Word: publicists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Liza Minnelli doesn't sweep, diva-style, into the restaurant for an interview. She sort of edges in, warily, close to a publicist, wrapped in folds of black that effectively hide a figure that once ballooned so much that paparazzi competed for photos as though they were getting paid by the pound. Yet she's looking better these days, down 40 lbs. thanks to a high-protein diet (this evening's menu: carpaccio, swordfish steak and hot milk for dessert). Her weight, of course, is hardly the only thing that has made her a star of the gossip pages. There...
Despite her tender age, dewy appearance, lack of familiarity with one of the century's greatest directors and the mother-hen protectiveness of her agent and publicist, who cluck around her worrying about what the actress, who is eight months' pregnant, will wear to the film's New York premiere, it is clear that Morton is not some frail newcomer. As she likes to remind interviewers, she has racked up many television and film credits over the past decade, doing the obligatory bbc costume dramas and a handful of little-seen films. She came to Allen's attention...
...Prior to last week my only contact with Willis was laughing spasmodically at these lyrics. My main goal for the night was, simply stated, to get him to say funny stuff. I had been forced to fake my way through a conversation with his publicist earlier in the week. As she correctly suspected I only wanted to talk to him because he acts crazy. Which is not surprising--Willis is a clinically diagnosed schizophrenic who grew up in a hellish Chicago environment with his mother's abusive boyfriend...
...friend "Mr. Affleck," her brother's nephew's toddler's girlfriend... The boo-hoo hooligan tried to convince us that the dumb piece of gold was the cure for all her family members' illnesses! (Too bad it wasn't a cure for that dress that didn't fit. Her publicist later chastised the media for calling her on it. "You think she didn't know how that dress fit?" he retorted. "She meant it to fit like that.") Gwyneth is supposedly our generation's Audrey Hepburn. God help...
Such stories--and such hazel-eyed looks--are a publicist's dream, especially at a time when classical-record sales are chronically depressed and many labels are willing to resort to any gimmick, however fatuous, in order to score crossover hits. But Kotova is more than just another megapretty face; she is also a musician of high seriousness and real talent...