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Unhappy With Films About Her, Liza Minnelli Will Tell Her Own Story

Previous attempts to tell her life story 'didn't get it right,' she says

(Newser) - Liza Minnelli is a legend, one of just 25 performers to have achieved EGOT status—winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony—but until recently, she'd never planned to tell her own life story, the Guardian reports. Now that's changing. In a statement shared with People , Minnelli says...

Liza Minnelli's Ex Found Dead in Hotel

David Gest's death not being treated as suspicious at this time

(Newser) - Entertainer David Gest, who was briefly married to Liza Minnelli in 2002 and 2003, was found dead in a London hotel Tuesday morning, the Independent reports. A friend of the 62-year-old confirms the news, and the Metropolitan Police say in a statement that they were called to the scene of...

Liza Minnelli Goes to Rehab
 Liza Minnelli Goes to Rehab 
Mar 19, 2015 8:41 AM CDT

Liza Minnelli Goes to Rehab

Is making 'excellent progress,' her rep says

(Newser) - Liza Minnelli has checked herself into rehab and is making "excellent progress," her representative says. "Minnelli has valiantly battled substance abuse over the years, and whenever she has needed to seek treatment she has done so," Minnelli spokesman Scott Gorenstein said last night. "She is...

Ellen DeGeneres Opens the Oscars
 12 Years a Slave 
 Wins Best Picture 
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Mar 3, 2014 12:55 AM CST

12 Years a Slave Wins Best Picture

Here are all your Oscar winners

(Newser) - Ellen DeGeneres opened tonight's Academy Awards with a few mild shots at the attendees—among other things, she teased Jennifer Lawrence for falling on her way up to the stage last year and then again on the red carpet tonight ; she raised her voice so that 84-year-old nominee June...

Liza Minnelli Had Breakdown Over Throat Drops Ad

Martha Stewart to the rescue, says report

(Newser) - If you watched the Golden Globes, you may have noticed Martha Stewart shilling for Pine Brothers Softish Throat Drops in a rare ad appearance. But Liza Minnelli was originally intended to star in the commercial, according to a crazy New York Post story that claims Minnelli initially insisted on a...

More Sex and the City 2 Secrets Spill

Gay wedding, minor role for Miley

(Newser) - A gay wedding and a cameo by Miley Cyrus may be in the works for Sex and the City 2, MSNBC reports. The sequel's story lines are a closely guarded secret, but the shooting schedule offers plenty of hints: For a wedding scene at a Connecticut inn, Liza Minnelli will...

Highs and Lows of the Tonys
 Highs and Lows of the Tonys 
Jun 8, 2009 9:33 AM CDT

Highs and Lows of the Tonys

From the three Billys to a lost Dolly Parton

(Newser) - The 2009 Tony awards were not without their laughs—and gaffes. The LA Times outlines the best and worst of Broadway's biggest night.
  • Dolly Parton was a crowd-pleaser during the show's opening number, but later appeared accidentally, and uncomfortably, on the stage when she lost out on the music and
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Russian Investing in ... WNBA Stars?

'Crazy people to do some crazy things,' billionaire says of his lavish hoop jones

(Newser) - Basketball-crazy Russian billionaire Shabtai von Kalmanovic is pouring money into women's hoops—flying WNBA players to Russia in the off-season and paying them 10 times what they make in the US. Players like Diana Taurasi are put up in luxury digs and chauffeured around. "They should be treated like...

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