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At a Los Angeles book event for her memoir Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!, Liza Minnelli came across as fragile onstage, with Michael Feinstein guiding a talk interspersed with audiobook clips and vintage performances—an onstage narrative that diverged from the memoir’s polished voice and footage, underscoring how a legend’s story is mediated in real time while the audience remained supportive.
In her memoir Kids, Wait Till You Hear This One!, Liza Minnelli reflects on six standout moments—from childhood with Judy Garland and early Hollywood pressures to a dramatic engagement with Peter Sellers, a transformative collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys on the album Results, a comeback moment via Arrested Development, and a lifelong battle with substance use disorder—presenting the book as a bold effort to reclaim her story after the 2022 Oscars controversy.
A Guardian feature gathers intimate remembrances from Ron Howard, Emma Rice, Neil Tennant, Audra McDonald, Michael Feinstein, Gene Simmons and Robert De Niro, painting Liza Minnelli as a fearless, generous icon whose career and humanity shine—from a childhood meeting through spontaneous recording sessions, film connections, and glamorous LA gatherings as she approaches her 80th birthday.
In her long-awaited memoir Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!, Liza Minnelli recounts a life in showbiz filled with drama—from a cocaine-fueled romance with Martin Scorsese and turbulent marriages to backstage Oscar-night chaos, including Lady Gaga supposedly testing her memory and insisting a wheelchair be used, while Minnelli details caring for her mother Judy Garland from age 13.
In her memoir Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!, Liza Minnelli recounts a passionate, drug-fueled romance with Martin Scorsese during the 1977 New York, New York shoot, calling it a self-destructive obsession; both were married at the time, the affair involved heavy drug use and heartbreak, including her firing Scorsese from The Act, with a tense Oscars reunion decades later and lingering hurt.
Liza Minnelli says in her memoir that she and director Martin Scorsese had a volatile, cocaine-fueled affair in the mid-1970s during the filming of New York, New York; she describes escalating drug use on and off the set, Scorsese’s heated confrontations, and notes that he later fought his addiction, with their relationship eventually fading.
In her memoir, Liza Minnelli details her fraught relationship with Judy Garland, including Garland's last words to Minnelli before Garland's 1969 death from an accidental overdose, and Minnelli maintains Garland did not commit suicide, while also noting Garland's own unfinished autobiographical work.
Vulture’s Emma Alpern and Jasmine Vojdani highlight eight March-2026 releases spanning fiction and memoirs, from Vigdis Hjorth’s Repetition to Liza Minnelli’s Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!, with quick pitches and price points ($15–$29) that showcase a diverse lineup including Paradiso 17, Sisters in Yellow, My Lover, the Rabbi, and The Keeper.
Liza Minnelli says in her memoir that the 2022 Oscars forced her to perform from a wheelchair instead of a director’s chair for safety, with Lady Gaga at her side saying “I got you” as she struggled to read the teleprompter. She describes being ordered to sit in a wheelchair or not appear at all and notes her memoir Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! is due March 10.
Liza Minnelli releases her first new music in 13 years, joining an AI-created deep house track called Kids, Wait Til You Hear This and stressing that the project uses AI arrangements rather than AI vocals, with ownership and artist control emphasized. The track is part of a broader AI-in-music wave that includes Art Garfunkel and precedes a larger discussion about AI’s impact on musicians, as labels and startups expand collaborations with generative tools (e.g., Udio, Suno, Klay) and partnerships like Merlin. The piece reflects a tension between innovative tech-enabled creativity and concerns about job displacement for human musicians.
Liza Minnelli is working on a memoir set for release in 2026, with television rights already optioned. Speculation is rife that Lady Gaga will play Minnelli in a future biopic, given her history of method acting and previous collaboration with Minnelli. The film is expected to cover Minnelli's later years, focusing on her triumph over substance use disorder. Despite potential age-related casting challenges, Gaga remains a strong contender for the role.
Tony Award-winner Ben Platt kicked off his Broadway concert residency at the newly remodeled Palace Theatre with a tribute to Liza Minnelli, performing the Cabaret classic "Maybe This Time." Directed by Michael Arden, the residency celebrates Platt's new album "Honeymind" and runs from May 28 to June 15.
The 1977 Martin Scorsese film "New York, New York" was a rare flop, but its iconic title song, sung by Liza Minnelli, became a hit after Frank Sinatra covered it. Now, the film has been adapted into a Broadway musical, opening at the St. James Theatre. The film's producer, Irwin Winkler, who went on to work with Scorsese on successful films like "Raging Bull" and "Goodfellas," remembers the film fondly despite its poor reception. The film's improvisational style and Scorsese's drug use contributed to its failure, but the catchy music was praised by some critics.