Performing as part of the Today's 1998 summer concerts Olivia performed four songs (three of which were televised live). Olivia chose a particularly wet day to perform, you can literally see the sheets of rain pouring down the cameras and the audience soaked to the skin! However, Olivia wasn't complaining and saying that she enjoyed this weather "it's different."

Olivia looked great in a black trouser suit with white pumps and loved the audience's reaction. This isn't one of Olivia's best vocal performances, perhaps due to the adverse weather conditions and it being one of her first live USA performances in several years.

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Extra joined Olivia at a CHEC poetry reading in California to interview about her recovery from breast cancer. Carly Simon had just announced that she'd been diagnosed. Olivia had already called her to offer support.

When asked what thoughts go through her mind after hearing about Linda McCartney's death and Carly's diagnose Olivia replies simply "How lucky I am."

Footage is also shown of Olivia in the studio performing a small section of Love is a Gift.

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Oprah interviewed Olivia about being voted one of the 50 most beautiful people by People magazine. The magazine waited a long time to name Olivia on it's yearly "beautiful" list - not until 1998 with the re-release of Grease. All good publicity for the movie, Olivia and the magazine.

Oprah comments on Olivia's health, attitude and beauty telling her "you're making 50 look really good!" Ever modest Olivia talks of her surprise at being named on People's list wondering if they meant 50 year old people!

Olivia's album Back With A Heart gets a mention and the highlight is Olivia's live performance of IHLY accompanied by a piano.

Olivia illustrates her strong mental attitude and wisdom with her comment about turning nervousness into excitement (about her new album). The two feelings are very similar "just a different thought behind them."

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This was a charity single Olivia contributed to with other country music artists. There was a single released with proceeds going to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. As there were many stars involved in the video not all of them could be in the studio together and Olivia recorded her part in LA.

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Short interview about Olivia's career, the Grease re-release, Back with a Heart and surviving breast cancer.

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Olivia was guest on the Rosie O'Donnell Show to sing live I Honestly Love You and for a nice interview.

Rosie introduces Olivia by playing a medley of Xanadu, Have You Never Been Mellow, Magic and Physical.

Rosie and Olivia chat about the re-release of Grease and recall how they saw each other in a restaurant a few years ago. However, because they'd never formally met both were too coy to go over and say hi to each other. As Rosie summed it up: you feel a bit of a geek going over and saying "Hi you may know me I'm a celebrity too."

Rosie comments on Olivia's charming Australian accent and Olivia tells Rosie that she loves the New York accent - "it's fun". Rosie disagrees she think she sounds like a thug. They also discover that they both left school early and used to have nightmares about finding themselves in an examination not having a clue.

The highlight is a wonderful duet between Rosie and Olivia. To the tune of Physical they urge women to self-examine their breasts and to go for a mammogram. The song includes the lines: "Get a Physical, physical. Get yourself a mammogram".

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Olivia performs two songs on this lunch time show - Np Matter What You Do and Don't Cut Me down. Dressed in a black suit with big boots Olivia gives spirited performances.

The host is an old friend Gloria Hunniford. They show Take Me Home Country Roads from Top of the Pops and Gloria asks Olivia if this song opened doors in America. Olivia tells how John Denver on hearing that she'd covered his song invited her over to appear on his TV special. John Denver's TV special was filmed in Colorado in the middle of Winter. They filmed it in an igloo built in the snow but it was warm inside and had butterflies flying around. Steve Martin (before he became famous) played the banjo and Olivia remembers that he had a butterfly on his nose throughout his song. She also discusses her work early on in America with Dean Martin and Bob Hope.

Talk as always turns to Grease. Olivia gave away the red shoes to a charity auction but still has the Grease Jacket and pants and hopes one day to try them on.

The interview ends with a performance of Don't Cut Me Down. This is the only song on Gaia that was started before her illness. Whilst putting together Gaia she listened to old tapes and found this song in a draw. It wasn't complete with only a chorus and four lines. It's about old growth forests but Olivia says you can also take poetic license and it's all about friendship and love.

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Olivia appeared in a 1992 TV special called "In a New Light" for AIDS research and education.

During this special Olivia made a very brave public admission - in the early 80s a dear friend of hers (Armando - her hairdresser creating the Physical look) contracted AIDS. At that time the knowledge was limited and there was a lot of fear surrounding AIDS. Olivia was pregnant and even doctors advised her not to go and see him. She admits that she was fearful and now feels very guilty and regrets not having made contact before he died.

Olivia also performs live I Honestly Love You. The song is dedicated to Armando and Peter Allen (the song's writer who died in 1992 from an AIDS related illness)

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Olivia came on this Australian show to promote Xanadu. The Screen Actors Guild in America were actually on strike. However, Olivia as a member, did not want to cancel her trip to Australia (probably planned many months in advance) and made the excuse that she was going to promote the soundtrack of Xanadu rather than the movie. In hindsight this would have been a better idea since the soundtrack did so much better!

Earlier that day Olivia had been given the key to Melbourne and footage of this is shown. A young girl gave her flowers and, like many fans in Olivia's presence, became tongue-tied.

The host, Don Lane, asks Olivia about Allan Carr. He mentions that they'd fallen-out but made up during a plane flight from LA to Australia for the Royal Command Performance. Press at that time reported that Allan Carr had thrown Olivia off his latest movie as her demands were too high. Olivia didn't confirm or deny the falling-out but said they hadn't seen each other for a while and that they ended up sitting on the floor of the plane eating spaghetti!

Olivia also told how she'd managed a family boat trip to Manly for fish and chips without being recognised. The lady in the chemist even asked her if she knew that she looked like Olivia Newton-John, to which Olivia replied "I get that a lot".

Another Australian celebrity, Bert Newton, joined them dressed as John Travolta which Olivia found very amusing. And a gentleman called Sir Eric also joined in as he also wanted to meet Olivia.

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Olivia performs Sam live and duets with Helen Reddy on I'll Never Fall In Love Again.

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