NEW YORK (AP) - Attention, rock 'n' rollers. Elton John is sick of your tattoos and piercings.
John, who will perform at the third Fashion Rocks concert Sept. 7 at Radio City Music Hall, says he'd like American bands to adopt the cutting-edge, glam-rock style made popular by his peers.
"It's been a thing the British have always been very good at, with Bowie, myself, T.Rex, the Who, Queen. … We all embraced that side of it," John, 59, tells Fashion Rocks magazine, on newsstands Aug. 8.
"And I think it's good that some American bands are beginning to do that, but it's still very rare for bands to make a real effort. So when you get groups like The Killers and Scissor Sisters who come along, it's thrilling. I'm so over the tattoos and the T-shirts and rings through the noses. It's not pretty, it's not pleasant, it's not exciting. Please stop it now."
John says his theatrical style, made famous in his '70s heyday, was meant "to give people a bit of fun" while he sat at the piano for long sets.
CBS will air a two-hour special on the Fashion Rocks concert Sept. 8 (9 p.m. EDT). Proceeds from the concert, which will kick off New York Fashion Week, will benefit John's AIDS foundation.
"I've been very lucky in my life," he says. "I was a drug addict for 16 years, at a time when AIDS was just getting started, and I put myself at so much risk. I came out of it negative rather than positive, and I wanted to do something to give back."
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Richard Hatch, convicted of failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won on the debut season of "Survivor," has been sent to a federal prison in West Virginia.
Hatch, 45, of Newport, R.I., was convicted by a federal jury of failing to pay taxes on the "Survivor" prize and other income. He was sentenced in May to 51 months in prison by a judge who said the reality TV star had lied repeatedly on the witness stand.
He is at the West Virginia Federal Correctional Institute in Morgantown. Last month, he was moved to the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City after previously being held at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Massachusetts.
Hatch became known on CBS' "Survivor" as the "fat naked guy" for refusing to wear clothes.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Kevin Costner has been pretty much a ghost in Dyersville since starring in the 1989 movie "Field of Dreams."
He hasn't returned to the eastern Iowa town since its famous cornstalks resurrected Shoeless Joe Jackson and other long-dead ballplayers on the big screen.
But now comes word that Costner will return.
The 51-year-old actor-director will appear Aug. 11 at the baseball field in Dyersville as part of a "Rolling Roadshow" tour, in which 10 classic films are being shown at the sites of their filming.
Netflix, an online movie rental service that organized the tour, confirmed this week that Costner will make an appearance before the movie is shown on a 30-foot inflatable screen in the outfield.
Costner will play a free concert with his unnamed rock band, followed by the film.
"We're real excited about it," said Keith Rahe, manager of Left & Center Field of Dreams, a tourist attraction at the site of the movie's ball field. "This is going to be a nice setup."
"Field of Dreams" was an Oscar nominee and featured one of the most famous movie lines ever: "If you build it, they will come."
"Returning to the `Field of Dreams' location to play a concert … has special meaning for me," Costner said in a news release. "The movie was significant in my career, and the band is an important part of my future."
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Hilary Duff took the stage of the Crown Coliseum in a free concert for military families.
Duff, a multiplatinum recording artist and star of movies such as "A Cinderella Story," performed "Hilary Duff Rocks for the Troops" in Fayetteville, home of Fort Bragg, on Tuesday night.
Those in attendance were either in the military or have a military family member. Duff, 18, has previously made a block of tickets available for military families but decided this time to perform just for them.
"I think she understands, or at least wants to try to understand, the sacrifices soldiers and their families make," said Cynthia Ivins, who brought her two children, 13-year-old Morgan and 9-year-old Denise, to the concert.
Duff met with a select group of military families before the show, snapping pictures and shaking hands. More than 7,000 people attended the concert.
Her new film, "Material Girls," is set to open Aug. 18. It also stars her 21-year-old sister, Haylie Duff.
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