Hi darling, I’m living full time in Miami and get to NYC infrequently…but I will absolutely text you before I go back and see if we can make a lunch or a drinks date…be fun to catch up. Xxx. Paul
Crikey, another absolutely brilliant portrait. These people you love or care about are lucky to have you writing about them. And your casually bestowed dislike or contempt is equally entertaining.
I don’t know how I knew it, but I always knew Barry Diller was gay (and I live in “flyover country”). But I also “knew” that he and Diane were crazy about each other. Did they have sex? Maybe…maybe not, but there was an attraction between them that was monumental and seemed to transcend a normal heterosexual arrangement.
I preordered the book on Kindle and I’m looking forward to jumping into it tonight.
Darling! Love the piece and got a particularly great chuckle out of "trainer-built musculatures don't look as though they quite fit their biology,". Miss you greatly! xo
Hi !!! I'm box office supervisor at our performing arts hall (vanwezel.org). Wanted to connect with you for so many years, but couldn't figure the best way to find you. Asked Maer a couple times, but I think lost in his radar. Shoot me deets and we can chat: strino50@gmail.com
Looking forward to reading this. He was a fascinating character to those of us on the outside. His departure from Fox was a mystery to me. Thanks for the preview. Love the loafer image!
When the work we did we thought would last forever is disappearing under Trump, it's great to read a truly heroic story of our peers. That first chapter reads like a Hockney painting or Didion on the Spur Posse. Holy cannoli, I can't wait to read the rest.
I would kill to see a movie about that first chapter. The little girl in the orphanage. The little boy sitting on the stump waiting for her all day. Young Barry riding his bike, alone all night through Beverly Hills. Fun, fun, fun, 'til Daddy takes the T bird away or baby buys his own. Bless.
You know Barry better than anybody and this was well written and insightful. Congrats, darling. Keep them coming. Xx. Paul
Appreciate this, Paul. If you are in NYC we should have a drink sometime! T
Hi darling, I’m living full time in Miami and get to NYC infrequently…but I will absolutely text you before I go back and see if we can make a lunch or a drinks date…be fun to catch up. Xxx. Paul
Crikey, another absolutely brilliant portrait. These people you love or care about are lucky to have you writing about them. And your casually bestowed dislike or contempt is equally entertaining.
Hah glad you liked. He had a great book party last night where so many in the book were there. T
Thanks- your personal insights in reviewing his memoir added fantastic color.
So glad you liked The book is riveting - he brings an era alive.
I always loved Barry, never knew why. Now I know. Thank you for a terrific post—as always so well written.
Hes a compelling character for sure and glad you liked reading about himT
I don’t know how I knew it, but I always knew Barry Diller was gay (and I live in “flyover country”). But I also “knew” that he and Diane were crazy about each other. Did they have sex? Maybe…maybe not, but there was an attraction between them that was monumental and seemed to transcend a normal heterosexual arrangement.
I preordered the book on Kindle and I’m looking forward to jumping into it tonight.
Their relationship is complex but real as you will see when you read T
I wrote a 5 star review on Amazon and Goodreads.
Great read, as usual.
Gracias! Glad you enjoyed T
Darling! Love the piece and got a particularly great chuckle out of "trainer-built musculatures don't look as though they quite fit their biology,". Miss you greatly! xo
how lovely to hear from you. what you up to these days? T
Hi !!! I'm box office supervisor at our performing arts hall (vanwezel.org). Wanted to connect with you for so many years, but couldn't figure the best way to find you. Asked Maer a couple times, but I think lost in his radar. Shoot me deets and we can chat: strino50@gmail.com
Absolutely fascinating — the combination of his perspicacity and yours makes for a delicious read! Thank you.
Thanks, It was fun to write T
Diller is a powerful Lion in den of cubs. Another Tina canvass portrait of an artist .
GLAD YOU APPRECIATED
But what exactly is the quality that sets him apart—
Hs total indepenence
Looking forward to reading this. He was a fascinating character to those of us on the outside. His departure from Fox was a mystery to me. Thanks for the preview. Love the loafer image!
The fox exit is one of the best chapter in the book. One of the few who escaped from Murdoch unscathed. T
Thank you for the review. I always thought Barry was a very interesting guy. As soon as I finish I regret everything, I will read this auto bio.
Two great memoirs from two extraordinary people. Glad you enjoyed T
Thanks for this recommendation.
When the work we did we thought would last forever is disappearing under Trump, it's great to read a truly heroic story of our peers. That first chapter reads like a Hockney painting or Didion on the Spur Posse. Holy cannoli, I can't wait to read the rest.
I would kill to see a movie about that first chapter. The little girl in the orphanage. The little boy sitting on the stump waiting for her all day. Young Barry riding his bike, alone all night through Beverly Hills. Fun, fun, fun, 'til Daddy takes the T bird away or baby buys his own. Bless.