Chastity Bono Sex Change (Photo) Enter Chaz Bono
Chaz Bono not Chastity - Chastity Bono, journalist, civil rights advocate, musician and author, is in the early stages of changing gender -- transitioning from a female to male, according to TMZ.

Chastity Bono Undergoing Sex Change
"Chaz," says a rep, "has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity"

CHASTITY BONO TO UNDERGO GENDER REASSIGNMENT
CHASTITY Bono, child of SONNY and CHER Bono, has announced plans to change gender from female to male. CHASTITY came out at the age of 18 in 1987. Click the link for full story.

Chastity Bono Makes A Change
Sonny and Cher’s little girl is all grown up, and now apparently becoming their son .

U2 - U2s Ego Is Secret To Success
U2 frontman Bono and guitarist THE EDGE insist the formula for the band's success is simple - all four members have an enormous ego. The Irish rockers have been together for 31 years without splitting up to pursue solo projects. And The Edge has shed light on the reason for their apparent loyalty - each member thinks U2 is his band. He says, "(Drummer) Larry (Mullen, Jr.) started the band, so Larry reckons it's his band. But (bassist) Adam (Clayton) was the first manager so he sees it as his...

Chastity Bono's Sex Change: Cher's Daughter Transitioning To Male
Chastity Bono, civil rights advocate, journalist, author and musician, is in the early stages of changing his gender -- transitioning from female to male, TMZ has learned. Bono, the child of legendary entertainers Sonny and Cher, began the process earlier this year, shortly after his 40th birthday.

BOYLE BETS ON BONO'S CA$H MAN
The heralded "Britain's Got Talent" runner-up has hired veteran music moneyman Ossie Kilkenny as her manager, according to yesterday's Daily Mirror.

U2 Talks Ever-So-Pretentiously About the Spider-Man Musical
Bono and the Edge have composed the music for the still-can't-fucking-believe-it's-happening Spider-Man musical ("Turn Off the Dark!"), and in this interview, try to compare comic books and rock and roll and U2 and Spider-Man and confirm themselves to be the most pretentious, least rocking band in the entire goddamn world. My hate and disgust currently knows no bounds at their awfulness. There's so much douchebaggery jam-packed into this two-minute video that I was vomiting vinegar by the end...

Chastity Bono Undergoing Gender Reassignment Surgery
Chastity Bono Undergoing Gender Reassignment Surgery. 'Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity,' his rep tells Us

Chastity Bono announces sex change - Yahoo! News
LOS ANGELES – Chastity Bono is having a sex change to become a man. A spokesman for Bono , born a girl to Sonny and Cher , says he "has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity " and began the sex-change process earlier this year. Publicist Howard Bragman said Bono is proud of his decision and hopes "that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue." ...

Chastity Bono announces sex change - Yahoo! News
LOS ANGELES – Chastity Bono is having a sex change to become a man. A spokesman for Bono , born a girl to Sonny and Cher , says he "has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity " and began the sex-change process earlier this year. Publicist Howard Bragman said Bono is proud of his decision and hopes "that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue." The 40-year-old writer, activist...

U2's 'massive carbon footprint' called into question
U2 and Bono’s long-held commitment to “save the planet” has come into question after it emerged they have a carbon footprint big enough to fly the band to Mars and back. The Irish rockers campaign to fight poverty and AIDS in Africa and Bono called on the world’s population to take better care of the earth. Speaking in Tokyo last year he said: “My prayer is that we become better in looking after our planet.” However, according to an environmentalists’...

U2 Blasted Over Jet Setting Road Trips
Campaigning rockers U2 are wreaking havoc on the environment by jetting around the globe on tour each year - according to eco experts. Bono and his bandmates work tirelessly to help the poor in the developing world - but environment experts are calling on them to slow down their touring schedule because their jet-setting road trips are polluting the atmosphere. Helen Roberts, environmental consultant at Carbonfootprint.com reveals, "The carbon footprint generated by U2's 44 concerts this year...

U2 - Hindu Leaders Urge Bono To Address Roma Issue
Leading Hindus are urging U2 frontman Bono to focus his humanitarian efforts on the Roma apartheid in Europe in the hopes his support could end the suffering of displaced Indians. Religious leaders insist the alarming treatment of Roma people, who migrated to mainland Europe from India in the 11th century, is a social blight for Europe as the 15-million Roma people face social exclusion, prejudice, high unemployment, racism, substandard education and hostility - and Bono has been suggested as...

U2 in Paris
What a freaking show!! Look at this! U2 was in the outskirts of Paris this week for their 360o Tour, in support of the No Line On The Horizon Album. (see how those tie together? sneaky little fellows they are) I have seen U2 more than a few times and their tours are just getting more and more technical. It’s amazing. I thought that their Zoo TV tour was the apex, but I was obviously wrong on that one. More pics of Bono, Edge, Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton Jr. below

U2 Face Fine Over Tour
Irish rockers U2 are facing a hefty fine for breaching noise regulations during rehearsals in Spain for their world tour. The band kicked off their global trek in Barcelona on Tuesday (30Jun09), but spent days rehearsing there beforehand. A city resident complained about the excessive noise after the rockers played longer than agreed by local officials. Bono and his bandmates were allowed to practice until 10pm at the Camp Nou stadium - but on one occasion they rehearsed until midnight,...

U2 - U2 Face Fine Over Tour
Irish rockers U2 are facing a hefty fine for breaching noise regulations during rehearsals in Spain for their world tour. The band kicked off their global trek in Barcelona on Tuesday (30Jun09), but spent days rehearsing there beforehand. A city resident complained about the excessive noise after the rockers played longer than agreed by local officials. Bono and his bandmates were allowed to practice until 10pm at the Camp Nou stadium - but on one occasion they rehearsed until midnight,...

Evan Rachel Wood - Woods Tips For Bono
Evan Rachel Wood had harsh words for Bono and THE EDGE when she met them - she told the U2 stars to make their music less depressing. The actress is set to take on the role of Mary Jane Watson in the new musical SpiderMan: Turn Off the Dark on Broadway, which will debut in February (10). U2 frontman Bono and guitarist The Edge are writing new music for the musical - and Wood found herself giving them tips at a recent meet-up. She tells Britain's The Times, “I was like, ‘Bono, I know...

Alan Cumming - Cumming To Play Spider Man Villain
Scottish actor Alan Cumming has been confirmed as NORM OSBORN/THE GREEN GOBLIN in Julie Taymor's ambitious new SPIDER-MAN musical. The actor will play the villain of SpiderMan: Turn Off the Dark on Broadway next February (10), opposite Evan Rachel Wood, who will portray the SpiderMan alter-ego Peter Parker's love interest Mary Jane Watson in the production, which will feature new music composed by U2 stars Bono and The Edge. There's still no word on who will play the lead, but Wood is keen to...

Lawsuit filed over Sonny & Cher payments - Yahoo! News
LOS ANGELES – Cher has sued Universal Music Group , claiming the company owes her and Sonny Bono's heirs more than $5 million. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Santa Monica claims Cher and Bono 's widow and children are owed royalties on songs that were included in recent greatest-hits compilations. The suit also states UMG has failed to provide key records that would show how much is actually owed. UMG spokesman Peter LoFrumento...

Movieline's Guide to Talking to Your Kids About Chastity Bono's Sex Change
By now you may have caught wind of a story catching fire across the Internet: Chastity Bono, the only child to emerge from the legendary showbiz union of Cher and Sonny Bono, has begun the process of changing from woman into man. Chaz Bono began the first stages of his hormone treatments earlier this year, shortly after his 40th birthday.

Chastity Bono Undergoing Gender Reassignment Surgery
Chastity Bono, daughter of Cher and the late Sonny Bono, is undergoing gender reassignment surgery, Usmagazine.com has learned.

U2 Kicks Off World Tour, Pays Tribute To Michael Jackson
In a stadium filled with 90,000 people, U2 kicked off their epic world tour in Barcelona, Spain, last night. As a tribute to Michael Jackson , Bono dedicated the band's beautiful song Angel of Harlem to the man he called , "a great talent." Towards the end of the performance, excerpts from Jackson's Man in the Mirror and Don't Stop Till You Get Enough , were sung by Bono in the King of Pop's falsetto voice. Watch the video above to enjoy the very special tribute.

Chaz Bono Can Soon Tie Knot
Chaz Bono can do something as a man which she could never do as a woman in California -- marry her partner. At a point during the gender change -- typically when breasts are removed -- the subject can go to court and ask a judge to legally change his/her sex. It's discretionary on the part of the judge in determining when the person switches sex and is entitled to a legal change, but typically it's when the breasts are removed. Judges typically do not require a genitalia switch as a...

Sonny's Republican Widow: I Got You Chaz!
Sonny Bono's widow -- Congresswoman Mary Bono -- tells TMZ she's behind Chastity Bono all the way. Mary Bono, who followed in her late husband's Republican footsteps, says she "loves and supports Chaz." Bono, who didn't take a stand on California's Prop 8 anti-gay marriage initiative, "is hopeful that his privacy and very personal decisions will be respected during this time."