What Elton John Says He’s Going To Do Every Year From Now On

Last year, Sir Elton John scored a global hit with Dua Lipa with "Cold Heart," a mashup of four of his old songs. Now, it looks like he's going to have another one with "Hold Me Closer," a mashup of three of his old songs (1971's Tiny Dancer, 1992's The One, 1976's Don't Go Breaking My Heart) featuring Britney Spears which made its Magic 98.3 debut last week with Joel and Maryann in the Morning. Elton says that when it comes to these type of hits there will be more. Why not?

“I want to do one every year for a fun, happy summer record,” Elton told The Guardian newspaper. He certainly has enough old songs to do it, and there are enough young artists who'd probably jump at the chance.

He said "I'm Uncle Elton," who loves to advise young musicians who may be struggling with the pressures of fame. In walks Britney Spears. In Britney's case, Elton says of her journey to escape her 13-year conservatorship, "You forget she was the biggest star in the whole world at that time. And to see what happened to her makes me so angry. What happened to her shouldn’t have happened to anybody.”

Now that the song is on its way to being a hit, Elton says, "I’m just crossing my fingers that this will restore her confidence in herself to get back into the studio, make more records, and realize that she is bloody good.”

According to the song's producer, Andrew Watt, Britney was plenty confident when she came to his L.A. studio to record her vocals. "She was so prepared...she’s so good at knowing when she got the right take. She took complete control," and continued, "She's an expert in music to make you dance...she's so pro."

Here's hoping "Hold Me Closer" will help Britney get back to the success and, more importantly, the happiness she once enjoyed.

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According to a report by the Daily Mail these are the highest paid movie stars based on their latest movie or a new movie that their starring in.

Just to give you an idea of the crazy amounts of money that celebrities are making now, here are the salaries of some of the actors on this list for movies they previously starred in. Tom Cruise made a mere 2 million dollars for starring in the original Top Gun, he now makes more than double that...much more than double that amount. Will Smith was also paid 2 million bucks for his role in Bad Boys. Leonardo DiCaprio's base salary for Titanic was 2.5 million. For his role in nineteen ninety one's Thelma and Louise, Brad Pitt earned just 6 thousand dollars. You read correctly, Brad Pitt got just six grand! How about Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson? In his debut movie role he took in 5.5 million, which is considered pretty high because it was his first starring role. How about this? Ryan Reynolds made just a hundred and fifty dollars a day for his very first acting gig. How ridiculous is this one, Chris Hemsworth earned a paltry one hundred and fifty thousand for his very first Thor movie. For his first Fast and Furious movie Vin Diesel obtained 2 million clams. For an entire season on Saturday Night Live Will Ferrell made just three hundred and fifty thousand bucks. For his role in Quills in 2000, Joaquin Phoenix collected three hundred seventy five thousand greenbacks. Denzel Washington is getting 20 million for Equalizer 3, but only received a tiny fraction of that for his first role in the TV show St. Elsewhere. Jason Momoa took in a million bucks per episode for Game of Thrones.

Now let's find out what these actors are making for their acting talents in their latest movie or a new movie that they're starring in 2022.