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MY TIME IN THE BIG EASY FILMING “THE BUTLER” PART 2
I didn’t work on Tuesday so, with the help of my sweet and knowledgable driver, Melanie, I took advantage of the free time to explore places I ‘m interested in. As those if you who follow ...
MY TIME IN THE BIG EASY FILMING “THE BUTLER” PART 1
I got here on Saturday and Hilary Shor, one of the producers of “The Butler,” took me to the gorgeous old New Orleans home in the Garden District, where our director, Lee Daniels, is stayi...
SUZANNE BRAUN LEVINE’S “HOW WE LOVE NOW”
Over the Labor Day weekend I read my friend, Suzanne Braun Levine’s, new book about women, love, intimacy and sex in what she calls our Second Adulthood. I enjoyed it and benefitted from it. I wrote a...
NANCY REAGAN
Tomorrow I fly to New Orleans to film my role as Nancy Reagan in the Lee Daniels film, “The Butler.” Forest Whitaker plays the butler (true story) and Oprah plays his wife. I will have sce...
VERONIQUE PECK
Veronique was Gregory Peck’s wife. He met her when she, a French reporter, interviewed him in Paris. When he spoke about her it was clear that she was the shining center of his life and, for those who...
MOVING INTO A NEW HOUSE WHILE WATCHING THE OLYMPICS
This is no mean feat: moving is inevitably stressful and time consuming. But my honey and I are also glued to the Olympics so we steal slivers of time and, of course, all the nighttime coverage. As so...
ALEXANDER PAYNE, LAURA DERN & AN AMAZING WEEKEND IN OMAHA
The great director Alexander Payne (“Descendants,” “Sideways,” “All About Schmidt,” “Citizen Ruth”…) invited me to come to Omaha, where he lives and grew up and often makes his movies, to partic...
A KATY PERRY NIGHT
In Atlanta for a few days for business. Invited friends to go with me to Katy Perry’s “Part of Me.” I am a fan but my friends didn’t know her and never would have gone had I no...
IDEA Fitness 30th Anniversary & Jack LaLanne Lifetime Achievement Award
Friday I was awarded the Jack LaLanne Life Time Achievement award from the IDEA Health and Fitness Association, the leading resource for fitness and wellness professionals which celebrated it’s ...