CONGRATULATIONS JACKIE DE SHANNON

Paul Schaeffer calls her, "The Garbo of Rock." Jackie De Shannon has written zillions of songs---"Put A Little Love in Your Heart," "Come and Stay with Me," "Dum Dum," as well as winning a Grammy for "Bette Davis Eyes." She was the opening act for The Beatles first tour, and she's the special "Beatles Reporter" every Sunday morning on SIRIUSXM Radio's "Breakfast with the Beatles" on Underground Garage. AND SHE HAS JUST BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME!!!! Congratulations, Jackie!!!

MY NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH JOHN FORSYTHE

I adored John Forsythe. He was always the perfect gentleman. As soon as he was cast in "Dynasty" everyone fell in love with him. Since I was on that set A LOT, we knew each other quite well. At the height of "Dynasty's" hysteria, Aaron and Candy Spelling rented out the gigantic room at Chasen's for New Year's Eve. Every star from "Dynasty" was there, and the Spellings even put in a red carpet for entrances. An orchestra played the "Dynasty" theme each time a cast member entered. It was a black-tie extravaganza, and at one point I found myself dancing with John. It was one of those dream-sequence moments as I looked into his beautiful eyes, the music swirling around us, his tux tailored to perfection......I WILL TREASURE IT ALWAYS. God bless you, John.

LYNDA CARTER SINGS IN LA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW!!!!

GO TO THE CATALINA BAR AND GRILL ON SUNSET NEAR HIGHLAND TO EXPERIENCE HER MAGIC!!!!

We all know she gained fame as Wonder Woman, which has turned out to be one of the most signifiant role models for young women all over the world. Both Lynda and her character's socio-political impact are immeasurable. But her singing and sassy, irreverent performing style are something you must see. You want to have fun? Go see Lynda. She started out as a singer, and you'll now see why. Her opening night was peppered with an audience filled with LA and Washington's power players like husband Robert Altman, Ernie Del, Harry Sloan, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Kimberly and John Emerson accompanied by their three children Jackie, Hailey and Taylor. Tonight and tomorrow's audiences will be jammed more "sparklies"---(Jackie Kennedy's term, not mine.) And...yes....Lynda's even more beautiful than she ever was.

Wallis Annenberg Performing Arts Center Beverly Hills Groundbreaking

Congratulations to Lou Moore, Wallis Annenberg and all the people who have worked so tirelessly on the project to convert the old Beverly Hills Post Office building between Canon and Crescent into a world-class performing arts center. There will be the Goldsmith Theatre, music, dance, and a children's theatre, along with a sculpture garden, a terrace, a cafe, and children's classrooms. I think this project will become the MOST IMPORTANT project EVER done in Beverly Hills. Architect Zoltan Pali told me, "We are starting to build the underground garage and laying all the electrical. That will take us months, but it's the first step. You can't begin the buildings without this step."

Wolfgang Puck catered, there were three bands, and hundreds of Beverly Hills VIPs including Mayor Nancy Krasne, the Annenberg Board, Wolfgang Puck, Vicki Reynolds ad Murray Pepper, Ali Kasikci (Montage Beverly Hills), Barbara Lazaroff, Ames Cushing, Paul Mazursky, Diane Keaton, Jean Firstenberg, Roz Wyman, Sandy Pressman, Judy Levy, Ruta Lee and Webb Lowe, Margie Peterson, and Paula Kent Meehan.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JULIE ARASKOG

Had a great night at E Baldi! celebrating Julie's birthday with Danielle Allman Del, Linda Thompson, and Donna Antebi. Our Julie is heading off to law school to become a lawyer and put legal power behind her heart power to help the world. God Bless You, Julie.

P.S. The Truffle pizza and truffle agnolotti were to die for! OH YES__Julie is in group photo far right (from Dagny's party!)

OSCAR SHOW MUSINGS!!!

Get rid of Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman. Fire new director Hamish Hamilton....missed close-ups, wrong cutaways, half the time you couldn't see the star's face on an entrance. On In Memoriam opening he used a long shot so you missed the first three people who died. And to put Michael Jackson on and NOT Farrah Fawcett! She's done more movies than he, so what a lame excuse it was to say that they omitted her because her success was more in TV. And a stupid horror tribute? Where was the dignity and grace of last year's show? It went with Mark and Conlon. As for ratings they lucked out with the presence of "Avatar." A blockbuster movie year helps ratings, and ABC's ads for the Cyrus-Lautner-Efron hang worked, too. No one begrudges trying to widen a base. Ratings are important, but not at the sacrifice of dignity. And everyone should stop complaining that Oscars shows are long and boring. They ARE. So What? People deserve their due and they have a lot of awards to present. We just want to dish and eat anyway. Congrats to all winners!

And Charlize??? I'm wearing that dress to every dinner party, football game, pajama party----even Joan Rivers' house. (not kidding) Thanks for the ammunition.

ANDREA MARCOVICCI---SINGS THIS WEEKEND!!!

GO SEE ANDREA MARCOVICCI SING HER MOST-REQUESTED SHOW---

LOVE SONGS OF WORLD WAR II

SATURDAY, MARCH 13 8:00 PM AT THOUSAND OAKS CIVIC ARTS PLAZA

www.civicartsplaza.com

"I was doing a small medley of World War Two songs in my act at the Algonquin, and I noticed Walter Cronkite wiping a tear from his eye. We talked after the show about how meaningful it was, and right then and there I decided to create an entire evening about the time in our country's history"----Andrea Marcovicci