Part 38 (1/2)

Sunday, February 13, 1983 It was all snow outside and it was beautiful, not too cold Went to church

Nelson Lyon called and we gossiped And he said that Paul Morrissey had talked to Bob Colacello this su off Tho because I still didn't kno to spell his naht it was stupid for hie how he spelled his nae it-to just drop the ”i” from ”Colaciello” I mean if Bob expected e it-to just drop the ”i” from ”Colaciello” I mean if Bob expected me to spell it, he should havethat I na that I could could spell spell

Tuesday, February 15, 1983 Woke up with the saI Love Lucy Love Lucy She's so funny She's at the Brown Derby with Ethel and Fred, and she stared at Williahetti and Ethel has to cut off the strands Oh it's good She's disguised and her fake nose catches on fire! It's the funniest one

Called Catherine about the lunch ere having for her that afternoon at the office She invited about thirty people

Was picked up by Benjamin and went to Doc cox's and saw Rose to Mahler and reading icon books and she goes to work at 4:00 in theand finishes at 10:00

Left there and went to Sotheby's but they tried to s, and I told them no, and then they wouldn't letood I mean, it's my ”purse” Ladies don't have to check their purses, so why should I?

Forgot to say that Diana Ross sentbowl of candy kisses and she's so sweet, I have to send her so It looked like she could have wrapped this up herself

Oh, and Crazy Matty had been up at 860 and left the worst letter, it was crazy like Hinckley or so

And Bob Colacello was invited to our lunch for Catherine but he turned it down by saying, ”I have to go go to a ent”

Wednesday, February 16, 1983 Another lunch at the office for Catherine She said she becauess she's doing a lot of entertaining, showing her houses She's wild, Catherine She learned a lot from Tom Sullivan

Watched Dynasty Dynasty Joan Collins is so good And they took the bandages off the fairy son's face, and it's so funny, it's like theall the old Bette Davis and Joan Crawford things-like when you ”rees”

Thursday, February 17, 1983 It was a beautiful spring day, almost I had a lunch date with Lady Sharon and Jill Fuller at ”21,” it was Jill's birthday and I brought her a Dollar Sign I was surprised to look at her hand and not see a wedding ring, and she said that it was over already-he was just so or so and she threw hi after I wouldn't give hiot back to the office and told Fred that I'd ot uess is true And Jill and Sharon said that people were going to drop Bob And actually, Jill and Sharon are the kind of people ould would drop Bob And Sharon said, ”Bob's a friend of mine, but he drop Bob And Sharon said, ”Bob's a friend of mine, but he is is moody and it's hard to take” moody and it's hard to take”

But you know, it's true, all those people are really going to drop Bob if he doesn't have a column someplace They just want to be in a column-that's what they have him over for!

Oh, and that Iranian lady, you know, Bob's friend, Mercedes Kellogg, Sharon was tellingMercedes was and that Sharon helped her and got her to lose forty pounds and now she's dyed her hair blonde and is a big hostess, and she doesn't even call Sharon

Saturday, February 26, 1983 The night of the Roy Cohn party Cab to Studio (5) Ethel Mer ”Happy Birthday” And Ivana Trump was there and she came over and when she saw me she was embarrassed and she said, ”Oh, whatever happened to those pictures?” and I had this speech inher off, and I was undecided whether to let her have it or not, and she was trying to get away and she did

Poor Earl Wilson must have had a stroke He was there and he can hardly walk, he just sort of scratches his feet along the ground, so I guess that's why he's not doing his column so much anymore

Monday, February 28, 1983 Benjaerbread house that little Berkeley Reinhold had given eons in the park But they didn't like gingerbread and they didn't like candy And I tried to get rid of some fruitcake, too, and they didn't like that, either, so I feel like just letting them starve I h, sothem some peanuts sometime Okay, so then ent don (6) They do like nuts though, sothem some peanuts sometime Okay, so then ent don (6)

Thenon for To, Sandy Brant, David Whitney, and Philip Johnson They were there to try to talkthe Whitney all ue them and show them, but I don't know Vincent says I have to because these people are friends But I thinkto make them commercial I told these people that when you describe these movies they always sound better than they actually are, and that if people really saw things like Sleep Sleep and and Eat Eat they'd think they were boring I also told the would have to entertain me at the Knickerbocker Club Which is as supposed to be happening, anyway, but Vincent just wanted to get this lunch out of the way fast So they said sure, and we'll do that, so I guess they think that I'll do it, but I don't know if I actually will or not I' I also told the would have to entertain me at the Knickerbocker Club Which is as supposed to be happening, anyway, but Vincent just wanted to get this lunch out of the way fast So they said sure, and we'll do that, so I guess they think that I'll do it, but I don't know if I actually will or not I'e Powell after that at the Berkshi+re Hotel, the one where the Rolling Stones stayed, because there was a ood place to leave Interviews Interviews and try to sell ads I like Paige (cab 4) It was incredible there- every jacket was the same, every sweater was the same Five floors of clothes and they were all the sae (cab 4) It was incredible there- every jacket was the same, every sweater was the same Five floors of clothes and they were all the same

Cabbed to to meet Chris and Peter and Maura Moynihan Then down to the Bottom Line to see Lou Reed (cab 8) And Lou's lyrics you can understand now (drinks 14008) and the s but you didn't recognize them, they sounded different Lou's in AA now, and he's also working out, getting definition, getting triernails because they were dirty And she had a spot on her dress that she said she just got but it looked old I mean, she's Irish meet Chris and Peter and Maura Moynihan Then down to the Bottom Line to see Lou Reed (cab 8) And Lou's lyrics you can understand now (drinks 14008) and the s but you didn't recognize them, they sounded different Lou's in AA now, and he's also working out, getting definition, getting triernails because they were dirty And she had a spot on her dress that she said she just got but it looked old I mean, she's Irish

Wednesday, March 2, 1983 Victor toldto Jon And Chris keeps wanting to know if he can collect on the watch that I promised hih Jon Gould continued to keep an apart inAndy's house, in the fourth-floor guest rooh Jon Gould continued to keep an apart inAndy's house, in the fourth-floor guest rooossip about Halston, ithi a YSL And this is the night I was going to the party for Liza's father at MOMA And I orn out froossip about Halston, ithi a YSL And this is the night I was going to the party for Liza's father at MOMA

And it was strange, because as Victor was tellingatthe benefits without the responsibility Which I do do because I just don't want to be that close to Halston because he can really turn on you

Steve Rubell called while I was talking to Victor and he wanted to go to MOMA with us, and so I told hi to the Claus von Bulow party for Catherine

Called Victor and he said he was going to MOMA as Mrs Halston The new secretary said that Halston wouldn't be providing transportation, so I guess the ti

Thursday, March 3, 1983 How could Tennessee Williams choke on a bottlecap, do you think? How could that happen?

Friday, March 4, 1983 Mrs Vreeland called for Fred and she was talking in a lower-than-usual voice I think about her and think what it'll be like, thirty more years of life

Monday, March 7, 1983 I went to Dr Silver the pimple doctor (cab 7) and he said I should drinka lot, because then I'd have to go home more because I don't like to use public bathrooms at all

Tuesday, March 8, 1983 Jon called from California and said he'd make it on time for the Bette Midler show and he did At the end she did a serious thing where she broke down and thanked the kids who'd slept in line to get tickets Jann Wenner was behind ?” and then he tried tothat he had lunch with him I said, ”Why don't you hire him?”

The shoas over at 11:30 and I was hoo to the Club A party for Bette to the Club A party for Bette

Wednesday, March 9, 1983 Brigid had a fight with the whole office about stealing a grapefruit and then Paige screamed that someone had stolen her scarf

At 3:30 I went to 35 West 31st Street to a big studio where I was being shot for a couess they got ue sheet all the lines said ”WOODY” The lines were: ”That's art,” ”Perhaps in red,” and ”A masterpiece”

Thursday, March 10, 1983 At the office the phone rang and they told oosebumps Soot another cyst in his head frootten to tell the Diary that I called him last week in the hospital and I woke hiet hi he wanted He told et off and he said that he didn't know if he was going to ood I don't even know if they really check ht Maybe Henry would have been better off with one of those boy-disease specialists

And Lords of Discipline Lords of Discipline-Paramount's decided not to advertise it any okay, 9 million But then what I don't understand at all is why on Entertainht they put down the Paramount movie they put down the Paramount movie Lords of Discipline Lords of Discipline when they could just not mention it, since when they could just not ht is Paray but I'o on TV and say their own nore it? I just wish I could get it is Paray but I'o on TV and say their own nore it? I just wish I could get it

Friday, March 11, 1983 Brigid's knitting away,a replace that I loved so much How is it possible to lose a nine-foot scarf? I still don't know And Christopher ith me and he didn't see me lose it, either Nine feet of red scarf and nobody noticed

Sunday, March 13, 1983 Halston called to invite s about ”3 billion” and ”JC Penney” and I don't knohat it uess he has has actually sold out and will be having his nauess that's what it's all about and that's what he's worried about, he's not sure he's doing the right thing actually sold out and will be having his nauess that's what it's all about and that's what he's worried about, he's not sure he's doing the right thing

I get so nervous with Halston because I don't want to say the wrong thing and get him mad, because he's our tenant in Montauk and I don't want to blow it He wanted to gossip, but I just said things that I kneere out already

Monday, March 14, 1983 I went to 47th Street to see Boris who hasn't had anything new in so long, he was crying poor nobody's buying and nobody's selling for soe reason And no auctions, either

Rupert called and said Ron Feldallery on Greene Street and sign prints I said to tell him to fuck off, that I'd be dohen I felt like it And then Ron called hiive me my check if I came down, and then I felt like it He said he'd send soo down alone, so Rupert ca to send a limo So I went down there and Ron tookto talk about sheets and pillowcases” I said, ”No We're not” I said, ”Well sonny, I've turned down millions of dollars in deals for sheets and pillowcases and I' to do it for you” you”

I left with Robert orks for Rupert (cab 5)

Tuesday, March 15, 1983 It was a beautiful day Walked on the street and a little kid, she was six or seven, with another kid, yelled, ”Look at the guy with the wig,” and I was really embarrassed, I blew my cool and it ruined my afternoon So I was depressed

Monday, March 21, 1983 Benjamin walkedlunch with To and Sandy Brant who flew up from Florida just for the lunch, and David Whitney and Fred and Vincent They're all still trying to get my movies for the Whitney Museum, but I haven't said yes yet I don't want to, but Vincent and Fred are against me

The Knickerbocker Club is really chic, really rich I guess Iroom because David Whitney almost died, but then he he said ”fuck” about five ti roo roone and that finished h I haven't given my answer yet (cab 6) said ”fuck” about five ti roo roone and that finished h I haven't givento the new building, and they were co wasbecause they had toInterview Interview move made me have to face the fact that I'll have toall that clear empty space, it was just so beautiful that now I don't want to leave With allmove made me have to face the fact that I'll have toall that clear empty space, it was just so beautiful that now I don't want to leave With all

Wednesday, March 23,1983 It was great having this big empty place now Like the loft I alanted Jennifer is answering the phones at the office because she's on Easter break, and she'sof the New Art show at the Whitney, the Biennial And the show is just like the sixties And Keith Haring is so big, he flew from japan to New York for three days and then to Paris These kids are selling everything-Jean Michel Basquiat's show sold out in Los Angeles

Friday, March 25, 1983 Princess Pignatelli caraphs of n And I talked to hi to a wall I said, ”But they're your your photographs, why do you want n them?” and he'd say, ”But they're of you,” and I'd say, ”But they're your photographs” Two hundred prints So we left it that way photographs, why do you want n them?” and he'd say, ”But they're of you,” and I'd say, ”But they're your photographs” Two hundred prints So we left it that way

And Ina Ginsburg was there and her son Mark, and she wants the portraits redone and one thing she wants e is the color of her hair And Mark took me aside and said, ”It's because it reminds her of the concentration camp She doesn't want to think of herself as that brown-haired person”

Decided to see The Outsiders The Outsiders which was just opening, and I loved it, it was like watching which was just opening, and I loved it, it was like watching Loneso boys with dyed hair reading poetry in the sunset The Sal Mineo type And then they're in this old church hiding and the boy says, ”All I really want you to do is read Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind out loud to me” And all the boys are so cute And this schs were all cut up so they didn't raphs Every boy was a raving beauty out loud to me” And all the boys are so cute And this schs were all cut up so they didn't raphs Every boy was a raving beauty