Great Women of Soaps

[Sylph]

I love it, I love her in this appearance. I love it how she says: I don't want to be Salman Rushdie, I don't even read Salman Rushdie.

[SFK]

If you take your thumb, her wig is practically the height of her entire face.

[DaytimeFan]

A fabulous interview...

http://broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=184776

[quartermainefan]

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Joan Collins, Reality TV star...who woulda thunk it? But I love the premise.

[DaytimeFan]

Joan Does Glamour was a hit for ITV. Too bad it was just a special...it would be great on BRAVO. Are you listening Andy Cohen?!

[quartermainefan]

I have to say, the theme from GWTW is one of the greatest pieces of movie music ever. You can set it to so much and it sets the right mood. That was a good special, I did laugh at the first few minutes when she was discussing the hefty women in the ill fitting clothes.

[Sylph]

I'm not sure it's Knightsbridge. It's pure Belgravia, one of the most prestigious addresses – E. P. No?

[DaytimeFan]

Yes, it is absolutely in Belgravia. My mistake!

PS: love that you noticed that error nearly two months after the fact.

[Sylph]

I was re-reading and I recognized where it is, those embassies are familiar.

So, another thing I just want to make sure I got right: she did the spreads for all of her homes/flats, but in different magazines or was it always Hello!?

[DaytimeFan]

Always HELLO! NY, South of France, LA and London, all covered in HELLO! since 2002.

[Sylph]

Q&A My London with Joan, who recently stated "I'm a sucker for Christmas in all its over-commercialised, over-the-top glory":

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23903599-joan-collins-my-london.do

[DaytimeFan]

One of Joan's costumes for tomorrow's opening night of pantomime:

[Mr. Vixen]

She is the epitome of fierce. God love her.

[DRW50]

Have any of you ever seen Joan's 1986 miniseries Monte Carlo? It's on Youtube, I just haven't watched yet. I remember that Schemering said it was a disaster - didn't that help lead to the breakup of her marriage to Peter Holm?

[DRW50]

Just watched that Selina Scott clip. I guess Selina wasn't a host for long? Not exactly a thrilling presence.

Great interview. Joan is quite a PR master, and always on her feet -- every time she says something which might be slightly controversial, she edits herself, like saying SHE thinks (opinion not fact) OJ was guilty, and then when talking about the hell she went through, adding she knows it wasn't life and death. An I love how she casually plugs her beauty book.

Was this book she was involved in the lawsuit over a success, or was the book she was on a tour with at this time a success? Did she give up writing for a reason?