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Liza Minnelli to Write Memoir on her Legendary Acting, Singing Career

The iconic entertainer and showbiz survivor, who earned Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards, will work with lifelong friend and collaborator Michael Feinstein.

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by Anonymousreply 232August 26, 2024 9:51 PM

Of course Feinstein is masterminding it. Fucking leech.

by Anonymousreply 1August 6, 2024 6:50 PM

I would love it if it was brutally honest and raw and juicy, but... We know we're not gonna get that.

by Anonymousreply 2August 6, 2024 6:59 PM

I don't know much about Feinstein beyond his albums, the Gerschwin thing, and seemingly appointing himself as Liza's guardian. What's so bad about him?

by Anonymousreply 3August 6, 2024 7:00 PM

You answered your own question, R3.

by Anonymousreply 4August 6, 2024 7:01 PM

If her posts on Datalounge are any indication of her writing abilities I’ll pass.

by Anonymousreply 5August 6, 2024 7:02 PM

So he’s writing it. Now and then he will read a passage to Liza who is sitting there schaking and schmoking and she’ll signal her approval by bursting into song. They waited too late, just like Babs. 15 years ago this would have sold and Liza would have enjoyed the book tour.

by Anonymousreply 6August 6, 2024 7:02 PM

If she reads her own audiobook, I'll purchase not only that but the outtakes.

by Anonymousreply 7August 6, 2024 7:04 PM

Well, there' was Cabaret and then a TV Special and then Studio 54 with Warhol and then, well, it's kind of a blank after that. Is that enough, Michael? s

by Anonymousreply 8August 6, 2024 7:08 PM

I will need at least three chapters on Rent-a-Cop and one on Stepping Out.

by Anonymousreply 9August 6, 2024 7:10 PM

And her affair with Deshi Arnash Jr?

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by Anonymousreply 10August 6, 2024 7:10 PM

I will only need a paragraph or two description of his cock and a 10 page photo spread of him shirtless in his prime.

by Anonymousreply 11August 6, 2024 7:11 PM

Liza's practically illiterate, how can she write? Oh, talk into a tape recorder?

by Anonymousreply 12August 6, 2024 7:28 PM

Let's hope the tapes leak just like Judy's did!

by Anonymousreply 13August 6, 2024 7:56 PM

Memwahsh

by Anonymousreply 14August 6, 2024 8:02 PM

Well, at least we'll have a baseline story for other writers and academics to beat up.

by Anonymousreply 15August 6, 2024 8:05 PM

I can't wait to hear about the Warhol and Pet Shop Boys years!

by Anonymousreply 16August 6, 2024 8:14 PM

Liza Minnelli is a national treasure.

And Liza and Johnny Mathis should have received Kennedy Center Honors years ago. Shame on the Kennedy Center.

by Anonymousreply 17August 6, 2024 8:16 PM

I want her to talk about what bad breath Feinstein has and how he's such a manipulative toady.

by Anonymousreply 18August 6, 2024 8:20 PM

Barbra Streisand’s memoir was 900+ pages. How many will Liza’s be?

by Anonymousreply 19August 6, 2024 8:24 PM

Has anyone written an unauthorized biography of Liza?

by Anonymousreply 20August 6, 2024 8:27 PM

I cannot wait for this masterclass in sequins, jazz hands, and surviving marriages longer than a Vegas show residency.

by Anonymousreply 21August 6, 2024 8:27 PM

R10 - Also, Baryshnikov, Peter Sellers and Martin Scorsese.

by Anonymousreply 22August 6, 2024 8:27 PM

She must want to get her version of the story on record to cement her version of events and as an ode to Momma. She doesn’t need the money, so her only concern could be her and Judy’s legacies.

So, unless she has a bone to pick with someone or wants to be honest for historical accuracy, this will be a hagiography.

by Anonymousreply 23August 6, 2024 8:28 PM

I'm thinking of working with clay, so I will definitely buy this book.

by Anonymousreply 24August 6, 2024 8:28 PM

I’m sure we’ll get ten chapters about her father and one about Judy. She’s always seemed to prefer talking about him.

by Anonymousreply 25August 6, 2024 8:32 PM

[quote] Has anyone written an unauthorized biography of Liza?

Yes, there was a delicious one that came out in paperback about 20 some years ago.

by Anonymousreply 26August 6, 2024 8:33 PM

Where is Kitty Kelly when we need her?!

by Anonymousreply 27August 6, 2024 8:34 PM

[quote]I don't know much about Feinstein beyond his albums, the Gerschwin thing, and seemingly appointing himself as Liza's guardian. What's so bad about him?

Anytime someone elderly has a lot of money and someone shows up by their side almost 24/7, it gives people the side eye.

Not saying Liza hasn't been friends with Feinstein for years, or Feinstein is doing anything, but Liza had a lot of gay men friends when she lived in NYC whom she hung out with in public and worked with. Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch to name two. Now they all seemed to have disappeared, and he's always photographed with her.

Plus "The Gershwin Thing" should send up red flags, if the gossip I've read about on here about that is true. Also, he's rumored not to be a nice person.

by Anonymousreply 28August 6, 2024 8:34 PM

Schbuhtahzhed.

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by Anonymousreply 29August 6, 2024 8:48 PM

Liza was always more suited to the stage. She could be charismatic and BIG in movies for certain kinds of roles, but to quote Dorothy Parker, she would "run the gamut of emotions from A to B". She played herself. As far as being a STAR, in the 70s and 80s, men like Eastwood and Stallone could be big box-office draws with limited acting ranges, but women who were stars like Streep, Dunaway and Spacek were all well rounded actors.

Stepping Out is a guilty pleasure. It was originally a successful stage play, and when Liza agreed to be in the film the part was re-written to be a star vehicle for her. But it really needs to be watched for the other characters.

by Anonymousreply 30August 6, 2024 8:52 PM

[quote] It was originally a successful stage play

No it wasn't. It was as big a flop onstage as it was on film.

by Anonymousreply 31August 6, 2024 8:55 PM

R25 I was watching “What’s My Line?” and Liza was the celebrity guest on it during the end portion of the show where the panel is blindfolded and have to guess which celeb they have brought on. After the Panel deduced it was Liza, she said, “I’m Vince Minelli’s kid too,” because everyone is always so focused on her being Judy’s daughter. It’s so understandable, but sometimes you forget that a star has two famous parents when one of the parents is one of the most iconic stars of all time.

by Anonymousreply 32August 6, 2024 8:56 PM

[QUOTE] I can't wait to hear about the Warhol and Pet Shop Boys years!

Watchu talking about?! I never worked in a pet shop!

by Anonymousreply 33August 6, 2024 8:57 PM

They usually forgot because Vincente was too busy with his hands down the chorus boys' pants.

by Anonymousreply 34August 6, 2024 8:57 PM

I wonder if she'll talk about her father being gay.

by Anonymousreply 35August 6, 2024 8:59 PM

Arthur 2: On the Rocks better be its own chapter!

by Anonymousreply 36August 6, 2024 8:59 PM

[quote] I was watching “What’s My Line?” and Liza was the celebrity guest on it during the end portion of the show where the panel is blindfolded and have to guess which celeb they have brought on.

Uh R32 dear, this is DataLounge.

All you had to say was: " I was watching “What’s My Line?” and Liza was the Mystery Guest".

Are you new around here?

by Anonymousreply 37August 6, 2024 9:00 PM

If she won't talk about her husbands being gay, then....

by Anonymousreply 38August 6, 2024 9:00 PM

Murdoch NY Post links give clickdollars an SEO to people who hate gays.

by Anonymousreply 39August 6, 2024 9:00 PM

Don't worry - I've got schpell check!

by Anonymousreply 40August 6, 2024 9:39 PM

She should have done this years ago.

by Anonymousreply 41August 6, 2024 10:27 PM

Yes, she should've done this 20 years ago. Much of her fan base has died off.

by Anonymousreply 42August 6, 2024 10:33 PM

R19 The Judy years alone will take up 900 pages.

by Anonymousreply 43August 6, 2024 10:44 PM

Will it cover my ABUSE?!

Probably not...

by Anonymousreply 44August 6, 2024 11:04 PM

Liza Minnelli Memoir Will Be Published in 2026

The stage and screen star is collaborating with Michael Feinstein and more on her autobiography.

The memoir will be a candid review of Minnelli's life, both professionally and personally, from her childhood in the spotlight as the daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli to her breakout successes in Cabaret and Liza With a Z, and through her marriages and struggles with substance abuse.

The audio edition will include bonus content with never-released autobiographical recordings and musings that Minnelli and Feinstein have been working on for 15 years.

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by Anonymousreply 45August 7, 2024 12:04 AM

"Since I was old enough to put pencil to paper, people asked me to write books about my career ... my life ... my loves ... my family," said Minnelli in a statement. "Absolutely not! 'Tell it when I'm gone!' Was my philosophy. So, why did I change my mind? A sabotaged appearance at the Oscars, in front of billions of people ... a film with twisted half-truths ... a recent miniseries that just didn't get it right. All made by people who didn't know my family, and don't really know me. Finally, I was mad as hell! Over dinner one night, I decided, it's my own damn story … I'm gonna share it with you because of all the love you've given me.

"I turned to my most beloved friend, Michael Feinstein and yelled: 'Help!' We've been joined at the hip for 40 years. As Ambassador of the Great American Songbook and my absolute favorite collaborator, Michael's one of the greats, he's razor-sharp and, and he tells the truth. That's important because, as I fly towards my eighth decade of living, memories differ. I agreed to meet with only one company, Grand Central Publishing. We fell in love. This tome has a unique place in history. Most of you don't know how far back we go. The Minnellis have been in show business for literally hundreds of years!

by Anonymousreply 46August 7, 2024 12:05 AM

"Today, after incredible events and life-threatening battles … I am truly 'Lady Peaceful, Lady Happy.' Thank you all for loving me so much ... being concerned about me. I want you to know I'm still here, still kickin' ass, still loving life and still creating. So, until this book arrives, know that I'm laughing, safe in every way, surrounded by loved ones, and excited to see what's right around the curve of life. Kids, wait 'til you hear this!"

by Anonymousreply 47August 7, 2024 12:06 AM

The book will be 200 pages, counting index. It'll be what Feinstein will include. Liza is in no condition to talk let alone write.

by Anonymousreply 48August 7, 2024 12:07 AM

R46, LIZA DID NOT SAY THAT SHIT.

by Anonymousreply 49August 7, 2024 12:08 AM

[quote]After the Panel deduced it was Liza, she said, “I’m Vince Minelli’s kid too,”

And just as quickly, Kilgallen piped up, "Who?"

by Anonymousreply 50August 7, 2024 1:12 AM

I hope they transcribe her words with fidelity

by Anonymousreply 51August 7, 2024 1:25 AM

She's flying towards her eighth decade of living ? Isn't she already in her 70s ? The math ain't mathin.

And I say here and now - this will never, ever happen. Feinstein will publish the aborted manuscript long after she's dead and buried.

by Anonymousreply 52August 7, 2024 1:27 AM

She needs to explain what’s going on here.

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by Anonymousreply 53August 7, 2024 1:39 AM

The audio edischtion will include bonusch content. I'll viosche it perschonally!

Fixsched that for ya!

by Anonymousreply 54August 7, 2024 1:46 AM

She can entitle it: “Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This!”

by Anonymousreply 55August 7, 2024 1:57 AM

She could title it “Daddy’s looks; Mama’s Pizazz.”

Or “Everything my father taught me about landing a husband.”

I hope she talks about Joel Grey. Any why Kaye Ballard thought she could get away with singing “Maybe This Time.” And what she did sitting around Studio 54 all the time.

by Anonymousreply 56August 7, 2024 2:18 AM

R49. I agree with you. No way in Hell.

by Anonymousreply 57August 7, 2024 2:25 AM

Will the book be blue?

by Anonymousreply 58August 7, 2024 2:32 AM

[quote] A sabotaged appearance at the Oscars, in front of billions of people ... a film with twisted half-truths ... a recent miniseries that just didn't get it right.

What film and miniseries is she talking about? Does she mean the documentary?

by Anonymousreply 59August 7, 2024 2:36 AM

The film is Judy with Renee Zellweger, I don't know what the miniseries is.

by Anonymousreply 60August 7, 2024 2:43 AM

r28: Billy Stritch & Jim Caruso were very protective of Liza when she lived in NYC and didn't exploit her the way Feinstein seems to be doing.

I'm sure Feinstein wrote Liza;'s "quotes." I can't imagine Liza burbling "I turned to my most beloved friend, Michael Feinstein..... We've been joined at the hip for 40 years. As Ambassador of the Great American Songbook and my absolute favorite collaborator, Michael's one of the greats, he's razor-sharp and, and he tells the truth. "

Dissing Billy & Jim is exactly the sort of thing Feinstein would do.

by Anonymousreply 61August 7, 2024 2:48 AM

Mini-series?

"Fosse/Verdon" and "Halston" both featured Lizas.

by Anonymousreply 62August 7, 2024 2:53 AM

I wonder if she’ll write, “I knew the Pet Shop Boys were gay lovers. Pet Shop was code for Porn Shop. And “What’ve I Done Do To Deserve This?” is the gayest song ever written.”

by Anonymousreply 63August 7, 2024 2:56 AM

This is sure to be in the fiction section.

by Anonymousreply 64August 7, 2024 2:57 AM

R63 I doubt she even remembers making the album.

by Anonymousreply 65August 7, 2024 3:06 AM

I’m sure she’s had a fascinating life but I doubt her memory is that great

by Anonymousreply 66August 7, 2024 3:31 AM

We already know her memory is for shit if she's saying she and Feinstein have been joined at the hip for 40 years.

by Anonymousreply 67August 7, 2024 3:34 AM

I want her to give reactions to the other actresses supposedly offered the role of Sally - -

Babs, Faye, Jane, Shirley, Nat, Ursula Andress, Julie Christie, Julie Andrews, Ann-Margret, Anita Gillette, Jill Ireland, Glenda Jackson, Brenda Vaccaro…

by Anonymousreply 68August 7, 2024 3:47 AM

Great thighs. Liza gave hope to the girls.

by Anonymousreply 69August 7, 2024 3:56 AM

[quote] She's flying towards her eighth decade of living ? Isn't she already in her 70s ?

Depends on how you count "decades." Billy Idol said he wanted to put out an album: "Three decades of Billy Idol," i.e., late '70s, '80s (all of it) and early '90s.

by Anonymousreply 70August 7, 2024 4:34 AM

Agree that she and Babs are ~ 15 years late in writing autobios.

I also don't think she'll put anything juicy in there that nobody's ever heard. I also don't think she will admit her father was gay or talk about how she and her mother married only gay men.

I think she still enjoys lunches with friends like Joan Collins and Feinstein, but I think she's greatly diminished. Not sure how much she can participate in writing a good autobio.

by Anonymousreply 71August 7, 2024 4:37 AM

200 pages?! Amateur

by Anonymousreply 72August 7, 2024 4:47 AM

Maybe she can throw Lorna a bone and let her narrate the audiobook version.

by Anonymousreply 73August 7, 2024 4:51 AM

Sid and Judy miniseries on Showtime is what she's talking about.

by Anonymousreply 74August 7, 2024 4:55 AM

Oh c'mon, it gives her something to do,.

by Anonymousreply 75August 7, 2024 4:55 AM

Liza narrating an audio book would be a huge selling point, if she could do it.

by Anonymousreply 76August 7, 2024 4:57 AM

Michael is also close friends with Mitzi Gaynor so maybe he will help Mitzi finish the memoir she spoke about writing for years.

by Anonymousreply 77August 7, 2024 5:00 AM

I want to know what it was like behind the scenes at HSN. HI GEORGIA! You're my mentor too! I started working with clay, while making an album lying down.

by Anonymousreply 78August 7, 2024 5:05 AM

R78. God bless you!

by Anonymousreply 79August 7, 2024 5:24 AM

I guess Michael will have to hose off Liza because we've shit on her so much.

by Anonymousreply 80August 7, 2024 6:47 AM

Her uterus, and its inability to birth a baby, should have its own chapter.

by Anonymousreply 81August 7, 2024 9:32 AM

GOD DAMMIT WE'RE HAVING A BABY!

by Anonymousreply 82August 7, 2024 9:38 AM

R70 So she's going to skip one of the eight decades she's lived so far ?

by Anonymousreply 83August 7, 2024 12:03 PM

I want to know how she's going to write - or re-write - her time in the musical "Victor / Victoria" subbing for Andrews. What will she say about working with her costar Tony Roberts - who absolutely hated working with her ? Maybe she'll skip that part...and go directly to "Andrew Lloyd Webber begged me to star as Norma Desmond on Broadway..."

by Anonymousreply 84August 7, 2024 12:07 PM

Georgia will write the forward for the book.

by Anonymousreply 85August 7, 2024 12:19 PM

Hi Georgia!

by Anonymousreply 86August 7, 2024 12:30 PM

Chapter One: I got my drive from my mother and my dreams from my father Chapter Two: All the celebrities who are my best friends ever and are fabulous! Chapter Three: Mama hated those Munchkins Chapter Four: CHITA! Chapter Five: All the diversity I've overcome in my life.

by Anonymousreply 87August 7, 2024 12:47 PM

She has to remember very little, given the onslaught of substances she subjected her senses to.

And she always seemed somewhat scatterbrained by nature, to begin with.

by Anonymousreply 88August 7, 2024 3:20 PM

What I do and what I believe in, is relief. If I can make you laugh, when you don't want to, I've done my job.

by Anonymousreply 89August 7, 2024 5:01 PM

Her name was Lynn, not Georgia.

by Anonymousreply 90August 7, 2024 5:17 PM

Why is Liza pissed at Lady Gaga? Rewatching the clip, it just looks like Gaga is trying to keep Liza focused and move the show along.

by Anonymousreply 91August 7, 2024 6:07 PM

[quote]R89 What I do and what I believe in, is relief. If I can make you laugh, when you don't want to, I've done my job. —Liza with a Z!

And if I can’t do it alone, I’ve got some Librium for ya!

by Anonymousreply 92August 7, 2024 6:26 PM

"Rent-a-Cop" made me laugh with relief when it ended!

by Anonymousreply 93August 7, 2024 6:29 PM

Turns out Liza is writing this memoir. Her two friends are by going through her archives. It’s an overview of her entire career. It’s an authorized biography, not an autobiography.

by Anonymousreply 94August 7, 2024 6:35 PM

She’s overcome so much diversity.

by Anonymousreply 95August 7, 2024 8:38 PM

R90. HI GEORG-SHA!

by Anonymousreply 96August 7, 2024 8:44 PM

If she had someone to prod her with scrapbooks and photos, and then someone to interview and transcribe, she could absolutely get it "written" in a week of well managed interviews.

Yes, she must record the audiobook, and if not Liza herself, Krysta Rodriguez.

by Anonymousreply 97August 7, 2024 9:14 PM

If Liza doesn't record the audio book, then Christine Pedi MUST do it.

by Anonymousreply 98August 7, 2024 9:26 PM

OMG, r98, that would be GENIUS!

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by Anonymousreply 99August 7, 2024 9:30 PM

R94 = Michael Feinstein.

by Anonymousreply 100August 7, 2024 9:33 PM

Thank You R99 Here's more from Pedi...

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by Anonymousreply 101August 8, 2024 12:04 AM

More great Pedi...

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by Anonymousreply 102August 8, 2024 12:06 AM

LIZA'S LOST SCREEN TESTS...

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by Anonymousreply 103August 8, 2024 12:09 AM

73 Questions with Liza...

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by Anonymousreply 104August 8, 2024 12:14 AM

R101, R102, R103, R104 = Christine Pedi

by Anonymousreply 105August 8, 2024 12:30 AM

R105 You forgot I started at R98

by Anonymousreply 106August 8, 2024 12:33 AM

If one of the chapters isn't titled 'YOU KNOW HOW BITCHY FAGS CAN BE: MY MARRIAGES FROM PETER TO DAVID' then I'll pass.

by Anonymousreply 107August 8, 2024 12:42 AM

How much can Liza actually remember?

by Anonymousreply 108August 8, 2024 12:44 AM

[quote]Her uterus, and its inability to birth a baby, should have its own chapter.

R81 - And title that chapter “The Sterile Cuckoo”.

by Anonymousreply 109August 8, 2024 12:56 AM

Feinstein reminds me of Mickey Deans.

by Anonymousreply 110August 8, 2024 1:42 AM

Swell!

by Anonymousreply 111August 8, 2024 1:47 AM

I want on a chapter on the wild Bachelorette party that Liz must have thrown for her before she married "true love" David Gest. I wonder if Larry Fortensky was the stripper, earning his alimony.

by Anonymousreply 112August 8, 2024 1:51 AM

The link at R44 says that Feinstein has been recording our Liza for 15 years now, so maybe her memory isn’t going to be an issue.

[quote] The audio edition will include bonus content with never-released autobiographical recordings and musings that Minnelli and Feinstein have been working on for 15 years.

Hopefully they are boozy mess and feature lots of Liza-isms.

Since the book isn’t due to be published until 2026 she might be thinking that she can tell the unvarnished truth since most of the subjects are dead and she, herself, might be dead by then as well.

by Anonymousreply 113August 8, 2024 2:09 AM

*the link at R45

by Anonymousreply 114August 8, 2024 2:09 AM

Michael, Where is the "sh" key?

by Anonymousreply 115August 8, 2024 2:23 AM

I still want to hear her thoughts on Glenda Jackson as Sally Bowles!

by Anonymousreply 116August 8, 2024 2:47 AM

I work with detarded children

by Anonymousreply 117August 8, 2024 4:08 AM

I loved Liza's last wedding to David Guest. It was mad. It was Old Hollywood with Elizabeth Taylor as Liza's maid of honor. And weird with Michael Jackson. Crazy times. But alas, it ended much too soon--or not soon enough.

Liza knows how to put on a show.

by Anonymousreply 118August 8, 2024 4:22 AM

I wash trying to get the look together for Shally Bowelsh and my father shaid to me "have you ever thought of Louishe Brooksh?" That'sh when I knew I had the look down. Sally Bowlesh wash inshpired by Louishe Brooksh, thanksh to my father!

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by Anonymousreply 119August 8, 2024 4:28 AM

Liza does NOT talk smack about anyone. Forget the possibility of a juicy and raw memoir.

by Anonymousreply 120August 8, 2024 4:58 AM

R8 There was a little something before that that might be interesting named Mama.

by Anonymousreply 121August 8, 2024 5:46 AM

I guess Lucky Lady, A Matter of Time, and New York New York all bombing in a row pretty much stalled her career in the 70s.

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by Anonymousreply 122August 8, 2024 6:17 AM

Um, hurry...

by Anonymousreply 123August 8, 2024 6:19 AM

Liza: My Life in sHOMO BUSSiness

by Anonymousreply 124August 8, 2024 6:23 AM

[quote]Liza does NOT talk smack about anyone.

R120 is correct. Ever see Liza in an interview> She is extraordinarily gracious, engaging, polite and professional. Liza is of a different era. Liza make a point of saying other performers particularly are "swell," "so funny," and "terrific." Liza does not talk trash. But that doesn't mean her book will be lacking. Liza has a million stories. She has led an exciting and intriguing life. Liza is an extraordinarily talented woman. One of show businesses best.

by Anonymousreply 125August 8, 2024 6:47 AM

I started working with clay!

by Anonymousreply 126August 8, 2024 6:52 AM

Like Streisand's memoir, I hope Liza dedicates a chapter / few pages to Donna Summer and her recording their duet together back in 1996. I don't think she shared the same kind of friendship with Summer as Streisand did, but when Summer died she did say she was friends with her since the 70s. Maybe she meant the 90s ?

by Anonymousreply 127August 8, 2024 11:50 AM

I was molested.

by Anonymousreply 128August 8, 2024 11:52 AM

My shishter washn’t moleshted!

by Anonymousreply 129August 8, 2024 12:24 PM

Not quite sure how good or informative it will be with Feinstein butting in. He’s a strange character. Streisand’s memoir was a fascinating look at the biz of show and an extraordinary life had by a very gifted and intelligent woman. Who cares how well it sold or sells.

by Anonymousreply 130August 8, 2024 1:30 PM

R108 On Larry King, Liza said she had almost total recall.

R122 The career stalling started before that, per Stevie Phillips, her manager (and Mama's manager too). She says the film career stalled when instead of doing the all important follow-up picture to her Oscar winning turn in Cabaret right away, Liza fired Stevie and went to Vegas, where the money and the parties were. So the film career went cold right after an Oscar win for the actor who wasn't a conventional film ingenue anyway, and by the time she got around to making another movie, it didn't have the same heat.

Her follow-up to Cabaret should have been a contemporary comedy that was genuinely funny and not another period piece, directed by Stanley Donen, who was working at MGM at the same time as Mama! And a Kander and Ebb song and a score by Ralph Burns.

by Anonymousreply 131August 8, 2024 3:26 PM

I’m always turned off by her manic “Mama wasn’t tragic, Mama was HAPPY!” chant.

Certainly Judy Garland was resilient… but one has to see she was incredibly fucked up, and spiraling down the drain.

by Anonymousreply 132August 8, 2024 3:39 PM

[quote]On Larry King, Liza said she had almost total recall.

I can believe that because it was said of Judy that she could watch a choreographer run through a dance sequence once and then repeat it almost perfectly.

But I think Liza’s party life and old age have done some damage to her.

by Anonymousreply 133August 8, 2024 3:41 PM

Could Liza have played Mary Magdalene in the film version of Jesus Christ Superstar? Obviously it’s not a dance role, but she did vulnerability well and the sincerity of “I Don’t Know How To Love Him” may have cemented her movie career more easily.

by Anonymousreply 134August 8, 2024 3:48 PM

Mary Magdalene didn't wear bugle beads and she didn't belt, r134.

by Anonymousreply 135August 8, 2024 3:51 PM

[quote]Mary Magdalene didn't wear bugle beads and she didn't belt

We belted when we did the song in high school chorus. 😂

SHOULD I BRING HIM DOWN? SHOULD I SCREAM AND SHOUT?

by Anonymousreply 136August 8, 2024 4:09 PM

If anybody needs me, I'm available for a biopic.

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by Anonymousreply 137August 8, 2024 4:43 PM

[quote]If anybody needs me, I'm available for a biopic.

Leave it to those with more experience.

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by Anonymousreply 138August 8, 2024 4:52 PM

Liza never would have had a film career. Cabaret was a great film and she was great in it, but she was too eccentric and homely. She was not leading lady material. Stick her into quirky comedies and she could be good but only as a supporting character. She's very difficult to take as a movie star.

by Anonymousreply 139August 8, 2024 5:02 PM

A 21st century reboot of Harold and Maude. Liza’s Maude would be hilarious when played against Timothee Chalamet, though Tom Holland would be better suited for the role.

by Anonymousreply 140August 8, 2024 5:39 PM

The thought of Liza as Mary Magdalene in a sequined toga designed by Halston and doing high kicks while belting out the score is hilarious.

by Anonymousreply 141August 8, 2024 6:31 PM

R134, R135 and R141 HERE SHE IS BOYS! MARY MAGDALENE!!

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by Anonymousreply 142August 8, 2024 7:18 PM

What has he done in recent decades? May she does need the money.

by Anonymousreply 143August 8, 2024 7:21 PM

Everything'sh alright yesh everything'sh fine and we want you to shleep well tonight....

by Anonymousreply 144August 8, 2024 7:22 PM

"Everything'sh Fabulous! yesh everything'sh fabulous and we want you to feel just terrific tonight...."

Fixed it for you R144

by Anonymousreply 145August 8, 2024 8:51 PM

I wonder if Michael Feinstein smells like Liza's Virginia Slims.

by Anonymousreply 146August 8, 2024 9:02 PM

[quote]Liza never would have had a film career. Cabaret was a great film and she was great in it, but she was too eccentric and homely. She was not leading lady material. Stick her into quirky comedies and she could be good but only as a supporting character. She's very difficult to take as a movie star.

She fared better later on with her TV projects. She did much better and showed more range in TV movies like A Time To Live, Parallel Lives and West Side Waltz.

She came up in Hollywood in the 70's, which was a gritty, realistic era of moviemaking. It wasn't Liza's style.

by Anonymousreply 147August 8, 2024 9:03 PM

TV movies aren't motion pictures and that's where her failures were. I don't think even Liza understood what image she wanted to project and she wasn't anywhere near a good enough actress to get by on talent. Although she had an Oscar and another nomination, she was another in the long line of theatrical Divas who were poison onscreen.

by Anonymousreply 148August 8, 2024 9:15 PM

Barbra Streisand was already doing the quirky girl comedies, so there wasn’t room for another ugly quirky girl in the movies. And Bette Midler was up and coming. So Liza couldn’t find her niche.

Plus, she was probably trying to shake off the “Judy’s daughter” stigma. Judy told Liza not to sing any of her songs and Judy sang everybody, so it must have been difficult.

Unfortunately, Liza also wasn’t pretty enough to play Louise in Gypsy, but wouldn’t it have been interesting to see Judy and Liza do the Gypsy movie?

by Anonymousreply 149August 8, 2024 10:38 PM

R149, Liza sang Do It Again in Matter of Time and she did it dreadfully. Pauline Kael said that Vincent Minnelli photographed her so unflatteringly in the number that her features became gargantuan.

by Anonymousreply 150August 8, 2024 10:44 PM

[quote]Liza sang Do It Again in Matter of Time and she did it dreadfully.

Judy was dead by then and Liza knew that if it came to a fight, she could snap Kay Thompson like a twig, the only person who swore to seek revenge if Liza sang Judy’s songs.

by Anonymousreply 151August 8, 2024 10:56 PM

Liza could (and should) have done Gypsy in the late 80's/early 90's. She was at the top of her peak as an entertainer, she was going through a sober period, and she was the best she ever looked. Liza lived that role and she wasn't unafraid to go all the way there.

Bette was too hammy and Barbra would have tried to make Rose into some misguided victim. Her vanity would never allow her to be portrayed as a monster. You would leave the movie thinking Louise was some ungrateful bitch.

by Anonymousreply 152August 8, 2024 11:16 PM

[quote]Turns out Liza is writing this memoir. Her two friends are by going through her archives. It’s an overview of her entire career. It’s an authorized biography, not an autobiography.

Written by Liza, so it's an autobiography. Or am I missing something here?

by Anonymousreply 153August 8, 2024 11:21 PM

As I explained months ago with Streisand's book :

An autobiography is a book chronicling the author's life story in chronological order, and includes an index.

A memoir is the same thing, but does NOT necessarily go in chronological order and does NOT include an index (this is what Streisand delivered).

A biography is not written by the subject, but by others. It may or may not have an index.

by Anonymousreply 154August 9, 2024 12:16 AM

Liza was in demand to make movies before Cabaret -- Charlie Bubbles, The Sterile Cuckoo, Tell Me That You Love Me Junie Moon. Maybe she didn't look like a movie star but people wanted to put her in movies.

by Anonymousreply 155August 9, 2024 12:21 AM

[quote]Liza lived that role

LoL, r152...exactly how?

by Anonymousreply 156August 9, 2024 12:29 AM

I bet you're the belle of the ball, R154.

by Anonymousreply 157August 9, 2024 1:05 AM

[quote]I wonder if Michael Feinstein smells like Liza's Virginia Slims.

Everybody knows Liza smokes Marlboros.

by Anonymousreply 158August 9, 2024 1:20 AM

Did Liza ever play the Continental Baths?

by Anonymousreply 159August 9, 2024 1:56 AM

Despite all the negativity about David Gest, he got Liza into the best shape she'd been in in decades. He should have stayed her manager but never her husband.

Liza could have done Gypsy....onstage. Not on film.

by Anonymousreply 160August 9, 2024 1:59 AM

[quote]Liza could have done Gypsy....onstage. Not on film.

Her stage performances were a bit erratic…when she showed up.

by Anonymousreply 161August 9, 2024 2:14 AM

R157 I am, thank you for commenting.

by Anonymousreply 162August 9, 2024 2:18 AM

R160 Gest convinced Liza he had reached an agreement with Andrew Lloyd Webber back in 2002, and Liza was going to play 'Norma Desmond' in the movie version of his stage musical. That's how trusting she was. So she , in turn, started telling the press she was preparing for her next movie - and that ALW chose her over the other stars ( Glenn Close, Streisand, Cher and Streep). ALW had to clear that up (he was courting Streisand at the time) and let the press know none of that was true - it was just a dream Gest had for his wife. ALW had no interest in casting Liza in anything.

I think that was the first time a house fell on top of Liza, letting her know Gest was a bull shit artist.

by Anonymousreply 163August 9, 2024 2:24 AM

How could Streisand play Norma Desmond? She can't act vulnerable. Actually, she can't act.

by Anonymousreply 164August 9, 2024 5:08 AM

Since she’s good with clay, maybe she could form dildo prototypes of all the noted dick that’s been up her? Mikhail Baryshnikov, Desi Arnaz Jr., Christopher Walken, Scott Baio, Gene Simmons…etc.

A line of those might sell. Maybe with a “dick of the month” type angle, where they’re mailed separately.

by Anonymousreply 165August 9, 2024 5:55 AM

Nasty comment for no reason.

by Anonymousreply 166August 9, 2024 7:22 AM

Liza's delicious potato shells recipe.

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by Anonymousreply 167August 9, 2024 7:44 AM

R165 Scott Baio?

by Anonymousreply 168August 9, 2024 2:27 PM

[quote]Nasty comment for no reason.

You must be new.

by Anonymousreply 169August 10, 2024 12:20 AM

Michael will be doing a series of concerts at Carnegie Hall. Who will be looking after Liza during this time?

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by Anonymousreply 170August 22, 2024 12:55 AM

R170. I'm available....

But, I was molested

by Anonymousreply 171August 22, 2024 12:59 AM

I'm going to shpill all about Dorish from Georgia, aka "HI GEORGIA" when I was on HSHN.

by Anonymousreply 172August 23, 2024 3:30 AM

What will the title of the memoir be?

"Losing My Mind"?

by Anonymousreply 173August 23, 2024 3:40 AM

Liza with a Z

by Anonymousreply 174August 23, 2024 3:45 AM

Shtart Shpreading the Newsh!

by Anonymousreply 175August 23, 2024 4:27 AM

Where is she? She claimed she was going to Paris about a month ago.

by Anonymousreply 176August 23, 2024 4:38 AM

I'm not minding her today.

by Anonymousreply 177August 23, 2024 4:41 AM

R176 was she at the Olympics? Maybe she doesn't know they're over...I could see her now, "Take me to the Shwimming Pool, I want to shee that shexy young diver Tom Daley, I have a crush on him and I don't think itsh unrequited! Finally, my happily ever after!"

by Anonymousreply 178August 23, 2024 5:50 AM

[quote]What will the title of the memoir be?

Life is My Cabaret

by Anonymousreply 179August 23, 2024 11:07 AM

Will she type with a lisp?

by Anonymousreply 180August 23, 2024 12:03 PM

It's not a lisp, it's a slur.

by Anonymousreply 181August 23, 2024 2:34 PM

[quote]She is extraordinarily gracious, engaging, polite

Translation: a delusion bullshitter.

When Francis Ford Coppola's One From the Heart opened at Radio City Music Hall in 1981, as the stars filtered out, Liza gushed and gushed to the TV cameras about the film saying it was the best movie she's ever seen. Next person was DL fave Arlene Francis, who said the movie was a piece of crap. I understand Liza was probably high, but really.

by Anonymousreply 182August 23, 2024 4:41 PM

R182 One of them was working in movies and probably couldn't afford to offend a powerful director who might give her a job sometime. Arlene was in her 70s and didn't give a shit.

by Anonymousreply 183August 23, 2024 11:31 PM

[quote]It's not a lisp, it's a slur.

It's loose dentures.

by Anonymousreply 184August 23, 2024 11:43 PM

R91, I don't think she is. Supposedly she planned to appear while seated in a director's chair, but in the turmoil following the Smith Slap, she was told to sit in a wheelchair, which kind of threw her off.

I think Gaga was very sweet and supportive of her. I remember hearing her whisper something like "I've got you" to Liza, and Liza whispered back, "I know."

by Anonymousreply 185August 24, 2024 2:36 AM

[quote]Supposedly she planned to appear while seated in a director's chair, but in the turmoil following the Smith Slap, she was told to sit in a wheelchair,

Yeah, that’s what I heard but that story never made sense.

by Anonymousreply 186August 24, 2024 2:40 AM

Liza deserves a Kennedy Center Honor but in her current state I think they're too nervous to give it to her. It's several days of high-profile engagements and she could do or say something embarrassing.

by Anonymousreply 187August 24, 2024 2:58 AM

Just put Liza in a limo and live stream her circling the Kennedy Centre, hot boxing her walker and cameramen while she praises the performances on stage and tells anecdotes.

by Anonymousreply 188August 24, 2024 3:12 AM

[quote]R173 What will the title of the memoir be?

[quote]R179 Life is My Cabaret

[italic]Life was a Cabernet: The Halston Years

by Anonymousreply 189August 24, 2024 6:26 AM

R183, Coppola was on the outs in 1980 and not someone she needed to impress.

by Anonymousreply 190August 24, 2024 12:11 PM

[quote]When Francis Ford Coppola's One From the Heart opened at Radio City Music Hall in 1981, as the stars filtered out, Liza gushed and gushed to the TV cameras

Italians stick together. It’s in their User Agreement.

by Anonymousreply 191August 24, 2024 12:47 PM

R190 I never said she needed to impress him. I said she couldn't afford to piss him off. Not just him but anyone involved in the film. She was a working actress, a Hollywood legacy (Vincente was still alive), she worked in musicals and probably knew people involved in the film. She probably knew Coppola. I don't believe many stars in that position would say negative things. Even if she wasn't worried about repercussions, she would probably just be nice under the circumstances.

by Anonymousreply 192August 24, 2024 1:58 PM

I want at least a few pages on Skylab.

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by Anonymousreply 193August 24, 2024 2:08 PM

[quote]When Francis Ford Coppola's One From the Heart opened at Radio City Music Hall in 1981, as the stars filtered out, Liza gushed and gushed to the TV cameras about the film saying it was the best movie she's ever seen.

Might it be that she was high as a kite? Liza always was a bit giddy and with a bit of the nose candy she was probably hap-hap-happy.

by Anonymousreply 194August 24, 2024 2:18 PM

Or maybe she just liked it.

by Anonymousreply 195August 24, 2024 2:20 PM

Nice try, R191.

by Anonymousreply 196August 24, 2024 3:34 PM

Is it time to break down and finally watch it?

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by Anonymousreply 197August 24, 2024 5:19 PM

I’ve seen One From the Heart, it’s a real stinker. Not even good camp.

by Anonymousreply 198August 24, 2024 8:38 PM

The rumor was always that Nastassja Kinski’s charming in it, but that’s it.

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by Anonymousreply 199August 24, 2024 9:14 PM

Is she gonna talk about the time she made an album lying down?

by Anonymousreply 200August 24, 2024 9:31 PM

Michael Feinstein performs tonight in Pasadena, Will Liza show up? Stay tuned.

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by Anonymousreply 201August 24, 2024 10:21 PM

It's certainly one of the best soundtracks, r197.

by Anonymousreply 202August 24, 2024 10:37 PM

Ahem.....

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by Anonymousreply 203August 24, 2024 10:38 PM

There is a new photo of Liza with Michael and Marisa Berenson on Facebook.

by Anonymousreply 204August 24, 2024 10:49 PM

Who’s legendary singing and acting career?

by Anonymousreply 205August 24, 2024 10:56 PM

Michael is triggered:

Rarely do I comment on false press stories, but since I’ve been asked for a comment on an impending one, I shall comment. By way of explanation, please consider the following: There is a —— masquerading as a human named Rob Shuter who has previously written false stories about me and my relationship with Liza. They are such outrageous stories that even as he wrote them I believe he knew they were not true. Why do I believe that? Because I actually know this jerk socially, and when he twice wrote a laughable story about Liza being in love with a Gay married man (me), he never wrote personally to ask me for a comment before the story was printed, and he always quotes unnamed sources saying they are ‘close friends’ of Liza’s but has never quoted a single source on the record because I believe the stories are invented. Anyone who knows her well says the same thing. He has never quoted ANY of her close friends for ANY story: Ben Vereen, Mia Farrow, Joel Grey, Marisa Berenson, Jim Caruso, Billy Stritch, Arlene Lazare, Obba Babatunde and I could go on. Those are people who see or speak to her regularly and know the truth, but the truth gets in the way of a fake story. So they always say “ A close source” etc. How is it that these “close sources” do not know for example that her dogs are no longer alive or other basic info that anyone who is her “close” friend would know? Because they are fake. How does it work that they get away with it? They pay someone to say things that are off the record to fit the story they invent and the cite journalistic confidentiality to protect the false source.

by Anonymousreply 206August 24, 2024 10:59 PM

SELL IT. R192. No one believes that shit.

by Anonymousreply 207August 25, 2024 12:51 AM

DL fave Lainie Kazan has a tiny supporting part in One From the Heart. it was her “comeback” after much adversity, like health issues and bankruptcy.

by Anonymousreply 208August 25, 2024 1:16 PM

I wonder if Liza will mention how she saw One From The Heart in her memoir. And how Arlene Francis said it stunk up the joint.

by Anonymousreply 209August 25, 2024 1:18 PM

She was so high, R209, she probably thought she was at her lawyer's.

by Anonymousreply 210August 25, 2024 3:39 PM

Liza: Forever Young

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by Anonymousreply 211August 25, 2024 4:03 PM

^ That's the pic that was on Facebook and disappeared.

by Anonymousreply 212August 25, 2024 6:29 PM

R212. Probably because Feinstein looks like the Crypt Keeper.

by Anonymousreply 213August 25, 2024 6:31 PM

Why is Liza sitting at that angle?

by Anonymousreply 214August 25, 2024 6:34 PM

Liza looks a lot better in that photo than I thought she would.

by Anonymousreply 215August 25, 2024 6:36 PM

Because hip replacements were incorrectly installed, R214. She always sits like that now.

by Anonymousreply 216August 25, 2024 6:40 PM

Marissa looks as desiccated as Michael.

by Anonymousreply 217August 25, 2024 9:38 PM

You should see Joel Grey!

by Anonymousreply 218August 25, 2024 9:42 PM

I don't look very good either. I have a health condition.

by Anonymousreply 219August 25, 2024 10:42 PM

Liza Loves Lucy

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by Anonymousreply 220August 25, 2024 10:51 PM

In the imaginary movie of Gypsy that lives in my head.

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by Anonymousreply 221August 25, 2024 10:53 PM

By the way, I think Liza looks good -- she's almost 80, most of the women I know her age look about the same.

by Anonymousreply 222August 25, 2024 11:45 PM

And she still smokes!

by Anonymousreply 223August 25, 2024 11:45 PM

R221. That Gypsy would’ve been something else. If only…

by Anonymousreply 224August 26, 2024 2:32 AM

Directed by Vincente. At least in my mind.

by Anonymousreply 225August 26, 2024 2:57 AM

I don't know. After On a Clear Day and A Matter of Time Minnelli Sr. seemed to have lost it.

by Anonymousreply 226August 26, 2024 3:21 AM

R226 My version of Gypsy is earlier than that. (Around 1962-63.) Since Warner Bros wanted Vincente to direct My Fair Lady, originally, he was probably still in good form at that time.

Judy was not even alive by the time A Matter of Time was made. (I have no idea what the original, 3-hour film was like but it was cut to less than 100 minutes and Vincente disowned it.)

by Anonymousreply 227August 26, 2024 3:30 AM

Liza will be dead before this comes out.

by Anonymousreply 228August 26, 2024 3:37 AM

R228 oh, sczhut up!

by Anonymousreply 229August 26, 2024 3:49 AM

I I like blue

by Anonymousreply 230August 26, 2024 3:53 AM

r213: Actually, I think Feinstein looks MUCH better without the hideous brown dye job he usually has.

r182: Just when I thought I couldn't love Arlene Francis more.....

by Anonymousreply 231August 26, 2024 7:56 PM

Liza used up all the dye.

by Anonymousreply 232August 26, 2024 9:51 PM
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