Elton’s fashion advice

New York – Attention, rock ‘n’ rollers. Elton John is sick of your tattoos and piercings.

John, who will perform at the third Fashion Rocks concert Sept. 7 at Radio City Music Hall, says he’d like American bands to adopt the cutting-edge, glam-rock style made popular by his peers.

“It’s been a thing the British have always been very good at, with (David) Bowie, myself, T.Rex, the Who, Queen. … We all embraced that side of it,” John, 59, tells Fashion Rocks magazine, on newsstands Aug. 8.

“And I think it’s good that some American bands are beginning to do that, but it’s still very rare for bands to make a real effort. So when you get groups like The Killers and Scissor Sisters who come along, it’s thrilling. I’m so over the tattoos and the T-shirts and rings through the noses. It’s not pretty, it’s not pleasant, it’s not exciting. Please stop it now.”

CBS will air a two-hour special on the Fashion Rocks concert Sept. 8 (8 p.m. CDT). Proceeds from the concert, which will kick off New York Fashion Week, will benefit John’s AIDS foundation.

Prison-go-round

Morgantown, W.Va. – Richard Hatch, convicted of failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won on the debut season of “Survivor,” has been sent to a federal prison in West Virginia.

Hatch, 45, of Newport, R.I., was convicted by a federal jury of failing to pay taxes on the “Survivor” prize and other income. He was sentenced in May to 51 months in prison by a judge who said the reality TV star had lied repeatedly on the witness stand.

He is at the West Virginia Federal Correctional Institute in Morgantown. Last month, he was moved to the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City after previously being held at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Massachusetts.

He will come, again

Des Moines, Iowa – Kevin Costner has been pretty much a ghost in Dyersville since starring in the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams.”

He hasn’t returned to the eastern Iowa town since its famous cornstalks resurrected Shoeless Joe Jackson and other long-dead ballplayers on the big screen.

But now comes word that Costner will return.

The 51-year-old actor-director will appear Aug. 11 at the baseball field in Dyersville as part of a “Rolling Roadshow” tour, in which 10 classic films are being shown at the sites of their filming.

Netflix, an online movie rental service that organized the tour, confirmed this week that Costner will make an appearance before the movie is shown on a 30-foot inflatable screen in the outfield.

Voice of a hurricane

New York – Meryl Streep won’t be stealing any scenes in her next gig.

The Oscar-winning actress narrates “Hurricane on the Bayou,” shot before and after Hurricane Katrina, MacGillivray Freeman Films announced Wednesday.

The documentary will open in New Orleans on Aug. 29 to mark the anniversary of Katrina’s surge through the Gulf Coast, the company said. It will be released in Los Angeles on Sept. 8 and in IMAX theaters worldwide on Dec. 22.

“Meryl Streep’s ability to connect with audiences and the depth she brings to everything she does makes her the ideal narrator for this film, which has so many moods,” director-producer Greg MacGillivray said in a statement.

In 1995, Streep lent her voice to his film, “The Living Sea.”

MacGillivray said “Hurricane on the Bayou” is a call to restore Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, which help protect New Orleans against deadly storms, as well as a “profound musical celebration of a city that has been called the soul of America.”

Rockin’ for the troops

Fayetteville, N.C. – Hilary Duff took the stage of the Crown Coliseum in a free concert for military families.

Duff, a multiplatinum recording artist and star of movies such as “A Cinderella Story,” performed “Hilary Duff Rocks for the Troops” in Fayetteville, home of Fort Bragg, on Tuesday night.

Those in attendance were either in the military or have a military family member. Duff, 18, has previously made a block of tickets available for military families but decided this time to perform just for them.

Duff met with a select group of military families before the show, snapping pictures and shaking hands. More than 7,000 people attended the concert.