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Elton John may not have a current hit on the radio, but he earned the most cheers at the iHeartRadiomusic festival. John was one of the top performers Friday night at the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Katy Perry, Chris Brown and Robin Thicke and others also hit the stage, but John was the crowd’s favorite - he earned a standing ovation after his third song. Other performers during the five hour concert included Keith Urban, Muse, and Adam Lambert, who performed with Queen. Justin Timberlake, Paul McCartney and Bruno Mars closed the two day festival Saturday.

The Walt Disney Co. has announced that it will not renew its first-look deal with producer Jerry Bruckheimer , bringing an end to a longtime partnership between the Hollywood icons. The 69-year-old Bruckheimer produced such hits for the studio as Pirates of the Caribbean, National Treasure, Armageddon, Con Air and The Rock. The company said it will continue to focus on its branded properties from Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm. “Jerry is one of the most respected and prolific producers working in the motion picture industry, and we have had an incredibly successful collaboration over the past two decades, and he is a friend to many of us here at Disney,” said Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn in a statement. “We will continue to work together in the future, and we look forward to seeing more of the films that have made Jerry Bruckheimer a Hollywood legend.” Disney said it will keep working with Bruckheimer on the fifth installment of Pirates of the Caribbean. The release date for the fifth movie in the swashbuckling series starring Johnny Depp was removed from Disney’s distribution schedule earlier this month. The move comes after Bruckheimer’s The Lone Ranger featuring Depp as Tonto failed at the box office this summer.