Never one to mince words, Elton John paid tribute to the late Donna Summer and in the same statement, blasted The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for passing her over when she was nominated this year.

'Her records sound as good today as they ever did,' he said of Summer who died Thursday (17 May) at the age of 63. 'That she has never been inducted into the Rock `n' Roll Hall of Fame is a total disgrace especially when I see the second-rate talent that has been inducted.'

Friends and fans have paid loving tribute to a transgender performer, described as the 'Puerto Rican Beyonce', who died in a blaze in New York.

Lorena Escalera was found dead by firefighters in the early hours of Saturday (12 May) after a fire which broke out in her apartment engulfed the four-storey building in Brooklyn.

According to the New York Times, it took 65 firefighters over 30 minutes to tackle the blaze, which is now being treated as suspicious.

Kylie Minogue, the Australian pop sensation and worldwide gay icon, is set to headline the BBC’s Proms In The Park concert this Septmember.

Minogue, who is celebrating her 25th year in the music industry, revealed in a statement that she is ‘delighted to be performing at one of the UK’s most outstanding nights of the musical calendar.

‘To sing in front of thousands of people whilst being accompanied by the legendary BBC Concert Orchestra in such a special year is truly a dream come true.’

Fox News contributor Monica Crowley is walking back one of her tweets. On Thursday, 26 April,  she wondered about Sandra Fluke's announcement about being engaged.

'To a man,' the Fox News analyst asked on Twitter, as reported by the Huffington Post.

Lindsay Lohan was reportedly a ‘total nightmare’ on the set of musical TV highschool drama Glee.

The troubled actress – who recently won the opportunity to play the role of the late Dame Elizabeth Taylor in Liz and Dick – turned up late on set and is believed to have not prepared for the role when she arrived to play a part on the musical TV show.

It's not known if Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly will be watching tonight's Whitney Houston-themed episode of Glee or if he thinks kids who watch it might be influenced into trying cocaine, a drug that contributed to the singer's death.

Toronto's Prism Festival 2012 is already taking our mind off raincoats and tantalizing us with visions of Sugar Beach park.

Well-known DJs including Tony Moran, Manny Lehman and Hector Fonseca will work the turn-tables at this year's theme-heavy parties.

The weekend schedule below will tell you what outfits to bring and how much sunblock to apply. The summer circuit event will take place the weekend of 28 June to 1 July.

Bisexual singer Jessie J has broken chart records as the first UK female to have six top 10 hits from one album.

Her single Laserlight has given her membership of an elite club of artists that include Lady Gaga and Michael Jackson.

She has already secured two top one singles with Price Tag and Domino from her multi-platinum debut album Who You Are.

The album sold 2.5 million copies and hit the number one spot in 19 countries, selling over 11 million singles.

US Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack had already given a very moving tribute to stepson Chaz Bono at the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday (21 April).

She talked about how Chaz 'meant the world' to his dad, the late Sonny Bono, who she said was 'watching from heaven.'

'Chaz had the courage to follow his heart and his convictions and that's what true leaders do,' Bono Mack said.

Then, after a video presentation about Chaz, a woman wearing a dramatic afro wig  a wig came onto the stage unannounced.

Although speculation over Rihanna’s sexuality has come up many times in the past, after Tweeting ‘I’m on my first date in almost 2 yearz,’ Rihanna was spotted this week holding hands with another woman.

The woman in question was longtime friend, Melissa Forde, to which Rihanna made no secret of their meeting, following her tweet with ‘#datenight my lover for the night @mforde11’ and ‘2night is gon’ be a good one, I could feel it!’

Major League Baseball star Brandon McCarthy, a pitcher for the Oakland Athletics, just doesn't think it's funny to make two presumably straight guys kiss in front of a stadium of fans.

He considers it offensive to gays.

The so-called 'kiss cam' has become a staple at major sporting events in the US. During a lull in the action, camera operators will focus on unsuspecting pairs in the stands and the crowd encourages them to kiss.

After nearly nine years together and two children, Melissa Etheridge and Tammy Lynn Michaels continue to be engaged in one of the ugliest same-sex celebrity couple splits in history.

Michaels, a 37-year-old former actress, has filed court papers asking for a raise in the $23,000 a month she currently receives from Etheridge in child support, according to documents obtained by TMZ.com.