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And the Oscars are . . . 93
The Oscars was a 1929 mind drain from MGM’s second “M” — Louis B. Mayer. Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, 250 egos swallowing fish and hen. Douglas Fairbanks made a quickie quiet speech. No media.
L.B. Mayer: “Hang medals, awards on film egos. Then they’ll kill themselves to produce what you want.” Those gold-plated statuettes — even introduced earlier than being given — grabbed one journal paragraph.
Janet Gaynor, 22, gained Best Actress for her position in three movies. Best Actor, Emil Jannings. In ’39, director Margaret Herrick thought the statuette resembled her uncle Oscar. Supposedly, that’s how the title started.
Time to eat out
Restaurants are resurrecting. After hitting the inventory trade opening bell Jesse Jackson hit Midtown’s Bice Cucina. Michael Cohen with the spouse, however with out the ankle bracelet, nodded to onlookers at Fresco. At the Plaza speaking with everybody between martini sips — Martha Stewart. Friday at cigar bar Macanudo, Giuliani and Sharpton.
Oz highway
Besides Florida’s rotted oranges and potted seniors, Pepe Fanjul gave a fund-raiser at his Palm Beach farm for Mehmet Oz who’s operating off TV and onto Pennsylvania’s Senate race. One cheapo, pondering the donation was $250, RSVP’d sure. Learning it was $250,000, he figured “Shove it” and sprung as an alternative for a burger.
Religious pols
Lent encompasses two religious assessments: 40 years Israelites wandered; 40 days Jesus fasted. Today, monitoring each Repubs and Dems, some vaccinated, others maskless, He would possibly’ve thought of pols Pharisees and Sadducees.
Televangelist Pat Robertson claims Putin’s goal “is to move against Israel and, as predicted in the Book of Ezekiel,” Ukraine’s a “staging ground” for an eventual Armageddon battle.
Rev. Robert Jeffress, of Dallas’ First Baptist Church: “I don’t care how many rosary beads Biden rubs. He’s the ungodliest president in the history of our country.”
Should Garth get together on?
Letters “G” and “D” — typically a starting for a curse — match Garth Drabinsky’s initials.
“Tyrannical . . . destructive . . . psychopathic . . . fraudster . . . nasty” are among the nicer issues mentioned about him.
Convict. After producing “Kiss of the Spider Woman” and flunking a manufacturing firm’s arithmetic, he did jail time for fraud and forgery.
There’s even a documentary swimming round: “Show Stopper: The Theatrical Life of Garth Drabinsky.” Imagine what he’d get if folks favored him.
The factor’s a glance from ex-staffers, gamers like Chita Rivera, Diahann Carroll, Elaine Stritch who known as him “my favorite convicted producer.”
Out after years within the can, this man’s even producing a brand new present. “Paradise Square” opens April 3. He intends this as his comeback.
Legislators in the present day need criminals handled properly — so . . . go.
He’s a legacy
James Nederlander, who owned 9 theaters plus the Palace, produced over 100 B’manner exhibits like “Annie,” “La Cage aux Folles,” “Nine,” “Sweet Charity.” The musical “Rent” which performed the Nederlander was the gas for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Tick, Tick . . . Boom!” My good friend James would have turned 100 Thursday. His son Jimmy’s producing “Mr. Saturday Night,” which previews two days earlier than on the Nederlander Theatre.
QUESTION: Who has an IQ of 200? Answer: Russia.
Not solely mentioned in New York, children, not solely mentioned in New York.
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