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Hollywood icon Robert Redford and the way he was
Back when Robert Redford’s looks beat even a Miss Universe, he’d bitch that it’s all the movies wanted from him — not his talent just his face. Few know he took greater care of that face than Courteney Cox, Salma Hayek, Bethenny Frankel, Ratajkowski, Carmen Electra, Rihanna and whatever partridge in a pear tree also cooked up skin schmears.
He told me that he’d splash his face with ice water, in hopes it would then “dewrinkle.” He creamed and greased his face nightly. But said, “I’m not holding up as well as Paul Newman.
“Though I have the same waist measurement I had at 20, I’m hearing Brad Pitt and Matt Damon are the new mes.” Insecurity hung on. In ’94 it was, “Shall I wear my dressier long-sleeved blue silk or not?” He wore special socks with built-in lifts.
If you remember Joan Fontaine she once said: “Robert Redford is a spoiled brat.”
Redford loved NYC. Sold his Connecticut house for $1.3 mil, owned a Fifth Avenue duplex, which when I confirmed was selling for under $10 million — denied it. He’d jog in Central Park, swim daily in a hotel pool, rent his Malibu place for $35,000 a month. And was usually late.
His movie “The Natural” showed in LA, but he stiffed attending the premiere. Was pushed to run for office but denied interest in politics. What he wanted was: “I’d like to do something onstage again.”
Proposed to his first wife after dropping coins into a pay phone. Didn’t do autographs. Didn’t enjoy the press. Went to same Van Nuys high school as Marilyn Monroe. Had a baseball scholarship at University of Colorado. His father was milkman.
In latter days, a citizen of Santa Fe, NM, and Sundance, Utah. Still handsome. Talented. Amusing. But — in his latter years — no more personal interviews.
Faceoff over Central Park ice
In 1980s, Trump renovated the Wollman Rink after NYC fumbled, grumbled and bumbled. He then received the OTTY (Our Town’s Upper East Side weekly) thanks for regaining its control. Now, this season’s Mayor Eric Adams says NYC favors not Donald but a not-for-profit joint venture twixt realty’s Related Companies and CityPickle LLC. Lotsa luck. Wait. Watch candidroid DamnScrammy stick his blade deep into an ice cube. It was WABC’s John Catsimatidis who said Hammy Scramdamny lacked certain male parts.
Scene & heard
Comes now another new version of another oldie inching to aging Broadway. Rumor has it that Tony winner Alex Newell will star in another “Dreamgirls.” Great. We haven’t seen that show since Joe Biden’s Sweet Sixteen party.
And big thanks because Gracie Mansion just held the NYC mayor’s first ever “Made in New York” Awards ceremony for theater and the live performance community. Monday night, there was an orchestra, celebrities, munchies, more commissioners than you can shake a wallet at and it convened the first ever Live Performance Industry to gather everyone together.
Nice Eric. Good Eric.
One New York City driver had this sign stapled to his window. It read: “To all local thieves. Notice: This car has already been stolen.”
Only in Manhattan, kids, only in Manhattan.