UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – Cher is no stranger to tabloid fodder.
The 67-year-old singer who has spent most of her life in the spotlight offered this advice to young artists on navigating the world of paparazzi attention: “You’re screwed. That’s my advice.”
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“You don’t deal with it. You just try to get a place where no one can find you and that’s your little sanctuary,” said the “Believe” singer in an interview Tuesday. “I have a fabulous house that I love and it’s my sanctuary.”
Looking ever the rock star in leather and studs, Cher took the stage Tuesday for the season finale of NBC’s “The Voice.” She performed “Woman’s World,” the first single off her upcoming album of the same name – her 26th album since she began recording in the 1960s.
Cher said reality singing competitions are simply a modern incarnation of classic star-makers like “The Ed Sullivan Show” and “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts.”
“It’s just another vehicle, you know what I mean? Talent is talent,” she said on the red carpet following the finale, which crowned 16-year-old country singer Danielle Bradbery the winner.
The young powerhouse from Blake Shelton’s team beat out indie rocker Michelle Chamuel and country duo the Swon Brothers for the season four title.
Though Cher has topped the Billboard pop charts throughout the last six decades, she credits luck, not necessarily talent, for her incredible staying power.
“If you have an idea, you tell me because I haven’t got a clue,” she said of her secret to longevity. “I believe that luck has a lot to do with it. There are lots of people who are more talented or whatever, but somehow this has been my path. So this is what I’m doing.”
Harper letting NBC document cancer battle
NEW YORK – Valerie Harper has agreed to give a first-person account of her battle with terminal cancer to NBC News.
The network says Meredith Vieira will host the documentary, which will air in prime time.
The actress gained fame playing Rhoda Morgenstern on television’s “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Rhoda.”
She announced this year that she had been diagnosed with brain cancer March 6 and was given as little as three months to live. NBC said the 73-year-old Harper has allowed cameras to follow her since she was diagnosed.
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