service in Melbourne on Sunday.Thousands gathered at Hamer Hall and video tributes came from Elton John, Hugh Jackman, Dolly Parton, Pink, Barry Gibb and Mariah Carey.Singer Delta Goodrem hugs fan Justine Edwards outside a state memorial service for Olivia Newton-John at Hamer Hall in Melbourne. Photograph: James Ross/EPANewton-John, who has a string of No 1 hits worldwide and starred in movies…

The first time I met Olivia Newton-John was on the set of Grease in 1977. She arrived in this white T-Bird convertible with the top down. It was gorgeous, and she was gorgeous. With stars, you tend to keep a distance until you feel that the time is right, so we didn’t talk too much at first, except that she told me how cute she thought John Travolta was.When we did our first day of shooting together, she was very nervous, so being the veteran film actress I was (I only did two movies before that one) I began to improvise…

Pink pulled double duty at the 2022 American Music Awards on Sunday night (Nov. 20), following her opening performance with a passionate mid-show tribute to Olivia Newton-John and her eternal hit “Hopelessly Devoted to You.” Wearing an elegant, sparkly dress rife with feathers, Pink glided through “Hopelessly Devoted to You” and struck a different tone than her first performance of the evening, when she roller skated to her new single “Never Gonna Not Dance Again.” During the tribute, Pink kept things…

Credit: Paramount As the world continues to mourn the screen and song legend that is Olivia Newton-John, arguably her most famous film is set to return to cinemas: Grease. Kicking off this Friday, the iconic 1978 movie musical, which also stars John Travolta and Stockard Channing, will return to 135 AMC theaters with tickets per moviegoer as low as $5. Better year, $1 of each ticket will be donated to AMC’s charitable fund, AMC Cares, with proceeds going to breast cancer research, according to The Hollywood…

Country music group the Chicks honored the late Olivia Newton-John on Saturday evening by performing a cover of “Hopelessly Devoted to You” from “Grease.”While playing the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington, singer Natalie Maines paid tribute to the beloved Australian actor and pop musician, who died at age 73 last week after a long battle with breast cancer.“We lost a worldwide sweetheart ... Olivia Newton-John,” Maines told the crowd. “I thought I was Olivia Newton-John from like 4 until 12. And then I just wished I…

Late Grammy-winning singer and actor Olivia Newton-John will be given a special send-off in her native country Australia. According to Deadline, the State Premier of Victoria in Australia where Olivia spent most of her childhood has confirmed that the star`s family had accepted his offer of a state funeral. Deadline reported that Daniel Andrews revealed he had liaised with the family via Newton-John`s niece, the TV actor Tottie Goldsmith. "I can update that I`ve spoken with Tottie Goldsmith this morning and she, on…

The death of Olivia Newton-John this week was followed by an avalanche of tributes from celebrities and fans on social media. And the image accompanying most of the posts of was Newton-John as Sandy Olsson in the last scene of her signature 1978 film, Grease. Wearing tight black trousers, an off-the-shoulder black top, red mules and biker jacket, with her hair teased and a cigarette in hand, she gazes into the eyes of co-star John Travolta as Danny Zuko.Released nearly 45 years ago and set in the 1950s, Grease remains…

Olivia Newton-John “really struggled with a lot of pain” in her final days, the late Grease star’s niece Tottie Goldsmith said during an interview on Tuesday (9 August). The 73-year-old British-born actor died from breast cancer on Monday (8 August).Her death was confirmed by widower John Easterling in a statement posted to Newton-John’s Facebook page: “Dame Olivia Newton-John passed away peacefully at her Ranch in Southern California this morning, surrounded by family and friends.” In an interview with Australian news…

Yesterday, the world lost one of its truly great talents with the news that Olivia Newton-John had passed away. While no official cause of death was given Newton-John had been battling breast cancer for years. The woman was a talented singer and actress who had hit songs and iconic movie roles and was a major influence on a lot of stars that came after her, and so you can be sure there were many who had strong emotions following the news that she was gone.While Olivia Newton-John had several major film roles as well as…

Olivia Newton-John played a good girl gone bad in “Grease,” the movie that turned her into a superstar in 1978. But Newton-John, who died on Monday from breast cancer at age 73, was never truly was a bad girl — whether she sang country or disco, she specialized in the mellowest rock — yet a key part of her appeal lay in how her soft touch seemed sensuous, not saccharine. That simmering sense of seduction could reach a boil, as it did when she closed out “Grease” duetting with John Travolta on “You’re the One That I Want”…