The Andy Warhol Diaries Part 3

So this morning Spyro called Ronnie and asked if it was all right if he came to Firyal's lunch, he said he hadn't known that Gigi and Ronnie were "together," etc. Ronnie said he could come, but that if Spyro said so much as h.e.l.lo to him, he would beat him up.

Spyro told Bob that Gigi had just walked up to him at the de Menil party and said, "Remember me?" and he didn't, so she refreshed his memory and then said she wasn't with her boyfriend anymore and since they were both alone why didn't they be together for the night. Spyro told Bob that now he thought Gigi was awful to involve him in her mess with Ronnie. So she blew it.

Anyway at lunch everyone was sitting down and Ronnie came in and started filling his plate and then he said, "Where's my seat?" And I got scared there'd be trouble because he was acting kind of hysterical, so I told him that somebody had to answer the phones and anyway, that if he sat down there'd be thirteen at the table. Worked until about 4:00. Barbara looked very very thin, she said that Peter Marino was doing a wonderful job designing her apartment. Cabbed up to pick up Victor to take him to Suzie Frankfurt's open house-"Suzie Frankfurt at Home" (cab $5). Fred was there and so was Francesca Stanfill from Women's Wear Daily Women's Wear Daily. Mayor Lindsay was there. Suzie had good tea sandwiches, I ate around forty.

Marvin Davis who was at I. Miller and gave me my first job was there, and when he saw my old shoe drawings that Suzie has he said it was like being in the time machine. Suzie got nervous because n.o.body bought anything-clothes, furniture, antiques. The idea was "Antiques in a Setting." It's a cute idea. She can probably deduct three-quarters of the house. Dropped Suzie's ex-husband Steve Frankfurt off ($3). Went to the East Side antiques show ($2.50). Walked home.

Bob and I picked up Elsa Martinelli at the St. Regis to take her to the Iranian emba.s.sy. It was a buffet, jammed. In honor of the new American amba.s.sador to Italy, Mr. Gardner, and his wife Danielle.

I got stuck talking to the Baroness de Bodisco. Hoveyda tried to rescue me and said to her, "I think there's someone upstairs it would be nice if you came with me to meet," and she said, "No." And then Hoveyda said she wouldn't be invited back again, and she said, "I don't care."

Friday, March 11,1977 I had a talk with Rick Li Brizzi at the office, told him he was selling my Maos and Soup Cans too cheap. Went home to change, picked up by Catherine, went to Nima Isham's for a birthday party for Firooz and her husband Chris Isham ($3).

The apartment was decorated with streamers and balloons. I was playing around, attaching some of the helium balloons to people who didn't know it. Bob kept getting annoyed, brushing his balloon away, he didn't know it was tied to him. After the dinner two cakes were brought out and somehow the whole table collapsed and both cakes went on the floor.

And Ronnie and Gigi are back together.

Sat.u.r.day, March 12, 1977 Up early, beautiful day. Went down to Subkoff's Antiques to see ideas (cab $3). Walked over to the office. Bob was there, looking through pictures for the photo book Bob and I are doing. Vincent went out and got the paper, and that's where the headline was: "MOVIE DIRECTOR CHARGED WITH RAPE." Roman Polanski. With a thirteen-year-old girl he took to a party at Jack Nicholson's house, and when the police went over to Jack's the next day after the girl's parents called them, they searched the house and Anjelica got arrested for c.o.ke.

Victor had told me that I absolutely had to watch the Dinner with Halston Dinner with Halston show on channel 5 -Metromedia. show on channel 5 -Metromedia.

This is the idea that we submitted to Larry Freeberg at Metromedia and they turned down, and now they're doing with other people. Halston's guests were Bianca, Joe Eula, the acupuncture doctor-Giller, Jane Holzer, Victor. It was very boring. They'd asked me to go on this show and I said no because they'd ripped off my idea.

It was a live dinner with a seven-second delay. Joe Eula said "bulls.h.i.t" once and it was cut. The only real-life thing missing at the table was c.o.ke, and no runs to the bathroom. Victor was the life of the dinner, he took his fake mustache off. He used to have a real one but he'd shaved it off probably because he hates the acupuncture doctor who has one, but he put one on for the show. He also had a plastic chicken with him and kept talking to it, telling it to "say h.e.l.lo to Andy." Joe Eula and Victor had a tiff at the table, something about me. Joe told Victor, "Let Andy speak for himself himself, why he's not here," and that's when Victor-on Metromedia-said that Metromedia had ripped me off. So he was great.

Jane didn't have the right makeup on so she didn't look good, and they kept referring to her as "the renowned fashion model." The dinner degenerated into throwing drinks. Maybe they'd decided on that because they're supposed to be the "wild set." Jane threw champagne in the air and then everybody started but it looked so lame, and so Victor poured his in her lap. Victor and Halston were having a quarrel-you could tell because Victor announced that he wasn't going to do Halston's windows anymore, that he was now "an artist for hire," and the camera went close on Halston's hard face. At one point Halston or Bianca or somebody actually said, "Let's take this hour and a half and just go go with it!" And that's when most people probably shut their TVs off, the thought of something like that dragging on for an hour and a half must've made them gag. with it!" And that's when most people probably shut their TVs off, the thought of something like that dragging on for an hour and a half must've made them gag.

And meanwhile who should Fred be at dinner with but Larry Freeberg, who'd stolen the idea from me in the first place. They were all at the Hermitage, at a dinner for Nureyev, and Freeberg was with Lee Radziwill-they're planning to do a channel 5 dinner with her, too.

Halston was having a "cast party" at his place after the show. When I got there, Mick had come by. He was cute-he told Bianca how good she was on the show, but around 4:00 he wanted to leave and she didn't so she stayed. Everyone was mad at Victor, saying he'd ruined the show, so he'd already left to go barring.

Sunday, March 13, 1977 Fred says I should stop telling people the TV dinner show was our idea because the show they came out with is really awful. He thought Halston and everybody made fools of themselves. He said Mick actually had hated Bianca in it.

It was raining hard all day long. Went to church (newspapers and magazines $14). Paulette called and we talked about Dinner with Halston Dinner with Halston and I told her it was ripped off from me and she also said better not tell anybody, it was so bad. The thing is, I guess, in that long amount of time, everybody's real personality just comes out and it's too revealing of how boring they are. and I told her it was ripped off from me and she also said better not tell anybody, it was so bad. The thing is, I guess, in that long amount of time, everybody's real personality just comes out and it's too revealing of how boring they are.

Jane Holzer called and wanted me to pick her up for the Gilmans but I begged off. It was raining and I had to bring up a painting to Sondra Gilman. Barbara Allen called and invited me to dinner with Stavros Niarchos. Richard Turley called twice to say he had both of my unlisted phone numbers, he said he was going out with Tennessee Williams and wanted me to come along.

It was a party the Gilmans were giving for some horse people from France. They had a new Lichtenstein, the tough ones, the still-life of the bathroom door. Everyone loved the portrait of Sondra, they seemed to be saying that I really flattered her. They had caviar going around out of a big tin. Sondra introduced me right away to Adela Holzer and she was wonderful, she has a hit now with two one-acters, one is James Coco eating himself to death and the other is Siamese twins, it's called Monsters Monsters. She invited me to lunch next week. She said she's going into the TV business so I was after her.

Monday, March 14, 1977 Brigid called yesterday, says she's down to 161. She's coming by tomorrow to pick up her Christmas present and her birthday present from last September which she said she didn't want to pick up at that time. The reviews came from England and they were bad for Bad Bad. Stupid people like Frank Rich can write four pages on some nothing movie, but about Bad Bad they just describe what it is and leave it at that. Don't they know what their they just describe what it is and leave it at that. Don't they know what their job job is? To say what something is? To say what something means? means? I read the reviews and it sounds like the censors didn't take out the baby being thrown out the window the way they threatened they were going to. I read the reviews and it sounds like the censors didn't take out the baby being thrown out the window the way they threatened they were going to.

Ahmet and Mica Ertegun called to invite me to to dinner at Gallagher's that night for the Traamps, a thirteen-member black group on Atlantic that was going to be playing at Roseland. So we went there and the best thing at Roseland was a girl with real gold-like 14K-fingernails that you buy and she got my number so she's going to call to get interviewed in dinner at Gallagher's that night for the Traamps, a thirteen-member black group on Atlantic that was going to be playing at Roseland. So we went there and the best thing at Roseland was a girl with real gold-like 14K-fingernails that you buy and she got my number so she's going to call to get interviewed in Interview Interview. She's a famous singer.

Tuesday, March 15, 1977 The girl singer with the gold nails from last night called, Esther Phillips. I just know know she's a good singer, I can tell. She said she was going out to California and we're going to try to get together out there. she's a good singer, I can tell. She said she was going out to California and we're going to try to get together out there.

Victor came down with a nude pose-er. I'm having boys come and model nude for photos for the new paintings I'm doing. But I shouldn't call them nudes. It should be something more artistic. Like "Landscapes." Landscapes.

Dropped Catherine and Fred ($4). Changed, got ready for Carrie Donovan's black-tie dinner at "21." Joseph Brooks, the president of Lord and Taylor, invited me (cab to "21" $2.50). Diana Vreeland was Fred's date for the evening, and they stopped at "21" and then went over to the Iranian emba.s.sy where I had to go later, too. The "21" thing was fun (cab $2.60). The Iranian thing was a dinner for Paulette G.o.ddard and Bob had done the list and the seating, but it was everybody and everything the way Paulette wanted, and I was bored because she hadn't invited any interesting people or any beauties, just her friends. But there was lots of fresh caviar. I was next to Carroll Portago and Gisela Hoveyda, the amba.s.sador's wife.

Bob never wanted the Lumets in the first place, and then they pulled out an hour before the dinner and he had to do the seating all over again.

Diana Vreeland was having a great time talking to a man named Dr. Lucky, the head of New York Hospital. Anita Loos was there and I told her she had a beautiful dress on. She's so tiny I asked her if she went to the children's departments to get the long dresses and she said that they didn't have any evening dresses in the children's department, that this was a Madame Gres, and I asked her if it was half-price because it was so small and she said, "No. I get a fur coat and Kate Smith gets one and we pay the same amount of money."

I asked Anita how the really glamorous women went to bed with men, what did they do, and she said that the only one she really knew about was somebody out in Hollywood who, when the moment would come, would kneel down on the floor and pray to G.o.d to forgive her and then the guys would get turned off and ashamed of themselves and they'd give her jewels.

Anita told me that she's managed to stay friends with Paulette by never asking her a direct question. I said I made my big mistake saying, "What was your s.e.x life like with Chaplin?"

Wednesday, March 16,1977 Had to leave the office early to go home and change because I had to be at Aly Kaiser's place at U.N. Plaza. She's about sixty years old, but looks younger. She was the nurse and he was Kaiser Aluminum and he married her. She had a limo, and the big French poodle sat up front with the chauffeur's cap on. We went over to Bergdorf Goodman's. Halston was giving a fashion show/ benefit for Martha Graham. It was everybody that you always see at Martha Graham benefits. I didn't have to buy the $100 ticket, Aly did. Met Andrew and Mrs. Goodman, the owners of Bergdorf's, and they live upstairs over the store. She's Cuban. Saw Pat Cleveland with Esther Phillips. Mrs. Kaiser fell in love with Esther.

Then we all went over to Regine's. Mrs. Kaiser, Esther, and her hairdresser boyfriend. Fred came in with Suzie Frankfurt in a Gres. C.Z. Guest was there with Prince Rupert Loewenstein. Everybody was impressed with Esther. For the first time, I danced. It was the first time in public. Esther took me on the floor and taught me how to disco, she thought it was funny and I did, too.

Then the kids wanted to smoke and Aly brought them back to her apartment which was being painted so it was a little messy. She brought out a bag of marijuana. They started smoking. I really like Esther.

Friday, March 18, 1977 Sent Ronnie for photo supplies ($19.31, $12.78, $7.94). Lester Persky called and invited me to dinner at his place for Baryshnikov but I was going to be with Nureyev at the Iranian emba.s.sy for his birthday party. Cabbed with Vincent down to Frank Stella's studio ($2.75), a party for Leo Castelli's twenty years in the art business. Fred said I'd have to go-just the kind of party I hate because they're all like me, so similar, and so peculiar, but they're being so artistic and I'm being so commercial that I feel funny. I guess if I thought I were really good I wouldn't feel funny seeing them all. All the artists I've known for years are with their second wives or girlfriends-Claes Oldenburg had a new girlfriend, so did Rosenquist. Roy was with Dorothy, Ed Ruscha was with Diane Keaton, Leo had his ex-wife Ileana Sonnabend there and his wife Toiny and Barbara Jakobson-all the girls fall in love with him for some reason. David Whitney was cute, helping. I borrowed film from one of Leo's secretaries.

The artists did a "you "you sign mine and I'll sign yours" thing and I got a couple of signatures- Claes, and then Keith Sonnier, who I like. Nancy the checkpayer from Leo's was there. The place is on Jones Street, and it reminded me of when I used to live there and my roommate, Lila Davies, picked up a Chinese guy and brought him home thinking he was nice and he pulled out a knife. sign mine and I'll sign yours" thing and I got a couple of signatures- Claes, and then Keith Sonnier, who I like. Nancy the checkpayer from Leo's was there. The place is on Jones Street, and it reminded me of when I used to live there and my roommate, Lila Davies, picked up a Chinese guy and brought him home thinking he was nice and he pulled out a knife.

Went home, slept a little, then crawled out of bed to go pick up Andrea Portago to go to the Iranian emba.s.sy. Andrea looked lovely, she's back to wanting to be a movie star, her mind lapses for a while and then she picks it up again. Paulette was there, she sold the rights to the novel Remarque wrote about Andrea's father, Heaven Has No Favorites Heaven Has No Favorites-an awful t.i.tle, Paulette said. She got $100,000 plus 10 percent of the movie from Paramount. It's called Bobby Deerfield Bobby Deerfield now and stars Al Pacino as Andrea's father, Fon de Portago, the race-car driver. now and stars Al Pacino as Andrea's father, Fon de Portago, the race-car driver.

After dinner Andrea wanted to be taken to Baryshnikov's party at Lester Persky's but as we were leaving, Bianca and Francois Catroux came in and said they'd just been there and not to go go that it was awful, so we went back to Nureyev's party and then had to go through the "you're backs" for a while. But then Andrea decided Bianca was only telling us that Lester's was bad to stunt her career, that it was probably a great party and that Milos Forman would be there so it would be good for her, so we went after all. that it was awful, so we went back to Nureyev's party and then had to go through the "you're backs" for a while. But then Andrea decided Bianca was only telling us that Lester's was bad to stunt her career, that it was probably a great party and that Milos Forman would be there so it would be good for her, so we went after all.

Cab to the Hampshire House ($3). Lester is high up, and as we sat there talking the chandelier kept moving, a big one. I was nervous about it. Baryshnikov was so sweet. Milos was cute, telling me we had the same kind of shoes. Brooke Hayward was there and threw her arms around me and said, "I'm so successful, I don't know what to do." I think she's nutty.

Lester had works by Rosenquist and Rauschenberg, but just one Cow I gave gave him and a Marilyn. He should have bought my stuff early on. I'm trying to get some Dollars on his wall, though. Lester's is cozy. Dropped off Andrea (cab $3). him and a Marilyn. He should have bought my stuff early on. I'm trying to get some Dollars on his wall, though. Lester's is cozy. Dropped off Andrea (cab $3).

Monday, March 21, 1977 Fred was having trouble with Ileana Sonnabend who was being rotten, not wanting to give some drawings of mine back.

Bianca came to lunch at the office and Jamie asked her if she was (laughs) (laughs) from Uganda- because she was talking about loss of human rights and secret police killings in "my country"- and she nearly killed him. She said, "Nicaragua, Nicaragua." from Uganda- because she was talking about loss of human rights and secret police killings in "my country"- and she nearly killed him. She said, "Nicaragua, Nicaragua."

Worked in the afternoon. At 6:00 left to go to Adela Holzer's (cab $3.50). Bob was being crazy and didn't want to go, said she had no money. But she has a whole house, 216 East 72nd Street, and I liked the way it looked. She was entertaining James Coco and his boyfriend.

When I got home the phone rang and it was Philip Niarchos and he wanted to come over to see my house but I didn't want him to so I said I was already in bed.

Tuesday, March 22, 1977 As I went out the door the phone rang and it was Brigid after all these weeks saying that she wanted me to come over to her mother's right away and see her. So I walked over to 834 Fifth Avenue to Honey and d.i.c.k's and Brigid came down the staircase looking gorgeous, like a version of Honey. I offered her a job at the office. We talked for twenty minutes about what happened to her a.s.s, it just isn't there anymore. I told her she should never see Bad Bad because if she did and saw herself that fat and with the farting sounds, she'd be furious at us. because if she did and saw herself that fat and with the farting sounds, she'd be furious at us.

Went to Mortimer's for a party for Edie Vonnegut's picture-drawing that she did of "Mortimer." Is there really a Mortimer? And I couldn't believe the drawings would be that bad. Kurt Vonnegut was there, gave a little speech about how talented his daughter was. Remember she was married to Geraldo Rivera?

Ruth Kligman kissed me and I didn't know what she was doing, she started talking all about a love affair she said we had together, apologizing for breaking it off, kissing me, and it was all a fantasy, so I thought that if she could do that with me, then she'd probably never had a love affair with Pollock. She looked good, she was in a velvet Halston. Fred's date was Edna O'Brien. Barbara Allen was there. She said that she'd wanted to wear the diamond earrings Philip had just given her but that he made her put them in the vault.

Wednesday, March 23, 1977-New York-Los Angeles Met at the airport by Susan Pile with a limousine and a lot of promo material and she said she was giving a big screening and a party on Thursday for Bad Bad and we told her she should have told us before, that we were already booked for Thursday. and we told her she should have told us before, that we were already booked for Thursday.

Checked into the Beverly Hills Hotel and they gave us the most horrible rooms. We all sat around Suzie Frankfurt's room while Susan Pile was doing some business with Fred in his room on another floor. Suzie's friend Joan Quinn came by, she invited us to dinner at a Mexican restaurant, picked us up in two cars. Really great food. Met Joan's husband, Jack the lawyer.

Went to bed around 1:00.

Friday, March 25, 1977-Los Angeles Up at 7:00. Todd Bra.s.sner called and said he just saw Muhammad Ali in the Polo Lounge, and that he also saw Charles Bronson in the lobby. Fred and I had to go to a meeting at Roger Corman's office, so cabbed there ($5). It was a brand-new building, met all the young kids who work for him. Fred said Roger was "very shy and never gives interviews" but he's not shy, I noticed, and he's been giving a lot of them lately.

Diana Vreeland had a limo and we were going out to George Cukor's with her. George wouldn't let me take photos. I was disappointed. He said he loved Bad Bad, raved about it. He'd seen it the day before with Paul Morrissey at Susan Pile's big screening at the Picwood Theater-Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty and Julie Christie went, 750 people.

Fred and I went back to the hotel to get ready for Sue Mengers's dinner party in Bel Air. Picked up Diana. Ryan and Tatum were at Sue's, and Barbra Streisand and Jon Peters. Diana went over and told Barbra off about something. Candy Bergen and Roman Polanski were there. It was a party for Sidney Lumet. He hates me and his wife Gail doesn't know whether she does or not, but she follows what her husband does so she's cold. Sidney runs around kissing everybody and then stops when he gets to me. Film directors used to be such macho guys, and now they're these little fairy-type guys running around French-style double-kissing but still thinking they're macho.

Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman sat with Fred during dinner and they said they wanted to come down to the office. Lillian h.e.l.lman was there. Roman said Gene Hackman wanted to meet me, but Diana didn't know who he was and didn't want to go over. She told Roman that Gene should come over and he did, and he was darling, and Diana still couldn't place him although she'd seen The French Connection The French Connection.

Marisa was there with her hubby, the gossip was that they'd had a big fight and broken up. But the big event of the evening was when the maid came in with extra food and fell completely across the room. Sue looked concerned but I think she was just worried about getting sued. It was just like watching a movie. The food was flying all over everybody. She must have really hurt herself but she got up and pretended nothing had happened. She was around fifty, gla.s.ses.

Then went to Alana Hamilton's party for Mick Flick, and she had everybody there. Diana was getting drunker and drunker, and Fred, too. Valerie Perrine, Tony Curtis, and Nelson Lyon, sober, were there. Ron Wood invited me to Top of the Rox but I wanted to go home. Diana was getting jealous because Fred was with Jacqueline Bisset, he didn't know Jackie's French boyfriend was there with her. Diana told Fred time to leave and he said no, and she got really upset and left and I took her home and she wanted me to go up and discuss Fred with her over drinks and I just said no and ran out. She thinks she has something going with him.

Sat.u.r.day, March 26, 1977-Los Angeles Read the rave review of Bad Bad in in The Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles Times.

Went to Susan Tyrrell's party, it was really great. Tatum was there, and her little brother, and Ryan's brother, Kevin O'Neal, and Chu Chu Malave, the boxer, and Tim Curry from The Rocky Horror Picture Show The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Garfunkel, Art "Murph" who wrote the Variety Variety review, Barry Diller, Buck Henry who really loves review, Barry Diller, Buck Henry who really loves Bad Bad, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Fred Williamson, Tere Tereba, Corinne Calvert and her son, Ronee Blakley and her brother, Sally Kirkland, Don Rugoff, Paul Morrissey, Thelma Houston, Ed Begley, Jr., Martin Mull the wife-beater on Mary Hartman Mary Hartman-200 people like that. Michael Bloomfield who did the Bad Bad soundtrack came as we were leaving. Ron Galella was taking pictures. soundtrack came as we were leaving. Ron Galella was taking pictures.

I had to leave to go to the Bad Bad screening. What was so great about seeing the movie at Filmex was that everything had such big significance, suddenly, because the screen was so big, so much more Pop-like that Santa Claus knick-knack on Carroll Baker's refrigerator. I want to rent a big theater for a screening in New York. Got back to the hotel about 3:00. screening. What was so great about seeing the movie at Filmex was that everything had such big significance, suddenly, because the screen was so big, so much more Pop-like that Santa Claus knick-knack on Carroll Baker's refrigerator. I want to rent a big theater for a screening in New York. Got back to the hotel about 3:00.

Sunday, March 27, 1977-Los Angeles Met Esther, Doug Christmas's PR person, at the Polo Lounge and she invited us to the French consulate for the Film Festival, and I invited Doug Christmas and at 7:30 we went. Met King Vidor who said he knew all about me. Bobby Neuwirth was there and I talked with him about his old girlfriend, Andrea Portago, and Edie Sedgwick. Viva was there with her daughter Alexandra who was sucking her thumb. Seeing Alexandra was sad-a big "rug-rat" hanging off Viva-she'll probably turn out a mess. Viva will do everything the opposite that her parents did and it'll be just as bad.

Monday, March 28, 1977-Los Angeles Up at 7:00. Watched the Today Show Today Show, air crash with over 550 people getting killed, two 747s crashing. Fred went to see Paul Getty's ear transplant at Cedars-Sinai Hospital. Peter Lester called and made a date for us to interview William Katt, the star of Carrie Carrie, and his press agent at the Polo Lounge at 1:00.

Talked to William Katt. His father was movie star Bill Williams and his mother Barbara Hale was Della Street on Perry Mason Perry Mason. A good interview.

Then sat in the lobby for a second and met Liv Ullmann.

The place was really jumping with stars all getting ready to go to the Academy Awards. At 4:00 I went to Fred's room to photograph Willie Shoemaker the jockey. Richard Weisman's commissioned me to do a series of athletes' portraits. Richard will keep some of the portraits and some will be for sale and the athletes will get to keep some. So Willie was the first athlete. Had to get some film (cab to Schwab's $3, film $15.30-lost slip). Willie's wife called from the lobby and she came up with a girlfriend-but without Willie. He didn't show up till ten after 5:00 and when he saw her, he couldn't believe she was there. He'd been in court getting a divorce from her, that's why he was late.

Willie's ex-wife of one hour was one of the tallest women I've ever seen. She was dressing Willie for the picture and he looked like an eight-year-old kid. And guess what he was wearing-little Jockey shorts! Ordered martinis, and the wife was drinking. She kept asking him for a date to celebrate the divorce and he kept turning her down, he said, "If I'd known you were going to be here I wouldn't have come."

Alana Hamilton called to invite us to an Academy Awards party at Dani Janssen's. I missed Ronee Blakley's invitation to go to the Oscars ceremony with her because I was in Fred's room.

Got picked up at 7:45 by Alana Hamilton. Drove to Century City. They were having a $10 bet pool on the Academy Awards and it cost me $20. Brand-new apartment building, very rich, overlooking all of Hollywood. Dani's getting a divorce from David, Alana's getting a divorce from George.

Jack Haley said Liza was in Detroit with her show and coming back the next day. d.i.c.k Sylbert was there. Valerie Perrine told me her life story, she was once a chip hustler in Las Vegas and on the verge of marrying some rich guy after eight years but he shot himself accidentally. Her eyes teared up, she was unhappy. When Martin Scorsese came in she ran over to rustle up a job.

Burgess Meredith came with his date. Rocky Rocky got Best Picture. Peter Finch got Best Actor, but he's dead. Nelson Lyon was in the audience as the date of Mrs. Finch, Eletha. She's very black. The Academy asked Paddy Chayevsky go up to accept Peter Finch's award. Burgess and I talked about his ex-wife, Paulette. got Best Picture. Peter Finch got Best Actor, but he's dead. Nelson Lyon was in the audience as the date of Mrs. Finch, Eletha. She's very black. The Academy asked Paddy Chayevsky go up to accept Peter Finch's award. Burgess and I talked about his ex-wife, Paulette.

Brenda Vaccaro was upset because her ex-fiance Michael Douglas was there with his brand-new wife that he met at the inauguration. James Caan was there with his boyish wife, a beauty. They're all marrying younger girls who look like they're thirteen, the Hollywood thing. Roman was there, he's out on bail now for the thirteen-year-old-girl. He jumped on Alana's a.s.s and said he was going to rape her.

Martin Scorsese with his wife, Julia. Jackie Bisset. Lee Grant. Burt Young from Rocky Rocky. A girl from Big Valley Valley, Linda Evans, really beautiful. Tony Curtis was giving people puffs on his marijuana.

Julia Scorsese said that Martin would take me and Fred in his limo. She was drunk, screaming something about death threats, but I didn't know what she was talking about.

As we got into the car Martin said he had a bomb threat, the note said that he would die one minute after midnight if Jodie Foster won the Academy Award. It was 2:00 now and he was going to MGM to work on New York, New York New York, New York in the dark and deserted MGM lot, alone. I was paranoid. Esther Phillips was calling me at the hotel but I didn't answer the calls because she's started to scare me-one of her calls was at 2 in the dark and deserted MGM lot, alone. I was paranoid. Esther Phillips was calling me at the hotel but I didn't answer the calls because she's started to scare me-one of her calls was at 2 A.M A.M.

Tuesday, March 29, 1977-Los Angeles-New York Got the American 1:00 plane to New York. Noticed Paddy Chayevsky being driven on a little cart to the plane while we walked. Lots of people from the Academy Awards getting on the plane. The first cla.s.s took up practically half the plane-first time I saw it so full, really interesting. John Travolta from Welcome Back, Kotter Welcome Back, Kotter walked by, sort of said hi walked by, sort of said hi to to me, sat in front of me. Paddy Chayevsky told the stewardess he wanted to sleep all during the trip, not to wake him up, but he woke up five minutes after the plane was in the air. me, sat in front of me. Paddy Chayevsky told the stewardess he wanted to sleep all during the trip, not to wake him up, but he woke up five minutes after the plane was in the air.

John Travolta kept going to the bathroom, coming out with his eyes bright red, drinking orange juice and liquor in a paper cup, and he put his head in a pillow and started crying. I saw him reading a script, too, so I thought he was acting. Really cute and sensitive-looking, very tall, comes off looking too fairy-ish, like too many people around now, but very good-looking. You can see the magic in him. I asked the stewardess why he was crying and she said "death in the family" so I thought it was a mother or father, until I picked up the paper at home and found out that it was Diana Hyland who'd died of cancer at forty-one, soap-opera queen, his steady date.

Dropped Fred and Todd Bra.s.sner (cab $27). Cab fares had gone up.

Thursday, March 31, 1977 Lunch with Victor ($16), then we walked over to the loft building on 19th and Fifth that Maxime's moving into and that Victor is thinking of buying a floor in, too. I tried to discourage him, saying that it was really too small. It was. I can't figure out why Maxime wants to go there, it's no bigger than her apartment. She says, "I just want one big room," but when she moves all her furniture in, it won't even look or feel big at all. And it costs $32,000.

Victor and his boyfriend walked me back to the office. A fortune teller told Victor's boyfriend that he would be hit by a cab. Then she said maybe that wasn't right, that she'd better read the tarot cards, too, so she did, and then she said, "It's going to happen even quicker than I thought." So now the kid is really worried. She charged him $5 and first he said, "I'm not going to pay you for telling me that," and she said he had to so he did. How could a person do that! I mean, that's the kind of thing that really really really stays in your mind. The reason the kid went there in the first place was because his friends had told him she was so good. To make him feel better all I could think to say was that maybe she could see he was a careless person and had told him that to make him more careful.

I was invited to Diane Von Furstenberg's dinner for Sue Mengers. Went home, glued myself together, cab to DVF's ($2.25). It was a very heavy newspaper-reporter dinner. Mr. Grunwald from Time Time magazine, Nora Ephron-didn't see her husband, Carl Bernstein, though-Helen Gurley Brown and her husband David, Irene Selznick, and DVF's boyfriend, Barry Diller. I was feeling very talkative so I talked and I talked, but n.o.body listened to anything I said, they just ignored me. I know that Diller doesn't like me, so I worked hard to change his mind but he was still awful to me. magazine, Nora Ephron-didn't see her husband, Carl Bernstein, though-Helen Gurley Brown and her husband David, Irene Selznick, and DVF's boyfriend, Barry Diller. I was feeling very talkative so I talked and I talked, but n.o.body listened to anything I said, they just ignored me. I know that Diller doesn't like me, so I worked hard to change his mind but he was still awful to me.

Bianca was there. I thought she'd already left for Paris. She was saying out loud everything I was thinking-what two b.i.t.c.hes Diane Von Furstenberg and Sue Mengers were-and she said, "At least Sue can be funny sometimes." Sue was on her way to Europe to meet her husband, who only lets her see him once every couple of months, I think.

I told Irene Selznick that I'd seen a great picture of her at George Cukor's. I was raving about California so much that everybody thinks I'm moving there.

Helen Gurley Brown sat at my feet and I talked to her about California. Bianca was talking about how boring all these people were to Mr. Grunwald, she didn't know who he was, and then after he went away I told her. They were all two-faced people there, and Diane only invited me to pay me back for the Interview Interview cover, and I mean, who cared. Diane is very skinny. Dino De Laurentiis came late with his wife, Silvana Mangano, she was wearing a white Oscar de la Renta and said she was cold. cover, and I mean, who cared. Diane is very skinny. Dino De Laurentiis came late with his wife, Silvana Mangano, she was wearing a white Oscar de la Renta and said she was cold.

Egon Von Furstenberg came in with his girlfriend, the one that used to come to the Factory who I can't stand, and I guess she finally realizes that I hate her, because she didn't say anything to me. Her name starts with M, something like Marita. He'll never marry her.

Bianca said she wanted to go dancing and called her answering service but there was nothing on it so she stayed. She was wearing a thrift-store dress that she got in California that was really beautiful. When the De Laurentiises walked by us to leave she said, "They're full of s.h.i.t." I left alone. Had a horrible time.

Friday, April 1, 1977 Went to Halston's birthday dinner for Victor at Pearl's, he didn't want to do a big thing at the house. Joe Eula was there. And Aly Kaiser. She has two bodyguards now because of her Greek husband that she's divorcing-she has one bodyguard driving her and one at home.

She had as a present for Victor a bag of Hawaiian marijuana that a couple of f.a.g friends who have a ranch there mailed to her in a box of perfumed shirts so you wouldn't smell the marijuana. She said she gave some to one of her bodyguards and he was pa.s.sed out at home. She says she'll let me take pictures of her as soon as she gets her divorce. Before it was "as soon as I get the plastic in my face from Dr. Orentreich." I talked to Dr. Giller, he seems so sensible. He said that only fish and chicken and fresh vegetables were good for you, even though he himself liked Chinese food. He told Mrs. Kaiser where she could get fresh chickens kosher on the Lower East Side, and she said she'd send one of her bodyguards down for some, she's been sending him out to do her shopping. She was wearing twenty carats on each ear and a diamond bracelet, too. She's really nice. She had a car out front, too, with her dog who wears the chauffeur's cap.

Monday, April 4, 1977 Rod Gilbert the Canadian hockey player came down to be photographed for the Athletes series. He had 100 scars on his face, but I couldn't see them, really. He autographed a hockey stick for me and I autographed Philosophy Philosophy books for him, but made a mistake and put "Ron" instead of "Rod." Bought light bulbs ($4.02). books for him, but made a mistake and put "Ron" instead of "Rod." Bought light bulbs ($4.02).

Tuesday, April 5, 1977 Worked until 7:45. At 9:00 cabbed to Fred's ($2.25). Rebecca Fraser was there. She's the daughter of Antonia Fraser who's now going with Harold Pinter. Rebecca is checking hats at One Fifth. She's going to be a "View Girl" in Interview Interview. She's really cute, she nodded out while Fred was talking to her a few times. Diana Vreeland was there, Mick Jagger arrived. Camilla and Earl McGrath, Jean Van den Heuvel, Tom Hess who did the good review of my Hammers & Sickles in New York New York. Caroline Kennedy was there. Her face is so beautiful, but she got really fat, her behind is so big-as fat as Brigid's was. She's on Easter vacation from Radcliffe. She was the first person to leave, I think she has to be home before midnight, on a schedule, because once when she was at Fred's she stayed until 4:00 and Jackie got mad.

The dinner was to say goodbye to Erskine Guinness and his cousin Miranda, they're leaving for Ireland.

Wednesday, April 6, 1977 Took "landscape" pictures of an ex-p.o.r.no star Victor brought down who it turns out has a shop on Madison Avenue that sells Lalique. Dropped them off (cab $3).

There was something in the Post Post today about Adela Holzer, she's getting sued for keeping investors' money in a bank in Jakarta and not paying them back. today about Adela Holzer, she's getting sued for keeping investors' money in a bank in Jakarta and not paying them back.

On TV I got a big mention when Barbara Walters interviewed the empress of Iran. In with the other art they did a big closeup on my Mick print and Barbara said, "And surprisingly, they have a painting of rock star Mick Jagger by Andy Warhol," and the empress said, "I like to keep modern."

Thursday, April 7, 1977 Some people from Joseph Papp's company came to lunch, we were trying to get them to advertise in Interview Interview. Cabbed up to the Sherry Netherland with Bob to interview Sissy s.p.a.cek for Interview Interview ($4). We brought copies of the Carroll Baker ($4). We brought copies of the Carroll Baker Interview Interview with us. Carroll's name is spelled wrong on the cover. Sissy's mother was there and she said h.e.l.lo and went into the other room to read with us. Carroll's name is spelled wrong on the cover. Sissy's mother was there and she said h.e.l.lo and went into the other room to read Interview Interview, and then Bob got nervous because he thought Sissy was fifteen and her mother would see the nude photograph we ran of Yul Brynner when he was young-that famous old photo. But Sissy's really twenty-seven and she's married, her mother was just with with her, not chaperoning her. We're going to have to research better. her, not chaperoning her. We're going to have to research better.

She's Czech, from a Czechoslovakian town in Texas which I'd never heard of. And I couldn't believe it when she said she'd been an extra in the "crowd" scene in our movie Women in Revolt Women in Revolt -the bar scene that we filmed in Paul Morrissey's bas.e.m.e.nt on East 6th Street-and she said she was also in the background singing on that -the bar scene that we filmed in Paul Morrissey's bas.e.m.e.nt on East 6th Street-and she said she was also in the background singing on that Lonesome Cowboys Lonesome Cowboys theme song record that Bob Goldstein wrote and Eric Emerson sang! She folded her legs up under her on the chairs. She has beautiful skin. theme song record that Bob Goldstein wrote and Eric Emerson sang! She folded her legs up under her on the chairs. She has beautiful skin.

Friday, April 8, 1977 Went with Jed to see Sissy s.p.a.cek in Carrie Carrie (cab $2.50, tickets $3). Loved it. Finally somebody did slow motion right. (cab $2.50, tickets $3). Loved it. Finally somebody did slow motion right.

Sat.u.r.day, April 9, 1977 Brigid called and started screaming because she found out that Bad Bad was X-rated for violence just because a baby gets thrown out a window! You don't even see it land! Brigid was yelling for "getting me into another X-rated movie." I can't believe the distributor-Corman-didn't fight that, it's just so ridiculous. was X-rated for violence just because a baby gets thrown out a window! You don't even see it land! Brigid was yelling for "getting me into another X-rated movie." I can't believe the distributor-Corman-didn't fight that, it's just so ridiculous.

Sunday, April 10,1977 Went to early ma.s.s, a beautiful day, warm and sunny (newspapers and mags for the week $20). Cab to Kitty Miller's for Easter lunch ($2).

Then cab to 135 Central Park West with Fred to Marsia Trinder and Lenny Holzer's ($3). Marsia was having an Easter party. Mick was there with Jade. Bianca didn't come, she said that Fred would give her the gossip anyway and that it would just be "a bunch of English wh.o.r.es" there, and she was right-it was all the English boy and girl wh.o.r.es.

Rebecca was pa.s.sed out there. Earl McGrath was there. Jade took my camera and was taking pictures of people, mostly of her father, Mick. Marsia had hidden eggs all around the apartment, like uns.c.r.e.w.i.n.g the light bulb and putting an egg there, and under pillows, and the kids went looking. Jade found most of them and threw them on the floor. The real eggs, not chocolate. Andrea Portago was there and this is a secret-she's the new Nina Ricci girl. They're reviving that Rich Girl promotion idea for perfumes, they've been looking for a long time. Remember last year when they interviewed Barbara Allen?

Andrea said she was out with Dennis Hopper and they went up to Elaine's and she started playing backgammon with Elaine and she won one and Elaine won one, and then they started a third game and Andrea was losing and then she won, and Elaine got mad and called her a "rich b.i.t.c.h" and told her not to come in there again. Elaine doesn't like to lose.

Monday, April 11,1977 Cabbed down to Chembank and walked over to the office (cab $3.25).

Ronnie and Gigi had another fight and he cut up her clothes. I remember Rene Ricard once did that to the girl he married. I had lunch with Ronnie and gave him my "there's always somebody else around the corner" philosophy, and Ronnie said yeah, that he had six girlfriends now. He said, "I'm not c.o.ked up, I'm not upset, I'm fine, I'm fine."