Elton and Mick Jagger seem to get along fine, in spite of (or because of) that spat.
Does anyone else remember when Elton John called Sam Kinison a “pig” on live television? I have a fuzzy memory of that happening.
Also talking about old talk show appearances, what woman got into it with Oliver Reed on the tonight show?
Yes, it was on a televised AIDS benefit concert. Elton, appearing via satellite, said that he was participating under protest because Kinison–who featured a lot of homophobic humor in his act–was also on the show.
After the show, Kinison responded by saying Elton hadn’t put out a good album since “The Tumbleweed Connection” in 1971.
If you are, can you give any insight on W.C. Fields/Mae West?
I’d heard that there was animosity between them, and also that he was abrasive towards just about anyone, but I’d be interested to hear details.
This thread is GREAT.
But please, please, please give us the stories…don’t just say “so-and-so and so-and-so.” It’s driving me crazy!
Clooney spearheaded a post 9/11 benefit. A few months later, O’Reilly publicly questioned why none of the proceeds had been distributed to families yet. This ruffled Clooney’s feathers quite a bit and I believe he appeared on O’Reilly’s show to lambast him for criticizing a genuine effort to help.
ITYM “loath.”
I think I remember reading this in the Book of Lists. They starred together in My Little Chickadee, and as usual, Fields spent the entire filming drunk. He groped and pinched West at every opportunity and called her “my little brood mare.” She got tired of it.
More on Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley: at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, ABC thought it would be enlightening to have a liberal and a conservative comment on the events. (The events included riots in the streets and journalists being dragged out of the hall by the police, so it wasn’t your normal convention) so they hired Buckley & Vidal.
Vidal called Buckley a “crypto-fascist”, and Buckley called Vidal a “queer” on live TV. Great stuff, but not what you’d call a civil exchange of views.
Fred Astair and Ginger Rogers…Fred hated to dance with Ginger saying she couldn’t dance .He couldn’t stand her and she was always stepping on his toes…
Raymond Bailey (Mr Drysdale) and the rest of the cast of the Beverly Hillbillies had a feud for years. He was exceptionally demanding and thought the show was beneath him.
For a while Phil and Don Everly had a feud. It came to a head in 1973 when Phil was so frustrated he broke his guitar and walked off stage. It took them ten years to get together, with the urging of Paul McCartney.
Well first of all, Val’s a pill from what I hear.
Second of all, legend has it Val was up for the role of the T1000 but because of Arnie, Robert Patrick got it instead.
When Arnie got the role of Mr. Freeze in Batman & Robin, Val still held a grudge and refused to be Batsie, opening the door for Clooney.
IMDB doesn’t bear any of this out, so take it with a proverbial grain.
To add another one, Sean Penn had some not so kind words for Bill O’Reilly in his post-Iraq Larry King interview. But I’m sure a lot of liberal celebrities don’t like everyone’s favorite Inside Edition host.
As mentioned above, Mae West found W.C. Fields to be unprofessional and difficult to work with; he found her to be pushy and officious. But they didn’t really hate each other or have a feud.
As for Astaire and Rogers—they were never pals, but they both knew they complemented each other and certainly never hated one another.
I find the Olivia de Havilland/Joan Fontaine feud to be a corker—you have to admire two [half] sisters who can keep up that kind of venom for 60-some years!
Most Hollywood feuds were largely for publicity purposes: Bette Davis vs. Joan Crawford; Gloria Swanson vs. Pola Negri . . . Though Bette Davis never really got along with anyone, and she and Miriam Hopkins really did detest each other.
Eve, I asked `way back on the first page, but haven’t been able to find out since: Is this feud still going on? Do you know? (If anyone does know, I trust it would be you.)
Olivia de Havilland is actually an acquaintance of mine (ask Ike if you don’t believe me!), but I would never bring up the subject of her sister to her! So I can’t say . . . When interviewers ask Joan about Livvy or Livvy about Joan, they freezingly change the subject.
It’s probably best not to ask then–I wouldn’t wish to put you in any danger.
Thank you.
Sharon Stone and Dwight Yokum. She compared dating him to eating a sand sandwich.
Today’s LATimes version of Liz Smith’s column may give insight to Bill O’Reilly’s problem with George Clooney. If you click on the link, it’s the second item down.
Apparently, Clooney’s sarcastic remark was “Chartlon Heston announced again today that he is suffering from Alzheimer’s.”
I think it’s kind of funny myself.
Of course, if someone said something like that about Kirk Douglas, Lloyd Bridges, or some other legend who’s suffering, they’d be raked over the coals, but as long as the “victim” is a Republican, all is good. Nice standards, Hollywood. But that’s a topic for another day, you said your thing, I said mine.
Caan was Coppola’s pick for Sonny all along. The studio made Caan audition for Michael but in the end Coppola had his way. There may still be animosity there somewhere but that’s not why.
Bruce Willis and Leo DiCaprio
Dorothy Parker and Clare Booth Luce. Don’t know the origin of this one, but it led to this classic exchange:
Luce [magnaminously letting Parker enter a door first]: Age before beauty.
Parker [as she sweeps past Booth]: Pearls before swine.
In a sick, unfeeling, uncaring sort of way.
And he knew it was an inappropriate thing to say…someone pressed him on it and he responded “Heston’s the head of the NRA, he deserves everything people say about him.”
I wonder if he would feel the same way were he to get AIDS for example and someone with politics opposed to his started making off-color jokes about it.
Hollywood liberals are always so compassionate…when it suits them.