She made a rare statement on Facebook distancing herself from the new movie Judy , starring Renee Zellweger as her legendary mother Judy Garland. Has she spoken to you about that at all? She has talked about it. The important thing to note is that was a specific response to an article Radar Online printed. But they published another story that said she spent several hours on the phone with Renee Zellweger and is coaching her on how to play her mother and they fell in love with each other and happy she is with the movie.
Which is total fiction. TMZ quoted something about Lady Gaga that she never said. She wanted to respond because otherwise that fictitious Radar article would have been repeated and published all over the globe. But her mother also lived very joyously. People never emphasize those things. No one can sing like Mama! I used to dance for my father. He loved it when I danced. It was just always there. You were 16 then and actually living on your own in New York City.
I was at the Barbizon Hotel for women. I went to dance school every day, two classes a day. I went to see shows. My dad was nice enough to tell the producers to let me in. I watched a lot of them from the back, so I could see every detail. A little bit, but they trusted me because I was sophisticated and I had a purpose, and that was Broadway.
The best part about winning an award is the night you win it. And then you have to go back to work. I believe that. How did movies come along? My dad knew him really well.
He would come over to the house all the time. And I did. Take me back to Oscar night. It was like a T-shirt collar to the ground, straight down, and a sweater made of crepe, same as the dress. I wore that and jewelry that Halston had picked for me for that night. Did you think you were going to win?
When [Gene Hackman, who was presenting with Raquel Welch] said my name, my father screamed and he gave me tinnitus. I had tinnitus because of the way my father screamed at the Oscars, honestly. Did you know you had a problem? I knew, and I told my father. So he took me there. Oh, sure. Everybody has that time. We had such fun because she was so funny. She was funny, and she loved her kids so much.
She was protective and very strict. She wanted you to do the right thing, like any mother. Did she talk about her days when she was a child star? We would do them together. Who cares? Just keep going. After she passed, were you able to listen to her music right away or was it hard?
It took a minute. Did you know about her struggles? She was our mother. Just a few weeks after completing rehab in , she hit the road for a big show at a casino in Mississippi called Liza Minnelli in Concert with Billy Stritch Stritch being her musical director. Minnelli performed a cabaret act with a seven-piece band, told stories about her life in and out of show business, and sang the signature songs fans expected her to sing, such as "Theme from New York, New York " and "Cabaret.
One song she wouldn't perform: her mother's signature tune, "Over the Rainbow. The show was critically acclaimed , but the tour was short-lived. On her doctor's orders, Minnelli canceled three shows scheduled for November Minnelli has had a lot of health problems over the last few decades, well beyond the usual joint problems that afflict dancers.
In , she was diagnosed with encephalitis , a potentially deadly swelling of the brain. Emergency workers found her shaking on the floor, and at first attributed her slurred speech and drooping face to a stroke.
In addition, she was sidelined in by vocal cord surgery. She's also had hip replacement surgery. Minnelli's last major public appearance, and her first in months, was in September at a Pasadena Symphony and POPS concert in California to see her friend and collaborator, Michael Feinstein.
When he needed a backup conducting baton, Minnelli took one out to him on stage, although other reports say at the same event, she had to be helped out of her chair and needed assistance to walk. While Minnelli may be laying low performance-wise, she's out there making big financial deals that are bringing in a lot of cash. In , she put up her entire collection of works by pop art icon Andy Warhol up for sale. That wasn't too long after she sold her posh, high-rise condo on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
While the gossip rags suggested that Minnelli was selling off her assets because of severe financial problems, the actress's handlers denied there was anything like that going on, simply that like any art collector, she was always on the lookout for a good transaction opportunity.
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