Part 18 (1/2)
And I talked to Henry Post His leg's still in a cast, but the car insurance coot him a nurse to type for hi fired fro because they hired a girl three weeks before they fired his at Studio 54, that that's what the prosecution is following
Curley called and wanted to go to dinner but I was too tired and exhausted, still
Monday, July 30, 1979 Got up early and watched the Today Show Today Show It was so great, so good to see good A out Interviews Interviews, and that was great to do again, too I walked around midtown and then up toward the Pierre Hotel where the North Aan speak at lunch I was ht I was early so I stopped in Tiffany's I thought they'd have cocktails for an hour first and then start about 1:00, but it turned out they got right to it, so when I arrived at 12:5 5 Vincent was pacing and ent in Barbara Sullivan from the watch coan as ”Andy Warhol, the artist” But the photographers were behind us, so they didn't get any pictures Right next to Ronald Reagan was Harry Platt, the president of Tiffany's, and so I told hi at Tiffany's And he loved that I was on a diet, so I just had steaks Art Buchwald gave a speech, and he's really funny, he should be on TV And then Ronald Reagan gave a speech and the Republicans are going to play it cool and let the De themselves and then Teddy Kennedy will probably take over Ronald Reagan looks absolutely great if he's sixty-nine He called Governor Jerry Brown ”flaky” What does ”flaky” le, and I think that's terrible
I worked till about 7:30 and then dropped Rupert (4) I called Barbara Allen and asked if she wanted to be my date, and she said she was free So at 8:30 we cabbed to to Le Club (4) When alked in, Vitas wasn't so thrilled, he's been cold since the article on him in Le Club (4) When alked in, Vitas wasn't so thrilled, he's been cold since the article on him in Interview Interview came out because of the picture of hiuy came out because of the picture of hiuy
Barbara earing so to California, she said She showed old one, and she says all these guys like Gianni Agnelli and Bill Paley are in love with her
Oh, and there are so et Arab portraits to do They haven't really coland And they're filthy rich-if only we could get started on that
Tuesday, July 31, 1979 Ron Feldenheim's name to the list of Fa Woody Allen and Charlie Chaplin, but we didn't know if Chaplin really was Jewish
I went home and then walked over to meet John Fairchild, Jr at Le Relais Ralph Lauren was there
John's got an older girlfriend now So does Robyn Geddes Forty-year-olds who boss theust 1, 1979 John Reinhold gave me a platinum loupe for an early birthday present But I couldn't tell hi date inscribed-instead of 8-6-79 it said 8-5 Last year he did the right date
Thursday, August 2, 1979 I sent Rupert to UPI to look for photos for the Fa Brief Encounter Brief Encounter and at first I thought it was really good, but then I started thinking what a stupid story about a lady ould give herself a problee, and it was just dumb and I hated it And then Lisa Rance called and asked if I'd watched it and wasn't it beautiful so I told her off and hung up on her and at first I thought it was really good, but then I started thinking what a stupid story about a lady ould give herself a problee, and it was just dumb and I hated it And then Lisa Rance called and asked if I'd watched it and wasn't it beautiful so I told her off and hung up on her
Saturday, August 4, 1979 Picked up Rupert down at his place on White Street Rupert's trying to buy the building his loft is in Actually it's two buildings-the one he's in and the one next to it I guess Rupert has plenty of s His mother's from Palm Beach, but she just looks like ato a party once, he looked just like his ot cheese and candy for my birthday on Monday and then went back upstairs and worked with Rupert for about four hours Then we cabbed down to Christopher Street (2) and wandered around there seeing what's new
Monday, August 6, 1979 My birthday When I got to the office I cut the cake right away, so that I wouldn't have to do it in front of everybody It tasted awful Brigid ordered it from the wo wedding cake It was three tiers In the end, though, it really wasn't big enough People canore my birthday and order everyone not to mention it, but this year I was in a party ed the party myself and invited people over cake It was three tiers In the end, though, it really wasn't big enough People canore my birthday and order everyone not to mention it, but this year I was in a party ed the party myself and invited people over
Jackie Curtis called me on the phone and Mary Woronov Suzie Frankfurt came down and de Antonio came by, he looked a little skinnier
Honey Berlin called and every time she finds out I'm a Leo she's surprised Madeline Netter came by and eet and fun and then volunteered to help clean up and then ent over to 65 Irving Fabrizzi gave us free birthday drinks And then we cabbed to Brooklyn (5) and had a steak dinner under the Williaer's Got houst 7, 1979 Worked until 7:30 Halston was giving me a birthday party He knew uess he just didn't want to have to do it on a Monday It was nice, just for the kids from the office Truman was there and DD Ryan told him that she liked the Siaht years ago that was just like the one he did in this ot very embarrassed and at first he denied he'd ever done one like it but then later he adirl dressed as a nurse who's a bartender at the Mudd Club Then out cae baked cookie, like a Fa plop of shi+t, it was funny
Halston didn't give uess he thought it was too hard to go through that and do it every year, so he broke the tradition and gave me twenty boxes One had skates, another had a helmet, another had a radio, and then earphones, and then kneepads, and then gloves, and a How to Skate How to Skate book And Victor had his own skates, too, so ent outside and skated in front of the house It was fun Jane Holzer and Bob Denison cao to Studio 54 Oh, and Steve gave ood present A roll of 5,000 of the new free drink tickets he'd just had printed up for the new year book And Victor had his own skates, too, so ent outside and skated in front of the house It was fun Jane Holzer and Bob Denison cao to Studio 54 Oh, and Steve gave ood present A roll of 5,000 of the new free drink tickets he'd just had printed up for the new year
Wednesday, August 8, 1979 Commissioner Geldzahler called and said he was upset because Rayht in the pictures of Liza and they were horrible I mean, they were clear and sharp, but Liza's not fat and theyqueen The expressions rong, too Richard Bernstein's going to have to do a big creative job on them for the Interview Interview cover cover
Later that night we cabbed to Studio 54 (4) Steve was at the door and he said that Valerie and Robin Williaht me over to the divorced, but Valerie said it wasn't true Cheryl Tiegs cauess she wanted to have her picture taken with Robin but Valerie said no, no pictures Valerie's very tough, she runs things, and then she turned to h, if she should be She said that Robin was invited to Fire Island for the weekend but she didn't want hi a strain on both of us” So then I thought that maybe she's afraid he could be a fairy She said she wanted theo someplace like Nantucket instead
I introduced her to a cute waiter na, and she seeot nervous-et Robin jealous for a ht that day down in the Village He's got such a funny-shaped body
Steve was save it to hiust 12, 1979 I'd taken the Popism Popism manuscript home with me to read and so I worked on that all afternoon and then called PH and discussed it Went to church for a fewmanuscript home with me to read and so I worked on that all afternoon and then called PH and discussed it Went to church for a few
Friday, August 17, 1979 Went to the Gulf + Western building for awith Paramount Pictures to do the poster artwork for the movie The Serial The Serial I didn't realize it was such a big , I was fifteen minutes late and there were twenty people there Fred was there with a hangover, really sick, so he was no help The guy-his name was Cohen with a ”K”-Kohen, he pointed out the , he had a corner view, and said, ”You've got to do a good job so I can keep the office” He kept saying, ”I'll knohen I see it” It was so old-fashi+oned
After we left theFred and I walked a lot because he felt so sick We thought that it wasn't really a good thing to do, so he'll just tell theh price, and if they say okay then I'll do it
Read in the Post Post that Truman lost round one of the court battle with Gore Vidal, the e decided not to throw it out of court that Truman lost round one of the court battle with Gore Vidal, the e decided not to throw it out of court
Monday, August 20, 1979 Cabbed to Irving Place, got out at Gra a nut Went to 65 Irving and de Antonio and his ere already there We asked hi to find so to find so on, the owners of 65 Irving were interviewing for neaiters off in a corner Left lunch about 4:15 (lunch 67)
Ran into Barry Friedave irl, and either he was drugged or wigged-out or gone up in the world, I don't know
Tuesday, August 21, 1979 Worked until 7:30 (cab 4) Went houess everyone ust 26, 1979 Barry Landau called and said that The New York Ti him if he'd seen Hamilton Jordan in the basement of Studio 54, and he said that he'd told them yes, that he couldn't lie I went to church had been over at his place asking him if he'd seen Hamilton Jordan in the basement of Studio 54, and he said that he'd told them yes, that he couldn't lie I went to church
Monday, August 27, 1979 There was no lunch on, and I was being good and not eating, but then Fred wanted to try out the new thing in the McDonald's commercial-the beef and onion sandwich It tasted like cardboard and it was in pieces like it had already been chewed The onions were the only good thing, they were real That was strange, having real onions and the rest of the stuff phony The sauce was good, but it was really sweet
There was a big thunderstorust 28, 1979 On the front page of the Post Post was a big picture of Barry Landau saying that he saw Haet coke was a big picture of Barry Landau saying that he saw Haet coke
Wednesday, August 29, 1979 Got up and cabbed to Union Square (350) Walked to the office Fred had the papers and ere reading about Studio 54 and really laughing it up Then the phone rang and it was the FBI and we stopped laughing I wouldn't take the call, I had Fred talk to the to see me today Then Halston called and said the FBI had just been to see him, too, but he said he wouldn't say over the phone what happened It's funny, they're wasting their time on this stuff Don't they have a Ten Most Wanted list any to find Barry Landau who everybody else is trying not not to find! to find!
Rupert and I worked on the Ten Most Famous Jews series I haven't been told for sure yet who'se in it Sarah Bernhardt Maybe Woody Allen Charlie Chaplin, Freud, Modigliani, Martin Buber Who is is Martin Buber? The Guggenheims Oh, and Einstein And Gertrude Stein Kafka (photos for research 220) I think they were considering Bob Dylan but I read that he turned born-again Christian Martin Buber? The Guggenheims Oh, and Einstein And Gertrude Stein Kafka (photos for research 220) I think they were considering Bob Dylan but I read that he turned born-again Christian
Thursday, August 30, 1979 Cabbed to Union Square (360) Walked to the office Made some phone calls, had a little lunch There was a crowd of raphs of,Why are there so many to choose froreat to do a wholekids-the butcher, the baker-all ust 31, 1979 The Interview Interview arrived and it's the Liza cover, there's lots of ses on it I was disappointed because it didn't seehty-eight pages And arrived and it's the Liza cover, there's lots of ses on it I was disappointed because it didn't seehty-eight pages And Vogue Vogue this month is so fat it looks like a telephone book this month is so fat it looks like a telephone book
I had to uy who uest appearance on The Love Boat The Love Boat (cab 3) Elaine was there looking very sliuy Ti very sliuy Tim from The Love Boat The Love Boat At the next table was Jerzy Kosinski and his girlfriend Kiki with a Polish kid, an assistant cameraman who just defected and he was overwhel me me Because he'd read the Philosophy Philosophy book in Poland He hadn't actually defected yet You can't defect on a holiday, so he had to wait until Tuesday book in Poland He hadn't actually defected yet You can't defect on a holiday, so he had to wait until Tuesday
Then ent to Studio 54 and Mark let us in, and I ood time We stayed until 5:00 and then I took the kids to a coffee shop and we had tea (15) and then I got a cab Steve Rubell was at Studio 54, sober, and he said wasn't it great what Barry was doing, and for a second I forgot Barry was doing it for Steve and so I started to say how horrible Barry was, but I caught ives theive naer still is after raphy collection When did I start taking Polaroids? 1965? Bruno wants me to paint the Statue of Liberty and I haven't decided yet if I'll do it I tried to talk hiet hi
Ran into Diane Von Furstenberg who said she's not going to go to Studio 54 any na of hurricane weather outside, grey I wandered around, passed out Interviews Interviews-the Liza new ones-and thought about Montauk They said this hurricane is traveling the path of the one in 1938, and that's when Montauk took a beating I ran into Charles Evans and he gave irls he knows
Picked Bob up at 7:45 and went to the Magno screening room to see Yanks Yanks I invited Curley and he and Bob loved the movie but I couldn't stand it It was a forties movie, and if you want to see a forties reat-looking people like Tyrone Power, not Richard Gere! The
After the movie ent to a Claude Montana fashi+on show at Studio 54 It was just finishi+ng Larissa said that Claude Montana was a genius and she asked raph of hiure, and she pulled over this little twerp of five feet with a mustache and American clothes and said it was hiot up and David was around-Hurricane David I guess it rained all night, that's what ht
Went out and passed out Interviews Interviews On the street I ran into David Kennerly, the White House photographer, he was in town to pronize hi about the White House and it was able to dawn on me who he was
Walked down a little ways and wandered into all the usual places The hurricane never really happened It stopped raining The trees in the park were sort of down, but notto Harleht with Fred at Xenon It was cute when he said to the police, ”I'o to Hyannis”
Saturday, Septeood seats Went to the locker roo said hello Watched Martina Navratilova and Tracy Austin play, but I hate watching girls play, I hate the way they play, they just don't play that well, I can't stand it
McEnroe and Connors played each other, and they're the same kind of people, the sa Marina Schiano to Charles Evans's dinner and I had to walk over to the armory to pick her up She was at the antiques fair there with Jed Admission was 3 5 which I stupidly paid because nobody told me that it was put on by the Folk Art Museuuy who runs the ood He's stupid I hate all that American Primitive stuff noay, the jazzy painted stuff-it looks like junk -the toys and dolls and o-rounds and Indian baskets
At Charles Evans's dinner Bo Polk was there, and he knew every single girl in the room He and Stephanie McLuhan are broken up, but she was there, too Bo accusedthe one who introduced him to Barry Landau, but really he knows I really warned him
Saturday, September 15, 1979-New York-Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania-New York Suzie Frankfurt picked us up in a li client of hers A beautiful day We went straight to the Brandywine River Museum and then someone there took us to Frolic Weyood chicken salad All the right people were there Lady Bird Johnson, Henry and shi+rlee Fonda, rich old ladies who look like bulldogs