"Hollywood Is Dying" author Michael J. Eastman will be meeting with, and interviewing, Stephanie Powers on March 15th, 2008 in Chicago. He's hoping to get some real answers on the Natalie Wood mystery, as well as her sentiments on how Dr. Thomas Noguchi handled both Wood's case, and her late lover William Holden's. Stay tuned for more details.

Meanwhile, Eastman is also planning a trip to Catalina Island February 15th and 16th.

In May, Eastman will be vacationing in Big Sur, California, before heading over to Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he will be visiting the Anne Frank Museum and the house where Anne Frank, her family, and others hid out from the Nazis before being betrayed and captured. Frank later perished, like so many other Jews, in a concentration camp.

I hear Wagner had something to do with Anne Frank's death too. His family is of German extraction after all. Conspiracies abound!!

careful with miss powers. she is very defensive about wagner and natalie's death. she knows no more than you and if she knew more she would never speak against RJ. good luck to you, though...

Thanks for the unsolicited advice.

(Unless it's from Maryanne, that is.)

(LOL)

I really only have one question to ask her: does she still believe God is to blame for Natalie's death?

As for that Anne Frank remark, I do not find that funny. I find it disrespectful to her memory.

What if it had been your sister, daughter, or even friend? You are a jerk!

You're offended by the Anne Frank remark because she's someone's sister, daughter, or friend? I've got news for you: Natalie Wood was someone's sister, daughter, or friend. But that fact doesn't stop people, including you, from saying some of the most outrageous, disrespectful things about her memory and the way she died. Look in the mirror sometime.

Did I say because she was somebody's daughter, etc. that I found your remarks disrespectful?

No! Re-read it again, idiot! I said it was disrespectful to her memory! It's also disrespectful to all the good that came out of her tragedy.

Stop hiding behind that annonymous name, coward!

And, for the record, I am pro-Natalie Wood, dumb-ass! The only negative things I recall saying about her was that she was agnostic, and that she was under the influence the night of her death. Those really aren't opinions, though, they're facts.

I am fascinated by the life of Natalie Wood, and I wish I had known her. I'm sure I would have liked her very much.

No one signs in on this board any longer, or haven't you noticed? And even if one does sign in, how do you know they are who they say they are? A few weeks back people were signing in as me all the time (and as you too!), so I stopped. Whether or not one signs in is irrelevant.

As for your comment about Anne Frank. Here's what you said:

As for that Anne Frank remark, I do not find that funny. I find it disrespectful to her memory. What if it had been your sister, daughter, or even friend? You are a jerk!

I wasn't trying to be funny when I said RJ was behind it. I was jabbing those conspiracy theorists on this site who think there's always "something" behind everything (in their eyes, Natalie's death couldn't have been an accident. Something sinister MUST have happened!) And also poking those who don't see anything wrong with speculating about the most outrageous things about Natalie, especially as it pertains to that last weekend (the famous semen sample, for example). What about her memory? Take your statement above and insert "Natalie Wood" for "Anne Frank" and that's how disgusted I am at some of the stuff written on this site. She too was someone's mother, daughter, wife, and friend. That shouldn't be forgotten.

Well, whoever you are, your accusation of me is false.

I wish Maryanne would use her name, so I know if it's her or some idiot using anonymous.

I don't believe YOU are Maryanne, though, because she knows I haven't disrespected Natalie.

I stand by what I said about the Anne Frank comment: it was inappropriate.

Natalie Wood didn't suffer like Anne and her family, and like her people did. You discredit the Holocaust by your joking statement. Adolph Hitler was ultimately responsible for Anne Franks's death - no mystery there.

You're right, I'm not Maryanne.

You haven't disrespected Natalie? We'll see once your book comes out. Some (myself included) find it distasteful when someone tries to profit off of another. As you posted in another thread: "As for this writer (me), after Natalie Wood, I'll be moving on to Dominique Dunne, Heather O'Rourke, Carl Switzer, Grace Kelly, Carole Lombard, and others. I'm not obsessed with any of 'em. Two chapters ago, in my book I discussed Jackie Coogan, Shirley Temple, Hayley Mills, and other past Hollywood child stars. I've also done Mary Pickford, Doug Fairbanks Sr. and Jr., Lon Chaney Sr.(only), Lillian Gish, Boris Karloff, Margaret Hamilton (the ONLY writer on record to write a mini-biography of her), Laurel & Hardy, Audie Murphy, and many, many more! It's a lot of work, but it's also a lot of fun. Let's hope it's also a lot of profit! (LOL)"

How nice that you view Natalie and her memory (as well as the others you named) in terms of how much you can profit, sicko.

No matter how "tasteful" you may try to present your book, and your reasons behind it, the fact is clear from things you have posted that you have an agenda and will present the facts AS YOU VIEW THEM. Should Natalie's daughters have to read your salacious tale?

Finally, my Anne Frank comment wasn't a joke. It was a statement meant to illustrate the idiocy of conspiracy theories. But apparently that went right over your head. Sad that.

I know what I wrote, bitch, you don't have to quote the entire text! So, you have a problem with anyone writing about famous people who have passed on? Well, guess what, bitch, Hayley Mills and Shirley Temple are still alive. So are James Earl Jones, Mickey Rooney, Ernest Borgnine, Cicely Tyson, Charlton Heston, Clint Eastwood, Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Jonathan Winters, Jane Withers, Sybil Jason, and others I have or will discuss in the book.

It's a book about the history of Hollywood and the Hollywood stars of the past, including those who have died tragically. I don't dwell on their deaths unless controversy was present.

Tough shit if you think nobody should write a book about deceased famous people. Guess that would include Abraham Lincoln, too. Well, bitch, you are in the minority, because I talk to people everyday around my age (44), and they all have given me positive feedback on some of the stuff that's in my book that we've discussed. They all think this book will do well, and most have indicated they will buy it. Many have given me their business cards and have asked to be notified when it goes to press. My publisher is also investing thousands of dollars of their own funds into the book.

So, what do you know, you ignorant bitch?


*Rooney, Heston, and Cosby were discussed in the chapter that honors those stars who've gone to war for their country or served during war time.

*Ditto for Eastmwood. He served during war time, but saw no action.

Uh, I mean same goes for Clint Eastwood and Jonathan Winters (alive, and discussed due to their honorable service in the Armed Forces during wartime).

I got too angry at that ass and made errors in my typing!

Wow, a bit touchy there, Reverend Michael. That's not good. Perhaps I've struck a nerve, which happens when people are confronted with the truth. ahem

What you "struck" was your own false impression of me and my writing.

Hi this is very much in the way of a philisophical post so it will get boring quick lol. I do not know Mr. Eastman, I'm only writing thoughts on true crime. If you are one those who never reads it, and a person who does not know the name of the physician that last treated Michael Jackson or Scott Petersons girlfriend then you are truly a superiour human being and what I am saying here has nothing to do with you.

But there are so many of us-millions of us who love true crime, who read it, watch it on T.V. and yes I know its not nice, but it is true. If we criticize true crime writers then we should only do so if we are amongst the better class of people (I'm not one of them) who stay above reading or watching about the sordid affairs of those we never knew. I will never forget what a comedian said when poor Princess Diana died. "Damn those intrusive journalists who killed her, everybody hates them and knows what scum they are, but what really pisses me off is that I havent been able to read any of the articles on her death yet."

So yes its a bad habit and its probably a creepy thing to be interested in as well but as long as I am one of those who indulges in the reading and viewing of it, I can honestly say that I hope there are people who keep writing about it.

At least we agree on some of the things here being disgusting, like that false semon statement by someone.

yup, her words were "it can't be a loving God to do this." does stefanie know what you want to ask about?

No, but I will do my best to be tactful.

I also want to know if she thinks it was unreasonable for Dr. Noguchi to reveal that alcohol was involved in both her lover Holden's death, and Natalie's.

Why does/did she think Dr. Noguchi was under obligation to Hollywood to hide some crucial facts in those deaths? He worked for the taxpayers, not Hollywood!

It was not the fact that Noguchi revealed that both Natalie and Bill Holden were intoxicated that disturbed people. It was that he had a habit of playing to the press. He liked the attention that it brought to him. IT gave him his own celebrity. I remember very vividly that it was not the revelation of the intoxication that upset people. It was the revelation of the argument between Wagner and Walken.... and that upset people because it had no place in a press conference that was solely about the cause of death. Giving that info made it seem that Noguchi was playing to the press. The detectives in charge of the investigation were upset at that revelation because Wagner and Walken told them that they were having an animated conversation, political, and that Natalie got bored and went to bed. It was not the alcohol that caused the criticism in Natalie's case. It was the revelation of the argument. As a matter of fact, Noguchi tried to play down the alcohol at that time. He said that she was not drunk. Alcohol did play a part in her death and in Bill Holden's death also...there is no getting around that....I remember Dana Andrews was very pleased that it was made public that alcohol did, at the very least, play a part in their deaths. He felt that it would help others, that a lesson could be learned...

Well, shit hasn't changed, no matter who the coroner is. Look at what's come out now about Heath Ledger: poor Mary-Kate Olsen is having her spotless (or near-spotless - I don't remember which twin went anorexic) reputation damaged because of phone calls made to her right after Ledger's body was found, as if she was to blame!

The police or coroner's office revealed that information. I have no problem with what Noguchi did. It might be vital to the case, we still don't know that for sure. She was mad about the dispute, and did exit the scene angrily.

Why is okay for the cops or coroner's office to damage Olsen's reputation and not RJ's and psycho-Walken's? Because those two men were on the scene of the tragedy, Olsen wasn't. The only way she could be involved is if she hired someone to kill Ledger, or was somehow involved in his death some other way, which is highly unlikely, as she would have no reason to be involved.

In that last paragraph I accidentally asked the question in reverse, but you should know what I'm saying.

Here's what I meant to say:

Why isn't it okay to damage Olsen's rep, but okay to damage RJ's and Walken's?

Wagner basically accused Stephanie Powers of being a flake and a moron in his book, in a best selling book he trashed her, maybe she feels a tad less warmly about him now?

Good luck Michael. Vlad disagrees, Stefanie knows exactly what happened to Natalie just like a RJ knows what happened to Holden. RJ told Natalie what happened yes this is why Natalie was acting so detached on Thanksgiving. Did you know just a before Natalie died that RJ spend two days at Stefanie's house consoling her about Holdens death yes. Natalie was furious I bet to get even is why she brought and flirted with Walken that weekend. See Vlad knows yes.

I will take a polygraph ANY DAY OF THE YEAR that I am CERTAIN Stefanie Powers is fully aware of the true facts about the Holden and Wood deaths.

William Holden's death was not alcohol related. Stefanie Powers is responsible for Holden not seeing retirement age (65).

Did Holden drink? Apparently he drank like A FISH! But I will take a polygraph I am CERTAIN that he did not die this way...in addition, Natalie Wood was murdered. Hard to believe, but true.

Many times I get so livid thinking about these homicides that my blood boils. But, I have had so many people pray about these deaths and I have tried to learn to just give this burden to the Lord.

So let me get this straight Alobster: you're willing to take a lie detector test to prove that you actually believe what you believe? Wow! What a risk! It still doesn't mean that WHAT you believe is the truth. If you think Powers is lying, isn't she the one who should be taking the test?

Dude, if this is a "burden" to you, you really need to get a life!

A psychological help wouldn't hurt, either.

vlad, that one comes straight from the Enquirer. A few days before Natalie's death she and Wagner were sitting in La Scala holding hands...You spend too much time among the tabloids. now i understand why you like the vanity fair article...you must be a peter rydyn fan.

vlad knows nothing. vlad reads tabloids. no one here "knows" anything, especially people who rely on tabloids. that story about wagner consoling powers is as old as the hills. the national enquirer printed that. vlad makes all these startling revelations that are 26 years old.
stefanie powers is not going to tell anyone anything. she is a very private person...

She can't be too private to be going out in public yapping with people in a collector's show setting.

If she wants my twenty bucks, she'll talk! (LOL) I certainly don't have a use for her photo or autograph. Can't see why anyone would.

By the way, I saw ole "Taffy" last year in Burbank at another of these shows. Didn't have a reason then to meet her, though.


*Powers' real name is Taffy Paul, though "Taffy" might be a nickname; I'm not altogether sure.

Stefanie's real name is Stefania Zofia Federkiewcz. Taffy is a nickname her brother gave her when they were kids, so she used the stage name Taffy Paul early in her career.

Why would Natalie give a shit about William Holden? She wasn't his friend.

You just make up shit witout citing your sources, so we're just supposed to believe you, I guess.

I've responded to a few of these nonsense writings in this section, so please read all of the above.

Stephanie Powers doesn't even know I exist, so she couldn't know of my questions in advance. I forgot to mention that I am attending the Hollywood Collectors Show up there, just like the one in a few weeks in Burbank, CA. She's gonna be at the one in Chicago. I also have relatives in the area to visit with.

For more info. on these two shows, and who all is going to be there, go to:

www.hollywoodcollectorshow.com

Ray and Sharon Courts run the show, and do a fine job!

+Michael

Michael,

You are such a fool! To title a thread as you did here and then 4 days later confess that Stefanie Powers doesn’t even know you exist. How deceiving and stupid. You aren’t going to interview her but INTRUDE upon her life to ask her a question about Natalie and God.

Since Stefanie Powers’ life has been nothing but lies and embellishment since Natalie Wood and Bill Holden’s deaths, you won’t ever get a truthful response; not in a thousand years.

Evidently, you assume that Stefanie Powers even believes in God and will just up and talk about Natalie’s death to a total stranger. Sure, I hear ya. Just like you were CONVINCED that Vlad and Frank Wilkins were the same person. In addition, you were so unbelievably confident that Maryanne is Suzanne Finstadt. Give me a break!

Michael, you would believe that the Atlantic Ocean is in Arizona!

A good shrink is in order for YOU lamebrain and an ENORMOUS bar of soap to wash out that filthy "Christian" mouth you possess.

No wonder your wife left your gullible lunkhead yo-yo butt.

Incidentally, I have already addressed the issue of not revealing the source of my information about Bill Holden’s death in earlier posts on this forum, so I totally REFUSE to rehash it.

LOLOL

Wow! Where did that attack come from? Are you relieved now to get that off your chest all in one breath?

"Ladies and gentleman, let's give lobster boy a round of applause!"

(What a stupid login name, by the way!)

Now, I admit I was pulling a Dr. Noguchi (overhyping), but hey, this message board can be fun, you know, if you spice things up. I didn't lie, I am going to meet her, and I am going to ask her what I said. This will not be my first celebrity encounter. I have asked the tough questions to many celebrities via these shows before. Also, I work a job where employees occassionally encounter famous people, and in my position, I get to shoot the breeze with 'em for a short while. Just yesterday, we had Rick Barnes, U. of Texas head basketball coach, as one of our customers stop by. Some time ago, Melissa Gilbert also dropped by. She's from "Little House on the Prairie." I was disappointed that I only saw her coming out of our restroom, but didn't realize it was her until a fello employee informed me who she was.

This may be my first book, but certainly not my first encounter with a celebrity. I believe strongly in what I am doing and that question needs to be asked by Natalie's Christian fans. Obviously, you can not relate. So be it, who cares? You are just one person. For Stephanie Powers to make a bold statement like that unchallenged is poor journalism, in my opinion. I don't care how many years have passed. Of course, I am hoping she retracts the statement and tells me how she's found the Lord. If not, then my readers have a right to know that, too. She is the one who put the limelight on herself with that statement. I also want to know if she still blames Dr. Noguchi for the handling of Natalie's case, and Wm. Holden's. I think that is a reasonble thing to ask, to wonder about after all these years. Same with the God-slamming statement.

Lighten up, Lobster. And, touche on my sometimes foul language. It's how I release tension, but you will never hear or read me cursing God's name in vain. That I never do.

+Michael

By the way, Reverend Michael, for the sake of your screed's accuracy, her name is spelled Stefanie Powers...F...no ph.

Who cares?

Who cares? Your editor, perhaps.

I meant at this moment, or in this posting. I can find out the spelling when I need to.

"I can find out the spelling when I need to."

Yeah, along with your version of the truth.

Well, Mr. or Mrs. Pessimist:

I don't offer the truth, since I don't have it all intact. I tell what is known, give my "theories," perhaps, and then leave it up to my readers to make their own conclusions or judgments.

Uh-huh. And pocket $$ along the way. Parasite.

Hey, (deleted word)! What is your problem? First of all, you are a coward to be hiding behind that "annonymous" title; second, what's wrong with making a living as a book writer?; third, Natalie Wood is only one subject of one chapter in my book.

I don't have to justify anything to you. Why are you even here? Don't you have a life? I'm here for research and discussion. Evidently, you're just here to annoy people.

Stop being an ass - your mother wouldn't approve!

LOLOLOLOLOL.

Why does my criticism bother you so much? Could it be because you know, deep down, what you're doing is wrong? On that, I'm sure YOUR mother wouldn't approve.

many people write books of this type and most do NO research. michael is doing research. i think that is a positive thing. it's not fair to judge without seeing the finished product.

My mother has Altzheimer's, so she'll never know about my book.

And I don't know any such thing. The only person I may be intentionally offending is R.J. and Walken. I despise both! Nonetheless, I have to report the facts - facts, meaning what is true or known - even if they don't make either man look bad, as I wish they would. However, many of the facts do make Wagner look at least dishonest. I also offer my own ideas, like any other person, not to mention writer, would do.

As I've already stated, though, I'm leaving the conclusions up to my readers. Cleverly takes the spotlight off me! (LOL)

In response to Michael's statement: "The only person I may be intentionally offending is R.J. and Walken. I despise both! Nonetheless, I have to report the facts - facts, meaning what is true or known - even if they don't make either man look bad, as I wish they would. However, many of the facts do make Wagner look at least dishonest. I also offer my own ideas, like any other person, not to mention writer, would do. As I've already stated, though, I'm leaving the conclusions up to my readers. Cleverly takes the spotlight off me! (LOL)"

No matter how hard you try, you will not be able to keep your personal feelings out of your writing. You've already proved that on this board. You sure haven't be able to keep your real feelings out of your posts!

So I hope you're upfront with your readers (like on the jacket sleeve or an intro) and repeat what you wrote above. Readers should be warned - prior to opening a book - about an author's views and his intent. We've already seen examples of people believing anything they read (Natalie's twin, for example). So if you're honest, you'll let your readers know your angle, you DESPISE (your word) Wagner and Walken. That way they can interpret your words with that in mind.

First of all, I could give a shit less about Bill Holden. He's not in my book.

Second, whether or not she believes in God is irrelevant to me. She made a bold, slanderous statement and I'm going to call her on it, that's what journalists do.

It would be kind of dumb to blame someone you DON'T believe in, though, don't you think?

Michael, If you go to Catalina Island please go to Doug's Harbor Reef eating establishment and talk to Doug the owner - get some information. Go to Avalon Hotel and get some information. Look at the bay where the splendour was moured you will see how small it is and you will wonder how she ever died without anyone knowing it. Vlad know.

The boat was moored approx. 200ft. from shore. It was one of many boats moored in a rather large area.
Going to The Avalon Hotel would be a waste of time. Natalie stayed at the Pavilion Lodge.
That is an indication of just how much "Vlad know"...Please. and I bet everyone is shocked to know that the owner of Doug's Harbor reef in named Doug....

and it's Doug Bombard. It was 26 years ago. He was not a young man at the time of Natalie's death. He may have retired. Try Doug Oudin, he was a bit younger. He was the man who stated that everyone partied heavily. He may still be on the island. let me say this...there is a chance that no will want to discuss it, but it's worth a try.

I'm not going there to interview anyone in particular; that's already been done by Diane Finstad, and wonderfully, too, in my opinion.

I just need to be there to better understand the place(s) better, physically. That way, I can discuss it better in person or in my book. When Charlie Rose is interviewing me, for example, I don't want to look ignorant on national TV.

(LOL)

Can you imagine what you would feel once you see upclose that hyperbaric chamber that once held the body of the sadly deceased Natalie Wood? What must be going through your head as you are standing there, with tears beginning to swell up in your eyes, imagining seeing her lying there so silent, as if she was only sleeping.

Will do, Vlad. Thanks.

By the way, Lobster, my actions do not change what the Bible says. You atheists always think that Jesus' message in only as good as his followers' actions.

We're sinners. If we weren't, our name would be Jesus. Regardless of what you or I believe, think, say, or do, what Jesus said is going to happen, is going to happen.

So, what to do about it? Do what he says, and we will be safe. There's no promise that Christians would stop sinning on earth - that's impossible. But, we're forgiven if we repent and try to avoid sinful situations.

That's like someone saying, "I'm not going to church because there's too many hypocrites there!" They might as well say, "Well, I've decided to go to Hell because there's too many hypocrites that go to church." If you base your salvation on somebody else, you're foolish!

And I thought it was the cranberry sauce that made her "detached" that day!

So when is this runaway best seller due?

Its been due for years now LOL

That is just the stalking back stabbing troll dredging up old posts just to get things rolling. Always check the date of the thread. This one originated almost 2 years ago and the last one she dredged up was 4 years old.

Mr. Eastman are you the labor lawyer who wrote that very fine article on the gender gap pay problems? If so congratulations and good for you, if not well someone with your name is a really good guy.

OH Please!
You know perfectly well they are not one in the same person.

lol no I really didnt that is why I asked. If it was the awesome stand up for the working guy feminist lawyer than that would make me a sort of automatic fan of his writing but if not, say if he were a writer for I dunno Fox News that would be another story. It couldnt hurt to ask so I did.

If Stefanie Powers knows what happened to Natalie and kept her mouth shut then that makes her the A.C. Cowlings in Natalie's case and therefore she is scum.

Now you are calling an innocent woman "SCUM" because of something you dreamed up in yor head? Have you no scruples or morals whatsoever?

You are disgusting! Go get a life!

"You are disgusting! Go get a life!" I meant that ****ing coward who talks so bad about Stefanie!

Perhaps you should post your rants where people actually care what is about Stefanie Powers? The list rather short.

Everyone! Don't feed into this. Look at the original thread. It is almost 2 years old. It is the troll who was unceremoniously kicked out of a group on her ass and she is doing anything and everything to bring discord to this site now so she is bringing up old threads and posts. She has done this before.

He met with Powers in March 08 and still hasn't finished his epic? I don't think it tool that long to write Gone With The Wind. Hey maybe he is still interviewing her.

Like an OP said on another thread, it was the resodent troll bringing up two year old posts because she had nothing else to say after they ditched her butt off the RJ group.