THAT soulful singer India.Arie is a big fan of Dr. Laura Schlessinger and Rush Limbaugh. Arie told Self magazine, "My political views don't usually mesh with theirs, but I like the way Dr. Laura thinks sometimes: If you're not supposed to do it, don't!" .Well Miss Arie, be prepared to take some heat for those opinions!
VH1 hasn't canceled "Life With Liza and David" yet, but it's close. Taping was delayed by a month due to Liza Minnelli and her svengali hubby, David Gest, "rehearsing" their parts, and Gest has driven producers crazy with his micromanaging of every detail and his exorbitant demands. "VH1 has issued a third warning to David Gest to back off and let others do their jobs," said one insider. The show, originally set to debut Dec. 8, will now bow in early January, if Gest can toe the line and producers resolve the "budget issues." "Liza and David are doing all these dinners and have demanded the best of everything - china, silver, whatever. They are spending too much." Liza is spending on stylist Tina Knowles, the mother of Destiny's Child diva Beyonce Knowles. "They really hit it off over lunch a while back, and discovered they shared the same taste in clothes," says a pal of Tina. Knowles just co-authored a book with Zoe Alexander, "Destiny's Style: Bootylicious Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle Secrets of Destiny's Style" (ReganBooks).
Rehearse for dinner? I guess those dolls of David's came in handy after all. Picture it, Liza and David and the dolls seated at the dining table at home with L and D practicing witty dinner banter with the dolls.
Howard Stern was invited to their first dinner taped earlier this week. He declined saying he would have to be paid 1 million dollars to dine with Liza and David.