Post by oh my cher on Jan 22, 2006 10:57:17 GMT -5
New York Post
Liz Smith
January 17, 2006 -- 'BEING POPULAR is important. Otherwise people might not like you," quips the humorist Mimi Pond.
MARIA Conchita Alonso is the latest addition to ABC's "Desperate Housewives." She will play Eva Longoria's mother, and her story line, at this point, is significant. The Cuban singer/actress is still a knockout, and easily could have played Eva's role only a few years back. Hell, she could do it now.
TODAY, the showbiz world is buzzing over the Golden Globe wins and what it'll mean for Oscar. But the days before the GGs were hot, too. This is party season, baby, and nobody wants to miss a red carpet.
Last Wednesday Gregory Colbert's art exhibit, "Ashes and Snow" at the Nomadic Museum on Santa Monica Pier brought out Teri Hatcher, Donna Karan, Marisa Tomei, Robert Evans, Ali MacGraw, John Waters, Bianca Jagger, Daryl Hannah and even veteran legend Maureen O'Hara, still a feisty, flame-haired beauty. Artist Colbert's images of wild animals interacting with humans (staged by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban) was a big hit, underwritten by Rolex.
The next night, Cher (she was also at the above exhibit) appeared at social gadfly Nikki Haskell's party for Rolex CEO Patrick Heiniger. I guess Patrick wants to make his mark in Hollywood! Cher, so often reclusive, spent the evening sitting with George Schlatter, who had produced her "Cher" TV show - this was after divorce ended "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" series. Schlatter said, "She called me 'Hammer' and I called her 'Nails.' I was always trying to get her to do more, and she was always getting her nails done. But seriously, I never saw anybody who did more and wore less!" Talk turned to the late Sonny Bono, and everybody agreed he would have loved Cher's now immortal three-year "farewell tour," which the Oscar-winning star says was the culmination of her gaudy, girlish dreams of entertainment - sitting astride that giant, glitzy elephant, etc. (This was her homage to Roz Russell in "Auntie Mame," and we're asking, when will she do the Jerry Herman TV musical version?!)
At the party, Cher sang "Happy Birthday" to the legend himself, Army Archerd. Everyone - from Dennis Hopper to Cheryl Tiegs to Stephen Dorff - said it was a night to remember.
But wait, there's more! Catherine Deneuve, the fabulous face of French cinema, is now the new face of MAC cosmetics. Although under the weather from a cold, Deneuve easily commanded the most attention at Vanity Fair's pre-GG fete at the Chateau Marmont on Friday. Mira Sorvino, Terrence Howard, Cornelia Guest, Thandie Newton, Zooey Deschanel, Maria Bello, Jeff Daniels and Anna Wintour were agog as this Gallic goddess sniffled stylishly and looked like the fortune MAC is paying her to present her bone structure to camera.
Liz Smith
January 17, 2006 -- 'BEING POPULAR is important. Otherwise people might not like you," quips the humorist Mimi Pond.
MARIA Conchita Alonso is the latest addition to ABC's "Desperate Housewives." She will play Eva Longoria's mother, and her story line, at this point, is significant. The Cuban singer/actress is still a knockout, and easily could have played Eva's role only a few years back. Hell, she could do it now.
TODAY, the showbiz world is buzzing over the Golden Globe wins and what it'll mean for Oscar. But the days before the GGs were hot, too. This is party season, baby, and nobody wants to miss a red carpet.
Last Wednesday Gregory Colbert's art exhibit, "Ashes and Snow" at the Nomadic Museum on Santa Monica Pier brought out Teri Hatcher, Donna Karan, Marisa Tomei, Robert Evans, Ali MacGraw, John Waters, Bianca Jagger, Daryl Hannah and even veteran legend Maureen O'Hara, still a feisty, flame-haired beauty. Artist Colbert's images of wild animals interacting with humans (staged by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban) was a big hit, underwritten by Rolex.
The next night, Cher (she was also at the above exhibit) appeared at social gadfly Nikki Haskell's party for Rolex CEO Patrick Heiniger. I guess Patrick wants to make his mark in Hollywood! Cher, so often reclusive, spent the evening sitting with George Schlatter, who had produced her "Cher" TV show - this was after divorce ended "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" series. Schlatter said, "She called me 'Hammer' and I called her 'Nails.' I was always trying to get her to do more, and she was always getting her nails done. But seriously, I never saw anybody who did more and wore less!" Talk turned to the late Sonny Bono, and everybody agreed he would have loved Cher's now immortal three-year "farewell tour," which the Oscar-winning star says was the culmination of her gaudy, girlish dreams of entertainment - sitting astride that giant, glitzy elephant, etc. (This was her homage to Roz Russell in "Auntie Mame," and we're asking, when will she do the Jerry Herman TV musical version?!)
At the party, Cher sang "Happy Birthday" to the legend himself, Army Archerd. Everyone - from Dennis Hopper to Cheryl Tiegs to Stephen Dorff - said it was a night to remember.
But wait, there's more! Catherine Deneuve, the fabulous face of French cinema, is now the new face of MAC cosmetics. Although under the weather from a cold, Deneuve easily commanded the most attention at Vanity Fair's pre-GG fete at the Chateau Marmont on Friday. Mira Sorvino, Terrence Howard, Cornelia Guest, Thandie Newton, Zooey Deschanel, Maria Bello, Jeff Daniels and Anna Wintour were agog as this Gallic goddess sniffled stylishly and looked like the fortune MAC is paying her to present her bone structure to camera.