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As if she hasn't accomplished enough in her 39 years, Kylie Minogue was granted an OBE on the annual prestigious list as was gay activist and actor Ian McKellan.  The OBE is announced annually, and this is the first list under Gordon Brown's reign as Prime Minister.

“I am almost as surprised as I am honoured to be awarded an OBE by Her Majesty the Queen," Kylie said in a statement from Australia where she is spending the holiday with her family.

“I feel deeply touched to be acknowledged by the UK, my adopted home, in this way," she added.

“This last year I have felt so much love and support from everyone as I took greater steps back into the public domain, and it is with absolute gratitude and joy that I say farewell to 2007 and look forward to what the new year will bring.”

Minogue is still recovering from breast cancer and has just released her latest album, X.

Other award winners included Stuart Rose, the head of the British retailer Marks and Spencer, who was handed a knighthood and "Lord of the Rings" star Ian McKellen.

The award of a Companion of Honour for the 68-year-old British actor, who already has a knighthood and has been a longtime campaigner for gay rights, recognized his efforts to promote "equality."

Kylie Minogue is addressing rumors about a recently leaked song that really shouldn't have made it out yet. 

According to Kylie.com:

09.03.2007 'LEAKED' TRACK NOT KYLIE!

Kylie.com would like to set the record straight regarding a track attributed to Kylie entitled 'Excuse My French'.

Kylie is not singing on the track and she has never recorded a song by that name.

She is currently in the studio recording tracks for her tenth studio album hopefully to be released later this year.

 

We first told you about the 'leak' earlier this week, and Anthony Lago spoke with a Kylie insider who confirmed it was indeed a leaked track of new material with Miz Minogue singing.

"In a panic at the leakage of this new material they informed all parties questioning the song that it was actually an "Old demo" and that in fact it wasn't Kylie singing," Anthony's insider tells us.

Regardless of whether it was Kylie singing or not, we are really looking forward to hearing her new album when it does drop!

There's been a bit of controversy surrounding some new songs that have surfaced this week said to be future releases by international pop superstar Kylie Minogue.  A Kylie insider tells GaySocialites.com that the songs, Excuse My French and When The Cat's Away, infact WERE recorded by Kylie and are new songs, not old demos as her record label claims.

After the tracks started showing up on forums and websites like this one, Kylie's label reps quickly denied that the person singing was actually Kylie. 

"In a panic at the leakage of this new material they informed all parties questioning the song that it was actually an "Old demo" and that in fact it wasn't Kylie singing," our insider tells us.

If its not Kylie, then who is it?  According to her record label, Parlophone, it was a session singer.  That's when a demo is recorded with a 'stand-in' singer to sound like the intended artist so the song can be considered for the album.

"Whilst this session singer sound-a-like process is actually common practice in the demo process of big artists in this instance it is not the case," according to our source.  "The leaked Excuse My French that you hear is very much Kylie's vocals and very much a new and real demo, recorded in 2006. It is not her new comeback single but it is indeed new material recorded as part of the demo sessions process for her forthcoming album, currently being labelled as Kylie X."

But can this brainwashing work?  According to our insider, a Kylie Minogue and music expert...

"Many fans, after hearing they "weren't Kylie" then went on to convince themselves they never thought it was her in the first place. This is how throwing a fake spanner into the works can often confuse people and lead them to actually believe whatever yarn they are being spun."

Our source who is very close to camp Kylie very confidently said, "it can be confirmed, both Excuse My French and When The Cat's Away are indeed genuine Kylie demos and are also, indeed, new material."

Meanwhile, the record label is still shuffling to find out how the material leaked and is attempting to prevent future distribution.

Kylie Minogue, who dated the late INXS frontman Michael Hutchence in the 90s, is devastated after discovering that Michael's brother Rhett is selling a sexy fax sent to her in 1990.

"This is a fax Michael wrote and sent to Kylie on September 19, 1990. I have a similar, yet raunchier one I'll keep, yet this real slice of history could be yours," Rhett wrote on Ebay.

The fax contains steamy details about Kylie and Michael's sex life. 

In a day before the internet was what it is today, the duo is said to have kept their relationship alive with racy faxes and phone calls when they were apart.

It's no secret that I LOVE KYLIE MINOGUE.  For me, it's not just about her music.  I admire her 'can-do' attitude and the fact that she's just so personable.

I came across these pictures at WENN, this series of pics is nothing more than Kylie getting out of a car and stopping to pet a cat; but I guarantee it will make you warm and fuzzy all over!

British pop singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor says she turned down the chance to appear in the now infamous Kylie Minogue Agent Provacateur advertisement, because she thought it was too "pornographic."

In the ad (watch above), Kylie sat atop a bucking horse in nothing but her underwear and faked an orgasm for the British lingerie company in 2002.

Ellis-Bextor says she doesn't regretting turning down the ad, and that the script scared her off. 

 "The whole point of that ad was to give blokes an erection," she said. "I thought if some girl was on TV insinuating that she's done that to my boyfriend, I wouldn't like it."

Hmm, seems like someone needs some publicity for the new album she's about to start hocking.

Could it be?  Yes, it could be a sample of Kylie Minogue's new album!!

The working title is Kylie X, but that will probably change as her previous album, Body Language, had the working title, City Games. (Which happens to be a b-side to the body language album).

The name of the new track is "Excuse My French," and it was produced by Jewels & Stone & Rob Davis.  Enjoy!

Can't see the player? Don't worry, click here to listen!

Madonna isn't the only pop diva putting her face on the H&M brand.  This summer, international pop superstar Kylie Minogue is also teaming up with the Swedish clothing company Hennes and Mauritz to introduce a swimwear line called, "H&M loves Kylie."

The 15-style line will be available at H&M retailers worldwide.

This campaign hasn't been without its share of controversy when the photos were stolen and offered for sale to a London tabloid.

One minute he's the Culture Club lead man, several decades later he is picking up trash after being charged with drug possession.  Today, Boy George is writing songs for the pop princess herself, Kylie Minogue.

George is in Minogue's homeland of Australia for the gay Mardi Gras celebration.  While there he has written two songs for the international pop goddess.  One is about her relationship with Oliveri Martinez and the other is about survival.

Minogue left Martinez last month, but both swear they are still friends.  George says the song was written before the split.

"I don't know that she will do the one about her and Olivier because I wrote it before they split - about all the stuff written about them in the papers," he said.  "There is another one about survival, about what she has gone through, and she has vocaled (sic) that."

Minogue, of course, won her battle against cancer and returned to the stage late last year.