Liza Minnelli appeared like she was acquiring a grand outdated time in the car or truck on the way to the Oscars ceremony on March 27.
Admirers ended up worried last thirty day period for the 76-calendar year-aged “Cabaret” legend following she appeared frail though on stage at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theater to current an award with Lady Gaga.
In a clip from Hollywood’s most significant evening, her close good friend Michael Feinstein, who claimed she was “sabotaged” by the Academy, shared a movie on both of those Facebook and Instagram that he shot in the auto with Minnelli shortly prior to the show.
The clip highlighted the Oscar winner smoking cigarettes a cigarette, dancing in her seat and singing gleefully.
Minnelli looked joyous and spirited as she designed her way to the occasion. She then started out singing the demonstrate tune “(It is Gonna Be) A Wonderful Day” by Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu and Billy Rose.
Admirers gave so significantly appreciate soon after looking at the video clip of the EGOT receiver searching lively, with a single commenter on Instagram crafting: “Still smoking cigarettes far too. Haha. Gotta like her!”
“Legend 76 years aged, cigarette in hand, continue to displaying ‘em all how it’s accomplished,” 1 additional. “A authentic legend. Uplifts my coronary heart,” a consumer explained. A further penned, “Liza has the pipes that won’t give up! Sounding fantastic as at any time!!”
Feinstein, 65, claimed earlier this thirty day period on Sirius XM’s “The Jess Cagle Show” that Minnelli was “sabotaged” and “forced” to use a wheelchair at the Oscars.
“Sabotaged. Which is a horrible phrase to use but she only agreed to show up on the Oscars if she was in a director’s chair, due to the fact she’s been owning back difficulty,” he stated.
The Great American Songbook archivist went on, “She stated, ‘I really don't want people to see me limping out there.’ She said, ‘You know, I want to glance superior. I do not want folks to be concerned about me.’”
“Then practically five minutes prior to she went on, when she sat in the director’s chair back there, and since I guess they ended up all shaken up simply because of every thing that experienced transpired earlier,” Feinstein mentioned, alluding to the Chris Rock Will Smith incident. “The stage manager explained, ‘Well, she has to be in a wheelchair.’”
“She was anxious,” Feinstein said. “And it designed her look like she was out of it. Can you visualize becoming suddenly pressured to be seen by tens of millions of people the way you never want to be seen? Which is what transpired to her.”
The pianist later told Page Six that the “New York, New York” star mentioned, “No, I will not be witnessed in a wheelchair in front of everybody. I will not do this. I refused to do this.”
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