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I love Julie Covington's renditions on the EVITA concept recording. I also love Elaine Paige's versions from the original cast recording I wish there was an unabridged recording as with the original Broadway recording with Patti LuPone. Is it true that Julie Covington turned down the offer to appear in the original stage production of EVITA?

I'm pretty sure Melanie's son's voice and crying were dubbed in that scene. It struck me as such when I first heard/saw it, the same with Bonnie Butler's voice.

Well, she really needed the money so she took the job. I give her credit for not just phoning in the performance and actually making lines like following work: Conceivably, Trog was frozen solid during the long, long glacial age. A state similar to cryogenic suspension. Then as the underground streams and currents brought more and more warmth to the frozen atmosphere, his body thawed out. We now know that human s-p-e-r-m, red blood cells, bone marrow cells, even skin can be brought back to life after freezing.

Awwww, don't be mean to Trog.

Was he really obnoxious? Isn't he only in that scene outside Melanie's room when she's dying? Was his voice dubbed in GONE WITHE WIND just as the one who played Bonnie Butler's was?

I read online that Patty Duke brought the baby (Sean) to see Lucille Ball at one point for the two to bond, but Lucy would have none of it. Lucy supposedly detested Patty Duke but she liked Liza Minnelli.

A LYLAH CLARE prequel, that is a idea!

She commits to the truth of the story. Most actors would not have played that role as a real person.

Swithin, I am in total agreement with you on this and I do mean total! The World Premiere Recording of SUNSET BOULEVARD with Patti LuPone as Norma Desmond is the best (although I miss "Every Movie's A Circus" which was added later). In terms of both acting and singing Patti is indeed the best Norma Desmond EVER in Andrew Lloyd Webber's SUNSET BOULEVARD. While I enjoy Elaine Paige's recordings of the songs, Patti LuPone brings Norma to life as a real person, not the caricature played by Glenn Close, who is nowhere near the singer that Patti Lupone is. I can understand how Joe Gillis could be drawn in on an emotional level by Patti's Norma. Here's a clip from a showcase production of SUNSET BOULEVARD from the 1992 Sydmonton Festival at Andrew Lloyd Webber's Hampshire estate. Even with minimal costumes and settings, Patti is electrifying as Norma. Those familiar with the show will notice some differences in the lyrics compared to the final version of "With One Look." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRn82V7yAX0

One more strike against Marie Osmond’s Easy Lemon Cheesecake w/Blueberry Topping recipe:. Marie Osmond’s Easy Lemon Cheesecake w/Blueberry Topping Ingredients 8oz Cream Cheese – Soften by bringing to room temperature 14oz can Sweetened Condensed Milk ½ cup “Real Lemon” brand Lemon Juice 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract Ready made Graham Cracker Crust

Apparently I had the story confused. It was Donny Osmond who challenged Danny Bonaduce on a radio show, and Danny whooped Donny. Danny Bonaduce answering a question from The Seatlle Times about how he got interested in boxing: Donny Osmond. I was in my car and I heard him on a radio show. He was talking about kicking my tail, and I knew he was getting into something he didn't want to be getting into. It turned into a giant publicity thing. Pretty soon there was ring arranged and sponsors and everything, I couldn't believe he took the fight. The fight was set, I went into the ring with total disrespect, I had a couple drinks in me and after the fist couple rounds I thought I was going to lose. In the third round I gave him a bloody nose. He freaked out and ran away and I pretended to chase him and won the fight. So after that I had nothing but respect for boxing and even started training. The match occurred when Osmond and Bonaduce both were working in Chicago in the 1990s.

That and (supposedly) beating the [...] out of Danny Bonaduce.

Yes indeed.

If there's isn't a clause against Patti-bashing in the Code, there certainly should be. In this instance the potential offender did not recognize that it was Ms. Lupone who was being bashed so perhaps no infraction occurred. But all should be warned: Don't let LUPONE catch you texting in a theater during a performance.

Do you mean a real lemon or is Real Lemon okay?

I'm still waiting for reviews of Marie Osmond’s Easy Lemon Cheesecake w/Blueberry Topping. Has anyone made this dessert and can provide genuine feedback? I really want to serve this at my upcoming gala, but I can't risk presenting an untested dish to the uber-critical (to put it mildly) glitterati who will be in attendance. If they "no like" I risk being banised to the ranks of hoi polloi! Maybe I'll end up having the entire affair catered, but I so wanted to make a dessert item myself . . .

Not remotely funny? It does sound like SEINFELD. I couldn't resist . . .

Awesome!

And here's to the ladies who lunch . . . . . . and one for Mahler.

I've never read THE SUN ALSO RISES but if it's anything like SEINFELD, no thanks.

I can tell the actors playing the parents in that TWILIGHT ZONE are making an attempt at Southern accents. The writer also has them calling each other "sugar."

Oh wow! I just watched some of the "The Bewitchin' Pool" on YouTube. It appears the characters are actually supposed to be Southern, but they replaced Mary Badham's real Southern accent with June Foray (Rocky the Squirrel) doing a fake Southern accent. Very strange.

THE BREAKING POINT with John Garfield and Patricia Neal is based on the same Hemingway novel (novella?) as TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. THE BREAKING POINT is supposedly a more a faithful adapatation of Hemingway's work. I've never read the book, but I am looking forward to finally seeing the movie this month during Patricia Neal's Summer Under The Stars tribute. I always enjoy seeing the clip (Word of Mouth maybe?) that TCM aired with Patricia Neal talking about how John Garfield described her character to her by saying "You're a wh*re, you know what I mean. You're a wh*re." I think some consider TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT to be better than the source material.

I never knew the Wicked Witch of the West was saying "Look out" until relatively recently. I think maybe it was you, LHF, who cleared that up for me.