WACCI (We’re Australian Creative Collective Inc.) headed by Kerrie Stanley & Mathieu Salem have raised over $60,000 for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre through a variety of initiatives. The latest project is a charity single, featuring a remix of Olivia’s classic ‘Magic’ by DJ Dan Murphy and Steve Peach. Watch the Dan Murphy directed video via YouTube below.
Olivia Newton-John spoke with Fox News Channel about her latest projects, including a part in the Broadway production of ‘Grease’, the Live Aid self breast exam device, being a guest judge on ‘American Idol’, and her new album ‘A Celebration In Song’. “Got some wonderful friends and guests on there,” the 60 year old said. “Keith Urban and Barry Gibb, Delta Goodrem and Sir Cliff Richard, amongst many others. Richard Marx. It’s really a lovely CD, very proud of it.”
Olivia Newton-John is back in stores with perhaps her most personal album, ‘Grace & Gratitude’. “I made it for myself as a healing,” Newton-John told ‘The Early Show’ co-anchor Harry Smith. “I went through a difficult year and I wanted to create a piece of music that would be nice for me and also helpful. I wrote with a friend, Amy Sky, an amazing song writer from Canada. I’ve said I want it to be totally continuous, so you never have to be jolted awake. It’s about relationships with self and others and your spiritual life, whatever that is.” Read more, and watch an interview and performance at CBSNews.com.
Olivia Newton-John spent her birthday Tuesday (September 26) pulling duty as a guest judge for ‘American Idol’ auditions and came away impressed by the singers. “Some of them are very young and they’re green but you can see their potential. They have a different voice or a different way of presenting themselves,” Newton-John told The Associated Press after listening to hopefuls vie for a spot on Fox’s TV talent show next season.
Dannii Minogue arrived in Melbourne to be by the side of her sister Kylie Minogue, avoiding media at the airport. Meanwhile, fellow Australian singer and breast cancer survivor Olivia Newton-John said Minogue’s diagnosis highlighted the fact that breast cancer was a risk for women of all ages.
Extra TV asked Olivia Newton John how it felt to sit in the third seat of ‘American Idol’ on Tuesday night. Olivia says, “It’s harder than you think to come up with something constructive, coming after two people who already said something.” Video has since been removed.