Jessica Lange

THE UPSIDE OF COVID

At any other time in history have two Oscar winning movie stars been able to walk the streets of New York TOGETHER totally unnoticed and unbothered by fans? Not on our watch! Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange took a long and chatty walk through the city without incident. (You last saw them together as Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in Ryan Murphy’s Feud) The Covid mask has changed everything for celebrities – suddenly all humans are equal. Famous people can now go to places like Target or take a walk in the park and no one pays attention. There are more movie stars in supermarkets in California than have ever been seen before. They are walking their dogs and riding bikes and checking out farmer’s markets happily undercover. Celebrities might be wearing masks longer than the rest of us…

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JOAN CRAWFORD AND BETTE DAVIS WOULD HAVE LOVED RYAN MURPHY

Ryan Murphy has already successfully filmed six out of eight episodes of FX’s “Feud” and he’s made SURE that not a single photo of Jessica Lange or Susan Sarandon in character has leaked out. We hear that Jessica in makeup is a dead ringer for her character Joan Crawford, and Susan already has those Bette Davis eyes! The story celebrates the two stars’ rivalry, and takes place at a dinner at gossip columnist Hedda Hopper’s (played by Judy Davis) house right before the two stars were set to film “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” Two women over 50 starring in a movie would never happen today and the plot examines the desperation that mature women in Hollywood suffered then and now. We hear that Jessica Lange and Judy Davis have become fast friends on and off the set. Thanks heavens for TV, or these women wouldn’t be working!

(Above, the real Bette and Joan pretending to be civil.)

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BETTE DAVIS AND JOAN CRAWFORD?

Is Ryan Murphy actually thinking of reinventing the essentially PERFECT 1962 movie “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” It featured two of the greatest all time movie legends and gay icons, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, in their decline. In perhaps the best B movie ever made, screen queens Bette and Joan appeared in shockingly unflattering roles – each one desperate to out-act the other. (Coincidentally, it was also filmed at recognizable places in our own Hollywood neighborhood.) Fortunately, Ryan is NOT remaking the film. He’s documenting the bitter rivalry behind the scenes between the two actresses leading up to Baby Jane in an anthology series for FX called Feud. Sounds like fun, but it’s hard to picture Susan Sarandon as Bette – Jessica Lange as Joan seems more plausible. Surprise – Brad Pitt is co-producing with Ryan.

CAITLYN JENNER: LOOKING LIKE JESSICA LANGE IS NOT EASY

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How does Jessica Lange REALLY feel about being compared to Caitlyn Jenner on the cover of Vanity Fair? When asked, Jessica claimed she doesn’t do Twitter and had no idea she was trending since the comparison. Of course the so-called resemblance is very flattering for Jenner, not so much for Jessica. She happens to be an extraordinarily beautiful actress. We wonder if she’s privately mortified by the supposed resemblance. Of course, she wouldn’t dare admit it. We happen to think that when Caitlyn has her own hair, she looks more like Helen Hunt.

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MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV HAS AN EXTENDED FAMILY

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You don’t see Mikhail Baryshnikov, 66, out and about with his family very often. Remember, he starred as Carrie’s boyfriend on the last season of “Sex and the City.” He’s been with former ballerina Lisa Rhinehart for 25 years, they have three children, and they married in 2006. But she’s not with him today – today he’s in Soho with his ex-girlfriend Jessica Lange, with whom he has a daughter.

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WHY JESSICA LANGE FINALLY GOT AROUND TO MENTIONING SHE IS NOW SINGLE

Why did it take so long for Jessica Lange to mention the fact that she and her longtime companion Sam Shepard were no longer together? The couple hooked up in 1982 and have two grown children, Hannah, 25, and Samuel, 24, – they were rumored to have an off and on relationship and finally called it quits a couple of years ago. Jessica, 62, is starring on the FX series American Horror Story and she’s nominated for a Golden Globe. Her friends pushed her to go public with the split because Jessica would like to meet someone and her friends pointed out that “no one will ask you out if they think your are still with Sam.” So Jessica made the announcement, hoping that someone will finally ask her for a date!