Liza Minnelli Archives

July 7, 2017August 20, 2019

FlashBackFriday: Liza Minnelli “Losing My Mind”

A little #FlashBackFriday as I remember this awesome performance by Liza Minnelli in 1989 at the “Grammy Living Legends” Awards.

The song she performs here, “Losing My Mind,” from Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, was another reinvention for the EGOT winner.

I remember watching the show live, and was knocked out by the completely captivating movement and “new look” for Minnelli.

The track is from Minnelli’s 1989 masterpiece Results, produced by the Pet Shop Boys, and will be reissued as a 3CD+DVD deluxe set this August in the UK.

Super Deluxe Edition reports the edition will have 21 remixes, and a DVD featuring music videos and television appearances.

March 19, 2015August 20, 2019

Liza Minnelli Checks Back Into Rehab

E! is reporting that Liza Minnelli has entered rehab to deal with substance abuse issues.

“Liza Minnelli has valiantly battled substance abuse over the years and whenever she has needed to seek treatment she has done so,” the Oscar-winning star’s rep Scott Gorenstein tells E! News. “She is currently making excellent progress at an undisclosed facility.”

According to TMZ, who first reported the story, Minnelli’s main health issue is connected to alcohol.

Liza has battled addiction for years, most notably checking into the Betty Ford Clinic during the 1980s.

Addressing the issue with The Guardian, Minnelli said “My whole life, this disease has been rampant. I inherited it, and it’s been horrendous, but I have always asked for help.”

Minnelli’s mother, Judy Garland, famously died of an accidental overdose in 1969.

I’ve met Liza, and she’s a doll. And, of course, one of our great treasures of the performing arts.

Thinking best thoughts her way.

October 22, 2014August 20, 2019

Backstage With Barbra Streisand & Liza Minnelli

Two legendary artists in one pic. This is pretty rare.

From Barbra’s Instagram account today:

With #LizaMinnelli honoring our dear friend #MarvinHamlisch. #2012A photo posted by Barbra Streisand (@barbrastreisand) on Oct 10, 2014 at 7:30am PDT

March 6, 2014August 19, 2019

Throwback Thursday: Liza Minnelli on the Ed Sullivan Show “Sweet Blindness”

Some friends recently brought up this song bringing back fun memories of freshman year in college when it was part of a required dance assignment. So, I of course had to go looking for a YouTube clip of it.

The recording I had in mind was the most popular version by the Fifth Dimension – it hit #13 on the Billboard 100 in 1968. But then I come across THIS.

Look at Liza move! AND I do believe that dancing stage left of her is Broadway’s Lee Roy Reams!

The things you find on the “interwebs.”

By the way, regular readers know my fondness for “the grape” so what could be more perfect? Wine, college memories, Liza and Lee Roy

I’m posting the Fifth Dimension track also for any purists who want to relive the 60s.

Dedicated to the fab Linda Sabo.