{"id":94827,"date":"2026-03-08T23:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=94827"},"modified":"2026-03-08T23:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:32:21","slug":"stars-of-the-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2026\/03\/08\/stars-of-the-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars of the Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So here we are, crotch-deep in awards season.&nbsp; Here\u2019s something you guys probably don\u2019t know \u2013 sometimes shows make up an award just to get a big star to attend.&nbsp; But when <strong>Liza <\/strong>expressed interest in attending the <strong><em>GLAAD Awards<\/em><\/strong>, they created an award for her anyway \u2013 the <em>Liza Minnelli Storyteller Award<\/em>.&nbsp; One can just imagine the phone call between the powers that be and a frantic <strong>Michael Feinstein<\/strong>.&nbsp; But there was Liza \u2013 rolled out in a tall director\u2019s chair looking like <strong>Edith Ann <\/strong>appearing in a touring production of <strong><em>Grey Gardens<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; People were dancing and singing around her, and she was flaying her arms and legs to a rhythm only she could hear.&nbsp; In case one didn\u2019t recognize this was part of the pre-publicity for her autobiography (that Feinstein actually wrote), the image of the book cover was projected behind her.&nbsp; It all seemed like a commercial in the middle of the <em>GLAAD Awards<\/em>.&nbsp; But the gays loved it and squealed with delight.&nbsp; Even Liza seemed to be excited to be there.&nbsp; \u201cYou make me so proud, because you\u2019re strong and you stand up for what you believe in.&nbsp; You really do, and it\u2019s so nice to be here with you.&nbsp; I feel like a five-year-old.\u201d&nbsp; Feinstein led the audience in a rendition of \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d which must be seen and heard to be believed \u2013 especially when Liza attempted to join in.&nbsp; You can see the video on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/\">BillyMasters.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/colorbar1.gif\" alt=\"colorbar1\" width=\"500\" height=\"1\"><\/a><br \/>\nThen there\u2019s the <em>Tony<\/em>-winning <em>Star of the Decade<\/em>, <strong>Barbra Streisand<\/strong>.&nbsp; She\u2019s being courted by the <em>Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences <\/em>to appear at the <strong><em>Oscars <\/em><\/strong>in a tribute to <strong>Robert Redford<\/strong>.&nbsp; The hope is she will speak about Redford and then sing \u201cThe Way We Were\u201d for the always-controversial <em>In Memoriam<\/em> segment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So here we are, crotch-deep in awards season.&nbsp; Here\u2019s something you guys probably don\u2019t know \u2013 sometimes shows make up an award just to get a big star to attend.&nbsp; But when Liza expressed interest in attending the GLAAD Awards, they created an award for her anyway \u2013 the Liza Minnelli Storyteller Award.&nbsp; One can<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94827"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94828,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94827\/revisions\/94828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}