Liz Smith

Here's To The Luminaries Who Lunch For Mike Nichols!

Liz Smith | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Zach Wahls, Liz Smith, Diane Von Furstenberg, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mike Nichols, Death of a Salesman, Celebrity News

I mean, what if "the bomb" dropped and wiped out Barry Diller, Mike Nichols, Diane Sawyer, Anna Wintour, or the distinguished cast of the current cultural historical Broadway hit "Death of a Salesman"?

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Mike, Me and a Final Coincindence

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 04.26.2012

About Mike, I have only one more tale to tell, and it happened by pure coincidence. Mike Wallace was always a ladies man.

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Will Rachel Maddow 'Drift' To The Best-Seller List This Week?

Liz Smith | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Rachel Maddow Drift, Bette Midler, Teri Hatcher, Julianna Margulies, Liz Smith, Rachel Maddow, Desperate Housewives, Vanity Fair, Celebrity News

"THAT IS as it should be!" So Sandra Bernhard declared when Liza Minnelli's press rep, Scott Gorenstein, told her that Liza's upcoming Florida concer...

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Lillian Hellman--'A Difficult Woman' Re-Examined For a Still-New Century

Liz Smith | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Madonna MDNA, Lillian Hellman, Madonna Im a Sinner, Liz Smith, Barry Diller, Barbra Streisand, Lillian Hellman a Difficult Woman, Celebrity News

Clearly, I recommend "A Difficult Woman." Oh, and I happened to have liked that difficult woman! I saw her often toward the end of her life and she would always send for me to come and sit down by her. After giving me grief over various things I'd written, she'd always warm up and critique the event we were attending.

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My 'Favorite' New York City Scandal!

Liz Smith | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Truman Capote, Liz Smith, New York City Scandals, Sean Lennon, Mitt Romney, Fab Faux, Game of Thrones, James McCartney, New York Magazine Scandals Issue, Celebrity News

It had everything -- ex-showgirl wife says she mistakes hubby for a prowler, shoots him dead. Then, the last of the truly social leaders, the elder Mrs. Woodward, sides with her detested daughter-in-law rather than expose her two grandchildren to further loss and indignity.

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Drop That Name! Barbara Walters Drags 'Em In For Frank Langella

Liz Smith | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Frank Langella, Barbara Walters, Liz Smith, Joy Behar, Friars Club Entertainment Icon Award, Dropped Names, Tom Cruise, Frank Langella Dropped Names, Celebrity News

"I ADMIT--I WAS kind of offended when I saw that I'd been left out of Frank Langella's new book 'Dropped Names.' But then I realized everybody in it w...

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Internet Gossip Sites: Proceed With Caution!

Liz Smith | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Leonardo Dicaprio, Crazy Days and Nights, Liz Smith, Gossip Sites, Titanic Rerelease, Don Winslow Satori, Elizabeth Taylor, Kate Winslet, Joe Fresh, Celebrity News

This is a tale of Internet titillation. It doesn't titillate me very much, but it illustrates how powerless celebrities are in the face of people in their pajamas, sitting at home, just making it all up.

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Americans Do Not Have An Unhealthy Obsession With Celebrities

Liz Smith | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Celebrity-Obsession, Celebrity, Liz Smith, Celebrity Gossip, Celebrity Culture, Celebrity News

Gossip and celebrity are the great luxuries of true democracy. They're the tawdry jewel in the crown of free speech and expression. Gossip about the famous or infamous is for leisure, for fun, for entertainment, for relaxation.

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Elaine Kaufman Memorial: The Salon and Its Resaurateur Remembered

Regina Weinreich | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Showbiz411?S Roger Friedman, Chris Hegedus, Carol Miller, Father Pete Colapietro, Elaine Kaufman, Elaine Stritch, Ron Abel, D. A. Pennebaker, Carol Higgins Clark, Dick Cavett, Liz Smith, Lucie Arnaz, Michele Lee, Gay Talese, Joe Allen, Pete Khoury, Fred Rappaport, Culture News

When Elaine Kaufman died last December 3, she left a city of broken hearts. For months, "Elaine's" lingered on, a nostalgic haven for "regulars," but many still had to admit, Elaine's was simply not the same without Elaine.

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Lesbian and Gay Musical Ambassadors Play Carnegie Hall

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harvey Fierstein, Eric Whitacre, Andrew Berman, Gustav Holst, Marita Begley, Brian Wordsdale, k.d. Lang, Godzilla Eats Las Vegas, Arthur Fiedler, Harvey Milk, Rita Moreno, Christine Quinn, Julie Richman Complex, Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps, Arthur Laurents., Boston Pops Orchestra, Liz Smith, Spectrum Jazz Band, Homophobia, City University of New York, Gay and Lesbian, Jon Aceto, Carl Orff, Barry Manilow, Barack Obama Inaugural Parade, ?Gods and Monsters: Music From the Unearthly to the Ethereal?, Carnegie Hall, Leroy Anderson, Entertainment News

The Big Apple Corps started out as a social organization, and continues today to offer a place where people can make friends -- and even fall in love.

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OJ Simpson Naked, Oprah Singing, Dolly Parton Primping, Beatles Pillow Fight: Sneak Peek At Harry Benson Photos

wowowow.com | Liz Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oprah, OJ Simpson, Caroline Kennedy, John Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Frank Sinatra, Jackie Kennedy, Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton, Liz Smith, OJ Naked, Naked Celebrities, Naked Oprah, Books News

Harry [Benson] has brought out another book of his legendary work titled simply "Harry Benson: Photographs". On every page, a Benson icon, a Benson m...

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Recurring Dreams: Why Do You Keep Having Them?

wowOwow | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Joan Ganz Cooney, Dreams, Liz Smith, Dreaming, Psychology, Sleeping, Candice Bergen, Sleep, Healthy Living News

Join Joan Ganz Cooney, Liz Smith and Candice Bergen on replaying your dreams......

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Dear Richard Laermer

Liz Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Variety, Errors, Liz Smith, Celebrity Gossip, Corrections, New York Post, Gossip, Tony Awards, Syndicated-Columns, Huffington Post, Richard Laermer, Entertainment News

I am still working for a living because I like to work and I am not rich enough to retire. Maybe that's what you find "unseemly."

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Why Gossip Matters So Much It Hurts

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fake Fame, Bill Clinton, History, Puritans, Jennifer Aniston, Perez Hilton, Liz Smith, Tmz, Gossip, Tucker Max, David Beckham, Hedda Hopper, Media, Ralph Fiennes, Entertainment News

Buzzing about others is one of those immutable truisms of the human condition: people gossip for the sake of gossiping. Today, gossip is the province of shouters on the Web.

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Summer in New York

Sandra Bernhard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Il Buco, The Little Owl, Liz Smith, Diane Von Furstenberg, La Taza De Oro, Matsuri Maritime Hotel, Locanda Verde, Lifethyme Market, The Standard Grill, Shakespeare in the Park, The High Line, Barry Diller, Sugar Bar, New York News

This has been the perfect New York summer and it's not over yet. Every time I think about going away, I don't: it's an in-town vacation and I am living it up.

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Dominick Dunne (1925-2009): A Lovely Man Who Took No Prisoners -- Starting with Himself

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Griffin Dunne, Joan Didion, Frank Sinatra, Liz Smith, Tina Brown, Dominick Dunne, Dominick Dunne: After the Party, Vanity Fair, Oregon, Media News

The story is no puzzle -- if Dunne's account is remotely accurate, the recipe for early success and midlife failure was developed at home.

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Liz Smith's Interview With Bill O'Reilly Sets New Standards For Softball

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media Criticism, Bill O'Reilly, Liz Smith, Eat the Press, Media News

If the site WowOWow wants to continue in their mission of celebrating "women on the web," they'd be well served to feature more potent stuff than this dreadful interview between Liz Smith and Bill O'Reilly.

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Leila Hadley Luce: The Last of the Great Luces?

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sutton Place, Silliman University, Leila Hadley Luce, Tunghai University, Central Philippine University, Yonsei University, Diplomat Magazine, Tibet, Phil Donahue, Francine Douwes Whitney, Henry Luce of England, Fundamentalists Anonymous, Betsy Gotbaum, Marilyn Bridges, Society of Women Geographers., Tammy Grimes, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Dr. Steven Soter, Henry R. Luce Hall, Gloria Starr Kins, Rupert Murdoch, Arthur T. Hadley II, The Luce Memorial Chapel, Simon & Shuster, Rubin Museum of Art, Yale Center for International and Area Studies, Saturday Evening Post, Tibet House, Gertrude Vanderbilt, Dalai Lama, Payap University, I.M. Pei, U.S. Naval Academy, Betsy Von Furstenberg, Michelle Ehrlich, Wings World Quest, Stephen Bleecker Luce, Henry Luce III, Liz Smith, College of Wooster, Henry Winters Luce, Give Me the World, Ira Gitler, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Orphans International Worldwide, Satya Wacana University, Martha's Vineyard, Time-Life, Clare Boothe Luce, Leila Hadley, Leila-Hadley-Luce, Leila Luce, Careers, World News

Leila Hadley Luce was brutally honest. She was stunningly beautiful. And she had enough money to do what she wished with her life.

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Liz Smith Interview: Talks Getting Laid Off, Life Before And After Print

Newsweek | Ramin Setoodeh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Newsweek, New York Post, Liz Smith, Liz Smith Newsweek, Liz Smith Interview, Liz Smith New York Post, Media News

Gossip columnist Liz Smith got laid off too--and she's 86. She spoke to Ramin Setoodeh about life before and after print. Why did the New York Post f...

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Original Gossip Girl Liz Smith New York Newsday Commercial Flashback

George Spyros | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Commercials, Newspapers, New York Newsday, Liz Smith, Newsday, TV Commercials, New York Newspapers, Gossip Girl, Gossip-Columnist, Gossip-Column, Media News

OGG: Original Gossip Girl Liz Smith in an ad for her then paper New York Newsday My production company BigCitypix has spent a little time with NYC's...

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Liz Smith On Gossip Blogs: "They Are Very Clever... But I Don't Believe A Word Any Of Them Write" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liz Smith Gossip Column, Liz Smith Perez Hilton, Liz Smith Reliable Sources Video, Video, Liz Smith, Liz Smith Gawker, Liz Smith Cnn, Liz Smith Howard Kurtz, Liz Smith Video, Media News

Liz Smith, the legendary gossip columnist who was recently fired from the New York Post, appeared on CNN's Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz to refle...

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Liz Smith Says Goodbye, Trashes New York Post

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liz Smith, New York Post, Media News

Liz Smith published her final column in the New York Post Thursday, headlined "I'll Miss You, NYC!" The column began with an announcement that she wo...

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Liz Smith, Longtime New York Post Gossip Columnist, Dropped

AP | AMY WESTFELDT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liz Smith Column, Liz Smith Gossip, Liz Smith, New York Post, New York-New York, Media News

NEW YORK — The New York Post is dropping Liz Smith's column this week to save money, leaving the legendary gossip columnist without a newspaper ...

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Liz Smith: "The Original Gossip Girl"

New York Magazine | Jonathan Van Meter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liz Smith, Media News

Liz Smith is sitting front and center at Michael's, still a media whorehouse after all these years. It is the Wednesday after Labor Day and everyone i...

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Bucket List: Candice Bergen, Liz Smith Discuss What's On Theirs

wowOwow.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Candice Bergen Bucket List, Liz Smith, Bucket List, Liz Smith Bucket List, Candice Bergen, Healthy Living News

Candice Bergen: First item on "Bucket List": organize my photos into a coffee table book. Then give what money I have left away. Burrow in and enjoy ...

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