

Weiss took her to the set of the musical Babes on Broadway, where an exuberant man performed “Mama, Yo Quiero” dressed as Brazilian star Carmen Miranda. On her first day at MGM as a tongue-tied 18-year-old, Gardner was given a tour of the sprawling Culver City lot by studio PR man Milton Weiss. When asked why she stayed with the 119-pound Sinatra, Gardner once replied “Well, I’ll tell you-nineteen pounds is cock.”

Their fights were legendary (Sinatra once threw a douche bag filled with water at her and pal Lana Turner), and their make-ups loud. Scott, and an unsuccessful attempt to lure Robert Stack into a foursome (he suddenly got a stomachache).Īnd then there was her beloved Francis-Gardner’s third husband, Frank Sinatra. Kennedy, Steve McQueen, an abusive George C. There was her long entanglement with a snooping Howard Hughes, as well as flings with bullfighters, Robert Taylor, Mel Tormé, David Niven, John F. In the engrossing Ava Gardner: Love is Nothing, biographer Lee Server documents a life filled with lust, love, and late-night shenanigans.
ANDY ROONEY ON OLDER WOMEN MOVIE
Now 80 percent of women are against marriage, why? Because women realize it's not worth buying an entire pig, just to get a little sausage.Born in North Carolina, the often barefoot and always brash movie star Ava Gardner was, in the words of second husband Artie Shaw, “the most beautiful creature you ever saw.” She was also, according to costar Deborah Kerr, “funny and rich and warm and human.” But Gardner also had a wandering spirit, with a reckless streak and an insatiable appetite for booze and boys that would often lead to the most glamorous sort of disaster.
ANDY ROONEY ON OLDER WOMEN UPDATE
For all those men who say, “Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free,†here's an update for you. For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed hot woman of forty-plus, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some twenty-two-year-old waitress. Yes, we praise women over forty for a multitude of reasons. They'll tell you right off if you are a jerk, if you are acting like one! You don't ever have to wonder where you stand with her. Once you get past a wrinkle or two, a woman over forty is far sexier than her younger counterpart.
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A woman over forty looks good wearing bright red lipstick. You never have to confess your sins to a woman over forty. Women over forty couldn't care less if you're attracted to her friends because she knows her friends won't betray her. A younger woman with a man will often ignore even her best friend because she doesn't trust the guy with other women. A woman over forty has the self-assurance to introduce you to her women friends. They know what it's like to be unappreciated. Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved. Of course, if you deserve it, they won't hesitate to shoot you, if they think they can get away with it. They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Few women past the age of forty give a hoot what you might think about her or what she's doing. A woman over forty knows herself well enough to be assured in who she is, what she is, what she wants and from whom. And, it's usually something more interesting. If a woman over forty doesn't want to watch the game, she doesn't sit around whining about it. Here are just a few reasons why: A woman over forty will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, “What are you thinking?†She doesn't care what you think. Andy Rooney's thoughts on women over forty: As I grow in age, I value women who are over forty most of all.
