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Glenn Close stories!

Anyone who has met or seen her, please share your stories. I want DETAILS! What's she like? Is she nice? Do you think she has or would ever be with a woman? Etc.

I've heard that some of the crew from Sunset BLVD think she's a rude b%tch in person, and that they have nothing good to say about her from anyone who's met her. Anyone care to dispute this? Her daughter does seem stuck up though, so maybe she gets it natural? Lets hope not.

by Anonymousreply 547March 26, 2021 1:47 AM

I remember reading a story (wish I could find the exact reference) when she was doing a press junket, and one of the interviewers asked her about her time in 'Up With People'. She supposedly had been friendly and charming up until that point, but turned into a stone cold bitch. On, of the other interviewers even said, "you know we're not allowed to ask about 'Up With People', right?

by Anonymousreply 1February 12, 2017 5:52 PM

I've read that she is incredibly shy and not really comfortable in large gatherings. People probably mistranslate this as haughtiness or aloofness.

Anyway, years ago I visited a friend in publicity whose boss handed her headshot proofs of Glenn, full of red grease pencil markings, and a post-it attached saying to make her look "softer." I quipped to my friend, "That's a tall order." I love the woman, but back then she had strong features that made her look masculine. I think age has softened those features though.

by Anonymousreply 2February 12, 2017 6:05 PM

Cool stories! Thanks for sharing!

by Anonymousreply 3February 12, 2017 6:13 PM

She rejects talking about her days with UP WITH THE PEOPLE, which I find really odd. I mean, what could be so bad about being part of a group that produced such positive music? I've heard some of the music from her days with the group, and it was cheesy but nice. Not something to be ashamed of. All I can figure is that maybe all the time she's spent fangirling over Madonna has sort of ruined other music for her!

by Anonymousreply 4February 12, 2017 6:19 PM

yes i also heard and read the Up with people story. She was used by the pot head actor to further his career. I have heard she is just one nasty bitch

by Anonymousreply 5February 12, 2017 6:39 PM

Care to elaborate, R5? What "pot-head actor"? And what did she do that was rude?

by Anonymousreply 6February 12, 2017 6:41 PM

Nasty in what way, R5?

by Anonymousreply 7February 12, 2017 6:43 PM

R5 is referring to Woody Harrelson though I would've thought that was mutually beneficial.

R4 she probably just has more integrity than most people and genuinely enjoyed her time with UwP and doesn't like media encouraging her to denigrate them just so they can submit copy.

by Anonymousreply 8February 12, 2017 6:55 PM

Former porn star Jeffrey Hurst told a cunty story about her in his podcast interview with The Rialto Report. He did some type of short film called The Pick-Up with her (where Glenn showed her titties apparently) and about 14 years later, he was now a massage therapist, when he was hired to give massages to the cast members of a play she was starring in on it's opening night. When she walked in, he said "we've already met" and she looked at him oddly and responded with "Oh, really?" and he said "Yes, we worked on a film together" and she responded again with "Oh, really?" and he said "Yes, it was The Pick-up." she suddenly remembers and responds with "Oh, and you're the actor?" and turns away and walks away.

He starts talking about 46 minutes in.

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by Anonymousreply 9February 12, 2017 7:29 PM

Up,up with people.. You meet them wherever you go...

by Anonymousreply 10February 12, 2017 7:33 PM

Close comes from money, I may be wrong, but I think there is a remote connection to the Merriweather-Post fortune.

by Anonymousreply 11February 12, 2017 7:38 PM

Keep going.

by Anonymousreply 12February 12, 2017 7:40 PM

It used to be on YouTube, but when she did The View years ago, Elizabeth Hasselbeck was gushing on about how she saw Glenn out in public and how Liz debated whether she should go over to say hi to her, because she was such an incredible fan of her work. Told in that very animated style that only Hasselbeck could do.

Glenn just looked at her like she knew she was getting a load of bullshit, cut Liz off with a rather curt "That's great!" and turned her back to her.

by Anonymousreply 13February 12, 2017 7:46 PM

Katharine Hepburn said Glenn had ugliest feet she ever saw in her life

by Anonymousreply 14February 12, 2017 7:48 PM

R11, Marjorie Merriweather Post's first husband was Edward Bennett Close, who was Glenn Close's grandfather.

by Anonymousreply 15February 13, 2017 4:39 AM

Glenn was such a big Up with People star they recorded her songs and let her sing lead on them.

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by Anonymousreply 16February 13, 2017 4:43 AM

My favorite of Glenn's Up with People songs: "The World is Your Home Town." She sings lead, and composed the song herself.

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by Anonymousreply 17February 13, 2017 4:45 AM

I remember that, r13. How awkward for Liz, poor girl. For an actress, Glenn seems to have a hard time "acting" flattered. Awkward for them both.

Glenn reminds me of one of the head admins at a campus I went to---intimidating but full of charisma and totally boss.

by Anonymousreply 18February 13, 2017 10:20 AM

r9, what a great find!

A little disappointing though. She should have just said something like "Oh, well nice to see you again." Or "Well, what a surprise! How've you been?" instead of the strange response she gave. I wonder if she was mocking him, or if she just wasn't thinking?

by Anonymousreply 19February 13, 2017 10:24 AM

Anyone know if it's true that when the director of JAGGED EDGE died, Glenn's response was "Good! Fuck him! He made my ass look really big in that movie." Or, is that just a tall tale that people like to spread around for fun to make her look bad?

by Anonymousreply 20February 13, 2017 10:30 AM

r8, that's a great interpretation of why she won't discuss UwP. Hopefully, you're right.

I know UwP is considered an offshoot of the so-called "religious cult" that Glenn was a part of for years, i.e. THE MORAL RE-ARMAMENT, and she has said that she's had nothing to do with any of them since "escaping" it at 22, and that she wouldn't to this day want to talk to them. But, hopefully she considers UwP separate from that, cause it's nice.

She always says that she approaches every one of her characters from a place of empathy, so that she can love them. I wish and hope that she will do the same thing about the "cult" she seems to hate so much, cause I think they all meant well.

by Anonymousreply 21February 13, 2017 10:43 AM

"Glenn Close is not an actress - she's an address!"

by Anonymousreply 22February 13, 2017 10:54 AM

I met her once. She was lovely. She did fart.

by Anonymousreply 23February 13, 2017 10:55 AM

Lies, r23! All lies!

by Anonymousreply 24February 13, 2017 11:22 AM

Didn't she once tell a story about how Warren Beatty rudely dismissed her at some social event?

by Anonymousreply 25February 13, 2017 11:30 AM

Here's what one interviewer said about her:

"I sit back in the corner of the subterranean Manhattan restaurant where we've been skating across an interview for the better part of an hour on this late September evening and try to figure her out. She's gracious and well-mannered but oh-so-hard to read — the type of book you ponder in your study rather than at the beach, E.L. Doctorow rather than EL James."

Sounds about right.

by Anonymousreply 26February 13, 2017 11:33 AM

She grew up in a cult.

by Anonymousreply 27February 13, 2017 11:53 AM

A so-called "cult" r27. Calling something a cult doesn't mean it was bad. I've read what they stood for, and it was nice. One could say that nuns are in a cult, but they are nice. They do good things.

So, I don't think the cult was bad, I think Glenn was just bad for the cult.

by Anonymousreply 28February 13, 2017 12:11 PM

So, what's the deal? Couldn't all her failed relationships with men mean that it's time she tried it with a woman? Maybe she's gay and just doesn't realize it.

by Anonymousreply 29February 13, 2017 12:17 PM

We all know I'm more likable than Glennie.

by Anonymousreply 30February 13, 2017 1:21 PM

I read somewhere on DL someone who claimed they saw Glenn exit a grocery store with a packet of nuts and prunes she neglected to pay for and then drove away. They could have been lying though.

by Anonymousreply 31February 13, 2017 1:48 PM

What about her connection to her live in ex, Len Cariou?

by Anonymousreply 32February 13, 2017 2:31 PM

Huh? What about it, r32?

by Anonymousreply 33February 13, 2017 2:34 PM

when she landed in NYC as a kid she was an Eve Harrington. Most successes in the theater and movies are ambitious, but she was in a special class of ruthless.

by Anonymousreply 34February 13, 2017 2:38 PM

Okay, tell us more, r34! Were you the one who pumped her gas?

by Anonymousreply 35February 13, 2017 2:40 PM

I got to know her in her early stardom when she was with Len Cariou. She shopped gifts etc for him in a very fancy and classy men's store I worked in at the time. Len was my customer, so she came to me to buy him extras. She was very nice, very normal, and a bit shy. The new boyfriend of a very good friend of mine works with Glen- PR related stuff involving charity and fashion connections. He knows her quite well professionally and privately. It's obvious that he likes her a lot and he relates that his work with her is easy- without giving away a heck of lot as you would expect from a friend.

by Anonymousreply 36February 13, 2017 2:48 PM

Remember when she was on Inside the Actors Studio back in '96, and the host asked her what job she would never want to have, and she answered "toll-taker"? Well, that seems like an innocent enough comment, until you watch this video from the man who took her toll earlier that day....then you realize she was being kinda mean. :-(

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by Anonymousreply 37February 13, 2017 2:54 PM

She was suppose to sing the theme song from the animated movie Tarzan (she played Tarzan mom). She just could get the pitch to the producers liking. She got frustrated, so the producers pretended they liked the last take she did. Once she left Phil Collins recorded the song (he wrote & produced it) and the rest is history,

btw Phil writes this in his book,.

by Anonymousreply 38February 13, 2017 2:57 PM

seriously imagine Glenn trying to sing this song. She couldn't achieve the right tempo for the producers liking

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by Anonymousreply 39February 13, 2017 2:59 PM

Did Phil say she threw a hissy fit, r38?

That video in r37 is really pathetic. Glenn just drove away without so much as a "thank you!" What?! The dude didn't even charge her. She should have been grateful!

Ugh! I can't stand when people I like disappoint me like this!! If I were him, I wouldn't be her fan anymore. I hope she's matured and is more polite now, cause she better not ever act that way in front of me!

by Anonymousreply 40February 13, 2017 3:09 PM

R9 So glad you posted this. I listened to that podcast, too, and was going to post that story.

by Anonymousreply 41February 13, 2017 3:16 PM

R40 No Phil said she was professional, but she was getting frustrated because she was not giving what the producers were looking for. Her pitch did not match the song.

by Anonymousreply 42February 13, 2017 3:20 PM

From these responses, we can conclude that she's a rather boring person

by Anonymousreply 43February 13, 2017 3:30 PM

"Boring"? Or, just really good at keeping her skeletons in her closet?

by Anonymousreply 44February 13, 2017 3:34 PM

I'd rather she be "boring" than be like this

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by Anonymousreply 45February 13, 2017 3:43 PM

I've never met Glenn Close, but a friend of mine ended up living in an apartment of hers with her (possibly stepdaughter? I can't really remember the connection now - this was over a decade ago). She said that when she came to Glenn's apartment, while Glenn was still living there at the time, her friend showed her a particular knife that was hanging from a magnetized contraption against the wall designed to hold kitchen knives. She pointed to one knife in particular and said, "So,,,that's THE knife. The one she used in 'Fatal Attraction.'" Glenn asked for it after filming wrapped and still keeps it in her kitchen!

by Anonymousreply 46February 13, 2017 3:47 PM

Nice, r46! I remember Glenn saying in an interview that she keeps that knife in plain sight, as a reminder to people who visit "not to mess with her" haha!

by Anonymousreply 47February 13, 2017 3:56 PM

I think Glenn really identifies with Alex Forest deep down. I think she sees herself as Alex and Alex as her. But, she would never admit this, since "I'm an actress and it's my job to make you believe." Yeah, sure Glenn! You empathize with Alex cause you are somewhat like her. Nothin' wrong with that.

by Anonymousreply 48February 13, 2017 4:03 PM

We need r34 to give us the story! Come on, r34... SPILL!

by Anonymousreply 49February 13, 2017 4:09 PM

It sounds to me like people make up shit about her because she keeps her cards close to her chest. People hate it when they "cannot read you", but since they "must figure you out" they'll come up with their own theories of who you are.

by Anonymousreply 50February 13, 2017 4:18 PM

Idk, r50. Some of these stories are from people in the know. Yet, I HOPE that one about her stealing nuts and prunes at the market isn't true. Maybe she was mistaken for someone else.

by Anonymousreply 51February 13, 2017 4:22 PM

Hmmm....reminds me of Audrey Hepburn, when her vocals were dubbed in My Fair Lady, r38. I wonder how mad Glenn was when she found out they pulled a fast one on her?

by Anonymousreply 52February 13, 2017 4:52 PM

Glenn? Close.....but no cigar.

by Anonymousreply 53February 13, 2017 5:05 PM

The Green Glen Singers and Close...encounters of the third kind.

by Anonymousreply 54February 13, 2017 5:07 PM

Could you be thinking of this interview, R1?

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by Anonymousreply 55February 13, 2017 5:29 PM

So, who else thinks Glenn is an oblivious bisexual?

by Anonymousreply 56February 13, 2017 5:32 PM

Lovely post, r36! Thanks for sharing!

by Anonymousreply 57February 13, 2017 5:34 PM

Stories? Yes, I have plenty but there are bigger things to worry about at the moment.

by Anonymousreply 58February 13, 2017 6:02 PM

Someday, a show will be made about Glenn and Meryl, like the one we are now seeing about Bette and Joan, except, instead of being called Feud, theirs will be called Friends... in quotes.

by Anonymousreply 59February 13, 2017 6:08 PM

Wouldn't it be great if someone from her old Sunset Blvd days could chime in here? I'm wondering if the bitch rumors are true---or, maybe they were started by Patti LuPone.

by Anonymousreply 60February 13, 2017 6:51 PM

Glenn Faraway, Far Far Away

by Anonymousreply 61February 14, 2017 3:07 AM

The toll taker from r37's link was kind of creepy.

by Anonymousreply 62February 14, 2017 3:08 AM

Oh Meryl! Admit it, you love me darling! You want to kiss me, but I walked away. Away from you. But in my heart, we'll always be friends. Ta ta!

by Anonymousreply 63February 14, 2017 3:11 AM

See r62---that's the problem---just cause he might have come across as odd, Glenn got an attitude and drove off. Rude! She should have said thanks first. One of her class should NEVER forget her manners!

by Anonymousreply 64February 14, 2017 3:16 AM

I love Glenn. Amazing actress!

by Anonymousreply 65February 14, 2017 3:29 AM

I love her too, r65. She seems like a great kisser!

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by Anonymousreply 66February 14, 2017 3:33 AM

Speaking of kissing, who else gets the sense she'd be really good in bed based on this face-stuffing clip here? I see someone so full of life, fun and passion, she'd be heaven in the hay!

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by Anonymousreply 67February 14, 2017 3:37 AM

Check this out! This is how DAMAGES should have been. But, we all know it's there, just under the surface. :-)

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by Anonymousreply 68February 14, 2017 3:45 AM

R68 Lovely

by Anonymousreply 69February 14, 2017 4:52 AM

[quote]So, who else thinks Glenn is an oblivious bisexual?

What is that? Someone who doesn't realize whether they're having sex with a man or a woman?

by Anonymousreply 70February 14, 2017 5:42 AM

ANY Behind the scenes stories from "The Big Chill"?

by Anonymousreply 71February 14, 2017 5:58 AM

Bitch can't sing

by Anonymousreply 72February 14, 2017 7:00 AM

The bitch doesn't apologise when she steals a role

by Anonymousreply 73February 14, 2017 7:17 AM

r70, what r56 meant was that Glenn has no idea that she really is a bisexual, suspecting that she's bi on a subconscious level, and unfortunately unaware that she'd be happiest with a woman.

by Anonymousreply 74February 14, 2017 7:24 AM

r73, you're perfectly silly! I didn't "steal" the role. It was offered to be after ALW decided we needed to see other people. I didn't mean to be the other woman. It just... happened that way.

by Anonymousreply 75February 14, 2017 7:28 AM

I saw Glenn Close on the street a few years ago-- I was walking down Fifth Avenue and noticed her standing next to me, while we were waiting for the light to turn. First of all, she is tiny---around 5'2", I would say. Secondly, whatever work she's had done to her face was horrific. Her skin was pulled so tight that she looked like Frankenstein, but with wrinkles and lines that the face lift couldn't do away with, which were pulled and stretched to her hairline and back. She did not look human, but like a face lifted alien.

by Anonymousreply 76February 14, 2017 7:33 AM

yes, she definitely comes from money.

by Anonymousreply 77February 14, 2017 7:35 AM

Are you sure it was her, r76? It may have been someone else, cause by most accounts, Glenn is 5'5.

by Anonymousreply 78February 14, 2017 7:36 AM

I'm just hoping some man doesn't snag her up again. She never seems able to stay single long, but maybe this time, she's learned!

by Anonymousreply 79February 14, 2017 7:39 AM

The question is... does she *ping*?

by Anonymousreply 80February 14, 2017 10:40 AM

Her voice is limited but when she farts -- it's like a bell!

by Anonymousreply 81February 14, 2017 10:45 AM

What is with the fart obsession some posters have, r81?!

I'm talking about gaydar, not super-sonic smell!

And you've obviously never met her.

by Anonymousreply 82February 14, 2017 10:48 AM

I've got a true story that was passed on to me that involves her:

About 7 years ago, a young Patti LuPone fan posted a video on Youtube wherein she filmed herself setting fire to Glenn's SUNSET BLVD cast album, to show how much she hated that Glenn got the part on Broadway instead of Patti. Well, sometime later, this Patti fan was contacted (allegedly by Glenn's people) and was threatened with being sued if she didn't take down the video right away!

I asked this kid if they were sure that it was Glenn's people and not just the music corp threatening suite, and she said it's been so long, she doesn't remember. But, she insists that Glenn is a bitch to her fans. Yet, I think it may not be Glenn that was the bitch in this case. At least I HOPE that wasn't her being so sue-happy! It would make much more sense that the music corp flipped out, not Glenn and her people. But, the jury's out. You decide.

by Anonymousreply 83February 14, 2017 11:03 AM

Very cute Glenn Close fan meeting described here:

[quote]My pace was slightly faster so I reached the next intersection about 20 steps ahead. As I stood there a nattily dressed fellow in a splendid pair of boots walked up. I complimented his attire, we chatted a moment and as we finished, Ms. Close reached the corner standing next to me. With the light about to change, I began to turn towards the intersection myself, and that’s when it happened. [/quote]

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by Anonymousreply 84February 14, 2017 2:01 PM

Another nice tidbit about Glenn and her fans:

[quote] She began rehearsals on "Sunset Boulevard" last summer just weeks after part of a lung was removed to help relieve a chronic respiratory problem. When she got angry notes from ticket holders who were disappointed that she was ill for a performance - she missed two since the previews began in November - she wrote each one of them an apology.

Nice that she took the time to write all the upset fans when she was on medical leave from her play in 1995-ish. She missed a couple of performances this time too, but I wonder if she might consider herself too big a star to worry about those formalities now? Funny thing is, the bigger the star, the more those thoughtful gestures tend to mean to the fans, and I'm sure that those who received notes from her in the 1990s cherish them all the more now.

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by Anonymousreply 85February 14, 2017 3:02 PM

R83 - it seems pretty obvious that the girl deleted it herself and was just making up stories about being forced to. There'd be no legal basis to force someone to take it down, and no-one's going to care about the kind of idiot who does that kind of stunt anyway.

by Anonymousreply 86February 14, 2017 7:23 PM

Oh, so she can write apology notes to the audience, huh?

by Anonymousreply 87February 14, 2017 7:25 PM

Unless, of course, the girl was also saying derogatory things about Glenn while burning the album r86, in which case, then I can kinda see at least the possibility for a slander case. But, I would hope Glenn wouldn't be petty enough to be so vengeful.

by Anonymousreply 88February 14, 2017 10:11 PM

I'm doubtful, R88, if the girl was crazy enough to record a video of her burning a cast recording, she's crazy enough to make up bullshit like that. After all, she would've had to buy a copy of the cast album just to burn it for something that by that time had happened 16 years previously.

by Anonymousreply 89February 14, 2017 10:24 PM

r89, I was told that she received the cast album as a gag gift, because her family knew how much she hated Glenn in the Norma Desmond role. So, it is quite possible that the girl got exceedingly nasty about Glenn in her video. However, I hope it's like you say – and the whole thing is just been blown out of proportion.

by Anonymousreply 90February 15, 2017 12:00 AM

R 397

Um, Glenn is starring in a tired revival with sub-par director playing a limited run. Patti is originating a role in a new musical produced by arguably Broadway's most powerful producer.

by Anonymousreply 91February 15, 2017 2:06 AM

R91: Um, WHAT? Sorry, but your post seems to be for another thread.

by Anonymousreply 92February 15, 2017 2:48 AM

Bumping this thread to mention here a point I made elsewhere, which may be of interest:

[b]When discussing her teen years in THE MORAL RE-ARMAMENT (conservative group), she says that she was made to feel ashamed of "any unnatural desire" and that she was taught not to trust her instincts.[/b]

Anyone else think she could have been referring to lesbian desire?

by Anonymousreply 93February 16, 2017 11:40 AM

[b] Bold

by Anonymousreply 94February 16, 2017 11:42 AM

r73: Okay, so here's the deal with Glenn and Patti- Glenn was offered the role previously played by Patti, and like any working woman, it was a job, so she took it. Did she "apologize"- well, no. Cause why should she? It's not like she campaigned to take the role from LuPone, so Patti's grudge towards Glenn was ridiculous! Ultimately though, I'm sure it's not personal towards Glenn, because I know darn well that Patti would have been ticked off, no matter who got the part!

The sad thing is though, Patti's anti-Glenn venom has spilled over to her biggest fans, many of whom now declare their hatred of Glenn. And when it was announced a few weeks ago that Glenn is hoping to star in a theatrical film version of the Sunset Blvd musical, Patti's fans, as well as many fans of the 1950 film, took to the internet to express their outrage and disapproval. Well, I've got news for them---Glenn is right to want to do the movie, and we should all be supporting her in that!

by Anonymousreply 95February 16, 2017 1:30 PM

No one talked about the fact both Patti & Glenn participated in the Barbara Cook tribute at the Kennedy Centre. To a fly on the wall for that rehearsal!

by Anonymousreply 96February 16, 2017 1:31 PM

R96- I read that LuPone was interviewed on some news program years ago and got very emotional when the subject of Sunset came up, even to the point of calling Glenn a "cunt" live, on air!! I REALLY wish I could find that video somewhere!

On another note, why does LuPone take Glenn so personally? I mean, Glenn didn't actively seek the role, right?

I wish some LuPone experts who have read up on all her dirt would chime in here and help us understand a little better from both sides.

by Anonymousreply 97February 16, 2017 1:41 PM

Patti wrote in her book that after she was fired she was astounded she heard nothing from Glenn. Not a phone call, not a note nothing.

by Anonymousreply 98February 16, 2017 1:49 PM

r98 I can understand her feelings in that regard, but from Glenn's standpoint, she probably didn't call because it would have been awkward and possibly seem condescending., like "Hi Patti! How are you? I know, you must feel like trash now, and I'm sorry you lost the part to me. Bye dear!" I mean, that could have possibly opened up a whole other can of worms, in which Patti gets mad because Glenn called to say she was sorry, but not sorry enough to give it up! I can hear it all now... yeah, there really was no right way to handle that weird situation. UNLESS they were friends, then I can see Glenn calling her, and Patti appreciating the call, but other than that, nope. Glenn was doomed to be despised by her, either way.

by Anonymousreply 99February 16, 2017 2:08 PM

I loved Forbidden Broadway making fun of Close's sining in Sunset.

"i don't know why i'm fry-TENNED!"

by Anonymousreply 100February 16, 2017 3:21 PM

Do you have a link to that, r100? Would love to see it.

by Anonymousreply 101February 16, 2017 3:28 PM

You do know I was joking, right R95? I was mocking Patti more than Glenn. Besides, if Close had apologised, Patti would've bitched about that and how she was rubbing it in her face or something.

by Anonymousreply 102February 16, 2017 6:34 PM

I know, r102. It's okay. I was just trying to relay a bit of background info, cause there are so many people who despise Close due to LuPone, so I wanted to kinda give some context. It's all good. :-)

by Anonymousreply 103February 16, 2017 6:55 PM

Sunset the musical movie can't make any money no matter who does it (and who does it should not be pushing 70 or, if she is, she should be able to sing better than Glenn Close, who sings adequately but not well enough to justice to Norma's big numbers.) They should film the thing for PBS, a la NBC's live Christmas musicals, and then sell the damn DVDs or whatever.

by Anonymousreply 104February 16, 2017 7:57 PM

Blaming Glenn Close for Lloyd Webber's decision was illogical, but LuPone's firing, for her, was only emotional, and understandably so. For her long term reputation, it's a shame Patti LuPone can't count to ten before she speaks, but for gossips like us, bless her!

by Anonymousreply 105February 16, 2017 7:59 PM

in 2011 Glenn and Patti were at Barbara Cook's table at the KC Honors. Glenn said to Patti "Patti- there's nothing to say and there's everything to say..."- they made up and had a wonderful dinner together.

by Anonymousreply 106February 16, 2017 8:17 PM

Forgot to post the video

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by Anonymousreply 107February 16, 2017 8:20 PM

Once upon a time, there was a handsome young boy.

Somehow, it had a vagina and became Glenn Close.

Oh, I do tickle myself! Wonder if I can adapt that to film? I'll win an Oscar for that, too.

by Anonymousreply 108February 16, 2017 8:20 PM

Those who said that Glenn did not owe Patti an apology are right, because Glenn did nothing wrong, however, a note that said something to the effect of "I am honored to be following in your shoes in the role, and hope I do it justice the you did" would have served the purpose of acknowledging the situation, and kind of but not really apologizing for it.

by Anonymousreply 109February 16, 2017 8:27 PM

I did once meet a man who'd worked crew on "Fatal Attraction". I asked if she was nice and, in that great Teamster way, he just eyed me, grumbled, and muttered, "I think she's the same as that character." So those speculating upthread may be right.

by Anonymousreply 110February 16, 2017 8:34 PM

I totally agree with you, r109! What a beautiful thought, and I'll have to remember that gesture if I ever get into a jam of that sort.

Unfortunately, as much as I value thoughtfulness like you have just described here, and as much as I long to be that way all te time, the truth is, that option NEVER occurred to me! So, I'm sure it probably didn't occur to Glenn either (like me, she probably agonized over what to do and when weighing the pros and cons, decided it was best to do nothing). If only she would have thought of that, r109...if only I would have thought of that!

Gah! This is why it's important to always be kind and forgiving, because we are all just doing the best we can, and some of us, bless our little hearts, are just clueless. But, we try. :-)

by Anonymousreply 111February 16, 2017 8:37 PM

r110: Well, whenever someone identifies with a character as strongly as Close did with Alex Forest, it's safe to say that it's probably because they share some traits.

Close tries to approach every character with compassion, which is admirable. But, at the same time, for a woman to defend "the other woman" as strongly as Close did, I suspect means that she has that "other woman" experience herself. That's not a bad thing, per se, cause the heart wants what it wants. But, it's not a good thing either... and if you look at the time-line of her relationships, it becomes clear that Glenn most likely cheated on her 2nd husband with the man she got pregnant by. Very Alex Forest-y, no?

Anyway, Alex Forest wasn't exactly rude or mean, just overly emotional, obsessive, and over-sexed. So, I take that revelation by the guy who worked on FATAL ATTRACTION to mean that Glenn has a big sex drive, is a flirt, AND is great in bed. I suspected as much. Hey, as long as us women also get some of her action, I don't mind, haha!

by Anonymousreply 112February 16, 2017 8:50 PM

I think I pushed him a bit for details and the gist was just that she was cold. Especially in comparison to some other actress he had worked with a lot and adored (but I can't remember who it was, sorry).

To think that role was almost Barbara Hershey. And, rumour has it, Debra Winger. I'd have liked to see both of them take it on but Glenn owned it. Love that she insisted herself on a screen test to make everyone relax.

by Anonymousreply 113February 16, 2017 8:55 PM

LuPone didn't get SUNSET on Broadway because she wasn't good in the role in London. You can listen to the cast CD and figure that out.

by Anonymousreply 114February 16, 2017 9:06 PM

I wonder if the "cold" quality was something that she honed particularly for the role? Because that was the first time she ever played a character like Alex, and it required different things of her. Maybe she's the type or was the type or sort of stayed in character until the film was totally finished? That's all I can figure, because other than extreme shyness (which still plagues her), she tends to be pretty outgoing from what I can tell, in watching recent interviews and stuff.

Perhaps she's opened up more with age, but I still find it puzzling that she came across as "cold" back then, unless she was in character or if it was just an unhappy set in general.

I remember hearing her say once, regarding her first movie, THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARB, that she tried to relax the cast and crew, so to make them laugh, she showed up in character one day, in nothing but her undies, LOL!

Complex woman, this Glenn Close!

by Anonymousreply 115February 16, 2017 9:06 PM

Yeah, it's not a very revealing (or exciting) story, Teamsters don't tend to have those unless it's an extreme headcase. Mostly it's all good or they don't give a shit either way. I met another, though, who was a long time Hollywood crew vet, I was a lad and a bit of a fan in general so I asked who he'd liked working with most, and he adamantly insisted how much he loved one star and how it was fighting words when someone tried to disparage her, as was happening a lot then: Joan Crawford. He told me rather sternly not to believe anything bad I heard about her.

by Anonymousreply 116February 16, 2017 9:15 PM

r106: So now, the question becomes---will Patti go back to being bitter, once Glenn starts the Sunset movie?

[sorry, I know some of you think she's too old and that a movie shouldn't be made, but IT WOULD BE SO EXCITING! Imagine the trailers for it, the adverts, the star-studded premier, and all the glorious hype!! Glenn is not a little chickadee anymore, so we need to savor seeing her in grand roles lke that as much as possible! She's already older than Lucille Ball was when she did MAME. Is that a reason not to do it though? Heck no! As long as she's styled right, she'll look divine, and they can work her age into the script somehow, no bigge. Besides, I take the prospect of her doing this VERY PERSONALLY for some reason, and if anyone else does it instead of her, that will break my heart!]

I heart that Madonna is or was in talks for a movie version, and I am totally against that! The only good thing about her taking the role would be that maybe it would sour Madonna to Glenn, so that she's not such a blindly devoted fangirl anymore (she unfortunately considers Madonna her favorite entertainer!)

by Anonymousreply 117February 16, 2017 9:24 PM

Had a very pleasant, and shockingly warm experience meeting her, working an event in her honor, this was about six(?)ish years ago, setting up some pr business, interview.

When the time came for her to take a moment and submit to the press rigors, you could tell she DID NOT WANT TO, it was clear there was a chance of all the set up being for naught, she was smiling, but like steel, some of the reps were making it worse so we swung into action and started talking about the memories of her "Norma" and how we loved her performance etc, this turned a switch and it became a warm discussion about the character. After the official PR demands were over she stayed a bit to continue talking about Sunset Blvd, and later in the evening at the end, as she departed, she took a second to say "thanks" for being so kind to "Norma." This was the only contact, but it was ultimately a happy experience.

by Anonymousreply 118February 16, 2017 9:26 PM

[quote]Yeah, it's not a very revealing (or exciting) story, Teamsters don't tend to have those unless it's an extreme headcase. Mostly it's all good or they don't give a shit either way.

What are you referring to here, r116?

by Anonymousreply 119February 16, 2017 9:27 PM

My cousin used to call her Glenn "Don't get too" Close.

by Anonymousreply 120February 16, 2017 9:31 PM

My Teamster Glenn Close story at R110. Not my most interesting, sorry.

by Anonymousreply 121February 16, 2017 9:32 PM

How lovely, r118!

[quote]When the time came for her to take a moment and submit to the press rigors, you could tell she DID NOT WANT TO, it was clear there was a chance of all the set up being for naught, she was smiling, but like steel, some of the reps were making it worse

I have to say, it always stuns me when a star tries to balk at the press. It just seems like it would be a breeze for them, especially by that point in Glenn's career. So, do you have any theories as to why she didn't want to do the press stuff? And, what were the reps doing to make it worse?

by Anonymousreply 122February 16, 2017 9:36 PM

It is to a Glenn fan like me, r121. Thank you!

by Anonymousreply 123February 16, 2017 9:37 PM

[quote]My cousin used to call her Glenn "Don't get too" Close.

r120- did your cousin ever meet her, or was that just a funny name your cousin gave her from watching her on the screen?

by Anonymousreply 124February 16, 2017 9:40 PM

I met PBS newswoman, Judy Woodruff once, and she had a chilly air, but was polite. I didn't let on that I knew who she was though, and that was before I became a huge Glenn fan. Now that I'm so into Glenn, I have to say that my meeting with Judy stays in my mind all the time now, cause she looks SO MUCH like Glenn! Anyone else think so? Has anyone here met both Judy and Glenn, to compare?

I've never met Glenn, but when I met Judy, it was like meeting Patty Hewes, haha!

By the way, here's a little tidbit: Glenn is actually a fan of the PBS News Hour! I know this based on her Twitter (she posted a tribute to Gwenn Ifle (sp?), who was an anchor on the show). I wonder if Glenn's ever noticed that she and Judy W. look like they could be sisters?!

by Anonymousreply 125February 16, 2017 9:49 PM

For the Glenn Close fan for being so nice: we discussed this on another thread that shall remain nameless -- but did you know that Glenn Close almost made her film debut years before she did in, of all things, the Wife role in "Pennies From Heaven"? She was doing Broadway in "Barnum" and someone wanted her for the role opposite Steve Martin, the studio wanted Jessica Harper, a bad offer was made to Harper so she would pass and they could get Close after all, but Harper took the bad offer and got the role.

So Glenn's debut would've involved that awful lipstick on the nipples scene. Wonder if that would have changed her entire career after.

by Anonymousreply 126February 16, 2017 10:11 PM

r126- Thank you!

Whoa! That is new to me! I've never seen that movie, but it sounds like fate had other plans, and I'm so glad! Can't imagine anyone playing a better mother to Robin Williams than she did---cause they looked so much alike. The casting director of "Garb" was right on!

by Anonymousreply 127February 16, 2017 10:26 PM

I did a play with Glenn early in her career. Yes, she was a cold fish socially but was actually a nympho-excuse me, a sexual compulsive. Would screw pizza delivery boys, hotel clerks and stage hands. Married one, in fact. And insecure about being pigeon toed. The reason for her hating any mention of Up With People is obvious-it was a "Republican group" and Hollywood is predominantly liberal.

by Anonymousreply 128February 16, 2017 10:40 PM

r128: You're not just saying that because we've posted here that she's probably good in bed, are you?

by Anonymousreply 129February 16, 2017 10:43 PM

Uhhhh...no, R129. Sexually compulsive behavior doesn't necessarily make you good in bed.

by Anonymousreply 130February 16, 2017 11:18 PM

Wait... how did somebody who screwed Glenn Close wind up on a board predominantly populated by gay men?

by Anonymousreply 131February 17, 2017 12:25 AM

R107, I would give you an Oscar for cueing that YT video. Thank god, someone here knows how to do it!

by Anonymousreply 132February 17, 2017 12:31 AM

R110, do you know how many crew members actually get to converse with actors on set? It certainly wasn't that teamster who was probably hearing stuff on set, but who knows how much of it is true.

by Anonymousreply 133February 17, 2017 12:33 AM

So young and girlish here...

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by Anonymousreply 134February 17, 2017 12:36 AM

Worked with Close pre-GARP. Perfectly friendly and professional, with a penchant for Laura Ashley couture. She did travel in social circles with Cariou. Liked her, would marvel at her performance often and only wish I had gotten to know her better.

by Anonymousreply 135February 17, 2017 1:21 AM

r130: Well, if you're telling the truth, cool. I generally assume that if a woman is so sexually compulsive like that, she MUST BE good in bed. But, I get that there are always exceptions. I do think she's probably a dream in bed through. I just feel it.

As for her being socially aloof, I feel that too. It seems that to her, true intimacy is going all the way... it's a physical closeness. Everything else is just parroting and pretend. Someone socially aloof but sexually robust probably believes that way. It's such an odd paradox though, to be socially aloof but freely flirtatious; I like it!!

On that note, could you tell me if she was ever flirty with a female that you saw? How did she tread the women, and do you think she could be a repressed lesbian?

by Anonymousreply 136February 17, 2017 1:23 AM

What a great comment, r135! And that piece of trivia about her liking Laura Ashley couture is gold! Much appreciated!!

by Anonymousreply 137February 17, 2017 1:34 AM

r131: maybe she turned him gay, just like I'm hoping someone will or has done the same for her! :-D

by Anonymousreply 138February 17, 2017 1:36 AM

[quote]she was a cold fish socially but was actually a nympho-excuse me, a sexual compulsive. Would screw pizza delivery boys, hotel clerks and stage hands.

Sounds like fun! But, just out of curiosity, how do you know? Did you two stay in the same hotel-room or something?

by Anonymousreply 139February 17, 2017 2:14 AM

r128: Regarding the topic of her time with UP WITH PEOPLE, you say she hates talking about it because it was a "Republican group" and Hollywood is predominantly liberal. So, do you mean that she's just saving face for Hollywood not to hate her, or do you mean that she genuinely hates UP WITH PEOPLE for being republican?

by Anonymousreply 140February 17, 2017 2:19 AM

Both?

by Anonymousreply 141February 17, 2017 2:24 AM

So, these people she would screw---were they all of the opposite sex? Or, was she open to the ladies as-well? What's your impression, r130? Does she have lez-potential?

by Anonymousreply 142February 17, 2017 2:25 AM

r141- well, that's sad. Just cause they were republican or whatever doesn't make them worthy of such disdain. She must have broken a lot of hearts in leaving. A lot of hearts...

by Anonymousreply 143February 17, 2017 2:28 AM

[quote]Would screw pizza delivery boys

Oh, to be that pizza delivery boy! Can you imagine her seducing an unsuspecting pizza delivery boy! Boy, oh boy!! To have been a fly on that wall!

by Anonymousreply 144February 17, 2017 3:12 AM

To me, it's a combo of her appearance and her personality. She has aged into a very "handsome" woman, and over the years, seems to have come out of her shell more, personality-wise (if talk-show appearances and interviews are any indication). She's a hoot!

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by Anonymousreply 145February 17, 2017 3:40 AM

She's such a freakin' delight!

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by Anonymousreply 146February 17, 2017 3:42 AM

...and if she gets swept up with some guy again, I will cry like the babies she's impersonating here! Wah, wah!

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by Anonymousreply 147February 17, 2017 3:46 AM

Met her when she was a college student at William and Mary. She was quiet and seemed shy. She took her acting and the student acting group very seriously. But it was a party setting that I met her. It was the acting groups party and not the typical rowdy party I usually had been to there. Years later, it took awhile later for me to realize that was the young woman I had met.

by Anonymousreply 148February 17, 2017 3:53 AM

r148- WOW, neat post! Isn't it odd how shy she was known to be, and yet, how much pizzazz she has when she lets lose? Makes me wonder if that pizzazz is just her fine acting skills at work, or if she really has come out of her shell.

I guess it's possible that she really could have changed. Many people say they aren't the same as they used to be.

by Anonymousreply 149February 17, 2017 4:00 AM

Glenn meeting Hillary backstage:

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by Anonymousreply 150February 17, 2017 4:19 AM

I love you, Glenn!

by Anonymousreply 151February 17, 2017 4:23 AM

Ya know, that Norma make-up has a way of making her look older.

by Anonymousreply 152February 17, 2017 4:27 AM

r109, There's a story I can barely remember about Lansbury meeting Merman after Lansbury's Broadway revival of Gypsy was announced. Merman had supposedly been furious that someone else would dare to do "her" role (it was the first major revival of the show). They met at some kind of function and Lansbury had said something very similiar to The Merm as you suggested It evidently mollified Merman quite a bit.

by Anonymousreply 153February 17, 2017 4:46 AM

Yes, R139, I did stay in the same hotels as Glennie. That's how I know what a sexual compulsive she was at that time. I later heard of her exploits by various theater/film crews. She almost broke up Jeremy Irons' marriage during The Real Thing. Talk about life imitating art.

by Anonymousreply 154February 17, 2017 7:55 PM

So, she never hit on a woman, huh, r154?

by Anonymousreply 155February 17, 2017 7:59 PM

You know what surprises me---the idea that someone as mousy and shy as she used to be, being so lucky in the sex department. Like, how? She must have been like a tornado once the urge hit, that's all I can figure, otherwise, seems she wouldn't even register on a dude's radar. She seems MUCH more outgoing now.

So, if she was a compulsive then, back during her mousy years, she must be a veritable wildcat now!!

by Anonymousreply 156February 17, 2017 8:04 PM

Anyone notice how she's looking more androgynous or masculine in style since her divorce? Just compare the way she looked during her last full year of marriage (2013), with the style she has kept since her divorce went final (2015). Big difference! I like it though---it matches her more than that long hair she had with her husband. She was beginning to look frumpy with him, like she just didn't care anymore. But now, she looks fresh!

I wonder if her new, androgynous style coming after her divorce is indicative of something more, sexuality-wise?

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by Anonymousreply 157February 17, 2017 8:37 PM

WRONG R95!

Patti was hired to originate the role of Norma Desmond in London, and then play it in New York. She signed a contract to play both London and New York. The show was announced, opening dates set. Soon after, Glenn Close was hired to play the role in Los Angeles.

The London reviews weren't quite what they'd hoped for. The show was retooled for Los Angeles. When the Los Angeles production with Close opened several months later, it got better reviews, but largely due to changed made to the book and score of the show.

Short sighted, idiotic producers (which included Paramount) decided that Glenn Close would be a bigger draw in New York than Patti LuPone. Never mind that Patti is a singer and Glenn Close really isn't. ALW caved instead of standing up for his star. There had been rumors about this happening, and ALW told Patti personally it was all nonsense.

Well than Patti was unceremoniously fired from the Broadway production. A terrible thing to do to a woman of her talent. Patti finished her London run, and negotiated a large settlement.

Patti for years was upset that Glenn didn't call her before accepting the role. However, they apparently made up at the Kennedy Center Honors for Barbara Cook.

So you see, R95, it wasn't quite as simple as you made it out to be. Patti and her fans had reason to be upset.

by Anonymousreply 158February 17, 2017 8:53 PM

Quite a difference...

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by Anonymousreply 159February 17, 2017 8:53 PM

I really love this one!

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by Anonymousreply 160February 17, 2017 8:55 PM

r158---WHAT?

by Anonymousreply 161February 17, 2017 8:56 PM

[quote] Talk about life imitating art.

r154, not surprised. Why else do you think she sympathizes or empathizes with Alex Forest so much?

So, tell us about some of the other exploits of hers you know of.

by Anonymousreply 162February 17, 2017 9:03 PM

About 5 years ago, Glenn was trying to join the Equinox at 12th and Greenwich in NYC on a very busy weekday morning. (She lives 2 blocks away.). She was standing with her husband while a stream of members were checking in, one after the other. I heard her say something to her husband like "yes, I'm sure I want to join this gym." But the place was too busy, the front desk attendant was overworked and she was just waiting for any bit of attention at all.

If I'd been a "regular person" I would have been frustrated and left. If I had been Glenn, who I imagine is treated like a VIP much of the time, I would have been annoyed as hell. But she stood there very patiently and politely.

I'm not sure how it was resolved because I've never seen her working out there (though lots of celebs do).

by Anonymousreply 163February 17, 2017 9:07 PM

Yeah, her style really has changed since her divorce.

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by Anonymousreply 164February 17, 2017 9:07 PM

I like this one.

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by Anonymousreply 165February 17, 2017 9:10 PM

The the Glenn fan: here's a good tumblr I bookmarked ages ago with great photos

(there's a great Lange tag too)

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by Anonymousreply 166February 17, 2017 9:14 PM

Great post, r163! I wish we knew how it was resolved, but good to know she was so patient and not a diva. I guess it's the Pisces in her... cold fish, though she may often be, she doesn't like to rock the boat. ;-)

by Anonymousreply 167February 17, 2017 9:14 PM

As somebody who worked with her on two different shows and lived across the street from her in the West Village, I call bullshit on the stories about Glenn being a bitch. Like most good actors, she's shy. At parties, she'd watch people instead of making herself the center of attention, which I always liked about her. Re: the cults ... I don't remember all the details, but she and her siblings were forced into the Moral Re-armament/Up With People shit by their hippie parents when they were still kids. She escaped, Katie Holmes style, by applying to William and Mary without their knowledge and then fleeing from some cult camp in Africa. She said she couldn't talk about it because she was so traumatized by it, and her parents were still alive. I think they've since died.

by Anonymousreply 168February 17, 2017 9:18 PM

MVM, you're full of shit. The Up With People group was as Establishment as it got. No way "hippie parents" would force their kid into it. Nice try, though.

Besides being a nympho and massively pigeon toed the main thing I remember about Glennie was her laugh. We called her "Hyena Girl" behind her back.

by Anonymousreply 169February 17, 2017 9:28 PM

r158: Yes, Patti and her fans had reason to be upset. I agree. But, they should be mature enough to understand that the situation was bigger than Close. It wasn't about Close, yet they seem to take the largest part of there anger out on HER.

It's like Faye Dunaway (another ALW bitter heart) said to the maid in MOMMIE DEAREST: "I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at the dirt." This was the dirt's fault, no one person's.

by Anonymousreply 170February 17, 2017 9:29 PM

[quote]Like most good actors, she's shy. At parties, she'd watch people instead of making herself the center of attention,

r168, I read your post with great interest, and this part stands out to me, because of how outgoing she seems in her recent interviews and in fan videos. So, it begs the question---which Glenn is the real Glenn? Could her shyness be a mask that she wears over her more outgoing personality when she's uncomfortable? Perhaps Glenn at her happiest is not Glenn at her shyest, but at her most outgoing? How else would we explain such a dichotomy and inconcruance?

I would assume there is a relationship between her level of vibrancy and her feeling.

by Anonymousreply 171February 17, 2017 9:38 PM

Does anyone really like her? She seems charmless. I try to avoid her movies and TV stuff, though I did see The Big Chill and Fatal Attraction because we were all forced to see those movies. I saw The World According to Garp as well, but I don't remember her in it.

by Anonymousreply 172February 17, 2017 9:40 PM

Is this her?

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by Anonymousreply 173February 17, 2017 9:41 PM

r169-- I love that you remember her laugh! That's how I like to think of her :-)

The way you describe her, I think I'm in-love! But, Idk about the "pigeon-toe" thing. I've watched her a lot and NEVER noticed that, so, what gives?

by Anonymousreply 174February 17, 2017 9:43 PM

r173---yeperooni, that's her! Not the miserable girl in a miserable cult like she would have us believe now, but a sweet, talented, sunny personality who wrote cheerful tunes and sang about everyone helping their neighbor. Nice, huh?

by Anonymousreply 175February 17, 2017 9:45 PM

R168, thanks for the story.

[quote]So, it begs the question---which Glenn is the real Glenn?

So many people here think that a person does not change from their 20s to their 60s (Close is 69). I am shy, but far more outgoing then I was twenty years ago. I can imagine that Close is a different person now then she was in her 30s or even 40s.

by Anonymousreply 176February 17, 2017 9:50 PM

r172---yes, we love her!! I don't blame you for thinking she seems charmless though; a relative of mine claims that she gets the sense that Glenn is a bigger bitch than all the bitchy stars, but does a better job of hiding it, cause she's "too smart to smart to risk alienating her fans, i.e. her money pot." But, I think she was just teasing me, since later, she says "Look, maybe I didn't even mean it, but you're bugging me, so you make me say these things!" haha!

Anyways, if you think she seems charmless, check her out in some of the videos on this thread. Anything but charmless! She's a charmer, in-fact!

by Anonymousreply 177February 17, 2017 9:51 PM

[quote] I can imagine that Close is a different person now then she was in her 30s or even 40s.

Different enough to go gay, I hope!

by Anonymousreply 178February 17, 2017 9:56 PM

You are tiresome, R178.

by Anonymousreply 179February 17, 2017 9:57 PM

Take a nap and come back later. You won't be so tired then, r179!

by Anonymousreply 180February 17, 2017 9:59 PM

Close's not going to fuck you, R178/180, you know.

by Anonymousreply 181February 17, 2017 10:00 PM

r178 taha.

by Anonymousreply 182February 17, 2017 10:01 PM

R153 The story is that Merm said to her "I hear you're doin' Gypsy" and Lansbury replied "Well, you're the only one who can DO Gypsy. But I'm going to have a go at it".

by Anonymousreply 183February 17, 2017 10:01 PM

why on earth are people interested in glenn close? i mean i dont think most people even remember who she is?

by Anonymousreply 184February 17, 2017 10:02 PM

r184 surely you jest!

by Anonymousreply 185February 17, 2017 10:03 PM

No, she'll be too gentle for that, r181. We won't call it fucking, we'll call it "making love".

by Anonymousreply 186February 17, 2017 10:07 PM

[quote][R11], Marjorie Merriweather Post's first husband was Edward Bennett Close, who was Glenn Close's grandfather.

Glenn and Dina Merrill are sisters?

by Anonymousreply 187February 17, 2017 10:10 PM

Nice blog, r166. It would make a good addition to this thread (though poor M is really going to feel left out then!)

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by Anonymousreply 188February 17, 2017 10:13 PM

R170 I was never upset with Glenn Close for accepting the Broadway gig, but I do think Patti was better in the role. Like Evita, the show isn't very good, so you need someone who can sing the hell out of it.

I think Patti's anger was understandable at the time, but I was glad to hear they'd made up.

by Anonymousreply 189February 17, 2017 10:17 PM

Patti was entitled to, demanded and received the full payout of her contract for the original Broadway production of SB. Between paying both her and Close, the unions, and the opulent physical production it became an outrageously expensive show to produce. Did it make back its money?

by Anonymousreply 190February 17, 2017 10:19 PM

r189 yes it's great that they made-up. I just wonder if the talk of a motion-picture will stir anymore ill feelings in Patti. Often times, stage stars hate when they are dropped for the big screen, whenever a movie is made of their shows.

by Anonymousreply 191February 17, 2017 10:21 PM

Good question, r190! I'd like to know that as-well. Or, maybe Close agreed to a pay-cut?

by Anonymousreply 192February 17, 2017 10:22 PM

Did she ever come on to you, r169?

by Anonymousreply 193February 17, 2017 10:26 PM

Close was good friends with Bacall, I think. A while ago someone posted a video link to this video. Close is off screen commenting and laughing:

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by Anonymousreply 194February 17, 2017 10:26 PM

Found the answer at Wikipedia:

"Patti LuPone, who initially had been promised the Broadway run, sued Lloyd Webber and received a settlement reported to be $1 million. Frank Rich, in his book The Hot Seat,[25] noted that these lawsuits contributed to Sunset Boulevard setting the record for the most money lost by a theatrical endeavour in the history of the United States. According to The New York Times, operating costs soared far beyond the budget, and the "Broadway production has earned back, at best, 80% of the initial $13 million".[26] For example, during the week of 2 July 1995, "it cost $731,304 to run Sunset Boulevard, including... advertising fees of $138,352 (which had been budgeted at $40,000 a week)."[26] The road companies also generated large financial losses. Rich puts the final figure near or above US$20 million lost, making the show what he termed a "flop-hit," as it ran more than two years. The musical sold over a million tickets on Broadway.[27]"

by Anonymousreply 195February 17, 2017 10:35 PM

r172 Sounds like you just haven't seen enough of her work, especially if you haven't seen Damages. So, watch her in 101 Dalmations, Damages, and Albert Nobbs. If you STILL don't like her after that, then it means you have bad taste, LOL!

Just kidding! But seriously, check her out in those things!!

by Anonymousreply 196February 17, 2017 10:35 PM

Essie Davis has talked about her friendship with Glenn Close.

[quote]AS fairy godmothers go, they don't come more famous than Oscar-nominated actress Glenn Close. Just ask Australian star Essie Davis, whose career was sent into the stratosphere by a sprinkling of the Hollywood legend's leading lady magic. Now starring in the ABC1's detective drama series, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, it was a decade ago when Davis, a NIDA graduate and theatre favourite, set her sights on an international film career.

[quote]She would catch the eye of Close, back then searching the world for "that girl no one would know' for her independent film, Albert Nobbs. Davis got down to the final two when funding for the project Close was producing, as well as the star, fell through. When a 'kindly' casting agent called with the bad news, she forwarded Davis an email from Close, akin to the world's best showbiz reference, "just raving about me.'

[quote]Months later, frustrated by a series of local rejections, Davis admits she was "broken-hearted and ready to leave Australia.' "I was saying no to theatre and getting poorer and poorer and not actually landing the (film) jobs I was going for. I had this terribly sad week of four 'no's' in a row. It happens all the time as an actor, you get rejections constantly. But I remember the fourth no on the fourth day just broke my heart.' Seeking comfort in Close's letter, she mad the wild decision to write back to the Fatal Attraction star, desperate for encouragement and advice.

[quote]Even now, what happened next is hard for Davis to fathom. "She wrote back within eight hours saying 'I will never forget you. Oh and by the way I'm playing Blanche in The Streetcar Named Desire at the National Theatre in London. I know they haven't cast Stella yet, so get your agent onto it and get yourself an audition.' Within 24 hours Davis had an audition, within a week she had the part, which would win her the UK's highest theatre prize, a Laurence Olivier award for best supporting actress opposite her new American "fairy godmother.'

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by Anonymousreply 197February 17, 2017 10:38 PM

r150- I wish Trump would be able to go see the show and meet her backstage, because that would serve as a true testament to her character if she was equality as friendly to him as she was to Hillary. I'd like to know how she would treat him... I hope well.

by Anonymousreply 198February 17, 2017 10:42 PM

Jimmy Fallon seems to be the Late Night show that Close visits the most lately. He's also one of the only Late Night hosts to invite Trump on, which I thought was great. It shows that he's a fair person, regardless of personal bias, etc. I hope Close is the same way.

by Anonymousreply 199February 17, 2017 10:46 PM

What does that even mean, R198? Not embracing Trump makes someone a bad person?

by Anonymousreply 200February 17, 2017 10:47 PM

r199 Here's the video of Trump on Fallon

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by Anonymousreply 201February 17, 2017 10:48 PM

r200 it makes someone an unreasonable person.

And apparently, despite being a lefty herself, Close can't stand bias in the media either! She indicated as much on her Twitter!

by Anonymousreply 202February 17, 2017 10:49 PM

R198/202, it is unreasonable to dislike Trump? Wow. Just wow.

by Anonymousreply 203February 17, 2017 10:56 PM

That was BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL, r197! Thanks for tracking that down and sharing! I'm jealous! But, regardless of my jealousy, it's nice to know good, sweet, exciting things like that can happen in a person's life!

by Anonymousreply 204February 17, 2017 10:57 PM

r203- Wow is right! For Heaven's sake, what's the world coming to, when fair, all-out kindness and empathy is a shocking concept!

by Anonymousreply 205February 17, 2017 11:00 PM

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

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by Anonymousreply 206February 17, 2017 11:00 PM

LOL @ r206! Yeah, yeah...we get the message. Hardeharhar!

by Anonymousreply 207February 17, 2017 11:02 PM

I don't even know what to say, R205, so I won't say anything any more. Maybe you just want to provoke.

by Anonymousreply 208February 17, 2017 11:13 PM

Sunset fiasco was 23 years ago. Patti suffered for a long time, she went into a deep depression needed therapy and it almost broke her marriage. Nobody can blame Glenn nor Paramount. Patti writes ALW made all cast decisions. ALW tried to tell Paramount was behind the decisions but the company told it had nothing to do with it. He fired Patti and tried to cut Patti's run short in London so he wouldn't need to pay her. She was off the stage for three days but came back and close her run. Sometimes her husband had to lift her up from the floor before the show. But she went through it and told she would sue ALW before he was willing to pay her.

I think Patti is over it, has been for years. She got to play Sondheim has done new musicals. Maybe we should give it a rest. One day creative team of Sunset hopefully tells their behind the scene stories. Glenn took the role of course but yes, she should have called Patti. One phone call with little bit of empathy was too much to ask for? Let it go my fellow theatre queens.

by Anonymousreply 209February 17, 2017 11:13 PM

R208- if you don't know what to say, that's fine (being speechless is better than resorting to being catty). But, for you to think that my comments were just an attempt to provoke, that's just sad---especially as I haven't said anything divisive or provoking, but merely stated that I hope Glenn would be a big enough person to treat both Hillary and Trump fairly---anything less would be petty, that's the bottom line.

If you think that makes me crazy, so be it.

by Anonymousreply 210February 17, 2017 11:21 PM

If I knew that Glenn was a big enough person to treat both Hillary and Trump with kindness, I would love her even more!!

It's such a gift to be able to be kind to everyone, to try to understand everyone, no matter WHO it is... People like that are like angels on earth.

And someone like Glenn, who tries to approach each of her characters with love and empathy, refraining from judging them as evil, seems to be perfectly suited for being that kind of angel, and I hope to God she is!

We need more people like that in this world.

by Anonymousreply 211February 17, 2017 11:32 PM

[quote]Glenn took the role of course but yes, she should have called Patti. One phone call with little bit of empathy was too much to ask for?

r209, as I said in my r111 post, sometimes, people are clueless. She probably would have called, if she knew how to handle the call. It was probably very hard on her not to call. Most likely, she agonized over what to do and wanted to call, but just had to idea how to handle it.

by Anonymousreply 212February 17, 2017 11:41 PM

Here's a video of somebody claiming they just saw Glenn. Didn't have much flattering to say though.

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by Anonymousreply 213February 17, 2017 11:46 PM

Part 2

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by Anonymousreply 214February 17, 2017 11:50 PM

I always wonder if the people who claim to meet or see these stars are meeting the actual people they think they are. I mean, there are a lot of look-alikes in this world, so if they don't ask the person their name, they are just guessing.

by Anonymousreply 215February 17, 2017 11:56 PM

R190 The original production never recouped.

R191 I doubt Patti cares about a film adaptation. She was never going to do that. But I do wonder how she feeling being in New York, in a show, with billboards with Close in Sunset Blvd everywhere. If she's perfectly ok with it, she's come a long way.

by Anonymousreply 216February 18, 2017 1:51 AM

R214 That lady has a filthy mouth.

by Anonymousreply 217February 18, 2017 2:00 AM

Didn't Glenn marry one of the stagehands from the original run of "Sunset?"

by Anonymousreply 218February 18, 2017 2:15 AM

No, r218. She called him her "partner" and lived with him for 4 years or so, but they never did marry. They just remained engaged until breaking up.

by Anonymousreply 219February 18, 2017 2:23 AM

r169- I hope this doesn't seem too bizarre a request, but since you've seen her woe so many, could you describe what her technique was like? For instance, was she bold and blunt, like "YOU! To my room, now!" Or, was she sly and subtle? Did she have to work at it, or did they just fall at her feet? Whatever her flirting and seduction style was like, could you please describe it?

I find it fascinating that a woman like her is able to pick up so many men, since she's not exactly what most consider "hot" (no offence cause I do love her), so her technique must be one for the records!

by Anonymousreply 220February 18, 2017 2:33 AM

...or, perhaps she's just the type to automatically click with most people. That's possible. But, I imagine she's the one who made the first move most, if not all the time. Is that right, r169?

by Anonymousreply 221February 18, 2017 2:38 AM

r217- not as filthy as Glenn's own daughter's mouth! Sad but true. I hope Glenn doesn't approve of it either.

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by Anonymousreply 222February 18, 2017 2:40 AM

r218- it wasn't a stage-hand through, it was a carpenter for the 1994 SUNSET BLVD show that she became engaged to and lived with for years.

I don't know if carpenters for Broadway shows are rich in their own right, but assuming that he wasn't, it's kinda cute that she almost married a carpenter! The lucky fellow!

by Anonymousreply 223February 18, 2017 2:44 AM

Glenn's daughter seems pretty rude to me, based on pictures and things I've seen. I know looks can be deceiving, but she hardly ever smiles and on top of that, she seems to have no respect for Glenn's fans! She really didn't have to come on so strong and harshly in that tweet in r222 (I've seen other posts where she cusses and is rude as-well). Disappointing. I'd say Glenn spoiled her.

Hopefully, she inherited her attitude from her father's side and not her mother though!

by Anonymousreply 224February 18, 2017 2:51 AM

r224 I wonder if she too is a farter.

by Anonymousreply 225February 18, 2017 2:55 AM

You know r225, there's a special part of the internet for people with your icky fetish!

by Anonymousreply 226February 18, 2017 2:57 AM

r226 I agree! But I did see her in the original run of SUNSET BLVD and waited at the Minskoff stage door for her autograph. She was very sweet. This adorable little girl asked her to sign her playbill and she said she would only if she pulled her finger. The little kid obliged and Braaaaaak! We all howled.

by Anonymousreply 227February 18, 2017 3:00 AM

r227 Never happened!

by Anonymousreply 228February 18, 2017 3:03 AM

r227 LOL Great story! Thanks for sharing.

by Anonymousreply 229February 18, 2017 3:07 AM

r229- the story is straight up fiction, so how can it be great? This thread is for true stories, not made-up ones.

by Anonymousreply 230February 18, 2017 3:09 AM

Ouch! Just watched this VERY AWKWARD interview with Glenn. Cringe-worthy. At a couple points, I thought Glenn and the reporter were gonna get inter a brawl! I feel sorry for that reporter, however. I'm sure she was nervous and wished it had gone better. It's all about chemistry, and they didn't have any.

Here it is:

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by Anonymousreply 231February 18, 2017 4:58 AM

This interview went much better

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by Anonymousreply 232February 18, 2017 4:59 AM

Speaking of chemistry, she and Janet McTeer have fabulous chemistry that I am very envious of, cause knowing my luck, I'd meet her, and it would be the nightmare of r231 all over again!

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by Anonymousreply 233February 18, 2017 5:05 AM

This thread started well and then it turned creepy.

by Anonymousreply 234February 18, 2017 5:11 AM

r334 Creepy??

by Anonymousreply 235February 18, 2017 5:51 AM

I cant believe they want to make a movie of that ALW crapfest! I was actually angry after seeing it. Billy Wilder spinning in his grave, I'm sure. However, Ben Barnes would make a great Joe Gilles.

by Anonymousreply 236February 18, 2017 5:54 AM

r236, wait...you saw it! What year? Did you see Glenn's version or someone else?

by Anonymousreply 237February 18, 2017 5:55 AM

R237 it was the national touring production. Not Glenn unfortunately. I don't remember who was in it. I'll Google it.

by Anonymousreply 238February 18, 2017 6:00 AM

r238- thanks.

by Anonymousreply 239February 18, 2017 6:03 AM

Wow, half of the posts on this thread are by R235.

by Anonymousreply 240February 18, 2017 6:06 AM

About the movie possibilities of Sunset BLVD, I feel like even if the show itself was flawed, the movie would be a crown jewel of contemporary film musicals, taking us back to the days of the grand dame and splashy musical productions of stage to screen adaptations. Think Carousel. This could be great!

by Anonymousreply 241February 18, 2017 6:07 AM

Glenn and her daughter (it's true- she doesn't smile)

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by Anonymousreply 242February 18, 2017 6:09 AM

R237 a Linda balgord? That's what Google brought up. Petula Clark was in the 2nd national tour and I would've remembered her.

by Anonymousreply 243February 18, 2017 6:11 AM

re: r242 well, she smiles sometimes, but her default expression seems to be the opposite of a smile.

by Anonymousreply 244February 18, 2017 6:13 AM

r243 Ah, well, maybe that's why the show didn't leave a good impression on you. Maybe you just need to see it with better stars. Why not nab some tickets to see Glenn? She'll be doing the show until May, I think.

by Anonymousreply 245February 18, 2017 6:15 AM

r240---of course, as it's MY THREAD, so of course half the posts would be by me---I am a good reply-er. Got a problem with that?

by Anonymousreply 246February 18, 2017 6:24 AM

Hollywood won't make it to the film because it wouldn't do well in the box office. Who would play Norma? Hollywood belter? Is there any? Glenn is far too old. Same story with Babs and her latest musical dream.

by Anonymousreply 247February 18, 2017 6:35 AM

r247- the thing is, not having Glenn in the film would positively break my heart! I think she can and should be the star. I agree that she's too old, IF the story stays as-is. But, it could probably be tweaked enough for the screen, to make it feasible.

by Anonymousreply 248February 18, 2017 6:38 AM

Who else thinks she often looks like singer-songwriter, Jill Sobule (who wrote the 1995 hit I KISSED A GIRL, as well as the theme for the HARRIET THE SPY movie, and a song for the CLUELESS film soundtrack).

Here's Jill:

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by Anonymousreply 249February 18, 2017 6:51 AM

...and here's a video of Glenn, to compare:

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by Anonymousreply 250February 18, 2017 6:51 AM

no.

by Anonymousreply 251February 18, 2017 6:54 AM

...of course, there's an obvious age difference, but otherwise, I think they look quite alike, at least enough to be related.

by Anonymousreply 252February 18, 2017 6:54 AM

No.

by Anonymousreply 253February 18, 2017 6:57 AM

Alright, all you lucky insiders---keep on with the stories if you have anymore!! Lets keep this thread interesting! :-)

by Anonymousreply 254February 18, 2017 6:58 AM

No what, r251?

by Anonymousreply 255February 18, 2017 6:59 AM

What is your obsession with who and how many, R240?

by Anonymousreply 256February 18, 2017 7:00 AM

Thank you, r256! You're a dear!

by Anonymousreply 257February 18, 2017 7:08 AM

Spoiler alert, folks!

She's really...

A MAN!

by Anonymousreply 258February 18, 2017 10:19 AM

Linda Balgord was DREADFUL as Norma and DREADFUL as Grizabella. She, I believe, is the one who is known for constantly breaking wind.

by Anonymousreply 259February 18, 2017 12:09 PM

I heard she carries fresh turds in her purse and leaves them randomly placed in the most inconspicuous places she visits throught her day. Noxious shit pies. Very Joyce Bulifant.

by Anonymousreply 260February 18, 2017 12:21 PM

r160- you have issues. I'm sure there's a name for it somewhere... I suggest you visit Glenn's BringChange2Mind org.; you may find the help you need there.

by Anonymousreply 261February 18, 2017 1:03 PM

r260 Yuck! But she did sing MEMORY horribly.

by Anonymousreply 262February 18, 2017 2:23 PM

More dirt on her resting bitch-faced daughter!

by Anonymousreply 263February 18, 2017 3:42 PM

r263-Well, it's not dirt, but here, you can tell that her daughter really HATES the autograph hunters---even when Glenn herself tries to take a second to talk to them... she hates it.

However, Glenn is adorbs here.

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by Anonymousreply 264February 18, 2017 4:00 PM

...re: r264- makes me wonder how her daughter will handle fame. She wants to do more acting, has a part in Glenn's upcoming film, etc. and yet has a total disdain for the people who help keep their careers relevant!

I know fame can be annoying. I know celebrity culture is stressful, and that the expectation to look good and talk to these people all the time seems silly. BUT! We (and they) ought to try to see the bigger picture... For instance, as annoying as some autograph hunters may be, they do serve a purpose---they bring a gift to fans who aren't lucky enough to be able to meet their star, they bring a sense of excitement to some bedridden person out there who might look at that framed autograph that he/she ordered on ebay or wherever, as their prized possession. Or, perhaps someone buys it as a gift for their loved one who would have no other guarantee of getting an autograph otherwise. So, when taking this into consideration, it really makes the stars who refuse to sign more than one photo look really bad, as well as the people who belittle the autograph hunters---because they do serve a purpose, like it or not.

Another thing to consider is the livelihoods of the people involved. We must remember that these people that the stars and their families like to think of simply as pests may depend heavily on the kindness of the stars, for their very livelihoods---in much the same way that indie film peddlers depend on the kindness of investors. It's all a web of interdependency, all part of the same big business.

Another thing stars tend to complain about (and even Glenn has said a few words about this) is the fashion industry and how they impact celebrity culture and therefore the jobs of actors and actresses. Many actors and actresses complain that their job now includes being a fashion model. But, they need to understand that this has been the case with stars ever since the advent of full-length motion pictures. It has to do with the level of outreach that one movie can have, which is full of potential. Recognizing that potential, many different industries looked to harness the power of it, by interweaving their product into the film – and that includes the close the stars wear.

Contrary to what most actors and actresses like to believe, it's not just about the art of acting – films are about art in all its forms, which includes music, fashion, furnishings, etc. etc. So, is it really any surprise that stars are not only expected to act, but appreciated for being human manikins as well?

It may be annoying, but stars need to understand that many people are depending on them – if they don't where the close and mention the fashion designer on the red carpet, that person may not get the money that they are depending on for their next project. That designer may not be able to stay in business. If stars don't pose for pictures like they are asked, that photographer doesn't earn his wages. If stars aren't time to reporters, those reporters don't get the story, and therefore, but they don't stay in business.

Many people are depending on the kindness of these stars. Not only the fans, but many people in and out of the business sector, and in and out of their own lives – depend on their kindness. So, to see anyone related to that star acting annoyed shows me that not only do most people lack the full comprehension of what it all means, but they lack the foresight to even care about how their reactions could affect these people's lives.

So again, it is very unfortunate for me to see this, knowing what it really means – when looking at the bigger picture. That's why I'm pleased to see Glenn at least friendly enough not to turn most of these people away. I just wish most people would understand what all this really means. It's not as simple as being annoying to a star.

by Anonymousreply 265February 18, 2017 4:25 PM

Christ, that ^ could be discarded lyrics from Sunset Blvd. Lets title it Reverse Norma.

by Anonymousreply 266February 18, 2017 4:31 PM

I like watching celebrity autograph videos. They may not know it, but they reveal a big part of their personality and those few moments. How they treat their fans (or even the so-called pesky hounds and paparazzi) in that short time, says a great deal about who they are as people, and the kind of general disposition they have.

So the autograph hunters not only provide a service for gift givers, etc. – they also open a window to the side of the star that we may never see – possibly the most honest, most wrong side of the star – and that is, how they interact with people outside the scripted setting. Quite interesting to behold!

I'm happy to report that with the exception of maybe one video, Glenn has been nice in all the autograph videos I've seen. For some reason, the autograph hunters seem to think that she doesn't like signing or taking self is the people – yet, even as they are saying that, she's doing it – so, maybe their teasing her? I can't be sure, but evidence shows that Glenn is pretty friendly for the most part.

Here's an article dealing with the most friendly autograph signers, who are, in turn the most friendly stars to their fans. An interesting read!

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by Anonymousreply 267February 18, 2017 4:40 PM

I will say that ironically, on balance, Glenn seems like a better signer to the autograph hounds and nicer to the paparazzi than say, Meryl Streep – who barely acknowledges their existence or just ignores them completely.

by Anonymousreply 268February 18, 2017 5:01 PM

R265 is taking this issue very seriously.

by Anonymousreply 269February 18, 2017 5:27 PM

r269- Yer darn tootin'! :-)

by Anonymousreply 270February 18, 2017 5:42 PM

Glenn is great as Norma Desmond! Don't miss it.

by Anonymousreply 271February 18, 2017 6:06 PM

Here's a weird story from someone who claims to have went to Glenn's house on Halloween for a party.

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by Anonymousreply 272February 18, 2017 6:26 PM

A comment was left in the "comments" section of this article, in which someone mentions having met her at a school soccer game:

[quote]Met her once at a kids football game (her daughter and my cousin were on the same team), and I can attest that she is lovely and makes great cookies. Also I explained the Golden Goal rule to her. Not entirely sure why.

Now, these are the kind of comments that are priceless! Thank you, random internet person, for helping us to know THE Glenn Close just a little bit more!

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by Anonymousreply 273February 19, 2017 5:48 AM

R194. Poor Glenn...

[quote]Q: Who’s on your list of current-day great actresses?

[quote]A: It’s a short list. I love Jessica Lange, always been a fan of hers. Annette Bening. And Kate Winslet. She’s always been good, even in those early movies in England.

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by Anonymousreply 274February 19, 2017 6:02 AM

I clicked on this video thinking that it was Glenn Close on an early episode of the view, but it was, in fact, an SNL skit, lampooning a visit from Glenn. Unexpected, but good.

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by Anonymousreply 275February 19, 2017 6:15 AM

re: r272 Too bad Glenn didn't dress as Cruella De Vil for that Halloween party. Would have been perfect!!

by Anonymousreply 276February 19, 2017 7:50 AM

Article comments are sometimes better than the articles they follow! Here's a funny one about Glenn and a blog she used to run:

[quote]Close is all about the good connection. On Lively Licks, the dog blog she co-authors with her terriers Jake and Bill (they share the byline), along with the celebrity Q&As, and the serious reads on Puppies Behind Bars, Close herself offers counsel to concerned mutt-lovers. "Betty Wigglesworth must continue to sleep with you, especially now that she is getting older," she advises one. To another: "The important thing to remember when cleaning up an accident is to use a cleaning product that removes all the odour." Dear Christ........

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by Anonymousreply 277February 19, 2017 7:58 AM

r29, r44 r56 r80 r142 r154 r178 taha.

by Anonymousreply 278February 19, 2017 1:32 PM

Any truth to the rumor that she got into it with Julia Roberts on the set of Mary Reilly for taking a spin on Julia's golf cart without permission?

by Anonymousreply 279February 19, 2017 3:47 PM

R279 um, what? Lmao

by Anonymousreply 280February 19, 2017 3:53 PM

Bi-polar sister and schizophrenic nephew.

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by Anonymousreply 281February 19, 2017 4:02 PM

Speaking of Patti ,could you imagine her as Alex in Fatal Attraction? Michael Douglas sucking on those huge tits!

by Anonymousreply 282February 19, 2017 4:04 PM

R282 Poor Glenn, with her tic-tac titties and birdcsge chest.

by Anonymousreply 283February 19, 2017 4:14 PM

Kathleen always readily admitted her own chest wasn't much (but those LEGS...)

by Anonymousreply 284February 19, 2017 7:33 PM

r281- i.e. interesting folks! Her nephew is a really nice dude from what I've seen... good vibes. And her sister reminds me of Carrie Fisher (they sound a lot alike, from life to voice). They seem like okay people.

by Anonymousreply 285February 20, 2017 1:21 AM

Where did you hear that rumor, r279?

by Anonymousreply 286February 20, 2017 1:23 AM

You're weird, r278!

by Anonymousreply 287February 20, 2017 1:23 AM

I like that Glenn is part Southern Bell; her grandmother on her dad's side goes all the way back to the Confederacy and before. She has roots all over Georgia, Virginia, and Texas. In fact, her great-grandfather on her grandmother's side was a Texas oilman, if I'm not mistaken. They got mixed up with the Yankees, but she's still got some Southern in her – AND she graduated from a Southern College! Unlike Meryl Streep, Glenn is much more interesting and has Southern blood, which means Southern charm – no wonder she's not as loud mouth as Meryl!

by Anonymousreply 288February 20, 2017 1:29 AM

...Of course, I'm pickin' at straws here – cause she's way more Yankee than Southern. But, gotta appreciate it where I can find it!

by Anonymousreply 289February 20, 2017 1:36 AM

[quote]I like that Glenn is part Southern Bell

Does she ring any differently?

by Anonymousreply 290February 20, 2017 1:38 AM

Ring? You mean *ping*, don't you, r290? And Yup, she does, haha! She definitely pings, especially lately!

by Anonymousreply 291February 20, 2017 1:45 AM

Early in her life, she didn't ping at all...I mean AT ALL! But, I think she's found her own voice more and more over the years and hence, is starting to ping. Like, really ping.

by Anonymousreply 292February 20, 2017 1:48 AM

[quote] I love you, Glenn!

She can't hear you!

by Anonymousreply 293February 20, 2017 1:48 AM

r293- Says you!

by Anonymousreply 294February 20, 2017 1:50 AM

[quote] They got mixed up with the Yankees, but she's still got some Southern in her – AND she graduated from a Southern College!

William and Mary is a Southern college? Who knew?

by Anonymousreply 295February 20, 2017 1:50 AM

If she can't hear us, it would be because her *ping* is too loud, LOL!

by Anonymousreply 296February 20, 2017 1:51 AM

What the heck are you on about, r295? She went to college in Virginia, which is in THE SOUTH!

by Anonymousreply 297February 20, 2017 1:55 AM

R46 The Knife start @ 12:58.

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by Anonymousreply 298February 20, 2017 1:56 AM

[R46] The Knife I'm meant start @9:53.

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by Anonymousreply 299February 20, 2017 1:59 AM

One of Glenn's first acting gigs was at the College of William and Mary, in Virginia, playing a southern plantation owner's daughter! 40 years earlier, and she could've been Scarlet O'Hara ;-)

by Anonymousreply 300February 20, 2017 2:05 AM

GREAT FIND, r298/299!!

There's a Vogue video series on YouTube, called 73 Questions, in which an interviewer usually visits stars at their homes, to ask them 73 Questions about themselves. And I was just thinking how lovely it would be if Glenn did that – because then we could see her home. So, this is quite a nice compromise! And just in time too.

Now, wouldn't it be neat to see what Jessica Lange, and Meryl Streep's house is like!

by Anonymousreply 301February 20, 2017 2:36 AM

Everything Glenn does seems extremely calculated...

by Anonymousreply 302February 20, 2017 2:38 AM

What do you mean by "calculated" and "bad closeted lesbian vibes"? Good you explain what it is about her or what she did that makes you think that, r302?

by Anonymousreply 303February 20, 2017 2:45 AM

R303 She reminds me of an annoying Beth Jarrett, but not in a good way.

by Anonymousreply 304February 20, 2017 2:50 AM

r304- and you got that from watching the video that r299 posted?

Also, when you said "bad" closeted lesbian vibes, do you mean bad that she's closeted or bad that she's lesbian?

by Anonymousreply 305February 20, 2017 2:55 AM

...not that she is. Just asking.

by Anonymousreply 306February 20, 2017 3:01 AM

r279- The closest thing I can find about Glenn Close and Julia Roberts going at it is this head-to-head match-up of their careers. IA can't find anything in search about the golf cart rumor. I wish you would let us know where you heart/read that!

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by Anonymousreply 307February 20, 2017 5:34 AM

Get a load of Glenn shamelessly flirting abs sitting on David Letterman's lap here! Hmmm... I can start to see what r128 was talking about now!

[And I DO think she's probably great in bed! You can't be that playful and not be a dream come true in bed!]

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by Anonymousreply 308February 20, 2017 6:06 AM

One thing I gotta say for r128 revelation---at least she doesn't discriminate! If true, I love how she'll screw you, pretty much no matter where you are on the social ladder! That's a fine quality--seriously!

by Anonymousreply 309February 20, 2017 6:13 AM

...I mean, imagine all the happy people she left in her wake! :-D

by Anonymousreply 310February 20, 2017 6:15 AM

《 [Julia] dismisses the looniest lump of dirt--that she and costar Glenn Close squabbled over the use of a golf cart on the set--as tabloid fiction. "We never had a golf cart altercation in any way," she says, working hard to stifle a laugh. "She never asked me about my golf cart. She never wanted to borrow it. She never admired it." 》

--Entertainment Weekly, February 23, 1996

by Anonymousreply 311February 20, 2017 6:41 AM

r311- Hey, thanks for tracking that down! What an odd rumor!

by Anonymousreply 312February 20, 2017 6:50 AM

re: 309- ...the best part about it is that I might stand a chance with her! ;-)

by Anonymousreply 313February 20, 2017 9:05 AM

re: r309- ...the best part about it is that I might stand a chance with her! ;-)

by Anonymousreply 314February 20, 2017 9:06 AM

Random thought: Glenn's supposed shame regarding her time with the singing group UP WITH PEOPLE is akin to Sally Field's embarrassment at being THE FLYING NUN; both of them fail to appreciate how positive, uplifting, and GOOD those gigs really were. Both of them, through those jobs, helped to spread the message of positivism and love. So, the fact that both Sally and Glenn buck against giving any appreciation for what their roles in those things truly meant has a way of souring them to me. I can only hope that what r8 said regarding Glenn and the group is true.

by Anonymousreply 315February 20, 2017 9:18 AM

r302/r304 - I take it you aren't a fan?

by Anonymousreply 316February 20, 2017 9:20 AM

WHEN are we going to get more insiders on this thread?! Have we run out of them already???

by Anonymousreply 317February 20, 2017 9:22 AM

I used to wait on her in a store when I was a teen. She was actually always quite nice and after a while I used to even ask her about plays and movies she did. I used to get really nervous talking to her (and almost anybody actually back then) and she would always kind of try to bring me out and encourage my questions.

I'd say she is one of the good ones.

by Anonymousreply 318February 20, 2017 9:26 AM

r302- Are you saying that she's intentionally putting out "closeted lesbian vibes"?! Are you calling her a fake closeted lesbian?

LOL, that's kinda funny to think about.

by Anonymousreply 319February 20, 2017 9:27 AM

That makes me happy, r318! Thanks so much for sharing <3

by Anonymousreply 320February 20, 2017 9:29 AM

...what other celebs did you met on the job, and were they nice too? P.S. Did you ever get Glenn's autograph or a picture with her?

by Anonymousreply 321February 20, 2017 9:31 AM

Opinions on this?

Strange that someone would go through all the trouble to make a video of a theory that can so easily be proven false. But, it must make Glenn frustrated, since there's nothing she can do about it; her looks are simply her looks.

P.S. While saying Glenn isn't really a woman, he says Robin Williams wasn't really a man! Oh, the irony!!

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by Anonymousreply 322February 20, 2017 12:09 PM

I think if Glenn Close were cast the television show Taxi in the role that she auditioned for which ultimately went to Marilou Henner things would have turned out very differently in that she probably would have not gone in to movies just yet and might have remained on Broadway for a bit long since she had already had some Broadway cred under her belt what with her starring in Barnum and all but rather not going in to the movies which is an interesting parallel with her age now being older and being cast again 20 years later in a part that she won a Tony for on Broadway in Sunset Boulevard but it's a finely nuanced different performance that it was back then and I wonder if Marilou Henner would have gone the opposite route and perhaps beome a big Broadway star and Glen stuck on the small sceen because I think Marilou had some Broadway cred as well in I think it might have been Grease.

by Anonymousreply 323February 20, 2017 1:14 PM

Glenn should have won the Oscar for Dangerous Liasions.

by Anonymousreply 324February 20, 2017 1:25 PM

She strikes me a being a lot like Patty Hewes, and that's the character wasn't much of a stretch for her.

Damages was delicious by the way, I should start a Damages thread.

by Anonymousreply 325February 20, 2017 2:54 PM

I just coaxed a relative into watching Glenn Close interviews with me on YouTube for over an hour! (yeah, I'm a bit obsessed)

He'll either end up loving her, or rue the day she ever stepped in front of a camera, LOL!

by Anonymousreply 326February 21, 2017 1:48 AM

Re-posting the video from r298, to say that you actually get to see the inside of her house and watch her act silly and cook! Definitely not your average backstage Broadway video! It's way more personal, like a mini Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous episode, but more relaxed and natural. A MUST!

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by Anonymousreply 327February 21, 2017 3:52 AM

r325- I sort of feel that way too. As much as people say that acting is pretending, I think a bit of the real person always seeps through in every role an actor and actress play!

by Anonymousreply 328February 21, 2017 3:56 AM

[R323] - I found Marilu underwhelming in Chicago. It may have been due to her being away from the stage and acting for the camera for too long. She just didn't have any pizzazz.

by Anonymousreply 329February 21, 2017 4:10 AM

William and Mary is in Williamsburg, VA, not Maryland so Glenn is indeed partly Southern Bell !

by Anonymousreply 330February 21, 2017 10:11 AM

r330- You got that right, baby!

She's about a quarter Southern by lineage (her dad was half Southern), and her attending a Southern college just seals the deal, showing an embracing of her Southern side. All that considered, it starts to make sense why she doesn't like large crowds or the big city.

by Anonymousreply 331February 21, 2017 10:35 AM

And here's Glenn, showing pride in her Southern Alma Mater, with a William and Mary cap.

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by Anonymousreply 332February 21, 2017 11:12 PM

Editor: please this has gone on long enough! F&F!

by Anonymousreply 333February 21, 2017 11:16 PM

Notice how, in the video in r327, she's making a true southern staple, biscuits! Yum!

by Anonymousreply 334February 21, 2017 11:16 PM

r333- You're just jealous, Meryl, cause you weren't blessed with any Southern heritage (and it shows!).

by Anonymousreply 335February 21, 2017 11:19 PM

You know how there are some people you aren't really attracted to, but you wish you were, cause you somehow love them in some way? That's Glenn Close to me.

by Anonymousreply 336February 21, 2017 11:22 PM

I can't believe she had the nerve to do this, much less admit to it! Funny, but eww!

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by Anonymousreply 337February 22, 2017 12:41 AM

r337 Great story! And maybe the farting troll wasn't far off from the truth!

by Anonymousreply 338February 22, 2017 3:09 AM

r338- So, are you the "fart troll"?

by Anonymousreply 339February 22, 2017 3:25 AM

r25- Interesting. Where did you hear that?

by Anonymousreply 340February 22, 2017 3:34 AM

r329 - So did I. We all know Marilu is an emotional wreck and completely lacking in confidence. We all saw that as it played out on "Dancing with the Stars". Poor Derek Hough to be partnered with that red-headed ball of nerves.

by Anonymousreply 341February 23, 2017 11:23 AM

R/76 here. Yes, R/78. it was definitely her. While waiting for the light to change, she turned and looked right at me. I've found various different "official" heights for her online. She might be 5'3" tops....but she was tiny, much slighter than she appears onscreen. I still remember that very tightly pulled face lift of hers. Hopefully it has settled by now.

by Anonymousreply 342February 23, 2017 11:21 PM

r342- Well, one thing's for sure, most of the people who've met her seem to all agree that she's very small--- one person here even described her as an "elf" haha!

by Anonymousreply 343February 25, 2017 12:03 AM

Here's a nice comment posted about her on another thread:

[quote]Glenn Close went out of her way to help a friend of mine whose partner had died - and she didn't know him at all. Good lady.

:-)

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by Anonymousreply 344February 25, 2017 12:06 AM

Did she try to fuck Keanu when she made Dangerous Liaisons? She liked young guys.

by Anonymousreply 345February 25, 2017 12:09 AM

re: r343- Speaking of her being short, here's another story:

[quote]I don't have the over active gaydar of most of you but even to me Glenn has always pinged big time. And yet - given her history and no remote rumors - she may be one of the few who is 100 percent straight. Who the fuck knows.

Sometimes appearances can be deceiving!

I have met her a couple of times though and she was very chill. No entourage; was game for chit chatting with anyone, even nobodies. Short - 5'4" at most.

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by Anonymousreply 346February 25, 2017 12:17 AM

re: [R343]- Speaking of her being short, here's another story:

[quote] I don't have the over active gaydar of most of you but even to me Glenn has always pinged big time. And yet - given her history and no remote rumors - she may be one of the few who is 100 percent straight. Who the fuck knows. Sometimes appearances can be deceiving! I have met her a couple of times though and she was very chill. No entourage; was game for chit chatting with anyone, even nobodies. Short - 5'4" at most.

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by Anonymousreply 347February 25, 2017 12:19 AM

[quote]sorry Meryl but I met Glenn Close and she was super nice,chatty and friendly

These stories are making Glenn look pretty good, I must say. That's great!

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by Anonymousreply 348February 25, 2017 12:23 AM

Another fab story someone here shared:

"Regardless of what M says Glenn Close is a wonderful person....I know from personal experience---

When I was 19 I was attacked and beat up. I kind of developed that selective mutism thing (like the guy in Big Bang Theory)and started hating people. For like six months I only spoke to my parents and doctors. Friends of my parents knew her and invited us over. They informed her that I was a big fan and what had happened to me. She sat next to me for a long time and talked about her career and let me ask all sort of questions. I was like deathly afraid of speaking but I so much wanted to talk to her I was able to do it. She was really patient and really helped me.

Wonderful woman."

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by Anonymousreply 349February 25, 2017 12:27 AM

When I was twelve our house caught fire and Glenn Close was jogging by at the time. Not only did she save my grandparents from the second floor by carrying them down the old oak tree, but she tied a ribbon around it, allowing my long lost father to come home, dug a well so we could fight the fire and then offered some kind words and appropriate grains to the Muslim family next door who, to be honest, had been shunned. When she sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" before blowing the members of the fire department, well I don't mind telling you there was a tear in my eye that wasn't related to cinders in the air.

But her daughter is a bitch. Just stood there saying "hurry up, Mom." Weird. And it was Christmas day.

by Anonymousreply 350February 25, 2017 12:43 AM

r350- LOL, literally! Good one! With all due respect to Glenn though, I do believe most/all the stories shared have been true.

by Anonymousreply 351February 25, 2017 12:50 AM

In answer to the question of who are the genuinely nicest people on Broadway, one DL person responded:

"My interactions with Glenn Close have also always been very pleasant."

Score more good points for Glenn!

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by Anonymousreply 352February 25, 2017 12:53 AM

r345- If what r128 says is true, then most likely yes. It's hot that she likes'em young! But, I did read an interview with her in which she addressed the subject of May-December romance, and was a bit stunned with how blunt she was about it; she said that most young people don't want to be with an old person, because when you're young and have tight skin, you don't like the idea of being with someone who's skin is so lose and soft, or something like that.

But, I think it's all about the pairing. In certain cases, age-difference relationships are as sexy as it gets!

by Anonymousreply 353February 25, 2017 1:08 AM

Hmmm... 353 posts later, and only one sort of snotty story about Glenn at r9. So, I guess it's safe to conclude that at the very least, the rumors about the Sunset Blvd crew not liking her or the ones about her being a bitch to fans were either fabricated or blown out of proportion.

by Anonymousreply 354February 25, 2017 1:19 AM

It's just come to my attention that some people on this thread took offence at r28, r37, and r45.

Regarding r28, when I said Glenn was bad for the cult, I just meant that Glenn was a "bad fit" for the cult, not that Glenn was bad in general.

Regarding r37, what the what?! What is so offensive about that video? I'm surprised people here were offended by it (I was informed). But why? It's about a Glenn encounter, and that's neat! If you were offended that I say she was being a bit "mean" with her comment and by driving off so quickly, sorry. That's just how I saw it.

And for those of you that took offence at r45, it was just a gag post. So many here seem to like dirt, gossip, and Patti Lupone, that I thought I'd share that video in good humor.

Also, this thread has been labeled by some on DL as being ridiculing of Glenn's daughter, so I'd like to clear the air on that right now:

As a fan, it's very painful to think that anyone related to a favorite star (much less the favorite star their-self) would look down on fellow fans. It's painful to see the daughter of a favorite star lash out at fans, like Glenn's daughter did when she told one to "Stop being creepy and get a fucking life!" all because that fan had opened up an Instagram account for Glenn, and made the mistake of calling it "Official". Because of this, the daughter got angry and presumed a mischievous intent on behalf of the fan, when it could have very well been nothing more than a well-meaning tribute to her mother. I should know---back when I was new to the internet and still litter more than a kid, I opened up a fan site for a favorite singer. Back then, I think I toyed with using the word "official" as part of it's title, because I thought all that word meant was that the site was better than the competition. I, as a young person, had no real idea the implications that really came with that word. As far as I was concerned, calling your online site "official" was sort of another way of calling it "cool". So, if I could be so mistaken about the use of that word, once upon a time, then who's to say that the Instagram Glenn Close fan wasn't just mistaken too? So, as a fellow fan, I feel for anyone who might have made a mistake like that, because can you imagine how devastating it would be for the daughter of your fave to say that to you? I mean, other people could say it, and it might roll off you like water off a duck's back. But, this is your fave's offspring---like your fave 2.0! So, think about it....that hurts!!

So, anyway, at least one person on DL has accused this thread of "making fun" of Glenn's daughter. But, I hope everyone who might be reading this now knows better; it's not "making fun" of someone to point out their hurtful comments or actions. It is merely venting, wanting some feedback, and maybe some indication that it's not how it seems.

Speaking of "seems", I'm pleased to learn, based on the responses to this thread so far, that Glenn is a lot more friendly than she seems to some. Thanks all, for the replies so far!

by Anonymousreply 355February 25, 2017 2:04 AM

Any others on DL ever met Glenn or know a Glenn story? If so, please share! They've been super so far!! :-D

by Anonymousreply 356February 25, 2017 2:09 AM

I wish this thread was called "All about Glenn Close" instead of "Glenn Close stories" because I don't have a story, but I do have a question: what's her middle name? Her name is so short and simple, she must have a middle name, right? Anyone know?

by Anonymousreply 357February 26, 2017 2:11 AM

I was about to send her a sort of get-well-soon letter, and then I realized this article was from last year. In any case, between that and Glenn's having to have part of a lung removed during the 1995 run, plus the Patti Lapune and Faye Dunaway associated SB drama, it seems a bit like Sunset Blvd the Musical is rather cursed.

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by Anonymousreply 358February 26, 2017 2:20 AM

Comment by a fan, related to the above article which I found noteworthy:

"there has been a lot of vitriol aimed at Glenn herself these past few days- such a dreadful shame after all the wonderful reviews and comments she’s had. Arguments that her understudy ‘is the original Norma’. Ridiculous comments about ‘stunt casting’, stating she should ‘go home’ as she is a Hollywood actress ‘not up to the part’ – all comments made by people who are complaining they didn’t see her!

Glenn Close is a consumate professional and was a theatre performer way before Hollywood came knocking. She’s apparently spent hours outside the theatre after each show, signing autographes and climbing on cars to ensure she signs as many programmes as possible. Maybe her generosity has been her downfall and that’s why she’s now stuck at home with the flu.

Do people really think she’s thrilled about letting all these people down? I suspect she is the person most devasted by all of this."

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by Anonymousreply 359February 26, 2017 2:31 AM

cont. r359

[quote]September 3, 2016 at 5:27 pm I will NEVER again book any show that involves that woman. A few years back we had tickets to see Streetcar at the NT. She was a no-show for weeks. I had seen that play numerous times and never would have gone to see it again if she weren’t in it. There wasn’t even a pre-show announcement and certainly no refunds. Disgraceful.

Ouch! That was harsh! But, I can understand the frustration.

Anyone know what the story is behind her absence from A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE all those years ago?

by Anonymousreply 360February 26, 2017 2:42 AM

This is no surprise!

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by Anonymousreply 361February 26, 2017 3:10 AM

R360, perhaps Glenn was reeling from the unkind reviews.

"Glenn Close is a hard-edged and sexless Blanche Dubois," sniffed BBC News.

"A firm-jawed Glenn Close looked as if she could thump Ian Glen's fine-boned Stanley for keeps," mused the New York Times.

"Is vulnerability within [Close's] compass? On the evidence of her performance here, the answer, I'm afraid, is a pretty emphatic no. With that determined cut of jib, she comes across as a tough cookie who is engaged in an arch impersonation of Blanche. The ladylike airs on her arrival at her sister's New Orleans apartment are too confidently imperious," observed The Independent.

In other words, the lady was too overpowering to play a faded Southern belle on the cusp of madness.

by Anonymousreply 362February 26, 2017 3:13 AM

r362- Good post! And to think, she started out playing delicate, mostly vulnerable women, which she was so effective at, that people her stunned at first to see her take on the role of a force like Alex Forest! Yet now, the forceful woman is the only type of woman she seems to be accepted as. Oh, what a difference the years make!

by Anonymousreply 363February 26, 2017 3:19 AM

[quote]... but I do have a question: what's her middle name? Her name is so short and simple, she must have a middle name, right? Anyone know?

....It must be gender neutral...kikikiki

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by Anonymousreply 364February 26, 2017 3:21 AM

cont. r363 ...I must add though that the casting of her as Blanche seemed like a big mistake in the first place. She's wasn't the right age or type for the part. An actress can be a grad-A star, but without the right part, she won't shine. That's true of all of them, not just Glenn. That's why good casting directors are such treasures.

by Anonymousreply 365February 26, 2017 3:24 AM

I saw her Streetcar in London years ago; her characterization was misbegotten (as r362 said, she was far too strong, and not at all fragile or facing any mental fragility). Essie Davis, as Stella, won an Olivier, and owned that stage.

Essie also was about 30 years younger than Glenn at the time, and it showed the miscasting, big time.

by Anonymousreply 366February 26, 2017 3:26 AM

i saw her naked once. and she had an OILY FACE

by Anonymousreply 367February 26, 2017 3:28 AM

r364- Speaking of gender, Meryl, lookie what I found! NOW what do you have to say for yourself???

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by Anonymousreply 368February 26, 2017 3:28 AM

r367- Oily face? I thought you would say flat bottom, short legs or something like that, but oily face? That would't be the thing I remember about someone I was seeing in the nude, haha!

by Anonymousreply 369February 26, 2017 3:32 AM

r366- You're right, the casting was awful for Glenn. She didn't fit the part. I don't even have to have seen the show to know that. And sadly, it's beginning to seem like r362 may be right that she stayed away due to the bad reviews. But, I can't imagine she would CHOOSE to disappoint all those paying customers (because that would only make them hate her, which she wouldn't want---unless she convinced herself not to care what they thought).

I was hoping somebody would know for sure that she was out on Dr's orders or something and not by choice, cause I'd hate to think of her disregarding her fans like that, but I guess we may never know. I certainly can't find anything online about her reasons for being a no-show for weeks. Heck, I can't even find anything about her being a no-show, except for the comment from the angry fan, stating such.

by Anonymousreply 370February 26, 2017 3:42 AM

Am I the only one who can't access the comments for this article here:

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by Anonymousreply 371February 26, 2017 5:03 AM

Katharine Hepburn wasn't fond of Glenn's feet, and another person up thread said that he used to know her personally, and she was pigeon toed. But, there's a whole wiki page devoted to her feet, and they don't look odd to me. The only odd thing is that thee is a page online devoted to her feet, LOL!

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by Anonymousreply 372February 26, 2017 5:23 AM

This lucky person has a lucky uncle:

[quote]Magpiesdream 1/24/12 9:34am I adore Glenn Close as well! (And for what it's worth, she's supposed to be a cool person in real life. My uncle knows her, and from what he's said, she's pretty rad.)

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by Anonymousreply 373February 26, 2017 6:42 AM

This is very cool---she actually addresses UP WITH PEOPLE in this radio interview (and doesn't flip out when asked--even though I thought for sure she'd snap). She STILL seems ashamed of it though. So, I think by now, it's up to her fans to let her know that some of us actually LIKE that she sang such cheery songs, that even Mister Rogers would approve of!

Nice to hear her on this old radio show. But yeah, if she should be embarrassed of something, UP WITH PEOPLE ain't it.

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by Anonymousreply 374February 26, 2017 6:49 AM

A group of Sunset Blvd fans surprised Glenn outside the theater one night, by singing to her.

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by Anonymousreply 375February 26, 2017 6:55 AM

Up with People was a horrific group. I do not blame her for wanting to forget the experience. It was not "nice" at all but a traveling freak show with young people surrendering their souls for a fleeting moment in the limelight. They were used, abused and tossed back. Also, yes, all Republicans do deserve disdain just for being Republicans. Close has what has been described as a 'patrician' face.

by Anonymousreply 376February 26, 2017 8:16 AM

[quote]Up with People was a horrific group.

I understand you don't like it. But, to want or expect that everyone feels this way is unfair, as it's a matter of opinion, and everyone is entitled to their's and their own tastes without being insulted.

[quote] It was not "nice" at all but a traveling freak show with young people surrendering their souls for a fleeting moment in the limelight. They were used, abused and tossed back.

Yeah, some former members would probably agree with you, while others would probably regard it as the best time of their life. The 2nd opinion is not less valid than the first.

[quote]Also, yes, all Republicans do deserve disdain just for being Republicans.

Nah, I totally disagree. No one "deserves" disdain just for being republican. If you think you're so much better than them, then pity them, teach them, talk to them, try to understand them, but DON'T give them grief, because that's mean and does nothing but make them even more reluctant to change. So, treating them with "disdain" helps absolutely no one. In fact, it hurts your own cause.

Things are not so cut and dry, good and bad, black and white. Embrace the gray area and lead by example. Hence, treat EVERYONE, even republicans and the UP WITH PEOPLE crew with the same kind of mercy, understanding, and decent respect that you would want them to have for you. Otherwise, it just deepens the divide and the ill-will on both sides.

by Anonymousreply 377February 26, 2017 10:28 AM

[quote]I do so remember the times spent in the Piney area(7-78 & on) working & playing with everyone that made it what it was, beautiful and challenging. This included ‘off work’ activities w/the volunteer FD/ambulance of Big Piney. I lived with the Popes of Marbleton and joined the FD, & training as an EMT under the teaching and guidance from Dr Close. He was fun and very knowledgeable about what he was teaching in that class. When an answer was given by me in a verbal test (ectopic pregnancy), he’d heard it. No one else had. Dr Close asked me “OK, now what else are you gonna do?” Jon B would ask me in a moment why I was holding hands with the doctor, my arm around him and asking about ‘his (her)husband’? He announced another time that his daughter had sent Tina and he ” Round trip 1st class air tickets to LA for an award she’d been nominated for, as if I needed her to do that for us.” He was proud of her. Family and others were important to him.

The more I learn of Glenn's dad, the more enamored I become. He was such an interesting man and had such a friendliness about him in every photo I've seen of him! He just seemed nice---genuinely nice. If Glenn is anything like him, that can only be a good thing.

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by Anonymousreply 378February 26, 2017 11:42 AM

...That being said, from what I gather, she always felt closer to her mother (and she got her looks mostly from her mom), but clearly there was an affection for her dad too, even though they probably weren't very close while Glenn was growing up, due to the sort of unusual life they all led, and the unusual career of Dr. Close.

by Anonymousreply 379February 26, 2017 11:47 AM

The lesson she hopefully learned from the following was not that the question wasn't as silly as she thought it was, but that even supposedly silly questions deserve thoughtful answers, because you must think of the interviewer and the pressure he or she is under:

[quote]It seemed like a perfectly good question to ask on the red carpet at Driving Miss Daisy’s opening on Broadway last night: "What do you talk to your driver about?" But when we asked Glenn Close, her face registered shock. "What? Drivers? That’s a silly question! Silly question!" she said, and ran off.

[quote] But just as Grey was cheerfully remembering a Grub Street post about himself, Close rushed back out of the theater doors, grabbed Grey’s shoulders, maneuvered him into a shieldlike position, and started talking to us again. “I’m coming back because I realized why you asked that question. I’m so out of it!” she said. She turned to Grey. “I was mean to her. I was so mean to her!” Grey gasped, “But she’s so sweet!” “She said, ‘What do you talk to drivers about?’ And I thought, That’s a silly question. And then, Hello!” Close gestured at the play’s marquee. “My daughter said, ‘You know why she asked that question, right?’”

[quote]Suddenly she stopped, realizing that she’d hijacked Grey’s interview. “I’m taking up his time! But I had to come back because I was so mean,” said Close, and just as quickly she was back inside the theater.

I'm glad she came back and answered though. But, it's not just about her being wrong about the supposed silliness of the question, it's the fact that even if the question was indeed silly, it should be treated the same as every other question and not ridiculed or ignored, because it's not the question that's most important, it's the person asking the question and their feelings that matter more. That's why stars should never act like a question is stupid, because to a reporter/interviewer who came up with the question, it would be like she was calling them stupid. I hope she knows that now.

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by Anonymousreply 380February 26, 2017 12:07 PM

re: r378- As if he wasn't interesting and remarkable enough, I'm quite sure, given his southern roots, that Glenn's dad (William Taliaferro Close) was a direct descendant of, and totally named after, this here Confederate Army general.

What heritage! :-)

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by Anonymousreply 381February 26, 2017 2:29 PM

I can't believe this degenerated into a war between Up With People and anti Up With People Trolls

by Anonymousreply 382February 26, 2017 2:43 PM

Everyone who is Republican is morally degenerate filth, period.

by Anonymousreply 383February 26, 2017 2:44 PM

R377 for four decades Republicans have been at war with us and dolts like you think you can appease them. You can't. We need to fight, it is long overdue and they are paper tigers.

by Anonymousreply 384February 26, 2017 2:45 PM

You GO, R377. You're 100% right. The dogmatic, angry, closed mindedness around here is stifling. It's so ugly. Thanks for bringing some light.

by Anonymousreply 385February 26, 2017 2:51 PM

The transgender community needs a voice now more than ever and Glenn's celebrity would really help push their cause. Perhaps she is afraid coming out about this would alienate her from her fans. It is amazing how advanced the surgery was so many years ago, although in her face you can still see strong traces of when she was Glen.

by Anonymousreply 386February 26, 2017 2:59 PM

I believe the Glenn troll leading this thread deserved very high status in the Datalounge pantheon of crazies.

by Anonymousreply 387February 26, 2017 3:01 PM

Thank you so much, r85!

I've apparently been branded by some here as a troll, just for posting my thoughts. And I'm now even known as "the Glenn troll" by one, hehe! But, so glad at least somebody sees where I'm coming from. You're a sweetheart <3

by Anonymousreply 388February 26, 2017 4:13 PM

r386- There's only one teensy, weensy little problem with that---if she were trans, she couldn't have given birth like she did.

by Anonymousreply 389February 26, 2017 4:15 PM

Thank you so much, R385!

I've apparently been branded by some here as a troll, just for posting my thoughts. And I'm now even known as "the Glenn troll" by one, hehe! But, so glad at least somebody sees where I'm coming from. You're a sweetheart <3

by Anonymousreply 390February 26, 2017 4:16 PM

A close friend during my teens had cousins (brother and sister) in Up With People. My friend and her parents were pretty typical middle class in their outlook, mainstream moderates in every way. While they were proud of the siblings talent and professional success they did not really like the Up With People organisation. It was clear they disapproved of the extreme conservative behind the scenes reality. I never saw the documentary about UWP but this thread has made me want to track it down.

One of my relatives was a tutor for Annie Starke and then became her full-time nanny. My relative was in her 20s at the time and was a smart, mature, reliable, down to earth person. She was good with children (having grown up in a large blended family of younger kids) and Glenn grew to really love her, and rely on her. My relative had a great experience during those years, was really there for Annie and Glenn, and when Annie no longer needed a nanny Glenn kept my relative on as a personal assistant and stylist.

I only heard good things about Glenn, and by that I mean that she was said to be fun, warm, kind, friendly, and generous with her time and resources in general. You never knew who might show up for dinner, and weekends were usually when people came to dinner. The talent at the dinner table was amazing and dynamic - Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, and many more (I can't remember who all was mentioned over time, as this was years ago.) They were all relaxed and cordial, they were all kind and inclusive of my relative, and there was always a great conversation going on over dinner. And yes, before it was common knowledge I was told about 'the knife.'

I really have no gossip to report, due in part to the fact that my relative is a really discreet person who respects Annie and Glenn's privacy and the privacy of any of their guests. But my relative's overall attitude and feelings about Glenn reflected a good experience and a lot of fondness and respect for Glenn.

The only specific things said were that Glenn could be scattered at times and benefitted from having someone around who kept an eye on that and guided her accordingly. I recall that she said Glenn wasn't always confident about (or perhaps it was more that she didn't really care too much about having to shop) her wardrobe and accessories, so she had always relied on my relative for support with that.

What I see about Annie in videos posted here (and in a few interviews I've read) reflects a couple of things that are not necessarily negative. She may be fundamentally shy, like her mother. She shows a protectiveness toward her mother which could be read as bitchiness, but I think it has more to do with years and years of watching constant overreach, as well as the usual publicity requirements, by the public and press. Her own privacy may have been violated as is true for so many children of celebrities, and she's found her own way to cope. I don't begrudge her that - as much as it's a life of privilege it is not easy for those kids. And remember, as I said, Glenn was said to be "somewhat scattered" and watching her daughter in action it appears that she is often behaving as a dutiful minder for her mother; she may not enjoy all that entails but she is responsible and present for her mother, knowing some of her needs and shortcomings.

Given what celebrity kids can go through it's a testament to Glenn's parenting that Annie seems to be a fairly grounded, confident, responsible young woman.

by Anonymousreply 391February 26, 2017 6:57 PM

Given what celebrity kids can go through it's a testament to Glenn's parenting that Annie seems to be a fairly grounded, confident, responsible young woman.

I worked for the family of a famous artist, and all the children had an oddly distinctive way of being in the presence of people around their home life day in and day out; they were responsive and distantly cordial in a way that suggested 'tuning out' all those people was the only way they kept their privacy in their own home. Since both their parents' studios were in the building where they grew up they had all sorts of assistants, apprentices, other professional artists, writers, the press around the house constantly from their earliest days.

They were in their early 20s when I met them. The eldest son had started a very promising career in the arts, one was an athletic outdoorsman/playboy in the making, and the third was a dedicated horsewoman, but despite their accomplishments everyone wanted to know them because of their famous father and internationally famous and revered great grand-father. If I mentioned their mother, an artist in her own right, to anyone they'd always say, 'she's married to (the famous artist) isn't she? No one ever remembered her name. The same was true with the kids.

Given that's the norm for children of famous people, it looks like Annie isn't necessarily deserving of the bitch reputation here. Yes, I agree - she would be wise to tone down her replies like that one about the unauthorised Glenn Close official Twitter account. But can you imagine how exasperating it might be to deal with that kind of thing constantly? And she is still pretty young. Hopefully as she develops her own career and place in the world she'll learn more diplomatic ways to deal with social media things that annoy her.

by Anonymousreply 392February 26, 2017 7:14 PM

What is Annie's "career" though? What does she do? She had a instagram account on which she posted dishes and meals but she isn't a cook. It doesn't seem like she's doing anything but spending her parents' money, enjoying a privileged life full of travel and sunny beaches all year long.

by Anonymousreply 393February 26, 2017 7:21 PM

^ So? To observe is to gossip. To judge it is to take a position on something that is in no way nor can ever be any of your business. There's an important distinction. BTW, what are you doing with your life, Mother Theresa?

by Anonymousreply 394February 26, 2017 7:29 PM

[R394] to whom are you addressing that comment?

by Anonymousreply 395February 26, 2017 7:44 PM

r391/r392 WOW, you are a diamond among replies here! Many thanks; it was a joy to read!

That's interesting that your fam had ties with UP WITH PEOPLE too. I understand them not being a fan of the strictness behind the scenes, it's just that I love the wholesomeness of the songs so much (even though they might sound silly in a way). It's beautiful, if you think about it. All they sung about was being happy, making others happy, and appreciating the natural beauty of the world. To me, that's an awesome message! So, when Glenn talks like she's ashamed or embarrassed by it, that to me, suggests a deep-rooted cynicism within her that prevents her from appreciating the sweet message of the songs she sang back then, and that's sad. It reminds me of teens who think old 1950s TV shows are stupid, just cause everyone is nice in them. My response to that would be "Yeah, they are. Isn't it great?!" I wish she would understand how bitter a disdain for those sugary songs makes her seem.

Ironically, for someone who must have gotten cynical over the years, she once said during an interview that "cynicism" was her least favorite word, go figure! And note that she says that Madonna is her favorite star. So, I blame all this UP WITH PEOPLE shame on THE MATERIAL GIRL, lol!

I personally commend Close's father for getting the family involved in that stuff back then. Restrictiveness aside, it had a message of living right, helping your neighbor, and being kind. What could be better than that? Put another way, I can't imagine anyone from UwP chewing people out, throwing F-bombs, or in any way trying to be rude. So, that's why I like them.

Deep down though, I think Glenn has or had a bit of a wild streak that just could not be reconciled with her role in UwP. So, she broke away, like a wild stallion jumping a fence. That's understandable. If the group didn't fit her, she needed to leave. I don't fault her that. But, I just wish with all my heart that she would show a little respect for those people who may have loved her in the group, or to those of us who appreciate the sweetness of it. And that wouldn't be hard to do, if she would just say something along the lines of

[b]"UwP was not a very good fit for the person I was to become, so I left. That being said, I realize that it still has its fans, and wherever they are out there, I want them to know I do appreciate it, and I'm glad UwP brought them joy. It may not be me anymore, but I'm happy that some people got some enjoyment out of it, and I wish all my UwP acquaintances well."[b]

I wish she would do that, because otherwise, every-time she speaks in shame of them, it feels like a direct insult to those of us who do like that she was a part of it.

by Anonymousreply 396February 26, 2017 8:00 PM

...Cont. from r396

As for Annie, I think you are spot-on about the fact that she looks out for her mother, like she herself is mothering Glenn. I get that sense too, just by seeing pics and vids of them. It's just that, in the process of being such a warm, loving daughter, she goes to the other extreme with anyone outside her circle. She definitely has the "death stare" down pat! And, I don't know why, but each time I see that, each time I see her being so cold to the fans and autograph hounds around her mother, it pains me on their behalf. I can't explain it, but it kinda hurts. Because maybe they love Glenn, you know? Maybe a smile from Annie, the daughter of one of their faves, would mean the world to them. Conversely, think how her chilly air might have made them feel---especially if they are already insecure about being the least bit likable! So, that's why as a fellow fan, I take all that very personally, even if it's not happening to me, because we all just want to be loved/liked. Hence, the idea that the daughter of someone we like resenting us really hurts, because it's like we're seen as thieves or predators of their time, rather than the well-meaning promoters and supporters that we are.

Maybe it's like you said though, and she'll outgrow that attitude. She does swear a lot on her Instagram, so I'm not sure, but I hope so. In all fairness to Annie though, too many people have attitudes these days, cause they think it's cool, much like the exact opposites of the UwP kids. It's just become the norm everywhere (even on this site), unfortunately. So, it's definitely not just her.

by Anonymousreply 397February 26, 2017 8:01 PM

Cont. from r397

All that being said, I definitely envy Annie, because of her deep capacity to love. As harsh as she may come across to outsiders, it's clear that at least within her family circle, she is blessed with a deep well of warmth and caring from which to draw from. That's not the case with everyone, believe me. Some of us really have a HARD TIME relating to our own families! So, I'm rather jealous in that regard. If only I could experience that kind of closeness and love like Annie so obviously has for Glenn and like Glenn had for her mom. Heck, I might even be willing to throw out a few F-bombs and assume a chilly air myself, if it meant that I could know what that closeness feels like, haha!

But, some of us just aren't emotionally equipped to feel anything other than the surface pleasantries.

by Anonymousreply 398February 26, 2017 8:18 PM

r391- Does your relative still work for Glenn? You said she stayed on as a personal assistant to Glenn after Annie got older, so does that still hold true? I mean, do they still know each-other?

by Anonymousreply 399February 26, 2017 8:33 PM

OMG r386, I'm sure this must be a flub, but look---Glenn is listed as a 69 y/o male on this page! No kidding! Yowza!

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by Anonymousreply 400February 26, 2017 8:40 PM

re: r400 Anyway, that's some mistake! I wonder if it's because her name is Glenn, and the site just made a mistake based on that? Strange.

by Anonymousreply 401February 26, 2017 8:44 PM

A true "Dont fuck with me fellows" face if I ever saw one!

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by Anonymousreply 402February 26, 2017 8:58 PM

r402- She does sort of make me think of Joan Crawford a lot of the time, at least in terms of some of her film roles.

by Anonymousreply 403February 26, 2017 9:03 PM

[R396] Thank you for your kind words.

I think misread my comment about UWP - my family had NO connection with them, my FRIEND's family was involved (cousins, not her immediate family. I know no one who was involved with UWP. I find it hard to explain what the whole attitude toward UWP was like unless you lived in that era. I get your point about feeling uplifted, but some movements or organizations are organised around very strict and repressive fundamentals and rules of conduct which don't allow one's natural authentic personal feelings or beliefs to be expressed. UWP was definitely very repressive to those who participated, based upon what I learned from my friend and her parents. But as I said it was their cousins who were in UWP.

Personally, my gut reaction to UWP at that time was that it was inauthentic emotion on the part of the singers. Just my own experience and point of view, no more no less. Many things I've read bear me out on that, including Glenn's own accounts, but I'm not here to argue about this at all. The songs were VERY sentimental which appeals to some people and not others. I cannot fault Glenn or judge her to be cynical or bitter simply because she experienced what she experienced in UWP, and was pressured to participate, just as she and her siblings had been forced to participate in the Moral Re-Armament movement. That's a complex scenario and it isn't for me to try to simplify that to judgements of cynicism and bitterness on anyone's part. That's Glenn's private life, not her professional life and what that requires her to provide to fans and the general public. Again, this is simply my own opinion.

I think it gets very tricky for celebrities with fans and a public audience to rightfully have their private lives respected as separate from what the public knows or has general access too. Imagine the number of stalkers, or simply unhealthy neediness in some fans, celebrities must deal with?

I extend that same deference to Annie in terms of who she is personally and how she behaves in relation to her mother. I only know so much from an inside source and I don't expect her to live by rules that might be a priority to me.

My comment about her style in response on social media is simply the point of view of someone who's been an adult for a long time. People change over time and often figure out that diplomacy works best in the long run. But there are plenty of people who stay raw and outspoken in their public persona, so that's a choice too. I wish Annie well and hope whatever she chooses for her life experiences gives her fulfilment.

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by Anonymousreply 404February 26, 2017 10:20 PM

[R399] No, my relative stopped working for Glenn after she married and started her own family. She and Glenn and Annie do stay in contact.

by Anonymousreply 405February 26, 2017 10:24 PM

Oops, 'orchestrated' at the end of my comment was meant to be deleted as I used the word 'organised' in its place.

by Anonymousreply 406February 26, 2017 11:12 PM

Glenn played Stella in a production of Streetcar at the McCarter Theatre in 1978. Shirley Knight played Blanche.

by Anonymousreply 407February 27, 2017 1:10 AM

As a Glenn fan, I have to be honest: I was rooting for Meryl tonight and very sorry she didn't win her 4th Oscar. Not that I like the new political, confrontational Streep, but I think she's been picked on as a cliche enough, so I was hoping she would win, for her own sake. I think the Academy screwed up royally on several counts tonight. But, I guess that sort of makes up for Glenn's loss to Meryl back in 2012... Not really, but trying to look on the bright side.

by Anonymousreply 408February 27, 2017 5:53 AM

Do you remember the year Glenn won the Tony for Death and the Maiden, and at the Tony show she was also the hostess? When she introduced Alec Baldwin she commented that he was doing Streetcar in a theatre close to hers, and then she did a horse whinny. What was that about?!

by Anonymousreply 409February 27, 2017 9:40 AM

r409- For real? I looked it up and couldn't find a clip, but that's weird! It had to have been some dirty inside joke, I imagine.

by Anonymousreply 410February 27, 2017 2:29 PM

Here's what a couple of commentators had to say about Glenn, in response to an article on TMZ:

[quote] REY-noldo • 9 years ago I saw the show on Friday. In fact I was at the same show that Glenn was at. ALSO she was at the same resturant as I was. She's a very nice lady and just beautiful in person. SUCK IT !

[quote]Carolyn A-B • 9 years ago Ms. Close is a talented actress and a warm, friendly person I had the pleasure of meeting once. She looks fine, TMZ. She soars like an eagle above the multitude of pigeons out there. Can we take a second and appreciate a genuine artist?

I love reading good things from people who've met her!

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by Anonymousreply 411February 28, 2017 9:31 AM

This article tries to imply that Glenn loses her temper once the sex scene from Fatal Attraction is mentioned, but in the video, I don't see that at all. What I see is a woman who took the time to sign a few photos, but was in a hurry. I think she did maybe get frustrated by the way the paparazzi person was talking, , but she tried to be polite.

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by Anonymousreply 412February 28, 2017 9:38 AM

"Over the past few years, Glenn Close has: wrestled Jimmy Fallon while wearing a gigantic "sumo wrestler" suit, played a game with him called "How many baby carrots can you stuff into your mouth?", and allowed herself to be repeatedly pied in the face. On Leno, she once inserted a water bottle into her mouth and on Letterman, she shocked an audience member by suddenly climbing onto his lap. (Yes ... I've been watching old Glenn Close videos on Youtube).

Anyway, my point is: Glenn Close has always been awesomely fun and I hope her character gets more screen time in the Guardians of the Galaxy sequel."

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by Anonymousreply 413February 28, 2017 11:18 AM

From Up with People Facebook, January 25, 2012: "From Alain Thiry, CEO, in response to recent interview statements by Glenn Close in the popular news media:

I have been a fan of Glenn Close for years but I'm sorry to say I have never met her. I am not upset by Glenn's recent statements as she is most entitled to comment on her personal experience. I would love to have the opportunity to share with Glenn more about what Up with People is today. I believe she would be very proud of the impact we are making in the world and for our students..."

by Anonymousreply 414February 28, 2017 11:56 AM

"Glenn Close appeared at the Florida Film Festival the day after our screening. She was present for a Q&A after the screening of Fatal Attractions. Although numerous people in the audience were wearing SMILE 'TIL IT HURTS buttons, Glenn Close made it clear that she did not want to talk about her experiences growing up in Moral ReArmament and her acting, song and script writing years in Up With People. I don't blame her. It was an intense experience for my husband who kept his own prior involvement secret from me for nearly 15 years. I wasn't in the audience when she held her Q&A, but I hope some day we will have the opportunity to meet. I probably know more than most."

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by Anonymousreply 415February 28, 2017 12:19 PM

" Our Q&A was as vibrant at the second screening as the first when some of the Up With People alumni were in the audience. Among the first questions asked is how Glenn Close views the film, or more appropriately, whether she is coming to accept the reality of her past as a child growing up in Moral Re-Armament and performing in Up With People for many years. I can't speak to how Glenn Close may react to the archival footage of her early acting and singing career in the final cut of SMILE 'TIL IT HURTS. However, after seeing a rough cut of the doc she told our Executive Producer, Jack Lechner, that she felt the film was "too balanced for her taste." Jack says she wanted the film to be more critical of Up With People, but for me I don't think that would have been fair."

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by Anonymousreply 416February 28, 2017 12:23 PM

Why is no one talking about Glenn's shit purses a la La Bulifant?

by Anonymousreply 417March 3, 2017 10:42 AM

I never noticed them, r417.

by Anonymousreply 418March 3, 2017 8:13 PM

I hear that she carries one on stage every night in Sunset. Stinks up the whole place, too. You can smell it as far as row E in the orchestra. So I'm told.

by Anonymousreply 419March 4, 2017 11:42 AM

R410 - I checked my copy of the Tonys show and she gives no explanation for her horse whinny.

by Anonymousreply 420March 6, 2017 5:39 AM

r420- I really think it was an inside joke between her and Baldwin.

by Anonymousreply 421March 6, 2017 6:31 AM

Saw her in SUNSET BLVD last week. She was electric!

by Anonymousreply 422March 6, 2017 11:02 AM

r422 That's great. What theater did you see her at? What is the show schedule like? Will she be playing at that same theater for a while?

by Anonymousreply 423March 6, 2017 12:11 PM

Here's a video someone filmed of her at the stage door, signing after one of the shows. And, I must say, it almost sounds dirty, if you're just hearing it without thinking, LOL!

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by Anonymousreply 424March 6, 2017 12:14 PM

r422- Did you get to meet her after the show?

by Anonymousreply 425March 6, 2017 12:19 PM

Okay, is there anyone here who has seen Glenn in both the 1994 SB production AND this new revival? I'm curious how they compare, because I keep reading that she is "playing the character differently" and I'm unsure what that means. If she's playing the character differently, then that makes me wonder just HOW differently?

To those of you who have been lucky enough to see both, which interpretation do you prefer, and how do the old and new shows compare and contrast with each-other?

Here is what one reviewer says about it.

[quote]Close has reinterpreted her performance from the original Broadway production, in which she portrayed her character as an otherwordly, reclusive relic. Her Norma is now more flesh-and-blood, which makes it much easier to relate to her. The downside is that the more-human Norma becomes increasingly tiresome as she, abetted by her faithful servant Max (Fred Johanson), keeps coming up with a different ailment, physical or mental, each time Joe tries to leave her.

When I read that, my first thought was that Norma sounded much more interesting the first way. "Larger than life" sounds like a much more compelling character than someone described as a "flesh and blood human".

So, what do you all think? How would you rate the two interpretations of Norma by Close?

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by Anonymousreply 426March 6, 2017 12:51 PM

R426 that review is dead on. I like both interpretations. She plays it more human now. It's not so over the top. They both are equally great. I met her the other night too actually for the first time. She was nice enough. Not really interested in what I had to say. Haha. Nor did she offer us a drink from her bar! Rude. Haha.

by Anonymousreply 427March 6, 2017 1:23 PM

[quote] Not really interested in what I had to say. Haha.

R427- Oh dang! It always stinks when people aren't interested. What were you trying to tell her that she didn't seem interested in?

[quote]Nor did she offer us a drink from her bar! Rude. Haha.

Haha! Do you mean the bar from the set? The prop-bar?

by Anonymousreply 428March 6, 2017 1:50 PM

R428 we were sitting around talking about theatre and the show. I was just trying to get in on the conversation. Offer up my perspective. She would just keep talking or look at me and smile. The bar was in her room! A real bar. Small. It was her, me, and three others.

by Anonymousreply 429March 6, 2017 2:00 PM

Wow, r429---that's so lucky! How did you manage that?! Was it part of the ticket price to get to meet her at her bar, or are you a VIP?

by Anonymousreply 430March 6, 2017 2:03 PM

r429- You are now the envy of me! Getting to meet Glenn in her room, like, who does that?! Was it her dressing room at the theater, or was it at her house?

by Anonymousreply 431March 6, 2017 2:05 PM

r429- Please tell me she wasn't drinking in front of you. Now, that would be rude!

by Anonymousreply 432March 6, 2017 2:09 PM

R430 R431 haha. Not really VIP yet. But on my way! I know some people. Yea, it was pretty random. It was cool but not that exciting. Especially when i got the hint to shut the fuck up. Haha.

by Anonymousreply 433March 6, 2017 2:10 PM

r433- You got the hint from her, or was it mostly the other three hogging the convo?

And, not to pry, but was it at her house?

by Anonymousreply 434March 6, 2017 2:12 PM

R434 NO ONE was drinking. It wasn't a direct hint from her. just noticing her not really responding when i spoke. Haha. But she responded to everyone else. So i just sat there. But i thought let's chill, have a drink, talk theatre. Get to know each other. Haha. I'm a very open person. I love to meet new people and have a good time. Kick back. Laugh. Compare our walks of life. Discuss the universe. The world. When we were leaving i felt her distance. I said it was so nice to meet her (IT WAS) and told her to enjoy the rest of her run. And she just smiled. Haha. I know im a stranger meeting her but damn. Haha. I mean no harm. It just started feeling awkward for me.

by Anonymousreply 435March 6, 2017 2:26 PM

r435- Aw, I'm sorry. You seem like a nice person, from what you've described here, and I'm sure she would think so too, if she gave herself a chance to learn about you. Are you an actor, because she says she LOVES her fellow actors, and refers to them as "the alien race". So, that's nice---if you're an actor. If you're not, it could leave you feeling left out, if she's only going to warm up to fellow actors, like a clique or something (which I hope that's not the case). Would hate to think she's clique-ish.

Anyway, perhaps there was just too much to say to the others, etc. If you had more time with her, without the distraction of the others there, it might have been a different story. Glenn says she gets over-stimulated and frazzled easy, so I imagine that having too many people around her at one in conversation might be a bit of a challenge for her on a personal social-skills level. I don't think it was you. Don't worry.

Were you at her house though? I'm just curious what it was like? Did you like it? If it was her dressing room at the theater, how was it decorated?

by Anonymousreply 436March 6, 2017 2:38 PM

...Also, maybe it just takes Glenn a long time to warm up to new people (especially when old friends are there to distract her). So, if you were the new kid on the block, so to speak, while the others were old friends of hers, that may explain her distance too. Sounds to me like she is not good with new people at first. But, that would probably change with time.

by Anonymousreply 437March 6, 2017 2:46 PM

R436 thank you. I am an actor. She knows my colleague. It was her dressing room. It was huge. Beautiful. A lot of blue. Her dog was there. Very cozy, clean, and warm. I still like her. Respect her. She has a warm presence. She is a great actress. We did take a pic together but she has it. Said she was gonna put it in her book.

by Anonymousreply 438March 6, 2017 2:48 PM

R437 i think you might be right

by Anonymousreply 439March 6, 2017 2:53 PM

r438- That's nice that she has a picture with you. So, when she said she is going to put it in her book, I imagine she meant a SUNSET B. scrapbook or themed photo album. Maybe your colleague can get a copy for you though.

Another thing that may explain Glenn's distance is her age comparative to yours. Were you the youngest person in the room? Cause if so, well, some older folks really lock up around younger people. I knew a woman like that once. I adored her, but she told me we couldn't be friends, because I was "like her kids". And so, the more I showed interest in her/tried to talk to her, the more distant she became.

by Anonymousreply 440March 6, 2017 2:57 PM

R440 wow. Yea. Thank you so much. I was the youngest. I'm 36. But i think she might have thought i was younger. My colleague did. He used to treat me weird too now that you mention it. He was shocked when i told him my age. Told me to starting lying saying im younger. Haha. Everyone always thinks im like 28 or 29. I think of myself as older like them. Im turning 37! I've always like hanging around older people. Their wisdom and experiences.

by Anonymousreply 441March 6, 2017 3:06 PM

r441- You're welcome. Yeah, definitely sounds like a case of "Be quiet while the grown ups are talking" coupled with Glenn's own social insecurities. I think the generation gap was coming into play there---at least from Glenn's standpoint. Don't worry about though. She's got a picture with you, so I think you're good :-)

P.S.

If you or someone you know will be seeing her again sometime, could you please ask her if HAPPY TALK was ever filmed for her version of SOUTH PACIFIC? It's not in the final movie, but I'd love to know if it was at least filmed or not (and if not, why). I'd also love to know WHOSE decision it was not to include the song (hoping it wasn't Glenn who cut it out). If you find out, could you post it here? That would be wonderful! And who knows, she may be flattered that you care enough to ask her about that movie (which was a passion-project of hers that she helped produce).

by Anonymousreply 442March 6, 2017 3:38 PM

R442 Yes, i definitely will my friend. I hope i can find out for you.

by Anonymousreply 443March 6, 2017 3:43 PM

r443- Thank you so much <3

by Anonymousreply 444March 6, 2017 3:46 PM

[quote]I love the woman, but back then she had strong features that made her look masculine. I think age has softened those features though.

Your second statement is a joke, right?

R410 and R420, you'd probably prefer another, dirtier explanation, but that horse whinny noise Close made when she mentioned Alec Baldwin was a reference to the fact that, at the time, he was in the news for trying to ban carriage horses in NYC.

[quote]If you or someone you know will be seeing her again sometime, could you please ask her if HAPPY TALK was ever filmed for her version of SOUTH PACIFIC? It's not in the final movie, but I'd love to know if it was at least filmed or not (and if not, why). I'd also love to know WHOSE decision it was not to include the song (hoping it wasn't Glenn who cut it out). If you find out, could you post it here? That would be wonderful! And who knows, she may be flattered that you care enough to ask her about that movie (which was a passion-project of hers that she helped produce).

On the other hand, she may become very angry at the question if, indeed, she was responsible for the decision to cut a song that wasn't hers. P.S. that movie of SOUTH PACIFIC was an embarrassment for her performance and for other reasons.

by Anonymousreply 445March 6, 2017 4:03 PM

r445- Thank you for the explanation regarding the horse noise. Glad to know it wasn't a dirty inside joke, cause that would just be weird to go there on national television, LOL!

As for SOUTH PACIFIC, she did more than give a performance in that movie---she was actually a producer of it, which means that it mattered to her. Therefore, I doubt seriously that she would be anything but happy to talk about it.

Now, about it being embarrassing, we will just have to agree to disagree on that. I think hers is the best Nellie Forbush I've ever seen (and I've seen quite a few)!

by Anonymousreply 446March 6, 2017 4:10 PM

[quote]As for SOUTH PACIFIC, she did more than give a performance in that movie---she was actually a producer of it, which means that it mattered to her. Therefore, I doubt seriously that she would be anything but happy to talk about it. Now, about it being embarrassing, we will just have to agree to disagree on that. I think hers is the best Nellie Forbush I've ever seen (and I've seen quite a few)!

You seriously doubt that she might become upset if someone were to ask her why a song sung by another character was cut from a movie that she co-produced? Whatever...

And yes, we will have to disagree about her performance as Nellie Forbush. For what it's worth, I would say her actual performance of the character she played in that movie was fine, except that the character had to be distorted so violently to fit Close's age and personality that the whole Nellie-Emile plot didn't make any sense.

by Anonymousreply 447March 6, 2017 4:22 PM

r447- If it were a random person on the street asking that question, maybe. But, in this case, no---I don't. I think she will be flattered that someone cares enough about that movie to ask, actually. You have to kind of put yourself in her shoes and realize how much dedication that movie took, and how much of herself she put into it to understand why she would appreciate such a question.

As far as the relationship between Nellie and Emile not making any sense because of the changes to the Nellie character, it's funny you should say that, because I actually thought that it made the romance more believable and it came across much more genuine. For comparison, watch the films in close succession sometime, and you will be stunned at just how underwhelming the original actually is---whereas the 2001 film stirred my soul.

by Anonymousreply 448March 6, 2017 4:31 PM

...r447- Put another way, I'll just say that the new Nellie was someone I could imagine myself marrying, just like Emile, whereas the old 1958 Nellie was someone I wouldn't give a second thought to. So, whatever "distortions" had to be done to the character on account of Close, thank goodness for them---cause it actually made me love Nellie for once!

by Anonymousreply 449March 6, 2017 4:36 PM

r447- Anyway, I've mentioned why I thought she might be flattered by it. But, you haven't mentioned why you think she might be angered by it. So, why would she? That would be an awfully stupid thing to get angry about!

Besides, the question is not just why the song was cut, the question is also about whether or not a version of the song was ever filmed and then cut.

There are two possible scenarios here: 1. the song was never filmed in the first place, in which case, the question is, why? And 2. the song was filmed but cut afterwards, in which case, the question is also why?

Neither of these questions are offensive when coming from an admirer of Close and the film. And I hope scenario 2 is the correct one, because if it was filmed, that means it exists somewhere and that maybe someday, can be put back into the film.

by Anonymousreply 450March 6, 2017 4:49 PM

...Basically, I mainly want to know if the song was ever filmed. I just want to know if it exists, so that I can indulge my fantasy of someday getting the full film, with HAPPY TALK in tact.

by Anonymousreply 451March 6, 2017 4:57 PM

R448-451, I think I dislike the original film of SOUTH PACIFIC even more than you do, but not because of the script. The story as written is about a very YOUNG woman from Little Rock who has her prejudices challenged when she falls in love with an OLDER, much more worldly Frenchman who turns out to have two children by a non-white woman who's now dead. The character of Nellie as originally conceived makes no sense, and the Nellie-Emile relationship is completely changed, when Nellie is obviously over 50. You may find the relationship between two older characters more interesting, but that's not what SOUTH PACIFIC is about.

As for "Happy Talk," I could be completely wrong, but I suspect Glenn Close has enough ego that she might not react well to a question about why a song for another character was cut from the film of SOUTH PACIFIC that she co-produced. And I'm sure there are other ways you can find out. Why don't you see if the Rodgers and Hammerstein website has a place to ask a question like that, or if not, maybe you can try calling them.

by Anonymousreply 452March 6, 2017 6:42 PM

I'm not sure if it's more than just OP who keeps asking these questions and offering pop-Freudian analysis of poor Glenn, but the level of interest in her seems beyond excessive to me.

You sound like you mean well, but you pmight want to find something or someone else to think about. No wonder Glenn keeps to herself.

by Anonymousreply 453March 6, 2017 8:15 PM

r453- Glenn is a human being like the rest of us. Anyone else would be subject to the same type of analysis, why not her? I will never understand why people start to feel sorry for stars, when people begin to show interest in them. It's like folks expect "stars" to be above and apart from the rest of us. No wonder there are people here worried about "poor Glenn's" ego!

by Anonymousreply 454March 7, 2017 3:22 AM

What R453 said. Creepy.

by Anonymousreply 455March 7, 2017 4:00 AM

Would someone care to explain the creepiness of this thread? Cause I don't see it. Especially considering this is DL, and I've read far worse here!

by Anonymousreply 456March 7, 2017 5:27 AM

r455 = troll.

Anyone who comes here just to criticize the thread is a troll. Because by DL standards, this thread is actually above par. And the trolls hate it, because it's actually got genuine responses, rather than just the standard lies and one-liners of most celeb threads here. Just FYI.

by Anonymousreply 457March 7, 2017 7:52 AM

In the film Things You Can Tell Just By looking At Her Glenn had a scene with Calista Flockhart where she had to watch her drink a glass of water and be amused at Calista's gulping it down. A friend of mine was on the crew and said that Glenn insisted on providing the glass of water to be used to help her give the right reaction. My friend wondered if Glenn added a little something to the water to help her with the scene.

by Anonymousreply 458March 7, 2017 10:45 AM

Fantastic tidbit, r458! I'll bet she did too, haha! She's a bit of a wild one (which I'm sure she'd admit).

by Anonymousreply 459March 7, 2017 11:28 AM

Speaking of wild, it doesn't get much wilder than this!

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by Anonymousreply 460March 7, 2017 11:40 AM

r452- Honestly, I do find the relationship in the new SP more interesting, but not because the characters are closer in age to one-another (I usually love a good May-December romance). It has more to do with the direction in the movie and the warmth that permeates the characters' interactions--a genuine warmth that was absent from the original film. Overall, the 2001 version was better directed, with a smoother flow from song to song. And it therefore, lacked the draggy feeling of the original. You may not like the SP story (and that's okay), but the photography was great, and the updated arrangements of the songs were a sure improvement.

That being said, SP 2001 is not without its flaws. There are scenes I could name that I think needed a re-take, for example. Nevertheless, SP 2001 is one of my favorite movies. I love it very much.

[quote]As for "Happy Talk," I could be completely wrong, but I suspect Glenn Close has enough ego that she might not react well to a question about why a song for another character was cut from the film of SOUTH PACIFIC that she co-produced. And I'm sure there are other ways you can find out.

As for the possibility of Glenn not reacting well to a question about the song, all I can say is, I expect better of her than to pull a diva attitude. And if she does, then shame on her! I expect better of Glenn. Other stars might pull that crap, but not Glenn---she better not! I have no respect for that kind of attitude and therefore don't expect her to display one.

However, you may be right that there are other ways to find out whether or not the song was filmed, and who decided against including it in the final film. BUT! If it was Glenn's doing, no-one but she will be able to tell us the reasons behind that decision. You see, it's not just about what decision was made, but about why it was made. Only Glenn can give us that answer. So, I say lets go straight to the source!

by Anonymousreply 461March 7, 2017 12:16 PM

I think you're partly kidding, R461. At any rate, you don't need to keep comparing the 2001 SP movie to the 1958 movie, because as I said, I think I dislike (or hate) the 1958 version even more than you do. I'm not comparing the Nellie/Emile romance in the 2001 movie to the way it's presented in the 1958 movie, I'm comparing it to the way it's presented in a good stage production.

by Anonymousreply 462March 7, 2017 4:05 PM

Why would you think I'm kidding, r462? There was absolutely no hint of snark or sarcasm in my post. No, I was being on the level. Those were my true thoughts on the subject. Sorry if they seem silly to you.

And by "a good stage production" what exactly qualifies as a "good" production to you? I would think that the original would be what is considered the gold-standard in that regard, in which case, even it falls short of meeting the emotional threshold that the 2001 movie so ably occupied.

I've seen the original stage production (starring Mary Martin), which was a huge success---the success on which all others are based. Here it is, if you'd like even more proof of how much better the 2001 movie actually is in comparison to ALL other adaptations!

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by Anonymousreply 463March 7, 2017 7:34 PM

...All that being said, as far as the singing goes, I do think the original (Mary Martin) was better. It seemed to come easier to her to belt out those songs and keep in tune. But, as far as connecting with the audience on an emotional level, story-wise, the Close version reigns supreme.

by Anonymousreply 464March 7, 2017 7:42 PM

The video at r460 is honestly the most cringy, yet delightful thing I've seen in a while! Bless her flirty heart!

by Anonymousreply 465March 8, 2017 3:55 AM

Anyone remember this old DL thread, talking about how she was selling her 2-bedroom apartment for 11.8 million smakaroos? What could possibly justify a price like that, for a place that size? I've been looking at homes in Architectural Digest, and I'll tell you what - homes twice as big weren't even being sold for that much!

I'm no expert on real estate, but I'd sure like to know the logic behind that steep price of hers!

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by Anonymousreply 466March 8, 2017 6:51 AM

...Michael Jackson's huge mansion went for less than Close was asking for her little two-bedroom apartment.

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by Anonymousreply 467March 8, 2017 6:56 AM

The person on crew of Things You Can Tell had another story about Glenn and Holly Hunter.

by Anonymousreply 468March 8, 2017 7:03 AM

r468 Cool. Do tell!

by Anonymousreply 469March 8, 2017 7:14 AM

Good story or bad story, r468?

by Anonymousreply 470March 8, 2017 7:20 AM

r468 is such a tease!

by Anonymousreply 471March 8, 2017 7:25 AM

Ok. Glenn only had one scene with Holly in the film, and in it she was mostly an off-camera voice. However Holly has a spectacular solo scene where she has to walk down the street and have an emotional breakdown. Apparently Glenn was an admirer of Holly and wanted to watch the filming of the scene, and the director said he would have to ask Holly if she minded. She didn't mind, since Holly is a fearless and focused actress.

by Anonymousreply 472March 8, 2017 7:27 AM

r472...Sweet. Special attention like that doesn't come along every day. A real compliment to Holly.

by Anonymousreply 473March 8, 2017 7:33 AM

I know the people here at DL love dirt. Well, here's some. No wonder this film took so long to complete/be released...

[quote]Galli said her neighbors, though they own horses themselves, sued her claiming her barn was too close to the property line and that the smell of manure drifts onto their land. Richman was asked how he could tell whose horses were creating the odor. “He basically got up in court and said, ‘My poop doesn’t stink,’ ” Galli said.

Now, that's a dirty stench I can smell from here!

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by Anonymousreply 474March 8, 2017 7:42 AM

r128/r169 = the "M" troll, undercover as a Close encounter-er. Same syntax and all.

M better step up her game; she's getting too easy to spot.

by Anonymousreply 475March 8, 2017 7:54 AM

[quote]And by "a good stage production" what exactly qualifies as a "good" production to you? I would think that the original would be what is considered the gold-standard in that regard, in which case, even it falls short of meeting the emotional threshold that the 2001 movie so ably occupied. I've seen the original stage production (starring Mary Martin), which was a huge success---the success on which all others are based. Here it is, if you'd like even more proof of how much better the 2001 movie actually is in comparison to ALL other adaptations!

Your over-the-top verbiage and your use of exclamation points is what makes me think maybe you're joking. If you're NOT joking, I disagree with you strongly about the quality of the 2001 movie of SOUTH PACIFIC, and we'll have to leave it at that.

P.S. If you mean that you actually saw the original Broadway production, that's great. I hope you're not judging it, and not expecting other to judge it, from a poor quality, basically one-camera video shot almost totally in long shot in an empty theater in London without an audience -- and with a replacement Emile, not Ezio Pinza.

by Anonymousreply 476March 8, 2017 2:49 PM

[quote]Your over-the-top verbiage and your use of exclamation points is what makes me think maybe you're joking.

r476- Well, I'm not joking. And my verbiage being seen as over-the-top is, quite frankly, puzzling to me. As for my punctuation and writing style, I write how I talk. I put exclamation points there only to signify a slight rise in the voice (not a yell---that would require more than one exclamation point after another). Otherwise, each sentence would read mono-tone, as if being spoken by a zombie---at least in my opinion. So, I like to add a little pep to my writing, by seasoning it with a little dash here and an exclamation point there...it livens the conversation. That's all. But, over the top and joking, it was not.

As for SOUTH PACIFIC, my feelings for all versions of the play that I've seen are pretty much the same as my feelings for the 1958 movie---in a word---unsatisfying. So yes, unfortunately, I guess we will just have to agree to disagree on SOUTH PACIFIC. But, you might want to check out the 2003 movie again sometime. You may find yourself enjoying it more the second time around.

by Anonymousreply 477March 9, 2017 7:08 AM

...Excuse me, I meant to say, you might want to check out the 2001 version of the movie again sometime. Maybe give it a second chance.

by Anonymousreply 478March 9, 2017 7:16 AM

Can we talk about how Glenn's former step-daughter (far left) looks more like Glenn than her biological daughter (middle) does? Similar wide-eyes and brow shape, open-mouthed smile, and they both are wearing silver! Could there have been a mix-up at the hospital? J/k, but really...

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by Anonymousreply 479March 9, 2017 8:03 AM

And or...lets talk about why Glenn was the announcer at the 75th Oscars. That was weird, right? It's like in terms of all the actresses there, for that day at least, she was no longer one of them.

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by Anonymousreply 480March 9, 2017 9:02 AM

...Well, it was the 74th Oscars (2002), not the 75th. And Donald Sutherland was the co-announcer for the ceremony, along with Glenn.

by Anonymousreply 481March 9, 2017 9:13 AM

Still weird though.

by Anonymousreply 482March 9, 2017 9:13 AM

Just read this in another thread:

[quote]Saw Glenn in this at the Shubert Theatre in L.A. at a matinee on Sunday, January 9, 1994. As she made her way down an ornate golden staircase, there was an earthquake, making the whole place shake. She backed against the set and the whole place went dead silent. Then everyone started talking, but, pro that she was, Close went right on with the scene, making everyone shut up. A week later, there was a major earthquake that caused a lot of deaths and loss. No revival could ever top that matinee.

Sounds like fun!

by Anonymousreply 483March 9, 2017 9:37 AM

I love this quote from Glenn about a present Meryl gave her:

[quote]Meryl (Streep) gave me this gift that made me sob in my (Sunset Boulevard) dressing room. Thank God I had already fixed my makeup, it would have set me back 30 minutes. She had this beautiful pair of pearl earrings that I first noticed on her when we first me and I thought they were so beautiful. A week later, a package arrived at the stage door and in it were these beautiful antique pearls with a note saying, 'They're battered but beautiful, just like the best of us.' It was the greatest thing anyone has ever given me.

by Anonymousreply 484March 9, 2017 11:08 AM

...Never have I wanted to be Meryl so much. To make Glenn cry happy tears like that. To say that it was the "greatest gift anyone had ever given me" is, in itself, the greatest compliment Glenn could have given Meryl!

by Anonymousreply 485March 9, 2017 11:12 AM

Cue the "creepy" trolls now!

by Anonymousreply 486March 9, 2017 11:14 AM

Speaking of quotes, I hate Glenn's quotes about Madonna! A lovely woman like Glenn loving a snot like Madonna is a real sad enigma to me. Glenn's too good for Madonna!

by Anonymousreply 487March 9, 2017 11:16 AM

Michael Xavier, who plays Joe Gillis, told Seth Rudetsky on Sirius that he enjoys trying to break Glenn up during Sunset Boulevard performances by mooning her.

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by Anonymousreply 488March 9, 2017 12:52 PM

r488- He must be referring to rehearsals. Because there is no way he could get by with that during the actual show; everyone would break character.

On another note, he must have heard the couple of references Glenn made to mooning (she seems to get a big kick out of it--whether doing or watching) during her talk shows and decided to go for it. I never got the appeal of that antic myself; it's gross to me. Now, have someone drop their pants by accident, and I'm in hysterics! But, mooning? Pass. However, I love that Glenn has such a deeply playful side. That's quite an attractive quality.

by Anonymousreply 489March 9, 2017 11:26 PM

I wonder if Glenn is ever tempted to just ravish Michael Xavier---Alex Forest-style? He's such a looker and charming to boot! Plus, stage affection sometimes transfers off-stage too. I can see it...

by Anonymousreply 490March 9, 2017 11:32 PM

re: r490 Just because there's a little snow on the roof, doesn't mean there isn't any fire in the furnace. Once a siren, always a siren. And the best fires are those that burn amid the cold. Electric! I know she is.

by Anonymousreply 491March 9, 2017 11:37 PM

Speaking of Glenn getting it on, I still get pings of desire when I think about the way she acted towards Deborah Messing's character, when she guest-starred in an episode of WILL & GRACE.

My favorite scene was when she just ripped Grace's shirt open, and told her how sexy she is! She said it with such lust in her voice. Great acting? Yes. Indicative of great potential? Also yes.

It made me want to be Deborah Messing! I still think Glenn would make a great lover for a woman. A great lover. <3

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by Anonymousreply 492March 9, 2017 11:49 PM

Call me crazy, but this line she says as Cruella turns me on BIG TIME!

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by Anonymousreply 493March 10, 2017 2:51 AM

She was mega sexy as Cruella! To my great shame, I just couldn't hate her, cause I was too busy being awed by her, "that devil woman!" :-)

by Anonymousreply 494March 10, 2017 3:01 AM

Here's the scene r492 is referring to. Obviously done for laughs, but still hot.

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by Anonymousreply 495March 10, 2017 4:14 PM

Here's another peak inside Glenn's world, in this final Sunset Blvd backstage video. Many moments filmed at Glenn's house as-well. When watching, one really gets the sense that the four main characters of the Sunset... cast really love each-other.

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by Anonymousreply 496March 11, 2017 4:56 AM

Have you seen the new interview with Glenn in The New York Times?

by Anonymousreply 497March 11, 2017 11:03 PM

r497 Is it good?

by Anonymousreply 498March 12, 2017 12:38 AM

R489, He definitely said it was during performances, not rehearsals. Getting Glenn to break character is the whole point of doing it. Duh.

by Anonymousreply 499March 12, 2017 1:31 AM

r499- Of course that's the whole point, duh! What I meant was that it would be more likely during rehearsals and not the actual play. But, if it was during the play, then I'm surprised he gets away with it.

by Anonymousreply 500March 12, 2017 1:44 AM

r497- I haven't read that interview. Did she say anything interesting in it?

by Anonymousreply 501March 12, 2017 1:45 AM

Glenn and former congressman Patrick Kennedy discuss psychiatric disorders, addition, challenging families and more. She mentions her parents and Up with People.

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by Anonymousreply 502March 12, 2017 3:20 AM

^ ... addiction ...

by Anonymousreply 503March 12, 2017 3:22 AM

Patrick Kennedy looks especially haggard in that photo for 49.

by Anonymousreply 504March 12, 2017 10:22 AM

Glenn held that room like nothing I have ever seen! And she was so incredibly humble at the stage door!! #SunsetBlvd

by Anonymousreply 505March 12, 2017 11:53 AM

I was at this past Sunday's matinée and I have a new favorite Broadway performance of all time!!! She was AMAZING!!!! And I got her signature on my Playbill!

by Anonymousreply 506March 12, 2017 11:56 AM

BEST performance I've ever seen by a lead female on broadway! What a fantastic show! Loved it! SHE BETTER WIN THE TONY. . . AGAIN!! :-)

by Anonymousreply 507March 12, 2017 11:57 AM

It's sad that stage is so limited in reach, because of logistics. A lot of us who would like to see the play will never be able to. This, my friends, is why movies will always be number 1, before stage- because film is boundless, with endless potential, whereas stage has severe limitations.

That said, it's nice to know that the show is doing so well, and congrats to those of you lucky enough to see it. And, here's a nice video with clips from the show, if anyone's interested...

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by Anonymousreply 508March 12, 2017 12:06 PM

re: r508, I'm just hoping a movie of the show is made. It's about time a film version of this musical happened - but only with Glenn! There is some talk of the movie possibly being made with Madonna (why, because of Evita?!), but I'm truly against that. Glenn Close, all the way!

by Anonymousreply 509March 12, 2017 12:11 PM

Glenn Close or nothin'!

by Anonymousreply 510March 12, 2017 12:12 PM

I hate those ridiculous face mikes. Why can't anyone project anymore?

by Anonymousreply 511March 12, 2017 1:29 PM

I love Glenn! I had her on a flight when I was a flight attendant, and she was absolutely delightful.

by Anonymousreply 512March 14, 2017 1:03 PM

My first Norma Desmond Glenn Close 😍😍😍 And remembering when I met her in London, she shook my hand then jumped on top of a car !

by Anonymousreply 513March 14, 2017 2:01 PM

The first time I met Glenn Close, she invited me over for coffee. I guess you can say that's when I made it.

by Anonymousreply 514March 14, 2017 2:45 PM

Glenn Close is one of the sweetest, most genuine people I've ever met, but she plays the perfect villian in DAMAGES. (Season 4 = 5 stars)

by Anonymousreply 515March 14, 2017 2:57 PM

That reminds me... I dreamed I met Glenn Close. We talked about Damages. She told me she loved me. Things got awkward after that.

by Anonymousreply 516March 14, 2017 3:08 PM

Here's a nice post someone shared about meeting her:

[quote]I met Glenn Close, and when I spoke to her, she really cared. I spoke about her organization. Now I wish more people could be understanding. Why do people have to be so mean? I try my best in the world and I still am made to feel like I am a failure. So much has happened in my life. Glenn Close, if you ever see this tweet- Thank you.

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by Anonymousreply 517March 14, 2017 3:16 PM

It suddenly occurs to me that when I met Glenn Close in Apr 2011, it seemed she hadn't yet completely shaken off her Albert Nobbs character.

by Anonymousreply 518March 14, 2017 3:26 PM

I briefly met Glenn Close about 15 years ago. She's older now.

by Anonymousreply 519March 14, 2017 3:31 PM

I met Glenn Close in person, we talked , she gave me her autograph , she was at a pizza restaurant :)

by Anonymousreply 520March 14, 2017 3:35 PM

met glenn close at servicenation. she's super nice, down to earth, no celeb-y... just approach her.

by Anonymousreply 521March 14, 2017 3:56 PM

There is a bootleg out now of Sunset. It was shot at the first preview.

by Anonymousreply 522March 14, 2017 4:09 PM

r522, do you have a link for it?

by Anonymousreply 523March 14, 2017 4:23 PM

[quote]There is a bootleg out now of Sunset. It was shot at the first preview.

Where can we find that, r522?

by Anonymousreply 524March 14, 2017 4:33 PM

If Glenn had been any other star, she would have been tabloid fodder in the 1980s. It's a wonder she wasn't, when you consider how the love-lives of most stars are fair game, and Glenn's is even more complicated than most.

Although she wasn't legally divorced yet, I have long wondered if she was already separated from Marlas before beginning her affair with John Starke. The fact that she was still married to Marlas while filming Fatal Attraction and discovering that she was pregnant with Starke's baby in the process was almost a case of life imitating art. Unless she and James Marlas had already decided to split prior to her affair with Starke, I can imagine it must have hurt Marlas immensely.

It's also odd that after years of being married, she didn't become pregnant until an extramarital affair. Either it was unplanned, or she purposely set out to be a single mother. The latter may explain why she never married John Starke.

Anyway, it all seems rather shocking--not the kind of thing expected from a grand dame like Glenn Close, and more along the lines of Kardashian drama, which makes it all the more surprising that she's been able to keep her name out of the tabloids. As I said, it's a wonder.

by Anonymousreply 525March 15, 2017 4:36 AM

James Marlas was the Anne Archer of that triangle. The only thing missing was the fatal bit.

I feel really sorry for him. He looks like a nice guy and didn't deserve what happened thanks to that home-wrecker, John Starke!

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by Anonymousreply 526March 15, 2017 4:50 AM

Glenn and James Marlas:

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by Anonymousreply 527March 15, 2017 4:55 AM

John Starke was a real home-wrecker, but people forget that because of the pregnancy. It's sad that James Marlas wasn't found to be the father instead. That would have been true poetic justice.

by Anonymousreply 528March 15, 2017 5:00 AM

re: r525 correction- she was divorced from James Marlas by Feb. 1987, so she was not married when filming Fatal Attraction and discovering she was pregnant. Nonetheless, her divorce was said to be caused by John Starke, so he's still a dirty homewrecker!

That being said, it takes two to tango, and we can't know what we would have done in the same situation. Regardless, it certainly looks bad in print.

by Anonymousreply 529March 15, 2017 5:32 AM

R522, I've seen it, shot at stage level from an Orchestra seat.

by Anonymousreply 530March 15, 2017 7:29 AM

r530, So, you both are going to admit to seeing it, but not be kind enough to tell the rest of us how we can?!

by Anonymousreply 531March 15, 2017 10:38 AM

R531 If you want to put up your e-mail, I will send you the name of the person who has it.

by Anonymousreply 532March 15, 2017 12:05 PM

Michael Xavier and Glenn Close are both electric together in SUNSET. I loved it.

by Anonymousreply 533March 15, 2017 12:14 PM

Glenn Close is so beautiful and petite, huge fan! sweet lady too! Likes to party!

by Anonymousreply 534March 17, 2017 2:54 PM

Attended a Hollywood A-list party. Hilarious laughs & chats with everyone, but Kate Winslet wouldn't have a photo 😔 Glenn Close was also a delight at the party, Emma Stone too.

by Anonymousreply 535March 17, 2017 2:57 PM

"Glenn Close is wearing a very hijabi - friendly outfit." Overhead at Oscars party.

by Anonymousreply 536March 17, 2017 3:04 PM

It's good to see that most of these stories are positive, but I think the majority of fans (of any star) always come away somewhat disenchanted, the more they learn about their faves.

I definitely liked Glenn better before learning all this and seeing so much of her. But at the same time, I want to learn things about her too. So conflicted... Oh, the pains of being a fan!

by Anonymousreply 537March 17, 2017 3:30 PM

...There are definitely things about her I regret knowing now. But, can't say I didn't want to find out. Se la vie.

by Anonymousreply 538March 17, 2017 3:42 PM

Hey Glenn fans! Sunset Blvd (2017) has been added to YouTube. So, for those who didn't get to see it in person, here it is, in all its glory:

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by Anonymousreply 539July 25, 2017 5:48 AM

All the stories about her secret campaign to malign Lady Gaga to get the Oscar ring true. I hope Oscar voters realize that, once more, she is undeserving of the film community's highest honor.

by Anonymousreply 540February 12, 2019 10:56 AM

I for one found Glenn looked very attractive in JAGGED EDGE. I really loved the way she looked in her suits.

by Anonymousreply 541February 12, 2019 12:18 PM

I just watched Albert Nobbs--Janet Mcteer was far more convincing as a man (and human, for that matter). Glenn looked and acted like a wax figurine.

by Anonymousreply 542February 17, 2021 9:15 PM

My "ex-boyfriend" .... I call him "boyfriend" because we never actually dated we just fucked around a lot years ago when he was just experimenting (he's now married to a woman and has kids) ... he has become a public speaker about mental health and met Glenn Close at a conference a few years ago. He said she was lovely and he' s interviewed her for his podcast I think twice. He just wrote a book and she wrote the forward for it. He says she's is surprisingly down to earth and low key.

by Anonymousreply 543February 17, 2021 9:24 PM

[quote]R14 Katharine Hepburn said Glenn had the ugliest feet she ever saw in her life.

Were they up on Kate’s shoulders at the time?

by Anonymousreply 544February 17, 2021 9:51 PM

Glenn Close made a point of telling Meg Tilly that the writer of "Amadeus" was unhappy with Tilly's casting in the movie. Apparently Glenn auditioned for the role as well. Story from about 11:00

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by Anonymousreply 545March 26, 2021 12:56 AM

God, Glenn comes across as quite the bitch in Meg’s story.

by Anonymousreply 546March 26, 2021 1:45 AM

F. Murray Abraham was an even bigger bitch to Meg. He told her husband that she was having an affair with (gay) Tom Hulce.

by Anonymousreply 547March 26, 2021 1:47 AM
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