Members DaytimeFan Posted December 28, 2010 Members Share Posted December 28, 2010 The book that the lawsuit was about wasn't ever published. Random House owns that book and they've never released it. The book Joan was discussing with Selina Scott, Infamous, was a bestseller in the UK and US for a week or two. She didn't really stop writing either, she's written a few lifestyle books since the Random House debacle and two more novels, Star Quality and Misfortune's Daughters, both of which were minor bestsellers. Joan's books sell, they just never sell BIG. She has a new book coming out next year, a nonfiction work entitled 'The World According to Joan'...should be a hoot. In other Joan news, she's booked two movies ('Dogs in Pocketbooks' starring Lydia Hearst in which Joan plays a high powered agent and 'Unforgettable' with Robert Wagner. The first movie shoots in LA and NY in February, the second films in Spain in March) and her pantomime role is a hit, I saw it right before I attempted to leave the UK (I got out 4 days later than expected, thank you Charles de Gaulle airport!) and she was fabulous and looked amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 Shoulder pads really must be back. Anne Hathaway and Jane Fonda had them at the Globes tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 I was thinking the same thing as I watched the Golden Globes. They may be quintessential 80's, but they'll slowly creep their way back at some point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 31, 2011 Members Share Posted January 31, 2011 Daytimefan have you heard anything about a show Joan was supposed to do not long after Dynasty ended, where she would have been a sleuth (but always walking through the front door, not doing grub work). It would have been produced by Motown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 I have never heard of that! Any other details you could supply? If anything, the age she's at now would be ideal for such a show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 It was in a 1989 Digest, not long after Dynasty was done. If I can find the whole thing I'll type it up. I think it would have been a great idea, I'm sorry it didn't happen. I wonder if ITV might ever consider giving her a try for a detective show, instead of constantly recasting Marple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 What Joan needs is a nice little show that runs 6 episodes a year in a good timeslot in September on the BBC that films 3 months out of the year. A stylish, septuagenarian sleuth with a light touch of humour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 That would be great. Does the BBC even do that anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 I really, really want to see Joan play the lead in a series centered around the British tabloid industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 Not sure which thread this would be appropriate in. Does anyone remember Shelly Burch, who played the always fabulous Delilah Ralston on OLTL? In 1989 she starred in the Papermill Playhouse version of Showboat in the marquee role of "Julie", the black girl who passed for white until it all caught up with her. Anyway, youtube has the whole production up and it's worth a look if you like that sort of thing. Here is Shelly singing her character's signature tune at about the 4:15 mark. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaeQGmTwEZ0&feature=related she was so beautiful and talented, I don't know why she didn't have a bigger career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 Shelley was so charismatic and beautiful and ethereal - the essence of what a young vixen/heroine on a soap should be, and something most soaps regularly fail at. She still looked great when she came back in 2001. She has a very pretty voice, although I don't think she puts enough pain into the song, the way Helen Morgan did. I was just reading a Digest article on her a few days ago, it was from somewhere around 1989. She had battled eating disorders for several years and had low self-esteem. In 1989 she'd also moved to Florida, which I guess helped her decision to leave OLTL. She seemed to focus a lot on her faith. I'm sorry she didn't have more soap work, but then they don't cast someone like her on soaps now, sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted February 4, 2011 Members Share Posted February 4, 2011 Glamorous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted February 4, 2011 Members Share Posted February 4, 2011 That would be AMAZING. Handled by the BBC that would be sizzling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted February 10, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 10, 2011 I thought Elsa was talking about this photo! But then I saw you posted the Vanity Fair one on the previous page in the Plastic thread! LOL. In both of them she does look great. Black looks phenomenal on her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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