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LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Lily Allen and Elton John co-hosted the GQ Man of the Year Awards Show, and according to The Daily Mail, the 23-year-old singer's behavior annoyed the pop legend so much, the two exchanged a series of insults between one another.

Allen drank champagne throughout the awards show, slurred her speech and repeatedly swore on camera, and at one point, she even blurted out the news of her brother's engagement to his sister - despite the couple's best efforts to keep the news a secret. John patiently endured Lily's antics, but as the night wore on, he grew increasingly irritated with his co-host's behavior and began pulling her aside for stern words in between presenting awards. When it was time for Allen to announce "the most important part of the night," Elton's frustration prompted him to chime in, "What? Are you going to have another drink?"

Lily retorted, "F--- off, Elton. I am forty years younger than you and have my whole life ahead of me." John seemed shocked, and sputtered, "I could still snort you under the table!" Allen was clearly unprepared for that, and all she could manage to say to John was "F--- off...I don't know what you are talking about."

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LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Rumor has it that Sir Elton John will be joining Lady GaGa onstage Sunday night for a surprise duet!

Page Six reports that John's been tight-lipped about the rumored onstage hook-up, but we think we can expect another amazing performance out of the pair, like the one Elton surprised us with back in 2001 with Eminem.

We're not sure what I'm more excited for, what they're going to sing or what they're going to wear!

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MANHATTAN, New York (X17online) - Elton John is performing at the Mawazine Festival despite organizers getting requests to ban the openly gay singer.

The country's main Islamist party is calling for the British singer to be removed from the lineup.

According to a leader for the Justice and Development Party, “This singer is famous for his homosexual behavior and for advocating it. We’re a rather open party, but promoting homosexuality is completely unacceptable, ” the party tells the Associated Press. The party also claims that he's "a bad influence for Morocco's youth."

Elton John's free concert will be held today in the upscale town of Rabat. In addition to John, other performers at the festival will include Carlos Santana, Mika and Sting.

The festival will continue through May 29.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Elton John is set to perform for a fund-raiser to benefit the American Foundation for Equal Rights.

John has agreed to give a full concert to benefit Prop 8 on January 19, which will take place at major political fundraiser, and billionaire, Ron Burkle's Green Acres estate in Beverly Hills.

2011 looks to be a busy year for the musician. It has been rumored that he will perform at Prince William and Kate Middleton's royal wedding next April. When asked by a UK radio host if the reports were true, John replied: "I probably am."

LONDON, England (X17online) - Sir Elton John may be a new daddy, but he's not holding anything back. The iconic musician stunned millions of UK's Radio 2 listeners Friday morning when he dropped the F bomb on Chris Evan's live Breakfast Show.

Sir John let the bad workd slip during a conversation about his home life and morning routine, saying: "Oh f****** hell!".

The Tiny Dancer singer quickly apologized immediately after he realized what went down. He then issued a formal apology after the 9 o'clock news, saying: "I'm really, really sorry that I said that naughty word, but I can't believe that anyone would want to get up and first thing in the morning play the piano."

IIn 2004 he used the F-word on a Radio 1 show before listing several swear words, asking which ones were acceptable to say.

Tyler Perry has topped Forbes Magazine’s newly released list of Entertainment’s Highest-Paid Men.

The writer/director/producer/actor earned an estimated $130 million from film and television projects between May 2010 and May 2011.

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer was the second highest earning man in Hollywood this past year, raking in $113 million from film and television projects, including Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and the CSI franchise.

Leonardo DiCaprio is the only dedicated actor on the list, having earned $77 million from blockbuster films Shutter Island and Inception.

Here is Forbes’s full list of Entertainment’s Highest-Paid Men:

1. Tyler Perry - $130 million
2. Jerry Bruckheimer - $113 million
3. Steven Spielberg - $107 million
4. Elton John - $100 million
5. Simon Cowell - $90 million
6. James Patterson - $84 million
7. Dr. Phil McGraw - $80 million
8. Leonardo DiCaprio - $77 million
9. Howard Stern - $76 million
10. Tiger Woods - $75 million

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - An Elton John biopic is in the works, Deadline is reporting.

Elton John himself is behind the project, titled Rocketman, as well as his Rocket Pictures partner David Furnish and Billy Elliot scribe and playwright Lee Hall. John and Hall last teamed up for the Tony Award-winning Broadway adaptation of Billy Elliot, for which John wrote the score.

Rocketman is being touted as a “biographical musical fantasy” that follows John’s prolific musical career.