AND THE "HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING"---OSCAR TOURIST GARY IS A CONVICTED RAPIST--corrected version below

Correction: He was arrested for attempted rape and is a registered sex offender In addition, he is a three-time thief, who got out on parole.


GARY FROM CHICAGO JUST OUT OF PRISON SERVING 22-YEAR TERM FOR RAPE---ENDS UP ON OSCAR SHOW

"Gary from Chicago" -- the tourist who stole the show at the Oscars -- was released from prison 3 days before he was hanging out with Denzel Washington and kissing Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman.

Gary Alan Coe did 20 years in the California prison system ... according to WLS TV, and just got out last week. Gary reportedly was in for committing multiple felonies -- he wasn't more specific about his crimes, but said he met his fiancee, Vickie, while in the pen.

Even though Gary and Vickie live in California now, he's a Chicago native and he's become the toast of the town. The Bulls offered him tickets and Gino's East wants to hook him up with free pizza.

GUILTY!!!!! PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS ACCOUNTANT BRIAN CULLINAN

HERE HE IS---BRIAN CULLINAN

HE GAVE THE WRONG ENVELOPE TO WARREN BEATTY

AS I PREDICTED, THE OSCAR RATINGS CONTINUED THEIR DROP

I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED, THIS OSCAR SHOW, BUT, DUE TO LACK OF A WELL-KNOWN BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE, I KNEW THE RATINGS WOULD DROP.


They were lower than 2016, and 2016 was lower than 2015. The great news is that they stayed steady and didn't drop in the last hour anywhere, but, particularly not on the east coast. The show is a goldmine for ABC, regardless.

And did anybody notice how great the commercials were? They were much better than the Super Bowl.

OSCAR IN MEMORIAM----WRONG!!! PRODUCER STILL ALIVE-----OMG!

REALLY? AN IN MEMORIAM SCREW UP?
JANET PATTERSON, A DESIGNER DIED. OSCARS SHOWED A PICTURE OF PRODUCER JAN CHAPMAN INSTEAD!

Above---This is a photo of Jan Chapman. 

Below---The late Jane Patterson, center. Jan Chapman (left), Jane Campion, right.

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IT WAS THE BEST OSCAR SHOW IN DECADES!!! YES, IT WAS!!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO JIMMY KIMMEL, MIKE DE LUCA AND JENNIFER TODD.
THE SHOW NEVER LAGGED. IT WAS HILARIOUS, RELEVANT, AND SPARKLED THROUGHOUT.

Jimmy---you were relaxed, funny, and in command. Everything worked--your jokes, the food from the ceiling, the tourists from the bus. Bravo. Best host since Ellen's first time hosting. You must come back.



Ok. Now let's talk about "the incident."

Faye and Warren

I was so happy to see them out there; so happy the Academy and producers recognized how great it would be to bring back legends to announce best picture.

1. The Academy gave them the wrong envelope. That was 100% the fault of the production.

2. The problem was that both Warren and Faye are not that familiar with live performing, and they didn't have the presence of mind to simply say something like, "Ladies and gentleman. There's a problem here. Would a stage manager please come out?" That's what people who are used to announcing or hosting know to do. Instead, they both just freaked out and didn't handle it well. I'm sorry that happened to them. I'm sorry they were put in that position by a production error.

3. But mostly I am sorry for the "Moonlight" and "La La Land" people. Both of their moments were ruined. What a shame.


SO, I WAS AT A PARTY WITH A LOT OF ACTORS. Their quips throughout the show were beyond funny. I'm not naming anybody who was there, because their comments have to be anonymous.

Here they are in random order:  Take a breath................



"Sting is teasing his hair like Al Pacino."

"Isabelle had a facelift in the car on the way over."

"Halle! What is she doing? There's a poodle on her head."

"I'm thankful to my daughter for doing an art project on my face this morning."

"She looks like a ghost wearing margarine."

"Ryan Gosling. That is one, ugly tux."

"Shave, you idiot."

"I've never seen that face before in my life."

"Look. It's butterface."

"No one's looking at anything except her boobs."

"Are those real teeth?"

"Ewwww.. Bad hair; Bad dress. What's she even doing there?"

"That guy's an addict who cheats on his wife."

"Who's she?"

"Leo is rocking that tux."

"She can't help it It's just her face."

"Emma Stone has the best matte lipstick I've ever seen."

"She looks like a dead witch."

"How gorgeous is Nicole tonight?"

"There was so much coke on that set...."

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I guess it was just another evening in our "LaLaLand." 
Congratulations to all the winners. I was really happy with the choices.
I love Nicole. I wish she and Viola had tied. Oh, well.

AND, LAST, BUT NOT LEAST.... TONIGHT I WORE EDDIE FISHER'S TUX SHOES THAT HE WORE ON STAGE DURING HIS VEGAS HEYDAY. I DID IT FOR DEBBIE AND ELIZABETH. I KNEW THEY'D LAUGH. 

OSCAR MEMORIES---LET'S REMEMBER THOSE MAGNIFICENT, INDELIBLE IMAGES

OK. ITS TONIGHT. LET'S GO BACK, INSTEAD, TO WHAT                    WE REMEMBER AS INCREDIBLE.

Grace Kelly--It will NEVER get better than this

I mean.....really...........

Audrey Hepburn--co-queen with Grace Kelly always

OMG. Warren and Natalie. So Beautiful.

Cary Grant (with Jean Simmons). Cary is the epitome for me.

Gwyneth, Marilyn (1951), Lupita

Nicole-1997

Kim Novak and Clark Gable

Angelina-2012

Julia-2001

Cher-1986

MY OSCAR PREDICTION-----A LOW-RATED TELECAST

OSCARS USED TO BE FUN AND EXCITING WHEN THERE WERE MORE REAL MOVIE STARS ATTENDING LIKE ELIZABETH TAYLOR OR GRACE KELLY OR CARY GRANT. NOW WE ARE TREATED TO "STARS" DRESSED BY STYLISTS, SO THERE'S NO CHANCE OF REALLY SEEING INDIVIDUAL TASTE. NETWORKS ADD PRESENTERS TO PROMOTE THEIR OWN PROGRAMS. I'M FINE WITH KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMERS, BUT THR MEASURE OF A TRUE STAR IS LONGEVITY. TIME WILL TELL. MY SAFE BETS ARE NICOLE KIDMAN AND GEORGE CLOONEY.

I HAVE COVERED THE OSCARS FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND GONE OVER 20 TIMES. NOW, I PREFER TO WATCH IN PAJAMAS. IT'S SAD HOW THE EXCITEMENT IS GONE FOR ME.

I watch with a group of really talented friends who are there for the game of clothes, controversy and kitsch. We actually roll up pairs of socks to form balls, and we throw them at the set if there's anything we don't like. It's a free-for-all, and, the only way to go.

But, I really do miss the dignity of the bygone days when acceptance speeches were filled with grace and gratitude and not used as political statements. Awards are about art and for performances that achieve greatness. That's it.

One reason the ratings will be lower this year is that there is no blockbuster movie. We who live "on the coasts" see everything. Well, 45% OF THE PEOPLE IN THE U.S HAVE NEVER HEARD OF "LA LA LAND." HIDDEN FIGURES AND MOONLIGHT SCORE EVEN LOWER.

The other reason is that the 45% who don't no LA LA LAND, also have no interest in political rants. However, there is always a possibility that the spectator sport of watching rants, practiced by devotees of reality TV may tune in.

We'll see.

And, for the record, my two favorite movies of the year were MOONLIGHT AND HIDDEN FIGURES.

TIFFANY TRUMP---WHAT'S HAPPENING TO HER IS OUTRAGEOUS

TIFFANY TRUMP AT THE ELLE FASHION SHOW

BOYCOTTED--EMPTY SEATS BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO SIT WITH HER

HOW DARE PEOPLE BE SUCH PIGS?

This is a young girl whose father happens to be president. She didn't ask to be born. She didn't ask to have him as her father. She's not a politician. It is disgusting that prejudiced, close-minded people are taking out their anger on an innocent young woman.

Shame on you.

On THE VIEW today, VERY liberal Whoopi Goldberg was furious, and said to Tiffany, "Wherever you are, at the next fashion show, I'm going to find you and sit with you."

Bravo, Whoop!

HAPPY MANUFACTURED HOLIDAY---OOPS--I MEAN VALENTINE'S DAY

Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, originated as a Western Christian liturgical feast day honoring one or more early saints named Valentinus, and is recognized as a significant cultural and commercial celebration in many regions around the world, although it is not a public holiday in any country.

According to some accounts, Saint Valentine of Rome was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire. During his imprisonment, Saint Valentine healed the daughter of his jailer, and before his execution, he wrote her a letter signed "Your Valentine" as a farewell.

The day first became associated with romantic love within the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. In 18th-century England, it evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). 


THE GREAT VALENTINE'S DAY MYTH---

THE WORST MATCH EVER—WINE AND CHOCOLATE

Wine Expert and Chairman of the CIA Wine Institute Karen MacNeil says---It may sound romantic—even inspired—but as marriages go, wine and chocolate are a match made in hell (or in the depths of the marketing department). Yes, Valentine’s Day is coming up. But unless you want that great cab you’ve been saving to taste like two buck chuck, don’t drink it with chocolate (Even good chocolate).

Chocolate is an extremely powerful, profound, and complex flavor. In its presence, most wines are reduced to tasting as bland as tap water or worse. Chocolate’s deep bitterness accentuates the tannin in cabernet sauvignon, making the wine taste severe and angular. Chocolate’s rich fruitiness blows away the graceful nuances of pinot noir, making the wine taste swampy. Chocolate and chardonnay? Only if you want the chardonnay to taste like lighter fluid. Especially high on the revolting scale? Riesling or sauvignon blanc with chocolate.

I recently asked a dozen Napa Valley winemakers to tell me the worst food and wine combination they’d ever had. At least half of them mentioned their wine paired with chocolate. Winemaker and co-owner Pam Starr (Crocker & Starr) said, “If you need to eat chocolate, get yourself a cup of coffee; enjoy the chocolate. But don’t ruin my wine with that decadent dark stuff!”

There are, however, two wines that I think do taste good with chocolate—Vintage Port and Malmsey Madeira, both of which are sweet and fortified.

In the end, the dominatrix chocolate needs a partner more powerful and opulent than herself.

HOW TO REALLY CELEBRATE---SEE ANDREA MARCOVICCI'S SHOW

Andrea Marcovicci

As for me, it seems that almost every Valentine's Day I celebrate with the singer Andrea Marcovicci. She always does such a great show at the Gardenia in Hollywood. Twenty-five years ago she proposed from the stage on behalf of a gentleman in the audience to his beloved. Hmmmm. Might something happen again, 25 years later????

JOSH ELLIOTT----YOUR EGO HAS DESTROYED YOUR CAREER

ONCE UPON A TIME, JOSH ELLIOTT WAS STOLEN FROM HIS JOB AT ESPN TO JOIN GOOD MORNING AMERICA. HE WAS THE "PICK TO CLICK." It may have been 2011. He was hot, cute, funny on camera, and a terrific newsreader (his job at the time). It was so clear that he was on his way to an anchor chair, either on GMA or ABC Evening News. He was such an obvious star on the rise. I thought he was terrific on air.

But he got impatient.

He and pretty boy Sam Champion jumped ship. Champion disappeared into the Weather Channel and his face expanded from too many fillers You can't even look at him now. Josh went to NBC Sports, but it was very obvious that he was Matt Lauer's "replacement-in-waiting."

But he got impatient.

This time, after less than a year-and-a-half, he moved from NBC to CBS, once again, in search of that anchor position.. This time he had his eyes on replacing Scott Pelley on the CBS Evening News, or Charlie Rose on CBS This Morning. For now, his "bullpen" was being the anchor at CBSN, their news streaming service. He was absolutely in talks to be moved over to the CBS Network and be used extensively on CBS This Morning, and all their shows.

But he got impatient.

He announced on the air at CBSN that he was moving over to CBS without going through the proper corporate channels. HE WAS FIRED AND ESCORTED OUT OF THE BUILDING.

It's really too bad. He could have had whatever he wanted if he'd played it smart. Who kicks each of the BIG 3 networks in the teeth and expects to live? What a shame.

FIRST BLACK BACHELORETTE---PICKED HER OUT TWO WEEKS AGO!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS, RACHEL LINDSAY!!!!

SERIOUSLY.......ELIZABETH KEENER AND I WERE WATCHING "THE BACHELORETTE" A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO We turned to each other and said, "If ever there's going to be a black bachelorette, this girl's the one!" Lo and behold...... This girl is bright and adorable....the whole package!

The Geniuses

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KIM NOVAK---FEB. 13TH

MAY GOD BLESS YOUR CONTINUED GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPINESS

In her Oregon living room

With her dog, Patches

In San Francisco with her VERTIGO painting

Happiness forever

CANCELING OSCAR AWARDS PARTIES---REALLY?????

SOMETIMES I THINK HOLLYWOOD IS FULL OF POLITICALLY-CORRECT WUSSES WHO FOLLOW FADS JUST TO BE "COOL." THE LATEST CASE IN POINT IS THE AGENCY UTA. THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO CANCEL THEIR OSCAR PARTY FOR THEIR CLIENTS AND FRIENDS AND DONATE THE MONEY TO THE ACLU.

SO FAR, I'M WAITING TO SEE IF OTHER COMPANIES CAVE IN TO THIS STUPID PRESSURE.

Why should the Oscars, a ceremony that celebrates art and the work of individuals, be diminished by no celebrating afterwards because some agency doesn't like who's in the White House? People who win Oscars are having their dreams come true and they should be allowed to have their hard work celebrated at the afterparties.

IF UTA WANTS TO GIVE MONEY TO THE ACLU  OR ANY ORGANIZATION THEY LIKE, THEY SHOULD DO SO. BUT...HEY....YOUR AGENCY IS LOADED. YOUR  CLIENTS PAY YOU BIG COMMISSIONS. I THINK YOU CAN AFFORD TO DO BOTH. DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU LOSE SOME CLIENTS OVER THIS---AND, YOU SHOULD.

I WANT "AMERICAN IDOL" TO COME BACK ON NBC--WITH CHANGES

NBC HAS AN OVERALL DEAL WITH SIMON COWELL. THEY ARE ALSO TALKING TO SIMON FULLER, THE CREATOR OF "AMERICAN IDOL."

HERE'S WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO MAKE IT WORK---

• Simon Cowell MUST return as lead judge. His wit and sarcasm are mandatory for success
• In my opinion, Ryan Seacrest should NOT return. In the last couple of seasons he looked passe and almost silly. He's nice and he's smart, but this is where the change should be.

• NBC should not do as many seasons of "The Voice."
• NBC needs to recognize that "The Voice" has NEVER had a winner who became a star.

REPEAT OFFENDER-WOMEN-BEATER ACTOR TOM SIZEMORE GETS PROBATION??????

BELOW IS THE STORY IN TODAY'S L.A TIMES. I FIND IT ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE THAT THIS GUY CAN KEEP GETTING SUCH LENIENCY. 
"CELEBRITY JUSTICE STRIKES AGAIN?"  A WOMAN "TEMPORARY JUDGE" ORDERS IT???? THE D.A AND POLICE THINK THIS DEAL THEY MADE IS OK? HOLLYWOOD KEEPS HIRING HIM?

WHAT THE.......??????

Actor in domestic violence case can avoid jail

Tom Sizemore can get out of 210-day term if he abides by plea deal.

By Matt Hamilton

Actor Tom Sizemore pleaded no contest Tuesday to two domestic violence charges in a deal that allows him to avoid a 210-day jail term.

Appearing before Judge Maral Injejikian (THIS JUDGE IS A WOMAN!!!!!!) in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom, Sizemore entered the plea to two misdemeanor counts of injuring an intimate partner, according to the Los Angeles city attorney’s office.

The judge imposed summary probation for 36 months and 30 days of community labor. Sizemore also must complete a yearlong domestic violence program, abide by two protective orders, avoid using force or violence, and pay assorted fines and fees.

If he completes the terms of the sentence, he can avoid serving the 210 days in jail, said Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the city attorney’s office.

Sizemore was arrested July 19 on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend near 4th and Main streets in downtown L.A., authorities said.

The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office declined to file felony charges and referred the case to the city attorney’s office, which filed misdemeanor charges of battery, intimate partner abuse and making terrorist threats. Some of the charges were later dropped.

The actor, whose credits include “Saving Private Ryan” and “Black Hawk Down,” has a history of run-ins with police and domestic violence allegations.

He pleaded no contest in 2006 to using methamphetamine outside a Bakersfield motel and was sentenced to 36 months of probation.

LAPD officers arrested him twice in 2009, for suspected battery of a former spouse and for allegedly transporting or selling a controlled substance, according to jail records.

In 2011, Sizemore was arrested on charges of battery of a former spouse, records show.

In July, he was reported to be driving a vehicle that ran over a stuntman on the set of the TV show “Shooter.” Sizemore reportedly didn’t see the stuntman while filming at Agua Dulce Airpark.

His career has long been overshadowed by run-ins with the law, most notably a 2003 conviction for beating and threatening ex-girlfriend and former "Hollywood madam" Fleiss, for which he was sentenced to six months in jail.

JAMIE LYN SPEARS' EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GIRL--I'M SORRY, BUT I SPEAK THE TRUTH

Maddie and Jamie Lyn

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS--- JAMIE WAS 16, UNMARRIED AND PREGNANT. (GREAT PARENTING MOM AND DAD).

SHE HAS THE KID (GOOD NEWS...SHE DIDN'T ABORT IT.)

BUT SHE BUYS AN ATV FOR AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD AS A PRESENT????!!!!!!!!

Is anyone surprised that this poor, innocent child has an accident in it and is fighting for her life now?


WHAT KIND OF MORONIC PARENT DOES THIS????

ANSWER: THE IDIOT 16-YEAR-OLD WHO GETS PREGNANT.

We can only hope there was no brain damage and that the sweet child will be ok.

'SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS" SHINES AT ANNENBERG PALM SPRINGS

COYOTE STAGEWORKS PRODUCTION OF "SIX DANCES IN SIX WEEKS" IS MUST-SEE FUN

Coyote Stageworks Founder and Artistic Director Chuck Yates and
Lucie Arnaz congratulate stars Loretta Swit and David Engel on opening night

"Six Dances" is a funny, charming, and, at times poignant and significant play written by Richard Alfieri and directed by Larry Raben. It is a joy to see Loretta Swit as a "slightly older" lady dealing with her life by enhancing it with dance lessons given by her testy, complicated teacher played by David Engel. These are rich characters, and they are played to the hilt by Swit and Engel. Raben's direction beautifully treats the highs and lows with deft skill.

Palm Springs philanthropists Annette Bloch, David Lee, and Donna MacMillan are big supporters of Chuck and Coyote, and we have them to thank for this production and the up-coming season.

Broadway producer Martin Wiviott and Loretta

Actor-writer extraordinaire Larry Luckinbill

Coyote's plays are done at the Annenberg Theatre in Palm Springs. "Six Dance Lessons" plays for the next ten days, so get your tickets at the box office or the Annenberg website.

The next production up is "The Lady with All the Answers," starring Gloria Loring as Ann Landers. It plays from April 14-23.