- Her new version of the title song for ALFIE remake has reportedly been dropped, after test audiences laughed at the track. (August 27, 2004)
- Is coming to the UK and Ireland to perform some of her last shows. (February 13, 2004)
- Is on no. 5 of the top concert list in 2003, earning $68.2 million.
- Cher will end her long-running Living Proof farewell tour on Oct. 31 in Toronto, the same city where the tour began in June 2002. (September 17, 2003)
- Was one of the most powerful celebrity according to 2003 Forbes Top 100 Celebrity List (#28)
- After more than 140 shows, Cher's Living Proof Farewell Tour has grossed $130 million and enters its second summer as one of the season's strongest draws. (June 20, 2003)
- Cher insists her current Farewell tour will definitely be her final one because she is concerned that if she continues to travel with her show, her fanbase will begin to dwindle. (April 10, 2003)
- Cher has her mother to thank for giving her sound career advice -- The singer-actress says her mother gave her three pieces of advice: if you're going to steal something, steal something big; if it doesn't matter in five years, it doesn't matter at all; and she may not be the prettiest or smartest or most talented, but when you put everything together, it's a pretty good package. (April 3, 2003)
- Cher's stolen wig has been returned to a police station in Virginia -- The wig was handed in by a woman after a police employee overheard a man talking about having the wig and informed officials; the man admitted to giving the wig to a woman outside the concert on February 25 at the Richmond Coliseum. (March 11, 2003)
- Cher is livid after learning one of her prized - and highly expensive - wigs has been stolen during a sold-out concert stop in Richmond, Virginia -- While police did not release the wig's value, they have classified the case as a grand larceny - meaning the value exceeds $200. (March 8, 2003)
- Classic acts such as Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones and Cher lured more people to concerts in 2002 and helped the industry make a record $2.1 billion in ticket sales -- this was the fourth straight year concert receipts reached record levels in America, according to trade publication Pollstar, which tracks the concert industry. (January 4, 2003)
- Cher won the prize for best celebrity lookalike at the Kansas State Fair on Saturday. (September 9, 2002)
- Beat out Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On for the best selling singal of 1998 with Believe
- Was a poor, fatherless kid whose eight-times-married actress-mother struggled by on occasional singing gigs and bit parts.
- Cher and Sonny's 1974 split brought the hit show to a premature end, devastating CBS executives and fans.
- Cher has cancelled a trip to London so she can remain in America, and try to keep George W. Bush out of the White House.
- Cher is desperately trying to persuade THE MUMMY RETURNS star Brendan Fraser to play her leading man in her directorial debut The Enchanted Cottage.
- Ever fearless, Bono launched Cher in films, spending his own cash when studio financing dried up. But their movies, GOOD TIMES and CHASTITY, weren't hits and the duo lost the wealth they earned as pop stars
- Her music video If I Could Turn Back Time was the first video to be banned by MTV.
- Legally changed her name from Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre Bono Allman to simply Cher.
- Likes to step out with men younger than her, whilst her son Elijah prefers older women.
- Nominated for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program at Emmy Awards for Cher: Live in Concert from Las Vegas (2000)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV at Golden Globe Awards for IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK (1997)
- Nominated for Best Actress at BAFTA Awards for MOONSTRUCK (1989)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama at Golden Globe Awards for MASK (1986)
- Nominated for Best Supporting Actress at BAFTA Awards for SILKWOOD (1985)
- Nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at Academy Awards for SILKWOOD (1984)
- Nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture at Golden Globe Awards for COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN (1983)
- Nominated for Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series at Emmy Awards for Cher (1975)
- Nominated for Outstanding Music-Variety Series at Emmy Awards for The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1974)
- Nominated for Outstanding Variety Musical Series at Emmy Awards for The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1973)
- Nominated for Outstanding Variety Series - Musical at Emmy Awards for The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1972)
- Nominated for Outstanding Single Program - Variety or Musical - Variety and Popular Music at Emmy Awards for The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1972)
- In THE PLAYER (1992) Cher appears at the awards ceremony in a bright red dress, despite the invitation specifying black and white only. In real life, Cher never wears red.
- Holds the record for longest dryspell between number 1 hits: 1974 (Dark Lady) to 1998 (Believe)
- Cher was a backing singer on the Righteous Brothers' 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling'
- When Cher was thirteen years old, she drove her mother's car from Toluka Lake all the way to Hollywood.
- When she was a child, Cher back-flipped off her swing set and landed on her sister's box of crayons. She injured her foot so badly, the doctors thought she might never walk properly again.
- Sonny & Cher were not legally married until 1967.
- Cher named her daughter after a film that she and Sonny were involved with when Chastity was conceived. Cher chose Chastity's middle name (Sun) so that she could also be named after her father, Sonny.
- Her heroine is Audrey Hepburn, whom she first saw in the film BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S in the 1950s. She was thrilled when Audrey congratulated her on winning her Oscar in 1988.
Quotes- "Some years I'm the coolest thing that ever happened, and the next year everyone's so over me."
- "A girl can wait for the right man to come along, but in the meantime that still doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones."
- "I answer to two people: myself and my God."
- "I think you just gravitate to the people you gravitate to, and there's something that you find in somebody that makes them special to you. It never has anything to do with their age, because once you know someone's age, it's never really going to figure in the relationship again. It's like the color of their eyes - that's never going to figure in the relationship either."
- "Living your life the way you want to live it is the most important thing, so if you have to pay small prices along the way its not important."
- "I've always taken risks and never wondered what people might really think about me."
Awards- Emmy Awards: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special for Cher: The Farewell Tour (2003)
- Billboard Music Awards: Artist/Lifetime Achievement Award (2002)
- Women in Film Lucy Awards: Lucy Award (2000)
- GLAAD Media Awards: Vanguard Award (1998)
- David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Actress, MOONSTRUCK (1988)
- Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists: Best Actress - Foreign Film, MOONSTRUCK (1988)
- Academy Awards: Best Actress, MOONSTRUCK (1987)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role-Musical or Comedy, MOONSTRUCK (1987)
- Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Woman of the Year (1985)
- Cannes Film Festival: Best Actress, MASK (1985)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, SILKWOOD (1983)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role--Musical or Comedy Series or Television Movie, THE SONNY AND CHER COMEDY HOUR (1973)
- Grammy Awards for 'Believe'.
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