In other interviews, when asked how she battled the disease so bravely, she said: 'I've had and am having an amazing life so I have no complaints. I really don't. Teens accused of murdering transgender schoolgirl Brianna Ghey 'drew up a list of people they wanted to kill before plotting to lure her to a park where one of them stabbed her 28 times', murder trial hears I was obsessed with Olivia Newton-John as a little girl. As a little girl, I knew all of her songs by heart, and I had watched all of her movies over and over. I do admit that as I grew up, my obsession faded. However, when I saw Olivia's autobiography, Don't Stop Believin', on the shelf at my local library, I decided to give it a read. While it was enjoyable, it just came across as kind of preachy. It was a stage play, it's a musical, it's fun. It's a fun movie musical, not to be taken so seriously. Sorry--this is not a good memoir. It's nothing but positive fluff with no substance to it. The stories are dripping with praise for everything and everyone, including herself and the things she has done. While many will find it uplifting, it certainly contains no insight into the singer other than that she has had many health problems, she chooses to use alternative means to treat those problems even though she keeps having bad health, and she married a guy who uses herbs and plants to give her mind-altering experiences.

A recent interview featuring Olivia resurfaced from A Life of Greatness podcast a year ago - one of her final interviews. Rishi Sunak talks up UK plc's 'positive momentum' and tax cuts as he pitches to business leaders at glitzy London investment summit... only for BoE chief to warn that the outlook is among the worst he's seen Newton-John campaigned for innovative cancer research and treatment methods after her initial cancer diagnosis in 1992. She helped to establish the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre at Austin Hospital near Melbourne, Victoria, in 2012. Proceeds from her book Livwise: Easy Recipes for a Healthy, Happy Life (2011) helped to fund the centre. Money raised from sales of several of her albums as well as of her personal items also went to cancer research. She founded the Olivia Newton-John Foundation Fund charity in 2020 to sponsor research into plant-based treatments for cancer. Some of Gaia’s most recent accolades include the World Travel Awards 2019 , World’s Leading Retreat (Global Winner); World Luxury Restaurant Awards 2019, Luxury Spa Restaurant (Global Winner); World Spa Awards 2019, World’s Best Day Spa (Global Winner); World Luxury Hotel Awards 2019, Luxury Boutique Retreat (Continent Winner); World Luxury Spa Awards 2019, Best Luxury Spa Retreat (Continent Winner) and Best Luxury Wellness Spa (Country Winner). Gaia’s unique wellness & healing ethos has truly set it apart by offering guests total flexibility to personally tailor their retreat experience. Gaia’s award-winning Day Spa is “home” to some of Australia’s best healers and therapists, with leading wellness consultants, yoga instructors and fitness coaches available to meet the guests every need. Add to this Gaia’s highly acclaimed world class spa cuisine, which has received numerous awards, including, most recently, the 2019 World Luxury Restaurant Award for Best Health & Wellness Cuisine (Global Winner). Olivia was also honored with the Wellness Pioneer Award 2019 during the World Spa Awards gala event at the landmark Armani Hotel Dubai, receiving the top accolade for her outstanding contribution to the wellness industry. In a haunting interview with The Guardian in 2020, she said of the disease: 'It's been a part of my life for so long.Grease was also aired on free-to-air TV in the UK earlier this year, with the showing attracting similarly angry responses from viewers. My music is going well; I’m not interested in making another movie….and I’m twenty-eight and too old for Sandy. I can’t do an American accent!” The family asked for donations to be made to her cancer organisation, the Olivia Newton-John Foundation Fund, instead of flowers. Newton-John flies her country flag high on this twangy, traditional sounding single. But the authentic sound can't hide the fact that the Brit/Aussie was considered an outsider — something Nashville's old guard never let her forget. The year this song was released, she won the Country Music Association's Female Vocalist of the Year award, accepting her prize via a pre-recorded video from a very non-country locale: London.

The long-awaited memoir of Australia’s sweetheart, Olivia Newton-John, covering everything from Grease to her journeys with cancer to her tireless charity work. And there are other interesting stories that this great lady chose to share that read and felt like the kind of conversations you’d have with a good friend. I’ve read many biographies of many interesting people, very few of which would share stories about their enjoyment of things such as smells. But Olivia did, visiting and revisiting little stores of how she felt about certain smells and what they meant to her. For more than five decades Olivia Newton-John has been one of our most successful and adored entertainers. A four-time Grammy Award winner, she is one of the world’s best-selling recording artists of all time, with more than 100 million albums sold. Her starring roles in the iconic movies Grease and Xanadu catapulted her into super stardom. Her appeal as a performer is timeless. My clever mum made the move and kept us financially sound. She even transformed the bottom half of the house into an apartment, which she rented out to help pay the mortgage and give us some additional funds. I never knew Mum was so good with math. Thanks, Grandpa!Our home looked perfect from the outside, but inside was another story. When the newness of moving to another country turned into sameness, my parents’ marriage began to deteriorate again. I knew because Mum and Dad took separate holidays, although they tried hard not to make an issue of it. It was the best score one could get! As a result, Evie Hayes, one of the judges and a famous American TV personality in those days, phoned my mom to ask if she could manage my career. What career? All I had was a dream, three gongs, and a live studio audience that gave me a round of applause! They can't put on Mary Poppins because she disciplines the children. Sound of Music, you know, does it does it portray a blended family accurately?' co-host Edwina Bartholomew asked on the program last year. In the book, Olivia said she was keen to set the record straight about whether or not she ever dated John. 'On the Grease set, he would tell me. "Liv, it's every guy's dream to have you as his girlfriend" Oh, how I loved my beautiful shaggy pony named Flash. He was anything but just a loaner. I adored him.