Diva Dish for the Merry Month of May

According to Us magazine, Hunger Games' Jennifer Lawrence puked on the carpet at Madonna's Oscar night after-party. The American Hustle Best Supporting Actress nominee was so drunk by the time of that event, she retched right in public, the Oscar-winning song of the night, "Let It Go," perhaps influencing her. Miley Cyrus was passing by and snarked, "Pull it together, girl!" Hell, when Miley Cyrus tells you to pull it together, you know you're a hot mess.

No mention of who cleaned up the upchuck but it most probably was not Jennifer, Madge or Miley.

Disco diva France Joli, meanwhile, is now on Off-Broadway in the show, My Big Gay Italian Funeral. Last year, the singer debuted in My Big Gay Italian Wedding. She performs her timeless hit "Come To Me" in the show. I had the pleasure of interviewing France Joli last November:
http://blabittobeaverhausen.blogspot.com/2013/11/dj-buddy-beaverhausen-comes-to-france.html

'60s diva Lesley Gore just celebrated her 68th birthday... and she still hasn't gotten over that damned party when Judy fooled around with Johnny. The girl-group era songbird still performs and enthralls with songs old and new. I saw her a few years back at Joe's Pub, where none other than iconic radio jockey Cousin Brucie (Bruce Morrow) was in the audience. Happy Birthday, Lesley Sue Goldstein!
http://djbuddybeaverhausen.blogspot.com/2013/05/lesley-gore-its-her-birthday-and-shell.html

And rumor has it that silver screen divas Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange were attached to make a cable tv-movie about the making of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? with Sarandon as Bette Davis (because she has Bette Davis eyes) and Lange as co-star/rival Joan Crawford. The idea was pitched to HBO but was rejected. Hard to believe since both actresses were notably in previous HBO films, with Lange winning an Emmy for Grey Gardens.

Gray LeBlanc now has a Facebook petition page you can go to. 

Welcome to my petition page for Jessica Lange & Susan Sarandon to star in Ryan Murphy's ''The Making of...What Ever Happened to Baby Jane.'' This was brought to HBO by Murphy and turned down. I have written a lengthy email to the head of HBO programming, Michael Lombardo (Michael.lombardo@hbo.com) on the matter. Lange has contributed GREATLY to HBO with ''Grey Gardens.'' Sarandon has also contributed w/both ''Bernard and Doris'' and "You Don't Know Jack.'' It's a travesty for HBO to pass on this script, with these ladies, at this point in perspective their careers. They have both paved the way for fantastic HBO movies past and future, and that's why this makes me sick!, writes LeBlanc on his Page.

You can visit it and be part of the grass-roots protest. I'm certain there'd be much interest in this project. I say, shop it around! After all, HBO isn't the only fish in the sea.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/269238183246016/

I'll be back next week with more divas' dirty linen. Meanwhile, I wish all you diva worshippers a month of May as fabulous as the goddess of your choice!

Dj Buddy B's Weekly Diva Dish 3/28/14

"Long, long ago, around 1980, through a veil of hot, briny tears, I seem to recall that I toured the world with my show, for the first time, and lived to tell," Bette Midler tells us. "Reissuing 'A View From A Broad' with a fresh, new introduction next week!"

Well, New Yorkers, it seems the Divine Miss M will be autographing copies at Barnes & Noble at Union Square on April Fool's Day! I hope to be there but no guarantee I'll get in to this Divine Madness. Will keep you abreast so to speak.

I purchased the original 1980 edition but seem to have lost it during one of my tumultuous divorces. Lucky not to have lost my mind along with it. Here's my chance to reclaim it in all its Simon & Schuster glory.

The window of opportunity to get Bette's "John Hancock" are daunting, however. Says the bookstore: "Due to time limitations, we cannot guarantee every customer will obtain a meeting and live signature from the author. Event space to open at noon for book purchasers. Customers are allowed 1 CD to be signed, if purchased at B&N. NO memorabilia, please. Call our store for details."

Bette also informs us that, on that same day (April Fool's Day She'll be on CBS This Morning's Chatting with Gayle King. "She is always such a hoot," writes Bette. "We will be discussing my life as an author and nincompoop."



Cher's tour has hit the road! Opening night reviews out of Arizona were awesome! The UK's Mirror crowed: "It seems Cher really can Turn Back Time – squeezing into the oufit she wore in the video for her hit of that name 25 years ago. Only her hair is bigger as she slinks about in the spangly see-through body stocking and embellished leather jacket. Looking just a fraction of her 67 years, the pop legend delighted fans by sporting the iconic costume to open her aptly-named Dressed To Kill tour – her first time on the road in nine years."

The tour will arrive in Brooklyn on May 9, Barclay's Center. (My birthday's on the 13th and Cher's on the 20th.) Divine synchronicity, sweeties!

Saturday's March 29th Night of a Thousand Gowns Gala in Manhattan will feature quite an impressive line-up of Divas! Sandra Bernhard, Martha Reeves of Martha & the Vandellas, and Expose. The event will support God's Love We Deliver & the True Colors Fund. However, sweeties, I hope to be at Resorts World Casino in Queens where Evelyn "Champagne" King, France Joli, Anita ("Ring My Bell") Ward and Sharon Brown ("I Specialize in Love") will perform.

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta's birthday is March 28th, by the way. Happy Birthday, Lady Gaga!

I specialize in divas. Now, excuse me while I put away the dishes. Until next week, chanteuse wishes and diva dreams!

Dj Buddy B's Weekly Diva Report for 3/15/14

Evelyn "Champagne" King

"And tho' I'll admit I've dished you, I've gossiped and gloated, But I'm so devoted...," Jerry Herman, "Bosom Buddies" from Mame.

Divas Are Invading Queens! The borough that is. On Saturday, March 29, no less than the likes of disco divas France Joli (whom I interviewed last November http://blabittobeaverhausen.blogspot.com/2013/11/dj-buddy-beaverhausen-comes-to-france.html), Evelyn "Champagne" King and Anita ("Ring My Bell") Ward will headline NYC's Resorts World Casino's "Disco Inferno" night. So put on your boogie-woogie dancing shoes and prepare for a night of vintage diva power under the mirror ball!

Amber Dirks' latest dance tune, "Dominate My Love," is bound to be popular locally, what with NYC's The Black Party coming up next week. On the latest Billboard dance chart, "Dominate" topped from the bottom nationally, from # 47 last week to # 3. Amber was one of the first divas of dance to consent to a Dj Buddy B interview, back in July, 2012 (http://djbuddybeaverhausen.blogspot.com/2012/07/exclusive-q-with-dance-diva-amber-dirks.html) and spoke to me again, this year, about the recent Arizona controversy (http://djbuddybeaverhausen.blogspot.com/2014/02/go-west-arisona-issue-part-two.html). She is certainly one of the sweetest divas going with a powerhouse voice that sometimes reminds me of Donna Summer, sometimes Loleatta Holloway, but mostly unique, sensational and always divine.

Divas on My Turntables this week: Kristine W's "So Close to Me" gets a facelift for 2014 with new remixes, the best of the lot being Ranny's Big Room club mix. 

Funkstar DeLuxe remodels Kim Wilde's cover version of "You Keep My Holding On." Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" (this week entering the top ten at # 9 on Billboard's dance chart), nicely given new life by Alex Gaudino. These are two mixes that make us believe echos of the '80s New Wave are big again this year. 

Heather Small was the distinctive voice of M People, one of the monster club hit-makers of the '90s. Their early single, "How Can I Love You More," has been beautifully and energetically remixed by Julian Marsh (interview from last summer http://djbuddybeaverhausen.blogspot.com/2013/08/my-exclusive-q-with-remixer-producer-dj.html) for Sobel Promotions. https://www.facebook.com/groups/SobelPromotions/

And this week, Lady Gaga managed once again to spark a scandal. Wrote Refinery29: "Is Lady Gaga an actual philanthropist, or just a clever promoter? That's the question being raised after a close look at her Born This Way Foundation's 2012 federal tax report revealed that, out of more than $2 million it held in assets, just $5,000 was actually donated to charity. Hmmm."

Until next week, when we worship and dish once more, diva lovers, this is Dj Buddy B urging you to channel your inner diva, then let the fur fly!

Ciao for now.

Interviews You Won't Want to Miss!

So much great blab and buzz you don't want to miss with Beaverhausen!

The links, darlings! The links ~~

Martha Wash:
http://blabittobeaverhausen.blogspot.com/2013/12/queens-our-city-radio-exclusive-q-with.html

Inaya Day:
http://blabittobeaverhausen.blogspot.com/2013/12/inaya-day.html

Fredrick Ford:
http://blabittobeaverhausen.blogspot.com/2013/12/an-incredible-journey-with-fredrick.html

France Joli:
http://blabittobeaverhausen.blogspot.com/2013/11/dj-buddy-beaverhausen-comes-to-france.html

Victor Po:
http://blabittobeaverhausen.blogspot.com/2013/11/dj-buddy-beaverhausen-shakes-it-with.html

Enjoy!

Dj Buddy B Blows His Own

...Horn, of course, like that Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. Well, anyhow, now that I have your collective attention, I just want to announce -- because I'm not sure everyone realizes at this point -- that I am not only a blogueur (or is it blogueuse? Damned French, it confuses moi! Zoot alors!) but also a member of the press these days! Yes, I am writing for Queens Our City Radio, part of the Our City internet radio network, as their Dance (Music) Promoter. 

Ah, the glitz! The glamour! Why, you can hardly imagine and neither can I! But listen up, people! Here are some of my posts heating up QOC this cold holiday season.
Check out Queens Our City Radio and circumnavigate like Magellan; explore, discover new worlds, go bi-coastal and enjoy yourselves in the process! For example, Chris Colby, Dance Music Personality at QOC, has a fabulous Friday night 10 pm mix show you party animals won't want to ignore, trust me.
http://queens.ourcityradio.com/

Monumental thanks & lots of love to Barbara Sobel of Sobel Promotions with her own dance-music background who "discovered" me (again, the Magellan analogy) and transported me from Leave It to Beaverhausenland to Queens Our City world. I'm very thrilled to be a part of this internet station. In fact, I'm qvelling! It's more than just a radio station; it's a happening! It's a movement! Get into the groove.

Here are some of my recent posts at Queens Our City Radio you won't want to miss (if you know what's better for you):

France Joli ~ Exclusive Interview:
http://queens.ourcityradio.com/music-news/queens-city-radios-exclusive-interview

Victor Po - Exclusive Interview:
http://queens.ourcityradio.com/music-news/exclusive-queens-city-radio-interview-victor-po

Cher:
http://queens.ourcityradio.com/music-news/chers-closer-truth

Joan Crawford:
http://queens.ourcityradio.com/what-to-do-in/surviving-mommie-dearest-nyc

Marc Massive - Exclusive Interview:
http://queens.ourcityradio.com/music-news/talking-eighth-day-animal-rights-marc-massive

Petula Clark:
http://queens.ourcityradio.com/music-news/happy-81st-birthday-petula-clark-queens-city-radio

Lady Gaga:
http://queens.ourcityradio.com/music-news/queens-city-radio-review-lady-gaga-applause

Donna Summer:
http://queens.ourcityradio.com/music-news/queens-city-radio-views-donna-summer-releases

And you're waiting for what? This is already a written invitation!

Hot Interview: France Joli @ Blab It to Beaverhausen

France Joli is a dance-music and entertainment legend and treasure. Do not miss my exclusive Q&A with her at Blab It to Beaverhausen and Queens Our City Radio!

http://blabittobeaverhausen.blogspot.com/2013/11/dj-buddy-beaverhausen-comes-to-france.html

http://queens.ourcityradio.com/music-news/queens-city-radios-exclusive-interview