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Golden Globe Award memories of legendary Doris Day, serious actress Madonna and a racy Bette Midler!
There has been a strong sentiment for several years now that Doris Day should be awarded with an honorary Academy Award for her incredibly successful film career which peaked in the 50s and 60s when she was one of the biggest box office stars in the world.
She’s been quite reclusive in recent years so it may be a matter of her not wanting to participate but 21 years ago, she did show up to the Golden Globe Awards where she was presented with the Cecil B. Demille Award by Clint Eastwood. Miss Day looked quite youthful still and told the crowd: “I’ve been away far too long.” Then she disappeared again!
Madonna’s movie career may be littered with bombs like Swept Away, Shanghai Surprise and The Next Best Thing, but she has had her triumphs including Evita. She had just given birth when she won the 1997 Golden Globe for best actress in a motion picture – musical or comedy against some pretty stuff competition: Frances McDormand in Fargo, Debbie Reynolds in Mother, Glenn Close in 101 Dalmations and Barbra Streisand for The Mirror Has Two Faces.
I save the best for last: Bette Midler wins the Globe for best actress in a motion picture – musical or comedy – for The Rose and uses the occasion to quote Joan Crawford: “I’ll show ya a pair of Golden Globes!”
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Mary Anne Barothy says:
Great story Greg. Here is a scoop you may want to publicize….DORIS DAY is back on the radio and it is about time!
Just wanted to alert you and all your readers to a wonderful new weekly hour long radio show devoted to DORIS DAY from FredNetRadio out of Fredricksburg, VA. FredNet chose long-time friend and fan of Miss Day’s to host this weekly HOUR LONG radio show – it airs LIVE on Sunday afternoons @ 3:00PM (EST) and is repeated on Wednesdays @ 8:00PM (EST).
You can hear it live by going to the FredNetRadio site and click on Listen Now:
http://www.frednetradio.com
If you missed last weeks show, you can click on this link to hear the entire show from January 10th.
http://www.4shared.com/file/197061988/e … adio_.html
Mike does a superb job and gives some very interesting historical (Doris Day) information between songs. FredNetRadio knew what they were doing when they chose Mike DeVIta to host this show – talk about a WINNING TEAM!
Mike DeVIta is a retired English teacher who shares his wealth of knowledge with Doris Day whom he met when he was only 8 years old. His love affair with Doris is evident with this tribute to America’s Sweetheart, the one and only DORIS DAY!
Just wanted to share this exciting news with you.
Thank you for your interest in America’s Sweetheart, DORIS DAY!
Mary Anne Barothy
Mike DeVita says:
Now…you can read all about a 60 year “secret love” affair in a new book just published about Doris Day (available on amazon.com). “MY ‘SECRET LOVE’ AFFAIR WITH DORIS DAY” by Michael J DeVita