Living legend and gay icon Liza Minnelli has scored yet another comeback of sorts, this time with a major interview in the trade paper Variety. One thing Liza refuses to discuss: the biopic of her mom, Judy.
Minnelli’s refusal to discuss the film has a certain weight, given that the Academy Awards ceremony will take place in just a few days.
Judy nabbed two Oscar nominations, one for Best Hair & Makeup, and another for Best Actress. Renee Zellweger is the odds-on favorite to take home the golden statuette for her performance in the title role.
Liza, however, does not want to discuss the project. “I hope she had a good time making it,” Liza says of Zellweger then refuses to discuss it any further.
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Though she remains mum on the movie about, well, her mum, Liza had no problem opening up about her family life, her own career as a Tony and Oscar winner, and her close friendships with other showbiz luminaries like Bob Fosse. She also dishes on her own loving, if competitive, relationship with her mother.
“I remember Mama saying, ‘Now don’t get upset because of the way they may compare you to me because you’re an entertainer too.’ I said, ‘Oh, I won’t.’ And then she reads something where they compared me to her. She said, ‘How dare they? You’re your own woman. Dammit! Can’t they see?’ And she’d throw it down in the trash.”
“She was wonderful and so overprotective. She tried saving us from any of the stuff that other people said, except the great stuff.”
In the past, Minnelli has said she has no interest in ever seeing Judy, as neither Zellweger nor any other creative minds behind the film consulted with her about how her mother should be portrayed.
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garybw
Is she still alive?
MISTERJETT
yes
Jack Meoff
I never understood Liza’s success.
MISTERJETT
it’s called talent.
Mack
She is talent. I saw her when she first started. She was the opening act for the 4 Tops when they appeared at the Coconut Grove in 1964.
Joshooeerr
In her day the best live performer in the world, with nobody else even a close second. And if she did nothing other than Cabaret, she’d have earned the right to be called legend.
Kangol2
Liza’s a hoot.
Imjustsaying
Liza may never see it but she should know how the film is a tribute to the love her Mother had for her, her brother and sister. It is far from a hit piece. Renee brought a great deal of humanity to a role that could have gone terribly wrong.
sonic_source
Liza was really good in “Cabaret” (early 1970’s) and “Arthur” (early 1980’s) but I’ve not seen her in anything since.
Kangol2
She was great in “New York, New York” too.
glennmcbride
I hated the movie and its focus on the last year of Judy’s life with little mention of the years she was on top.
he>me
figures she’d be a top
ScottOnEarth
That picture of Liza is all I needed for the day. I LOVE her.
he>me
she’s a has-been that never really was
white-queer-african
@he>me
AND SO the weeny voice that speak of experience had to be heard…….
NOT dear……