SHE HAS CLASS, STYLE, PRESENCE AND INTOXICATING
INTELLIGENCE...
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From L to R: Gloria Allred with her book publisher Chase Regan of
Harper Collins Publishers during her book warming party at the Friars
Club of New York.
Photo credit:
Richard Lewin
Hosting
the book warming event was Gloria’s daughter, Lisa Bloom. Like mother,
like daughter, with daughter Bloom wearing a stunning red jacket, long
her mother’s trade mark. Bloom importantly followed in her mother’s
footsteps by becoming a lawyer. She is now Court TV News Anchor,
and ABC News Contributor. She introduced her mother with love and
appreciation, and Allred showered similar appreciations back to her
daughter, calling her “My best work.” Allred has the special gift of
making whomever she talks to look smart. As brilliant as she is, she
always compliments others for their insights and knowledge. There was a
time when women who rose to the top of their profession were reluctant
to include other women among their close associates. Not so with Allred.
She was surrounded by powerful females at the Friars Club, including
news anchor Diane Sawyer, Diane Dimond of Court TV, Dani Brettler
from The Maury (Maury Povich) Show, Dr. Judy
Kuriansky, book publisher Judith Regan, publicist Chase Bodine,
detective April Brooks, who worked on a case Allred writes about in her
book, and attorney Alexandra Leichter. The latter is the wife of Michael
Moroko, one of the male partners in her law firm. Husband and wife flew
in from L.A. to support Allred in her Fight Back and Win
activities.
Chase Bodine said, “When you spend a few
days with Gloria, there’s nothing you think you can’t do.”
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Counselor Gloria Allred was elected one of America's 100 Greatest Jewish
Women of the Year by the World Jewish News Agency.
Being
with Allred throughout her New York book tour, publicist Chase Bodine
said, “When you spend a few days with Gloria, there’s nothing you think
you can’t do.” It’s because Allred fought the good fight that I became
the first woman performer elected into the Friars Club. Once when having
lunch with Milton Berle, I mentioned that fact. His reply was, “She’s
also a performer, Paulette.” That she is. Given the right set up, Allred
can deliver a more than respectable stand up comedy routine. We both
have laugh out loud stories about entering the formerly men only steam
room at the California Friars Club. For mine, a sign was posted on the
entrance to the health club: “No male members allowed from 11 – 12 on
Thursday. Friar Paulette Attie will be using the facilities.” I looked
forward to a relaxing steam, confident no one else would be there. I
heaved a sigh of pleasure as I sat down on the steam room bench. A male
voice pierced through the steam and my solitude asking, “Would you like
a towel?” You won’t find explicit details of this incident in my book
The Seven Keys to Live a Masterful Life. Some of them appeared on
the front page of the Los Angeles Times. Allred’s steam room story is in
her book.
Maury Povich said, “I always learn
something when I see you, Gloria.”
Gloria
Allred is a Making Matters Better person. For over thirty years,
she has been a crusader against injustices in all areas of our lives,
handling cases of sexual abuse and prejudice, while defending our
constitutional civil rights. She is equally skillful at letting us know
about these violations of the law and of the human spirit. Will you
become as smart as Allred if you read Fight Back and Win?
Probably not, but you’ll pick up some very good tips. As Maury Povich
said, “I always learn something when I see you, Gloria.”
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FILLING BOB
HOPE’S SIZEABLE SHOES
Photo: Bob Hope entertaining the
troops. This was Bob Hope's Christmas Show 1971.
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FRANK D’AMORE
wrote reviews and performed for the troops in Korea for 2 years. You
wouldn’t know it from this picture, but Frank is one of the funniest
people who ever was, is, or will be. Pictured:
Bill Boggs,
talk show host and showman extraordinaire, put together an SRO afternoon
at the Friars Club celebrating Frank Sinatra’s 90th birthday.
Bill did some outstanding TV interviews with Frank Sinatra. Thanks Bill
for including me on your Sinatra birthday bash. Songwriter Ervin Drake had
written me a set of female lyrics for one of Sinatra’s signature songs,
“It Was a Very good Year.” I premiered it in my one woman off-Broadway
show, About Time, and enjoyed singing it again at the Friars Club.
Drake did the honors of singing the male lyrics, while splendidly
accompanying himself on the piano.
The media called
BOB HOPE
"America's No. 1 Soldier in Greasepaint.” For the GIs, he was their clown
hero.
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Publisher's note: PAULETTE ATTIE, the multi
faceted performer and Award winning actress, singer, and songwriter,
continues to surprise us with her new areas of endeavor. In the works is a
review she wrote called "Collaborators." It’s about composer Harold Arlen,
and 4 of his brilliant lyricists: Ira Gershwin, “Yip” Harburg, Ted Koehler
and Johnny Mercer. "Collaborators" will be directed by five time Emmy
Award winner Francesca James. A star studded cast will join Paulette in
singing the praises of these great songwriters. Paulette personally
interviewed Arlen, Harburg and Mercer on her radio show, Paulette Attie’s
Musical Playbill. She’ll be singing at the Friars Club for a
Frank Sinatra birthday tribute, produced by TV talk show host, Bill Boggs,
who did some seminal interviews of Sinatra on TV. Paulette won the ASCAP
Plus Songwriter Award, for the 6th year in a row. She is set to record her
new song, “Star Quest,” for which she shares lyric credits with Bernard
Lee. Then there are Paulette’s numerous concert appearances and playing
the “better” half to Chris Gampell’s “worst” half in “Itch,”
two person comedy by Elyse Nass.
PAULETTE ATTIE your
fearless writer, has sung for members of the military at army and air
force bases in the U.S., and a navy base in Japan.
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