Joni Evans | 06/11/2009 11:00 pm

Liz Is Away ... Have Any Gossip?

Our Gossip Girl is on a brief vacation …

Our Gossip Gal, Liz Smith, is taking a brief vacation today and next week. Let’s reserve this space for YOUR gossip tips. And remember, ladies: Keep it fun.

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Mr. wOw Hears: It’s in the air that the next honor for Liza Minnelli – after a fourth Tony Award for her spectacular run at the Palace Theater – will be the Kennedy Center Honor. Well, she’s got everything else – Oscar, aforementioned Tonys, a Grammy and an Emmy. There are a couple of Golden Globes thrown in, too. It’s time for this deluxe icon/survivor to get her due in Washington, DC, to join with the 200-plus supernovas that have been honored since 1978.

By Mr. Wow on 06/12/2009 12:00 am

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Liza Minnelli was in a movie in the 70’s called "Tell me that you love me Judy Moon", we had to read the book in high school, when the church got a hold of the book they had it banned in Buffalo, NY schools. The movie/book is about a woman and how she overcame having acid poured on her. To this day I have not been able to find a copy of the book or movie. It had a clear message in it on how to avoid and get away from some you know or expect may to you harm. I’ve neve been to a NY play, but I’ve seen a lot of movies, and Ms. Minnelli has had a lot of hard earn success. It couldn’t have been easy trying to make your way with your mother being Judy Garland. I say "You Go Girl", you deserve all the awards they out there.

By Deniseann Taylor on 06/12/2009 12:18 am

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Deniseann, Amazon.com has a copy of the book, "Tell me that you Love Me Junie Moon" for $.01. Yep, it says used but in good condition. They actually have several copies so you have your choice.

By Judy K. on 06/12/2009 1:05 am

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Judy, that book made me to never want a boyfriend, it scared me so. We were in the second or third week of reading it when the movie came out. Liza was great. But before we could finish the book in class it was banned thanks to the Catholic Church. They couldn’t take the books from us because we had to buy them but our parents were made aware that the book had been banned and then our parents took the book, I’d already finished it and seen the movies so It was no big deal for me but the other kids couldn’t understand how the Church could influence the city to ban the book. We were in public school.

Silly question and off the topic, but do you remember when girls were allowed to start wearing jeans/pants in school. In Buffalo it was 1972, spring semister, for christmas I got my first pair of jeans, I was 16 and a Junior in hight school. I had no idea what to wear with them after wearing dress’s and skirts for 11 years. lol

By Deniseann Taylor on 06/12/2009 5:38 pm

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Deniseann, I wore uniforms all through Catholic high school. Every year we would change the color of the initial on the bolero to designate what year we were in. Yep, wore the same uniform for four years. In senior year it was so shiny (navy gabordine) we virtually glowed, ha ha. Never did wear jeans much because I graduated high school in ‘62 and went right to work so pants weren’t part of the dress code. Today, don’t like the stiffness of jeans and need the elastic waist for comfort so wear cotton. My greatest problem is length. I was always taller and bigger than most girls of that era so had a problem even finding pants that fit. What is funny is that, with girls getting taller, I finally found the length I need in talls and now talls are too long for me at 34" inseam. I have to hunt the catalogs for a shorter inseam. Funny how things turn out.

By Judy K. on 06/12/2009 8:14 pm

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Judy, I hear you. lol One of my BFF went to Catholic school her entire life and she use to sneak cloths in her shoe bag so she could dress it up, Nuns would go nuts on her., lol

My Mom’s second husband was Irish Catholic Cop who was not a nice person to say the least so we never ever went against his wish’s even when we got to school out of fear he’d find out.

My Dad was cool, he took me out and bought me my first pair of Bastad Clogs, hip huggers and halter tops. Nothing too bold but just enough that I fit in. I went to live with him one month before exams in my senior yr after my stepfather beat the crap out of me and I had nothing, nothing at all. The stepfather cut up my cloths, took a razor blade to all my albums I work so hard to buy and even destroyed my senior picture.

But my dad was the best, he helped me find my self esteem again, and helped me be the woman I am now. Now I’m crying, I really miss him, and I really really hate that my mother kept us from having a relationship my enitre childhood.

Sorry off track. I’m 5ft 7in and always wore long because I like to fold up the bottom of my jeans and now I wear cotton for comfort. I had three surgery’s via the stomach so my tummy is no longer flat like in the olden days, lol.

I learned to sew to make cloths fit better and then I got the hang of it and started making all my kids cloths until they went to school, but I still made their pj’s.

Funny how life’s lesson help us learn how to do others to improve our lives.

By Deniseann Taylor on 06/12/2009 8:47 pm

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News Flash! Chastity Bono is getting a sex change. I know. Who cares.

By kermie b on 06/12/2009 12:40 am

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Gossip in Houston, TX and keep it fun…well, we have a good mayor, Bill White. He instigated a towing rule a few years ago. If you leave your disabled car on the freeway (in NY it would be highway), you will get your car towed (within minutes thanks to eager Tow Truck Companies). So during a time when a very veneered retail dealer had his warehouse on fire, Mayor White couldn’t park near the building and left his car on the freeway and got his car towed. In Houston, we didn’t know our mayor made house calls on businesses that were on fire. So, we were impressed. Anyway, I think most of us love our mayor Bill White. But we had to laugh that his law finally affected him.

By Laura Ward on 06/12/2009 12:49 am

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Laura, I believe most people do love our mayor. He always seems cool and in control. But, one scene I will never forget is our mayor ,on TV, very tired and cussing out FEMA after Hurricane Ike. I, along with the mayor and many others, still wonder why all those ice trucks were just sitting there in the hot sun with no destination whatsoever.

By Maggie W on 06/12/2009 12:21 pm

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I really don’t have any gossip, I just hope Liz has a great time.

By Rho on 06/12/2009 9:17 am

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Just read that Madonna’s adoption bid was approved this time. Surprise, surprise. Hope it turns out well, though.

By Deena B. on 06/12/2009 9:49 am

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Well, I just heard that Richard is cheating on Susie with a girl who could be his daughter, but Susie doesn’t care because SHE is having an affair with an older woman !!

Don’t know who they are ?, no matter, it’s gossip in MY world.

By EKA - on 06/12/2009 10:41 am

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http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1848212,00.html

I found this interesting link to old smoking propaganda in a Time article about current Antismoking legislation—amazing how the ad agencies tried to convince people that smoking was good for digestion and health in general. I vaguely recall cigarette ads being on television when I was very young; I think it was the grammar controversy about "Winston tastes good like [as] a cigarette should."

I grew up in a large household of serious smokers and the only good thing that came out of it was my dead-set conviction never to smoke. I am so glad I never did.

By kermie b on 06/12/2009 10:48 am

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Lucky you, Kermie. I’m glad you never smoked. It might have turned that pretty frog shade of green into a ghastly gray-green color.

I grew up in a NON-smoking family, so I had to be the black sheep. I smoked as many as 3 packs a day for 20 years. One day while in my 30’s I couldn’t climb the stairs without having to lie down for 30 minutes afterwards. Found out it was an asthma attack. Didn’t matter - all I knew what I couldn’t breathe and I sure wasn’t going to be stupid and continue smoking. So I quit….and never picked up another cigarette again. One of the hardest things I ever had to do. Now I’m a real crusader against smoking. We got it banned on our beach and the new law was repeated in many other beach cities. The smell of smoke just drives me crazy now.

If I can quit, anyone can.

By Andrea Brandon on 06/14/2009 7:22 pm

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Here ya go:

I’m sure everyone on this site has heard what david letterman said on his show a few days ago regarding Sara Palin’s 14 year old daughter, who was with her mother at a baseball game. It went something like this, I wonder if ARod will knock up Palin’s daughter. AND THE AUDIENCE LAUGHED.

matt lauer on NBC today show this am interviewed Sara Palin about comments she made about what jerk letterman said about her daughter. She said something like this, Willow (14 yr old daughter) should certainly stay away from letterman.

Well, wouldn’t you know that lauer (trying to turn the tables, I guess) wanted to kn0w what she meant by that remark.

Is that jackass laurer for real?????????

He also defended letterman by saying he really meant her 18 year old daughter.—————-so that makes the comment OK?

But we all know he meant the 14 year old, cause that’s who was at the game with her Mom.

If those comments were made against the BO girls, all hell would break loose——which it should.

Double standard, double standard——————letterman gets away with a remark like that, but Imus lost his job afew years back. and the comment about Chelsey Clinton (by Rush) was talked about over and over again. Of course that remark should never have been said by Rush either,—————-even tho its true!

By Irish Eyes NY on 06/12/2009 11:30 am