I could not understand why people are misquoting Lana Wood. I saw that segment on Inside Edition and people are misquoting her and putting words in her mouth and now I understand why! Many people did not see the show but read about it on the Inside Edition site and are stating that they saw it because they read the article. You will note that Lana is not quoted as saying she does not blame anyone. Everything else she said is directly quoted except ...doesn't blame anyone. The reason for this is she did not say it on the interview that was telecast.
I have copied directly from the Inside Edition web site part of their article and all copyright is theirs exclusively.
The entire article can be found on their Inside Edition web site.
Article in part;
Lana Wood, who was a star in her own right, best known for her role as a Bond girl in Diamonds Are Forever, says she believes the captain's account of her beloved sister's final hours is the truth.
"I've known Dennis for a very long time, decades, and I've never known him to be a liar," she says.
But even though the mystery of Natalie's final moments remains unsolved, her sister doesn't blame anyone.
"The bottom line is she's gone and no one can ever fix that."
Robert Wagner's representative said "No comment" when INSIDE EDITION asked about the book.
Robert Wagner's "no comment" is interesting. I mean, if someone accused you of murder in a full length book, and you were innocent, wouldn't you be screaming, raging mad and denying it? I would. Very interesting. Again, his silence tells more than we who believe the truth could ever hope for. He can't defend the information in Goodbye Natalie Goodbye Splendour and he knows it. He has no defense. If so, where is it?
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A comment from Wagner's camp would only gives Rulli's book the credence it doesn't deserve. His lawyers advised him not to comment and that is smart advice. The book is dying on it's own. Why stoke the fires?
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At Amazon 8:15 Pacific Time:
Goodbye Natalie Goodbye Splendour: (copy and pasted):
#18 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Arts & Literature > Actors & Actresses
#20 in Books > Entertainment > Movies > Biographies
#21 in Books > Nonfiction > True Accounts > True Crime
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In the top 50 at Barnes and Noble for True Crime and Celebrity Bios, too!
At ecampus.com: It's #3 in bestselling "entertainment" biographies: High on Arrival by Mackenzie Phillips is #5
I'd hardly call that "dying" -- He has no defense, so he has no comment. God forbid he'd have to answer the truth of GNGS!
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You're limiting its impact by comparing it against books of the same type. It is NOT a best seller in the vein of a REAL best seller (i.e., a NY Times best seller).
The book has been out now for over a month and all it's been able to garner in terms of publicity is a few small radio shows, a short segment on a tabloid TV show (which Rulli even admits she was disappointed with), and a small postage stamp blurb in "Woman's Day" magazine. Yawn.
You can go ahead and keep telling yourself that it's lighting the world on fire, but that just isn't the case. Sorry to have to burst your bubble.
Last one to leave, turn out the lights.
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At 11:23 Pacific Time, Goodbye Natalie Goodbye Splendour grows in popularity this weekend...it consistently sells in these three categories you call "nothing" -- LOL... Nothing? These are excellent sales for a book the media is afraid to touch only because they don't want to be sued. Wagner has some good lawyers. They tell him, don't sue Davern and Rulli or everyone will read the FACTS, so wait for TV to screw up with a claim and SUE THEM. Thus, TV is afraid, but TV will find a wayjust like the book did!
The BS here that Wagner's lawyer told him to not address the "innuendo" is a cover for "never answer anything you're guilty to" and every intelligent reader knows it. There was no "slander" the day after Natalie died, which makes it even less believable that RJ's attorney would've said such a thing at that time. Wagner is a liar and his lies are completely transparent. Fools like you believe his lies.
Goodbye Natalie is #10 in True Crime: THAT is HARDLY "nothing." if it stays in the top 100 (and that's a lot of books) for a decent amount of time, it will reach the NY Times bestseller list through time rather than through a setting of the world on fire, and even if it isn't immediately setting the world on fire (yet) it is doing its job.
Wagner did the "small radio" shows, too, and TV had him on because he was once Natalie Wood's husband. He used her death to promote his book, and those who bought it looking for answers were highly disappointed because he did nothing but coast over her death and lie about his part in it. He gave no answers. Maybe readers are worried about being disappointed again, but when they discover (and they will, even without wimpy Barbara Walters) that the true answers are in Goodbye Natalie, this book will surprise all of you blind fools. Look...it's getting there! I'm sure more TV will eventually help it along. How can they not? There are A LOT of TRUE CRIME BOOKS ON THE MARKET. Goodbye Natalie is #10 amongst them!
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Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,301 in Books (Bestsellers in Books)
Popular in these categories: (What's this?)
#10 in Books > Nonfiction > True Accounts > True Crime
#15 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Arts & Literature > Actors & Actresses
#17 in Books > Entertainment > Movies > Biographies
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But the fact is Wagner's book was a REAL bestseller. Not just in the non-fiction, entertainment, or biography sub-categories. It was on the NY Times bestseller list. Rulli's book hasn't come within sniffing distance of that list.
Yes, Wagner did radio interviews, but he also did REAL TV shows like Good Morning America, The View, and the Tonight Show.
Rulli taped an interview for The Early Show but got bumped by a baby shower! (Read: Cold Feet - they don't believe her and don't want to be party to her libel.)
Face facts.
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Apparently, you don't know the meaning of a REAL bestseller, either. GNGS is not a real one (yet) but RJ's book was NOT a REAL bestseller, either. A REAL bestseller means a movie or a "special" is made in its honor. No one will honor RJ that way. He rose in the charts because of his celebrity and because of the false pretenses for which he promoted his book. His book died down surely and quickly. That's the difference here. His book hit the charts fast because TV hosts were able to use his bull.
GNGS is more a case history than a traditional book of celebrity lies. It's catching on and will stay consistent. That's what an author and publisher hope for with a book: a book of substance that has the power to become a TRUE bestseller. RJ's book is nothing of the kind. It has no where to go. GNGS has everywhere to go.
Your nose must be clogged because it is definitely more than in "sniffing distance." I live in L.A. and everyone here is talking about GNGS. EVERYONE, especially industry executives. GNGS will be made into a movie. "Pieces" will be its joke within the next two years. Smell that.
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I heard the CBS show wasn't bumped. I heard they are building on it for a Nov. special, the month Natalie died. I heard this from a reliable source. Hope it's true.
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At Barnes and Nobel, GNGS outranks Pieces of My Heart by 5,000 points! In the overall Natalie books it is number one. B&N rankings don't go by categories. Rulli's book is presently 1t 12,000 and Wagner's book at 17,000 (what hardback is selling better overall? I'd say Rulli's). You should learn the ranking system.
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At all-important Amazon, Rulli outranks Wagner in both his hardcover and paperback. Since this subject was brought up, just thought I'd let you know the statistics.
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How can you possibly compare the sales of a book that came out a month ago to a book that came out a year ago and consider the statistics valid? Give me a break.
And no, the true meaning of "best seller" is not whether the book is made into a movie. What an idiotic thought.
Face facts: Wagner's book made it to the NY Times best seller list. THE best seller lists of best seller lists. Rulli's book? If it hasn't been there by now, it will NEVER be there.
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Wagner is a public figure who has been around for a century. OK maybe not a century but he sure looks it. People bought that book to hear what he had to say about his late wife. Deny it all you want but that is why the book was a hit. He knows it and has admitted it.
He is thinking about writing another one about all the women he banged and once again it will sell so people can read about the actresses not him.
I wonder if he will put the guys in there that he banged too?
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you can't figure that out? think about it.
Wagner traveled all over the world promoting his book. Rulli's book has not been promoted one quarter as much as Wagner's had and Rulli is doing just fine. Wagner needed the promotion and he used his late wife in that promotion. what else has he done that was even interesting? he talked about other people more than he talked about himself, he made up stories, he used previously published stories. his life apart from Natalie is a bore so he filled his book with Natalie. For years he does not talk about her because it was "too painful". In his book, he talked about her constantly. And may add, very differently than he talked about her in Lambert's book. Yes, he knew he had to use her to make his book even remotely interesting. and if you think he is not disturbed by Rulli's book, you are very naive. I imagine it's costing him a bundle in legal fees for all the letters that must have been written and all phone calls that have been made but Rulli's book is doing just fine. I give her credit for having the book published while Wagner is still with us. She should have waited for him to die but she wanted the truth to be known while he is still alive.
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Boy, there's one group that said he didn't talk enough about her in his book, another that says he talked about her too much, even filled his book with too many stories about her since he had nothing of his own to say, another camp that says he really didn't mean what he said about her (as if their whole life together was a sham). The man just can't win.
As for promoting a book, if the material warrants it, a book will promote itself. Rulli's apparently doesn't. Most of the interviews (and all of the major ones) she bragged about before the release never came to pass. Why? The book is abouut Natalie Wood. And according to you, that's all that's needed to sell and promote a book. According to you, that's what helped sell Robert Wagner's. So why isn't Rulli's doing just as well?
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Dear, without promotion it would have taken Wagner's book a longer time to catch on. Books require promotion. DUH! All books need promotion. It's a fact. Robert Wagner was a second rate celebrity. He needed promotion badly. If Wagner did not promote as heavily as he did and still is, his book would have taken longer for people to know that the book existed.
If you read the book you would see that Natalie comprised about 75% of it.
As far as him meaning what he said, he spoke of her differently in Lambert's book so one has to wonder in which he was expressing his true feelings.
Natalie Wood is remembered as a major star of her era. Robert Wagner is remembered as her husband. She achieved major stardom. He did not. He is rarely mentioned on classic film sites. His leading man era died in the late fifties and he went on to become a TV actor.
Even Brando and Newman would have needed promotion so you can imagine how much promotion Wagner needed. Please!
Actually, Rulli's book is doing better that Wagner's did if you consider how heavily Wagner's was promoted.
Are you naive enough not to see why Rulli's book is not being heavily promoted? You can't grasp the reason why? DUH!
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Wagner peddled his book all over the world. He is still on tour. His book is full of lies. He shows more grief for his dog that he does for Natalie. It took him a lot longer to replace his dog that it took him to replace Natalie.
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Without heat nothing cooks. Wagner had to have heat for his book to sell and the heat he had was named Natalie Wood. Everyone wanted to know what he had to say about her. No one cared about Stanwyck or Crawford or any of the other old dead broads he bedded. No one cares about the guys he outed. Most already knew they were Gay anyway. Big deal. A handful of people might care about his career or his tv roles but was that enough to buy a book about him and his life? We ain't taking Brando here. Certainly no one cares about his second wife Marion Marshall. Most don't know who she is and for that thing he is married to now, who cares about that no talent bimbo.
Yes sir-eeeeee! The heat was Natalie Wood!
From what I've read and heard, Rulli's book is doing very well considering it is taboo too anyone associated with RJ.
It is one of Ann Rule's picks and you can't say that lady is a hack. We should all be as successful as her.
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I will tell you why RJ does not comment on any of this stuff. After the funeral while the family was in the depths of despair, RJ tells in his book how his lawyer and good personal friend came to the house and said to him "Promice me one thing, I will not leave this house until you promice me this. Whatever is written, whatever is said, do not answer any questions from the media. Do not respond to anything. None of that is important. All that is important is you and your family. Promice me this." RJ tried to keep this promice but at one point he admitted that the stories that he had somehow conspired to kill Natalie truely enraged him. He said that was the last straw and he wasn't going to take it quietly. Finally Jill called Henry Kissinger whom she had known for years, and Henry called him. He explained that legally speaking due to the liberal freedom of speech laws in this country, RJ had little recourse. He told RJ about the crazy things written about him, and basically told him "this too will pass".
RJ has chosen to respond to this by not responding. If he did you would crucify him, if he doesn't you still crucify him. He is in a no win situation no matter what he does. Personally I think he chose the best way.....to not even dignify this by commenting on it.
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She went with Kissinger for the same reason she went with Wagner and Reventlow and Dubin and Sinatra. When she looked at them she saw green.
She used to "borrow" money from wealthy, older married men. She never had any intention of paying them back. She knew that they did not want their wives to find out. One of them surprised her and took her to court. When it appeared in the columns she referred to it as a "misunderstanding". She was no better than a hooker.
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She was no better than a hooker.
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At least a hooker is trying to earn a living, this no talent mess just did it to get ahead in the movie industry. She came from a few bucks but she always wanted more.
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Yeah, and the attorneys told Davern to never breathe a word of the details too, and to never address the media. Davern complied for close to two years before he realized it wasn't really cool to protect a killing.
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Oh come on!!!!! "not dignify it" that is kind of a stretch. Is that like how OJ wouldnt dignify any of the books by the best true crime authors in our country? Oh I mean until he wrote If I did it and that hero Fred Goldman nailed him. Of course Wagner wont "dignify" GNGS or Natasha, what would he say? And I beleive he used the same publisher as Finstad did so how horrified was he? Not very!!! Just pragmatic. But pragmatism is a good thing when you have to justify yourself to yourself every minute of every day.
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Why bother? You'd get more out of a cement block. They'll never believe their Hollywood hero would ever do anything to hurt anyone. Let it go and move on. The majority still feel that RJ had a hand in Natalie's demise and that was before this new book. They can bury their head in the sand all they want but it is out there and even many people that believed him innocent are starting to sway. The book is too compelling for it to just go away.
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The guys a guilty jerk. And he probably figures it will sell more books for him too. So poor Lana, you have to really feel sorry for her. It is kind of confusing in Natasha she said that Dennis Davern called her and said he heard Natalie yelling alongside the boat and he kept saying come on lets get her. But Robert Wagner was in a bad mood and then the cries stopped. That whole passage is on page 385. Then what I just read on this thread she said she has not known Dennis to lie so are both things true? I mean both books. It is confusing.
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I wondered why on another site two people were discussing this and they were talking only about Lana Wood. Usually both are screaming over Davern and how much they hate him. Now I see the picture nice and clear. Neither saw the Inside Edition show. One person just read it and took that statement and quoted it as coming from Lana Wood's mouth in the interview and the other person ran with it. Typical.
I saw the show too. She never said she does not blame anybody.
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They read the article. On another thread someone is saying that she did say it. They could not have seen the interview because she did not say it. I saw it. She said Dennis is not a liar and it can't be fixed but she did not say she didn't blame anyone. That came from the web site but it isn't quoted.
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She did not say anything like that at all. She is not quoted as saying that. Stop trying to put words in her mouth.
You do that all the time.
You scan an article and then make up the rest. Why?
Show up the exact quote. The OP put that part of the article on here and you can see it in full on the web site. They quoted Lana on everything else but not on that. Why are you saying she said it when it wasn't in the interview?
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I saw the show too. It ran after 1 am where I live. I know I was tired but I didn't miss anything. Lana Wood never said she didn't blame anyone or any thing like that.
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Folks, folks it's in writing on the Inside Edition site. It says "I don't blame anyone". The statement was made either on camera or off, as shrewd as Lana is I am sure she edited every word and signed off on it. She said it. If you are saying Inside Edition did not quote her right then the credibility of the whole interview is gone. She said it move on.
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You have it in quotes. It is not quoted! Why are you telling lie upon lie? It is NOT quoted. Lana Wood did npot have to sign off on this. She was interviewed. It is not in the visual interview and it is NOT quoted in the Inside Edition Article.
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Thats just Fran and Joanne. My friend told me fran posted it on a group yesterday and Joanne jumped all over it. Little tubby will do anything to save her boy RJ butt.
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DUH yes it is can you read? LOL and the biggest joke is Rulli defends that it isn't in print when it is LOL, and she says Lana is behind GNGS 100% LOL she is speaking for Lana like Dumbvern is speaking for RJ LMMFAO no wonder why the press won't touch this LOLOLOLOLOLLOLLOL Rulli+Dumbvern+******** = LOSERS
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You dimwit...everyone is on to you and who you are now. Rulli says she spoke WITH Lana , she is not speaking FOR Lana. I would doubt Rulli would say Lana is behind the book 100% if she wasn't.
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Not only that, I have feed for anything mentioned about Natalie in regards to Goodbye Natalie Goodbye splendour in newspaper, TV, and Internet. (News about book, not things like online forums) Thus far, GNGS has received over 115 media releases or mentions. I wouldn't call that "no attention".
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Check out a site called 626Nat sorry I couldnt link, its a short article about an interview with Lana Wood and as a suprise bonus a brief word from Wagner calling it lies. uh huh uh huh you just keep saying that Wagner (I wont call him or Simpson by their so cutesy nicknames)
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Oh yeah I knew that when I read it, but I was still suprised that Wagner mentioned it, because I thought he just pretended no one was writing books that called him a filthy bisexual drunken murderer so it was pleasant to see that at least once he acknowledged that yeppers its out there and uhm its all lies filthy lies lol
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That isn't about Rulli's book. It is about Finstad's and everyone knows RJ called it lies. Natasha called it lies too but she admitted she never read it. Go figure.
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Hopefully the team from GNGS will get to go on Oprah which will sell a billion books, but more important Oprah is very mainstream and it would almost force a response from Wagner's attorneys at least.
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Did that crack pot trying to pass herself off as a Wood sibling, Natasha Lofft ever take a DNA test?
I'm sure she got enough in payoff money from RJ for a test. Whatever became of it and whatever became of her?
She didn't even get Warhol's 15 minutes of fame. It was more like about a minute and a half.
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lol thats funny boy a celebrity dies and out come the I'm their missing relative contigent, doesnt Michael Jackson now have three new kids no one knew about, what a joke.
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Lofft, who incidentally came out of the proverbial woodwork when Lambert's ode to Robert Wagner (in the guise of Natalie: A Life) was released actually thought she had fame and fortune just around the corner. I wonder how many promises Wagner and Lambert made to her for sticking to that ridiculous story they dreamt up?
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