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Mariah Carey helps Penny Marshall celebrate new book
Mariah Carey made a fashionably late appearance last night at director-actress-force of
nature Penny Marshall's star studded book party. Mariah slipped into the Monkey Bar around
9pm, looking like a million bucks. Kids put to bed, Mariah was on her way to play some
music from her new album for the gang at DefJam Records. But first she wanted to
congratulate Penny on her funny and touching memoir called "My Mother Was Nuts" - and
to show the A list who's really on top.
Since you want to know, Mariah has survived week one with Nicki Minaj, there's no trouble,
and Mariah is even showing up on time. "It's a struggle," she said of her legendary lateness,
"but everyone's impressed so far. I'm right on time!"
Penny's party - put together by Peggy Siegal - was a Who's Who that started slowly around
6pm and was still showing life around midnight. A sparkling Angelica Huston, Art and Kim
Garfunkel, Regis and Joy Philbin, CNN's Ashleigh Banfield, journalist Joan Juliet Buck,
Diane Sawyer, actress Carol Kane, and Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter - who hosted the party
with Revlon's Ronald Perelman - were among the guests. The Carter-Perelman group finally
took a long table and added John McEnroe and Patti Smyth, Kyle Maclachlan, and several more
celebs before the night was done.
At various points, I chatted with Steve Kroft and his wife Jenny Conant, Gayle King, Wendi
Murdoch, Tom Freston, Grace Hightower DeNiro, Lorne Michaels, Jane Wenner, and Hoda Kotb.
Concert impresario Ron Delsener put in appearance, as did David Geffen, Calvin Klein and
Fran Lebowitz.
And where was Cindy Williams, Shirley to Penny's Laverne? "She's in town, but she's afraid
to come out," Penny said, shrugging. She showed me Williams' email on her Blackberry. "See?"
Shirley was there in spirit.
Penny kept complaining that there weren't enough books around to give to friends, let alone
sell them. When Angelica Huston asked about getting a copy of "My Mother Was Nuts", Penny
exclaimed: "I gave them all to my family and even then I ran out. I have a big family here!"
What a day: it started for yours truly with a surprise phone call from Jerry Lewis, and
ended with dinner at Primola with legendary Lainie Kazan and producer Fred Rappoport. In
between came Penny's party, where Cindy Adams was front and center with the famed
actress-comedienne-director at the stroke of 6pm. (Cindy is such a stitch, I look forward
to her own column about Penny.)
A lot of people were still talking about the previous night's historic concert memorial
for Marvin Hamlisch. I did hear that Barbra Streisand taped her segment for Katie Couric's
new talk show, and it will air next week. Barbra's album, "Release Me", comes out on vinyl
on Tuesday, and on CD the following week.
Meantime, Penny was shooing away a female reporter with a tape recorder from interviewing
Mariah while the pair caught up with each other. I was sitting in the next booth and all
of a sudden heard, "No no no, it's a party! Jeesh!" in a raspy voice. Penny shrugged.
What could she do? Her mother was nuts.
(Showbiz411)
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| Thursday 20 September 2012
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