Forget the celeb snark of the Golden Globes — our stars used to have an edge
Over the years I’ve collected trunksful of stories. I’m — now — unloading a few:
1962. Once “Army Recruiting” Jane Fonda — wearing red, white and blue — praised our military. Later, changed by the Vietnam War, “Hanoi Jane” traveled in the “FTA” review — as in “F the Army.” On Dick Cavett’s show she declared America was only fighting because of Vietnam’s valuable “tung and tinsten” deposits. Later learning those minerals were tin and tungsten, she replied, “I didn’t have time to sit down with books.”
The ’70s. Dennis Hopper’s daily diet? A few beers and a half-gallon of rum. Once Hopper challenged Rip Torn to a knife fight. Came a lawsuit. Filming “The Last Movie” in Peru, Hopper complained “uptight” authorities had stopped hotel parties featuring bad trips, screaming naked women and whipping parties.
When Tatum O’Neal left school to pursue acting,........
