Diana Ross in "The Josephine Baker Story"

[supremester]

We liked it. NPH will def see Tony nod if his voice holds out - poor guy looked and began to sound worn out, but he was sensational. No so my EX [[MCH) in a pointless gab fest and Bridges reminded me so much of what the play was in Waiting For Guffman. Very well acted though. Raisin was simply superb. Although I bought the seats because DiHanne was in it, the woman who played her part was great. This was no cake walk/star turn for Denzel - he was great and will be very happy June time.

did someone mention Dedwig and the Angry Investors?...nice 'borrow' of the 1995 autobiography "Man Enough To Be A Woman " by Jayne [[formerly known as Wayne) County.. what a dull, lifeless piece of garbage of a show..

[supremester]

Interesting..............that when Mary Wilson told you to "shut your pie hole and leave Diane and myself out of your petty squabbles........" You cited The First Amendment: Freedom Of Speech. We also have Freedom of Religion and all need to respect other's beliefs. I'm sorry Carlo is upset if someone doesn't believe in God - hopefully he's over it by now. There could be agnostics upset by Jehovah's Witnesses - the possibilities are endless. .................Re Re Re Re R E S P E C T

Interesting.........in that you were one that proclaimed several times in the past on this forum that you do not believe in God! You use to upset Carlo all the time with your blasphemies........

[midnightman]

Streisand shopped "Yentl" around for 15 years before it was finally green lit. I go to the movies once or twice a month, but, I'm surprised at the number of friends and co-workers that tell them that they don't go to the movies. Even after Whitney's tragic death, "Sparkle" only made less than $25 mil,not factoring marketing and advertising costs. Michael's "This is It" did much better thankfully. But they made a spark strategic move by trumpeting a very limited [[was it 2 weeks) run in theaters. It gave the movie a sense of urgency. I kinda thought that Whitney and Michael were fairly synonymous in popularity. Whitney's new Greatest Hits barely got to 500k. It may be closer to 750k now. Whereas, "michael", the unreleased album sold several million units. It could be argued that there was high passion for both artists. But then I recently read that Michael's estate may still be in the red, due to outstanding loans and debts.

There was more financial value in Michael at the time but the estate might've overstepped its boundaries with the money if the IRS are to be believed [[and I don't trust them either lol). You couldn't really compare it to Whitney. Different scenarios.

[Jimi LaLumia]

Dedwig won't last very long, it's not mainstream Broadway material, and I'm happy to hear to Kneel is ALREADY worn out... good..

[jobeterob]

Interesting..............that when Mary Wilson told you to "shut your pie hole and leave Diane and myself out of your petty squabbles........" You cited The First Amendment: Freedom Of Speech. We also have Freedom of Religion and all need to respect other's beliefs. I'm sorry Carlo is upset if someone doesn't believe in God - hopefully he's over it by now. There could be agnostics upset by Jehovah's Witnesses - the possibilities are endless. .................Re Re Re Re R E S P E C T

Thank you Marv, thanks so much for the pat on the back for my religious values.

Coming from someone who violates most Human Rights Legislation on Youtube with his bigoted comments about gay people, who bullies people when they don't agree with him, who issues daily diatribes against a woman, Miss Ross, who he has never met ~ I take your comments as another compliment.

I'm comfortable with my Christian values outshining yours! Your church would definitely not be a choice for most of us. Is it one of those churches which allow you to be a bigot and spout hatred and pray it away? There were and are lots of those churches remaining in the South of the USA I'm told.

You must be talking Carlo, who I sent the Whitney Houston Magazine to?

[jobeterob]

Thank you Marv, thanks so much for the pat on the back for my religious values.

Coming from someone who violates most Human Rights Legislation on Youtube with his bigoted comments about gay people, who bullies people when they don't agree with him, who issues daily diatribes against a woman, Miss Ross, who he has never met ~ I take your comments as another compliment.

I'm comfortable with my Christian values outshining yours! Your church would definitely not be a choice for most of us. Is it one of those churches which allow you to be a bigot and spout hatred and pray it away? There were and are lots of those churches remaining in the South of the USA I'm told.

You must be talking Carlo, who I sent the Whitney Houston Magazine to?

Some of Marv's bullying seems to be rearing its head on other Supremes threads so I thought I'd give this a bump.

[marv2]

Some of Marv's bullying seems to be rearing its head on other Supremes threads so I thought I'd give this a bump.

Yabba, dabba Doo! and Fred and Dino too.........Jobeterob! LOL!!!!

[Lulu]

Thank you Marv, thanks so much for the pat on the back for my religious values.

Coming from someone who violates most Human Rights Legislation on Youtube with his bigoted comments about gay people, who bullies people when they don't agree with him, who issues daily diatribes against a woman, Miss Ross, who he has never met ~ I take your comments as another compliment.

I'm comfortable with my Christian values outshining yours! Your church would definitely not be a choice for most of us. Is it one of those churches which allow you to be a bigot and spout hatred and pray it away? There were and are lots of those churches remaining in the South of the USA I'm told.

You must be talking Carlo, who I sent the Whitney Houston Magazine to?

I'm so confused. marv2 isn't gay? I must be oblivious to all of the other heterosexual obsessive Mary Wilson fans with snarky "Boys In The Band"-like banter.

[marv2]

I'm so confused. marv2 isn't gay? I must be oblivious to all of the other heterosexual obsessive Mary Wilson fans with snarky "Boys In The Band"-like banter.

I don't be confused, I am definitely not gay. I am also not a Mary Wilson fan. She is a friend of mine. Try a new way of insulting me. It just might work! LOL!!!!

[Lulu]

I don't be confused, I am definitely not gay. I am also not a Mary Wilson fan. She is a friend of mine. Try a new way of insulting me. It just might work! LOL!!!!

If being called 'gay' is an insult to you, you pretty much just made your own bigoted bed. If you are such good friends with Mary, wouldn't she be disgusted with your online rants - particularly those about Diana? If it doesn't bother her and she condones it, you've certainly not made much of a case for how wonderful she is...

[marv2]

If being called 'gay' is an insult to you, you pretty much just made your own bigoted bed. If you are such good friends with Mary, wouldn't she be disgusted with your online rants - particularly those about Diana? If it doesn't bother her and she condones it, you've certainly not made much of a case for how wonderful she is...

Look......blow it out your other ear. It is late here on the East Coast and I am too sleepy now to be fighting with you and Mary has already gone to bed. Goodnight! LOL!!!!

[Lulu]

Look......blow it out your other ear. It is late here on the East Coast and I am too sleepy now to be fighting with you and Mary has already gone to bed. Goodnight! LOL!!!!

Well, you best get to sleep so I can sneak over to Mary's and remove that nanny cam you planted in her bedroom while you were over for mimosas last week, dear!

[jobeterob]

Mary would have him removed, just like Diana did.

[Lulu]

Mary would have him removed, just like Diana did.

You said it, boo!

[supremester]

So many people think Marv is gay - I don't know why but I'm sure he's not because he says a lot of anti-gay remarks all over the place. He even dismisses Miss Ross' concert attendees [["only draws old gay men) .......... I mean, he won't even let me buy him a coffee nudge! I'm in NYC 4 -5 times this year, and I'd love to sit down with him. I had very little free time last week but will have a little more the next times..... hopefully we can bury the hatchet like Mary & DianE or Mary & Lynda or Mary & Scherrie or Mary & Jean or Mary & .........well you get the picture. Marv in Boys In The Band? He'd have to be Alan!

hehehehehehehehehehe

I'm so confused. marv2 isn't gay? I must be oblivious to all of the other heterosexual obsessive Mary Wilson fans with snarky "Boys In The Band"-like banter.

[jobeterob]

Marv's sexual orientation is irrelevant.

What matters is his bigotry, his prejudice, his mean spiritedness, his hate mongering..................

[smark21]

Marv's sexual orientation is irrelevant.

What matters is his bigotry, his prejudice, his mean spiritedness, his hate mongering..................

In which the moderators here let slide.

[Roberta75]

In which the moderators here let slide.

But God is the moderator of the world and God dont ever let bigotry and predujice and hate and mean spirits slide. Judgement day is the day of reckoning.

The good book of Mathew say the following.

"I tell you on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak"

Roberta

[Lulu]

In which the moderators here let slide.

Well, I apologize if I've opened up a can of worms. It was wrong for me to assume. I have plenty of straight male friends who enjoy Diana Ross and The Supremes and we have gone to concerts together. It wasn't until I hit the 'net and noticed all these tireless Mary Wilson warriors and I just concluded that must be gay based on how obscure the interest was to me [[don't get me wrong, I have ALL of the Supremes albums and Mary's two solo records) and how vehemently they defended her and said such awful things about Diana [[like really vulgar descriptions of sex, defecation, etc.).

It seems my "petition" reignited this whole firestorm [[that thread has since been deleted as I believe someone interpreted soulster's comments as "homophobic" and called him a "wanker") and that wasn't my intent. I just found the conversations to be counterproductive and childish and I suppose I'd been shielded from them in the past by not getting involved in online message boards or forums related to the Supremes. As I said, I've met the majority of the Supremes, members of their families and have attended concerts by Diana and the FLOS respectively and this vitriol hadn't come up before.

[smark21]

Lulu, Diana Ross has her share of scary crazy fans on the internet as well. A couple of years ago when Mary Wilson was in Russia for a couple of concerts there was a bombing at a Moscow airport and a Diana Ross fan was disappointed Mary wasn't killed in the bombing. Over on youtube there was another Ross fan who over New Year's said he hoped Mary died this year so he desecrate her grave and Flo's grave as well. And on Facebook there was a Diana Ross fan who threaten another fan with violence because they disagreed on a matter. I think nearly all celebrities have a few insane fans.

[smark21]

Here's the link to the crazy youtube fan posts I mentioned above if you care to read some very sick and disturbing insane rants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_mtlGs8_F4

No wonder Diana Ross was once quoted as saying she was afraid of a few of her crazy fans.

[jobeterob]

The guys on you tube are wingnuts, but who cares; I see Marv is among them.

But the song wasn't so bad; Mary presents herself tastefully; for 70 years old, she looks awesome; she strategically uses the background singers and musicians when she can't hit the notes and she doesn't even try to make the notes ~ she just drops it way back. I think she learned so well from Motown and Berry and Diana.

[Lulu]

Here's the link to the crazy youtube fan posts I mentioned above if you care to read some very sick and disturbing insane rants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_mtlGs8_F4

No wonder Diana Ross was once quoted as saying she was afraid of a few of her crazy fans.

I couldn't get past halfway down the page..."wizboy" is no better than the others. It's just as bad as reading some of the vile things far right people post online about the President.

[supremester]

I've read some bad shit online in Supremes' camps - but nothing compared to what I've read about Obama. Wizboy has outdone himself, I didn't know he had gone so crazy, but I don't read Youtube much. I had seen that Mary clip, but not read the comments.

[JLoveLamar]

One bit of information I could never find out is if HBO ever approached her, considering she had 2 successful specials with her. But if Diana insisted on a huge budget......all bets were probably off because its hard to find fault with the $8 million television movie.

Nope. They did not ask her. She said on Larry King Live that she was disappointed that they did not ask her to do the film.

[JLoveLamar]

This will almost certainly give us a "new" definition of the word "feature" too.

I'm howling! Y'all are too much!