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Liza Minnelli

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    The Song "Some People" Through The Years

    Surely you know the song "Some People" from the musical Gypsy. Oh, you're straight and under 50?

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Shit Rancid Gays Say!

    "Lies! Lies! Liza Minnelli!" "Husband material? Honey, he was has-been material!" "You know who make really good boyfriends? Prisoners. You always know where they are."

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Broadway Replacements: Your Favorite?

    Darren Criss is attracting screaming Gleeks to How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and they're filling the seats once occupied by screaming Potterphiles. Which brings to mind the topic of Broadway replacements and how they fare in light of all the hoopla generated by the original star ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 24, 2011

    FINLEY WITH A Z

    It's up to you, Liza Minnelli

  • Voice Choices

    August 17, 2011

    Karen Finley

    It's up to you, Liza Minnelli

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Evidence That Elaine Stritch Is A Kook

    ​Next up I'll be serving up evidence that the sky is blue, but first let me deal with this issue: Broadway veteran Elaine Stritch is known to be a little nutty, cute, quirky, loud, and sometimes obstreperous. Well, at vintage costume warehouses, people sometimes come across interesting bits ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    First Gay Bar in an Atlantic City Casino: I Was There!

    ​It's on the 13th floor of Resorts' Ocean Tower, but here's hoping that won't be an unlucky roll of the dice. Resorts' LGBT marketing man Joel Ballesteros sent a bunch of us there this weekend for the gala opening, which started with a performance of the old-school drag revue "Believe--Divas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Week In Review: Their Eyes Were Watching You

    ​ The week that was in music: "Weird Al" Yankovic made Lady Gaga blink. BeyoncĂ© overloaded everyone's eardrums. Fleetwood Mac is in rock critics' comfort zone.

  • Voice Choices

    April 13, 2011

    MUPPET AROUND TOWN

    Drive-in fun, no car needed

  • Film

    April 6, 2011
  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Liza Minnelli and the Hot Dog Vendor: A New York Story

    ​You know how in New York we just walk on by the celebrities who walk among us, sometimes ignoring them completely, sometimes peering at them out of the corner of our eye so they don't notice, because, really, celebrities? Whatever. Such was the case, reports DNA Info, for Mohamed Elsaka, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Gaga Is Gaga For Liza

    Rolling Stone​ When Liza Minnelli entered Madison Square Garden for the Lady Gaga concert last night, the little monsters went apeshit.

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    The Eight Funniest Things I Said To Keith Olbermann

    ​As Keith Olbermann prepares to move to Current TV, let's reminisce about the naughty things I used to say to him on air--utterances that would make him simultaneously blush and egg me on. Here are the cutest/bawdiest:

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Fashion Week: Farah Angsana Designs for Drag Queens with Vaginas

    Liza courtesy Warner Bros/Angsana show by Sharyn JacksonFarah Angsana or Liza Minnelli?​I went to my first-ever Fashion Week show today, and it went above and beyond my wildest expectations. I'd assumed I'd be spotted as an imposter immediately: I don't belong in the same space as women who we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    The Golden Razzie Awards Are Homophobic!

    ​They must be! After all, three of their picks for Worst Supporting Actress of the year happen to be huge gay icons. Cher is up for Burlesque

  • Columns

    October 6, 2010

    Jerry Lewis Won't Bang Ladies in Chicago!

    Liza! The gayest night since Stonewall! Some plays are already dead.

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Liza, Sinatra, and Jerry Lewis!

    ​All in one week! CLICK HERE for my new column in which I go all old school and infiltrate a very intimate concert by Liza Minnelli, a private dinner for Sinatra Family Estate wines, hosted by the delicious Nancy Sinatra, and a Friars Club tribute to Jerry Lewis, whose wacky comedy I'm a big ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Stars Who Will Never Die

    via Wikipedia​I'll start this one: Cher Betty White Liza Minnelli Bindi Irwin Any more?

  • Film

    May 25, 2010

    Sex and the City Vs. Nature

    Aging disgracefully, the franchise struggles to stay forever young

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Liza's Confessin'! Are You Buyin'?

    ​Hey, kids! Ring them bells! Here's something really terrific to zest up your life! A new Liza Minnelli CD! Check out the product info for Liza's Confessions CD, due in September, just in time for everyone to go back to school (you know, Parsons, FIT, Hetrick Martin, Harvey Milk, etc.) We ca ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 4, 2010

    'What a Wonderful World'

    ​Hey, kids! Ring them bells! Here's something really terrific to zest up your life! A new Liza Minnelli CD! Check out the product info for Liza's Confessions CD, due in September, just in time for everyone to go back to school (you know, Parsons, FIT, Hetrick Martin, Harvey Milk, etc.) We ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Liza Just Says No in Halston Documentary

    ​A new doc about legendary designer Halston, which is making the festival rounds, has a sound bite from beloved Liza Minnelli, saying she and Halston didn't care much about the drug use going on at Studio 54; they'd run out the back door so they could go home and get up early for work. Sounds ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    My Favorite Things

    ​Hollywood's voyage to the Third Dimension is continuing apace with announced plans to re-release newly 3-D-ized versions of 2001, Star Wars, and The Passion of the Christ, but the first 3-D musical -- an all-star remake of The Sound of Music -- is proving to be more difficult than anticipated ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Surreal Moments From My Life, Part 9000

    ​Several years ago at a French film luncheon, I was introduced to Anouk Aimee, the beautiful star of such classic art flicks as A Man and a Woman and 8 1/2. I was thrilled to meet the woman because she'd made an impact on my cineastic history and she'd always seemed so glamorously aloof, as i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Showbiz News: Liza Settles Harassment Suit; Wicked Beatdown; Jackie O-Peter Cook Affair?

    ​M'hammed Soumayah, variously described as a chaffeur, bodyguard, and right-hand man to Liza Minnelli, has settled a sexual harassment suit against the Cabaret star. He alleged that she threatened to fire him from his $238,000-a-year job if he did not sleep with him, so he did, and claimed to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    This Week in the Voice

    ​Like to gamble online? Political odd couples like Barney Frank and Al D'Amato are fighting for your right to do so. Meanwhile James Giordano made millions via internet gambling, and wound up in prison. So... do you feel lucky? Graham Rayman has the story. Tom Robbins has previously covered t ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 24, 2009

    Johnny Rodgers Band

    ​Like to gamble online? Political odd couples like Barney Frank and Al D'Amato are fighting for your right to do so. Meanwhile James Giordano made millions via internet gambling, and wound up in prison. So... do you feel lucky? Graham Rayman has the story. Tom Robbins has previously covered t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    Liza's At The Paley! Michael Jackson's Accuser's Dad Kills Himself!

    ​Yes, our old pal Liza Minnelli is winding up her arms again and flying over to the Paley Center for an in-person appearance, and you can be part of it for only 25 dazzling dollars ($15 if you're a member).

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    When Is It OK To Call Someone Your "Boyfriend"?

    ​Or "girlfriend"? Or "partner" or "human blow-up toy" or whatever freaking term you choose? Face it--it's a very delicate dance we play in relationships, both players terrified to introduce the other as a boyfriend/girlfriend until it's totally appropriate.

  • Voice Choices

    November 10, 2009

    PEOPLES IS PEOPLES

    Can you tell me how to get to Court Street?

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Daniel Craig at a New York Gay Club!

    ​Yes, he most surely was, as reported in this week's column [CLICK HERE], which is more packed with good stuff than a circuit queen's butt at the Black Party. Read this invigorating opus and you will also learn about:

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Tony Awards Committee Drops Critics from Voter Rolls

    The Tony Management Committee has stopped letting critics vote on the Tony Awards for achievements in Broadway theater, on the grounds that the reviewers have a conflict of interest -- as opposed to actual theater artists and producers who, we guess, monkishly abstain from allowing personal relation ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 8, 2009

    'Pop...with PizAZZ'

    The Tony Management Committee has stopped letting critics vote on the Tony Awards for achievements in Broadway theater, on the grounds that the reviewers have a conflict of interest -- as opposed to actual theater artists and producers who, we guess, monkishly abstain from allowing personal relation ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 1, 2009

    Stephanie J. Block

    The Tony Management Committee has stopped letting critics vote on the Tony Awards for achievements in Broadway theater, on the grounds that the reviewers have a conflict of interest -- as opposed to actual theater artists and producers who, we guess, monkishly abstain from allowing personal relation ... More >>

  • Columns

    June 17, 2009

    Talk Show Host Thrown Out of Gay Bar!

    Poisonous chatter, but the ending will leave you in Stritches.

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    I've Found A Female Liza Impersonator!

    You have to believe me on this one, folks! I've discovered a biological woman who impersonates Liza Minnelli, and she's convincing nonetheless! It's in this week's column [CLICK HERE], along with Elaine Stritch's performance in New Jersey; Florent's comeback; Patricia Field's good works; and a mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Who's Your Favorite Famous Daughter?

    Katie KiehnWhich Hollywood spawn do you feel for with the most passion? Which one has the largest talent, whether it was acquired genetically, environmentally, or--it happens--on her own? Which one is the farthest from a charity case and would have actually made it without having had a world-famous ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Hanging With The Tony Crowd

    At an American Theatre Wing dinner at Cipriani the other night, I got to sit with a bevy of Tony award types and wet myself with delight. At my table, Roger Robinson--who's Tony nominated for Joe Turner's Come and Gone--said that, after the bump they got from the Obamas seeing the show, he was stun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2009

    Quick Hits

    Some guy's leg and foot on the subway, via twitpic. We love Mary Louise Parker as much as anybody, maybe more, but find it hard to credit her claim that she was "goaded" into a nude scene in an (upcoming!) episode of Weeds and is "bitter" about it. She's, like, naked in everything. Here is a practic ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 26, 2008

    CLASSIC MINNELLI

    Ron Lewis directs Liza's at the Palace . . . !

  • Voice Choices

    September 3, 2008

    LIZA = NEW YORK

    And Karen Finley will tell you why

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2008

    A Broadway Star Gay? That Would Be Shocking!

    And Karen Finley will tell you why

  • Music

    October 17, 2006

    Blackened Meatloaf

    MCR's valedictorian sonic bombast soothes detention sufferers nationwide

  • Columns

    August 9, 2005

    NY Mirror

    MCR's valedictorian sonic bombast soothes detention sufferers nationwide

  • Columns

    August 12, 2003

    NY Mirror

    MCR's valedictorian sonic bombast soothes detention sufferers nationwide

  • Theater

    July 29, 2003

    You Call This a Town?

    Finley's 9-11 Liza; Jordan's Search for Normalcy

  • Columns

    February 25, 2003

    NY Mirror

    Finley's 9-11 Liza; Jordan's Search for Normalcy

  • Columns

    November 19, 2002

    NY Mirror

    Finley's 9-11 Liza; Jordan's Search for Normalcy

  • Columns

    December 21, 1999

    NY Mirror

    Finley's 9-11 Liza; Jordan's Search for Normalcy

  • Film

    November 24, 1998

    'MIX Festival'

    Finley's 9-11 Liza; Jordan's Search for Normalcy

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