No, We’re happy to say that “Dancing With The Stars” judge Bruno Tonioli did NOT take his clothes off for PETA. – it was to raise money for cancer research in the UK. He also judges the British dance show “Strictly Come Dancing” and he’s a bigger celebrity in Europe than he is here. Did you know Bruno speaks five languages and did choreography for Freddie Mercury?
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Katy Perry had a slammin’ birthday party at Siren studios in Hollywood last night and she dressed up as her idol (and ours) Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen. Apparently she went for Freddie’s early glam-rock spandex look. Later on, Freddie acquired that West Hollywood leather man look and super short hair was his thing. At least that’s how we remember him. Katy’s invitation featured her head on a platter and invited guests to dress up as a “dead celebrity” or a “celebrity whose career is dead.”
Last year we were hearing all sorts of gossip about a Freddie Mercury bio movie that Robert DeNiro’s Tribeca Productions was set to produce. Freddie, the fabulously flamboyant lead singer of Queen who wrote most of their hits, died of AIDS in 1991. He was a fascinating rockstar with a propensity for spandex. Few people realized that he was an Indian born in Zanzibar who idolized Jimi Hendrix and Liza Minnelli. (Click here to watch him perform.) Johnny Depp was frontrunner to play Freddie in the movie and Sacha Baron Cohen was supposedly under consideration. Last we heard the script was being reworked. Who do you think should play the legendary Freddie Mercury?