Part 22 (1/2)

All the old presidents of the ball got up there, So and Chessy Patcevitch and Sharon'sand Nan and Jean Tailer and a couple of other heavy-duty ladies They gave door prizes

Then Bob and I went to Linda Stein's party for our agent Joan Hyler When we got to the party one of the photographers told est one here,” so that's always a letdown Paul Morrissey was there with his two nieces and Susan Blond and Sylvia Miles, and Sylvia said, ”You've got to hear s,” and I said, ”Oh yeah, I can't wait” And she said, ”You don't have to-I've got the” So I had Linda Stein put theood to ht different record people there and they didn't react And then Linda came over to Paul and said, ”Oh listen, I mean, you're the only person here who realized that I'ency furniture and Lalique, and if it wasn't for you telling them, they would think it was junk So thank thank you” you”

Legs McNeil who started Punk Punk azine was there

Wednesday, May 21, 1980 Henry Geldzahler's using the yellow and green print for the New York City poster, and he said Milton Glaser is working on it, and I hate his kind of designs Henry was at the office for lunch so that Gerry Ayres could meet hi is actually called The Painter The Painter-not Painting Painting-and he's writing it for Jack Nicholson I should tip Jack off that he should just buy the Jackson Pollock story

Rupert Everett was there, he just got kicked out of the Blackstone and now he's at the L'Elysee, or vice versa Henry had his new lover with hiout to California soon to see his old boyfriend Ray for David Hockney-Rayo pose At the end of the lunch Henry said to Gerry Ayres, ”But what's the painter going to paint? Ito be?” the story, so what's it going to be?”

Cabbed uptown (450) to glue and then walked to Sharon Hammond's I waswith Sharon, she was really looped She said she was a rich society girl from Boston and how could she marry an actor and a Jew Sharon was in the bathroom Her boyfriend Lord Sondes had just left town and they'd been eating all the time, and this was Sharon's first time in the John after all the food, and Leslie said she'd walked in on her doing her grunts And then Sharon's so meticulous with her makeup that it takes forever, too Sharon was surprised when I said I would have a vodka She has big tits

I'd brought a copy of Popis later because I thought hea ive it to Leslie Cabbed to East 57th Street (3) to Marty Bregman and Cornelia Sharpe's apartment We went up to the penthouse It was one of those funny parties with aging girls and sort of funny people I guess people there were somebodies, but stars today look so mousy you just don't notice the in the corner to give to Marty Breght be interested in producing a ive it to Leslie Cabbed to East 57th Street (3) to Marty Bregman and Cornelia Sharpe's apartment We went up to the penthouse It was one of those funny parties with aging girls and sort of funny people I guess people there were somebodies, but stars today look so mousy you just don't notice the in the corner

I wasn't letting Sharon eat because she'd gained weight I introduced her to Al Pacino, and so she liked that He said, ”Hi, Andy” Leslie picked up a guy with big hands He was a hohs)-”she's in good hands” Cornelia looked fat And Alan Alda was there with this lady with dark circles and it turned out to be his wife She looked like Anna Magnani She's not the wife you'd think he would have, but she looked nice-I'm sure she must be if they're still married We rode down in the elevator with them We left Leslie with a stiff drink in her hand Dropped Sharon (3)

Thursday, May 22, 1980 A tall skinny japanese boy came to interview , he said he wasthe star of his life He's from Studio Voice Studio Voice, the japanese Interview Interview He broughtLynn Wyatt's portrait Sent flowers to Sharon Haetting married this Saturday In a Catholic church But she always says things that I don't know if they're true Worked till 7:00 A kooky girl followed me to Park Avenue when I left, she was like one of those kooky girls you meet when you first coot ho for Marisol for her birthday and finally decided to give her a little painting, but when I went to pick Victor up he wanted it, so I gave it to him We went down to Chanterelle in Soho, that restaurant that everybody raves about and says how set into Well, it wasn't so s, really And the food was just okay, it wasn't so hot Marisol kept saying this was the first party she ever gave, and Halston assured her it was really great The first person I talked to was Ruth Kligain Christian And she was different Very nice and cal her about Gerry Ayres'sfor Jack Nicholson, and then she was more like her old nervous self She said, ”Should-do you think I should call Jack?” and ”Do you think my lawyer should call Gerry Ayres?” and I said, ”It's only a fiction thing he's writing! Relax After he does that, artists' stories will be more popular and you can really sell your book that he riting for Jack Nicholson, and then she was more like her old nervous self She said, ”Should-do you think I should call Jack?” and ”Do you think my lawyer should call Gerry Ayres?” and I said, ”It's only a fiction thing he's writing! Relax After he does that, artists' stories will be more popular and you can really sell your book Love Affair Love Affair for a et Nick Nolte to play Jackson Pollock And she explained that when you're born-again you just get a clean slate wipeout, that nothing you did before counts So it's just like confession, that's all it is except you can go to confession every day and I guess you can only be born again once for a et Nick Nolte to play Jackson Pollock And she explained that when you're born-again you just get a clean slate wipeout, that nothing you did before counts So it's just like confession, that's all it is except you can go to confession every day and I guess you can only be born again once

John Cage was there and Merce Cunningham and Louise Nevelson who came at the end of the dinner but had a special place saved for her George Segal and his wife Joe Brainard It was nice to see hiet to talk to hiood for fifty She made the birthday cake in the afternoon and it was really just beautiful-beautiful , and she gave me one and Halston one and they were like little jewels

We told Marisol she shouldn't tell her age because people would never know and she said she thought they already knew because it's always in all the catalogues and I told her people don't read the catalogues, and she said (laughs) (laughs) well that then only the forty people or so that were there at dinner would knoell that then only the forty people or so that were there at dinner would know

Friday, May 23, 1980 I forgot to say the most important person at Marisol's dinner, he sat next to her-Edward Albee He was tight-lipped, but I tried to get hi really happened He said he read where I'd said his last play, the one with Irene Worth, was ”the best play I've ever seen,” and he thanked uess I said it to one of the papers I told him he should write Marisol a play for her birthday

Lunch at the office was supposed to be for Lewis Allen, but he forgot about it It was going to be a lunch for hi the night before and got tired and forgot, he said he'd sign on Tuesday

Monday, May 26, 1980 Memorial Day No traffic around Went to the office Worked on about six or seven portraits

Curley was back fro And did I say that the other day Senator Kennedy called et him off the phone and I didn't knohat to talk to hi to do But Fred was explaining why he's stayed in the race-to raise money for the Democratic pot His Smith sister called me the other day but I didn't take the call, I knew it'd be to want

Did I remember to say that at the Empire Strikes Back Empire Strikes Backhis thumb in the row ahead of me with his parents? I don't think he was retarded He didn't look retardedhis thumb in the row ahead of me with his parents? I don't think he was retarded He didn't look retarded

Tuesday, May 27, 1980 Lewis Allen ca with Andy Warhol Evening with Andy Warhol, with a duue based on the Philosophy Philosophy book and book and Exposures Exposures

Friday, May 30, 1980 Stayed uptown because I had to ari at 12:30 with Bob Afterthe jewel collection he took us to the Knickerbocker Club which was really great It's across froe house was that's now torn down The food was great there,things like ”Hide the tape” and ”They won't let you do that if they see that,” and he was acting like ”this isn't that kind of a place, it's too high-class” Like he didn't want to get voted out It was too corny After lunch ent into another room for an hour I don't knohy, he just wanted to blabber He's (laughs) (laughs) against Coainst Co at ho with dick Powell It wasn't really about skating but it had everybody skating It was so cute, it looked just like the Roxy Skating was so big in the early forties, I guess, but then it died out in the fifties-no, in the sixties, I guess Everything Everything died out in the sixties died out in the sixties

Monday, June 2, 1980 Rupert called and said that it was raining down at his place so he couldn't bring the prints out, but it wasn't raining where I was so I didn't knohether to believe him I had an appointment to meet Richard Gere for lunch (cab 510)

Barbara Allen was the first to arrive, and then Richard Gere and Silvinha, and the wife of Taki Theodoracopulos that he isn't reallyfor Taki-have him come over and have a justice of the peace there towith Taki, having an affair with hiood friends with his girlfriend Oh, and also at the lunch was the psychedelic artist, Mati Klarwein

The japanese guy from Studio Voice Studio Voice was there, and he really is just crazy about ave him ”Chuck Roast” was there, and he really is just crazy about ave him ”Chuck Roast”

Went to Cote Basque for dinner I wasthe co more posters for the city, hs) (laughs) so good They sounded better ere drunk-like a gold pencil sharpener I think it's been done already And Brooke Hayas at Cote Basque with Philip Johnson We stayed a little bit talking to her and nobody brought up the terrible TV ood They sounded better ere drunk-like a gold pencil sharpener I think it's been done already And Brooke Hayas at Cote Basque with Philip Johnson We stayed a little bit talking to her and nobody brought up the terrible TV movie of her Haywire Haywire book book

Sean McKeon came down He's a Wilhemina ot to Lynn Wyatt's house, fifty people for dinner, and she had creanon that'd been marinated for twenty-four hours and hot curried fruit and homemade Rice-a-Roni which Joan Quinn as there said was Arreat dessert which was fruit ice creaue And the dinner was for Diane Von Furstenberg and Barry Diller There were all these crazy people fro rocks and they were really vulgar and funny Divorced and out for kicks

And then after dinner ent into the living room and everyone loved Lynn's portrait Diane said she loved it so much that she wanted me to do her kids' portraits, but I know she doesn't mean it And then John Travolta arrived with thirty people He was going to co thirty people so Lynn had said no And he's so good-looking He had on a black silk shi+rt and a bright green linen jacket and black pants, and his eyes are so blue He ith this cute little girl and a lot of bodyguards, and with Jies, who directed Urban Cowboy Urban Cowboy And then there was Debra Winger who's the fereat, ant to do soh colonics and that she's full of shi+t Her family was there, and her boyfriend He was cute, Jewish

And Barbara Allen and Jerry Hall were ht in front of their faces And Maxiossip coluave hiot a ride with Barry and Diane Barry got mad because Jerry and her sister Cyndy and Fred were so drunk they wouldn't let hiood a mood anyway, that's just how Barry is He told Jerry to shut up and she got really hurt And Fred was pretending to stick his finger up Jerry and her sister and then sticking it in everybody's noses

Thursday, June 5, 1980-Houston We all went to the Cadillac Bar for lunch which has really good Mexican food And I was sitting with this crowd froain Got an autograph on a napkin

They all have these big Jerry Hall accents And they all love Jerry because they can talk real Texas with her We had frogs' legs and beef and chicken and shriuacarees And the air-conditioning broke down and the Texans say, ”Turn up the AC! Maybe you need some freon, Charlie” And then ent to a few Western shops to get our costumes for the Urban Cowboy Urban Cowboy preot back to the hotel around 5:00 Everyone old and rhinestone skintight cowboy suit with ave her that he had worn in the Hank Williams movie, and she said that Alana wanted it so badly and he never would give it to her and so not to tell Alana

Then we got into a limo and went to the Gay Lynn theater, it was named after Lynn Wyatt And there were thousands of paparazzi and fans because they'd never had a world pre, ”Andy! Andy! Andy Warhol!” And Jerry and I were posing for pictures And then Jerry and Lynn Wyatt were standing in front of the theater with the TV crew and Lynn was beco like Barbara Walters: ”And noe have the famous artist, Andy Warhol, and Jerry and Cyndy Hall who're stars in the et that costu purple suede with her great figure And we got in the theater and sat down and in front of us were Liz Sirl outfits And Liz's brother, because Liz is fro up and down the aisles like she owned the place She earing tight pants and a little top and a vest with a little sheriff's badge that said ”Disco Sucks” And then she earing two tons of diaold jewelry froht behind us, and then in walks John Travolta with a thousand people around hi crazy with the photographers and stuff, and ere all ju in with our cameras And then the movie started and everyone loved it

Afterwards we took our limo to Gilley's where they shot the ot there before the mob (tip 20 to the driver)

There was abecause John Travolta sat doo inches away His eyes are just like-dyed-blue-green I mean, really deep blue And he has the most beautiful smile His teeth must be polished every day And his skin is beautiful And he's so nice And he says nice things to everyone And he was talking the roupie And Diane is so desperate to be recognized that if one person says, ”You're Diane Von Furstenberg, I love you,” she says, ”Come with me,” and she ht so that she can have a following, and then she gives theive out, and she autographs them

And, well, once Travolta was at our table it became really impossible because the crowd just pushed in on us, and this police to protect us, and he was drunk, the policeun and a big cock one inch fro for you?” and Bob laughed and said, ”Just stay right here” And he did And he had two guns in his holster, very good-looking, and he kept hugging us and bu, ”Is there anything you need, anything you want?” But he was great because he kept screaot all this food for us The whole table And all these drinks, and beer And he said, ”You're not eating your pepper,” to Bob, and Bob said, ”Are you kidding? It's so hot, I only took one bite,” and he said, ”Well, I'll just show you how to eat a pepper,” and he took the whole big thing and slipped it in his mouth and ate it and then winked at Bob

I was the second biggest star after John Travolta But a distant second He got the e that everyone was going to have to leave if they didn't let John Travolta have some room

Got home around 1:00 Started to read Princess Daisy Princess Daisy, it's an awful book, but theyfor the box It said Daisy was too chic to go to an Andy Warhol party in London

Saturday, June 21, 1980-New York A lady fro to the office about a portrait (cab 5) She turned out to be a beautiful girl and she brought her one-year-old baby The baby gave us a really hard tiraph, they never sit still and they're teething or so up their mouths and they're so cranky and I just hate them Then Edmund called from Arizona and said that we should do the baby alone, but by then it was over-I'd only done the baby with the luedand Stephen Webster, friends of Jed's We went to Inagiku I've been having too much wine lately so I stuck to Perrier and had so for IM Pei And the other kid's a lawyer and I gave hi our tax assessment because the taxes went froether which they had no right to do, and the place is just a duh

Then ent for a nightcap at Trader Vic's (25) The headwaiter invited me to his sculpture exhibition next week Got home about 1:30

Sunday, June 22, 1980 Went to church Went to s-the church in Cologne, the castle in Bonn, a couple of Germans

Thomas Ammann called He asked ood idea I worked all afternoon All the clones were filing into the Underground They all have ator T-shi+rts, bluejeans, or the other look is leather pants and jackets and sunglasses

Barbara Allen called for as around and available for what I told her Thoot invited to dinner

Cabbed to Mr Chow's (4) We were kind of late and Thomas was hostwriter for The Rita Lachman Story The Rita Lach the architect and Stephen Webster the laere there, and Barbara and Fred and Jed and so her to bring Bill Paley down for a portrait Then I happened toa piece on Babe Paley, and then Barbara said she wanted to read it to make sure that it wouldn't offend Mr Paley She's so ridiculous She said Mr Paley gave her soreat, but she wouldn't say what-she had each of us confess so, and after we did, she still wouldn't tell us She had a whole bottle of sake to herself She said she's madly in love with Mr Paley, that he's the onlyfor Thomas because she knows Bianca's so hot for him

Monday, June 23, 1980 Got up at 8:00 and watched the Today Show Today Show The new girl is too pretty, I like Jane Pauley better She's off getting uy on a portrait byhim and finally he came up and he wore a hat and scarf and I just did a little nothing portrait because I didn't realize who he was

And I screaot three forty-five-minute phone calls

Tuesday, June 24, 1980 What's happening with Richard Pryor? Are the burns getting better or worse?