Kylie Minogue
- Profession: Singer
- Place/Date of Birth: Melbourne, Australia, 28 May 2020
- Associated with: Dannii Minogue, Jason Donovan
He added: "And we have a musical film we are working on with Denise Van Outen, set in 1950s Soho. And of course I have Rent which I am directing. Kylie has helped me on that too."
Kylie film ’a tribute to fans’ - Oct 18 2007
Kylie Minogue paid tribute to the support she received from her fans as she attended the premiere of her new documentary charting her return to the stage following her battle with breast cancer.
The singer chatted with fans and posed for photographs in London’s Leicester Square before the screening of White Diamond.
The film, directed by her creative director William Baker, goes behind the scenes of the Showgirl tour and includes interviews with all of those involved in her comeback.
She said: "I was convinced, pretty much against my will initially, but then I came round to the idea, it was a good way to show the fans and to thank them for their support and see where all their good wishes went, and how we managed to get the show back on stage ... to see the emotion, to see people caring, to see the hard times backstage.
"I mean I do also say in the documentary, ’it’s a show, we’re not saving the world, we’re doing a show.’ But in that moment it seemed so important."
She added: "So I just wanted to share it. Initially I was like, ’um get out of the dressing room’, and then I kind of got used to him (Baker) being there.
"I think through the film you see me get more relaxed with the camera crew being there and more relaxed because I actually managed to get the show back and running."
Kylie duets with Taiwanese star - Oct 16 2007
Kylie Minogue has recorded a duet with Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai for the Asian edition of her latest album, X.
The singers collaborated on In My Arms, the third song on Kylie’s album, which is due out next month.
Jolin said she considers the pop princess a "goddess".
The pair apparently recorded separately, with Jolin saying she imagined recording the song next to the star.
Jolin is now due to travel to London for the premiere of White Diamond, a documentary about Kylie.
Aussie Kylie - who scooped the music idol gong at last week’s Q Awards - is also planning to attend the opening night of the film.
The movie shows Kylie’s triumphant return to the world stage with her 2006 Showgirl Homecoming Tour following her successful battle with breast cancer, and includes intimate backstage footage and interviews.
The White Diamond premiere takes place in London’s Leicester Square on October 16.
Kylie to star in TV special - Oct 10 2007
Kylie Minogue is to celebrate her pop comeback with a TV special.
The Kylie Show will feature classic hits and tracks from her new album.
Rather than a concert-style performance, the singer and her long-time creative director William Baker have devised a "visual experience" to accompany each track.
The hour-long show will air on ITV1 this autumn.
The pop princess said: "Working with ITV on this special has been an incredibly exciting experience.
"My creative team and I are preparing a fabulous evening with a mixture of old songs, new songs and lots of surprises thrown into the mix as well."
The 39-year-old star - who has beaten breast cancer - releases her new album, X, on November 26. The single 2 Hearts is out on November 12.
Earlier this week she picked up the Idol accolade at the Q Awards for a career spanning three decades and more than 40 million global album sales.
An ITV spokesman said: "We are delighted to be bringing Kylie to ITV1 in what will become the must-see TV event of the autumn.
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In 1986 Kylie was offered the role of Charlene Mitchell in upcoming soap Neighbours. Her storylines made her a household name in both Australia and the UK and the on screen wedding between Charlene and Scott Robinson (played by Jason Donovan) attracted record numbers of viewers.
Whilst performing The Locomotion on stage at a benefit in 1987 Kylie was spotted by representatives of Mushroom Records who signed her up and released the track. The success of her first release saw Kylie travel to London to meet with pop moguls Stock Aitken and Waterman who penned I Should Be So Lucky for her on the spot. The single was a smash and launched Kylie as one to watch and indeed her debut album became the biggest seller of the year here in the UK.
Panned by critics, Especially For You, a duet recorded with Jason Donovan (by this time a pop star in his own right) was a huge hit in 1989 but Kylie’s follow up album, Enjoy Yourself, whilst successful in Europe and Australia flopped in the US, resulting in the singer being dropped by her American label.
1990 saw Kylie make the first radical adjustment to her image. Gone was the cutesy girl next door in favour of a more sexy look for Better The Devil You Know, while a relationship with bad boy rocker Michael Hutchence cemented Kylie’s new ’cool’ status. Rhythm of Love produced several well received dance-orientated singles and was enough of a success to persuade Kylie to produce a further album despite her contract with PWA being up. Let’s Get To It was a critical success but was her first release to miss the top ten. Realising that she was stifled by the Stock Aitken and Waterman formula she recorded three new tracks for a Greatest Hits album and made a break for it.
So it was time for another change in direction. Kylie went indie following her signing to Deconstruction Records and Confide in Me spent several weeks at the Aussie top spot. The self titled album released alongside sold reasonably well although it received mixed reviews from the press while follow up singles eached top twenty. Elsewhere Kylie went extra dark, appearing on Nick Cave’s Where The Wild Roses Grow, a move which promised a more credible pop star in the future.
By 1997 Kylie had overhauled her image again, and the release of Impossible Princess the following year reflected that. A collaboration with the Manic Street Preachers wasn’t enough to stop the album from becoming the least successful of her releases and the end of Kylie’s pop career looked near.
However a split with Deconstruction resulted in Kylie hooking up with Parlophone and in an explosion of gold glitter and disco the pop starlet burst back on to the scene in an unfeasibly small pair of gold hotpants to promote Spinning Around and accompanying album Light Years. The single was Kylie’s first UK number one in ten years and resulted in a duet with Robbie Williams and a sell out tour. However, it was 2001’s Fever which cemented Kylie’s future. The unforgettable video for impossibly catchy single Can’t Get You Out Of My Head ensured that the track reached number one in over 40 countries. Follow up singles were almost equally successful and the awards flooded in while next album, Body Language, was another hit while Ultimate Kylie, a greatest hits release was accompanied by a lavish tour.
It was during this time that Kylie was diagnosed with breast cancer, much to the shock of her fans. Her headline slot at Glastonbury was cancelled and the rest of the Showgirl tour was postponed but after treatment from Australia and France’s best doctors Kylie was back on the scene looking better than ever. She began work on a new album and released a children’s book The Showgirl Princess closely followed by a perfume, Darling. She resumed her Showgirl tour and split with French boyfriend Olivier Martinez.
Elsewhere Kylie’s film career has been slightly less successful than her musical one. From The Deliquents to Street Fighter she has been panned for her on screen work her only success coming in the form of the green absinthe fairy in Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge!
updated March 2007
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