PHOTO OF THE DAY : JOAN LENDS HER NAME TO THE OPPOSITE SEX!

This wonderful photo features Joan with MGM legends June Allyson, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller and Joan Blondell...This promo shot was for the 1956 film 'The Opposite Sex'.. This photo had been signed by Joan and Ann Miller...

EVENT UPDATE : THE CEW UK ACHIEVERS AWARDS 2011 .. MONDAY OCTOBER 10TH 2011

Joan had a great evening at the Jumeirah Carlton Hotel in Knightsbridge, where she recieved The CEW Lifetime Achievement Award... Joan looked fabulous as ever in a lovely Green gown... Joan's son Sacha was on hand to help Joan celebrate....

CANDID PHOTO OF JOAN ACCEPTING HER AWARD

PHOTO OF THE DAY : STEPMOTHER JOAN IS NOT THE NANNYING KIND!

This promo photo features Joan guesting on an epsiode of the popular 90's comedy series 'The Nanny' in an episode called 'Me and Mrs Joan' where she played Maxwell Shepherd's stepmother and was married to Robert Vaughn in the episode...

ON THE COVER : LIVING .. APRIL .. 1982 ..

This rare cover is from an early 80's magazine called Living and featured an interview with Joan, who had just begun filming Dynasty and could not have imagined the impact she was to make on the show and the levels of superstardom she was yet to achieve.....

EVENT ALERT : THE C.E.W ACHIEVER AWARDS 2011 .. OCTOBER 10TH JUMEIRAH CARLTON HOTEL LONDON..

  Well done to Joan who will accept the Lifetime Achiever Award at this years Cosmetic Executive Women Awards to be presented tonight, October 10th at The Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in Knightsbridge London.. The awards which were founded in 1992, celebrates excellence in women's achievements in various fields in business... 

               Joan will be celebrated for been a 'Truly Cosmetic Executive Woman.. A Wonderful Advocate For The Beauty Industry'... If I get any photo's from the event, of course you can see here on the blog!

BETWEEN THE COVERS : JOHNNY TURNS A TRAMP INTO A SOLID GOLD ATTRACTION!

This weeks book exerpt comes from an autobiography by Joan's longtime friend Johnny Gold, who along with Jackie's late husband Oscar Lerman opened the legendary disco/night club Tramp in 1969. Joan of course filmed the discotecque scenes in 'The Stud' at Tramp... The book 'Tramp's Gold' was published in 2001 by Robson Books.....
'Jackie Collins has written of Tramp... "Bill Ofner found it, Oscar Lerman designed it and Johnny Gold ran it".. I had known the Collins family ever since I hit London, everybody knew them. The two beautiful sisters, Joan and Jackie, were a forceful presence in the entertainment scene. This was hardly a surprise since their father, Joe, ran a theatrical agency with Lew Grade. The sisters were close, so much so that when Jackie was pregnant and penniless it was to Joan's husband, Anthony Newley, that she turned for help. People often ask me about the relationship between the Collins sisters. The press like nothing better than to come up with some story showing they detest each other. But it simply isn't true. Both of then are friends as loyal as you could wish for. Both are witty, beautiful and tenaciously ambitious. Joan is never happier than when she is in front of a camera, at work or at play. Jackie would rather be at her desk, sweating out a new novel, then party at night with friends.

JOHNNY WITH ANTHONY NEWLEY AND THEIR NEW BABIES

We worked for most of 1969 to get Tramp ready for business, however in August of that year I fulfilled a promise I made to Tony Newley that if ever he played Las Vegas, I would come and see him. Joan rang and reminded me..'You're coming to stay with us in Beverly Hills and then we'll go to Vegas!'... Tony went down a treat. He had cleverly studied the Vegas shows and knew just the right combination of strutting his stuff and interconnecting with the audience. We had a wonderful time. Every night we used to go and see a different show. One evening, Joan said..'Good news! We're going to see Elvis tonight.'.. I was not a great fan, so I gracefully declined. This was not something Joan would accept. 'Oh.Come on, We're going..Stop being a boring old fart!'.. So I got dragged to see Elvis. Never have my preconceptions changed so immediately. He was utterly fantastic. I went mad with the rest of the audience, standing on the table and hollering for more. I was woken the following morning by an early call from an unusually sombre voiced Tony Newley. 'Can you come over to the suite as soon as you can?'

JOHNNY WITH JOAN AND BRITT EKLAND

I scrambled into my clothes and went across. Tony had left the door ajar and Joan was on the phone. 'Have you heard the news? Sharon Tate's been murdered. They've just announced it on the news.' I racked my brains trying to think whether Roman was in the country. What I did know was that his wife was pregnant with their first child. Joan, Dori Previn and I packed quickly and set out for LA.Tony would fly in later for the funeral. We attended the funeral with my good friends Leslie and Evie Bricusse. Afterwards we went back to the house of Bob Evans, the producer of Love Story.

JOHNNY WITH WIFE JAN AND JACKIE AND OSCAR LERMAN

Joan and Jackie have shared many experiences together, but they don't live in each other's pockets. Although usually seperated by the Atlantic ocean, they are at each other's side when help is needed. Jackie has been a host at Tramp, in the UK and LA... Joan would rather be a guest. When Jackie and Oscar moved back to the states, Jackie wrote of the club in her inimitable way...'It reminds me in the nicest way of a seasonal but friendly and very accommodating old whore. Always there, always ready for your demands and always prepared to give you a good time!' In the first year of the club she wrote her bestseller 'The Stud', about a millionaire's wife who installs her lover as the manager of her husband's discotheque.... Oliver Tobias played the title role in what proved to be a very successful film of the book, much of which was shot in Tramp. But the biggest benefactor of the movie was Joan as the scheming wife.

FILMING THE STUD AT TRAMP..

(C) 2001..JOHNNY GOLD....

PHOTO OF THE DAY : ISLAND JOAN PARTIES WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN!

This rare photo features Joan at a party in Barbados in 1957 where she was shooting the film 'Island In The Sun', which also starred James Mason, Joan Fontaine and Dorothy Dandridge among others..

PHOTO OF THE DAY EXTRA : JOAN'S NOT GOT THIS IN HER FAMILY ALBUM!

As I featured a photo of Joan in her dressing room before she gets made up for an episode of 'Tonight at 8.30'.. Here is an after shot, featuring Joan as the grotesque Lavinia in 'Family Album'.. as you can see Joan had a false nose and ghoulish teeth applied to create the look of a victorian spinster!

PHOTO OF THE DAY : TIME FOR TEA..THEN I'LL BE READY BY 8.30!

This rare photo features Joan having a cup of tea before she gets made up for an episode of the BBC series 'Tonight At 8.30', in which she starred in 1991..

PHOTO OF THE DAY : WITH THESE BROADS..JOAN'S THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION!

This little seen still features Joan with Debbie Reynolds and Shirley McLaine in the tv movie..'These Old Broads'.....

PHOTO OF THE DAY : WARREN LEARNS THE FACTS OF LIFE WITH JOAN!

This photo from 1961 features Joan with then fiance Warren Beatty and film star Shirley Anne Field at The Royal Film Performance of the film 'The Facts Of Life' at the Odeon Leicester Square.. The performance was attended by The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret.....

EVENT UPDATE : LE CAPRICE 30TH ANNIVERSAY PARTY OCTOBER 4TH 2011

JOAN WITH LE CAPRICE OWNER RICHARD CARING

Joan and Percy attended the 30th birthday celebrations of the exclusive London restaurant Le Caprice, which has also had a revamp.. With entertainment by Marc Almond, other guests included Bianca Jagger....

PHOTO EXTRA : JOAN'S A SAINSBURY'S OFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE!

Recently Joan spent the morning at Sainsbury's HQ to sign copies of her latest best-seller for the stores up and down the UK. Here is an exclusive photo from the private event.. Thanks to Ellie at Sainsbury's PR for this photo.. You can still order the book from Sainsbury's online or buy in store now!

PHOTO OF THE DAY : JOAN IS STRICTLY BY MAIL ORDER!

This rare photo from the early 80's features Joan modeling a jacket for the popular mail order catalogue...Family Album.now part of the Littlewoods group... Joan is also wearing jeans, no doubt her own range, available for a limited time..

PROMO UPDATE : WOMAN OCTOBER 10TH 2011..

Here is Joan's latest interview to promote her current bestseller 'The World According To Joan', in the new issue of Woman magazine out now!

EVENT UPDATE : THE SHOOTING STAR BALL ... THE DORCHESTER.. SATURDAY OCTOBER 1ST 2011 ..

Following her sellout show on Saturday night, Joan made an appearance at the annual Shooting Star Chase Children's Hospice .. Shooting Star Ball at The Dorchester Hotel in London, where she met many supporters and announced the grand draw winner.. 


JOAN ANNOUNCES THE GRAND DRAW WINNER



WILL THE WINNER PLEASE STAND UP!

                                                                                     Proceeds from the evening topped £184,000 for the charity.. Joan looks forward to another event in the near future to help support this charity which is very close to her heart...

PHOTO OF THE DAY : JOAN GETS THOSE SONS ANDS LOVERS OFF HER MIND!

This rare photo features Joan in a test shot for a film she was due to star in called 'Sons and Lovers', however under advice for her then fiance Warren Beatty, she turned down the film.. The film was completed in 1960, with Mary Ure taking the role of Clara, she went on to be Oscar nominated, Joan would never listen to Beatty's advice again! The film also starred Trevor Howard, Wendy Hiller and Dean Stockwell...

EVENT UPDATE : ONE NIGHT WITH JOAN.. OCTOBER 1ST & 2ND LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE LONDON



JOAN TAKES A BOW DURING THE STANDING OVATION!



WITH JOAN AFTER THE SHOW WAS JUST LIKE A DREAM!






I am just back form a wonderful weekend in London where I attended both evening peroformances of Joan's sold out London's shows..I had only planned to attend Saturday night's performance, but as I was in the Captitol on Sunday, I could not let the evening go by and not attend! Joan put on a sparkling show, from her skin tight pants to her glamorous gown, to her witty stories of legendary Hollywood greats which have shaped her career..

JOAN HAS IT ALL WRAPPED UP!

            As Joan sang in the 2001 tv movie 'These Old Broads', with Debbie Reynolds, Shirley MacLaine and Elizabeth Taylor, 'What a Life'.. A truly Fabulous life!



STARTED TO TALK AS THE SHUTTER CLICKS!



 Among the audience were Joan's good friends Christopher Biggins, Ivan Massow and David Downton on Saturday night..

GREAT CHATTING WITH LEGENDARY SHIRLEY EATON

 To Julian Clary on Sunday's matinee, to Bond Icon Shirley Eaton from 'Goldfinger', which was written by Joan's longtime friend Leslie Bricusse and of course Anthony Newley... 70's songtress Patti Boulaye, who has her own show at the Leicester Square Theatre shortly sat near me, last night. 

JOAN ADORES HER AUDIENCE!

 Joan was surprised during her Q & A session, when 'Strictly Come Dancing cum Panto Dame, Craig Revell Hall asked her if she would do the next series!.

JOAN WITH CRAIG AFTER THE SHOW

 There are talks of a return to the West End with the show in 2012...However for the moment, Joan readies herself for her Australian tour of the show.. Here are a selection of photo's from the weekend.. If anyone would like to share their photo's from any of the shows, do send and I will post here on the blog and mention you!

MY FRIEND JOHN WITH JOAN AFTER THE SHOW

ON THE COVER: STAR ENQUIRER ...OCTOBER 1984 ..

This rather glamorous cover from the Australian magazine 'Star Enquirer', features Joan and David Hasselhoff in a promo shot for the tv movie 'The Cartier Affair'....

PHOTO OF THE DAY : THAT'S MY WIFE JOANIE YOU FOOL!

This rare photo features Joan with Anthony Newley, Daniel Massey and Peter Sellers taking a break from recording the now classic 1963 satrical album..Fool Brittania..Written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, it satirised the Profumo scandal...