Part 37 (1/2)

Went over to the back-uy on Seventh Avenue and now Chris tells me that he's not really a shi+atsu masseur, he's a chiropractor And it seeoes there It's so lonely there, I'm probably his only custo to him (phone calls 20)

Then went back and worked on my Alfred Hitchcock portrait for Vanity Fair Vanity Fair Waited for Rupert Mr LeFrak called and I've got to get to work on his portrait

Then there was a screening of Gandhi Gandhi and went to that at the Colu roo It was three hours long, and the only thing that ruined it was Miss Candice Bergen It's like a jolt of reality Suddenly there she is, saying that she's Margaret Bourke-White of and went to that at the Colu roo It was three hours long, and the only thing that ruined it was Miss Candice Bergen It's like a jolt of reality Suddenly there she is, saying that she's Margaret Bourke-White of Life LifeLikeLike me in The Driver's Seat The Driver's Seat I was so bad in that But I could have been good if they used ood Oh and some movie star told me recently that Bad Bad was the best movie they'd ever seen Noas it? Oh, it was Jeff Bridges! He loved was the best movie they'd ever seen Noas it? Oh, it was Jeff Bridges! He loved Badi Badi Thursday, December 16, 1982 Went all the way to Chinatown from way uptown because it's so funny to hear Benja around for new ideas, but it's so hard to do these things all at the sa for new ideas, the pressure of painting, the pressure of buying the building It's a lot of stress

Friday, Dece on that Ia party at Studio 54 that Laura Branigan was going to sing at Maura Moynihan was having a Christ a concert for the Who that was going to be televised Suzie Frankfurt was having an open house and Couri Hay was having a party

Sunday, Deceo to Vincent and Shelly's party They had about eight babies there and all the kids froet me a cab

Monday, December 20, 1982 Had to meet the LeFraks And they hated their portrait She said I made her look too much like Kitty Carlisle

Worked till 7:00 Gave PH her earrings for Christs from the forties- and she was thrilled Then went to Dr Silver and he said I'll be cured of pimples in teeks

Tuesday, December 21, 1982 Mrs LeFrak didn't like her hair and Rupert's working on it right now I've got to call and tell hihts in her hair, but it's probably too late

Wednesday, December 22, 1982 Went over to the Waldorf to the debutante ball thing And Cornelia was supposed to be there because she's doing a How to Be a Deb How to Be a Deb book with Jon, but she wasn't there And then this curly-haired blond boy carandfather,” and I asked hirandfather, and he said, ”Nelson Rockefeller” All the kids at this thing were so beautiful All the boys looked like Robyn in tuxes book with Jon, but she wasn't there And then this curly-haired blond boy carandfather,” and I asked hirandfather, and he said, ”Nelson Rockefeller” All the kids at this thing were so beautiful All the boys looked like Robyn in tuxes

Thursday, December 23, 1982 When I walked into the office everyone was in a badChristopher down and said that the only Christmas present that everybody at the office would really want is that Chris never coain When I told hiid the 20 he owes her She did soo on a project that then he he didn't get paid for, so he felt that he didn't have to pay didn't get paid for, so he felt that he didn't have to pay her her And then of course he's cheap, that's really why he didn't pay her And Robyn was so moody Jay went hoht've actually worked

And Peter Beard called and wanted us to okay a check froet cashed at Brownies because he wanted to go around the corner to Paragon and buy so kept by Cheryl She's really got the bucks, she's got the Sears contract

And Lorna Luft ca her her portrait for Christmas And she had no e diet, and she really is pretty Her portrait will be like Marilyn If she just kept her regular brown haircolor and her regular looks, she could be a big serious actress But instead she tries to look the opposite of Liza, to get an identity

Christ Jon left for New Hampshi+re

Friday, Deceid spent the whole day like Mada about not having the day off My nerves were shattered, I couldn't put anything together Worked at the office trying to wrap paintings up for the Halston group Had Benjamin meet me at horown up now The girl's a model type The boy is tall, too They're beautiful, like Village of the dairl said how these old photographers tried to pick her up and one took her to dinner at Le Relais and tried to i he'd irl was telling irl said how these old photographers tried to pick her up and one took her to dinner at Le Relais and tried to i he'd irl was tellingat him

So then finally ent to Halston's and Halston wasn't anywhere in sight It was odd Although ere four hours late But finally we found hiave me-maybe-two Elsa Peretti candlesticks fro that I would return theet another pair for hiure out what size paintings to give to who It was harrowing

And Steve Rubell gave ave you five cassettes Isn't that just the greatest gift?” I mean, they were just tapes that you can buy, like a Michael Jackson tape, that cost 3 apiece I mean, Steve was cheap when he had had money, and now that he doesn't have anymoney, and now that he doesn't have any

Saturday, December 25, 1982 Got up late Went to church Had a miserable Christmas Got Benjamin to to come into the office before he went home to San Francisco (cab 5) Worked with hietsnow out in Denver Gave Benja that day come into the office before he went home to San Francisco (cab 5) Worked with hietsnow out in Denver Gave Benja that day (100) (100)

Tuesday, December 28, 1982-Aspen, Colorado At 8:30 Barry Diller invited us to have cocktails with Calvin Klein and Marina Cicogna and Diana Ross Diana ca white shoes and she was out for action

We all got in cars and followed Barry, he's a bad driver Then Barry invited us out to dinner to Andre's The food there was disgusting Jon lost part of his Kieselstein-Cord belt Diana was dancing on top of the table and everybody wanted to dance with her and she said, ”I'reat line you!” That was a great line

Thursday, Deceiving a party so I just casually called her and said, ”Hiiiii,” and she said, ”Hiiiiiii,” and so then I said, ”Oh I was just calling because we had soit that way And so she said she was having a party and would I like to come, and I said, ”Oh why yeeeesssss”

We arrived at 7:00 and I met her parents and they were adorable I found out about her being born in New York and about her having a grandfather who bought her fifty dolls and the ive them to her And they moved to to Sacramento when Barbi was three Sacraain

Buzz Aldrin caraphs of hilad to ht-Chris told people he had a twelve- it while his as back in New York and they all believed him And I told them I was a deep-sea fisherman, and this lady invitedat all

Friday, Dece with Cornelia on buttermilk Mark Sink called He's the bicycle racer who does circulation for Interview Interview in Denver in Denver

Drove over to Jiot in Couri Hay had taken one of our tables and filled it up with boys-Tab Hunter and a ave us another table and then the party started getting good Barry Diller arrived with Diana Ross, and Jack Nicholson with Anjelica Huston-Jack's got a big fat belly now It was all country-western

Five minutes before New Year's we decided, Jon and I, that we didn't want to be in a crowd and so ent right outside, not to hear the Syne” Then atched the fireworks outside and went in ten one, and they had finished all their kissing and stuff

Saturday, January 1, 1983-Aspen So to kill me We were on a snowht he did it on purpose But somehow there were trees there and I fell off into a deep snow We rode to the house, that was fun, but I didn't realize till I got back how scary going off the cliff was Then it sunk in what had happened So I confronted Jon, and he toldcrazy and I was relieved

Sunday, January 2, 1983-Aspen-New York I didn't have one drink the whole tiot weighed and I'm 126 still

Monday, January 3, 1983 The LeFraks called and said they still hated their portrait Mr LeFrak said eren't Mrs LeFrak's eyes hazel in the portrait, and then he said his nose was too bulbous So et by

Bob still wasn't back froazine has Cornelia as Deb of the Year azine has Cornelia as Deb of the Year

Tuesday, January 4, 1983 I had dinner with Chris at the Post House on 63 rd Street to decide once and for all what his raphy portfolio would be, and we hashed it out And Chris is so cheap-cheap in ways you'd never even dream of And it's like Bob And Paul Morrissey They want rand weekend and he gets these ideas that he should live like royalty, and he gets very unhappy if he doesn't get more and s and get everything he wants (dinner 130)

Thursday, January 6, 1983 When I got to the office Vincent handed me a letter It was from Bob He quit No one at the office knows except Gael and Robert and Fred And I hear he has the agent na literary lawyer I wonder if Jann Wenner's offered his with hi I'm happy for Bob Really I a until we found a replacement It's awful of him to just leave with no notice Fred called and talked to hied I think Thorand, too I o, and suddenly they have airs

So nobody at the office knows except the people I said But (laughs) (laughs), everybody outside the office knows But this has been building up for a while Before Bob went away for the holidays I'd told hi he wanted for Christmas and he said a Hammer & Sickle, and I only have two of those and I said, ”Gee, Bob, just anything but that,” and he got oes to these rich people's places and he thinks he should have it all, too But azine editors don't ot commissions on the portraits and he has 50 percent of that Bruno photography portfolio But what he really wanted was 50 percent of Interview Interview-at least I think he said 50, I couldn't really hear if he was saying 50 or 15 I told hie of the profits profits, when Interview Interview startedany yet And then he said that it startedany yet And then he said that it as But it's just not And if Bob was ss that he does for Interview Interview and just overseen the oing to ask him to do Anyway, I think he'll be back and just overseen the oing to ask him to do Anyway, I think he'll be back

And John Powers brought a possible portrait by-a plastic surgeon from Horida And Mr LeFrak careat, he e the portraits-he told him what more do you want, and then later he told ot home about 7:00, dropped Jay (cab 5) Decided to stay home, talked on the phone to Christopher and Fred

You know, about Bob leaving, it's not abouta lot And it's not about the Hammer & Sickle, because if it wasn't about that it would have been about so ti into business with Tho art If a person says they don't want a portrait, Bob will justpeople to pay their bills Even Fred is a little shy about that But Bob isn't If he's got a good new job I'm happy for him He just shouldn't have quit with no notice That's the bad thing, it's not professional

Friday, January 7, 1983 The newspapers had a lot of Bob Colacello ite about it Jane Holzer called and said that Steve Rubell had told her and then I changed the subject and asked her as neith her, and she said, ”You're so cool about all this,” and what else can I be? I s for the office payroll Fred doesn't think we should rush into hiring a new editor-Robert Hayes has been so nice we'll just see what he can do

Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran cairlfriend, Julie Anne He's twenty and she's twenty-three He earing twice as h he's half as tall

Saturday, January 8, 1983 It was a day of buzzing on the phone about Bob There werean, away Bob's drunk with this newspaper power, getting iteet this stuff in a minute

Tuesday, January 11, 1983 Vincent broke the news that the LeFrak portraits were co back down, that the pupils were left out of the eyes and there was a spot on the face So just when I thought I'd seen the last of theht of the Living Portraits

And Gael Love ca, but I never knohether to believe her because she's always so enthusiastic about everything And Robert Hayes is being really sweet, I guess because he thinks he ht be upped to editor

Grace Jones cauy, like 6'6” Hans Lundgren And we shook hands and it was strange because he had such a weak handshake, really wireat

Talked to Jon who's in LA

Wednesday, January 12, 1983 Chris was at the office and showed raphs he took in Aspen and he wants to use theraphs in Interview Interview and I told his I raphs with people he wouldn't want to be in photographs with, and Barry's Jon's and I told his I raphs with people he wouldn't want to be in photographs with, and Barry's Jon's boss boss

And Grace Jones caave her a speech about how she should look ave Debbie Harry after I saw Videodro, keep her hair red so she could get the Faye Dunaway parts