Part 31 (1/2)

Glued ether and picked up Jon and Catherine Guinness on the corner of 63rd and Park She looked like a floozy She's still the worst dresser These English girls don't kno to dress She had on a red floozy skirt and backless shoes and her new blonde hair and these costuave her She eet, talked and bubbled for hours Let's see, the gossip, she said Fred was seduced by the irl, Natasha Grenfell-Zeffirelli is her Godfather, and Tennessee Willia John McEnroe at a tennis charity thing

Wednesday, July 15, 1981 I tried to work out the Newport thing that Bob got me involved in with the Pells next weekend, it's an anti-suicide thing, and I told Bob how could he do that, since he kneas for suicide, and he got crazy and didn't knohat to say He said I'd better not open uess I better not kill otten Mary Richardson an appointment to see Halston about a job because she'd asked me to, but then she said she'd had lunch with Bill Blass in theto pay her 500 an hour to oing to see Halston After I'd gone to all the trouble of getting her the appointive a s dinner and she invited ot mad because he said he'd have to fix the house up so I wouldn't be upset when I saw it-he's got all these English kids staying there, it's like a roo house

At Fred's, Steve Aronson was there with Shelley wanger and her new boyfriend David Morti Then Steve-oh God, he knows everything and he remembers just what you don't want him to He looked at Jon and said to me, ”What did you say his name was? What's that naht that the one you told ht that Popistn Popistn was badly edited?” And I said, ”Ohhh, was badly edited?” And I said, ”Ohhh, please please, Steve, not now” And the thing I can't understand is why I would have told Steve that and even said Jon's na Why would I do that? Why would I beg for trouble?

And when Steve heard that Fran was going to be on the cover of Interview Interview he said that he wanted to be on the cover, too, when his book he said that he wanted to be on the cover, too, when his book Hype Hype ca on about how he had checked into Jon-into exactly what his job was at Parae of inter-office memos” and finally I told him that if he didn't shut up I wouldn't put him on the cover So then he said he just interviewed Roy Cohn and that he was going to ask hi him and he didn't, so he still had the leftover question and he askedon about how he had checked into Jon-into exactly what his job was at Parae of inter-office memos” and finally I told him that if he didn't shut up I wouldn't put him on the cover So then he said he just interviewed Roy Cohn and that he was going to ask hi him and he didn't, so he still had the leftover question and he asked me if I'd I'dlike to admit that I was

Thursday, July 16, 1981 At the party after the screening of Endless Love Endless Love I talked to Don Murray and I said that I'd just read in the paper that Liza was thinking of doing a remake of I talked to Don Murray and I said that I'd just read in the paper that Liza was thinking of doing a ree could play the girl, then he could still play the virgin cowboy, and that he should go find her and tell her And he laughed He's still so good-looking and tall and I said that if she at her age could play the girl, then he could still play the virgin cowboy, and that he should go find her and tell her And he laughed He's still so good-looking and tall

Monday, July 20, 1981 Got up On the neas the tragedy of the weekend, the hotel ay that collapsed in Kansas City and a lot of people were killed Oh and I' in the Enquirer Enquirer about Kate Jackson and Andrew Stevens Kate was out with us at Halston's in Montauk this past weekend She ith Rock Brynner, Yul's son Kate will do things like look at the ocean and say how beautiful it is, or go out alone and stare at thethe beach alone and pick up a rock and throw it about Kate Jackson and Andrew Stevens Kate was out with us at Halston's in Montauk this past weekend She ith Rock Brynner, Yul's son Kate will do things like look at the ocean and say how beautiful it is, or go out alone and stare at thethe beach alone and pick up a rock and throw it (laughs) (laughs) I' I don't know She's from the South, but still I' I don't know She's from the South, but still

I stopped at John Reinhold's office to hear the news about the new diamond discovery in Australia, and diamond prices are down Went to the office (cab 5)

I was really upset at Rupert because he's gone away for weeks to Ja on vacation, too, and I got reallyhim that Rupert better watch out, and if they couldn't helpto findat ht you a rose, so you would be in a better mood” And I said, ”Look, don't tell ot the job in the first place because Alex Heinrici went on a vacation-a long long vacation just like this one that Rupert's taking-and I just looked around and found soain” vacation just like this one that Rupert's taking-and I just looked around and found soain”

And I blew ood for their memoirs

Tuesday, July 21, 1981 Got a call fro out on our Newport trip

Wednesday, July 22, 1981 Got up early, it was a pretty day I was going to go walking with Interviews Interviews but I had a lunch date with Mercedes Kellogg and she brought the von Bulow guy, the one who's accused of trying to kill his ith insulin, she's been in a cohter fro him He's about fifty-five, I think He told anecdotes but I had a lunch date with Mercedes Kellogg and she brought the von Bulow guy, the one who's accused of trying to kill his ith insulin, she's been in a cohter fro him He's about fifty-five, I think He told anecdotes

At 4:00 the Walt Disney film crew cas They asked me who my favorite Disney character was and I said, ”Minnie Mouse, because she can get me close to Mickey”

Friday, July 24, 1981 Jon came by and showed 's happening and I' to think that I'll just relax and not expect anything, that it's enough to spend tiether I don't know

Monday, July 27, 1981 Ran into Winnie Sullivan on the street I thought she looked a little fat I asked her how she was doing, did she really nant” I asked her if it was To a lot of Jack Nicholson” She's very calculating, Winnie But who knows, maybe it is is Jack's and he'll marry her She's very pretty Jack's and he'll ust 1, 1981 I'm up to five sets of fifteen pushups And I told the office that they better not be planning anything forto coed over from the West Side Chris Makos picked us up at 3:30 and ent to the Whitney to see the Walt Disney show (admission 8) It was really crowded and it was funny to see Walt Disney stuff on the walls They didn't show it off too well, though Mostly Mickey Mouse

Thenthe Georgia O'Keeffe show on another floor and she does these flowers and slashes and all she does is paint vaginas Andsoirls' stuff always because it's sis, it's the easy stuff You can tell

Then we took a ride and anted to go to the River Cafe but they were done serving, so we stopped soe and the food ful (70) But atched everybody, people with great chests, just back froy out on purpose-horrible-looking people

Then we cabbed to the trendy West Side just to be seen-Colu It's like the 1930s with people trying to be discovered, doing their acts on the street

Monday, August 3, 1981 Walked down Fifth Avenue and when I walked into a record store they had on ”Heroin” froround's first album, the one I produced and did the cover for I don't know if they sawand then put it on quickly or if it was already on It was so strange to hear Lou singing those songs and the ht n the albuinal cover with the banana that you can peel the skin off Does MGM keep reissuing it? I never got any ust 4, 1981 The Herreras were back fro and they invited me to dinner with Jerry Zipkin and said they'd call at 6:00 I said I'd go but I knew I'd cancel because I'ant people, I just wanted to be with some kids

Then I ran out of Interviews Interviews and I was near John Reinhold's so I stopped in and ent into the McCreedy and Schreiber shoe store on 46th and just sat there for an hour because it was air-conditioned I decided that being a shoe salesirl's shoes Stopped in at Jean's and looked at a watch and I was near John Reinhold's so I stopped in and ent into the McCreedy and Schreiber shoe store on 46th and just sat there for an hour because it was air-conditioned I decided that being a shoe salesirl's shoes Stopped in at Jean's and looked at a watch

Jon has gone off to California

Wednesday, August 5, 1981 The Trumps came down Donald Truuess Mrs Trus of the Trump Tower that I'd done I don't knohy I did so ht would be so chic for the lobby But it was a mistake to do so many, I think it confused them Mr Trump was very upset that it wasn't color-coordinated They have Angelo Donghia doing the decorating so they're going to cos to es I think Tru And Marc Balet who set up the whole thing was sort of shocked But maybe Mrs Trump will think about a portrait because I let thes, so et the idea

Jon called froust 6, 1981 It was my birthday and I'd told everyone at the office that if they even id had wanted the day off but I was Mr Grump I let everyone off fiveBrigid went to the delicatessen and over the radio the DJ said, ”And happy birthday to Andy Warhol who's sixty-four years old today,” so she was laughing that they'd even added eleven years on

John Reinhold sent me 500 carats of diamond dust for a present It's like half a can of tomato soup-size And he sent ood way to murder somebody

Got a call froreat

Saturday, August 8, 1981 Jane Holzer called and said that I should cooes to Colu an underground ot depressed because here it enty years after , pretty, rich kids-even richer and in bigger apartments than the kids who'd been inthat they didn't want the old people in front I got sort of depressed and left

Monday, August 10, 1981 I had to photograph the Halston and Galanos things for The Los Angeles Tieles Times Jon pickedbut Liza was late He was on the phone with Liz Taylor and she called him an asshole so he called her an asshole and he said that her asshole was bigger than his and that I should take pictures to prove it It was funny hearing them talk like this, that's how they talk to each other

Went to the Olyer And Christopher had just told e was on with Jack Cafferty and she said, ”Wasn't it Andy Warhol who once said that everyone would be a celebrity for four ht that up and said that it was actually tenlife go by faster anyway She was kind of great Sort of e was on with Jack Cafferty and she said, ”Wasn't it Andy Warhol who once said that everyone would be a celebrity for four ht that up and said that it was actually tenlife go by faster anyway She was kind of great Sort ofnow

Lauren Bacall and Harry Guardino were there Marty Scorsese was there with his wife Isabella Rossellini who'sHow can a Catholic keep getting married? Bobby De Niro came in and I sent Pat Cleveland over because I know he likes black girls, but she was drunk and scared hine and now I have a chaust 11, 1981 Got my live-in contacts but I can't read or draw in them Do they have bifocals you can ith contacts? It's so scary to wake up in the ht and be able to see

Walked partway to the office (cab 350) I painted sorounds for the Diana Ross portrait-I wonder what color I should make her-I wonder if she wants to be black or white

Then I went up to the Con Ed building that's for sale on Madison, and it turns out there's three entrances-one on Madison, one on 32nd, and one on 33rd It makes a T shape in theup the sidewalk They all hang around there, I guess because nobody chases theh, so ent to 22nd Street and Sixth Avenue to look at another building That one is 19 Then ent back to the office In the awful heat

Wednesday, August 12, 1981 I can't face Donahue Donahue It's (laughs) (laughs) Retired Gays thisGay old people at a su Gay old people at a surating against my bones

I went to a Chinese opera at Lincoln Center and Stella Adler gave a speech She's in her eighties but she looks young like Angela Lansbury And she had the Chinese director's nauy's naust 13, 1981 Maura Moynihan was supposed to be getting ot out of invitingto be there and I think she was afraid ofthere with her father

I waited for Rupert to coraphs that came back from the printer there were souess he sends his own pictures in to be developed with ive the on

Jon went to the country for the whole weekend

Saturday, August 15, 1981 I'd gained weight and gone up to 119, but I like the way I look better at 115 so I decided not to eat Worked all afternoon on Greta Garbo and Mickey Mouse and Diana Ross (Brownies 15)

Sunday, August 16, 1981 I walked to church Cabbed down to meet Rupert at 1:00 (5) I called Fred in East Hampton and told him what a bad deal he'd made with Ron Feldman, that I ith Leo Castelli and that I wasn't supposed to be having a shoith Ron Feld show of allery fa and too awful Ron has rounds for Superman and Dracula I have to do at least four a day to catch up show of allery fa and too awful Ron has rounds for Superman and Dracula I have to do at least four a day to catch up

At ot a call from Jon, he said he'd done some work on the script and so I went over to pick it up (cab 3) I was back houst 17, 1981 At 11:30 I had an appoint on 32nd and Madison It's a beautiful building, but buying it would be like buying a beautiful piece of art, this beautiful space And it has a reat Interview Interview office, but you can't rent anything out It goes up five floors and there's no heat, it's just like one shell, but it's so perfectly beautiful I could put in hot air and toilets and it would be an artist's space But then I think about the building at 895 Broadway at 20th Street and it's just a nor, and it has five floors, all rented, and then I'd have rent coet one of the floors to move out for us But this Con Ed one was like a fortress and the best thing was eight pay phones in the corner newsstand where you could office, but you can't rent anything out It goes up five floors and there's no heat, it's just like one shell, but it's so perfectly beautiful I could put in hot air and toilets and it would be an artist's space But then I think about the building at 895 Broadway at 20th Street and it's just a nor, and it has five floors, all rented, and then I'd have rent coet one of the floors to move out for us But this Con Ed one was like a fortress and the best thing was eight pay phones in the corner newsstand where you could (laughs) (laughs) send people to make their calls send people to make their calls

Susan Blond called to invite e to see Michael Jackson on Tuesday and Wednesday and she wants et Liza Minnelli, but I haven't been able to I'll try again, though

Bed at 12:30 Fell asleep, then woke up and had waterust 18, 1981 It was a really beautiful day, the weather's still good because of the fairy hurricane Dennis