I went to studio 54 a minimum of twice a week for a few years. In spite of his downfall, Halston remains the greatest American designer of all time. I recall Streisand being non diva like...which was a nice surprise for me. It was fabulous!!! I'll never forget that time in my life. Steve R. and Ian S. "owners" of Studio 54were previously the management at Steak Lofts in the UN Plaza and another site in CT!! Fertility and creativity were in full bloom. Man at right is unidentified. Although Studio 54 was empty when Donald Trump arrived alongside Nikki Haskell, the vibe inside the place changed as the night went on. Oh, the stories! The original incarnation of Studio 54 closed with a final party on Feb. 4, 1980, when Diana Ross personally serenaded Rubell and Schrager. I worked with one the most nicest people I ever worked with before. Looking back, she said she's now grateful because so many of the people she knew that went back there are now dead from or struggled with addiction or disease. r146 = Charlie. Whimpering, maybe, but not kicking. Bob Colacello's book delves into the circumstances surrounding Andy's death....rather tackily, he includes a postmortem chat with AW's doctor, Doc Denton Cox, who basically said that Andy hadn't been sexually active in many, many years. She's 67 or something, rising the buses for free. He underwent many surgeries when he was shot three times with a .32 automatic handgun by Valerie Solanas. NIGHT was born under the lights of the dancefloor but it was conceived in the dark corners of the Studio 54. Andy Warhol, Calvin Klein, Brooke Shields & Steve Rubell. He said you name it, it was there. JH, perhaps? I never really drank or did coke. Take Liza to Orso's. Yes, R118, Lauren Hutton was seen openly making out with many women at Studio 54. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/1996/03/studio-54-nightclub-new-york-city But you only read about the glamour pusses. He was SUCH a big deal in 70s NY and then he just fell SO hard in the 80s. Heck, even Michael Jackson stated that Studio 54 was a place where anyone can dance and “be free.” To many celebrities, Studio 54 was a safe-haven, where they can be themselves and away from the spotlight, away from paparazzi and crazed fans. The Liza photo linekd by R95- Liza must have left THE ACT stage door in a hurry. Steve Rubell, who revolutionized New York night life with the Studio 54 disco in the 1970s and with the Palladium in the 1980s, died today at a Manhattan hospital. In its brief 33-month lifespan, Studio 54 amassed a collection of secrets and stories that is now the stuff of legend. Warhol died in post surgical recovery as a result of hospital neglect after gall bladder surgery. Also bitch,I don't care for your fucking tone. #StyleIcons. He had put off the operation due to his fear of hospitals and his gall bladder became highly infected. Otherwise, you'll just have to find some other site Everyone from Huntington Hartford, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Arab Princes, British Monarchy and Wall Street Power CEO's (if they were recognizable and allowed in) to Diana Ross (hard to find someone in showbiz who took their career more seriously), Barbra Streisand, Paul McCartney and Harrison Ford. They were jailed for three-and-a-half years and threw a ‘going away’ party for more than 2,000 people in Studio 54 the night before they went off to prison in 1980. That Ultrasuede doc is horrific, really poorly executed and not worth a look. She could easily give Diana Ross a run for her money in star quality, attitude, grand allure and charisma. It would have been a real treat to see them chatting together. He hadn't had sex since maybe 1952. I'm always wildly envious of younger people, but there's one thing I have over them: I went to Studio 54. There was some documentary about that period where gossip columnist Cindy Adams recalled how, at the time, she was so frustrated because they never let her back into the VIP room. Hey, Stephen must have gone to Studio 54, right? "Halston is the, not one of the, preeminent American designer," says Constance White, fashion director of the new Talk magazine. Watching a line of guys waiting to go into a VIP room to bang Irene Ryan. It was about hearing this new music that was unbelievable. Annie Flanders asked me to shoot the cover story for The SoHo Weekly News about ‘Disco Babies’” – Anton Perich. BTW, I remember she was interviewed once and she said she can't stand fat people. In that photo she is still wearing her 'Michelle Craig' make up and wig... that's the wig she wore in THE ACT. She's started working with clay. Studio 54 waiter Richie Notar added: “No one remembered him being there the first night. Gloria Swanson, Bette Davis, Shirley Temple and Martha Graham to name a few. The reason why I asked, r132, because she really fit right in at the Studio 54 along with the beautiful people who were elite. After all, she was the socialite of her day after her modeling career ended. Oddly, one of the first people ever in the club was Donald Trump. Of ourse the original building was a theater, but I find it somehow very apt that in a few decades the Xenon location transformed itself from a sex drenched pulsating disco into a (shoddy) theater housing a lovely play by Horton Foote starring a woman in her eighties. Yes, Betty Ford visited Studio 54 after she was First Lady. I do hope that within a few minutes I shall not remember you. Interestingly, Doc Cox was later burned to death (literally) by a shady one-night stand. It was a little easier to get in if you were gay and/or with a fun-loving hedonistic crowd. Haskell also remembered the first time she met Trump: “I thought he was fabulous. A pal of mine used to get in all the time. There are lots of photos of that night. I have heard that Halston tremendously hated Jews. Roy Halston Frowick was America's first celebrity designer. Wow, Liza is pretty in R96's picture. Diana Ross busts some moves on the dancefloor of Studio 54 in New York in 1979 Studio 54 existed for only 33 months, at the tail end of the Seventies, before … When Studio 54 opened, Pittman was working as an editorial photographer for publications like W magazine and The New York Times. Beneath its blinking colored lights and … Grace Jones was a very exciting Diva in those days! He said: “A lot of nights I saw Liza Minnelli making out in one of the sections down there. He directed the documentary feature Valentino: The Last Emperor (2009), which was short listed for an Academy Award nomination in 2010, as well as this new documentary about Studio 54. Were you known on the scene somehow? It killed his real estate value. The music was hot! He nearly disappears from Warhol's diary in the 80s. Sela Ward is my fave from the day still alive. r7 Really delivered!!! Andy Warhol did not have AIDS. The club owners were investigated by the IRS and eventually convicted for tax evasion. On the occasion of his visit to Germany in 1985, he said that very few Germans were alive who remembered the war, which was a big, big fight that had ended forty years before. Cher performed Take Me Home one night!! calling bullshit on the Cloris Leachman story for the same reason r46 stated. Liza doesn't do much kicking with two fake hips and a fake knee. See Grace Jones, Diane von Furstenberg, and Andy Warhol letting loose at the famed nightclub, which opened 40 years ago this week. “The first time I went to the Studio 54 was with a bunch of toddlers. Everything today is about a three and Studio was a 15.”. Nicky was a regular in the club’s raunchy basement which was even more exclusive. Whimpering, maybe, but not kicking. Most of the people talking about studio 54 were drugged pretty heavily and so those recollections are filtered through the haze of narcotics, alcohol and memory. Warhole did not die of HIV- he died of post operative complications from a cholecystectomy in the Harkness Pavillion at Presbyterian Hospital. [quote]Sez who? The nightclub had its regulars: Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Halston, Cher, Diana Ross, Brooke Shields, Michael Jackson, Calvin Klein, Bianca Jagger, Liza Minnelli, Rudolf Nureyev, and Debbie Harry…. I spent some time in Studio- loads of fun, much of it covered well here. Please click here to update your account with a username and password. BTW, fairly recently, some guy died ,and he was some how connected with Studio 54. He was and still is extremely good looking, dressed just right very fun to be with and the crowd he hangs with is the same. "Who from the [eighties] is still alive"??????? She truly is/was one of a kind! What about Lone Ranger Klinton Spilsbury saying he passed out only to wake up the next morning in Halston's bed. Many saw that as the beginning of his personal demise as well. Actually, you are both wrong about Warhol. The built-in minimalistic furniture was still there, as were the great stairs without handrails (a popular minimalistic trait), and the marks/color difference on the walls, indicating where artwork once hung. It was an amazing place. I didn't know she was a party drunk, I thought she was a private drunk. Once I got used to seeing the famous divas, I lost interest in going. Warhol's death was from complications from AIDS, not a botched operation or hospital neglect. I went only once, after my high school prom in 1982. I bartended on the Upper East Side at the time and the head of New York Hospital and his wife, a NY judge, who was also a major lush, were regulars three nights a week after dinner. But I seem to recall it was taken at Zenon, not 54. We all thought Liza was rainbow-bound back then, just like her mother. 54 was full of young beautiful people and powerful people, not butch biker gods. It felt really intimate but 600 people were there. 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