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Tuesday, August 6, 2013 by Liz Smith
That’s Olympic running hopeful Shannon Rowbury, in a sweet personal note to me that arrived last Friday. It’s been all over the news that Shannon and Lindsay Lohan are “new BFF’s.” That Shannon is “mentoring” the actress. This might be something of an exaggeration, but the two have certainly met — once — and Rowbury was impressed. Lindsay seemed open to “getting in better shape.” (Gossip items insist that Lindsay is now informing hotels to clear her mini-bars of all liquor.) Well, good luck to Miss Lohan, for whom I still hope the best, and to Miss Rowbury, who leaves for Sochi, Russia soon. |
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But a modicum of acting talent is useful. Maybe Mr. Deen could take a few lessons if he’s really interested in changing careers. He has a handsome face. Along with other, more formidable assets, familiar to those appreciative of alternative cinema. As for Lindsay, given her material, she was effective. She can still act. But what a waste, in dreck like “The Canyons.” What she’s done to her face — the lips especially — is distracting. After a couple of months in rehab maybe she’s back to normal, not having access to Botox and fillers. She never needed any of that. She was already a beauty at fifteen. |
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| I'M offering John Mazzola's advice to travelers world wide ... pass it on ... |
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| LEAH Remini, so funny on the late series “The King of Queens” is apparently as feisty and upfront as her character was. Recently split from The Church of Scientology, she now intends to write a tell-all about her experiences with the religion, its people, and why she left after so many years. She is unafraid — not that she has anything to be afraid of, insists The Church. Everybody’s free to do and choose as they please. However, Leah still asking where Shelley, the wife of Scientology leader David Miscavige, is? (Oh, she is probably off on some long spa vacation. But she ought to surface, just to clear the air of so many rumors.) |
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| CORRECTION! Apologies to Ann Richards' good friend Cathy Bonner. We misidentified her from writing on the back of a picture taken at Ann's memorial in 2006. The name of the woman in question next to Howard Dean is Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana. And our apologies to the Senator also. (Others holding pictures of Ann on fans were Liz, Joe Armstrong, Hillary Clinton, and Budd Shrake. |
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| ENDQUOTE: “Although she has been gone 51 years, she is still arguably the biggest star in the world!” That’s what the head of an auction house stated last week, as a new cache of Marilyn Monroe photos went up for sale. How true! (Yesterday was the 51st anniversary of her still-debated death: suicide, accident, murder?) Rather than saying everything again that I’ve said about her over the years, I’d rather just print this exuberant photo of Marilyn, age 23. She was on the cusp of fame, and more Norma Jeane, still, than MM. |
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