tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post2188084467846713475..comments2023-10-21T11:46:32.529+01:00Comments on Madame Arcati: Michael Gross: National UK newspaper picks up the storyMadame Arcatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-74439468806127689132009-05-31T15:44:56.050+01:002009-05-31T15:44:56.050+01:00Just to clear this up--if such is possible--I have...Just to clear this up--if such is possible--I have made precisely one change in future editions--and I think it"spectacularly minor" in the extreme. An objection was made to my description of an obituary that was missing mention of four accomplishments by the deceased. Future editions will be corrected to say the obituary was missing two accomplishments. And as a courtesy, I have added a footnote stating that a certain party who ignored six separate requests for comment before publication denies one contention made in the dozens of pages of text about said party and her family. I also intend to correct some equally spectacularly minor spelling errors and a slight misstatement of Hermann Goering's multitude of titles. Wouldn't want to offend a Nazi, would we?Michael Grosshttp://www.mgross.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-41883338137265192142009-05-29T22:29:45.890+01:002009-05-29T22:29:45.890+01:00I hear Anna Wintour asked Eric Boman to hang his s...I hear Anna Wintour asked Eric Boman to hang his soothing snaps on her office walls AFTER the exorcism ... she wanted a complete New Look.Frances Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-48961419093552687102009-05-29T20:02:46.000+01:002009-05-29T20:02:46.000+01:00Anna W. thought Eric's photos were very soothing a...Anna W. thought Eric's photos were very soothing and hoped they would change the decor a la blamange. She told Eric she wanted all traces of 'that bitch' exorcised for an eternity!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-82130739263009912692009-05-29T07:36:57.536+01:002009-05-29T07:36:57.536+01:00Well, why not? As crazy a story as I have ever hea...Well, why not? As crazy a story as I have ever heard. Did Anna think Eric's snaps would add to the exorcism?Madame Arcatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-67071760476760099702009-05-29T07:20:38.897+01:002009-05-29T07:20:38.897+01:00After the Devil Wears Prada came out, Anna Wintour...After the Devil Wears Prada came out, Anna Wintour wanted to do an exorcism in her office. She (had it fumigated/redecorated) and asked her friend, the photographer Eric Boman ( 'Blahnik by Boman') to hang some of his tastefefully bland photos on the walls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-7214257677896865342009-05-29T00:33:10.499+01:002009-05-29T00:33:10.499+01:00Oh MA darling,
All the reactions/reviews/e-mails p...Oh MA darling,<br />All the reactions/reviews/e-mails posted in Michael's website make the whole thing sound so hilarious, I have been prompted to make certain I go and buy a copy no later than Saturday! So much fuss over this! I better get me a first edition before all that juicy stuff he's being forced to pull out disappear from further editions! But I must say that if this turns out to be a story as lame as The Devil Wears Prada I'm going to be r-e-a-l-l-y upset!<br /><br />I was going to say at the previous post (before getting all distracted with the Lycra issue) that looking back in history it has always been that way: the rich organise parties, charities, promote cultural activities, etc. as a way to distract others (including their peers...specially their peers) from noticing their nasty side and little conniving ways - for what I've read in those reviews (the handling of the Astor estate and stuff) there is no surprise in any of the things claimed; it's all a tired issue that happens every time money is involved. What's the big deal?<br /><br />What intrigues me is why does it matter so much to her, if so? Why not just sue for libel and actually make open statements that he's (Gross) making it up for profit? If she's right, wouldn't Gross be forced to pay for damages like celebrities have got tabloids and others to do so in the past? Who's opinion of her will be tainted enough to affect her? Certainly not ours; look at all those other true scandals from Heirs/Heiresses / Nobility/Aristocrats that have even been suspect of attempted murder (Sunny Von Bulow case) and just go on with their lives. Dunno, either she's mentally unstable or something is rotten in Denmark and I don't think that even Gross has uncovered it yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-86094921710058516072009-05-28T23:14:36.699+01:002009-05-28T23:14:36.699+01:00Arcati Madame. Your legendary prowess and natural ...Arcati Madame. Your legendary prowess and natural "nose" FOR SNIFFING OUT A STORY are only matched by your brilliant writing and scathingly unflinching attacks on media luvley editors. Who next, one wonders, will flinch in fear from the dazzling beacon of hope you represent to the downtrodden media-whores who long for succour at the breast of the Queen of Gossip in Lycra? Spill. Please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-31751785770523869242009-05-28T21:43:42.845+01:002009-05-28T21:43:42.845+01:00Oh godOh godMadame Arcatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-42282366301973913572009-05-28T21:35:43.190+01:002009-05-28T21:35:43.190+01:00What on earth does this have to do with lycra?What on earth does this have to do with lycra?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-73241759810347577922009-05-28T21:09:18.779+01:002009-05-28T21:09:18.779+01:00Nice photo of Mr Gross. Wouldn't mind his chin res...Nice photo of Mr Gross. Wouldn't mind his chin resting on my mound, get me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-464831955725863262009-05-28T21:07:22.143+01:002009-05-28T21:07:22.143+01:00You is? It ain't.You is? It ain't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-23914866357749237592009-05-28T20:54:46.841+01:002009-05-28T20:54:46.841+01:00Alice-Azania Jarvis is a very healthy journalist w...Alice-Azania Jarvis is a very healthy journalist with no vices. She loves lentils and is an Ikeaphobe - your sort of person really. You really must learn to control your temper Arcati. Here's a link you may find helpful http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/anger-management/Pages/Introduction.aspx. And as for your foul attack on Roger Alton, you should be ashamed. He is one of the most beloved of national newspaper editors even if his language is as appalling as that of your legendary self. Do better. Be better.Alice-Cooper Faragenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-91141762792397196392009-05-28T20:46:53.336+01:002009-05-28T20:46:53.336+01:00What a vicious nasty piece of work you are madame....What a vicious nasty piece of work you are madame. Keep it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-12417564576339860302009-05-28T20:24:34.524+01:002009-05-28T20:24:34.524+01:00Even when you open a Pandora's box...Even when you open a Pandora's box...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-16465838938405272042009-05-28T20:24:01.731+01:002009-05-28T20:24:01.731+01:00We all admire your Independent thinking....We all admire your Independent thinking....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-82152089752082020342009-05-28T18:47:49.705+01:002009-05-28T18:47:49.705+01:00That's not the impression one gets from the [delet...That's not the impression one gets from the [deleted] today: one might imagine (wrongly I am certain) that there are substantive errors of fact in Gross' book. It's even claimed by Ms Double Barrel that the book (in future editions presumably) must carry denials from de la Renta.<br /><br />My own view is that the book should be published in the UK and not censored by some rich crow in the US. It's not right at all that a book is denuded by social power. The [deleted] has not necessarily got across a positive view of what I am convinced is a fascinating and accurately-told tale. I fear Ms Double Barrel sided instinctively with Money 'n' Power - as her balding cunt of a war-mongering editor did in the past.Madame Arcatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-76855072176426007872009-05-28T18:45:14.669+01:002009-05-28T18:45:14.669+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Madame Arcatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-80499615839984603862009-05-28T18:36:03.277+01:002009-05-28T18:36:03.277+01:00The requested changes, per Mrs de la R's lawsuit, ...The requested changes, per Mrs de la R's lawsuit, are spectacularly minor, barely more earthshaking than, say, the correction of typos. Or so is stated in http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jesse-kornbluth/annette-de-la-renta-v-mic_b_204632.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-12922058402752860542009-05-28T18:32:47.000+01:002009-05-28T18:32:47.000+01:00Come on now Madame. The [deleted] did move the sto...Come on now Madame. The [deleted] did move the story on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-17245837825189261632009-05-28T18:30:03.583+01:002009-05-28T18:30:03.583+01:00Oh yes, the feature writer in question recently fu...Oh yes, the feature writer in question recently fucked up over the Oxford Professor of Poetry thingy. Still, I'm sure she'll be reelected. So no harm done.Madame Arcatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-33606880090642336232009-05-28T18:25:20.048+01:002009-05-28T18:25:20.048+01:00Which reminds me, one of the paper's senior featur...Which reminds me, one of the paper's senior feature writers, who has had a starring role on Arcati in the past, and whose lately abandoned partner drenched one of his tarts with wine at a party last I reported, now lives with a monied bint linked to Pink Floyd. That's a story you won't read in the paper's Diary. Still, I'm not one to gossip.Madame Arcatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-72525800315875407692009-05-28T18:19:38.766+01:002009-05-28T18:19:38.766+01:00If you say so poppet. I hadn't looked at the paper...If you say so poppet. I hadn't looked at the paper in question for such a long time - the so-called diary in question is now "edited" by a little tart with a double barrel christian name - that's original. Sounds like some sort of daddy's girl - any dirt on her? I try to be nice to these fly-by-night underpaid gossers but they're just whores in the end. Whores.Madame Arcatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823823014493798116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-48434095679149903602009-05-28T16:55:52.248+01:002009-05-28T16:55:52.248+01:00Madame Arcati is the stringer with a zinger!Madame Arcati is the stringer with a zinger!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30643113.post-90235275113520409212009-05-28T14:52:01.311+01:002009-05-28T14:52:01.311+01:00The story is in [deleted - nice try, dearie]. Seem...The story is in [deleted - nice try, dearie]. Seems the book is not on sale in the UK because Gross backed down to de la Renta's legal demands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com