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

Of course Feinstein is masterminding it. Fucking leech.

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

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?

You answered your own question, R3.

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

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.

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

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

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

And her affair with Deshi Arnash Jr?

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

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

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

Memwahsh

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

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

Liza Minnelli is a national treasure.

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

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

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

Has anyone written an unauthorized biography of Liza?

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

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

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.

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

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

[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.

Where is Kitty Kelly when we need her?!

[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.

Schbuhtahzhed.

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.

[quote] It was originally a successful stage play

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

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.

[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!

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

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

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

[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?

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

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

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

She should have done this years ago.

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

R19 The Judy years alone will take up 900 pages.

Will it cover my ABUSE?!

Probably not...

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.

"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!

"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!"

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.

R46, LIZA DID NOT SAY THAT SHIT.

[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?"

I hope they transcribe her words with fidelity

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.

She needs to explain what’s going on here.

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

Fixsched that for ya!

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

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.

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

Will the book be blue?

[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?

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

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.

Mini-series?

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

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.”

This is sure to be in the fiction section.

R63 I doubt she even remembers making the album.

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

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

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…

Great thighs. Liza gave hope to the girls.

[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.

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.

200 pages?! Amateur

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

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

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

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

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

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.

R78. God bless you!

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

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

GOD DAMMIT WE'RE HAVING A BABY!

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

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..."

Georgia will write the forward for the book.

Hi Georgia!

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.

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.

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.

Her name was Lynn, not Georgia.

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.

[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!

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

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.

She’s overcome so much diversity.

R90. HI GEORG-SHA!

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.

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

OMG, r98, that would be GENIUS!

R94 = Michael Feinstein.

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

More great Pedi...

LIZA'S LOST SCREEN TESTS...

73 Questions with Liza...

R101, R102, R103, R104 = Christine Pedi

R105 You forgot I started at R98

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.

How much can Liza actually remember?

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

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

Feinstein reminds me of Mickey Deans.

Swell!

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.

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.

*the link at R45

Michael, Where is the "sh" key?

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

I work with detarded children

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.

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!

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

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

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.

Um, hurry...

Liza: My Life in sHOMO BUSSiness

[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.

I started working with clay!

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 ?

I was molested.

My shishter washn’t moleshted!

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.

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.

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.

[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.

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.

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

[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?

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

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

Leave it to those with more experience.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Fixed it for you R144

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

[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.

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.

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?

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.

[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.

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.

[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?

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.

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.

[quote]Liza lived that role

LoL, r152...exactly how?

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

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

Everybody knows Liza smokes Marlboros.

Did Liza ever play the Continental Baths?

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.

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

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

R157 I am, thank you for commenting.

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.

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

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.

Nasty comment for no reason.

Liza's delicious potato shells recipe.

R165 Scott Baio?

[quote]Nasty comment for no reason.

You must be new.

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

R170. I'm available....

But, I was molested

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

What will the title of the memoir be?

"Losing My Mind"?

Liza with a Z

Shtart Shpreading the Newsh!

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

I'm not minding her today.

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!"

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

Life is My Cabaret

Will she type with a lisp?

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

[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.

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.

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

It's loose dentures.

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."

[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.

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.

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.

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

[quote]R179 Life is My Cabaret

[italic]Life was a Cabernet: The Halston Years

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

[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.

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.

I want at least a few pages on Skylab.

[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.

Or maybe she just liked it.

Nice try, R191.

Is it time to break down and finally watch it?

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

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

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

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

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

Ahem.....

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

Who’s legendary singing and acting career?

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.

SELL IT. R192. No one believes that shit.

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.

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.

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

Liza: Forever Young

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

R212. Probably because Feinstein looks like the Crypt Keeper.

Why is Liza sitting at that angle?

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

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

Marissa looks as desiccated as Michael.

You should see Joel Grey!

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

Liza Loves Lucy

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

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

And she still smokes!

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

Directed by Vincente. At least in my mind.

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

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.)

Liza will be dead before this comes out.

R228 oh, sczhut up!

I I like blue

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.....

Liza used up all the dye.