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Cher‘s new memoir is dropping some serious bombs on the singer’s longstanding career in music. Now 78 years old, Cher is looking back at her l

relationship with Gregg Allman in her bestselling book, “Cher: The Memoir, Part One” and why she said “I do” so quickly.According to the book, Cher’s divorce from her ex-husband Sonny Bono was finalized in June 1975 when she had already begun dating the rocker.The now-78-year-old admitted that she had some reservations about her blossoming romance with the Allman Brothers Band singer.“I didn’t know whether my relationship with Gregory would last or not,” the star wrote, as quoted by People magazine on Wednesday.“I was living each day as it came,” she shared. “Then I found out I was pregnant, and we decided to get married.”According to the outlet, Cher wanted to be married if she was having a baby.“I just kept putting one foot in front of the other,” wrote Cher, as quoted by the outlet.

Black Doves has been delivering festive thrills on Netflix this month, but who sings the show’s theme song? Read on for all the info.The show, created by Joe Barton (Giri/Haji), sees Keira Knightley play the wife of the UK Defence Secretary who learns that her secret identity as a spy is in danger when her lover is killed in an incident involving London’s criminal underworld, and Ben Whishaw’s character is sent to protect her.Sarah Lancashire also stars in the six-episode show, which is streaming on the platform now, and music fans can rejoice in the presence of The Damned’s drummer Rat Scabies in the show too.All six episodes of the show’s first season debuted December 5 on Netflix., and before the show was even released, it was renewed for a second season.Black Doves has been getting strong reviews from across the board, currently sitting on a 95 per cent critics score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.The track that acts as the show’s theme is a cover of ‘Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)’ by RAYE.The song was originally recorded by Cher in 1966, written by her then-husband Sonny Bono, and included on her second solo album ‘The Sonny Side Of Cher’. The song was Cher’s first million-selling single, reaching Number Three in the UK and Number Two in the US.‘Bang Bang’ was also memorably covered by Nancy Sinatra in 1966.

Before Cher was the legend we all know and love, she was already being iconic.

Cher has revealed the “shock” she experienced when she learned that her real birth name was not what she had grown up believing it was.The pop legend released Cher: The Memoir, Part One on Tuesday (November 19), bringing fans new insights into her childhood and early career as well as her experience with fame in the ‘60s and ‘70s.Among the revelations is the tale of when she discovered a copy of her birth certificate in 1979, only to find out that her legally documented first name was Cheryl, and not Cherilyn as she had always believed.As reported by People, Cher wrote: “I believed Cherilyn was my name until the day years later when I decided to legally change my name to simply Cher.”The singer was born on May 20, 1946 in El Centro, California, and was long thought to have been given the name Cherilyn Sarkisian. Her 19-year-old mother Georgia Holt was asked by a nurse after a long labour what she wanted to name the baby, and as Cher recounted, “My mother had no idea, but the woman insisted so she replied, ‘Well, Lana Turner’s my favourite actress and her little girl’s called Cheryl.

Cher has revealed that Tina Turner once asked her for advice on how to leave abusive husband Ike.In her new memoir Cher: The Memoir, Part One, Cher recounted how she met the late rock’n’roll star on the Sonny & Cher Show, as she appeared twice with Ike.Cher said that Turner once asked for her to help cover a bruise on her arm, and also shared her own experience of leaving abusive relationship with Sonny Bono with Turner. Cher was married to Bono from 1964 to 1975.“I looked at her and told her, ‘I just walked out and kept on going,'” Cher wrote in the memoir.She went on to recall that during their rehearsal, Ike “didn’t smile one time” and played his guitar “without any emotion.” “I just knew whatever he was feeling wasn’t good,” Cher remarked.Cher has also opened up about her marriage to Bono in the same memoir, claiming that he “seriously thought” about killing her by throwing her off a balcony.Bono apparently made the admission to Cher after she revealed she wanted to sleep with their guitarist, referred to as “Bill” in the memoir.Cher wrote: “He laughed a little at that and so did I.

dropped a profanity, which Guthrie pointed out. “You know, Cher was on here doing an F-bomb yesterday so I don’t know what’s happening!” she continued.

Cher’s late ex-husband Sonny Bono thought about killing her, the singer has said in her new book, Cher: The Memoir, Part One.In the memoir, which was released yesterday (November 19), the 78-year-old wrote that Bono “seriously thought” about killing her by throwing her off a balcony.According to TMZ, Bono, whose divorce from Cher was finalised in 1975, made the confession after Cher admitted to wanting to sleep with the duo’s guitarist, who she identifies only as ‘Bill’.Cher wrote: “He laughed a little at that and so did I. It was crazy that he was telling me.

Cher dropped a profanity live on morning television on Tuesday (November 19)!

Cher could turn back time, she wouldn’t have done anything differently. The 78-year-old got candid about her marriage to Gregg Allman, which technically lasted only nine days.“I didn’t know whether my relationship with Gregory would last or not.

“Today” Tuesday morning.Cher, who just released her new memoir, talked to Hoda Kotb about how she sought advice from Lucille Ball while wrestling with the idea of leaving Bono amid their marital issues.When Kotb, 60, asked what Ball told her, Cher replied, “I can’t say it on TV. Do you wanna bleep it?”“We’ll bleep it,” Kotb said.“I’d known her when I was little. I said, ‘Lucy, I’m calling you because to my knowledge there’s never been a situation besides me like yours,'” Cher explained, noting that Ball famously left Desi Arnaz in 1960.“She said, ‘F–k him, you’re the one with the talent,'” Cher said.Kotb and other members of the “Today” team behind the camera audibly gasped and laughed in response to Cher dropping the f-bomb.“Okay, we didn’t get the seven second, but we will get it for the next feed,” Kotb said.“Well you said I could!” Cher pointed out.“I should’ve bleeped it myself,” Kotb said with a laugh.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Cher reveals in her recently released memoir, “Cher: The Memoir Part 1,” that she contemplated jumping off a balcony in Las Vegas amid her “loveless marriage” to Sonny Bono (via People). Cher was 16 years old when she met Bono, then 27. The two were officially married in 1969, but Cher writes that by 1972 she felt “trapped” by her relationship to Bono.

Cher is opening up about a former love.

Cher and Mary Bono are once again locked in a dispute over the royalties to hit songs including ‘I Got You Babe’ and ‘The Beat Goes On’.The dispute first arose several years ago when Sonny Bono’s copyright grants became eligible for termination in 2018. Upon hearing the news, his widow, Mary, intervened and sought to invoke the right.She was then sued by Cher – who was married to Sonny between 1967 and 1974, recorded together, hosted a show together and had a child together – in 2021 for $1million (£792,000).

Georgia Holt, discovered that her underage daughter was shacking up with Sonny Bono.The new Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee — born Cheryl Sarkisian — was just 16 when she met a then-27-year-old Bono at a coffee shop. But before the iconic duo went on to chart-topping success with “I Got You Babe” in 1965, she was more of a baby at the time.“I lied,” Cher, 78, admitted in an interview with Anthony Mason on “CBS Sunday Morning” to promote “Cher: The Memoir,” out Tuesday, Nov. 19.

Cher was married to Sonny Bono, he gave a whole new meaning to “I Got You Babe.”The legendary diva — whose “Cher: The Memoir” will be released Tuesday — claims that, during the time she and her then-husband had a singing and TV partnership, she was duped out of her fair share of the earnings by Sonny.“He took all my money,” Cher, 78, told the New York Times. “I just thought, ‘We’re husband and wife.

was finally bestowed that honor at this year’s ceremony on Saturday in Cleveland and said in her speech that she had an “easier” time getting divorce from her former husbands Sonny Bono and Gregg Allman.Cher came out on stage after being introduced by Zendaya, who shared kind words about the legendary music artist. “She has navigated a multitude of musical genres, defined new ones and reinvented others,” said Zendaya, 28. “Her music touches your heart, your spirit, makes you dance, makes you rock, and has stood the test of time.”After performing with Dua Lipa, Cher joked about her love life while celebrating her induction that was long overdue.“It was easier getting divorced from two men than it was getting into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,” she said to the crowd.The Goddess of Pop then thanked her late mother, Georgia Holt, for instilling in her to always get back up after defeat.“She said, ‘You know, if you’re down and you’re out, you get up again.’ And in my life, I’ve been so down,” Cher said.

Cher is offering fans a very exclusive look at her life with a two-part memoir.

Cher has announced that she will be releasing a two-part memoir which will reveal the “intimate” details of her life.The first part of the music icon’s memoir is set for release on November 19 via HarperCollins, with the second part being released sometime next year. You can preorder Cher: The Memoir, Part One here. A synopsis of the book reads: “With her trademark honesty and humour, Cher: The Memoir traces how this diamond in the rough succeeded with no plan and little confidence to become the trailblazing superstar the world has been unable to ignore for more than half a century.”Artist.

Cher has won a lawsuit against Mary Oliver – the widow of Sonny Bono – over royalties in relation to the songs released by Sonny And Cher.As part of their divorce settlement on 1978, the ‘Believe’ singer was granted a permanent 50 per cent cut of all publishing revenues of the songs that Sonny and Cher had recorded together during the time that they were married.After Bono’s death in 1998, Cher continued to receive her royalty payments from the late singer’s estate up until 2016. This ended when Oliver argued that she did not need to pay the pop icon her royalties due to the copyright law’s termination right — a provision of federal law that allows songwriters and their heirs to win back control of their intellectual property rights decades after they gave them away.Per Stereogum, in 2021 Bono’s estate stopped paying Cher her royalties, which led her to file a lawsuit later that year.Now, in a decision issued yesterday (May 29), Judge John A.

Los Angeles court filed Thursday, per Page Six. She claims if he got his hands on his money, “Such funds will be immediately spent on drugs, leaving Elijah with no assets to provide for himself and putting his life at risk.”This is the latest development in an ongoing contentious relationship between Cher and her daughter-in-law Marieangela King. Musician Allman, 47, is Cher’s son with her second husband, Gregg Allman, who Cher was married to from 1975 to 1979.