Elton John can feel the love tonight. The “Tiny Dancer” singer confirmed to Variety that he played an influential role in ensuring that his song “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” was not deleted from Disney’s “The Lion King.” John saved the song from the cutting room floor, and it went on to win the […]

Elton John, who’s been recovering from a severe eye infection that left him with “limited vision in one eye,” provided an update on his condition when he stopped by Variety’s studio at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. John was there to tout his new documentary, “Elton John: Never Too Late,” which captures the music […]

"Never Too Late," co-directed by R.J. Cutler ("The September Issue," "Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry") and David Furnish, who is Elton’s husband, sets what has become Elton’s living-fast-and-bottoming-out agony-of-fame mythology in the context of a detailed and archivally rich account of that period. So watching it, it means something again.

“I have one question… who is wearing sequins?” It’s a fair query for Cameron Bailey, Toronto International Film Festival’s CEO, to ask at Friday night’s world premiere of “Elton John: Never Too Late,” a revealing look at the generation-spanning musical (and fashion) icon. Although he’s one of the best-selling artists of all time, a tearful […]