Elton John wants Justin Timberlake

Elton John has announced that he’d like the former Nsync’er to star as him in his tentatively titled Rocket Man bio pic. Naturally. Justin already dressed up in Elton drag for the “This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore” music video, and he pulled it off. I’m all for casting good-looking people to play not-so-good-looking people. No one wants to see the truth. Despite being a more accurate depiction of Elton John, a fire-crotch troll wouldn’t be as marketable. Shit. I was going to start 2012 less acrimoniously. But since I’ve been doped up on Benylin since last fucking year, I think I’ve earned the right to be a little bit of a cunt. Just to put things into perspective, I’m so swollen I look like I just had a Restylane binge. My nose is plugged, and I’m breathing like Michael Jackson after his 15th rhino.

Lee Hall, who wrote Billy Elliot, has penned the script, and according to Elton, it will be a “jukebox musical. It’s a surreal look at my life, and not just a factual look at my life, more in the manor of Moulin Rouge. I just don’t want it to be a normal biopic because my life hasn’t been like that. And it only goes up to when I go into rehab in 1990. It starts when I go into rehab and ends when I come out.”

Wait, Justin is playing Elton in 1990?! Carrie Fisher would be a more suitable choice, no?

Keep Reading

Juicy Love Dion crying in Athena Dion's lap

How ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 18 went off the rails

After a streak of strong flagship seasons, the MTV era saw its first real disappointment. What went wrong?
Juicy Love Dion with an up arrow behind her; Athena Dion with a down arrow behind her

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 18, Episode 15 power ranking: Battle of the queens

Ten eliminated competitors returned for the LaLaPaRuZa, but who won?
Discord Addams and Jane Don't

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 18, Episode 15 recap: All Ru, all the time

This season’s LaLaPaRuZa is all about Mother
The cover of Work to Do by Jules Wernersbach; Jules Wernersbach

‘Work to Do’ shows just how dramatic a grocery store can get

Jules Wernersbach’s energetic novel delves into the intricacies of queer entrepreneurship, climate change—and class revolt
Advertisement