Liza in Glasgow - review/how the day went...by Louise

I got into Glasgow for 3pm and made my way over to meet my friends Conor and Clare at their hotel. What a great pair they are. Very funny and friendly and very easy to talk to. We walked the reasonably short distance to the SECC and got to the stage door for about quarter to four. There was only a handful of people waiting, mainly autograph hunters in search of a Celebrity signature. Me met Neil there, He's a great guy. We went out for drinks after. Anyway, We were waiting for about half an hour when Billy Stritch came outside for a cigarette and turned the corner, away from everyone. I decided that it would be a good idea, and a morale boost for him, to go over and say Hi and conor came with me. He was so friendly and we chatted for about 10 minutes about the weather and when they were going back to New York and stuff like that. I showed him my picture of me with Liza and he remember who I was from the Sarasota Concert. He told me I looked beautiful and he gave me a big cuddle and told i him I'd see him later. A few minutes later we were told to move to the other door as Liza would be heading straight for the dressing rooms. She arrived at about 5.15, got out the car, shook Clares hand, then mine and then saw Conor and gave him a kiss and a cuddle. She didnt have time to sign anything right there and then but we were told to hand stuff to her Manager and she'd sign the backstage. So she went to her dressing room and conor was allowed to go back. Conor did ask Ron, Liza's choreographer, If I could come back too. He had said No originally but once he was inside, he asked Liza and Liza said it would have been fine but by that time the doors had been closed and sound checks were getting underway so I would be going backstage after the concert anyway but Ron made sure Conor told me that it would be a definite, considering I didn't get to watch the rehearsal. Liza's manager came out about half an hour later so I got my picture back all signed. Conor came out at about 6.15 and we went back to the hotel, had drinks and then made our way back to the SECC. We had a quick drink and took our seats. I was sitting up on the lower circle while Conor and Clare where on the ground level. Liza was fantastic. really skinny, superb voice, very reminicent of her radio city days and she just gave it her all. She opened with Teach me tonight which was fantastic! Everyone was up on their feet. I cant remember exactly what she sang but I know she did My ship has sailed, Mammy, sara lee (which everyone just adored) maybe this time, the man I love and a few more that I can't remember. She finished the end of the first act with Cabaret. I ran down to Conor at Intermission to say Hi and he told me Alan Cumming was sitting right infront of him. I went out for a smoke and as I was coming back in, I ran into Alan Cumming! lol I shook his hand and he introduced me to his boyfriend, He went for a pee and I took my seat. Second half was terrific, as usual. the four dancers portraying the Williams brothers were better than last year and they sang and danced there asses off. Liza of course ended the show with New York New York. At the very end of the show, I made my way down to meet Conor and luckly enough Alan was still in his seat so I got a quick picture with him and his autograph which is signed on the back page of the my September play script as I had no paper! lol I'll Scan it and put it on the group page. Conor, Clare, Neil and I waited in the auditorium along with people that had won the television comp and Liza's managers decided it would be far more easier to bring Liza out than bring everyone in. She came out and was very chatty, saying she loved Scotland and how beautiful it was. She stood right next to me, brushing her arms against mine a few times and I turned to her and said "Everybody here just adores you. You can see that." She said "Oh thank you, I just love it here." then she tapped my arm with her hand lol She didnt have any time for pictures, which I was disappointed about, so she quickly signed a few peoples things and went away. I asked one of the security guards to let Johnny Rodgers know that I was waiting to see him and he was expecting me so he came out and we had big cuddles and kisses, got my picture with him and we just chatted about how he's liked Glasgow and the UK tour and how it was good to see him again. As you all know Angie and I have met him twice before and he's just a doll. Very quiet and so cute. He went away and I forgot to give him my CD so I gave it to one of the security guards to give to him. Afterwards we wenty back round to the stage door and saw Liza come out. There were alot of people waiting to see her but she said something like "Bye Babies! thank you for coming! Ill be back!" She gave me a quick wave and blew kisses and then she got in the car. There was a little disabled girl who was wheeled up to the car door and liza gave her a big hug and a kiss and signed her stuff. Then she was gone.We went back to the hotel, dumped our stuff and went for another drink before heading to a club for some partying. Clare rocks on the dance floor! lol We practically never stopped! Of course we requested Liza and got "Losing My Mind" played to the delight of many!! Went to Macdonalds at 3am with Clare, phoned a taxi and was home for 4am.Overall:Met with Billy Stritch and got a big cuddleMet Liza twice and shook her hand and got patted lolGot pic signedMet Alan CummingGot pic and autograph with Alan CummingMet up with Johnny Rodgers got pic taken and gave CD to himI am a little disappointed as the time we had with Liza was so rushed and I guess I am a little disappointed I didnt get to watch her rehearse. But, I have met her twice before and had wonderful experiences with her last year so I really shouldn't complain. All in all, I've seen her in Concert 5 times, been in the audience for a live tv show when she was guest staring and Ive met her 4 times. That cant be bad for a 21 year old girl from Scotland can it? by Louise Scott.

Scatletts strange missing brother, by GARY

Dear gang of mine, since the response to my Atlanta Coca Cola picture was so nice and welcoming I thought I might share this one with you. While in Atlanta I also had the good fortune to visit the house where Margaret Mitchell wrote her famous Gone With The Wind. That evening I had an authentic southern dinner at a restaurant called Aunt Pity Pats Porch. Complete with an in door veranda filled with rocking chairs overlooking a downstairs dining room. The ambience was lovely and the theme was naturally Gone With The Wind with pictures artifacts everywhere. I just had to get into the action so for your enjoyment and hopefully a little chuckle here is a picture I like to call Scarletts strange missing brother. Have agreat day La LAAAAAAAAAAAAA La laaaaaaaaah(Gone With The Wind) the theme. All my love, Gary S from TBA =

Happy Birthday Judy~June 10~1922 ~ June 22 1969

What color will Liza wear at The Tony Awards? by BRYAN!

hmmmmm. While Red is a signature-color with Liza, and one she's incorporated in the tour....I'm not sure she'd do red at the Tonys.
(She is Truly a Person-of-the-Theatre, and so, I think, she might not want "Liza-Red" at this one...)
All that said: She won't be, uh, 'staid and proper', but it might be Classic black/easy, comfortable....she Is a Dancer...and B'way is a movement-area....
I think, that it might have Li's thinking, about what she's Presenting-for, , , and, , , well, Liza's personal wish-to-wear, , , , , I am gettin' a vibe, often, that because of RadioCityMusicHall, that Liza might opt for something in Yellow, because of her Dad, because of the Place.....and Holy Smokes! Would be Beautiful, , , by Bryan.

GARY~in Atlanta GA...

here is the picture I took at the worldof Coca Cola in Atlanta GA. Many stars endorsedf the product in the 30's. I couldnt resist this one. Especially with Crawford and gable.

52nd TONY AWARDS CABARET ALAN CUMMING

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From left, actresses Kathleen Turner, Jane Fonda and Jessica Lange attend the Planned Parenthood Action Fund and Planned Parenthood Advocates of New York City One Million Strong Cocktail Party at The Prince George Ballroom on Monday in New York City.

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Gina Gershon

Just days after Vanity Fair hit shelves with a story suggesting former President Bill Clinton had become more than just riends with actress Gina Gershon, the Bound star hit back with a letter from her lawyer calling the accusation a pack of lies and saying she’d only ever been in the same room as the president three times—and other people were present. Here’s a pic of Gina at the Out 100 party before presenting Annie Lennox with an award. Does that mean she’s fucking Annie too?

In the two page letter drafted to Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, Gina’s lawyers say the actress is deeply “offended” by the accusations, has the utmost respect for the president and Senator Clinton and demands a retraction.

Rosie Says She's Waiting to Re-Tie Knot

Kelli Carpenter and Rosie O'DonnellWaiting to RemarryScoop: They wed in 2004, but that marriage was nullified by California's high court. Now, that same panel has changed their minds but O'Donnell says she and Carpenter will wait until gay marriage is "legal everywhere."
By MICHAEL WEINFELD, AP
Posted: 2008-06-05 16:30:04
NEW YORK (June 5) - Ellen DeGeneres is doing it. So is George Takei. But Rosie O'Donnell isn't jumping at the chance to walk down the aisle.
O'Donnell and her girlfriend, Kelli Carpenter, were married four years ago when the mayor of San Francisco allowed same-sex marriages. The California Supreme Court later declared such marriages invalid.Now the state's highest court has ruled that denying same-sex marriages was discriminatory, and many gay and lesbian couples, including DeGeneres and girlfriend Portia de Rossi and Takei and his partner, Brad Altman, are planning to tie the knot.O'Donnell told AP Radio that she and Carpenter are "going to wait until it's legal everywhere, because otherwise, I said to Kelli, we'll be going around touring the country on the marriage tour every state by state.""Once it gets to be at the federal level, once every state recognizes the marriages of every other state, I think that'll be the time we would do it," the 46-year-old comedian said.Asked if she thought that time was near, O'Donnell replied, "Yes.""The same way it was illegal for black and white people to marry at one point and people couldn't conceive of that ever being different, I do think that two consenting, law-abiding adults who want to share their life together should be allowed to do that," she said.

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Norma Shearer

Edith Norma Shearer (August 10, 1900 – June 12, 1983) was an Academy Award–winning Canadian-American actress.
Shearer was one of the most popular actresses in the world from the mid-1920s until her retirement in 1942. Her early films cast her as the girl-next-door but after her 1930 film The Divorcee, she played sexually liberated women in sophisticated contemporary comedies and dramas, as well as several historical and period films.
Unlike many of her MGM contemporaries, Shearer's reputation went into steep decline after her retirement. By the time of her death in 1983, she was in danger of being known only for her "noble" roles in the regularly-revived The Women and Romeo and Juliet or, at worst, as a forgotten star.
However, Shearer's legacy began to be re-evaluated in the 1990's with the publication of two biographies and the TCM and VHS release of her films, many of them unseen since the implementation of the Production Code some sixty years before. Focus shifted to her pre-Code "divorcee" persona, and Shearer was rediscovered as "the exemplar of sophisticated [1930's] woman-hood... exploring love and sex with an honesty that would be considered frank by modern standards". Simultaneously, Shearer's ten year collaboration with portrait photographer George Hurrell and her lasting contribution to fashion through the designs of Adrian were also recognized.
Today, Norma Shearer is widely celebrated as one of cinema's feminist pioneers: "the first American film actress to make it chic and acceptable to be single and not a virgin on screen".
In March 2008, two of her most famous pre-code films, The Divorcee and A Free Soul, were released on DVD.

Battling movie stars

June 20, 1957Los Angeles
For battling Hollywood celebrities, it's hard to surpass Shelley Winters and Anthony Franciosa. They were only married a few years, but they made up for it in brawls between themselves, other actors (like Ava Gardner) and the press.
In this instance, Franciosa was given 10 days in jail for kicking Herald-Express photographer William Walker on April 19 after a court appearance.
Franciosa and Winters were trying to bid on a house at 618 Hillcrest Drive, Beverly Hills, and Franciosa objected to being photographed because he was still married to his wife, Beatrice, who was in Reno getting a divorce. Franciosa was wrestled to the ground and arrested after kicking Walker as Winters cried and sobbed: "Please don't have him arrested! You've ruined our lives!"
He was originally sentenced to 90 days in jail and a $250 fine, but the judge agreed to give him two years' probation if Franciosa spent 10 days in jail. The actor fought the sentence in court--in proceedings that revealed a record of arrests for theft and intoxication--before beginning his term on Dec. 12, 1957.
Winters and Franciosa were married in May 1957. In April 1958, Franciosa suffered a 2-inch cut behind his ear when Winters threw a perfume bottle at him. Then in August the Italian press reported that there was a brawl between Winters and Ava Gardner over rumors of Gardner's involvement with Franciosa while filming "The Naked Maja." (Not true, Winters said. They were all good friends. Gardner was curiously silent about the matter).
In July 1960, Winters sued for a legal separation, and filed for divorce in November. The wild ride was over.
Shelley Winters died Jan. 14, 2006.
Anthony Franciosa died five days later.
"I would be prefer to be judged my work alone," Franciosa said in 1961. "It's nobody's business what I'm like except the people I have to live with or work with."

Angie & Louise and their babies...

Donny Osmond...Orlando Fl. Thank YOU Donny for ...by Angie

I think there were only about 100 of us there that day, if that many. Such an intimate and special day with Donny. He took the whole day...just to spend it with his fans.
I was one of the lucky ones to be there. He sang, he talked, he answered questions and we played games, like pictionary...he's not much of an artist hahah but it was fun.
I'm so happy that I have this video to treasure for the rest of my life! by Angie.

Happy Birthday Marilyn ~ June-1- 26 ~ Aug-5- 62