#Wb starlet series

Before she bought the film rights, she took the play on the road, touring in the role of Maria Callas. Dunaway called the judging of ingénues 'emotionally connected' to a larger goal: her directorial debut with the film adaptation of Terrence McNally's 1995 play 'Master Class,' which she will begin in October. 'But someone I just go hang out with, I don't know if I have really anyone like that. I pick up the phone to him or Jack,' she said softly, referring to Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson. 'Warren is someone I call, whenever I need something. This twice-divorced mother of a grown son described herself as 'isolated' and, asked to name her best friend in Hollywood, could not. She suggested that the 'Starlet' project is more than just a paycheck, although she volunteered that she keeps a modest home in the Hollywood flats and has sold a large New York apartment to buy a smaller one. Crawford's life in which she hams it up on television, and Ms. In fact, they were pulllllling it in that direction, and we didn't know about it.' The film included one chapter from late in Ms. 'That's what I thought I had a good director for, and in fact, they were milllllking it. 'It was made a camp film and, you know, wasn't modulated and directed and contained,' Ms. Her career suffered from sharp reviews of her screeching performance in 'Mommie Dearest,' the 1981 Joan Crawford biopic. Dunaway let the joke be on her, on occasion.

#Wb starlet series

Kirstie Alley in Showtime's 'Fat Actress' and Lisa Kudrow in her forthcoming HBO series 'The Comeback' have undertaken projects that laugh at the hurt of shrunken prospects. No one can blame an actress over 40 for wishing to wind the clock backward. I said: 'You can have it! I don't want it!' I just want to be 'Faysie.' I just want to be a li'l girl.' 'I actually passed that mantle on to Sharon Stone.

Me!' she said during a late-afternoon chat at Hugo's, a West Hollywood cafe. Dunaway is only too ready to bestow to someone else. The best performer wins a night away from the blow-drying and bellyaching of her fellow contestants in a private room, the Diva Suite.Īnd that kind of designation is one Ms. Fox and the casting director Joseph Middleton. The contestants on 'The Starlet' perform a weekly screen test and then endure harsh critiques from Ms.